Thursday, July 19, 2012
This special event was an opportunity to learn about the latest nano-research and research trends as the experts see them. The 2012 CNF Annual Meeting celebrated our thirty-five years of partnership with the National Science Foundation, and was used to form a vision for the next decade of service to the research community.
Link to Cornell Chronicle article about the 35th Anniversary Celebration.
Keynote Speakers


Dr. William Brinkman
Director of the Office of Science
US Department of Energy
Invited Speakers

Professor Neil Gershenfeld
Director, The Center for Bits and Atoms
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professor Roger Howe
NNIN Director
Stanford University

Dr. Jordan A. Katine
HGST, San Jose Research Center

Professor Michal Lipson
Electrical & Computer Engineering, Cornell University

Professor Celeste Nelson
Chemical & Biological Engineering, Princeton University
"Teeny Tiny Tissues: Using Fabrication to Understand and Manipulate Organ Development"

Professor Christopher Ober
Cornell Center for Materials Research, Cornell University