NSF Grantees Conference, December 13-15, 2004
Arlington, VA 22230

Preliminary Program

The National Science Foundation will sponsor its annual Grantees Conference on Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSE) in December 13-15, 2004. This program review and research networking will be focused on the outcomes of the FY 2003 NSE awards. It will highlight the ongoing research of grantee projects and includes roundtable discussions designed to promote new partnerships for research and education among the NSE community. The conference provides an opportunity for timely dissemination of innovative research progress, facilitation of partnerships, and identification of future research directions. These interdisciplinary interactions will advance the goals of the National Nanotechnology Initiative.

This conference brings together grantee teams from the NSF NSE program. The first project grants from the NSE program were awarded in 2001 (NSF 00-119), followed by those in 2002 (NSF 01-157) and 2003 (NSF 02-148) and 2004 (NSF 03-043). Team projects consist of Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRTs) and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers (NSECs).

The program for FY 2003 NSE Grantees Meeting is enclosed for your reference . For more information contact Cynthia Jackson, Tel. 703-292-8301, cjackson@nsf.gov.

Conference Organizers:

Elisabeth Podlaha
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Academic Organizer NSF NSE Conference and 2002 NIRT PI
Louisiana State University
Phone: 225-578-3056, podlaha@che.lsu.edu

Mike Roco
Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology
Chair, NSTC's Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and
Technology
National Science Foundation
Phone: 703-292-8301, mroco@nsf.gov

James T. Yardley
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director, Center for Integrated Science and Engineering (CISE)
Columbia University
Phone: 212-854-3839, jy307@columbia.edu

JoAnn Slama Lighty
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Academic Organizer NSF NSE Conference and 2003 NIRT PI
University of Utah
Phone: (801) 581-5763, jlighty@coe.utah.edu

Xiang Zhang
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Director NSF Nano-scale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC)
University of California, Los Angeles
Phone: (310) 206-7699, xzhang@microlab.seas.ucla.edu

Mark Tuominen
Associate Professor of Physics
Academic Organizer NSF NSE Conference and 2001 NIRT PI
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Phone: 413-545-1944, tuominen@physics.umass.edu

 

The proceedings of the previous grantees meetings can be found on the website
http://www.nseresearch.org