May 30

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Move into The Graduate House Apartments

May 31

10:00 a.m.

Abercrombie A227

Welcome by Dr. Naomi Halas. 
Presentation on Plasmonics by Dr. Jason Hafner

11:30 a.m.

Meet Graduate Student Mentors. Proceed to laboratories.

June 2

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Register for summer class if applicable.

June 5

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Math 212 begins.  Abercrombie A209

June 8

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Weekly Meeting with IGERT Faculty, Trainees and Interns.  Dr. Rebekah Drezek.  Title:   "Biomedical Applications of Nanophotonics"

June 15

8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Visit to NASA with Interns from the Rice Quantum Institute.

June 22

12:30 p.m.

Weekly Meeting. IGERT Trainee Kimberly Heck.  Title: "Pd/Au Catalysts for the Remediation of Chlorinated Ethenes: A SERS Study of the Surface Reaction"

June 29

12:30 p.m.

Weekly Meeting.  IGERT Faculty, Dr. Jason Hafner.  Title:  "Plasmon resonances in single nanoshells and nanostars"

June 30

11:30 a.m.

Lunch with RQI Interns.  Lecture by Dr. Neil Lane, University Professor.

July 7

12:30 p.m.

Weekly Meeting.  Speaker:  IGERT Trainee Britt Lassiter.  Title: "Spectroscopy of Single Plasmonic Nanostructures."

July 13

12:30 p.m.

Weekly Meeting.  Speaker:  IGERT Trainee Arthur Nieuwoudt.  Title: "Modeling and Automated Design of Nanoparticle Structures for Future Computing Applications"

July 20

12:30 p.m.

Weekly Meeting.  Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Richards Kortum.  Title: "Confocal Imaging for Early Detection of Cancer"

July 27

12:30 p.m.

Weekly Meeting.  Speaker:  Dr. Bruce Johnson

August 3

12:30 p.m.

Weekly Meeting.  Speaker:  IGERT Trainee Kathryn Mayer.