Paul McEuen
Paul McEuen, John A. Newman Professor of Physical Science, Cornell University and director of the Kavli Instituute at Cornell for Nanaoscale Science, will present “Smart Machines” at a Director’s Special Colloquium on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. The colloquium begins at 2 p.m. in the Building 402 Auditorium. All employees whose schedules permit are invited to attend.
Shuttle service will be provided starting at 1:15 p.m. with stops at 201, 212, 202, 203, 200, 205, 240 and 362. Return trips will follow the talk.
Event parking is prohibited along the sides of roads; if the main parking lot is full, please use the APS overflow lot located near Building 450.
Abstract
Fifty years ago, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman claimed that a revolution was underway where information, computers and machines would be shrunk to impossibly small dimensions. History has proven him mostly right: Moore’s law has brought Feynman’s dreams to fruition in the realms of data and computing, giving us cell phones, the internet and artificial intelligence. But the third leg of Feynman’s dream, the miniaturization of machines, is only just getting underway. Can we create functional, intelligent machines at the smallest scales? And if so, how? In this talk, I’ll take a look at some of the approaches being explored, including our group’s forays into combining electronics, paper arts and functional 2D materials to create a new generation of smart, active nanomachines.
Biography
Paul McEuen is the John A. Newman Professor of Physical Science at Cornell University and director of the Kavli institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science. His research explores the electronic, optical and mechanical properties of nanoscale materials; he is currently excited about using these materials to construct functional micron-scale machines. He is also a novelist, and his scientific thriller SPIRAL won the debut novel of the year from the International Thriller Writers Association. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.