NNI Nanotechnology Signature Initiatives

Session Co-Chairs

Lisa E. Friedersdorf
Program Manager, Nanotechnology Signature Initiative
National Nanotechnology Coordination Office

Special Session

The federal agencies participating in the National Nanotechnology Initiative have identified focused areas of national importance that may be more rapidly advanced through enhanced coordination and collaboration of agency research and development efforts. These Nanotechnology Signature Initiatives (NSIs) provide a spotlight on critical areas and define the shared vision of the participating agencies for accelerating the advancement of nanoscale science and technology to address needs and exploit opportunities from research through commercialization.

The five current NSIs are:

These special sessions will provide an overview of the NNI Nanotechnology Signature Initiatives and perspectives from major funding agencies. It will provide an introduction to the rich program of applications focused research which will be presented in each of the NSI areas at Nanotech 2013..

Key Organizers and Speakers Include:

Symposium Co-Chairs

	George Maracas Program Director National Science Foundation
	Paul Kladitis Program Manager National Reconnaissance Office
	Michael Meador Nanotechnology Project Manager NASA
	Luigi Colombo Fellow, External Research Development Group Texas Instruments Incorporated
	Industry-Government-University Partnerships on Research towards Nanoelectronics Bob Doering Senior Fellow and Research Manager, Texas Instruments
	Leonard Franklin Register Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Texas at Austin
	Dorothy F. Farrell Nanotechnology Development Projects Manager NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer
	A Life-Cycle Approach to Relevant and Reliable Development of Nanotechnology for Sensors and Sensors for Nanotechnology Mark D. Hoover Senior Research Scientist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
	Carlos Gonzalez Chief, Chemical Sciences Division National Institute of Standards and Technology

	Kris A. Bertness Project Leader, Semiconductor Metrology for Energy Conversion National Institute of Standards and Technology
	Sustainable Nanomanufacturing – Creating the Industries of the Future James Alexander Liddle Leader, Nanofabrication Research Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology
	International Standards Development in Renewable Cellulose Nanomaterials World Nieh Forest Products National Program Lead, R&D Deputy Area, U.S. Forest Service
	Gernot S. Pomrenke Program Manager Air Force Office of Scientific Research
	Nano Electronics for 2020 and Beyond – NNI Signature Initiative Curt A. Richter Physicist, Semiconductor & Dimensional Metrology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology
	Charles Ying Program Director National Science Foundation
	Hongda Chen National Program Leader NIFA
	Daryl W. Hess Program Director, Materials Theory National Science Foundation (NSF)
	James Luo Program Director, Extramural Science Program National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)

Confirmed Invited Speakers

	Silicon Nanowire Solar Cells: Lowering the Cost of Solar Electricity Marcie R. Black CTO, Co-founder, Bandgap Engineering
	Nanostructures for Improving the Spectral Response of Photovoltaic Cells Thomas E. Mallouk Professor of Materials Chemistry and Physics Director, Center for Solar Nanomaterials, The Pennsylvania State University
	Challenges and Opportunities in the Scale-up of Cellulose Nanofibril Production Douglas J. Gardner Professor, Forest Operations, Bioproducts & Bioenergy, University of Maine
	Pioneering Nanostructures into Applications by Optimizing Structure-Property-Processing Relationships Edward M. Silverman Manager, Advanced NanoMaterials Laboratory, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
	Environmentally Benign Nano-manufacturing John Dorr Vice President, Business Development, Nanocomp Technologies, Inc.
	Adding New Capabilities to Silicon CMOS Integrated Circuits via Deterministic Programmed Assembly Theresa Mayer Professor of Electrical Engineering and Technical Director, Nanofabrication Facility, The Pennsylvania State University
	Beyond CMOS Transistors Alan Seabaugh Professor of Electrical Engineering Director, SRC-NRI Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND), University of Notre Dame

	Altaf (Tof) Carim Assistant Director for Nanotechnology Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
	Nanoscale electromagnetic characterization of semiconductors and photovoltaics with scanning microwave microscopy T. Mitch Wallis Physicist, Electromagnetics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology
	Roll-to-Roll Fabrication of Nanostructured Materials and Devices James Watkins Director, Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing, University of Massachusetts Amherst
	Commercialization Challenges for Nanotechnology: A small company perspective Lance Criscuolo President, Zyvex Technologies
	Silicon Photonics: Enabling Optoelectronic Systems-on-a-chip Michael Hochberg Associate Professor, University of Delaware
	Toward Quantum Electronics based on 2-Dimensional Materials and Beyond Philip Kim Professor, Physics Department, Columbia University