US-India Workshop on

Nanotechnology:
Issues in Interdisciplinary Research and Education
(Aug. 11-13; 2004; at IISc Bangalore)

By

National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN)
and
Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Sponsored by

National Science Foundation
and
US-India Science & Technology Forum

The second  of the Joint US-India Workshop entitled  “Nanotechnology: Issues in Interdisciplinary Research and Education” took place at the Indian Institute of Science campus (Bangalore, India) from Aug. 11 through 13, 2004. The workshop was sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the US-India Science & Technology Forum; additional local support was provided by the Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Research.

The focus of the workshop was on identifying the key needs and suggesting  possible approaches  for incorporating in undergraduate and graduate education the advances that are  being made in the broad interdisciplinary area of nanoscale science and engineering. Through a discussion of the advanced and promising directions of research, the university educational imperatives, human resource needs, and the development needs of India and US, the workshop also explored  the broader principles that any proposed changes should keep in mind.
The workshop brought together 12 technical speakers/participants from United States, from academia and industry, representing the diverse disciplines of science and engineering at the small dimensions. There were 14 technical speakers/participants from India, representing academia, industry, and national laboratories. Many of the major institutions of US and India were represented. The individuals from these institutions provided a diversity of opinions representing their discipline-centric and institution-centric backgrounds. In addition, the diversity of cultural backgrounds also provided unique perspectives.

In addition to the technical research presenations avaiilable below, the workshop conducted panel discussions on needs and methods for graduate and undergraduate education in nanotechnology.  The results of these discussions, including recommendations, are included in the workshop report available here in Acrobat format.

Presentations,  available in acrobat format:

Indo-US Workshop -- Nanotechnology: Issues in Interdisciplinary Research and Education
Rajinder Khosla, National Science Foundation

Nanotechnology and the US Congress
Usha Varshney, National Science Foundation

Education and Research at the Atomic Level for Nanotechnology  
J. Silcox, Cornell University

Nanowires, Nano interfaces and Nano Core-Shell Structures
D. Chakravorty, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Flow Induced Generation Of Voltage in Carbon Nanotubes
A.K. Sood,  Indian Institute of Science

Towards Symbiosis of Materials, Biology and Engineering:Emerging Nanostructures and Devices for Bio-Chem Sensing, Diagnostics and Therapeutics
V. Dravid,   Northwestern University

Molecular Tailoring of Monolayer Protected Nanoparticles
S. Bhattacharya, Indian Institute of Science

Interfacing Nanomaterials with Biology
M. Sastry, National Chemical Laboratory 

Self Assembled Opal and Inverse Opals as Photonic Band  Gap Structures with Waveguide Defect
A.Gopinath, University of Minnesota

Transition metal-doped semiconducting nanocrystals: Tuning and understanding the optical properties
D.D Sarma,  Indian Institute of Science

Non-Volatile Silicon Memories at the Nano-Scale: An example straddling materials science, semiconductor physics, and large-scale integration architecture
S. Tiwari, Cornell University

Bio-MS for Cardiac Diagnostics
V. Rao, Indian Institute of Technology

Nano-technology and the ‘post CMOS’ world
P. Solomon, IBM

Ge Based High Performance Nanoscale MOSFETs and Integrated optical Interconnects
K.C.Saraswat,  Stanford University

Submicroln InP Bipolar Transistors: Scaling Laws, Technology Roadmaps, Fabrication Processes, & High Frequency Circuits
M. Rodwell, University of California at Santa Barbara

Nanocrystalline thin films: a bridge between nanoscience and nanotechnology
P.Ayyub ,  Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

The deconvolution of mechanical properties of small volume; soft condensed matter and hard ceramic film
S.K. Biswas,  Indian Institute of Science

Static Non-contact and Transient Signal Atomic Force Microscopy
M. Salapaka,  Iowa State University 

Charge Storage Redox-Active Molecules for Hybrid Silicon Molecular Memories
V.Misra,    North Carolina State University

Probing nanometer scale dynamics of molecular & cellular
assembly using an optical tweezer
G.V. Shivashankar, National Center for Biological Sciences, TIFR_Bangalore & Raman Research Institute

Electrical properties of confined organic structures
M.K. Sanyal, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

Soft routes for alternate lithography
A.K. Raychoudhuri,  S.N.Bose National Center for Basic Sciences and Indian Institue of Science

Metal Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Assembly and Melting Behaviour
N.Ravishankar, Indian Institute of Science 

Electrical properties of ultrathin nanocrystalline gold films formed at the organic-aqueous interface
G.U. Kulkarni ,  Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research 

Nanophotonics: the manipulation of light in nanostructured materials
Elias Towe, Carnegie Mellon University

Molecular and Mesoscale Modeling and Simulation in Nanotechnology: Research and Education
S. Garde , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Simulations Of Complex Systems Across Scales: Connecting The Nano To The Macro World
T. Kaxiras, Harvard University

Understanding size effect and pattern generation through modeling
Vijoy Shenoy  , Indian Institute of Science

Nano NI, Pt/Al2O3, CePtO and TIO2 materials for  Catalysis
M.S. Hegde, Indian Institute of Science

A complete report of the workshop is available here, including abstracts and recommendations.