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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. Michail C. RocoDr. 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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