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The California NanoSystems Institute is a nanotechnology based research institute in California on the campuses of UCLA and UCSB. The California NanoSystems Institute is a California government funded, wide-ranging research venture. The CNSI, as it is abbreviated, was created by Governor Gray Davis as part of a science and innovation initiative. Both campuses of the CNSI house world class staff and cutting-edge nanotechnology research groups. Each campus has partnerships with corporations leading the fields of which the corresponding campus is conducting research. The CNSI also extends educational opportunities to the community and the students on each campus.

History
On December 7th, 2000, California Governor Gray Davis announced the location of the federally sponsored California NanoSystems Institute section of the California Institutes for Science and Innovation (Cal ISI’s) initiative over satellite feed. The California legislature put forth $100 million to be used between three research facilities to advance the future of the California economy. The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) was selected out of the proposals along with three other Cal ISI’s: California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Cal-(IT)2), and California Institute for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). In August, 2000, CNSI was founded on both campuses of UCSB and UCLA. Martha Krebs, former director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science was named the founder and person in charge.

UCSB
The people in charge of UCSB CNSI fall into 2 categories: the administrative staff and the faculty.

Administrative Staff

 * David Awschalom- Acting Director
 * Matthew Delaney-Executive Assistant
 * Eva Deloa-Financial Manager
 * Bob Hanson-Building Manager
 * The building manager is responsible for the maintenance, facility resource leads, and infrastructure of CNSI. The building manager oversees any changes in infrastructure or maintenance to the labs or the building as a whole.

UCLA
The people that oversee CNSI at UCLA are broken down into 4 groups: Leaders(group of head directors), Governing Board, Executive Committee, and Advisory and Oversight Board.

Leadership

 * Leonard H. Rome, Ph.D.-Interim Director
 * Kang Wang, Ph.D.-Associate Director
 * Ric Kaner, Ph.D.-Associate Director
 * Fuyu Tamanoi, Ph.D.-Research Director

Governing Board
The Governing Board was created to advise the leaders in all scientific issues including operations and research guidance of CNSI. Also, the Governing Board helps in creating objectives for researchers to strive for in the future. Today, the Governing Board consists of 6 Deans from UCLA's schools of medicine, engineering and sciences.

Executive Committee
The CNSI Executive Committee overlooks all business policy related matters. Also, the Executive Committee governs and manages any and all CNSI issues like the Governing Board. CSNI bylaws only recently created the Executive Committee on December 13, 2007.

Advisory and Oversight Board
The Advisory and Oversight Board advises specifically the Insitute Director and Co-Director. The board sets performance objectives for CNSI as well as overlooks reviews made by the Director and Co-Director. Most importantly, the board seeks out partnerships to enhance CNSI both financially and scientifically. The Advisory and Oversight board meets with the Director and Co-Director twice a year for reviews of progress and operations.

Current Research
Current nanotechnology research being conducted on the UCSB campus is organized into three differing fields.

Biology and Biomedical
The research fields of nanobiology(nanobiotechnology) and biomedicine show promise in the connection of nanoscale science to biological/nonbiological matter. New diagnostic methods as well as new ways to administer increasingly efficient disease specific treatments are also being researched and developed.

Energy Efficiency
Nanotechnology has promise to help fight global warming. Nanoscale research can promise more efficient, less wasteful technologies. Also, nanoscale allows to control, transform and store energy more efficiently.

Information Technologies
Both UCLA and UCSB CNSI labs show potential to develop upgrades in the processing, storage, and transmission of information as well as increases in the speed of information processing.

Biotechnology and Biomaterials
Recent developments in nanotechnology in the fields of nanobiotechnology and biomaterials have already shown that it can create more efficient polymers for industrial and consumer use. Using nanoscale to create particles to help fight tumors and other medical problems is also being researched.

Electronics, Architectonics, Photonics
Current research in the fields of nanoelectronics, nanoarchitectonics, and nanophotonics at the UCLA campus have the potential for development of many new technologies that will contribute to the California economy. Nanosytems research has the potential to develop such things as:
 * nanoradios
 * upscale molecular electronics
 * nanotubes
 * one-dimensional nanowires

Partnerships
The California NanoSystems Institute depends on the partnerships with technological companies to help fund and run its research facilities. Partnerships fund the operation and expansions of CNSI in addition to the $250 million government research grants received in 2000. Increasing numbers of partnerships were created due to budget cuts by the state.

UCSB

 * Applied Materials
 * Hewlett-Packard Labs
 * Intel
 * Microsoft Research
 * Sputtered Films / Tegal Corporation
 * SUN Microsystems
 * VEECO

UCLA
Founding Partners- partners that joined when the institute was originally created. Associate Partners- partners that joined as the years progressed.
 * Abraxis Bioscience
 * BASF The Chemical Company
 * Intel
 * HP
 * NEC
 * Solarmer Energy Inc.
 * Keithley Instruments Company
 * *In addition, UCLA has international partnerships with companies in Singapore, Korea, and Japan.

K-12
Both campuses offer several educational opportunities including hands-on laboratory research experience for junior high students and their teachers. These activities are done in collaboration with graduate students doing research in similar fields. In addition, UCSB scientists and researchers run family science nights at local junior highs to give families the opportunity to participate in scientific activities with their children. Also, CNSI runs after-school engineering and science club for grades 3-8 to explore science with UCSB undergrad club leaders. Finally, also CSNI hosts research opportunities for high school juniors and local Santa Barbara teachers on UCSB campus.

Undergraduate
Both UCLA and UCSB contribute to various scholarships for incoming freshman. Also, both campuses offer undergraduate courses that give insight to all fields and majors of math and science. Furthermore, undergraduates have the opportunity to act as club leaders and mentors to younger ages in K-12. Undergraduates also have extensive research opportunities in several fields during the year and through summer on either campus.

Graduate
Graduate opportunities are limited to:
 * Mentoring
 * community college students
 * incoming freshman
 * high school juniors
 * high school teachers
 * undergraduates
 * Assisting researchers in the lab