Cafe Sci Orlando announcements for 2013-08: Nanotechnology

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• "Nanotechnology" at Taste
  
• topic at Downtown Orlando Library to be announced
  
• On the Web
  

This month we will have fascinating discussions at our Cafe Sci at 7PM on Wednesday 7 August, at Taste, in College Park; and at the Cafe Sci for kids at 6PM on Tuesday 13 August, at the downtown Orlando Public Library.

Nanotechnology

Only a few years ago, the science and engineering of manipulating matter at the atomic and molecular level seemed to be a promise of enormous changes to come in a few decades. Instead, the results of nanoscience quietly sneaked into our everyday lives yesterday. Prof Rahman will talk about nanoscience, its brief history, and its current state.

Dr. Talat Rahman is the UCF Physics Chair and a UCF Provost Distinguished Research Professor. Her research interests are first principles calculations of nanoscale phenomena (chemical reactions, molecular diffusion, vibrational dynamics and thermodynamics of nanomaterials); multiscale-modeling offunctional material; structural stability and characteristics of nanoalloys; atomistic studies of diffusion at solid surfaces; thin film growth processes and surface morphological evolution of nanostructures.

This is a continuation of the April talk, which served as an introduction to nanotechnology. This extra time will let Prof Rahman talk about her favorite parts of the subject.

Directions

Taste

717 W. Smith Street

Orlando, United States

32804

Taste is near the corner of Princeton Street (really Smith Street after the fork) and Edgewater Drive, so about 2 minutes from I-4 to parking. One can park on the street or in the parking lot behind Taste. 

• From Downtown and south, drive north ("east") on I-4 through downtown. At the exit for Princeton Street, exit and turn left/west.
  
• From Altamonte Springs and north, drive south ("west") on I-4 toward downtown Orlando. At the exit for Princeton Street, exit and turn right/west.
  

From I-4, drive a few blocks to Edgewater Drive. At the intersection, you should see a orange building ahead of you, labeled "Taste". Park on the street or behind Taste.

downtown library topic

The topic for the downtown-library Cafe will be announced soon.

On the Web

You can find more about Cafe Sci on our web site, http://cafesciorl.com/ , or on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/cafesciorl, or on Google+ http://goo.gl/G1IKZ .