AVS 63rd International Symposium & Exhibition
    Manufacturing Science and Technology Tuesday Sessions
       Session MS+AS-TuM

Invited Paper MS+AS-TuM12
Results of the 2016 Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative

Tuesday, November 8, 2016, 11:40 am, Room 103A

Session: Characterization and Processing for IC Manufacturing
Presenter: James Murday, University of Southern California
Authors: J.S. Murday, University of Southern California
B.R. Rogers, Vanderbilt University
E.B. Svedberg, The National Academies
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The National Nanotechnology Initiative is a multi-agency effort to advance nanoscale science, engineering, and technology and to capture the associated economic and societal benefits. The NNI comprises the collective activities and programs among the more than two dozen participating federal agencies with diverse missions and presently a total annual investment of approximately $1.5 billion. Every three years the National Academies selects a committee of experts to review the NNI in accordance with the provisions of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act. A report on the most recent review has just been released. This report has paid particular attention to examining and commenting on the physical and human infrastructure needs for successful realization in the United States of the benefits of nanotechnology development and also the mechanisms used by the NNI to advance focused areas of nanotechnology towards advanced development and commercialization. We will report the findings and recommendations of this review.