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Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

Committee for the Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative

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Congressional Briefings

Monday, June 10, 2002

222 Russell Senate Office Bldg. - 1:30 p.m.

and

2325 Rayburn House Office Bldg. - 4:00 p.m.

on

An Assessment of the National Nanotechnology Initiative

by

Samuel Stupp, Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science, Chemistry, and Medicine Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. and Chair, Committee for the Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council, The National Academies

Nanotechnology involves manipulating individual atoms and molecules to alter a material's makeup at the most basic levels. This new report looks at the progress of U.S. nanotechnology research toward meeting the objectives originally set by the National Nanotechnology Initiative. The report also considers the adequacy of the initiative's research agenda.

These series of briefings were for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on June 10, 2002 and can be found, in its entirety, on the National Academy Press Web

site.