Carl Zeiss Center of Excellence Open House

HIGHLIGHTS:

Thursday, April 27 at 6 p.m.
Reception and Student Micrograph Display

Thursday, April 27 at 6:30 p.m

"The Inauguration of the Carl Zeiss Center of Excellence at UC Irvine"

Featuring:
Dirk Stenkamp, managing director
Carl Zeiss Nanotechnology Systems

LOCATION:
Calit2 Building, UC Irvine

BACKGROUND:

Carl Zeiss SMT Inc. and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) at UC Irvine have established a center for nanotechnology and biotechnology research, and advanced materials characterization. Zeiss provided three state-of-the-art scanning electron microscopes, valued at $2.5 million, which will be shared by academic researchers, industry partners and the company's applications development team. Information about the microscopes: http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/release.php?id=753.

UCI students have submitted micrographs of their research, made with the scanning electron microscopes, which will be on display during the reception.

Open house demonstrations will be continuous. All events are free and open to the public. Reception registration is requested at: www.calit2.net/events/zeissopenhouse.