Nano Boot Camp
for Clinicians
May 14, 2012
1:15 - 5:00 pm
Baldwin Auditorium
Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center
303 E. Superior Street, Chicago

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Zewail
2012 IIN Symposium
October 18, 2012
Hilton Orrington Grand Ballroom
Evanston, IL
Keynote Speaker and Nobel laureate
Dr. Ahmed Zewail
Registration opens June 2012


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Pictured from left to right, IIN Researcher Omar Farha, Tabrez Ebrahim, Ben Hernandez and Ryan Fellow Chris Wilmer of NUMat Technologies - a team of student entrepreneurs who won a $100,000 grand prize on March 1st in the first Clean Energy Student Challenge. Chicago's Clean Energy Trust and the U.S. Department of Energy sponsored the challenge which originally included a pool of more than 40 Midwest university student groups.

Their team has created a computer program that allows them to run through thousands of metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, to find out which MOF is best-suited to store different kinds of gases. 

This technology makes it possible to outfit vehicles with tanks that could store natural gas, which burns cleaner than petroleum and is abundant in the United States. 

NuMat also won a $10,000 state-level prize.


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Materials and devices at the nanoscale (a nanometer is one billionth of one meter) hold vast promise for innovation in virtually every industry and public endeavor including health, electronics, transportation, the environment, energy, and national security.

Established in 2000, the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) at Northwestern University provided the infrastructure necessary to make substantial advances in the field. Today the IIN is a global hub of excellence in the field and currently represents and unites over $600 million in nanotechnology research, educational programs, and supporting infrastructure.

Collaborative partnerships exist in 18 countries, and relationships have been developed with universities in Europe, Asia, and North and South America that provide opportunities for student and postdoctoral exchange programs and joint workshops.

Twenty start-up companies have been launched since inception and over 50 products and systems have been commercialized. Twenty-seven corporations have partnered with the IIN through programs like the Nanotechnology Corporate Partners (NCP) program. Over $12 million has been invested in state-of-the-art instrumentation.

Educational programs are in place that train the next generation of teachers and researchers, and outreach programs inform the academic community as well as the general public. The IIN has sponsored over 200 seminars, workshops, and symposia; supported over 300 undergraduates and 88 pre-college teachers in nanotechnology-related research; and launched two new journals (Small in partnership with Wiley Publishing and Nanoscape, the first undergraduate journal on nanotechnology in the country).

The IIN embodies an extraordinary combination of scientific capabilities, outreach programs, and partnerships that provide a unique and fertile ground from which to continue to make substantial contributions to the field and ensure that the U.S. remains a world leader in nanotechnology. We remain focused on our core competencies:

  • Catalyzing and supporting world-class interdisciplinary research,
  • Providing programs that support translation of new technologies to the marketplace,
  • Investing in critical infrastructure,
  • Developing and strengthening mutually beneficial local, national, and global collaborations, and
  • Supporting educational excellence and professional development .

We invite you to explore the IIN web site for an overview of some of the IIN programs and to contact us if you would like to learn more.

Sincerely,
Chad A. Mirkin, Director

 
 
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For NPR's Science Friday, Professor Chad Mirkin talks about the International Institute for Nanotechnology's efforts to stave off the threat of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

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