Univ. Nanotech Center Opens Collaborations in Japan

(NASA)

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany in New York has established partnerships with three educational and technological institutions in Japan. These collaborations in nanoscale education and research and development are the first for CNSE in the Pacific Rim.

Joint programs are underway between CNSE and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), and the University of Tsukuba. The partnerships will feature academic exchanges and joint research initiatives in six fields: nanoelectronics, power electronics, nanoscale micro-electromechanical systems, nano-material safety, carbon nanotubes, and green innovations driven by nanotechnology.

Both faculty and students at CNSE will have the opportunity to conduct research and engage in educational programs through summer courses at AIST, NIMS and the University of Tsukuba. At the same time, faculty and students at the University of Tsukuba, as well as researchers at AIST and NIMS, will have opportunities to work with academic and industrial counterparts at CNSE’s Albany NanoTech complex.

CNSE offers education, research, development, and deployment in the emerging disciplines of nanoscience, nanoengineering, nanobioscience, and nanoeconomics. More than 2,500 scientists, researchers, engineers, students, and faculty work on site, from companies including IBM, AMD, GlobalFoundries, SEMATECH, Toshiba, Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, ASML, Novellus Systems, Vistec Lithography, and Atotech.

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