Invited & Contributed Presentations

"Impact of New SPM Microscopies on Microbiology Education", Suzanne Kelly, Vincent Pizziconi & Ed Ong, American Society for Microbiology Educational Conference(Atlanta, GA,  May 16, 1998). 

"Interactive Nano-Visualization for Science and Engineering Education", B.L. Ramakrishna, Microscopy Society of America (Atlanta, GA, July 13th, 1998). 

"Conforming Technology to Transform Education the IN-VSEE Project", Laurie Luckenbill & Kirsten Hintze, Center for Image Processing in Education Conference, (Mesa, AZ, July 24, 1998). 

"Interactive Nano-Visualization for Science and Engineering Education", B.L. Ramakrishna, Materials Education Workshop sponsored by NSF's DMR,  (Santa Barbara, October 21-23, 1998). 

"Multiple Uses of the Internet in the Undergraduate Biology Classroom", Pushpa Ramakrishna,  AACE conference (Orlando, Fla, November 13, 1998).

" Remote Control And Visualization of Scanning Probe Microscope via Web", Ansuman Razdan & Junyi Sun, IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, (Los Angeles, CA, December 7-8, 1998).

“Distance Education Via the World Wide Web”, W. Glaunsinger, B. Ramakrishna, E. Ong. V. Pizziconi, and A. Garcia, 217th ACS National Meeting, (Anaheim, CA, March 21-25, 1999).

“Remote Scanning Probe Microscopy and Distance Learning in Chemistry”, W. Glaunsinger, E. Ong, B. Ramakrishna, V. Pizziconi, A. Razdan, and A. Garcia, 218th ACS National Meeting, (New Orleans, LA, August 22-26, 1999).

“Scanning Probe Microscopy Nanolaboratory Development Project and Beyond”,  W. Glaunsinger, B. Ramakrishna, A. Garcia, and V. Pizziconi, 218th ACS National Meeting, (New Orleans, LA, August 22-26, 1999).

 “The Interactive Nanovisualization for Science and Engineering Education”, W. Glaunsinger, J. Birk, B. Ramakrishna, and E. Ong, Gordon Research Conference on Innovations in College Chemistry Teaching, (New London, CT, June 20-24, 1999).

“Use of Information Technologies in Undergraduate Education and Student Research”, W. Glaunsinger, B. Ramakrishna, V. Pizziconi, E. Ong, and A. Razdan, 1999 Sigma Xi Forum, (Minneapolis, MN, November 4-5, 1999).

“IN-VSEE Project in Nanoscience and Technology”, W. Glaunsinger, B. Ramakrishna, V. Pizziconi, and E. Ong, 1999 Sigma Xi Forum, (Minneapolis, MN, November 4-5, 1999).

"Interactive Visualization for Nanotechnology Education ", B.L. Ramakrishna, Fondazione EL. B.A. Conference on Nanotechnology and Industrial Development, (Rome, Italy, April 17, 1999).

“Interactive Nano-Visualization for Science and Engineering Education”, V. Pizziconi, A. Garcia, B. Ramakrishna, W. Glaunsinger, A. Razdan, E. Ong, and K. Hintze, Bio-Medical Engineering Conference, (Atlanta, GA, October 13-16, 1999). 

“Progress of Interactive Nano-Visualization for Science and Engineering Education Project”, B.L. Ramakrishna, NSF- Research on Education, Policy and Practice PI Meeting, (Arlington, VA, June 3-4, 1999).

"Distance Learning using Remote Scanning Probe Microscopy", William S. Glaunsinger, Eleventh International Conference on College, Teaching & Learning (Jacksonville, Fla, April 12-15, 2000). [invited]

"Learning Materials Science Via the Web using Microspheres and Scanning Probe Microscopy", Eddie W. Ong,  MRS National Conference (San Francisco, CA, April 24-28, 2000).

“Why Does a Light Bulb Burn Out?”, Michael J. McKelvy, MRS National Conference (San Francisco, CA, April 24-28, 2000).

"Remote Nanotechnology - Applications for Education", B.L. Ramakrishna,  Thermomicroscope Invited Technical Seminars, (Tokyo & Osaka, Japan, June 18-24, 2000).  [invited]

"IN-VSEE's Materials Science Education Efforts", Eddie W. Ong,  Materials Science Institute Workshop (Seattle, WA, July 5-9, 2000).  [invited]

"Visualization Across the Curriculum", B.L. Ramakrishna, NITEC Conference (Rochester, NY, July 25-30, 2000).
[Invited plenary talk]

"Nanotechnology Education:  Exploring a Compact Disk Stamper", B.L. Ramakrishna,  National Educator's Workshop 2000 (Dayton, OH, October 29-30, 2000).  [invited]

" ", B.L. Ramakrishna,  Remote Experiments in Science & Education Conference (Kent, OH, October 27-28, 2000).
[invited]

"Conforming Technology to Transform Bioengineering Education:  A Novel Paradigm for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Education in the 21st Century" , V.B. Pizziconi and A. A. Garcia, The Whitaker Engineering Educational Summit, (Lansdowne, VA, December 7-10, 2000). 

"Interactive Nano-Visualization for Chemical Education", B.L. Ramakrishna,  Pacifichem 2000 Conference, (Honolulu, HA, December 14-19, 2000). [invited]

"Use of IN-VSEE's Web-Accessible Resources for Education", Eddie W. Ong,  Arizona Chapter of American Association of Physics Teachers Workshop (Tempe, AZ, January 18, 2001).

"Implementation and Initial Assessment of Online Scanning Probe Microscopes in an Undergraduate and Graduate Classroom"  (Europe, March 19-23, 2001).
 

IN-VSEE Sponsored Seminars in Arizona, U.S.

Dr. Paul Hansma (UC-Santa Barbara)- "Biomineralization:  How do Abalone Shells Grow? - New Insights from Scanning Probe Microscopy".  (January 30, 1998).

Dr. Michael Thompson (Cornell University)- "Materials Science and Engineering Challenges in Nanoelectronics"
(January 30, 1998).

Dr. Joseph Lyding (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)- "UHV-STM Nanofabrication and Semiconductor Interface Characterization:  Transition in Technology" (January 30, 1998).

Dr. Jaime Vesenka (California State University - Fresno)- "SPM Imaging of G-Wire DNA and the Broadcasting of SPM Data Via CSU-Fresno's Intranet" (March 13, 1998).

Dr. Laura Martin (Arizona Science Center)- "Aspects of Cognitive Science in Science Education" (April 1, 1998).

Ms. LuAnn Dahlman (University of Arizona)- "Design Aspects of Educational Modules and Copyright Laws Pertaining to the Use of Images".

Dr. Carrie Heeter (Michigan State University)- "The Joy of Brainstorming:  Comm Tech Lab Designs and the Sparks that Ignited Them"  (September 2, 1998).

Dr. Gary Bitter (Arizona State University)- "Mathedology - A New Approach to Math Teaching"  (October 7, 1998).

Mr. Maziar Farzam (Media Dynamics, Inc.)- "Use of Multimedia Animations for Nanoscience Education",  (December 2, 1998).

Dr. Eileen Lewis (University of California at Berkeley)- "Using Real-World Questions and Active Learning to Teach Students How Science is Actually Done" (December 15, 1998).

Dr. Jim Myer (Pacific Northwest Laboratories)- "Collaborative Research Facilities in the EMSL" (January 6, 1999).

Sir Harold Kroto [Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1996]  (University of Sussex, United Kingdom)- "New Horizons in the Structure and Properties of Carbon Materials"  (March 8, 1999).

Sir Harold Kroto [Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1996]  (University of Sussex, United Kingdom)- "C60 Buckministerfullerene, the Celestrial Sphere which Fell to Earth"  (March 8, 1999) {at Arizona Science Center}.

Dr. Heinrich Rohrer [Nobel Laureate in Physics 1986] (IBM Research Laboratory, Switzerland)  (March 15, 1999).

Drs. Tibor Gyalog & Martin Guggisberg (University of Basel, Switzerland)- "Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the University of Basel - An Overview"  (June 8, 2000).

Dr. Jesse D. Adams (Stanford University, University of Nevada-Reno)- "SPM - The Big Picture:  Connecting AFM Breakthroughs with Distributed Learning"  (March 24, 2000).

Dr. Igor V. Yaminsky (Moscow State University, Russia)- "Internet-Driven Scanning Probe Microscopy", (February 18, 2000).