When: Friday, October 25, 11:30 p.m.

Where: Singleton Room, Roberts Hall Other

Dr. James S. Murday, Director, National Nanotechnology Coordinating Office
Head, Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory

First Distinguished Nanotechnology Lecture

Abstract:
Nanometer structures have played a role in technology for millennia, but empirically derived. The invention of the proximal probes (STM, AFM, =85) has stimulated science with all dimensions - 0 (dots, clusters, macromolecules), 1 (wires, tubes), 2 (vicinal surfaces), 3 (nanostructured composites) - in the nanometer range. The US National Nanotechnology Initiative, and its equivalents in other countries, seeks to accelerate progress in the scientific phase of discovery and invention, and to transition rapidly those innovations into technological opportunities. With some illustrative opportunities for impact in homeland defense, this presentation will portray the rationale for, and the investment portfolio of, the NNI research, infrastructure, education, and technology transition.

Speaker Bio:
Dr. James S. Murday received a B.S. in Physics from Case Western Reserve in 1964, and a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from Cornell in 1970. He joined the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in 1970, led the Surfacee Chemistry effort from 1975-1987, and has been Superintendent of its Chemistry Division since 1988. From May to August 1997 he served as Acting Director of Research for the Department of Defense, Research and Engineering. He is a member of the American Physical Society, the American Chemical Society and the Materials Research Society; and a fellow of the American Vacuum Society (AVS), and the UK Institute of Physics. For the AVS, he has served as trustee for 1981-1984, director for 1986-1988, representative to the American Institute of Physics Governing Board 1986-1992, president for 1991-93, and representative to the Federation of Materials Societies 1998-present. His research interest in nanoscience began in 1983 as an Office of Naval Research program officer and continues through the NRL Nanoscience Institute. He has organized numerous International STM/NANO conferences and their proceedings. Under his direction, both the AVS and the International Union for Vacuum Science, Technology and Applications created a Nanometer Science/Technology Division. He is Executive Secretary to the U.S. National Science and Technology Council's Subcommittee on Nanometer Science Engineering and Technology (NSET) and Director of the U.S. National Nanotechnology Coordinating Office.

Hosted by the Center for Interdisciplinary Nanotechnology Research (CINR) at Carnegie Mellon University

11:15 am, Refreshments

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