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Media Advisory

 


NSF PA/M 02-45 - December 6, 2002

NSF to Host Conference on Latest Discoveries in Nanoscale Science and Technology

Recipients of Nanoscale Science and Engineering awards made in 2001 will highlight initial results from over 100 NSF-funded projects at a grantees conference December 11-13, 2002, at the National Science Foundation.


 

What:

NSF Nanoscale Science and Technology Grantee Conference

When:

Dec. 11-13, 2002
8:00am to 6:00pm

Where:

National Science Foundation, Rm. 375
4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230
For directions to NSF, see http://www.nsf.gov/home/visit/visitjump.htm

Seating is limited and advance registration is required. Contact Ms. Nichelle Coward (ncoward@nsf.gov; 703-292-7042)

Topics will include:

  • Biological models for nanoengineering
  • Quantum dots and their applications
  • Nanostructured materials
  • Single molecule transport and devices
  • Nanoscale electronics
  • Molecular self-assembly
  • Environmental nanoprocesses
  • Nanomechanical devices
  • National nanotechnology research and education networks

Speakers will include:

  • Rita Colwell, National Science Foundation (Director)
  • Richard Russell, Office of Science and Technology Policy (Associate Director for Technology)
  • Mihail "Mike" Roco, NSF Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology and Chair, Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET)

Plus researchers from NSF's Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers and universities across the country.

**The conference program can be accessed at http://nano.gov, or directly at http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/%7Enano/Grantees02Program1203.htm

Media contacts:

 Roberta Hotinski, NSF

 703-292-8070

 rhotinsk@nsf.gov

 

 Josh Chamot, NSF

 703-292-8070

  jchamot@nsf.gov

For background and press-ready images, see http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/priority/nano/start.htm and /nano_intro.htm

 

 
 
     
 

 
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