NSE Centers

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NSE Centers Present and Future
Richard W. Siegel, Director
Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center and NSF
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for
Directed Assembly of Nanostructures
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New
York, USA
7 December 2009
2009 NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantee
s Conference, Arlington, Virginia
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Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center
for Directed Assembly of Nanostructures
www.nano.rpi.edu
Industry Partners ABB Albany International Chisso
Eastman Kodak IBM Intel Philip Morris Sealed
Air New York State
K-12 Programs Undergraduate Colleges Morehouse Mou
nt Holyoke Oberlin Smith Spelman Williams UPR
Mayagüez Visiting Researchers
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Founded in September 2001 - Renewed until 2011
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Broader Impacts
Benefiting society through NSEC research
Fundamental research successes Polymer-nanopartic
le systems gels and nanocomposites Biomolecule-n
anostructure interactions and composites
Quantifiable outputs first 8 years 702
publications 60 patents 65 graduate degrees
1472 seminars 49 REU students including 35
from under-represented groups
Industry partnership projects and fellowships
Fundamental and applied research projects leading
to joint patents and commercialization ventures
NSEC spin-off companies
DzymeTech
DzymeTech Inc. from Lu laboratory UIUC Solidus
Biosciences Inc. from Dordick laboratory
RPI Paper Battery Company from Linhardt
laboratory RPI
The Molecularium Project Entertainment vehicles
for science literacy from Garde, Schadler, Siegel
groups at RPI
Riding Snowflakes Molecules to the MAX!
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Questions for the Future

• How do we secure and grow the valuable taxpayer
  investment in the NSEC program?
• How do we build upon the NSEC scientific
  accomplishments to create new opportunities?
• How do we create new hierarchical systems to
  move the fruits of NSE developments into the
  marketplace to further benefit society?

Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center
R. W. Siegel