nanoEHS Series: Nanomaterials and the Environment & Instrumentation, Metrology, and Analytical Methods Workshop Materials

Subject Area:
NNI Workshop Presentations and Materials
Instrumentation Research, Metrology and Standards for Nanotechnology
Environmental Health and Safety
Author: NSET/NEHI
Publication Date: Oct. 6 2009

Description:

This workshop was part of the nanoEHS workshop series. Below are the workshop agenda, materials, and presentations.

See the official workshop report here.

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Travis Earles, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, Welcome | 854 KB

Phil Sayre, EPA, Charge to Participants | 201 KB

David Arthur, Southwest Nanotechnologies | 580 KB

John Monica, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP | 625 KB

Leonard Robinson, California EPA | 1 MB

J. Alan Roberson, American Waterworks Association | 171 KB

David Andrews, Environmental Working Group | 137 KB

Paul Westerhoff, Arizona State U, Case Scenario | 205 KB

Richard Handy, U. of Plymouth, Environmental Effects Presentation | 941 KB

Mark Wiesner, Duke U, Fate & Transport | 234 KB

Hendrik Emons, EU, Instrumentation, Metrology & Analytical Methods | 276 KB

Rebecca Klaper, Great Lakes WATER Institute, Science in the Round: What is your perspective? | 33 KB

William Johnson, U. of Utah, 1.Fundamental interactions and basic science principles | 838 KB

Rajan Menon, TSI, 1.Fundamental interactions and basic science principles | 758 KB

Robert Tanguay, Oregon State U, 1.Fundamental interactions and basic science principles | 463 KB

Dan Herr, Semiconductor Research, 2.Transport of nanomaterials in the environment | 579 KB

Jae-Hong Kim, Georgia Tech, 2.Transport of nanomaterials in the environment | 1.3 MB

Greg Lowry, Carnegie Mellon U., 2.Transport of nanomaterials in the environment | 2.2 MB

Gary Casuccio, RJ Lee Group, 3.Measuring and predicting levels of exposure of nanomaterials | 2.7 MB

Shaun Clancy, Evonik, 3. Measuring and predicting levels of exposure of nanomaterials | 91 KB

Horacio Espinosa, Northwestern U., 3.Measuring and predicting levels of exposure of nanomaterials | 1.1 MB

Greg Meyers, Dow, 3.Measuring and predicting levels of exposure of nanomaterials | 732 KB

Mike Postek, NIST, 3.Measuring and predicting levels of exposure of nanomaterials | 710 KB

Hendrik Emons, EU, 4.Developing standard measurements to allow comparisons across experiments | 541 KB

Howard Fairbrother, Johns Hopkins U., 4. Developing standard measurements to allow comparisons across experiments | 939 KB

Vince Hackley, NIST, 4.Developing standard measurements to allow comparisons across experiments | 394 KB

Steve Wilson, US Geological Survey, 4.Developing standard measurements to allow comparisons across experiments | 836 KB

Pedro Alvarez, Rice U., 5.How environmental exposures occur and change under different environmental conditions | 3.2 MB

William Ball, Johns Hopkins U., 5.How environmental exposures occur and change under different environmental conditions | 1.4 MB

Richard Handy, U. of Plymouth, 5. How environmental exposures occur and change under different environmental conditions | 950 KB

Lisa DeLouise, U. of Rochester, 5. How environmental exposures occur and change under different environmental conditions | 2.6 MB

RD Holbrook, NIST, 5.How environmental exposures occur and change under different environmental conditions | 624 KB

Ann Miracle, PNNL, 5.How environmental exposures occur and change under different environmental conditions | 628 KB

Lisa DeLouise, U. of Rochester, 6.Transformation in the organism & in the environment | 3.2 MB

Rebecca Klaper, Great WATER Institute, 6.Transformation in the organism & in the environment | 854 KB

Jae-Hong Kim, 6.Transformation in the organism & in the environment | 1.3 MB

Ann Miracle, PNNL, 6.Transformation in the organism & in the environment | 560 KB

Howard Fairbrother, Johns Hopkins U., 7.Transformation of nanomaterials in the environment | 939 KB

Alexander Star, U. of Pittsburgh, 7.Transformation of nanomaterials in the environment | 1.4 MB

Ron Turco, Purdue U., 7.Transformation of nanomaterials in the environment | 812 KB

Steve Diamond, EPA, 8.Developing methods to detect nanomaterials and determine exposure routes | 406 KB

William Johnson, U. of Utah, 8.Developing methods to detect nanomaterials and determine exposure routes | 913 KB

Rajan Menon, TSI, 8.Developing methods to detect nanomaterials and determine exposure routes | 465 KB

Keith Swain, DuPont, 8.Developing methods to detect nanomaterials and determine exposure routes | 1.4 MB

Don Baer, PNNL, 9.Developing standards for nanomaterials | 508 KB

RD Holbrook, NIST, 10.How environmental exposures occur and change under different environmental conditions | 840 KB


Nanotechnology Fact

Nanoscale materials have been used for over a millenium. For example, nanoscale gold was used in stained glass in Medieval Europe and nanotubes were found in blades of swords made in Damascus. However, ten centuries passed before high-powered microscopes were invented, allowing us to see things at the nanoscale and begin working with materials at the nanoscale.

Nanotechnology as we now know it began about 30 years ago, when our tools to image and measure extended into the nanoscale. Around the turn of the millennium, government research managers in the United States and other countries observed that physicists, biologists, chemists, electrical engineers, optical engineers, and materials scientists were working on overlapping issues emerging at the nanoscale. In 2000, the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) was created to help these researchers benefit from each other’s insights and accelerate the technology’s development.

To learn more, see What is Nanotechnology?

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