{"148151":{"#nid":"148151","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nunn School Professor Speaks on National Security Challenges of Nanotechnology and Diffusion of Innovation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022Body1\u0022\u003ENunn School Assistant Professor, Margaret E. Kosal, gave the plenary talk at the 2012 \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usasymposium.com\/nano\/\u0022\u003ENanotechnology for Defense Conference\u003C\/a\u003E (NT4D) held August 6-9th in Summerlin, NV.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022Body1\u0022\u003EKosal spoke on the security implications of advancements in nanotechnology and nanoscience for national and international security. Leveraging Diffusion of Innovations theory and work on\u0026nbsp; technological \u2018early adaptors,\u2019 she identifies and probes specific characteristics and operationalizing factors \u2013 technical and non-technical \u2013 that may have decisive impact on the proliferation of new technologies. Using case studies from China and Iran, she highlighted key security factors ranging from deniability and lack of transparency to perceived vulnerability and role of globalization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022Body1\u0022\u003EThe Nanotechnology for Defense Conference\u0026nbsp;is the premier annual event bringing together scientists and engineers from defense service laboratories, universities, small business, and industry who are working on applications of nanotechnology for defense capabilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022Body1\u0022\u003EInitiated a decade ago by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wpafb.af.mil\/AFRL\/\u0022\u003EAir Force Research Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.arl.army.mil\u0022\u003EArmy Research Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.onr.navy.mil\/\u0022\u003EOffice of Naval Research\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.dtra.mil\/\u0022\u003EDefense Threat Reduction Agency\u003C\/a\u003E (DTRA), and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/\u0022\u003EDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency\u003C\/a\u003E (DARPA), the NT4D remains the premier event addressing emerging and nanotechnologies for defense. The conference is jointly sponsored by the Department of Defense Laboratories (the Army Research Laboratory, the Navy Research Laboratory, and the Air Laboratory), the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENunn School Assistant Professor, Margaret E. Kosal, gave the plenary talk at the 2012\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usasymposium.com\/nano\/\u0022\u003ENanotechnology for Defense Conference\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(NT4D) held August 6-9th in Summerlin, NV.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nunn School Assistant Professor, Margaret E. Kosal, gave the plenary talk at the 2012 Nanotechnology for Defense Conference (NT4D) held August 6-9th in Summerlin, NV."}],"uid":"27694","created_gmt":"2012-08-20 22:16:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:40","author":"Debbie Mobley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-08-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-08-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.usasymposium.com\/nano\/","title":"Nanotechnology for Defense Conference (NT4D)"}],"groups":[{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11687","name":"Margaret E. Kosal"},{"id":"382","name":"nanoscience"},{"id":"41211","name":"NT4D"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMargaret E. Kosal, Ph.D.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAssistant Professor\u003Cbr \/\u003ECenter for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)\u003Cbr \/\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003EAtlanta, GA\u0026nbsp; USA\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice:\u0026nbsp; 404-894-9664\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["margaret.kosal@inta.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}