New England International Nanomanufacturing Workshop

Breaking the Barriers to Nanomanufacturing to enable the Commercialization of Nanotechnology

June 16-18, 2003

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Organized by: Northeastern University, University of Massachusetts Lowell and the University of New Hampshire

Sponsored by: Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialization Education Foundation (MANCEF)

The Nanomanufacturing Research Institute at Northeastern University, University of Massachusetts Lowell and the University of New Hampshire will host the 1^st International New England Nanomanufacturing Workshop on June 16-18 in Boston, MA. The Workshop will be held at Northeastern University Boston Campus. The event is expected to draw more than 100 engineers, research directors and scientists from industry and academia, equipment vendors and suppliers to address current and future challenges and advances in nanomanufacturing.

Nanomanufacturing is expected to be high-volume, high-rate, integrated assembly of nano-elements into commercial products. This involves controlling position, orientation, and interconnectivity of the nano-elements. Increases in worldwide investments over the past few years have propelled nanoscience research scientific breakthroughs to a new level. To ensure that these discoveries lead to commercially viable products, it is important to address fundamental scientific barriers to nanomanufacturing, in parallel with the ongoing nanoscience research. The goal of the workshop is to address moving from laboratory fabrication and prototyping, into industry-floor manufacturing. The workshop will address the following:

What are the technical barriers to scale-up?
What are the technical barriers to integrating nano-elements with micro- and macro-structures and devices?
What past experiences (lessons learned) in scaling up processes (e.g., microelectronics, MEMs, pharmaceuticals, and materials) can be applied to nanomanufacturing?
What is the best path for industry, academia and government labs to collaborate to overcome both technical and non-technical (e.g., IP, commercialization) barriers?

Preliminary Program

Monday, June 16, 2003:

Tutorial: Basics of Nanomanufacturing

This tutorial covers the basic issues and applications in nanomanufacturing and reviews current and future technologies that could be used to overcome nanomanufacturing barriers.

8:30-12:00	Control and Removal of Defects in Nanomanufacturing
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:00-2:45	Self and Directed Assembly of nanowires and organic molecules
3:00-5:00	High Rate/High Volume Nanomanufacturing of Polymers

Tuesday, June 17, 2003

8:30	Introduction to Nanomanufacturing - Dr. Doumanidis, NSF
9:00	Issues in Commercialization of micro and nanotechnology, Micro and nanotechnology Roadmap, MANCEF
9:30	Report on the conclusion of the NSF Nanomanufacturing Workshop
10:00-10:30	Break
10:30-12:00	Invited talks from industry highlighting commercial applications (Triton Systems, Zyvex Corporation, etc.)
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:00-3:00	Session 1: Nanomanufacturing of nanoelectronics, sensors and devices
3:15-4:15	Panel: Nanomanufacturing Tools (Characterization, Assembly, etc.)
4:30-5:30	Panel: Investment in Nanomanufacturing (government and private investments)
5:30-7:30	Poster Session and reception

Wednesday, June 18, 2003

8:30-12:00	Session 3: Nanomaterials (Nanocomposites and polymeric Materials)
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:00-3:00	Session 4: Nanomanufacturing of Biomedical Applications
3:30-4:30	Panel: Reliability in Nanomanufacturing

Workshop

The workshop will take place at Northeastern University Boston Campus, November 12-13, 2002.

Tutorial

Micro & Nanoscale Defects in Micro & Nanofabrication, fundamentals of Self-assembly and high volume/high rate processing.

Registration fees*

	Early (before May 16, 2003)	Late (after May 16, 2003)
Workshop**	$190.00	$240.00
Tutorial:	$599.00	$699.00

Registration fee includes CD ROM proceedings, lunches and breaks for two days.

More Information

Ahmed A. Busnaina W. L. Smith Professor and Director The Nanomanufacturing Research Institute and the NSF Center for Microcontamination Control Northeastern University 334 Snell Engineering, Boston, MA 02115 Tel (617) 373-2992, Fax: (617) 373-2921 Email: a.busnaina@neu.edu

Angela Sutkaitis Program Coordinator NSF Center for Microcontamination Control Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115 Tel: (617) 373-3294 Email: a.sutkaitis@neu.edu

For complete information, please visit the workshop website.

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