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Plenary Talks

Sumio Iijima  

Sumio Iijima

(Professor, Meijo University)
 

gCarbon Nanotubes: Past, Present and Futureh
 
Prof Sumio Iijima is a professor at Meijo University, Nagoya since 1999 and he has been appointed as director of Nano-tube Research Center at AIST in Japan and also partly works as a Special Research Fellow at NEC. After graduating from Tohoku University, he moved to Arizona State University where he developed high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) (1970-1982). In 1982 he returned to Japan and worked for the 5 years Japanese government research project (ERATO) on nano-particles, and joined the NEC fundamental research laboratories in 1987. In 1991 he discovered carbon nanotubes that have initiated nano-materials science and nanotechnology. The discovery honored him with numerous awards, prizes and Honorary Doctor including the 2001 Franklin Medal in physics, the Agilent Europhysics award, and the Imperial Prize and the Japan Academy Prize, and Person of Cultural Merits (2002). In 2007, he was awarded the Balzan Prize (Italy-Switzerland), also elected as the foreign associate of the National Academy of Science (USA). In this year he received the Kavli Prize (Norway) and Prince of Asturias Award (Spain).

 

Sumio Iijima  

Meyya Meyyappan

(Chief Scientist, NASA)
 

gOne Dimensional Nanomaterials and their Applicationsh
 
Meyya Meyyappan is Chief Scientist for Exploration Technology at the Center for Nanotechnology, NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, CA.  Until June 2006, he served as the Director of the Center for Nanotechnology. Dr. Meyyappan is a Fellow of the IEEE, ECS, AVS, and the California Council of Science and Technology. For his contributions and leadership in nanotechnology, he has received numerous awards: Presidential Meritorious Award, NASA's Outstanding Leadership Medal, Arthur Flemming Award given by Flemming Foundation and George Washington University, IEEE Judith Resnick Award, IEEE-USA Harry Diamond Award and AIChE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Award.

 

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