Upcoming Nano-Assembly Technical Conferences

May 26, 2003

Many technical conferences are adding more presentations to their programs to address nano-assembly, and some exclusively focus on that topic. One such important upcoming meeting is the New England Inter-national Nanotechnology Workshop, June 16-18, at Northeastern University in Boston. It's organized by Northeastern University, the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, and the University of New Hampshire. Click on www.nano.neu.edu for registration.

Another major conference with lots of nano-assembly presentations is the 8th International Commercialization of Micro and Nanotechnology Conference, COMS 2003, in Amster-dam, the Netherlands, Sept. 8-11. Organized by MANCEF, it will feature about 15 papers on nanotechnology commercialization issues, including manufacturing issues and applications. "This is up dramatically from five last year, and only one in 2001," says MANCEF president Roger Grace, also of Roger Grace Associates. Go to www.mancef.org to sign up.

About the Author

Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.