Engineering professor to help review U.S. national nanotechnology efforts | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Engineering professor to help review U.S. national nanotechnology efforts Engineering professor to help review U.S. national nanotechnology efforts Published: January 13, 2012 Author: Arnie Phifer University of Notre Dame professor Wolfgang Porod has been invited to serve on the committee conducting a comprehensive strategic review of the U.S. government’s National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). The NNI encompasses the nanotechnology-related activities of 25 Federal agencies and coordinates a portfolio of basic and applied research activities focused on advancing the economic and national security interests of the United States. The 2012 federal budget provides $2.1 billion for the NNI, and cumulative investment in the NNI since 2001 totals over $16.5 billion. This second triennial review of the NNI, mandated by the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act, will be conducted through the National Academies and submitted to the White House’s National Science and Technology Council. The reviewers’ tasks include examining the role of the NNI in transferring technologies to the private sector, assessing how the NNI measures progress toward its goals, and analyzing NNI’s management and coordination of nanotechnology research across both civilian and military federal agencies. Porod, the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Electrical Engineering at Notre Dame and director of the University’s Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano), brings valuable expertise and experience—particulary in nanoelectronics, materials science and engineering, and research management—to the review team. He is the co-inventor of the “quantum-dot cellular automata” concept, which is a new way of representing information by electronic charge configurations at the molecular level, and is a pioneer in “nanomagnet logic,” one of the emerging device technologies being pursued by the Semiconductor Research Corporation’s Nanoelectronics Research Initiative. As the director of NDnano, Porod oversees research programs in such areas as nanomaterials, new energy harvesting technologies, and the interface between biological systems and nano-scale structures. The Triennial Review Phase II committee is comprised of a range of academic and corporate leaders and is expected to deliver its report by February 2013. NDnano is one of the leading nanotechnology centers in the world. Its mission is to study and manipulate the properties of materials and devices, as well as their interfaces with living systems, at the nano-scale. Posted In: Research Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 05, 2022 Astrophysicists find evidence for the presence of the first stars October 04, 2022 NIH awards $4 million grant to psychologists researching suicide prevention September 29, 2022 Notre Dame, Ukrainian Catholic University launch three new research grants September 27, 2022 Notre Dame, Trinity College Dublin engineers join to advance novel treatment for cystic fibrosis September 22, 2022 Climate-prepared countries are losing ground, latest ND-GAIN index shows For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn