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The IEEE Nanotechnology News March 2004, Volume 2, Number 1
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The IEEE Nanotechnology News. News and information
for the worldwide Nanotechnology community.
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Editorial
(1) “Be careful what you wish for, because you might get it.”
Technical Highlights
(2) Your submissions welcomed
Conference Announcements
(3) Deadline date extended for IEEE-NANO 2004
(4) First International Workshop on Nano and Bio-electronics Packaging: March 22-23, 2004
(5) See our list of nanotechnology conferences.
People
(6) Congratulations to Meyya Meyyappan
Job Openings
(7) "NSF Seeks Program Director for NanoManufacturing"
Miscellaneous
(8) "National Science Board Approves Award for a National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network"
Classified Ads
9) Your free ad here
-------------------------- Editorial --------------------------
(1) Hello NTC Community,
“Be careful what you wish for, because you might get it.” Well, now there’s a billion dollars to be invested yearly in nanotechnology (give or take a few tens of millions – see http://www.nano.gov), and it’s not easy to spend that much money responsibly and intelligently. The first thing to do is to study the field and decide how best to spread the money around. However, the ubiquity of the term “nanotechnology” makes it especially important to clarify which areas are to be funded. In addition to supporting four other “modes of investment, ” the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) does this by defining nine “Grand Challenge” areas.
What specific tasks in a Grand Challenge area are worth the spending of a fair fraction of a billion dollars? The answers have become the responsibility of participants in a series of workshops organized through the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), and the other member agencies of the Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee, Committee on Technology, National Science and Technology Council. The output of the workshops are a series of reports through the NSET to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) http://www.ostp.gov/PCAST/pcast.html.
The Grand Challenges and dates of their associated workshops are summarized below.
• Chemical-Biological-Radiological-Explosive Detection and Protection 5/02
• Nanostructured Materials by Design 9/02 & 6/03
• Manufacturing at the Nanoscale 1/02 & 2/03
• Nanoscale Processes for Environmental Improvement 5/03
• Healthcare, Therapeutics and Diagnostics 10/03
• Nanoscale Instrumentation and Metrology 1/04
• Nano-Electronics, Photonics and Magnetics 2/04
• Efficient Energy Conversion and Storage 3/04
• Microcraft and Robotics ~5/04
The Silicon Nanoelectronics and Beyond Workshop” held in Portland in October, 2003 (see November NTC Newsletter) was one of several associated workshops, but not directly one of the Grand Challenge workshops. The most recent, and most relevant to our community, was the Nano-electronics, -Magnetics and –Photonics (NEMP) Grand Challenge Workshop, held in Arlington in early February. The workshop was organized by Gernot Pomrenke, AFOSR and Workshop Chair, Chagaan Baatar, ONR and Workshop Co-Chair, and Stephen B. Gould and Geoff Holdridge, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, and was apparently an expanded version of a session held on nearly the same general topics at IEEE NANO 2002 in Arlington (http://www.ewh.ieee.org/tc/nanotech/nano2002/nanoelex.doc), organized by Cliff Lau.
The workshop consisted of lively plenary talks as well as five breakout sessions:
1. Acquiring – sensors and transducers
2. Storing - memory to store data in non-volatile, compact media
3. Processing - logic circuitry to transform data into information
4. Transmitting - interconnections to send data rapidly across chip, between chips and through space
5. Systems Level integration
The challenge is to predict what future technologies will be relevant, what will be possible, and what will be economically viable, all without resorting to hyperbole to bolster the vision. This is a difficult task. Given the level of effort invested in these meetings, it is gratifying to know that those charged with the enormous responsibility of sorting out myriad complex issues are doing so with care and effort. A successful outcome will help ensure that the public trust is not violated, and that we all get the chance to justify the public’s confidence and willingness to continue funding.
------------------Technical Highlights ------------------
(2) Your submissions welcomed
------------ Conference Announcements -------------
(3) Fourth IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology this August.
http://www.nano.ei.tum.de/ieeenano2004/ieeenano2004.htm
Deadline extended until March 11th. This is the core NTC Conference each year. Don't miss the chance to show your support for the NTC. Please submit your abstracts.
(4) First International Workshop on Nano and Bio-electronics Packaging: March 22-23, 2004. This two-day event will take place at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta hotel (GrandAtlanta.Hyatt.com)and offers a wealth of keynote presentations and technical sessions focusing on: Nano Bio-Packaging, Nano Photonics, Nano Manufacturing, Nano Imprint, NEMS, Nano Fluidics,and Nano Packaging Materials
http://www.prc.gatech.edu/nanobiopack/index.htm(5) http://www.nd.edu/~ntcnews/nanoconferences.html
---------------------------- People --------------------------
(6) Congratulations to Meyya Meyyappan, Director of the Center for Nanotechnology at NASA Ames Research Center. He has been elected IEEE Fellow for contributions to and leadership in nanotechnology.
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(7) "NSF Seeks Program Director for NanoManufacturing" <https://www.ieeecommunities.org/ntc?go=297705>https://www.ieeecommunities.org/ntc?go=297705
----------------------- Miscellaneous ----------------------
(8) "National Science Board Approves Award for a National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network" <https://www.ieeecommunities.org/ntc?go=296506>https://www.ieeecommunities.org/ntc?go=296506
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