Roger H. Grace fellowship in Nanomanufacturing
Recipients will be awarded a renewable one-year position at the CHN with stipend to work on a CHN project/thrust area. The future of nanomanufacturing will depend on a workforce well-educated in nanoscience and nanoengineering. Among the greatest challenges in nanotechnology is the ability to commercially produce devices that work at the nanoscale level, which is measured at one-billionth of a meter. If developed, these systems could catapult the field into a $1 trillion industry by 2015.
Northeastern brings its expertise in MEMs as well as the study and control of nanoscale surface defects to this effort, and strives towards the goal of bringing the social – and financial – benefits of nanotechnology to the world.
"This fellowship builds on our federally funded, national centre in nanomanufacturing." said Ahmed Abdelal, provost at Northeastern.
Ahmed Busnaina, William Lincoln Smith Professor and Director of the CHN said, "We aim to recruit the best students to conduct research at the frontiers of nanotechnology and nanomanufacturing, leading to the commercialization of nanotechnology to provide unparalleled advantages in medicine, electronics, energy, food, renewable resources and many other applications. The Roger Grace Fellowship will provide us with the means and the opportunity to hire the brightest and highly motivated students to work in this field at Northeastern."
Roger Grace, President of Roger Grace Associates, has been a vital supporter of the CHN and their efforts. Grace said, "Having been an alumni of Northeastern University in both their undergraduate and graduate engineering schools and a consultant in micro and nanotechnology commercialization, I have kept a watchful eye on the progress of the university as a player in the research and development area. Most recently, the university has captured two major National Science Foundation grants to create Engineering Research Centres...certainly a formidable accomplishment. The most recent, the Centre for High Rate Nanomanufacturing has caught my attention because it is truly what I have focused on in my consulting practice, the commercialisation of technology. I am gratified that I could make a contribution to support a research student in this area in such a prestigious and important position and to have my friend and learned colleague professor Ahmed Busnaina as his/her research advisor".
To qualify for the Fellowship, you must have been, or are applying to be, admitted to a PhD program at Northeastern and have fabrication experience. If you are interested in applying for the Spring 2007, please send a cover letter, resume, and two letters of recommendation by December 1, 2006.
