Last updated: 04/23/2008  


Petersen Institute of
NanoScience
and Engineering

 

The Institute Seminar: Prof. Kelley's Lecture on April 25th, 2008

Nanotech Breakthrough Could Speed Smaller Electronic Devices

Team's Invention Could Lead to New Data Storage, Retrieval Tools

Pitt Receives $1 Million Grant to Research Ultrafast Time-Resolved Microscopy of Nanostructured Electronic Materials

Assembly of Single-Molecule-Based Electronic Components

Nano-Sensor Developed Here Could Detect Asthma Symptoms

Postdoctoral Research Associate Wins an Award

Moving Raman to the UV Range: The Research of Pitt Professor Highlighted in C&E News

Pitt Professor Scores Science Double-header

Grand Opening of the NanoScale Fabrication and Characterization
Facility on September 29, 2006

Small Science Gets a Big Boost: Petersens Give $5M for Nanotech

Electrons 'In Limbo' Seen for First Time

New Nanofabrication Capability Makes Pitt Unique in United States

The Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering is an integrated, multidisciplinary organization that brings coherence to the University's research efforts and resources in the fields of nanoscale science and engineering. The Institute's vision is to solve large, complex scientific and engineering challenges in this burgeoning field by facilitating interdisciplinary teams drawn from the faculty in the School of Engineering, the School of Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Health Sciences, and to educate the next generation of scientists through a world-class integrated program of innovative knowledge generation. The Institute also serves the industrial interests by forming industrial partner groups and seeking opportunities for sharing discoveries with the commercial sector. Information relating to nanoscience and nanoengineering will be disseminated to the Institute participants and other related parties through regular updates of this website.