DYNAMIC COLLABORATIONS

ENGAGING EDUCATIONAL AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS

In addition to continued collaborations with previous employers, FIU researchers have developed dynamic partnerships with leading academic institutions such as Cornell, Yale, Carnegie Mellon, Reneselaer Polytechnic Institute, North Carolina State, University of California at San Diego, Stony Brook, Houston, University of Central Florida and University of Texas at Dallas. Companies such as Motorola, Hitachi, Semiconductor Research Corporation, Omega-P and Intelligent Micropatterning, as well as several national labs, and NASA-Ames are valued partners as well.

Several FIU researchers are already helping small companies develop new nanotechnologies, and the university continues to work closely with many large and small biotechnology companies in South Florida, many of whom are members of FIU’s Partnership Program in Biomedical Engineering.

RESEARCH SUPPORT

BELIEF IN OUR VISION

The ground-breaking research being conducted at FIU’s Motorola Nanofabrication Research Facility has not gone unnoticed. More than $4 million in nanotechnology research funding was committed to FIU in the six months prior to the dedication ceremony (2005) by the National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Semi-Conductor Research Corporation, the U.S. Department of Energy, and industry.

Support from FIU’s leaders has been critical in building the nanotechnology research enterprise. Kinzy Jones gives a guided tour of the facility to Provost Rosenberg and other FIU officials.