WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV today announced a Science and Space Subcommittee hearing on national nanotechnology investment. As the Commerce Committee considers a reauthorization of the National Nanotechnology Initiative, the hearing will examine the potential of nanotechnology, federal initiatives to coordinate research investments, barriers to commercialization, possible environmental and health risks, and steps Congress can take to improve the return on federal nanotechnology investments.
Please note the hearing will also be webcast live via the Senate Commerce Committee website at http://www.commerce.senate.gov. Refresh the Commerce Committee homepage 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time to view the webcast.
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Committee Members
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John Rockefeller
Testimony
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Chad A. Mirkin
Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern UniversityMember of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology -
Charles (Chuck) H. Romine
Acting Associate Director, Laboratory Programs, and Principal Deputy, Office of the DirectorNational Institute of Standards and Technology -
Diandra Leslie-Pelecky
Director, West Virginia Nano InitiativeProfessor of Physics, West Virginia University -
Thomas O'Neal
Associate Vice President for Research and Commercialization, University of Central FloridaExecutive Director, University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program -
George L. McLendon