Introduction

The Society of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (SNN) is a worldwide organisation set up to serve the needs of the “nano” community. Currently, it is one of the very few organisations in the world that sets out to serve such a purpose on a global scale.

SNN is designed to provide an effective and stimulating platform for world people to foster, develop and promote communication, education, networking, dissemination of knowledge, research and innovations in aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

SNN functions by working closely with universities; national laboratories; companies; national, European and international funding bodies to achieve its aims and objectives and to accomplish its global mission. The society enjoys the full support of Nobel Laureate Professor Sir H. W. Kroto (one of the pioneers of nanoscience and nanotechnology), who serves as the honorary president of the society.

Registered in 2006 as a non-profit organisation, SNN was officially launched to the international community during the recent and very successful “International Meeting on Developments in Materials, Processes and Applications of Nanotechnology”, MPA-2007, organised by SNN, which was held at the University of Ulster, UK on 15 January 2007.

Aims and objectives

* Promote all aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology
* Educate and bring awareness to people about nanotechnology and its impact on society
* Raise, discuss and debate nano-related issues, including government policies on nanotechnology
* Offer different levels of memberships, with benefits, to people working in nanoscience and nanotechnology
* Organise and manage international nano-related conferences
* Provide an effective advertising platform for companies to promote their business
* Promote education and training through organising workshops, short educational courses, seminars, etc.
* Bringing to the front, current and most recent up-to-date scientific and technical information to the public
* Provide consultancy services to both people from academia and industry
* Alert people about new job opportunities
* Publish journals, reports, books and newsletters
* National, European and international research projects: identify, link partners and coordinate projects

Personnel

Honorary President

Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Harold W Kroto
Florida State University, USA

President

Dr Nasar Ali
Society of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
E-mail: n.ali@nano-society.org

Vice Presidents

Professor E. I. Meletis
University of Texas Arlington, USA

Professor Andreas Oechsner
Technological University of Malaysia, Malaysia

Professor Waqar Ahmed
University of Central Lancashire, UK

World Committees

EUROPE

Chairman
Professor Vasco Teixeira, University of Minho, Portugal

Members

1. Professor W. I. Milne, Cambridge University, UK
2. Professor Werner Blau, Trinity College, Ireland
3. Professor Jeff De-Hosson, Netherlands
4. Professor Stan Veprek, Technical University of Munich, Germany
5. More to be added ..

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chairman
Professor E. I. Meletis, University of Texas Arlington, USA

Members

1. Professor Peter C. Searson, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland USA
2. Professor Caroline A. Ross, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, Boston, Massachussets USA
3. Professor Chong Lin Chen, Department of Physics, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas USA
4. Professor Tianhong Cui, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA
5. Professor Xiaodong Li, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina USA
6. Dr. Neville Moody, Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA
7. Dr. Ali Erdemir, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois USA
8. Yuri Lvov, Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, USA
9. Professor Nikhil Gupta, Mechanical Engineering Department, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
10. Professor Gemunu Gunaratne, Physics Department, University of Houston, Houston, USA
11. Professor Thomas Scharf, Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA
12. Professor Ping Liu, Physics Department, University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA

ASIA & REST OF WORLD

Members

1. Professor Jackie Y. Ying, Executive Director, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
2. Professor Subodh Mhaisalkar, Director-Nano Cluster, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
3. Professor Max Lu, Federation Fellow and Director, ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, The University of Queensland, Australia
4. Professor Takashi Goto, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan
5. Professor Weiping Cai, Director, Institute of Solid State Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
6. Professor Huiming Cheng, Associate Director, Institute of Metal Research, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
7. Professor Zhizhen Ye, Director, Center for Nano-Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, China
8. Professor Yun-Mo Sung, Korea University, Korea
9. Professor R.A. Andrievski, Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Moscow, Russia
10. Professor Robert Kao, C. Robert Kao, Director, Institute of Materials Science & Engineering, National Central University, Taiwan
11. Professor Joe Hsieh, Mingchi University of Technology, Taiwan