The vision of the Nano Institute of Utah is to create an environment in which world class researchers can attain global recognition by conquering interdisciplinary challenges and by commercializing their nanoscience breakthroughs. The vision and the mission is to:
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Innovation
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)
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The Nano Institute encourages innovation by:
- Creating an environment that challenges the status quo and encourages abstract thinking
- Obtaining large interdisciplinary grants to stretch the boundaries of science
- Maintaining strategic connections with Utah’s life science, technology and business communities
- Developing partnerships with nanotechnology advocacy organizations
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Collaboration
Progress in nanotechnology often requires interdisciplinary approaches. Such collaborations can be difficult to arrange among researchers in different departments. The Nano Institute promotes such collaborations by:
- Identifying collaboration opportunities
- Identifying funding sources
- Fostering multi-departmental and multi-institutional partnerships
- Applying for interdisciplinary industrial and government grants
- Providing grant writing assistance
- Working with development officers in members’ home departments, schools or colleges
- Facilitating interaction with the Technology Commercialization Office
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Education
Magnetism: Giant MagnetoResistors (GMRs) and Magnetic Materials
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The Nano Institute offers assistance with the following educational activities:
- Teaching nanotechnology topics at the undergraduate and graduate levels
- Training of a new generation of scientists, practitioners and engineers
- Coordinating news releases and media events with the university’s public relations teams
- Providing outreach efforts to the community, including schools, businesses and the government
- Developing competitive educational training and work-force development programs for the broader Utah nanotechnology community
- Disseminating research and results in the Nano Institute publications and programs
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Commercialization
Transuduction Amplification, Hydrodynamics, and Fluidic Control
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Breakthroughs originating from nanoscience research throughout the state are targeted for commercialization. The Nano Institute assists in this process by:
- Patenting promising intellectual property of new nanoscience discoveries
- Promoting the formation of new high tech companies to drive commercialization
- Aggressively pursuing licensing agreements with Utah’s life science, technology and business communities
