NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2008 – ASME recognized five outstanding posters presented in the 3rd Micro and Nanotechnology Society-wide Forum held Nov. 5, 2008, in Boston.

More than 160 posters were displayed in the forum, which was held in conjunction with the 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and promoted interdisciplinary research in the field.  Posters in the 3rd Micro and Nanotechnology Society-wide Forum were drawn from technical papers presented during the 2008 Congress.

ASME presented the grand prize in recognition of the poster, “Optofluidic Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Chip for Detection of Dengue Virus” (Yun Suk Huh, Aram J. Chung, Bernardo Cordovez and David Erickson of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.)

The poster “Nano-reinforced Interfaces: Opportunities and Challenges” (Jacob Wernik and Shaker Meguid of the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada) was cited for the Innovation Award.

First prize was awarded for the poster “Engineered Nano-structures for High Thermal Conductivity Substrates” (Kripa K. Varanasi, Peter deBock, Tao Deng, Pramod Chamarthy, Shakti Chauhan, Ambarish Kulkarni, Gary Mandrusiak, Brian Rush, Boris Russ, Stanton Weaver, Lauraine Denault and Frank Gerner of General Electric).

The second and third-place winners in the competition were, respectively, “A Micromechanical Model for Analyzing Heat Conduction and Deformations of Particulate Composites” (Anastasia Muliana, Kamran Khan and Pradeep Gudlur of Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas), and “Elastic and Viscoelastic Characterization and Modeling of Polymer-based Structures for Biological Applications” (I-Kuan Lin, Yan Liu and Xin Zhang of Boston University and Yen-Ming Liao, Kuang-Shun Ou and Kuo-Shen Chen of National Cheng Kung University, China)

 Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organization promoting the art, science and practice of mechanical and multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences.  ASME develops codes and standards that enhance public safety, and provides lifelong learning and technical exchange opportunities benefiting the engineering and technology community.

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