Nanotechnology : San Jose

Ahwahnee Inc.

Benj — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:32:43 +0000

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Web url

http://www.ahwahneetech.com/

Contact Email

info@ahwahneetech.com

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Street address

5941 Optical Court

Zip or postal code

95138

Telephone

408.960.3812

Fax

408.960.3817

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Ahwahnee Technology, a leader in the mass production of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), creates high-energy, long-lasting and cost-effective CNT applications for a variety of industries. The Company is uniquely focused on developing innovative technologies geared towards improving daily life while protecting the global environment.

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Applied MicroStructures, Inc.

Benj — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:39:18 +0000

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Web url

http://www.appliedmst.com/

Contact Email

info@appliedmst.com

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Street address

1020 Rincon Circle

Zip or postal code

95131

Telephone

Toll Free: (877) MVD-AMST, (408) 907-2885

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Applied MicroStructures, Inc. is a privately held technology company with a mission to enable manufacturing of microstructures by innovating unique processing solutions and equipment critical to their commercialization.

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Bookham

NanoStaff — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:30:09 +0000

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Web url

http://www.bookham.com/

Contact Email

sales@bookham.com

Short description

Street address

2584 Junction Ave.

Zip or postal code

95134

Telephone

+1 408 383 1400

Fax

+1 408 919 6083

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Bookham, Inc. is a leading developer, manufacturer, and provider of optical solutions. The company designs, manufactures and markets optical components, modules and subsystems used in a broad range of markets, including telecommunications, data communications, aerospace, industrial, consumer optics, semiconductor, sensing, scientific and defense.

Founded in 1988, the company is based in San Jose, California and has development and manufacturing facilities in the UK, USA, Canada, China, and Switzerland.

Bookham boasts two facilities in the United Kingdom, two in the United States, one in Canada, and a 250,000 square foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Shenzhen, China.

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Cadence Desisn Systems, Inc.

Benj — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:02:31 +0000

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Web url

http://www.cadence.com/

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Street address

2655 Seely Avenue

Zip or postal code

95134

Telephone

408.943.1234

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Moving to nanometer-scale ICs profoundly affects the entire electronics industry. Cadence is at the forefront of this transition. Working with leading-edge customers and partners, Cadence is breaking new ground in digital design, SoC functional verification, custom/analog design, design for manufacturability, and silicon design-in.

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Calient Networks, Inc.

Benj — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:36:52 +0000

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Web url

http://www.calient.net/

Contact Email

contactus@calient.net

Short description

Street address

6620 Via Del Oro

Zip or postal code

95119

Telephone

408.972.3600

Fax

408.972.3800

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Calient Networks is a developer of intelligent, all-photonic switching systems and software, that allows service providers to scale their networks to meet the ever-accelerating demand for bandwidth, now and for decades to come. Calients DiamondWave system will provide a foundation for rapid innovation and service delivery needed for revenue growth, while significantly reducing network operating costs by eliminating the need for opto-electronic conversion.

Headquartered in San Jose, California, Calient was founded in March 1999 by leaders in the photonic, carrier systems and networking industries. Additional company locations include engineering and manufacturing operations in Santa Barbara, California, MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical-System) design and production at Calient Optical Components in Ithaca, New York, and regional sales offices worldwide. President and CEO Charles Corbalis is recognized as one of the early innovators in frame relay, and his work led to the first wide-scale network deployments of fast packet services. Mr. Corbalis has used his experience to bring together a highly credentialed team to launch the next paradigm in public network architecture and services. Each member of his leadership team has an average of 20 years of experience in carrier-class telecom and data communications product development, with numerous past successes in building and bringing to market large-scale, high bandwidth networking equipment.

Calient seeks to achieve industry leadership in all-photonic switching systems, photonic network migration, and next-generation network intelligence. The Calient switch architecture will provide a smooth migration path that is non-disruptive to existing operations, and will create the opportunity for carriers to offer new, revenue-generating optical services.

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cDream Corporation

Benj — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:24:48 +0000

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Web url

http://www.cdreamdisplay.com/

Contact Email

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Street address

6910 Santa Teresa Blvd. 2nd Floor

Zip or postal code

95119

Telephone

(408) 826-3216

Fax

(408) 363-6954

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cDream Corporation (cDream) is a fabless display company, founded to develop and design the next evolution of flat panel displays (FPDs) using our proprietary carbon-nano tube technology, replacing and superceding displays based on cathode ray tube (CRTs), thin film transistor liquid crystal (TFT-LCDs), plasma display panels (PDPs) and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). Engendered by todays need for mobility and the convergence of entertainment, multimedia and computing needs, both businesses and personal consumers are demanding display technology, which are lightweight, compact, high in picture quality and video response and power efficient.

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Certified Nanotech Clean Tech Professional

btran@ianano.org — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:08:32 +0000

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The Certified Nanotech Clean Tech Professional Program includes lectures, group projects, discussions and lab practicals, covering nano-characterization and fabrication, nanobiotechnology, thin films and photovolatics, emerging clean technologies and EPA regulations of nanomaterials. Lab practicals include hands-on training with a Scanning Electron Microscope.

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According to the U.S. government agencies, nanotechnology alone will be a trillion dollar business by the year 2015, and about 1 million employees will be required in U.S. alone. Clean technology, which has become a major application of nanotechnology, had a revenue growth from 55 billion in 2006 to 77.3 billion in 2007, a 40% annual increase. The time to enter this growing industry is now, and the CNCP certification program is designed to equip you with relevant knowledge and practical experience to be successful in the emerging industries.

The Certified Nanotechnology & Clean Technology Professional Program will be offered in a 8-week training from August 16- October 4, 2008 in San Jose.

The certificate program is designed to train the participants for professional jobs with an opportunity for advancement in the high growth industries of nanotechnology and clean technology. The certificate classroom/lab training courses will equip you to enter into the emerging nanotech and clean tech industries. Students will be expected to demonstrate their acquired knowledge through problem solving, group discussions, and project development.

In addition to classroom learning and group project research assignment, students are expected to participate in industry seminars which will be held on Thursdays at 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM and complete a hand-on learning coursework on how to use a Scanning Electron Microscope at our training laboratory.

Prerequisite: a 4 year degree (Bachelor of Art, Sciences or Engineering) or equivalent with at least 3 years of working experience.

Weekly schedule:
Saturday 9:00 AM- 5:30 PM (in classroom)
Tuesday and Thursday: 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM (online group project collaboration)
Thursday Industry Seminar: 11:30 AM- 1:30 PM (NanoLunch)

Course Schedule: http://cinano.com/cncp-8-week.html
Brochure: http://cinano.com/CNCP_8week_BROCHURE.pdf

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Candidates must have B.A or B.S. or BE degree or equivalent
2. Candidates must have at least three years of working experience.
3. Candidates must successfully complete an assessment test.

Event precise location and contact information

Location:
1290 Parkmoor Avenue
San Jose, CA 95126 USA
Tel. 408-280-6266
Fax. 408- 280-6255

Contact:
Alisha White
(408) 280-6266
info@cinano.com

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http://cinano.com/cncp.html

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Certified Nanotech Clean Tech Professional

Clarke Clean

mark karakas — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:02:41 +0000

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Web url

www.clarkeclean.com

Contact Email

mark@clarkeclean.com

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Street address

1326 Avalone Dr.

Zip or postal code

95124

Telephone

408.892.9972

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Cliff Clarke

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Clarke Clean is dedicated to providing solutions for the cleaning needs of our world and future generations.Our goal is to make measurable and sustainable contributions to the environment by pioneering the use of innovative cleaning technologies. The use of nano coating in our solar panel cleaning process increses PV panel performance and decreases scheduled maintenance intervals.

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Discera Inc.

Benj — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:05:37 +0000

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Web url

http://www.discera.com/

Contact Email

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Street address

1961 Concourse Drive

Zip or postal code

95131

Telephone

408.432.8600

Fax

408.432.8609

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Discera technology is based on the integration of its miniaturization, semiconductor and advanced circuitry expertise. Its core miniaturization know-how is the foundation for a common design and fabrication platform that makes possible cost-effective, tight integration of RF components on a micro scale, including such devices as multi-frequency micro-oscillators and micro-filters that until now have consumed large amounts of space and power. Discera's flagship technology, micro-resonators that can be fabricated in multiples on a single die, is expected to enable complete radio IC integration both receiver and transceiver in a single module or chip. Discera supplies miniaturized stand-alone electronic components as well as complete semiconductor intellectual property solutions for the design and manufacture of highly integrated, cost-effective RFICs. Discera's initial product line consists of discrete, multi-frequency micro-oscillators (1mm per side) designed for reference frequency signals in a wide range of wireless applications including cellular, WLAN, GPS, Bluetooth and RFID devices. Disceras low-cost, low-power micro-oscillators are direct replacements for larger quartz-based oscillators currently on the market. Other office: Discera Inc. 655 Phoenix Drive Ann Arbor MI 48108 Tel: (734) 528-6366 Fax: (734) 528-6367

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IEEE: San Francisco bay area nanotechnology council

Benj — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:11:29 +0000

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Web url

http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/san_francisco/nntc/

Contact Email

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Street address

50 Airport Parkway, Suite 111

Zip or postal code

95110

Telephone

408.561.1594

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Objectives

* Build bridges between local industry, academic, and government leaders, and encourage Bay Area involvement in the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI).

* Provide a resource for nanotechnology education.

* Provide nanotechnology venues for venture capitalists and new start-ups.

* Involve IEEE and other professional disciplines, and increase membership in all the professional societies.

* Provide focus on areas of nanotechnology which are of interest to IEEE, articulate a nano-matrix and define the core disciplines.

* Provide a resource for the media on nanotechnology in the Bay Area.

* Partner with the nanotechnology community on international conferences.

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Kainos Energy Corporation

Benj — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:23:25 +0000

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Web url

http://www.kainosenergy.com/

Contact Email

info@kainosenergy.com

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Street address

2911 Zanker Road

Zip or postal code

95134- 2125

Telephone

+1 408 321 5057

Fax

+1 408 321 5018

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Kainos Energy has adapted revolutionary nanomaterials processing technologies to fuel cell manufacturing to achieve:
lowest cost, lower operating temperature, highest performance and reliability in solid oxide fuel cells, interconnects and stacks.

The Company will revolutionize fabrication of fuel cells to realize order-of-magnitude cost reductions in solid oxide stacks while achieving improved performance and reliability to
enable large-scale market growth.

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KLA-tencor

vinay1210 — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:17:47 +0000

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Web url

http://www.kla-tencor.com

Contact Email

info@kla-tencor.com

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Street address

160 Rio Robles

Zip or postal code

95134

Telephone

+1-408-875-3000

Fax

+1-408-875-4144

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KLA-Tencor Corporation is the world's leading supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related microelectronics industries. The company's comprehensive portfolio of products, software, analysis, services and expertise is designed to help IC manufacturers manage yield throughout the entire wafer fabrication process-from R&D to final yield analysis. Since yield improvements are key to increasing manufacturing productivity and profitability, the yield management market that KLA-Tencor leads has outperformed the semiconductor capital equipment market segment as a whole.

Ranked among the world's top ten semiconductor equipment manufacturers, KLA-Tencor offers a broad spectrum of products and services that are used by every major semiconductor manufacturer in the world. These customers turn to KLA-Tencor for in-line wafer defect monitoring; reticle and photomask defect inspection; CD SEM metrology; wafer overlay; film and surface measurement; and overall yield and fab-wide data analysis. These advanced products, coupled with the company's unique yield management consulting practice, allow KLA-Tencor to deliver the complete yield management solutions customers need to accelerate their yield learning rates, reduce their yield excursion risks and adopt industry-leading yield management practices.

Competing in rapidly expanding markets where its leading-edge technology and comprehensive solutions provide a significant competitive edge, KLA-Tencor's primary market remains the semiconductor industry. In recent years, the company has also increased its focus on the rapidly growing data storage industry.

To support its growing, global customer base, KLA-Tencor maintains a significant presence throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, with local sales and applications engineers, customer and field service engineers and yield management consultants. The company counts among its top customers leading semiconductor manufacturers from each of these regions, and derived approximately 70 percent of its 1997 revenues from outside the U.S.

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Corporate History

KLA-Tencor was formed in May 1997 through the merger of KLA Instruments and Tencor Instruments, two long-time leaders in the semiconductor equipment industry, each with over 20 years of experience. With combined revenues of nearly $1.5 billion and a global workforce of over 5,300, KLA-Tencor offers a breadth and depth of process control and yield management solutions unmatched in the industry.

Founded in 1976 and credited with pioneering the yield management market, KLA started its inspection legacy in 1978 with an automated inspection system that reduced photomask inspection time from eight hours to 15 minutes. The company went public in 1980 and shortly thereafter, broadened its inspection product portfolio to include wafer inspection. Two years later, the company expanded into the wafer metrology business with optical overlay and linewidth measurement systems. KLA continued to broaden its product line, developing software products to integrate inspection and measurement data for analysis, and ultimately forming the industry's first yield management group to provide customers with expertise in yield enhancement through engineering consulting services. At the time of the merger with Tencor, KLA had revenues of approximately $695 million and 2,500 employees worldwide.

Tencor was also founded in 1976, and introduced its first product, the Alpha-Step stylus surface profiler, just seven months later. The Alpha-Step provided a significant improvement in step height measurement, a critical parameter in measuring film layer thickness. In 1984, the company launched its first Surfscan product, a particle and contamination detection system based on laser scanning technology that soon became a production standard. In the 1990s, Tencor expanded its product mix to include defect review and data analysis tools. Following an initial public offering in 1993, Tencor acquired Prometrix, a leading supplier of thin-film measurement tools, further expanding its product portfolio. At the time of the merger with KLA, Tencor had revenues of approximately $403 million and 1,400 employees around the world.

KLA-Tencor is headquartered in San Jose, California, with sales and support facilities around the world. It is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol KLAC. The company was selected by Standard and Poors to be part of the S&P500 Index in September 1997. In 2005, Forbes Magazine named KLA-Tencor one of the Best Managed Companies in America in its annual list of America’s Best Big Companies. KLA-Tencor was one of only four high-technology companies, as well as the only company in the semiconductor industry, to be honored with this accolade for that year.

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The Critical Need for Yield Management and Process Control Solutions

Several factors inherent in the semiconductor industry drive the critical need for comprehensive yield management and process control solutions. Among the most significant of these are: increasing device complexity; shrinking geometries; reduced product life cycles; and increased competition.

To meet the needs of the dynamic markets it supplies, the semiconductor industry is constantly increasing the functions incorporated into a single device, while simultaneously reducing device size. Today, leading-edge products have design rules that are 0.25 micron or smaller, hence a single device may combine the functions provided by as many as five or more separate devices in previous product generations.

At the same time, intense competition in the computing, electronics and communications industries shorten product life cycles, which has a corresponding effect on the semiconductor industry. While ten years ago, a semiconductor product life cycle, from design to production, could span several years, today, six months or less is the norm.

These challenges are further complicated by intense competition within the semiconductor industry, which drives an expectation for declining prices despite increasing product complexity. Thus, IC manufacturers simultaneously face continuing pressure on profitability, shorter product cycles and increasing manufacturing complexities.

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Komag, Inc.

Benj — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 15:10:08 +0000

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Web url

http://www.komag.com/

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Street address

1710 Automation Parkway

Zip or postal code

95131

Telephone

(408) 576-2000

Fax

(408) 944-9255

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Komag is the world's largest independent supplier of thin-film disks, the primary high-capacity storage medium for digital data in computers and consumer appliances. Since being founded in 1983, Komag has led the industry in production volume and technology for thin-film disks. We have capitalized on our technological strength in thin-film processes and our manufacturing capabilities to achieve and maintain our position as a leading independent supplier to the thin-film media market. Our technological strength stems from the depth of our understanding of materials science and the interplay between disks, heads and other disk drive components. Our manufacturing expertise in thin-film media is evidenced by our long, uninterrupted history of delivering reliable products in high volume. By enabling rapidly improving storage density at lower cost per gigabyte, Komag creates extraordinary value for consumers of computers, enterprise storage systems, and electronic appliances.

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MOEMS-MEMS 2008 – Part of SPIE Photonics West

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:47:07 +0000

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Micro- and nanofabricated electromechanical and optical components, created by batch processing, provide the missing links to the mass-produced miniaturized products and systems of the future, superior in cost, performance, and reliability. Be a part of this evolution by presenting your research in this international premier symposium.
Each year we also commit one of our conferences to illuminate an emerging area of interest. Following up the success of last year's conference on the Micro-Nano Interface, this year's focus will be on Transducers at the Micro-Nano Interface.
Awards for Best Papers will be presented for each conference and for the overall Symposium. The most outstanding papers from each conference of the Symposium will be recommended for submission to the Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS (JM3), SPIE's refereed and archival journal of progress in the science and technology of lithographic, fabrication, packaging, and integration technologies for electronics, photonics, MOEMS, and MEMS.
Our 2008 symposium will feature exciting joint sessions among our conferences and other Photonics West symposia, facilitating interaction of a larger and diversified group of attendees and participants. Our symposium will kick off, as always, with outstanding plenary speakers covering cross-cutting and synergistic topics, while our individual technical conferences will stimulate audiences on more focused topics with excellent keynote speakers, invited papers, and exciting panel discussions. Many selected short courses will complement the conference technical sessions. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to meet innovative people, undertake new initiatives, invigorate your thinking, and motivate yourself towards your goals and objectives.

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http://spie.org/moems-mems.xml?WT.mc_id=RCALENDARW

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http://spie.org/moems-mems.xml?WT.mc_id=RCALENDARW

MOEMS-MEMS 2009 – Part of SPIE Photonics West

Admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:32:06 +0000

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Be a part of this evolution by participating in this international premier symposium event.

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Share your research and development activities with colleagues, sponsors, customers, technologists, engineers, scientists, and clients in the growing industry of Micro- and Nanofabrication of MEMS and MOEMS. Micro- and Nano-fabricated electromechanical and optical components, created by batch processing, provide the missing links to the mass-produced miniaturized products and systems of the future, superior in cost, performance, and reliability. Be a part of this evolution by participating in this international premier symposium event.

Event precise location and contact information

San Jose Convention Center
San Jose, California, USA

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NanoNexus

Benj — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:35:43 +0000

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Web url

http://www.nanonexus.com/

Contact Email

info@nanonexus.com

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Street address

2520 Junction Avenue

Zip or postal code

95134

Telephone

408-546-8400

Fax

408-546-8409

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NanoNexus manufactures electrical connectors for miniature devices to communicate with larger systems. We enable higher density devices and lower cost with higher performance.

IC densities continue to increase following Moores law to reduce fabrication costs by placing more parts on each wafer built. At the same time ICs have increased operating frequency to provide faster operation and data bandwidths. These two trends are key to providing the end consumer with faster, lower cost products which consume less power.
NanoNexus is a privately held, venture backed company working on developing advanced interconnect solutions. The founders worked together at large corporations and start-up companies before starting NanoNexus on January 26, 1999.

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Nanopics

Benj — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:39:34 +0000

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Web url

http://www.ktnanopics.com/

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Short description

Street address

160 Rio Robles

Zip or postal code

95134

Telephone

+1-408-875-3000

Fax

+1-408-875-4144

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KLA-Tencor offers a leading edge set of solutions for process control for wafer surface metrology, including advanced surface profilers and an in-situ CMP endpoint control system.

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NanoScale Material Stewardship Seminar

btran@ianano.org — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:22:25 +0000

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Join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the California Environmental Protection Agency (CALEPA) to discuss new initiatives and implement mutually beneficial standards for nanoparticles.

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Join the International Association of Nanotechnology, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (CDTSC) on Wednesday, August 13, to provide input on new initiatives and regulations underway concerning nanotechnology.

At the beginning of this year, the USEPA launched its Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program to help provide a firmer scientific foundation for regulatory decisions by encouraging voluntary submission and development of information, including risk management practices for nanoscale materials. The stewardship program encourages participants – including manufacturers – to develop and report data on nanomaterials.

New State laws also provide a mechanism for state agencies to collaborate with chemical manufacturers to develop information such as analytical test methods, fate and transport in the environment, bioconcentration and other relevant information for chemicals manufactured or imported in the State. Under this new law, for instance, manufacturers may be required to provide information about chemical upon the request of that State, within a year of the request.

The State of California is also becoming involved with nanomaterials, including a new regulatory approach the Department of Toxic Substances Control is undertaking to compile relevant information on nanomaterials, as well as other chemicals. Chapter 699, Sections 57018-57020 became part of the Health and Safety Code in California in 2006. This new law provides a mechanism for state agencies to collaborate with chemical manufacturers to develop information such as analytical test methods, fate and transport in the environment, bioconcentration and other relevant information for chemicals manufactured or imported in the State. Included in the law is the requirement that manufacturers shall provide specified information about chemicals of concern within a year of the Department's request."

Jim Alwood, from USEPA’s Chemical Control Division in Washington, D.C., will discuss his agency’s nanotechnology program, including an overview of the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program. Dr. Jeff Wong, Chief Scientist for the DTSC, will highlight the main provisions of the new state law and how the Department and the nano industry can work together in implementing it.

Take advantage of this unique opportunity to network and dialogue with industry partners, government representatives and manufacturers as these new rules and regulations are put into place!

Who Should Attend:

1. Representatives from companies that manufacture, import, process, or use nanoscale materials for commercial purposes, including those who:

* Manufacture or import engineered nanoscale materials;
* Physically or chemically modify or process an engineered nanoscale material;
* Physically or chemically modify or process a non-nanoscale material to create an engineered nanoscale material; or
* Use engineered nanoscale materials in the manufacture of a product.

2. Researchers who develop or study engineered nanoscale materials.

3. Business professionals interested in public policy and potential standards related to nanotechnology.

Speakers:

Jim Alwood
Program Manager, Chemical Control Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Jeff Wong
Chief Scientist, Department of Toxic Substances Control
California Environmental Protection Agency

Registration Fee $95
(includes conference materials and light lunch)
http://cinano.com/registration-NanoStewardship.htm

Event precise location and contact information

Location:
International Association of Nanotechnology HQ
1290 Parkmoor Ave
San Jose, CA 95126

Contact:
Brian Tran
(408) 280- 6222
btran@ianano.org

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http://www.ianano.org/NanoStewardship.htm

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NanoScale Materials Stewardship Seminar

Nanotech: Imagine the Possibilities! 2006

Benj — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:41:27 +0000

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Second Annual Symposium Showcasing University Graduate Research.

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Novel features of this Symposium include:
Pre-publication briefs of university graduate research topics in nanotechnology.
Challenge to the attendees to contribute imagined potential applications and opportunities that may transcend the present scope of the presented work.
Ample opportunity for networking with the graduates and other attendees.

Graduate research topics to be presented include:
Aligned carbon nanotubes filter for gas and water purification.
Nanoscale cell injection systems.
Prediction of nanocomposite properties using an AFM.
Pulsed LASER deposition of nano ferroelectric & ferromagnetic films.
Nanostructured templates for improved PV organic semiconductors.
Synthesis of Silver nanoparticles with less than 3nm diameters.
Carbon nanotube microelectrode arrays.
Tissue engineering enabled by functionalized nanotubular bacterial virus.
Micro-reservoir Arrays for Chemical Delivery.

Registration:
Please register in advance to ensure there is plenty of lunch.
Online Registration: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=120032
or
RSVP by email to dhavaljb@aol.com
IEEE Members, students, unemployed: $15
Non IEEE Members: $25
At the door registration, cash or checks only, ADD $5

Event precise location and contact information

SEMI World Headquarters, 3081 Zanker Rd. San Jose, CA

Any questions: nickmassetti@ieee.org

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Nanotechnology commercial trends and forecast for success

Benj — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:16:08 +0000

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Nanotech is evolving from discovery to commercialization, and leading corporations and startups in fields like materials and manufacturing, life sciences, electronics, and instrumentation are feeling the impact. This is driving big changes in science-centric business areas like research and product development. Nanotech’s commercial success is now even hitting more mundane functions like partnering and hiring, as the number of people working on nanotech in large corporations will increase sixfold in the next three years. The talk will describe these trends with facts from today and forecasts for tomorrow.

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Speaker Biography:
Mark Bunger joined Lux Research with 14 years of business strategy experience, both as a management consultant and technology analyst. Most recently, he was a Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, where he studied and advised clients in manufacturing industries. The first years of Mark's career were spent at Accenture in the U.S., U.K., and Scandinavia, where he was a consultant focusing on a variety of industries and technologies. Mark’s work can be found on CNN, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times.
Mark's education includes International Marketing at Märdalen Polytechnic in Sweden, and Market Research at the University of Texas. In addition, Mark studied biochemistry through the University of California at Berkeley's extension program, and currently assists part-time in a neural stem cell lab in the UCSF Department of Neurology.

Event precise location and contact information

Time: Registration & light lunch 11:30am. Presentation & Q/A 12:00 to 1pm
Place: SEMI World Headquarters 3081 Zanker Rd. San Jose, CA
Cost: Members and Students $5. Non-Members $10
RSVP: dhavaljb@aol.com Web link: www.ieee.org/nano

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