Award Abstract #0305091
Industry Survey of Nanomanufacturing Trends and Interests

NSF Org:	CMMI Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation
Initial Amendment Date:	April 8, 2003
Latest Amendment Date:	August 27, 2004
Award Number:	0305091
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Kevin Lyons CMMI Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation ENG Directorate for Engineering
Start Date:	April 15, 2003
Expires:	October 31, 2004 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$30106
Investigator(s):	Manish Mehta manishm@ncms.org (Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	National Center for Manufacturing Sciences 3025 Boardwalk Ann Arbor, MI 48108 734/995-7048
NSF Program(s):	NANOMANUFACTURING, SPECIAL STUDIES AND ANALYSES
Field Application(s):	0308000 Industrial Technology
Program Reference Code(s):	OTHR, MANU, 9146, 0000
Program Element Code(s):	1788, 1385

ABSTRACT

The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) will undertake a study of conventional industry (such as metallic and plymeric materials) trends, interests and activities in nanomanufacturing technologies, as a preparatory input activitity to the NSF Workshop on Three-Dimensional Nanomanufacturing: Partnering with Industry, planned in conjuction with the NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Birmingham, AL in January 2003. Industry respondents will be polled on their organization's plans for R&D, investments, staffing, production implementation, success stories, and plans for future products incorporating nanotechnology. The survey may be accessed at: http://www.ncms.org/nsfsurvey.htm.



NCMS is a not-for-profit organization, based in Ann Arbor, MI, and a premier provider of collaborative research, information, knowledge and expertise to the North American manufacturing community. Backed by 150 corporate members, NCMS has spearheaded hundreds of advancements - in advanced materials, electronics, high performance machining, process control, rapid prototyping/manufacturing, enterprise integration, information technology, and environmental conscientiousness - all focused on enhancing the nation's manufacturing competitiveness in the global economy.

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