Our Sponsors   Dr. Louis Martin-Vega Dean, College of Engineering University of South Florida The National Science Foundation, Office of International Science and Engineering Program of International Planning and Workshops. El Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología Dirección de Políticay Cooperación Internacional en Ciencia y Tecnología, México College of Engineering University of South Florida College of Engineering University of California at Santa Barbara The International Center for Materials Research University of California at Santa Barbara The Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The College of Engineering Boston University The Office of International Affairs University of South Florida We also would like to thank Dr. Charles McCutchen for his generousity and support for this conference