Workshop on Nanostructures for Electronics, Optics

Torsten Mueller writes "[Here is the] First announcement of the International Workshop on Nanostructures for Electronics and Optics – NEOP, August 18 – 21, 2002, Dresden, Germany.
The organizers would like to inform you about this 3-day workshop. The full, updated information can be found under http://www.neop.de.

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Organizers and Sponsors are the company ZMD AG, the Research Center Rossendorf, the Center of Competence – Nanotechnology."

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Rice workshop to examine environmental impacts of nanotech

If you will be in the Houston, Texas area on Monday, 10 December 2001, consider attending a workshop on "Nanotechnology and Environment: An Examination of the Potential Benefits and Perils of an Emerging Technology" that will be presented by the Rice University Energy and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI), which is co-sponsoring the workshop with the Office for Science and Technology of the French Embassy USA. Rice is hosting the workshop in affiliation with its new Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN), one of six major Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers recently announced by the National Science Foundation and the first to focus on applications of nanoscience to biology and the environment. The workshop will also include a second day that will be "a closed-door session in which scientists will confer on priorities for research in the field, resulting in a research priorities briefing document."
The first day of the workshop is free and open to the public. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in Anne and Charles Duncan Hall, McMurtry Auditorium, 6100 Main Street. A reception and poster session will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Preregistration is not required. A speakers list, schedule, and additional information can be found on the EESI website.

A recent nanotechnology seminar in Iran

A.M. Soltaani submitted this brief summary of a recent nanotech seminar in Iran: "Iran centre for industrial research and development affiliated to Industrial development and renovation organization in Iran, and Nanotechnology Policy Studies Committee affiliated to Presidential Technology Cooperation office have [held] a seminar on nanotechnology opportunities for Iranian industry in Teheran on Tuesday. Please see for more: http://www.tco.gov.ir/nano/English/events/Idro.htm"

[Editor's note: This item was submitted on Wednesday, 21 November 2001, so "Tuesday" presumably refers to 20 November, or perhaps 13 November 2001; no date is given on the linked web page. See also the recent post on nanotech in Iran.]

Molecular electronics researchers awarded 2001 Feynman Prizes

The Foresight Institute announced the winners of the 2001 Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology, which were awarded at a banquet on Saturday, 10 November 2001 during the Ninth Foresight Conference. Each year, two prizes are awarded in the amount of $5,000 each to the researchers whose recent work has most advanced the development of molecular nanotechnology. The separate prizes are awarded for theoretical work and for experimental work.

The winner of the 2001 Feynman Prize (Experimental) is Charles M. Lieber of Harvard University, a leading researcher in field of carbon nanotube applications. On Friday, 9 November 2001, Lieberís research team published a paper in the journal Science describing arrays of nanotubes that form transistors at their junctions.

The winner of the 2001 Feynman Prize (Theoretical) is Mark A. Ratner of Northwestern University, a pioneer in the field of molecular electronics.

Additional details on the awards can be found in this article on the Small Times website.

Iran Nanotechnology Conference

A. Soltani writes of an upcoming "The Nanotechnology conference, the outlook of industrial revolution will be held in March 2002 in Tehran, Iran. You can see more at: http://www.tco.gov.ir/nano/English/events/Conference.htm"

Editor's Note: Be sure to visit the web site of the Iranian government's Nanotechnology Policy Studies Committee. The site offers an extensive amount of material in English (much of which appears to have been . . . er, "borrowed" from other sites on the web.)

Ninth Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology

The Ninth Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology will be held at the Westin Hotel in Santa Clara, California from 9 -11 November 2001. The keynote speaker will be James Murday of the U.S. Naval Research Lab and Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office. A special conference session on Venture Capital for Nanotechnology and a Nanotechnology Patent Roundtable will be held.

ASME 2001 conference will include nanotech track

from the More-conferences dept.
A reminder: The special nanotechnology track at the 2001 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Mechanical Engineering Conference (11-16 November 2001) will include a keynote panel discussion, three nanotechnology tutorials, and nine conference technical sessions devoted to various aspects of nanotechnology.

NSF examines technology to

from the Information,-please dept.
This tantalizing blurb was posted 21 September 2001 on the website of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI):

Martha Krebs to Participate in NSF Workshop in December – Advances in a diverse range of scientific disciplines require a need for better communication among the sciences. The NSF has planned a workshop aimed at improving the exchange of ideas between the rapidly progressing fields of Nanotechnology, Biotechnology and biomedicine, Information technology and Cognitive science (Nano-Bio-IT-Cogno). CNSI Director Martha Krebs will participate in the conference, ìConvergent Technologies for Improving Human Performanceî, held on Dec. 3-4 in Arlington, VA. The conference will address issues set for the short and long term that include enhancing individual capabilities and societal outcomes.

It would be interesting to know more about just what sort of ìperformance improvementsî will be considered during the workshop — however, no further information seems to be available at this time.

Computational nanotech seminar in 3 cities — free

from the talks-demos-&-lunch dept.
Accelrys is offering a free one-day computational nanotechnology seminar to be given in mid-October 2001 in DC, Houston, and Silicon Valley. While it includes some product demos, it also features speakers from outside the company, an "interactive session — creating complex structures from atomic building blocks (Audience participation)", and lunch. The invitation states "Entire nanoscale devices can be modeled on a computer in complete atomic detail". For a free event, this looks hard to beat.

Planning workshop for Oak Ridge nanotech center

The U.S. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will be holding a Nanophase Materials Sciences Workshop on 24-26 October 2001 at the Garden Plaza Hotel in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The workshop will be part of the planning for a "highly collaborative and multidisciplinary Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences to address the national need for facilities to support state-of-the-art research on the synthesis, fabrication, characterization, and understanding of nanoscale structures, materials, and phenomena." The Center will include a Nanofabrication Research Laboratory, a Nanomaterials Theory Institute, and extensive facilities for materials synthesis and characterization. The purpose of the workshop is to facilitate community involvement in the planning for the Center. In particular, input is sought on equipment needs, candidate research areas, and user operations. A preliminary program is available online.

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