{"521441":{"#nid":"521441","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech chosen as Coordinating Office for National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected Georgia Tech\u2019s Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) to be the Coordinating Office of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=136211\u0022\u003ENational Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure\u003C\/a\u003E (NNCI) program. Georgia Tech will receive $3.5 million over five years for this role.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe NNCI is comprised of 16 sites, located in 15 states and involving 27 universities. This national network provides researchers from academia, government and companies with access to university user facilities with leading-edge fabrication and characterization tools, instrumentation and expertise within all disciplines of nanoscale science, engineering and technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 16 network sites, announced by NSF in September 2015, will receive $81 million over five years. As one of the NNCI sites, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nnci.net\/nnci-sites\/southeastern-nanotechnology-infrastructure-corridor-senic\/\u0022\u003ESoutheastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor\u003C\/a\u003E (SENIC) combines state-of-the-art nanotechnology fabrication and characterization resources and expertise at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, an academic collaboration between North Carolina A\u0026amp;T State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe goal of the NNCI Coordinating Office is to increase the visibility, impact and efficiency of the network and its sites as a national nanotechnology infrastructure resource,\u201d said Oliver Brand, director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ien.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIEN\u003C\/a\u003E and professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Brand, who will direct the NNCI Coordinating Office, an interactive web portal will assist users in finding NNCI fabrication and characterization resources to meet their research needs. The initiative will use the expertise of site staff to facilitate programs and share best practices in education and outreach, social and ethical implications, and computational modeling and simulation across the network and help provide linkages with other national and international nanotechnology resources.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Brand, David Gottfried, IEN principal research scientist, will serve as deputy director of the NNCI Coordinating Office; Nancy Healy, a senior academic professional at IEN, will coordinate the NNCI education and outreach programs; Azad Naeemi, an associate professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will coordinate the NNCI modeling and computation activities; and Jameson Wetmore, an associate director within the Center for Nanotechnology in\u0026nbsp;Society at Arizona State University, will facilitate the NNCI societal and ethical implications programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith the support of the NNCI Coordinating Office at Georgia Tech, the NNCI sites can now truly function as a national network of user facilities, which we expect to lead to American innovations with economic and societal benefits,\u201d said Lawrence Goldberg, NSF NNCI program director.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESupported by the Coordinating Office, the NNCI will train a globally competitive nanotechnology workforce and provide efficient access to resources for innovation and commercialization of nanotechnology. The network will also help to inform and educate the general public on fundamentals and advances in nanoscience and engineering and their social and ethical implications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERelated Links\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/news\/449831\/georgia-tech-supports-nsf-national-nanotechnology-coordinated-infrastructure\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Supports NSF National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure program\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ien.gatech.edu\/infrastructure\/shared-user-laboratories\u0022\u003EIEN \u2013 Shared User Laboratories\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia 30332-0181 USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) (404-894-6986).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected Georgia Tech\u2019s Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) to be the Coordinating Office of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) program. 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