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10th Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology, 10-13 October 2002Rapid advances in our ability to probe, image, and manipulate the properties of matter at the atomic scale—together with emerging insights into structure, function and self-assembly in biological systems—is bringing to fruition the tremendous promise of nanotechnology first recognized by Richard Feynman over 40 years ago. In the next decade, current research into the science and technology of nanostructures will have a major impact on fields ranging from consumer electronics to space exploration and medicine. Foresight Institute's 1st Conference on Nanotechnology, which pre-dated the National Nanotechnology Initiative by a decade, was the first comprehensive conference on the subject. Foresight-sponsored events continue to be the premiere venue for discussing new and innovative multidisciplinary research in nanotechnology. Last year's conference attracted over 400 researchers from academic, government and industrial laboratories world-wide, and included papers from the electronics, biological, medical, and computing communities. Foresight's 10th Conference will again provide a forum in which leaders from all disciplines delving into nanoscale science and technology present and discuss their latest ideas and results.
Keynote SpeakerMildred S. Dresselhaus, MIT The Nanoscience of Nanotubes and Nanowires Dr. Dresselhaus, Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has made numerous contributions to the study, understanding, and characterization of nanostructures. Professor Dresselhaus has served as the President and Board Chairman of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Director of the Office of Science in the US Department of Energy. She was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1990. Invited SpeakersRodney Andrews, University of Kentucky Donald W. Brenner, North Carolina State University Larry Dalton, University of Washington Cees Dekker, Delft University of Technology Dan Feldheim, North Carolina State University Craig Grimes, Pennsylvania State University Peixuan Guo, Purdue University Judith A. Harrison, U.S. Naval Academy Josef Michl, Univ. of Colorado Nadrian C. Seeman, New York University Nongjian Tao, Arizona State University Jon A. Zubieta, Syracuse University |
Conference ProceedingsPapers based on presentations and posters accepted for the 10th Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (www.aspbs.com/jnn) and will be available to conference attendees as an option for $35. Published bimonthly by American Scientific Publishers, JNN is a cross-disciplinary peer-reviewed international journal on nanoscience and nanotechnology encompassing fundamental and applied research in all disciplines of science, engineering, and medicine.
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U.S. Army selects MIT for Institute for Solider Nanotechnologies
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According to a press release (13 March 2002), the U.S. Army has selected the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to be the host institution for a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) for the U.S. Army's Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN). A brief press release was also issued by the Army. Competition was keen among a number of universities across the United States to host the ISN, which will be a five-year, $50 million program in which MIT will receive $10 million annually for research "to create lightweight molecular materials to equip the foot soldier of the future with uniforms and gear that can heal them, shield them and protect them against chemical and biological warfare." The Army release adds the program will provide the U.S. military with "expertise in the development and application of nanotechnology for the soldier; including the creation of uniforms and materials that could help heal soldiers, protect against bullets, chemical agents or monitor a soldier's life support processes."
According to the MIT press release, the ISN will be staffed by up to 150 people, including 35 MIT professors from nine departments in the schools of engineering, science, and architecture and planning. The ISN will also include specialists from the Army, DuPont and Raytheon, and physicians from Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, which are members of the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology
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