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Dr. Mihail C.
Roco
Senior Advisor for
Nanotechnology
National Science
Foundation
Chair, National Science,
Engineering and
Technology Council's
Subcommittee on Nanoscale
Science, Engineering
and Technology (NSET)
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Dr. Roco chairs the National Science and Technology
Council's subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering
and Technology (NSET), and is Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology
at the National Science Foundation. He also coordinates
the programs on academic liaison with industry (GOALI).
Prior to joining National Science Foundation, he was
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University
of Kentucky (1981-1995), and held visiting professorships
at the California Institute of Technology (1988-89),
Johns Hopkins University (1993-1995), Tohoku University
(1989), and Delft University of Technology (1997-98).
Dr. Roco is credited with 13 inventions, has authored/co-authored
numerous archival articles and other publications,
and several books including "Slurry Flow: Theory and
Practice" (Butterworth, 1991), "Particulate Two-phase
Flow" (Butterworth, 1993) and "Nanostructure Science
and Technology" (Kluwer Acad., 1999). He is a key
architect of the National Nanotechnology Initiative,
and coordinated the preparation of the National Science
and Technology Council reports on "Nanotechnology
Research Directions" (NSTC, 1999) and "National Nanotechnology
Initiative" (NSTC, 2000).
Dr. Roco is a Correspondent Member of the Swiss Academy
of Engineering Sciences and a Fellow of the ASME.
He was honored as recipient of the Carl Duisberg Award
in Germany, "Burgers Professorship Award" in Netherlands
and the "University Research Professorship" award
in U.S., and more recently the "Engineer of the Year"
(1999) by the U.S. National Society of Professional
Engineers and NSF. He has been co-founder and Chair
of the AIChE Particle Technology Forum, Associate
Technical Editor for Journal of Fluids Engineering,
and the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Nanoparticle
Research.
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