9 – 11:05 am: Water is the Next “Oil”.
1:15- 4 pm: Recent Advance in and Applications of Terahertz Spectroscopy in Materials Characterization.
AUG 31 Wednesday Morning: All SCHB Sessions are at the Colorado Convention Center, Room 205. Win a SCHB 4GB memory card.
9 – 11:05 am: Water is the Next “Oil”.
Stanley Seelig, Organizer, Presiding
9:00 — Introductory Remarks.
9:05 —30. Wastewater and stormwater: Liquid assets or nuisance? Debra Shore, The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
9:35 —31 “Carbon for Water” program: Making water available where it is needed most. Peter Cleary, Vestergaard Frandsen.
10:05 —32. Opening the tap to fill technology gaps: From small to large enterprises, with love. Anthonie Lombard
10:35 —33. Replacing water-intensive operations with closed-looped green solvent formulations that are recyclable and reclaimable. Stanley Seelig
11:05 — Concluding Remarks.
AUG 31 Wednesday Afternoon: All SCHB Sessions are at the Colorado Convention Center, Room 205. Win a SCHB 4GB memory card.
1:15- 4 pm: Recent Advance in and Applications of Terahertz Spectroscopy in Materials Characterization.
Anis Rahman, Applied Research & Photonics, Organizer, Presiding
1:15 — Introductory Remarks.
1:20 —34. Vibrational states of C60, H2@C60, and D2@C60 investigated by terahertz spectrometry. Anis Rahman, Applied Research & Photonics;Aunik K. Rahman, Applied Research & Photonics; Michael Frunzi,Chemistry Dept., Columbia University; Nicholas J. Turro, Chemistry Dept., Columbia University.
1:50 —35. Terahertz spectrometry and identification of well characterized organic and biological compounds. Trevor L. Broadt, Biopharmaceutical Development Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc.
2:20 —36. Label-free and neat detection of molecular chirality by terahertz spectrometry. Michael P. Schramm, Chemistry Dept., California St. University, Long Beach; Anis Rahman, Applied Research & Photonics.
2:50 — Intermission.
3:00 —37. Detection of explosives by terahertz spectrometry. Aunik K. Rahman, Applied Research & Photonics; Anis Rahman, Applied Research & Photonics; Jimmie C. Oxley, Chemistry Dept., University of Rhode Island.
3:30 —38. Direct measurement of diffusion kinetics in stratum corneum by CW terahertz scanning reflectometry. Anis Rahman, Applied Research & Photonics; Aunik K. Rahman, Applied Research & Photonics; Brian Kilfoyle, Center for Dermal Research, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey; Bozena Michniak-Kohn, Center for Dermal Research, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey.
4:00 — Concluding Remarks.