Date: 18-May-93 09:02 PDT
From: Ralph Merkle >INTERNET:merkle@parc.xerox.com
Subj: Nanosystems Author Named Young Innovator of the Year
Sender: nanotech@cs.rutgers.edu
Nanosystems Author Named Young Innovator of the Year
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DALLAS, May 9, 1993--Nanotechnologist Eric Drexler has won the Kilby Young
Innovator Award for 1993. Dr. Drexler founded the field of molecular
manufacturing--the emerging ability to build structures with ultimate,
atomic-level precision. His book Nanosystems was recently named best
computer science book of the year. Drexler's doctorate, from MIT, is the
first ever granted in the field.
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DALLAS, May 9, 1993--Nanotechnologist Eric Drexler has won the Kilby Young
Innovator Award for 1993. Presented on May 8 in Dallas at a black-tie
event attended by 500 business and technology leaders, the award was given
to Dr. Drexler to recognize his work in the field of molecular
manufacturing. The award is named in honor of Jack St. Clair Kilby,
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inventor of the integrated circuit, who presented it in person.
Dr. K. Eric Drexler, senior research fellow at the Institute for Molecular
Manufacturing in Palo Alto, California, founded the field of molecular
nanotechnology (also termed molecular manufacturing). Molecular
manufacturing is the emerging ability to build structures with atomic
precision: cleanly and economically. This technology promises to
revolutionize many industries, from manufacturing to computation.
Dr. Drexler, 38, authored Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing,
and Computation (Wiley Interscience, 1992), the first book to present the
scientific basis for the field, from its theoretical foundations to its
applications in computation and atomically-precise manufacturing.
Nanosystems recently was named the outstanding computer science book of
1992 by the Association of American Publishers.
"With this book, Drexler has established the field of molecular nanotechnology."
--William Goddard
Professor of Chemistry and Applied Physics at Caltech
"This is the book for starting the next century of engineering."
--Prof. Marvin Minsky of MIT
"We believe this work to be of fundamental importance, leading to major
benefits in manufacturing, the economy, and the environment. It's
gratifying to see IMM's lead researcher being recognized at the national
level."
--Neil Jacobstein
IMM board member
President, Cimflex Teknowledge
Dr. Drexler did his doctoral work at MIT, earning the first Ph.D. granted
in the field of molecular nanotechnology. He also taught the first
university course in nanotechnology (at Stanford in 1988) and has chaired
the first conference series, including this fall's event focusing on
computational nanotechnology: using computers to speed nanotechnology
development.
Dr. Drexler's work is funded by the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
(Palo Alto, Calif.), a nonprofit research institute promoting this research
toward environmentally-sound, efficient manufacturing. IMM Executive
Director Kathleen Shatter states "Our goal is to be a center of excellence
for R&D in molecular manufacturing. This award will gain attention for our
goal, just as Nanosystems itself will enable many more reseachers to move
into this field."
Interest in these topics is increasing both inside and outside the U.S. In
Japan, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MITI) has announced a ten-year,
$200 million project which includes the goal of building structures with
atomic precision. Forty-six companies are assisting in the project, some
based in the U.S. including Texas Instruments, the company at which Jack
Kilby invented the integrated circuit.
For more information on Dr. Drexler and his work, contact Kathleen Shatter
at the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing, 415-852-1244. For more
information on the Kilby Award Foundation, contact 214-448-7261.
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