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Special Report: Nanotechnology Research Blossoming at CU-Boulder
The University of Colorado at Boulder has a growing reputation in micro- and nano-systems technology, highlighted by a recent $4 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to demonstrate technologies that could significantly improve thermal management in electronic devices, such as computers and cell phones.
The grant was awarded to mechanical engineering Professor Y.C. Lee, who directs the research center on Nanoscale Science and Technology for Integrated Micro/Nano-Electromechanical Transducers (iMINT). The center was established in September 2006 with another DARPA grant and now has more than $2.5 million in research funding annually from government and industry sponsors such as Lockheed Martin, GE and Raytheon.
CU’s research in micro- and nanotechnology includes the work of four new faculty in the mechanical engineering department—Ronggui Yang, Wei Tan, Harold Park, and Scott Bunch—who received Young Faculty Awards from the defense agency this spring for their microsystems innovations. The four are among 39 "rising stars" selected for the awards at 27 universities across the country.
Nanotechnology involves understanding, controlling, and manipulating matter in the range of 1 to 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications. Considered one of the most important technologies of the 21st century, nanotechnology is expected to impact every aspect of our lives from health care, to consumer products, communications, electronics and safety.
A 2006 study by the Business Research Division at the University of Colorado's Leeds School of Business stated that Colorado has established industry and research resources that can be developed to place the state among the top 10 in nanotechnology.
CU-Boulder opened a state-of-the-art Nanomaterials Characterization Facility in September 2006 that serves as a statewide resource for government, industry and academia. The facility is located in the Discovery Learning Center in the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
More than 100 faculty in engineering, biology, chemistry, physics, dentistry, pharmacy, and medicine from CU-Boulder and the Anschutz Medical Campus in Denver are involved in micro/nano technology research in some way.
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