RSS feed for news of people from Nanotechnology World http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:15:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/images/M_images/NTW.gif http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk RSS feed for news of people from Nanotechnology World http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=595&Itemid=2 An award-winning Kansas State University chemistry professor’s most recent honour comes from a Japanese company recognising him for work on microfluidic devices. Chris Culbertson, associate professor of chemistry, has won a 2007 Masao Horiba Award for “Rapid Analysis of Individual T-Lymphocyte Cells on Microfluidic Devices.” He received the award on Wednesday, Oct. 17, during a special ceremony at Kyoto University in Japan, where he also presented a lecture describing his research. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:40:37 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=2 Peter Cummings, John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering at Vanderbilt, will receive the 2007 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Award at the institute’s annual meeting in November. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:27:21 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=584&Itemid=2 Anxious celebrities worried about how their skin looks on high-definition television can attribute their woes to Texas Instruments’ (TI) (NYSE: TXN) Larry J. Hornbeck. He invented Digital Micromirror Devices (DMD), the chip technology that constitutes the heart of the products from DLP®, a division of TI. Today these devices are used in a broad range of all-digital displays found in homes, schools, and businesses—including in HDTVs and digital movie projectors. In recognition of Dr. Hornbeck’s pioneering work, the American Institute of Physics (AIP) is awarding him the 2007–2008 Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics. He previously won an Emmy from... Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:53:12 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=497&Itemid=2 Industrial Nanotech, Inc., a Company that specialises in nanotechnology innovation and product development, today announced the addition of J.R. Lampson as the Company’s Vice President of Finance and Director of Latin American Operations. Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:41:20 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=460&Itemid=2 A trio of nanotechnologists from The University of Texas at Dallas has been added to the 2006 Scientific American 50 (http://www.sciam.com/), a prestigious list published annually by the respected magazine that recognises outstanding contributions in the fields of science and technology during the past year. Announced today in New York, the Scientific American 50 will appear in the magazine’s December 2006 issue, which is expected at newsstands Nov. 21 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:15:10 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=438&Itemid=2 Imago Scientific Instruments®, provider of LEAP® microscopes, today announced the appointment of Maximilian Schroeck to its board of directors. Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:44:39 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=420&Itemid=2 Anasys Instruments is proud to announce that their scientific co-founder, Professor William King of Georgia Tech, has been named as a member of MIT’s Technology Review 2006 TR35, for his work in the area of nanoscale thermal probes. The TR35, chosen by the editors of Technology Review and an elite panel of judges, consists of 35 individuals under the age of 35 whose innovative work in technology is changing our world. Prof. King’s work in thermal characterisation is expected to have profound implications in the characterisation of materials at the nanoscale. Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:11:58 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=414&Itemid=2 Russell Cowburn, 36, Professor of Nanotechnology at the renowned Imperial College, London, is the winner of the Degussa European Science-to-Business Award 2006”, which carries a substantial amount of prize money. The winner was announced on Monday evening in Berlin by Degussa AG, Dusseldorf. Cowburn fought off competition from two other European teams in the final round. His nanotechnology-based process for manufacturing magnetic materials, which can increase the capacity of data storage devices by a factor of 100, won over the jury. Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:12:09 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=355&Itemid=2 Harvard chemist George M. Whitesides, PhD, has been chosen to receive the 2007 Priestley Medal, the highest honour bestowed by the American Chemical Society (ACS), for his distinguished service to the field of chemistry over 40 years. ACS is the world’s largest scientific society. Sun, 03 Sep 2006 12:26:11 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=347&Itemid=2 Meredith Hay, University of Iowa vice president for research, today announced the formation of a new UI enterprise, the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute at the University of Iowa. The institute, to be directed by Professor Vicki Grassian, will include more than 30 core researchers from six UI colleges already engaged in more than $6 million of nanotechnology-related research. Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:54:32 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=343&Itemid=2 Foresight Nanotech Institute has announced the finalists for the 2006 Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes. These prestigious prizes, named in honour of pioneer physicist Richard Feynman, are given in two categories, one for experiment and the other for theory in nanotechnology. Established in 1993, these prizes honour researchers whose recent work has most advanced the achievement of Feynman’s goal for nanotechnology: the construction of atomically-precise products through the use of productive nanosystems. Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:21:55 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=274&Itemid=2 FEI Company announced today that Don R. Kania has been named by the Board of Directors as president, chief executive officer and a board member of the company. Dr Kania, 51, has most recently been president and chief operating officer of Veeco Instruments Inc., where he has worked since 1998. Prior to that he held technical and general management positions of increasing responsibility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory. He holds BS, MS and PhD degrees in physics and engineering from the University of Michigan. He is expected to start at FEI Company in mid-August 2006.... Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:39:40 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=228&Itemid=2 Scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) NanoTech Institute, together with an Australian collaborator, learned this week that they have won two awards—one in Australia and the other in the United States—for their breakthroughs in fabricating carbon nanotube yarns and transparent nanotube sheets, which promise important industrial applications. Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:00:08 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=2 BioForce Nanosciences, which develops and markets commercial products for nanotechnology applications, has announced that Dr Guenter H. Jaensch and Kerry Frey, BioForce’s chief operating officer, have joined the company’s board. Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:28:00 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=189&Itemid=2 Min Xiao, distinguished professor of physics in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas, has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Twenty-First Century Chair in Nanotechnology. Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:32:26 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=156&Itemid=2 NanoInk, Inc., a company specialising in nanometre-scale manufacturing and applications development for the life science and semiconductor industries, today announced the election of Alan F. Holmer to the Company’s Board of Directors. Thu, 08 Jun 2006 17:15:04 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=154&Itemid=2 SoluLinK, Inc., who produce biomolecular conjugation products and services for life science, diagnostic and nanotechnology markets, announced today the appointment of David McCarty to its Board of Directors. Wed, 07 Jun 2006 09:29:57 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=2 Martin Harmer, director of the Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (CAMN) at Lehigh University, has been awarded a Humboldt Research Award for senior scientists by Germany's Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Wed, 03 May 2006 13:27:19 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=72&Itemid=2 For Harold Kroto, very few, if any, professional accomplishments can top being chosen to receive a Nobel Prize for Chemistry, as he was in 1996. However, his latest honour, might come close. Kroto, the Eppes Professor of Chemistry at Florida State University, has been elected as a foreign associate to the National Academy of Sciences—one of the highest honours that can be accorded a scientist or engineer. Sat, 29 Apr 2006 11:46:51 +0100 http://www.nanotechnologyworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=2 This year’s Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Dr. Viola Vogel for her creative and pioneering work on bionanotechnology exploring single molecule mechanics and nanomotors for technical applications. The award, accompanied by US$5000, will be presented during the 2006 Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS) in San Francisco, CA on 18 April 2006. Sun, 16 Apr 2006 11:21:48 +0100