SPEAKER'S PROFILES
Mihail Roco
Dr. Mihail Roco is the founding chair of the U.S.
National Science and Technology Council's subcommittee on Nanoscale Science,
Engineering and Technology (NSET), and is the Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology
at the National Science Foundation. Prior to joining National Science Foundation,
he was professor of mechanical and chemical engineering. Dr. Roco is credited
with thirteen inventions, contributed over two hundred articles and twenty
books on multiphase systems, computer simulations, nanoparticles and nanosystems,
emerging technologies, technology trends and societal implications.
He is
a key architect of the National Nanotechnology Initiative, and coordinated the
preparation of the U.S. National Science and Technology Council reports on
"Nanotechnology Research Directions". Dr. Roco is a Correspondent
Member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences, a Fellow of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, and a
Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He has been co-founder
and Chair of the International Multiphase Flow Council and Particle Technology
Forum, and a member of the International Risk Governance Council in Geneva. He serves
as Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Nanoparticle Research. Dr. Roco was
elected Engineer of the Year by the U.S. Society of Professional Engineers and
NSF in 1999 and 2004, and was awarded the National Materials Advancement Award
from the Federation of Materials Societies in 2007 “as
the individual most responsible for support and investment in nanotechnology by
government, industry, and academia worldwide”.
