How small is nano? Using materials smaller than the diameter of a human hair, Julia offers a futuristic peek into the surprisingly strong world of nano building materials. Julia Greer likes small stuff, really really small stuff. Greer creates 3-dimensional nano-architectures and designs experiments to assess their properties. These “meta-materials” have multiple applications, for example, as biomedical devices, battery electrodes, and lightweight structural materials. They provide a rich “playground” for fundamental scientific pursuits. After graduating with an S.B. in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Advanced Music Performance from MIT in 1997, Greer studied at Stanford and received her Ph.D. in Materials Science. She worked at Intel and was a post-doc at PARC before joining the faculty of Caltech in 2007, where she has appointments in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Medical Engineering. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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1. when she talks about letting a feather and the nickel lettice fall she says weight, as we all know she isn't taking about mass but density, it got me confused first..
2. It is so impressing what doctor Julia Greer have said or explained about nanotechnology and architectural designs. I am eager to see nad use these new products coming into the common market share. Kudos!