The Final
Science on Tap
for
2013
Nanotechnology: The Teenage Years
Interest in nanoscience -- and derivative nanotechnologies
-- has grown explosively because of the perceived potential to beneficially
impact almost every aspect of our lives.
The remarkable scientific discoveries obtained by working at the nanometer
length scale will disappoint humankind if they cannot be exploited by
integration into technologies providing unprecedented functionality and
performance. In 2000, the U.S.
government launched the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) to coordinate
and accelerate nanotechnology-related activities across twenty Federal agencies
and departments. As this initiative
enters its second decade, how far have we come towards achieving the vision of
a future in which
applications of nanotechnology will lead to a revolution in technology and
industry that benefits society? Perhaps
more importantly, where should we be going?
December 5, 2013
5:30 pm
Cosmos Tapas
4200 Central Ave SE
Neal
D. Shinn is the Co-Director for the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
(CINT) and the Senior Manager of the Integrated Nanotechnologies Group at
Sandia National Laboratories. CINT is
National User Facility jointly operated by Los Alamos and Sandia National
Laboratories for the U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Science. Dr. Shinn received the B.S. degree in
Chemistry and Mathematics from Penn State and a Ph.D. degree in Chemical
Physics from MIT. Thereafter, he was a
National Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National Institute of
Standards and Technology. In 1985, he
joined Sandia National Laboratories, later becoming Manager of the Surface and
Interface Science Department. In 2002,
he joined CINT to launch the user program and manage the CINT construction project,
which was honored with a DOE Award of Achievement. Neal’s research interests involve the physics
and chemistry at solid surfaces. He has
published over 85 scientific papers, was President of the AVS Science &
Technology professional society, and currently serves on the Governing Board of
the American Institute of Physics.
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