Educators Nanotech Resources

 

Nanotech Resources

·  National Nanotechnology Initiative (http://www.nano.gov) - the federal government organization responsible for promoting the development of nanotechnology and coordinating nanotechnology activities across the federal government.

Academic

Nanotechnology Education: College, University, and General Nanoscale Science, Technology and Engineering Programs

Virginia, Maryland and D.C. Universities

·  College of William and Mary
·  George Mason University’s Mason Nanotechnology Forum

·  George Washington University

·  Georgetown University

·  Howard University

·  James Madison University

·  Johns Hopkins University

·  Old Dominion University

·  Towson University

·  University of Maryland

·  United States Naval Academy

·  University of Virginia:

   · NSF-MRSEC on Nanoscopic Design
   
· Center for Electrochemical Science & Engineering

   · Institute for Nanoscale &
     Quantum Engineering Science & Tech (NanoQuEST)

·  Virginia Tech:

   · NASA and NSF funded Center for Self-Assembled Nano-devices at VT

   · Virginia Tech – Electrical and Computer Engineering

·  Virginia Commonwealth University


Joint Programs

·  Virginia Consortium for Nanoscale Neurosurgery (UVA, VCU & VT)

·  Center for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science (CAMOS), a joint
   UVA and Jefferson Lab Collaboration
 

Other Academic Programs

Albany NanoTech

Arizona State University (ASU)
Biomolecular Nanotechnology

Arizona State University (ASU) Nanostructures Research Group
Center for Solid State Electronics Research

Baylor College of Medicine
Molecular Biology programs

Brigham Young University Cleanroom

Brown University
Nano & Micromechanics Laboratory

California Institutes for Science and Innovation :
California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
University of California at Los Angeles and University of California at Santa Barbara

California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Cal-(IT)2)
University of California at San Diego and UC Irvine

Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)
University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Davis, University of California at Merced, University of California at Santa Cruz

Institute for Bioengineering, Biotechnology and Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3)
University of California at Berkely, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Materials and Process Simulation Center

Carnegie Mellon University Buckyball Project

Center for Applied Research and Technology at CMU
The Central Michigan University Research Corporation (CMURC)


City College of New York
New York Center for Biomedical Engineering

City College of New York
Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) Program

Clarkson University
Center for Advanced Materials Processing

Clemson University
COMSET - Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies

Clemson University
Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films (CAEFF)

Columbia University
Center for Electronic Transport in Molecular Nanostructures

 
Cornell University

Nanofabrication Facility. Part of the National Nanofabrication Users Network (NNUN)

Dartmouth
Molecular Materials Group

Drexel
Nano Materials Group (Gogotsi's Group)

Duke University
Nanoscience Group
 
Florida State University
Molecular Expressions Website
 
Georgia Institute of Technology
Nanoscience Group

Harvard University
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center - Science of Nanoscale Systems and their Device Applications

Indiana University
Advanced Research and Technology Institute

Iowa State University
Condensed Matter Physics -- Ames Lab

Lehigh University
Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology.

Loyola College - Nanobase
International Technology Research Institute.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - BioInstrumentation Laboratory

Metroplex Research Consortium for Electronic Devices and Materials (MRCEDM) combines the research and development capabilities of The University of Texas at Arlington , Southern Methodist University , Texas Christian University and The University of North Texas to assist companies that innovate and manufacture advanced technical components and systems.

Michigan State University (MSU)
Carbon Nanotubes

National Nanofabrication Users Network (NNUN)
a NSF-sponsored partnership of user facilities to provide opportunities for researchers to turn new ideas in nanoscale science and technology into experimental reality.

New York University
Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology

New Jersey Institute Of Technology
NNL - Nonlinear Nanostructures Laboratory

North Carolina Center for Nanoscale Materials (NCCNM)

North Carolina State University
Analytical Instrumentation Facility

Northeastern University
Nanomanufacturing Research Institute

Northwestern University  

Ohio University
Research Institute to Advance Studies in Nanotechnology

Oklahoma State University
Department of Physics

Oregon State University
College of Engineering

Oregon State University
Microtechnology-Based Energy, Chemical and Biological Systems (MECS)

Penn State
Nanofabrication Facility. Part of the National Nanofabrication Users Network (NNUN)

PNNL/UW Joint Institute for Nanoscience

Portland State University
Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Princeton University
Nanostructure Laboratory

Purdue Nanotechnology Initiative

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Nanotechnology Center

Rice University Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology

Rutgers University
Bio Nano Robotics

Stanford University - Nanofabrication Facility
 
State University of New York (SUNY) @ Stony Brook
Department of Physics and Astronomy. ... study the fundamental properties of Fullerenes (Carbon-60) and doped fullerenes

Texas Christian University
Atom Optics Lab

Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
a member of The Texas A&M University System

Texas Nanotechnology Initiative
A Consortium of industry, universities, government, and venture capitalists whose goal is to position Texas as the Nanotechnology State

Tufts University
The Walt Group ...nanosensors and nanostructures.

University at Albany - SUNY
Albany NanoTech "is a fully-integrated research, development, prototyping, pilot manufacturing and education resource managing a strategic portfolio of state-of-the-art laboratories, supercomputer and shared-user facilities and an array of research centers located at the University at Albany - SUNY." Formerly "The Center for Advanced Thin Film Technology".

University of Arizona
Nanomechanics and Mesoscopic Physics

University of Arkansas
Semiconductor Fabrication and NanoScale Characterization Facility

University of California at Berkeley • Davis • Merced • Santa Cruz
The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)
. Includes as members/participants California High-Tech Industry & The State of California.

University of California at Davis, NEAT
Nanophases in the Environment, Agriculture, and Technology


University of California at Riverside
Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering

University of California at Los Angeles and University of California at Santa Barbara
California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) . UCLA & UCSB have joined to build the California Nanosystems Institute, which will facilitate a multidisciplinary approach to develop the information, biomedical, and manufacturing technologies that will dominate science and the economy in the 21st century. CNSI is one of four institutes established through the California Institutes for Science and Innovation

University of California Santa Cruz
Quantum Electronic Group

University of California at San Diego and UC Irvine
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Cal-(IT)2). Cal-(IT)² is one of four institutes established through the California Institutes for Science and Innovation initiative proposed in the year 2000 by Governor Gray Davis. Cal-(IT)², a partnership between UC San Diego and UC Irvine, seeks to ensure hat California maintains its leadership in the telecommunications and information technology marketplace.

University of Chicago
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

University of Cincinnati
Nanoelectronics Laboratory

University of Delaware
Center for Molecular and Engineering Thermodynamics (CMET)

University of Houston
Texas Center for Superconductivity (and Advanced Materials) at the University of Houston (TCSUH)

University of Illinois at Chicago
Materials Characterization Laboratory

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

University of Kentucky
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) Advanced Carbon Materials Center

University of Louisville
Chemical Engineering Department
 
University of Massachusetts Amherst
MassNanoTech

University of Michigan
Center for Biologic Nanotechnology

University of Minnesota
Particle Technology Laboratory (PTL)

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Center for Materials Research and Analysis (CMRA)

University of Nevada, Reno
Adams Group

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
North Carolina Center for Nanoscale Materials (NCCNM)

University of Notre Dame
Center for Nano Science and Technology

University of Oregon
Jim Hutchison Lab

University of Pennsylvania
LRSM / Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter

University of Rochester
Institute of Optics - NANO-OPTICS GROUP

University of South Carolina NanoCenter

University of South Florida
Center for Molecular Design and Recognition

University of Texas at Arlington
NanoFAB Research and Teaching Facility

University of Texas at Austin
Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology

University of Texas at Dallas
NanoTech Institute  

University of Washington
Center for Nanotechnology

University of Wisconsin, Madison
Center for NanoTechnology

  Wake Forest
The Center for Nanotechnology

Washington University in St. Louis
Buhro Group

Yale University
Reed Lab. Home of the NanoPic of the day

FFRDC

MITRE Corp

Government Labs

·  ARL: Sensors and Electronic Devices Directorate

·  ARL: Weapons and Materials Research Directorate

·  DOE: Jefferson Lab

·  NASA Langley

Government Funding

·  Database of Government Nanotechnology Programs

·  Air Force Office of Scientific Research

·  Defense Advanced Projects Agency

·  Department of Energy

·  Federal Business Opportunities

·  National Institutes of Health

·  National Institute for Standards and Technology

·  National Science Foundation

·  Office of Naval Research

·  Semiconductor Research Corporation

·  Small Business Innovation Research

Area Companies

·  BAE Systems, Manassas, VA - Nano-lithography

·  Carlyle Group

·  Infineon Semiconductor, Richmond, VA - Electronic Devices

·  Leica Microsystems, Chantililly, VA - Nano-lithography

·  Lockheed Martin Corp.

·  MASA Inc.

·  Materials Modification, McLean, VA - Nanocoatings and Tools

·  Microelectronics Advanced Research Corporation

·  Micron Technology, Manassas, VA - Memory Devices

·  Nanosonic, Blacksburg, VA - Nanostructured Coatings and Devices

·  NanoTITAN, Potomac Falls, VA - Nanoinformatics and software tools

·  Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding - Structural Materials

·  Northrop Grumman Corp.

·  Philip Morris, USA, Richmond, VA - Nanostructured Filters

·  Venable LLP

·  Virginia Semiconductor Inc.

Local Resources

·  INanoVa: Initiative for Nanotechnology in Virginia

·  TEDCO

·  Virginia Economic Development Partnership

·  Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology (CIT)

·  Virginia Space Grant Consortium