Presentations

The Smalley Institute provides several PowerPoint presentations given around the world to a variety of audiences.  If you would like to use content from any of these presentations please cite the appropriate source.

Recent Presentations

•  Continuing Studies Course, Fall 2010
  
  • Session 1 - John Marsh  Introduction to the Smalley Institute  and Nobel Laureate Robert Curl on the Discovery of the Buckyball 
  • Session 2 - Professor Vicki Colvin  Introduction to Nanomaterials 
    
• Nano 104: Nanotechnology in Energy
  •  Introduction 
  •  Dr. Wade Adams' slides 
  •  Dr. Michael Wong's slides  
    
•  Polymer Nanocomposites - Professor Robert J Young, FREng from University of Manchester, UK
  • seminar sponsor - Lockheed Martin
  • speaker sponsor - UK Science & Innovation, British Consulate-General Houston
• Nano 103: Advanced Materials - co-sponsored by Houston Technology Center
  •  Professor Ajayan's slides 
  •  Professor Kristnamoorti's Slides 
• Nanotechnology in Energy's Future - John Hofmeister, Founder and CEO, Citizens for Affordable Energy; Former CEO Shell Oil Company
  •   video of presentation  
    
• The Year of Nano given by Dr. Wade Adams to the Rice Engineering Alumni at St. Arnold Brewing Company on December 1, 2009
• Nanotechnology at Rice - Energy and Much More given by Dr. Wade Adams at The Hallmark on October 28, 2009
  
• Nanotechnology - New Prospects for Jobs in Houston given by Dr. Wade Adams at Lone Star College on September 24, 2009
  

NanoScience & NanoEngineering General

• Introduction to Nanotechnology and its Relevence to IPC  provided by Dr. Kevin Ausman
  

Nanotechnology in Energy - General Presentations

• Nanotechnology and Energy presented to the Kinkaid School Weiner Fellow Program by Dr. Wade Adams
  
• Nanotechnology and Energy Efficiency: The Smalley Energy Vision presented to the Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus by Dr. Wade Adams
• Nanotechnology and Energy, Be a Scientist - Save the World presented to the Rice Alumni College by Dr. Wade Adams
• Nanotechnology and Energy, Be a Scientist - Save the World presented at the Undergraduate Nanotechnology Conference [Toronto, February 2009] by Dr. Wade Adams

• Nanotechnology and Energy: From the Smalley Vision to Revolutions in the Industry presented to the High Polymer Research Group at the 48th Conference by Wade Adams and Amy Jaffe
  
• Nano Energy Applications presented to Texas' Nano Future by Dr. Wade Adams 
• SWNT fibers - revolutionary enough to save the world? presented at Polymer Fibres 2008 by Dr. Wade Adams with the assistance of Dr. Micah J. Green, Dr. Natnae Behabtu, and Dr. Matteo Pasquali