NanoCamp 2016 Itinerary

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3

11:00 a.m. Arrival & Check-In New Hall West Residence Hall

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Ice Breaker Activities New Hall West Lawn

12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Fralin Hall

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Welcome Dr. Randy Heflin Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies, College of Science

Fralin Hall Auditorium

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Overview – What is Nanoscience?

Dr. Marc Michel, Department of Geosciences

Fralin Hall Auditorium

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Restroom & Water Break Fralin Hall

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Nano Building Blocks Dr. Harry Dorn, Department of Chemistry

Derring Hall SCALE-Up Classroom

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Admissions Information Session Derring Hall SCALE-Up Classroom

5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Dinner & Introduction of Resident Advisors

D2 Dining Hall

6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Break Squires Student Center

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Fun at the Breakzone – bowling, billiards, and table tennis

Squires Student Center

9:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Your choice of chaperoned activities:

• Basketball • Soccer • Library • Return to the dorm

11:00 p.m. Lights out! Big Day Tomorrow!

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 (GROUP A)

7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast D2 Dining Hall

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Campus Tour

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Tour of Polymer Solutions – independent testing materials lab and strategic resource for the test of polymers, plastics, metals, gases, and much more

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Deciphering Tectonic Processes through Nanoscale Observations

Dr. Besim Dragovic & Dr. Mark Caddick

Derring Hall SCALE-Up Classroom

12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch with Nanoscience Faculty D2 Dining Hall

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Lab Activities at the Nanoscale Characterization & Fabrication Laboratory

Dr. Chris Winkler & Team VT Corporate Research Center

5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Break New Hall West Residence Hall

6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Dinner D2 Dining Hall

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Lawn Party – Music, Cornhole, Bocci Ball, Ladder Ball, Croquet, Tie-Dye, and a caricature artist!

New Hall West Lawn

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9:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Your choice of chaperoned activities:

• Basketball • Soccer • Library • Return to the dorm

11:00 p.m. Lights out! Big day tomorrow!

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 (GROUP B)

7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast D2 Dining Hall

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Campus Tour

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Deciphering Tectonic Processes through Nanoscale Observations

Dr. Besim Dragovic & Dr. Mark Caddick

Derring Hall SCALE-Up Classroom

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Tour of Polymer Solutions – independent testing materials lab and strategic resource for the test of polymers, plastics, metals, gases, and much more

12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch with Nanoscience Faculty D2 Dining Hall

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Lab Activities at the Nanoscale Characterization & Fabrication Laboratory

Dr. Chris Winkler & Team VT Corporate Research Center

5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Break & complete gift forms New Hall West Residence Hall

6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Dinner D2 Dining Hall

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Lawn Party – Music, Cornhole, Bocci Ball, Ladder Ball, Croquet, Tie-Dye, and a caricature artist!

New Hall West Lawn

9:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Your choice of chaperoned activities:

• Basketball • Soccer • Library • Return to the dorm

11:00 p.m. Lights out! Big day tomorrow!

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast D2 Dining Hall

8:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Cycle through Breakout Sessions: Derring Hall:

Nanoscience & The Environment Rui Maia Derring Room 3081

Nanomedicine: A Promise or Realty? The Use of Nanoparticles in Medicine

Dr. Carla Finkielstein SCALE-Up Classroom 3076

Nanomaterials: Make Electrochromic Devices from nanoscale Self-Assembled Films

Dr. Randy Heflin & Dr. Craig Tollin

Lab 5017

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch with the Hokie Bird & Current Nanoscience Students

D2 Dining Hall

1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Souvenir Shopping University Bookstore

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Closing Remarks & Reception Dr. Sally Morton Litton-Reaves 1670

3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Check Out Guest Services New Hall West Residence Hall