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Dr.
Mihail C. Roco
Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology, National
Science Foundation
Chair, U.S. National Science, Engineering and Technology Council's Subcommittee
on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET)
 Dr. Roco chairs the National Science and Technology Council's subcommittee
on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET), and is Senior
Advisor for Nanotechnology at the National Science Foundation. He also
coordinates the programs on academic liaison with industry (GOALI). Prior
to joining National Science Foundation, he was Professor of Mechanical
Engineering at the University of Kentucky (1981-1995), and held visiting
professorships at the California Institute of Technology (1988-89), Johns
Hopkins University (1993-1995), Tohoku University (1989), and Delft University
of Technology (1997-98).
Dr. Roco is credited with 13 inventions, has authored/co-authored numerous
archival articles and twelve books including “Slurry Flow: Theory
and Practice” (Butterworth, 1991), "Particulate Two-phase
Flow" (Butterworth, 1993), "Nanostructure Science and Technology" (Kluwer
Acad., 1999), “Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology” (Kluwer
Acad., 2001), “Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance” (Kluwer
Acad., 2003) and “The Coevolution of Human Potential and Converging
Technologies: (N.Y. Acad. of Sciences, 2004). He is a key architect of
the National Nanotechnology Initiative, and coordinated the preparation
of the U.S. National Science and Technology Council reports on "Nanotechnology
Research Directions" (NSTC, 1999) and "National Nanotechnology
Initiative" (NSTC, 2000).
Dr. Roco is a Correspondent Member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering
Sciences, a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a Fellow
of the Institute of Physics, and a Fellow of the American Institute of
Chemical Engineers. He has been co-founder and Chair of the AIChE Particle
Technology Forum and of the International Multiphase Flow Council. He has
served as editor for Journal of Fluids Engineering and Journal of Measurement
Science and Technology, and is Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Nanoparticle
Research. He is member in the Executive Governance Board for SNL-LANL,
Review Board for National Research Council Institute (Canada) and other
boards in Europe and Asia including the S&T Council of the International
Risk Governance Council. He was honored as recipient of the Carl Duisberg
Award in Germany, “Burgers Professorship Award” in Netherlands
and the “University Research Professorship” award in U.S.,
the “Engineer of the Year” (two times, in 1999 and 2004) by
the U.S. National Society of Professional Engineers and NSF, “Best
of Small Tech Awards” (“Leader of the American nanotech revolution”,
2002), and “First in Nanotechnology’s Power Brokers”,
Forbes (“Leading Architect of NNI”).
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