Integration and Commercialization of Micro and Nano Systems International Conference

CBET-0813718，Zhang该奖项部分支持将于2008年6月3日至5日在中国香港举行的第二届微纳系统集成与商业化国际会议。 这次会议的目的是汇集一个国际研究人员和商界人士，包括小企业，讨论前沿纳米技术的研究和商业机会。 在美国国家科学基金会，资金是由两个热传输过程计划和工业创新伙伴关系计划提供。关于会议的智力价值，许多方向正在出现的纳米技术研究。 亚洲周边国家在这一领域特别活跃，无论是在研究方面还是在商业化机会方面。 这次会议将允许代表研究和商业界的高度多样化的个人团体进行互动，并探讨如何将纳米技术科学和技术进步转化为可供商业化的新产品。 会议的更广泛影响包括对一些美国初级研究人员和学生的部分支持，特别鼓励妇女和少数民族与会者参加。 这次会议为来自世界各地的工程研究人员和商界人士提供了一个重要的机会，使他们能够进行互动，以便新的研究发现能够比通常情况下更快地商业化并推向市场。

CBET-0813718, ZhangThis award partially supports the 2nd Integration and Commercialization of Micro and Nano Systems International Conference, which will be held in Hong Kong, China, on June 3-5, 2008. The purpose of this meeting is to bring together an international group of researchers and business people, including small businesses, to discuss frontier nanotechnology research and business opportunities. Within NSF, funding is provided by both the Thermal Transport Processes Program and the Industrial Innovation & Partnerships Program.With respect to the intellectual merit of the conference, numerous directions are emerging for nanotechnology research. The Asian Rim nations are particularly active in this field, both in terms of research and in terms of commercialization opportunities. This meeting will allow a highly diverse group of individuals, representing the research and the business communities, to interact and to explore how nanotechnology science and technology advances can be translated into new products ready for commercialization. The broader impacts of the conference include partial support for a number of US-based junior researchers and students, with women and minority attendees especially encouraged to attend. This meeting presents a vital opportunity for engineering researchers and business people, from around the world, to interact so that new research discoveries can be commercialized and brought to the market more quickly than what typically occurs.