Jameson Wetmore to lead Social and Ethical Implications component of NNCI

Arizona State University has been chosen to lead a new National Science Foundation site that will provide a Southwest regional infrastructure to advance nanoscale science, engineering and technology research.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) will provide a total of $81 million over five years to support 16 user facility sites as part of a new National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI). ASU’s site is funded at $800,000 per year for five years.

Jameson Wetmore, associate professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society, and the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes is a co-principal investigator and will lead the the Social and Ethical Implications component ASU’s NNCI effort.

“The NNCI effort at ASU is exciting because it is a blending of scientists, engineers and social scientists working together not just in name, but in practice,” Wetmore said. “Those involved have a long history of working together and look forward to continuing to develop an engineering workforce that can see the big picture and better work towards social goods.”

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