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Invited Paper NM+MS-MoA6
The National Nanomanufacturing Network: Opportunities, Challenges, and Strategies

Monday, October 31, 2011, 3:40 pm, Room 207

Session: Challenges Facing Nanomanufacturing (All Invited Session)
Presenter: Mark Tuominen, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Nanomanufacturing holds immense intellectual and economic potential for stakeholders who pursue it with a vigorous, long-term strategy. Although numerous nanomaterials are already in production and use, the breadth of possible applications and societal benefits is only in its infancy. To help nucleate and support communities of practice in the area of nanomanufacturing, the NSF provides funding for the National Nanomanufacturing Network (NNN), which facilitates cooperative activities between nanomanufacturing centers and projects in academia, industry and government, and provides a web-based information resource, InterNano. This presentation will distill key opportunities, challenges, and strategies emerging from thematic workshops, comprehensive summits, and other NNN activities focused on the issues associated with nanomanufacturing. Research, development, education and commercialization are all essential components of a robust nanomanufacturing value chain. Nanomanufacturing R & D both draws from and breaks away from conventional notions of manufacturing. Unique issues have emerged in the area of nanomanufacturing process development, scale-up, metrology, integrated nanosystems design for manufacturing, nanoinformatics, sustainable manufacturing, standards, and multiple issues associated with a robust national enterprise in nanomanufacturing.