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NanoLunch Speaker Series PDF Print E-mail

All students are invited to lunch! The quarterly NanoLunch speaker series will take place in the Fall and Spring quarters at NSCC, while the Winter and Summer quarter NanoLunches will be at the University of Washington.

These lunches are co-sponsored by SHINE and the NSF Center on Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research (CMDITR) at the University of Washington.

Winter 2012 NanoLunch

Speakers: Members of the UW Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Student Associations

Friday March 16th, 2012 11:30 - 12:30 pm

Fluke Hall, room 215 (UW campus)

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Lunch will be provided!


Fall 2011 NanoLunch

Speakers: Mark Helsel, Microvision

Tuesday December 6th, 2011 12:00 - 1:00 pm

Club Room, 1st floor College Center

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Lunch will be provided!


Spring 2011 NanoLunch

Speakers: Eric Miller, GigOptix

Thursday May 5th, 2011 12:00 - 1:00 pm

Club Room, 1st floor College Center

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Lunch will be provided!


Winter 2011 NanoLunch

Speaker: Elisabeth Strein, University of Washington

February 25th, 2011 12:00pm - 1:00pm

CHB 102 (UW campus)

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Lunch will be provided!


Fall 2010 NanoLunch

Speakers: Michael Laine, LiftPort Group

Friday, November 19th, 2010 12:00 - 1:00 pm

Green Room, 1st floor College Center

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Lunch will be provided!


Spring 2010 NanoLunch

Speakers: John Milton, Jeff Purdy, and Matt Martin-Vegue

Microvision, Inc.

Thursday, May 27th, 2010 12:00 - 1:00 pm

ED 2843A (NSCC campus)

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Winter 2010 Gen2 NanoLunchDeniseBaleMushatt

Speaker: Denise Bale (Mushatt), University of Washington

March 4th, 2010 1:00 - 3:00 pm

CHB 102 (UW campus)

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Lunch will be provided!