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Sustainable Nanomaterials Workshop

June 26, 2012

The Sustainable Nanomaterials Workshop (held in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2012) gathered stakeholders from industry and academia to discuss the current state of the art for sustainable nanomaterials as well as manufacturing challenges and opportunities. Sustainable nanomaterial production from forest products enables the use of renewable and sustainable resources as substitutes for petroleum-derived materials.

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Sustainable Nanomaterials Workshop Overview
    Leo Christodoulou, DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office
  • Morning Panel
    • Packaging Materials of the 21st Century
      Phil Jones, Imerys
    • Sustainable Nanomaterials: Industry Perspective
      Mark Watkins, MeadWestvaco Corporation
    • Tactical and Strategic Implementation of Sustainable Nanomaterials
      Sean Ireland, Verso Paper Corporation
    • Sustainable Nanomanufacturing: Creating the Industries of the Future
      Robert Pohanka, National Nanotechnology Initiative
    • Nanoscale Materials in Medicine
      Ram Gupta and Courtney Ober, National Science Foundation
    • Metrology for Sustainable Nanomaterials
      Michael Postek, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Afternoon Panel
    • Sustainable Nanomaterials from Forest Products
      Douglas Gardner, University of Maine
    • Integrating Nanomaterial Applications in the Field of Sustainable Biomaterials
      Barry Goodell and Matthew Hull, Virginia Technical Institute
    • Sustainable Nanomaterials: What is Happening at the Cellular Level?
      Art Ragauskas, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Cellulose Nanomaterials: The Sustainable Material of Choice for the 21st Century
      Theodore Wegner, U.S. Forest Service
    • Grand Challenges of Characterization and Modeling of Cellulose Nanomaterials
      Robert Moon, U.S. Forest Service
    • Bacterial Cellulose Composites: Opportunities and Challenges
      Leonard Fifield, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    • Utilizing Bacteria for Sustainable Manufacturing of Low Cost Nanoparticles
      Chad Duty, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Participants List