Surface Engineering and Nanotechnology (IRE06)
Part of SPIE's OPTO-Ireland Meeting
4-5 April 2005 - Royal Dublin Society - Dublin, Ireland
Conference Chairs: David Kennedy, Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland); David C. Cameron, Dublin City Univ. (Ireland)
Program Committee: Gordon Chambers, Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland); Mark E. Heaton, Imperial College London (United Kingdom); Suzanne Martin, Emilia M. Mihaylova, Kevin Tiernan, Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland)
The conference is ideally suited to engineers, managers and industrialists interested in the fields of Surface Engineering, materials, design and Nanotechnology and it is based on the belief that competitiveness depends largely upon advances in these fields of technology.
Conference Objectives:
- To provide an insight into developments in nanotechnology and its applications to new product designs and materials.
- To address the needs of emerging and existing SMEs in the Irish economy in surface engineering, product design and nanotechnology.
The main topics covered include:
- surface engineering
- multi-functional materials and biomaterials
- nanostructured materials and nanopowders, nanorobots
- micro and nano systems/sensors
- smart packaging
- applications and research on nanotechnology
- materials testing
- optical measuring techniques
- R&D and nanotechnology education
- nano-technologies and nano-sciences
- new production processes and devices
- technologies for the safety and security of people
- intelligent manufacturing systems
- systems, instruments and equipment
- diagnosis and/or surgery
- sensors, actuators, and systems
- integration of miniaturised devices and related software into intelligent end-products
- surface engineering and nanotechnology
- technical innovations and business opportunities.
Abstract - Due Date: 20 September 2004
Final Summary Updates - Due: 31 January 2005
Manuscript - Due Date: 7 March 2005
