Nanotechnology leaders to advise congressional staff

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WHAT: IEEE-USA is co-sponsoring a technical and legislative overview of nanotechnology for congressional staff.

WHO: Featured speakers include Dr. Deborah Newberry, nanotechnology consultant and co-author of "The Next Big Thing is Really Small," and Dr. Walt Trybula, of International SEMATECH. Dr. Newberry will present an overview and history of technology, and Dr. Trybula, an IEEE Fellow, will provide an industry perspective of the economic potential of nanotechnology.

WHEN: Monday June 2, noon-2 p.m. (lunch provided).

WHERE: 325 Russell Senate Office Building
Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C.

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND:

To learn more about nanotechnology, or the manipulation of materials at the atomic or molecular level. The National Science Foundation predicts that it will become a $1 trillion global market in little over a decade.

"The gathering nanotechnology revolution will eventually make possible a huge leap in computing power, vastly stronger yet much lighter materials, advances in medical technologies, as well as devices and processes with much lower energy and environmental costs," MIT President Charles Vest told ZDNet Australia last August. "Nanotechnology may well rival the development of the transistor or telecommunications in its ultimate impact."

Nanotechnology legislation is currently pending before Congress (S. 189). H.R. 766 passed the House by a vote of 405-19. Decisions made this year will affect whether the United States becomes a global leader in this advancing technology.

Co-sponsors include the IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society, IEEE Nanotechnology Council, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Association of Engineering Societies.

CONTACT: To attend the workshop, contact Chris McManes, senior public relations coordinator, IEEE-USA, at c.mcmanes@ieee.org or 202-785-0017, ext. 8356.

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IEEE-USA is an organizational unit of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers created in 1973 to promote the careers and public-policy interests of the more than 235,000 electrical, electronics, computer and software engineers who are U.S. members of the IEEE. The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional society. For more information, go to http://www.ieeeusa.org.

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