Nano
Summit 2007 will be held August 7-8 at the Annenburg
Presidential Conference Center of the George Bush Library
and Museum Complex at Texas A&M University. The
Summit will highlight research and technology transfer
conducted by “The Rising Stars of Texas.”
“The Dwight Look
College of Engineering and Texas A&M are pleased
to host this event that was started in 2002 by the Nanotechnology
Foundation of Texas,” said Dr. Theresa Maldonado, Associate
Vice Chancellor for Engineering. “In recent years, universities
and industry in Texas have hired a lot of talented individuals,
who are enriching the research capacity and further
enabling the economic development of the state.”
The keynote
speaker for the event is Dr. Zhong Lin (ZL) Wang of
the Georgia Institute of Technology. Featured entrepreneurs
are Mr. Barry Drayson, CEO of NanoComposites Inc., and
Dr. Robert Magnusson, Chief Technology Officer and Founder
of Resonant Sensors Inc.
Dr. Zhong Lin
(ZL) Wang, Regents Professor and College of Engineering
Distinguished Professor, is the Director of the Center
for Nanostructure Characterization and Fabrication at
Georgia Institute of Technology.
Researchers interested
in presenting at the conference and hired at a Texas
university or company since 2001 should email a one-page
abstract on their topic to nanosummit@tamu.edu
. Presenters will be selected and notified by June
30. The presenter's name and e-mail address must be
included on the page. In addition, a student poster
contest will be held. Please e-mail coker@tamu.edu
for poster session instructions.
Information for Nano Summit Registration can be found
at nanosummit.tamu.edu
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