February 2008 Dinner Meeting

February 21, 2008; 6:30pm-9:00pm
Michaels at Shoreline, Mountain View

Summary:

Nanotechnology research is very active across the world for its expected impact across various economic sectors. The benefits to the aerospace sector can be from nanomaterials, coatings, high strength-low weight composites, multifunctional materials, sensor and actuator systems, radiation-free electronics and in general, systems with increased functionality per unit weight. This talk will provide an overview of these applications, and examples will be given on systems using nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes and inorganic nanowires. The author acknowledges contributions from Jing Li, Jun Li, Cattien Nguyen, Bin Yu, and Jeff Sun.

About the Speaker:

Meyya Meyyappan is Chief Scientist for Exploration Technology at the Center for Nanotechnology, NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, CA. Until June 2006, he served as the Director of the Center for Nanotechnology as well as Senior Scientist. He holds an Adjunct Professor position at the Arizona State University. He is a founding member of the Interagency Working Group on Nanotechnology (IWGN) established by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The IWGN is responsible for putting together the National Nanotechnology Initiative.
Dr. Meyyappan is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), AVS, the Electrochemical Society (ECS), and the California Council of Science and Technology. In addition, he is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Materials Research Society, and American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He is the IEEE Distinguished Lecturer on Nanotechnology and ASME's Distinguished Lecturer on Nanotechnology(2004-2006). He is currently the President of the IEEE's Nanotechnology Council(2006-2007).
For his contributions and leadership in nanotechnology, he has received numerous awards including: a Presidential Meritorious Award; NASA's Outstanding Leadership Medal; Arthur Flemming Award given by the Arthur Flemming Foundation and the George Washington University; 2008 IEEE Judith Resnick Award; IEEE-USA Harry Diamond Award. For his educational contributions, he has received: Outstanding Recognition Award from the NASA Office of Education; the Engineer of the Year Award(2004) by the San Francisco Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); IEEE-EDS Education Award. Dr. Meyyappan has authored or co-authored over 175 articles in peer reviewed publications and made over 200 Invited/Keynote/Plenary Talks in nanotechnology subjects across the world.

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Meeting Details

Registration and no-host cocktails at 6:30 pm; buffet dinner at 7:00 pm; program starts at 8:00 pm; program ends at 9:00 pm. This meeting is open to the general public.

Point of Contact

For more information about this meeting, contact
Eric Mueller at: chair(at)aiaa-sf.org.
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Dinner Meeting Location

Michael's at Shoreline
2960 N Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View, CA,94043
650-962-1014

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