About InterNano

InterNano is a platform for information and knowledge exchange for the nanomanufacturing community and a vehicle for creating links across manufacturing sectors. InterNano combines multiple resources with networking and computational tools to facilitate information discovery and to encourage collaboration among nanomanufacturing practitioners.

Mission and Governance

The mission of InterNano is to support the information needs of the nanomanufacturing community as a comprehensive service that collects, organizes, and distributes information for and about the nanomanufacturing domain. It is the gateway to and information arm of the National Nanomanufacturing Network.

To obtain its goal of becoming the premier information service for the nanomanufacturing community, InterNano will:

• Provide directories and databases of nanomanufacturing processes and nanostructured materials properties
• Offer a standardized vocabulary for resource discovery and domain definition
• Make timely educational materials, workshop reports, and nanomanufacturing events information publicly available
• Facilitate networking and information exchange between nanomanufacturing community members
• Increase exposure to scientific literature being published in nanomanufacturing
• Aggregate publicly available information
  
• Curate domain-specific collections

Governance

InterNano is a project of the National Nanomanufacturing Network, funded by the NSF Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing and supported by UMass Amherst Libraries.

• The National Nanomanufacturing Network (NNN), was established in 2006 by the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The NNN is committed to advancing nanomanufacturing in the United States.
  
  
• The Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing is one of 17 Nanoscale Science and Engineeering Centers across the nation and one of only 4 explicitly dedicated to manufacturing.
  
  
• The UMass Amherst Libraries are a key partner in teaching, learning, and research at the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus and in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. InterNano is administered from the Integrated Science and Engineering Library.
  

Advisory Board

In addition to the support and guidance provided by the NNN, CHM, and UMass Amherst Libraries, InterNano depends upon the input and advice of its volunteer Advisory Board: