Universities / National Labs
NIST
National Institute of Standard and Technology. This site is
interesting for our classes, since student can find tremendous
amount of information on measurements (e.g., most extensive IR
spectral data), nanotechnology research programs,...
North
Carolina State University (NCSU) has
a large number of nanoscience and nanotechnology research groups.
Other related groups can be found in the Materials Science and
engineering Dept. Physics and Mathematical Science Dept. (PAMS),
Chemistry Department
Analytical
Instrumentation Facility these most
advanced research facility is located in the Centennial Campus of
NCSU
SEMATECH
SRC
Silicon Research Consortium
Silicon
Wafer Engineering and Defects Science
SiWEDS consortium. A NSF University-Industry cooperative sponsored
research center.
MCNC
Microelectronic Center of NC
North
Carolina Research and Education Network
NCREN
NC Research and Education Network Community site
NREL
National Renewable Energy Lad. Golden, CO.
Silicon
Materials and Devices
NC
Biotech Center
Central Laboratory of the Research
Councils
CCLRC
is one of Europe's largest multidisciplinary research organizations
supporting scientists and engineers world-wide (this might be
considered equivalent to NIST in the US).
Diamond
synchrotron is the largest UK-funded
scientific facility.
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Scientific Societies
relevant to Students
Students are
encouraged to visit the following web sites to have a look at the
landmark scientific societies pertaining to their fields of studies.
ICCE
International Conference on Nanocomposite
IEEE Nanotechnology
Council
A
multi-disciplinary group whose purpose is to advance and coordinate
work in the field of Nanotechnology throughout IEEE scientific,
literary, and educational areas
Materials
Research Society
(MRS) : A non-profit
organization which brings together scientists, engineers and
research managers from industry, government, academia and research
laboratories to share findings in the research and development of
new materials of technological importance. NCSU has a student
chapter.
Materials
Technical Society
(MTS)
: Materials Science and Engineering; Professional Society
The International Society for Optical
Engineering (SPIE)
is an international society dedicated to advancing optics and
photonics.
American
Physics Society
American
Institute of Physics promotes the
advancement and diffusion of knowledge in physics, astronomy, and
related fields of science and the related technologies and
applications to human welfare.
Electrochemical
Society (ECS)
: The Electrochemical Society has become the leading society for
solid-state and electrochemical science and technology.
Society
for Plastic Engineers
(SPE): NCSU has a student
chapter; for information on how to join:
http://www.4spe.org/myspe/students/studentchapters.htm
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