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The First Five Years of the National Nanotechnology Initiative
By E. Floyd Kvamme
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The National Nanotechnology Initiative was formally launched at the federal level in 2001. Since then, federal expenditures in nanotechnology have nearly tripled as multiple agencies from the NSF to Defense, Health and Human ServicesÊand Energy have launched programs. Today's $1B expenditure at the Federal level and $400M in State spending are spread across thousands of projects in multiple industries. A review of the program will be the topic of this IEEE Nanotechnology Council meeting.
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| When: |
October 18, 2005
11:30 to 1:00 PM
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| Donation: |
IEEE members: $5.00
Non-members: $10.00
Register online or RSVP to krsmurthy2005@yahoo.com and pay
at the door (cash or check, no credit cards please)
For questions, send email to krsmurthy2005@yahoo.com or call (408)-464-3333
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| Agenda: |
Light lunch from 11:45 to 12:00 noon
Noon to 1:00 p.m: Floyd Kvamme speaks
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| Where: |
National Semiconductor
Building 31
955 Kifer Road
Santa Clara, CA 95051
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From San Francisco Airport: Take the Bayshore Freeway 101 (South) toward San Jose, exit on Lawrence Expressway (South), to Kifer Road. Turn right on Kifer Road and locate the National Semiconductor Building 31 (955 Kifer Road).
From San Jose Airport:
Exit (left) on to Guadalupe Parkway. Continue to Bayshore Freeway101 (North), toward San Francisco. Then exit on Lawrence Expressway (South), to Kifer Road. Turn right on Kifer Road locate the National Semiconductor Building 31 (955 Kifer Road). |
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Floyd Kvamme has been a Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a high technology venture capital firm since 1984 and is now a Partner Emeritus. Kvamme currently serves on the boards of Harmonic, National Semiconductor, Photon Dynamics, Power Integrations, as well as Gemfire Corporation and Silicon Genesis.
Since 2001, Kvamme has served as Co-Chairman of President Bush's President's Council of Advisors in Science and Technology (PCAST).
Previously Kvamme was one the founders of National Semiconductor in 1967, serving as its General Manager of Semiconductor Operations and also President of National Advanced Systems computer subsidiary. In 1982 he became Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Apple Computer.
He holds two degrees in Engineering; a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley (1959) and an MSE specializing in Semiconductor Electronics from Syracuse University (1962).
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