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COSAM Hosts "Frontiers in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology" Symposium
“The Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Symposium brought together cutting-edge researchers working at the interface of chemistry, physics and the life sciences,” said Marie Wooten, COSAM Associate Dean for Research. “One area that shows great promise is the impact nanoscience will have in the life sciences, DNA/protein based technologies and drug delivery. The symposium provided a venue for faculty from the sciences, mathematics and engineering to discuss the latest developments in these areas,” she said. One of the featured guests, nGimat CEO and COSAM alum, Andrew Hunt, discussed how industry is applying nanotechnology to everyday life. “Today, the realized capability of nanotechnology is estimated to be less than one percent of possible future applications...The key to nanotechnology affecting our lives is commercially implementing these new opportunities,” Hunt said. Over one hundred and twenty from the Southeast attended. The symposium culminated with a panel discussion on issues related to commercialization of new technologies, development of interdisciplinary training programs and forecast for future of this rapidly developing field. "In keeping with the tradition of the College's Dead Day Symposia of presenting scientific investigations in their embryonic stages, but whose future is clearly limited only by the imaginations of the investigators, we were delighted to have brought such an outstanding group of internationally prominent lecturers to the campus for the “Frontiers in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology” program. We were also pleased with the significant number of attendees the symposium attracted," said COSAM Dean Stewart Schneller.
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The College of Sciences and Mathematics hosted the “Frontiers in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology” Dead Day Symposium on Tuesday, May 2 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the Sciences Center Auditorium. Featured speakers included leading scientists in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology.