April SAO Monthly Meeting Features John Donovan, Director, CAMCOR Microanalytical Facility --an ONAMI, (Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute) Supported Center on the Campus of the University of Oregon.
Eugene, OR--The Lane County Chapter of the Software Association of Oregon (SAO) continues its new series of monthly meetings at Symantec’s Springfield site, 555 International Way. April’s meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 16th from 6 to 8 PM. "Our first meeting in March attracted over 60 participants and generated very good energy for our technology community", said Wayne Skipper, President of Concentric Sky, Inc. and Lane Chapter President. “We hope to build on that energy and continue our focus on professional networking and presentations from local technology companies and organizations”. Giving the presentation at this month’s meeting will be John Donovan, the Director of CAMCOR Microanalytical Facility. CAMCOR is a full-service, comprehensive materials characterization center available to research institutions and private industry. CAMCOR is the first Oregon Signature Research Center, and is funded by the Oregon Economic and Community Development Division, through the Oregon Innovation Council (OR InC). The CAMCOR facilities provide enabling infrastructure for research in chemistry, nanoscience, materials science, bioscience, and optics. CAMCOR houses capital-intensive equipment for microanalysis, surface analysis, electron microscopy, semiconductor device fabrication, as well as traditional chemical characterization. CAMCOR represents an enormous opportunity for attracting and creating new high technology enterprise to our region through its mission to: 1) provide state-of-the-art materials characterization facilities to researchers at regional academic institutions and companies; 2) foster collaborative interactions between faculty and researchers at academic institutions and industries throughout the northwest; and 3) provide short courses and workshops on characterization techniques and provide hands-on training facilities for the participants. In addition to his role as CAMCOR’s director, John Donovan is a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at the U of O. John is also a principal at Probe Software, Inc., a software company based in Eugene, founded in 2005 to provide software for x-ray acquisition, automation and analysis of electron microprobe analyzers. He is a songwriter/musician, essayist, and avid writer of letters to the editor of the Register Guard. You can learn more about his interests by visiting his homepage http://www.uoregon.edu/~donovan/. There is no cost for this monthly meeting. Light refreshments will be provided. Business and technical professionals working in any aspect of the computer technology industry, including: software application development, network administration, web development, etc., are encouraged to attend. The meeting is also open to providers of professional services who work with technology clients. For further information regarding this meeting or the Lane County Chapter of the Software Association of Oregon, contact Paul Berger at 541 485-7220 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] For information about the Lane Chapter of the Software Association of Oregon visit www.saolanecounty.org. _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
