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{{short description|American integrated research center}}
The '''California NanoSystems Institute''' ('''CNSI''') is a ] based research institute in ] on the campuses of ] and ]. The California NanoSystems Institute is a California government funded, wide-ranging research venture. The CNSI was created by Governor ] as part of a science and innovation initiative. Both campuses of the CNSI house world class staff and cutting-edge nanotechnology research groups. Each campus has partnerships with corporations leading the fields of which the corresponding campus is conducting research. The CNSI also extends educational opportunities to the community and the students on each campus.
{{redirect|CNSI|the scientific research facility in the Caribbean Netherlands|Caribbean Netherlands Science Institute}}
== History ==
]
On December 7th, 2000, California Governor Gray Davis announced the location of the federally sponsored California NanoSystems Institute section of the California Institutes for Science and Innovation (Cal ISI’s) initiative over satellite feed. The California legislature put forth $100 million for three research facilities to advance the future of the California economy<ref>California Launches Major Nanotechnology Research Initiative”. Foresight Update 43.December 20, 2000. <http://www.foresight.org/Updates/Update43/Update43.2.html>. 13 October 2008.</ref> . The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) was selected out of the proposals along with three other Cal ISI’s: ] (QB3), ] (Cal-(IT)2), and ] (CITRIS)<ref>Foust, Brenda. “The California Institutes for Science and Innovation”. January, 2005.
]
The Senate Source. <http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/senate/news/source/Calisi.pdf>. 13 October 2008.</ref>.
The '''California NanoSystems Institute''' ('''CNSI''') is an integrated ] operating jointly at ] and ]. Its missions are to foster interdisciplinary collaborations for discoveries in nanosystems and ]; train the next generation of ], educators, and technology leaders; and facilitate partnerships with industry, fueling economic development and the social well-being of ], the ] and the ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-25 |title=California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) |url=https://ctsi.ucla.edu/california-nanosystems-institute-cnsi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707221833/https://ctsi.ucla.edu/california-nanosystems-institute-cnsi |archive-date=2024-07-07 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=UCLA CTSI |language=en}}</ref>
In August, 2000, CNSI was founded on both campuses of UCSB and UCLA. Martha Krebs, the former director of the ]’s Office of Science, was named the founder.


CNSI was created by Governor ] as part of a science and innovation initiative, it was established in 2000 with $100 million from the state of California and an additional $250 million in federal research grants and industry funding. At the institute, scientists in the areas of ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] measure, modify and manipulate the building blocks the world – ]s and ]s. These scientists benefit from an integrated laboratory culture enabling them to conduct dynamic research at the ], leading to significant breakthroughs in the areas of ], ], the environment and ].
== Active Leaders ==
=== UCSB ===
The people in charge of UCSB CNSI fall into 2 categories: the administrative staff and the faculty.
==== Administrative Staff ====
*David Awschalom-Acting Director
*Matthew Delaney-Executive Assistant
*Eva Deloa-Financial Manager
*Bob Hanson-Building Manager
**The building manager is responsible for the maintenance, facility resource leads, and infrastructure of CNSI. The building manager oversees any changes in infrastructure or maintenance to the labs or the building as a whole<ref>“Administrative Staff”. <http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/people/staff/>. 13 October 2008.</ref>.


=== UCLA === ==History==
On December 7, 2000, California Governor Gray Davis announced the location of the federally sponsored California NanoSystems Institute section of the ] (Cal ISI) initiative. The California legislature put forth $100 million for three research facilities to advance the future of the state's economy.<ref>California Launches Major Nanotechnology Research Initiative”. Foresight Update 43.December 20, 2000. <http://www.foresight.org/Updates/Update43/Update43.2.html>. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019170748/http://www.foresight.org/Updates/Update43/Update43.2.html |date=2008-10-19 }} 13 October 2008.</ref> The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) was selected out of the proposals along with three other Cal ISIs: ] (QB3), ] (Cal-(IT)2), and ] (CITRIS).<ref>Foust, Brenda. “The California Institutes for Science and Innovation”. January, 2005.
The people that oversee CNSI at UCLA are broken down into 4 groups: Leaders(group of head directors), Governing Board, Executive Committee, and Advisory and Oversight Board.
The Senate Source. <. 13 October 2008.</ref>
==== Leadership ====
In August 2000, CNSI was founded on both campuses of UCSB and UCLA. Martha Krebs, the former director of the ]'s Office of Science, was named the founder.
*Leonard H. Rome, ]-Interim Director
*Kang Wang, Ph.D.-Associate Director
*Ric Kaner, Ph.D.-Associate Director
*Fuyu Tamanoi, Ph.D.-Research Director<ref>"Leadership”. <http://cnsi.ucla.edu/staticpages/leadership>. 13 October 2008.</ref>
==== Governing Board ====
The Governing Board was created to advise the leaders in all scientific issues including operations and research guidance of CNSI. Also, the Governing Board helps in creating objectives for researchers to strive for in the future. Today, the Governing Board consists of 6 Deans from UCLA's schools of medicine, engineering and sciences<ref>"Governing Board". <http://cnsi.ucla.edu/staticpages/board/governing>. 25 October 2008.</ref>.
==== Executive Committee ====
The CNSI Executive Committee overlooks all business policy related matters. Also, the Executive Committee governs and manages any and all CNSI issues like the Governing Board. CSNI bylaws only recently created the Executive Committee on December 13, 2007<ref>"Executive Committee". <http://cnsi.ucla.edu/staticpages/exec-committee>. 25 October 2008.</ref>.
==== Advisory and Oversight Board ====
The Advisory and Oversight Board only advises the Institute Director and Co-Director. Also, the board sets performance objectives for CNSI as well as overlooks reviews made by the Director and Co-Director. Most importantly, the board seeks out partnerships to enhance CNSI both financially and scientifically. Without this aspect, CNSI would not have the required funds to continue its operations. The Advisory and Oversight board meets with the Director and Co-Director twice a year for reviews of progress and operations<ref>"Advisory and Oversight Board". <http://cnsi.ucla.edu/staticpages/board/oversight>. 25 October 2008.</ref>.


==Active leaders==
== Current Research ==
===UCLA===
Current nanotechnology research being conducted on the UCSB campus is organized into three differing fields.
The people in charge of UCLA CNSI fall into two categories: directors and associate directors.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-01 |title=Leadership - California NanoSystems Institute |url=https://cnsi.ucla.edu/leadership/ |access-date=2024-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201102732/https://cnsi.ucla.edu/leadership/ |archive-date=2023-12-01 }}</ref>
=== UCSB ===
==== Biology and Biomedical ====
The research fields of nanobiology(]) and ] show promise in the connection of nanoscale science to biological/nonbiological matter. New diagnostic methods as well as new ways to administer increasingly efficient disease specific treatments are also being researched and developed<ref>"Biological and Biomedical". <http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/research/biology/index.php>. 13 October 2008.</ref>.
==== Energy Efficiency ====
] has promise to help fight ]. Global warming is of current interest, as concerns over climate change have shifted from a focus on global cooling in the 1970s (when NASA scientists indicated global temperatures could be reduced by 3.5°C and “trigger an ice age”) to the current focus on global warming (defined as the increase in average global temperatures of 0.74±0.18°C over the last 100 years).<ref>http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/173/3992/138?ck=nck</ref> Nanoscale research can promise more efficient, less wasteful technologies. Also, ] allows to control, transform and store energy more efficiently<ref>"Energy Efficiency". <http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/research/energy/index.php>. 13 October 2008.</ref>.


==== Information Technologies ==== ====Directorship====
*Jeff F. Miller, Ph.D. - Director
Both UCLA and UCSB CNSI labs show potential to develop upgrades in the processing, storage, and transmission of information as well as increases in the speed of information processing<ref>"Information Technologies". <http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/research/information/>. 13 October 2008.</ref>.
=== UCLA ===
==== Biotechnology and Biomaterials ====
Recent developments in the fields of ] and biomaterials have already shown that CNSI can create more efficient ] for industrial and consumer use. Using ] to create particles to help fight ] and other medical problems is also being researched.


====Associate Directors====
==== Electronics, Architectonics, Photonics ====
*Dave Avery - Associate Director of Research Administration
Current research in the fields of ], ], and ] have the potential for development of many new technologies that will contribute to the California economy. Nanosystems research has the potential to develop such things as:
*Andre Nel, M.D., Ph.D. - Director of Research
*]
*], Ph.D. - Associate Director of Technology & Development
*upscale ]
*Aydogan Ozcan, Ph.D. - Associate Director of Entrepreneurship, Industry and Academic Exchange
*]
*], Ph.D. - Associate Director of Facilities Management
*one-dimensional ]<ref>"Research". <http://cnsi.ucla.edu/staticpages/research-main>. 13 October 2008.</ref>
*Adam Z. Stieg, Ph.D. - Associate Director of Technology Centers


== Partnerships == ===UCSB===
The people in charge of UCSB CNSI fall into two categories: administrative staff and the faculty.
The California NanoSystems Institute depends on the partnerships with technological companies to help fund and run its research facilities. Partnerships fund the operation and expansions of CNSI in addition to the $250 million government research grants received in 2000. Increasing numbers of partnerships were created due to budget cuts by the state.
=== UCSB ===
*]
*] Labs
*]
*]
*Sputtered Films / ]
*]
*VEECO<ref>"Partnerships". <http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/partnerships/>. 13 October 2008.</ref>
=== UCLA ===
UCLA has international partnerships with companies in ], ], and ]<ref>"Partners". <http://cnsi.ucla.edu/staticpages/industry-partners>. 13 October 2008.</ref>.
====Founding Partners====
Partners that joined when the institute was originally created:
*] Bioscience
*] The Chemical Company
*]
*]
====Associate Partners====
Partners that joined after creation:
*]
*]
*] Company


====Directorship====
== Educational Opportunities ==
*] - Director
=== K-12 ===
*] - Associate Director
Both campuses offer several educational opportunities including hands-on laboratory research experience for junior high students and their teachers. These activities are done in collaboration with graduate students doing research in similar fields. In addition, UCSB scientists and researchers run family science nights at local junior highs to give families the opportunity to participate in scientific activities with their children. Also, CNSI runs after-school ] and science club for grades 3-8 to explore science with UCSB undergrad club leaders. Finally, also CNSI hosts research opportunities for high school juniors and local Santa Barbara teachers on UCSB campus<ref>"K-12". <http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/education/programs/k12/>. 13 October 2008.</ref>.
*] - Associate Director
=== ] ===
*] - Associate Director
Both UCLA and UCSB contribute to various scholarships for incoming freshman. Also, both campuses offer undergraduate courses that give insight to all fields and majors of math and science. Furthermore, undergraduates have the opportunity to act as club leaders and mentors to younger ages in K-12. Undergraduates also have extensive research opportunities in several fields during the year and through summer on either campus<ref>"Undergraduate". <http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/education/programs/ugrad/>. 13 October 2008.</ref>.
=== ] ===
Graduate opportunities are limited to:
* Mentoring
**community college students
**incoming freshman
**high school juniors
**high school teachers
**undergraduates
*Assisting researchers in the lab<ref>"Graduate". <http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/education/programs/grad/>. 13 October 2008.</ref>


====Administrative staff====
== External Links ==
*] - Assistant Director, Administration
*http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/ -CNSI UCSB chapter.
*] - Financial Manager
*http://cnsi.ucla.edu/ -CNSI UCLA chapter (main)
*Bob Hanson - Building Manager
== References ==
**The building manager is responsible for the maintenance, facility resource leads, and infrastructure of CNSI. The building manager oversees any changes in infrastructure or maintenance to the labs or the building as a whole.<ref>“Administrative Staff”. <http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/people/staff/>. 13 October 2008.</ref>
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====Biology and biomedical====
]
The research fields of nanobiology (]) and ] show promise in the connection of nanoscale science to biological/nonbiological matter. New diagnostic methods and ways to administer increasingly efficient disease-specific treatments are also being researched and developed.<ref>"Biological and Biomedical". <. 13 October 2008.</ref>

====Energy efficiency====
Nanotechnology has promise to help fight ]. Nanoscale research can promise more efficient, less wasteful technologies. Also, ] allows us to control, transform, and store energy more efficiently.<ref>"Energy Efficiency". <. 13 October 2008.</ref>

====Information technologies====
Both UCLA and UCSB CNSI labs show potential to develop upgrades in the processing, storage, and transmission of information and increases in the speed of information processing.<ref>"Information Technologies". <. 13 October 2008.</ref>

==Partnerships==
The California NanoSystems Institute is dependent on partnerships with technological companies to help fund and run its research facilities. Partnerships fund the operation and expansions of CNSI in addition to the $250 million government research grants received in 2000. Increasing numbers of partnerships were created due to budget cuts by the state.

===UCLA===
CNSI has international partnerships with the ], the ], the ], the ], ], ], ], ], ],<ref>"Partners". <. 13 October 2008.</ref> and ].<ref>"Welcome to ZCNI". <. Retrieved 6 June 2013.</ref>

====Founding partners====
Partners that joined when the institute was created include:
* ]
* ] The Chemical Company
* ]
* ]

====Associate partners====
Partners that joined after creation include:
* ]
* ]
* ] Company
* Photron

===UCSB===
* ]
* ] Labs
* ]
* ]
* Sputtered Films / ]
* ]
* VEECO<ref>"Partnerships". <. 13 October 2008.</ref>

==Educational opportunities==
===K-12===
Both campuses offer several educational opportunities including hands-on laboratory research experience for junior high students and their teachers. These activities are done in collaboration with graduate students researching similar fields. UCSB scientists and researchers run family science nights at local junior highs to allow families to participate in scientific activities with their children with after-school ] and science club for grades 3–8 to explore science with UCSB undergrad club leaders. CNSI also hosts research opportunities for high school juniors and local Santa Barbara teachers on the UCSB campus.<ref>"K-12". <. 13 October 2008.</ref> In addition, CNSI at UCSB holds a summer program called SIMS (Summer Institute of Math and Science) for incoming freshmen.<ref name=SIMS>{{cite web|title=SIMS |url=http://csep.cnsi.ucsb.edu/k12/sims |access-date=16 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001015704/http://csep.cnsi.ucsb.edu/k12/sims |archive-date=1 October 2012 }}</ref>

===Undergraduate ===
Both UCLA and UCSB contribute to various scholarships for incoming freshmen. They offer ] courses that give insight into all fields and majors of math and science. Undergraduates act as club leaders and mentors to younger ages in grades K-12. Undergraduates also have extensive research opportunities in several fields during the year and through summer on either campus.<ref>"Undergraduate". <. 13 October 2008.</ref> Students within CNSI's UCSB affiliation, the UCSB Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, can choose to intern or volunteer at the institute for lab experience.<ref name=CNSI>{{cite web|title=CNSI |url=http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/about/cnsi_brochure.pdf |work=About CNSI |publisher=CNSI |access-date=16 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002203024/http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/about/cnsi_brochure.pdf |archive-date=2 October 2011 }}</ref>

===Graduate===
] opportunities are limited to:
* Mentoring:
**Community college students
**Incoming freshmen
**High school juniors
**High school teachers
**Undergraduates
*Assisting researchers in the lab<ref>"Graduate". <. 13 October 2008.</ref>

==See also==
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==References==
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American integrated research center "CNSI" redirects here. For the scientific research facility in the Caribbean Netherlands, see Caribbean Netherlands Science Institute.
California NanoSystems Institute interior walkways built over a parking structure at UCLA
Elings Hall, which houses the California NanoSystems Institute, UCSB

The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) is an integrated research center operating jointly at UCLA and UC Santa Barbara. Its missions are to foster interdisciplinary collaborations for discoveries in nanosystems and nanotechnology; train the next generation of scientists, educators, and technology leaders; and facilitate partnerships with industry, fueling economic development and the social well-being of California, the United States and the world.

CNSI was created by Governor Gray Davis as part of a science and innovation initiative, it was established in 2000 with $100 million from the state of California and an additional $250 million in federal research grants and industry funding. At the institute, scientists in the areas of biology, chemistry, biochemistry, physics, mathematics, computational science and engineering measure, modify and manipulate the building blocks the world – atoms and molecules. These scientists benefit from an integrated laboratory culture enabling them to conduct dynamic research at the nanoscale, leading to significant breakthroughs in the areas of health, energy, the environment and information technology.

History

On December 7, 2000, California Governor Gray Davis announced the location of the federally sponsored California NanoSystems Institute section of the California Institutes for Science and Innovation (Cal ISI) initiative. The California legislature put forth $100 million for three research facilities to advance the future of the state's economy. The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) was selected out of the proposals along with three other Cal ISIs: California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Cal-(IT)2), and Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). In August 2000, CNSI was founded on both campuses of UCSB and UCLA. Martha Krebs, the former director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, was named the founder.

Active leaders

UCLA

The people in charge of UCLA CNSI fall into two categories: directors and associate directors.

Directorship

  • Jeff F. Miller, Ph.D. - Director

Associate Directors

  • Dave Avery - Associate Director of Research Administration
  • Andre Nel, M.D., Ph.D. - Director of Research
  • Heather Maynard, Ph.D. - Associate Director of Technology & Development
  • Aydogan Ozcan, Ph.D. - Associate Director of Entrepreneurship, Industry and Academic Exchange
  • Leonard H. Rome, Ph.D. - Associate Director of Facilities Management
  • Adam Z. Stieg, Ph.D. - Associate Director of Technology Centers

UCSB

The people in charge of UCSB CNSI fall into two categories: administrative staff and the faculty.

Directorship

Administrative staff

  • Holly Woo - Assistant Director, Administration
  • Eva Deloa - Financial Manager
  • Bob Hanson - Building Manager
    • The building manager is responsible for the maintenance, facility resource leads, and infrastructure of CNSI. The building manager oversees any changes in infrastructure or maintenance to the labs or the building as a whole.

Biology and biomedical

The research fields of nanobiology (nanobiotechnology) and biomedicine show promise in the connection of nanoscale science to biological/nonbiological matter. New diagnostic methods and ways to administer increasingly efficient disease-specific treatments are also being researched and developed.

Energy efficiency

Nanotechnology has promise to help fight global warming. Nanoscale research can promise more efficient, less wasteful technologies. Also, nanoscale allows us to control, transform, and store energy more efficiently.

Information technologies

Both UCLA and UCSB CNSI labs show potential to develop upgrades in the processing, storage, and transmission of information and increases in the speed of information processing.

Partnerships

The California NanoSystems Institute is dependent on partnerships with technological companies to help fund and run its research facilities. Partnerships fund the operation and expansions of CNSI in addition to the $250 million government research grants received in 2000. Increasing numbers of partnerships were created due to budget cuts by the state.

UCLA

CNSI has international partnerships with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Beijing Nano Center, the University of Tokyo, the University of Kyoto, Kyushu University, Yonsei University, Seoul National University, KAIST, University of Bristol, and Zhejiang University.

Founding partners

Partners that joined when the institute was created include:

Associate partners

Partners that joined after creation include:

UCSB

Educational opportunities

K-12

Both campuses offer several educational opportunities including hands-on laboratory research experience for junior high students and their teachers. These activities are done in collaboration with graduate students researching similar fields. UCSB scientists and researchers run family science nights at local junior highs to allow families to participate in scientific activities with their children with after-school engineering and science club for grades 3–8 to explore science with UCSB undergrad club leaders. CNSI also hosts research opportunities for high school juniors and local Santa Barbara teachers on the UCSB campus. In addition, CNSI at UCSB holds a summer program called SIMS (Summer Institute of Math and Science) for incoming freshmen.

Undergraduate

Both UCLA and UCSB contribute to various scholarships for incoming freshmen. They offer undergraduate courses that give insight into all fields and majors of math and science. Undergraduates act as club leaders and mentors to younger ages in grades K-12. Undergraduates also have extensive research opportunities in several fields during the year and through summer on either campus. Students within CNSI's UCSB affiliation, the UCSB Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, can choose to intern or volunteer at the institute for lab experience.

Graduate

Graduate opportunities are limited to:

  • Mentoring:
    • Community college students
    • Incoming freshmen
    • High school juniors
    • High school teachers
    • Undergraduates
  • Assisting researchers in the lab

See also

References

  1. "California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)". UCLA CTSI. 2023-05-25. Archived from the original on 2024-07-07. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  2. California Launches Major Nanotechnology Research Initiative”. Foresight Update 43.December 20, 2000. <http://www.foresight.org/Updates/Update43/Update43.2.html>. Archived 2008-10-19 at the Wayback Machine 13 October 2008.
  3. Foust, Brenda. “The California Institutes for Science and Innovation”. January, 2005. The Senate Source. <. 13 October 2008.
  4. "Leadership - California NanoSystems Institute". 2023-12-01. Archived from the original on 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  5. “Administrative Staff”. <http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/people/staff/>. 13 October 2008.
  6. "Biological and Biomedical". <. 13 October 2008.
  7. "Energy Efficiency". <. 13 October 2008.
  8. "Information Technologies". <. 13 October 2008.
  9. "Partners". <. 13 October 2008.
  10. "Welcome to ZCNI". <. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  11. "Partnerships". <. 13 October 2008.
  12. "K-12". <. 13 October 2008.
  13. "SIMS". Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  14. "Undergraduate". <. 13 October 2008.
  15. "CNSI" (PDF). About CNSI. CNSI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  16. "Graduate". <. 13 October 2008.

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