Session A: Sensors (Chair: Jim Whitten)	Speaker Contact Information	Session B: Surface Modification (Chair: Peter Somssich)	Speaker Contact Information
9:30 – 10:00	Jisun Im “Thiol-Protected Gold Nanoparticle Films as Part of a Multi-Array Chemical Vapor Detection System”	UMass Lowell Jisun_Im@student.uml.edu	Yutao Yang “Tribological Properties of Polyaromatic Thiols in Nanometer-Sized Contacts”	UMass Lowell Yutao_Yang@student.uml.edu
10:00-10:30	Sanjeev Manohar “Chemical Vapor Detection using Reduced Graphene Oxide and Carbon Nanotubes”	UMass Lowell Sanjeev_Manohar@uml.edu	Michael Connors “Inductively Coupled Plasma Reactive Ion Etching of GaAs Materials”	MIT Lincoln Laboratory connors@ll.mit.edu
10:30-11:30	Michael Strano “New Concepts in Molecular and Energy Transport within Carbon Nanotubes” (KEYNOTE)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology strano@mit.edu	Michael Strano “New Concepts in Molecular and Energy Transport within Carbon Nanotubes” (KEYNOTE)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology strano@mit.edu
11:30 -1:00	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
	Session C: Surface Chemistry (Chair: Jim Whitten)		Session D: Modification/Analysis/Devices (Chair: Earl Ada)
1:00 – 2:00	Michael Naughton, “Novel Subwavelength Coaxial Nanostructures with Optical, Solar, and Biosensing Utility” (KEYNOTE)	Boston College Naughton@bc.edu	Michael Naughton, “Novel Subwavelength Coaxial Nanostructures with Optical, Solar, and Biosensing Utility” (KEYNOTE)	Boston College Naugthon@bc.edu
2:00-2:30	Samuel Thomas “Controlling Contact Electrification with Reactive Polymers”	Tufts University Sam.Thomas@tufts.edu	Dale Delisle “Surface Morphology and Texture of TiAlN/CrN Multilayer Coatings”	University of New Hampshire dale.delisle@navy.mil
2:30-3:00	COFFEE BREAK		COFFEE BREAK
3:00-3:30	Karsten Pohl “Self-Assembled Monolayers of Functionalized C60 Fullerenes”	Univ. New Hampshire karsten.pohl@unh.edu	Miguel Galvez “Detachable Plastic Co-Extruded Remote Phosphor for Airfield Taxi Ways”	Osram Sylvania Miguel.galvez@sylvania.com
3:30-4:00	April Jewell “Gently Lifting Gold’s Herringbone Reconstruction by Tuning Adsorbate Chemistry”	Tufts University april.jewell@tufts.edu	Natasha Erdman “Emerging Technology to Advance Energy Research”	JEOL USA, Inc. erdman@jeol.com
4:00-4:30	Ashleigh Baber “Engineering and Atomic Scale Characterization of Bimetallic Pd Alloys”	Tufts University ashleigh.baber@gmail.com	Joe Geller “Practical Electron Beam Analysis – All Applications, No Theory (Unless you Ask)!	Geller Microanalytical Laboratory, Inc jg@gellermicro.com
4:30-5:00	Timothy J. Lawton “Atomic Scale Studies of Chiral Metal Surfaces”	Tufts University Timothy.Lawton@tufts.edu	Rolf Olson “Accurate Co-Deposition of Multiple Materials from Multiple Sources”	SVTA, Inc. olson@svta.com
5:00	EVENING BUFFET	EVENING BUFFET	EVENING BUFFET	EVENING BUFFET