BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 RDATE:20140309T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 RDATE:20141102T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140220T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140220T203000 LOCATION:Smith Memorial Union 236\, PSU SUMMARY:From Gecko Physics to Smart Adhesives\, Climbing Robots\, and Fut ure Superheros DESCRIPTION:Nature's best climbers\, geckos use millions of adhesive nano -hairs to defy gravity. Kellar Autumn's research has revealed the mechani sms underlying gecko adhesion\, and has led to the development of "smart" adhesive nanostructures and climbing robots. Kellar Autumn is a Pro fessor of Biology at Lewis &\; Clark College. His research focuses on the mechanisms and evolution of animal locomotion\, and on developing bio logically inspired materials and machines. He is best known for discoveri ng how geckos stick to walls and for inventing the adhesive nanostructure . Prof. Autumn has authored over 60 papers\, and Thompson/ISI lists him a s a highly cited author in the field of Materials Science and Engineering . He is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Special Creativity Award. His research is featured textbooks\, encyclopedias\, and popular books including The Nanotech Pioneers: Where Are They Taking Us? Every ma jor television network has covered his work\, as have hundreds of newspap er\, magazine\, and internet articles worldwide. He appeared recently on the NOVA television show\, Making Stuff Smarter. Parking free after 7 p.m. in Structures 1 and 2 \; TriMet access via MAX Green and Yellow Lines and Portland Streetcar The lecture is free and open to the public. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: