SEMI and SIA Announce Details of 'Nano U' to Highlight University Research
and Encourage Partnerships between Industry and Academia
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- SEMI and SIA announced
details for the "Nano U" program to be held on October 31, 2006,
immediately preceding SEMI NanoForum November 1-2, 2006 at the Marriott in
San Jose, California. Designed to promote cooperation between academia and
industry, the full-day session will feature professors from leading
university nanotechnology centers discussing the latest research.
Featured speakers include Dr. Yoshiro Nishi of Stanford University, Dr.
Michael Heller of UC San Diego, Dr. Fraser Stoddart of UCLA, Dr. Arunava
Majumdar of UC Berkeley, and Dr. James Tour of Rice University. Dr. Tour
was recently named the small tech innovator of the year for his invention
of the nanocar by Small Times Magazine, and awarded the Nanotech Briefs Top
50 Innovator Award. Dr. Stoddart is currently one of the ten most
frequently- cited chemists according to the Institute of Scientific
Information. Dr. Majumdar, Dr. Nishi and Dr. Heller have all been active in
helping the U.S. government shape its nanotech university research
strategies. Collectively, these five professors hold over 120 patents in
the U.S. and Japan.
"Nano U provides a unique forum for industry executives to gain insight
on cutting edge research relevant to their businesses." said Stanley T.
Myers, president and CEO at SEMI. "By creating this forum, we are
encouraging greater collaboration, ultimately equating to a reduction in
R&D costs and faster times to market for the resulting technologies."
"The reality is that universities do the vast majority of basic
research in America," said SIA President George Scalise. "Close
collaboration between the microelectronics industry and academia is
essential to establish the direction for basic research activities in
nanoelectronics."
Currently, there are over 50 nanotech research centers and user
facilities in operation in the U.S. funded by the National Nanotechnology
Initiative (NNI), with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the
National Institute of Health (NIH) funding the six centers at the five
universities presenting at Nano U. Furthermore, all of the nano centers at
the five participating universities were recently rated in the top 10 Small
Times Magazine rankings in terms of leading centers overall, peer rated
micro or nano research or peer rated micro or nano commercialization.
Registration for Nano U is currently available by visiting
http://www.semi.org/nanoforum. Admission to the event is US$525. More information
about SEMI Nano U and SEMI NanoForum can always be obtained by contacting
Sara Wagner at swagner@semi.org, or via telephone at +1.408.943.6986.
About SEMI
SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that provide
equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors,
displays, nano-scaled structures, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
and related technologies. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing,
Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose (Calif.), Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore,
Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.semi.org.
About SIA
The SIA is the leading voice for the semiconductor industry and has
represented U.S. semiconductor companies since 1977. Collectively, the chip
industry employs a domestic workforce of 225,000 people. More information
about the SIA can be found at http://www.sia-online.org.
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CONTACT:
Scott Smith, SEMI Public Relations Manager,
+1-408-943-7957, or ssmith@semi.org; or John Greenagel, SIA
Public Relations, +1-408-436-6600, or jgreenagel@sia-online.org
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