{"id":1374,"date":"2016-03-23T18:36:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T01:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/westerhoff\/?p=1374"},"modified":"2016-03-23T18:36:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T01:36:21","slug":"nni-agencies-announce-nanotechnology-signature-initiative-for-water-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/westerhoff\/2016\/03\/nni-agencies-announce-nanotechnology-signature-initiative-for-water-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"NNI Agencies Announce Nanotechnology Signature Initiative for Water Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Announcement coincides with the White House Water Summit and World Water Day<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nano.gov\/node\/1581\">Click here for link to website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click here to our <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtcenter.org\">Nanosystems ERC on NanoEnabled Water Treatment Systems<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(March 23, 2016) As a part of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2016\/03\/22\/working-together-build-sustainable-water-future\">White House Water Summit<\/a>\u00a0held yesterday on World Water Day, the Federal agencies participating in the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/whitehouse.gov\/files\/documents\/White%20House%20Water%20Summit_commitments%20report_032216.pdf\">announced the launch<\/a>of a Nanotechnology Signature Initiative (NSI),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nano.gov\/nsiwater\">Water Sustainability through Nanotechnology: Nanoscale Solutions for a Global-Scale Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Access to clean water remains one of the world\u2019s most pressing needs. As today\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2016\/03\/23\/water-sustainability-through-nanotechnology-nanoscale-solutions-global-scale\">White House Office of Science and Technology blog post<\/a>\u00a0explains, \u201cthe small size and exceptional properties of engineered nanomaterials are particularly promising for addressing the key technical challenges related to water quality and quantity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne cannot find an issue more critical to human life and global security than clean, plentiful, and reliable water sources,\u201d said Dr. Michael Meador, Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO). \u201cThrough the NSI mechanism, NNI member agencies will have an even greater ability to make meaningful strides toward this initiative\u2019s thrust areas: increasing water availability, improving the efficiency of water delivery and use, and enabling next-generation water monitoring systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nanotechnology Signature Initiatives are areas that the NNI member agencies have identified as poised for significant advances through enhanced and focused coordination and collaboration.\u00a0The complete list of NSIs with corresponding details can be found on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nano.gov\/signatureinitiatives\">Nano.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For further information, see the announcements by the White House at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2016\/03\/22\/fact-sheet-working-together-build-sustainable-water-future\">FACT SHEET: Working Together to Build a Sustainable Water Future<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2016\/03\/23\/water-sustainability-through-nanotechnology-nanoscale-solutions-global-scale\">White House blog post about new Water NSI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-2\">Announcement coincides with the White House Water Summit and World Water Day Click here for link to website Click here to our Nanosystems ERC on NanoEnabled Water Treatment Systems (March 23, 2016) As a part of the\u00a0White House Water Summit\u00a0held yesterday on World Water Day, the Federal agencies participating in the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)\u00a0announced&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":355,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/westerhoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/westerhoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/westerhoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/westerhoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/westerhoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/westerhoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/westerhoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/westerhoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/westerhoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}