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Nanotechnology Commercialization: Manufacturing Processes and Products presents a detailed look at the state of the art in nanotechnology and explores key issues that must still be addressed in order to successfully commercialize that vital technology. Written by a team of distinguished experts in the field, it covers a range of applications notably: military, space, and commercial transport applications, as well as applications for missiles, aircraft, aerospace, and commercial transport systems.
The drive to advance the frontiers of nanotechnology has become a major global initiative with profound economic, military, and environmental implications. Nanotechnology has tremendous commercial and economic implications with a projected $ 1.2 trillion-dollar global market. This book describes current research in the field and details its commercial potential—from work bench to market.
- Examines the state of the art in nanotechnology and explores key issues surrounding its commercialization
- Takes a real-world approach, with chapters written from a practical viewpoint, detailing the latest research and considering its potential commercial and defense applications
- Presents the current research and proposed applications of nanotechnology in such a way as to stimulate further research and development of new applications
- Written by an all-star team of experts, including pioneer patent-holders and award-winning researchers in nanotechnology
The major challenge currently faced by researchers in nanotechnology is successfully transitioning laboratory research into viable commercial products for the 21st century. Written for professionals across an array of research and engineering disciplines, Nanotechnology Commercialization: Manufacturing Processes and Products does much to help them bridge the gap between lab and marketplace.
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THOMAS O. MENSAH, PhD, is currently the President and CEO of the Georgia Aerospace Systems, an advanced aerospace composite manufacturing company, which has supplied nanoscale composite structures for unmanned aerial vehicle systems to the US Department of Defense. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and is a holder of 7 US Patents. He has previously worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories and Corning Glass Works. He is a Director of AIChE Nanoscale Engineering Forum.
BEN WANG, PhD, Director of Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute. He is the Executive Director Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute. He is the co-developer of the first continuous process for making free standing carbon nanotube network or Bucky paper. Dr. Wang was awarded the Micro/NANO 25 Award by NASA and the Nanotechnology Institute and is the holder of 6 US patents. He is Chair of the Industrial Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.
GEOFFREY BOTHUN, PhD, is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Principal Investigator as well as Director of Rhode Island Consortium for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, a state wide Initiative. He is also Director of Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR and the current Chairman of AIChE Nanoscale Engineering Forum, NSEF.
JESSICA WINTER, PhD is the H.C. Slip Slider Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Ohio, Columbus. She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers and a Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science AAAS. She is Past Chairman of AIChE Nanoscale Engineering Forum NSEF.
VIRGINIA DAVIS, PhD is Associate Professor Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. She is Global Marketing manager at Shell Chemicals in Europe and serves as Director of AIChE Nanoscale Engineering Forum NSEF. She is the recipient of NSEF Young Investigator Award.
