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Direct Connection to Policy Area 4 of The Illinois Commitment Northwestern University Leads Illinois into the Nanotechnology Revolution Northwestern University What issue or need is addressed by the effective practice? By building the Midwest’s leading research and teaching enterprise in the emerging field of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University is helping Illinois develop and sustain growth in virtually all sectors of the State’s economy, including energy, security, healthcare, and transportation. The field of Nanotechnology – research and development at the Nanoscale (i.e., the level of individual atoms, molecules, and supramolecular structures – has emerged as the strategic and dominant technological movement in the United States and is widely expected to produce in the next several decades a “revolution” in new goods and services, comparable to those revolutions in microelectronics/computers in the 1980s and biotechnology in the 1990s. Much as the Silicon Valley (California) and Route 128 (Massachusetts) were the centers of the earlier technology booms, states and municipalities are vying to be the locus for Nanotechnology research. In his 2003 State of the State address, Governor Rod Blagojevich declared that Illinois “is the center of the Nanotechnology universe.” His assertion is based largely on the strength of its research institutions, led by Northwestern University’s strategic investments in this field and its partnerships with other research institutions, notably Argonne National Laboratory, but also the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois, and Purdue University. Description of the effective practice: • Northwestern University has developed a strong teaching and research faculty in Nanotechnology across a range of disciplines, building on strong departments in chemistry, material sciences, engineering, and medicine, and emphasizing interdisciplinarity as a core strategy to achieve research breakthroughs. At Northwestern, for example, engineers work with medical doctors, chemists work with biologists and researchers in other fields in university-wide research centers, and in consortia with other universities. • Northwestern University recruits and retains top researchers in Nanotechnology. Among many notable Nanotechnology researchers at Northwestern is Chad A. Mirkin, the current Director of the University’s International Institute for Technology. Mirkin received the first NIH Pioneer Award in 2004 for his contributions to biomedical research, and was a 2002 recipient of the Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology, the Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences, the ACS Nobel Laureate Signature Award, and the Discoverer 2000 Innovation of the Year Award. Mark A. Ratner was the recipient of the Feynman Prize in 2001. Samuel I. Stupp, Director of the Institute for Nanobiotechnology and Medicine (IBNAM), chaired the review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative at the request of the White House Economic Council, and is the recipient of many awards, including the 2005 American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry. Young faculty members with appointments across multiple university research centers include Mark Hersam, who was honored by President Bush on July 27 with the 2006 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). • Northwestern built the first academic facility in the nation dedicated exclusively to Nanotechnology: the $40 million, 44,000-square foot Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly (IBNAM) on the Evanston campus. Northwestern also devoted two floors of its new, $200-million, Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center, in Chicago, for use by IBNAM. • Northwestern was awarded one the first four national Nanotechnology research centers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), as part of the national Nanotechnology Initiative developed by the Clinton Administration, renewed when the Bush Administration took office. How does this practice achieve sustainability? • Business development: Northwestern University researchers have spun off nine new Illinois-based firms in Nanotechnology. Northwestern’s NSF-funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) alone counts over 30 industrial partners, including many of the leading industrial firms in Illinois. IBNAM works 112
closely with Illinois companies such as Baxter and Caterpillar, and, working with Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, NSEC has launched the Small Business Evaluation and Entrepreneurs (SBEE) program to assist start-ups in the Nanotechnology field. The Lurie Investment Fund established a $10-million seed-capital program for Nanotechnology business ventures launched at Northwestern. • K-12 and undergraduate education: In order to help prepare Illinois’ future workforce in Nanotechnology, Northwestern has developed partnerships with other educational institutions and organizations in Illinois, including programs with Harold Washington College, Oakton Community College, and Evanston Township High School. Northwestern provides Nanotechnology research experiences for undergraduates at the University, as well, and, as through NSEC’s Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program, invites highschool and community-college teachers for seminars and hands-on research experiences at Northwestern. The Center, in partnership with Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, is also developing a permanent exhibit on Nanotechnology, to be known as Nanoverse. • In 2004, Northwestern was awarded a five-year, $15 million grant by the National Science Foundation for the Center for Learning and Teaching (NCLT) in Nanoscale Science and Engineering. The NCLT is the only center of its type in the nation and focuses on developing educational materials to teach the principles of Nanotechnology to students in grades 7 through 12. NCLT is led by Northwestern, but its partners include the Argonne National Laboratory, University of Illinois, Indiana University, University of Michigan, and Purdue University. What are the results/measurable outcomes? See above Contact Information Name: Bruce Layton Email: b-layton@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-8396 113
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