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