NSEC: Center for Scalable and Integrated Nanomanufacturing (SINAM)

该奖项规定，可扩展和集成纳米制造纳米科学与工程中心(SINAM)将再继续工作五年。该中心专注于将实验室科学转化为纳米电子、生物医学和传统行业的工业应用的制造范例。该中心包括来自加州大学洛杉矶分校、加州大学伯克利分校、斯坦福大学、加州大学圣地亚哥分校、北卡罗来纳大学和惠普实验室等六个机构的科学家和工程师团队。研究将集中在纳米制造范例上，包括使用极短波长的工程表面等离子激元的等离子体成像光刻(PIL)和超模塑光刻。两者的目标都是在1-10纳米尺度上进行纳米制造。SINAM将进一步开发一种新的混合方法，将自上而下和自下而上的技术相结合，实现将不同纳米级组件大规模并行集成到更高阶的结构和设备中。SINAM将制定系统工程战略，以扩大所开发技术的规模，并与业界合作开发下一代纳米制造工具，这些工具将用于商业产品设计和开发。中心？S在未来五年的目标是全面开发和扩大纳米制造技术，使其能够过渡到工业应用。SINAM的更广泛影响包括对高科技劳动力的教育和培训，以及面向公众利益的社会推广。将与加州的学校一起做出特别努力，接触少数族裔和女性学生。这些教育活动包括：(1)7-12年级，探索纳米技术；(2)纳米制造暑期学院，将为本科生和K-12学校的教师提供为期六周的暑期培训；(3)“研究生青年研究员”(GYI)和面向研究生的工业实习。为了提高人们对纳米制造机会和影响的认识，中心人员将与加州科学博物馆和加利福尼亚州经济战略小组合作，他们将通过ASME、SME和IEEE等专业组织组织研讨会。华南工业联盟是在该中心的头五年成立的，将与该中心-S工业合作伙伴，如惠普和国际商用机器公司，密切合作，将新技术转化为工业应用。这项研究产生的新的制造范式将通过加速以纳米技术为基础的新技术和产业的出现来影响社会。

This award provides for the continuation of the Nano Science and Engineering Center for Scalable and Integrated Nanomanufacturing (SINAM) for an additional five years. The center focuses on a manufacturing paradigm that offers to transform laboratory science into industrial applications in nano-electronics, biomedicine, and in traditional industries. The center includes a team of scientists and engineers from six institutions, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford, UCSD, University of North Carolina and HP Labs. Research will focus on a nano-manufacturing paradigm that includes plasmonic imaging lithography (PIL) using engineered surface plasmons with extremely short wavelength and ultra-molding lithography. Both aim at nanomanufacturing at the 1-10 nanometer scale. SINAM will further develop a novel hybrid approach, in combining the top-down and bottom up technologies to achieve massively parallel integration of heterogeneous nanoscale components into higher-order structures and devices. SINAM will develop system engineering strategies to scale up the technologies developed and work with industry to develop the next generation of nanomanufacturing tools that will be used for commercial product design and development. The center?s goal over the next five years is to fully develop and scale up the nanomanufacturing technologies that enable the transition to industrial applications.SINAM's broader impacts includes education and training for a high tech workforce, and societal outreach for general public benefits. Special efforts will be made with California schools to reach out to minority and female students. These educational activities include: (1) Grades 7-12, Discover Nanotechnology where SINAM researchers will make use of an inquiry module on Nanotechnology for students; (2) a Nano-Manufacturing Summer Academy that will provide six weeks summer training for undergraduates students and K-12 school teachers; and (3) "Graduate Young Investigator (GYI)" and Industrial Internships for Graduate Students. To build awareness of the opportunities and impact of nano manufacturing, center personnel will work with California Science Museums and the California State Economic Strategy Panel, and they will work through professional organizations such as ASME, SME, and IEEE in organizing symposia. The SINAM Industrial Consortium, established during the first five years of the center, will work closely with the center?s industrial partners, such as HP and IBM, to transfer new technologies to industrial applications. The new manufacturing paradigm resulting from this research will impact the society through the acceleration of the emergence of new technologies and industries based on nanotechnology.