{"id":61858,"date":"2011-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/nanotechnology-showcase-to-highlight-rd-opportunities-in-rhode-island-april-7\/"},"modified":"2011-04-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T00:00:00","slug":"nanotechnology-showcase-to-highlight-rd-opportunities-in-rhode-island-april-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/nanotechnology-showcase-to-highlight-rd-opportunities-in-rhode-island-april-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Nanotechnology Showcase to highlight R&D opportunities in Rhode Island, April 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tContacts:

\nRichard Lewis (Brown) 401-863-3766

\nBethany Costello (GPCC) 401-521-5000<\/p>\n


\nPROVIDENCE \u2013 April 6, 2011 \u2013 Industry and academics will gather to explore partnerships and job-creating potential in nanotechnology, a cutting-edge branch of science found in products from cosmetics to computer chips, at the first-ever Rhode Island Nanotechnology Showcase on Thursday, April 7 from 8 to 10:30 a.m. <\/p>\n


\nBusiness leaders in Rhode Island will meet university researchers who are creating nanomaterials and learn about seed funding for academic-industry collaborations. The event will be held at the Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 1 Davol Square, Providence.<\/p>\n


\nLed by the Rhode Island Consortium for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology \u2013 a new partnership between Brown University and the 溏心vlog免费B站 \u2013the event will also feature a keynote address by Clayton Teague, director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office. Teague will give an overview of the federal government\u2019s investment and vision for nanoscience and nanotechnology. <\/p>\n


\nParticipants will meet faculty and students from 溏心vlog免费B站 and Brown and review summaries of their research in nanotechnology, the emerging field that revolves around manipulating matter at an atomic scale and molecular scale to create new materials and new devices for use in a variety of industries.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThis event is an excellent networking opportunity for Rhode Islanders who see the potential benefits that nanotechnology can bring to their work and to the state\u2019s economy,\u201d said Arijit Bose, professor of chemical engineering at the 溏心vlog免费B站 and director of the Consortium. \u201cThose in attendance can share the challenges from their business sector and learn how nanotechnologies can help improve products or create new ones.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe Consortium was established by a federal grant awarded to 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2010 as a joint research initiative between 溏心vlog免费B站 and Brown. Its aim is to enhance the state\u2019s competitiveness in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology by promoting collaborations, building research teams, seeding entrepreneurship awards and establishing the infrastructure for nanoscale research and development.<\/p>\n


\n“A major goal with this event is to make new connections between our universities and state and regional companies,” said Robert Hurt, co-director of the consortium and the director of the Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation at Brown. “We expect industry participants will see opportunities to capitalize on our university capabilities in nanotechnology, and the consortium can help make this happen by providing small seed grants to start university-industry research and development projects.”<\/p>\n


\nHurt noted that Rhode Island’s per capita share of federal funding in nanotechnology is one of the highest in the nation. “We hope this new consortium will help us use these resources more effectively to develop and translate technologies that will enhance the knowledge economy in the Ocean State,” he said.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe event is sponsored by 溏心vlog免费B站, Brown\u2019s Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation, the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council, the Rhode Island Manufacturing Extension Service, and the Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n


\n\tFor more information or to register to attend this event, visit www.uri.edu\/nano or contact Melissa McCarthy at Melissa@uri.edu or 401-874-2599.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Contacts: Richard Lewis (Brown) 401-863-3766 Bethany Costello (GPCC) 401-521-5000 PROVIDENCE \u2013 April 6, 2011 \u2013 Industry and academics will gather to explore partnerships and job-creating potential in nanotechnology, a cutting-edge branch of science found in products from cosmetics to computer chips, at the first-ever Rhode Island Nanotechnology Showcase on Thursday, April 7 from 8 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}