FORTHCOMING
SHORT COURSE
“Advanced Nanotechnology: Materials, Processes, Structures &
Applications”
VisionOnline Advanced Training Week, The Tyndall National
Institute
Cork, Ireland
- 4th-8th April 2005
Following the success of VisionOnline training weeks at
Cranfield, Budapest and Aachen, this intensive 4 day advanced course
has been organised by Technology for Industry Ltd as part of the European
Commission VisionOnline project.
Who Should Attend
This is an advanced course for participants from Academia,
Industry and Research Institutes.
Attendees should have a science background as the course will include
technical aspects of nanomaterials and processing technology. In addition the course will appeal to those
who are seeking to understand more about the applications and markets that can
be addressed by nanotechnology as well as the business models that are being
employed by companies active in this field.
Course Aims
The course has been developed to improve the participant’s
understanding of commercial opportunities for nanotechnology. By covering the whole supply chain from
research on materials and production processes through to product applications,
the participants will be able to appreciate where their own work and the role
of their organisation fits into the technology transfer processes. The objective of the course is to cover the
whole breadth of the ‘nanospace’ incorporating both top-down as well as
bottom-up approaches to creating nanostructured devices and materials.
Course Content
The lecturers have been selected from leading industrial and
academic organisations to ensure a balanced mix of theory and practice. The course will focus on nanotechnology which
is relatively close to market rather than long term research. The course will cover nanomaterials,
production processes, metrology and characterisation and give practical
applications showing how nanotechnology delivers competitive advantages. Soft materials (polymers, biomaterials) will
be covered as well as ceramics, semiconductors, advanced functional materials
and metals. Production processes will
include: wet chemistry and solution based methods, self-assembled monolayers,
nanostructured coatings, thin film production and novel techniques using
super-critical fluids and aerosol sprays.
Applications in nearly every sector of commerce will be
described.
A full course description
and registration form is available by clicking here.
Lecturers
The course
brings together renowned academic and industrial experts to deliver a unique
blend of technical, project management and market related know-how and
experience.
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Professor Jeremy Ramsden, Cranfield
University
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Dr Peter Bishop, Johnson Matthey
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Dr Michael Pitkethly, QinetiQ Nanomaterials Ltd
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Professor Martyn Pemble, The Tyndall National Institute
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Dr J Malcolm Wilkinson, Technology for Industry Ltd
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Dr Kevin Yallup, Technology for Industry Ltd
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Mr Harry Swan, Thomas Swan & Co
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Professor Richard Williams, Nanomanufacturing Institute (NMi), University of Leeds
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Professor Bill Lee, University
of Sheffield
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Dr Mike Conroy, Veeco Instruments
Registration
For details on how to register please email Julie
Armstrong-Tait - julie@tfi-ltd.co.uk.
