Romanian initiative in nanoscience and nanotechnology

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Romanian initiative in nanoscience and
nanotechnology

• Dan Dascalu
• IMT-Bucharest

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Content of this presentation

• Comments related the main lines of action of the
  Romanian nano initiative (published in the
  Micro and NanoTechnologies Bulletin, March 2004
  issue).

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1. An awareness campaign for researchers,
industry and general public.

• The main actors, including the researchers
  themselves should be convinced upon the role of
  new technologies in using human resources for
  economic development.
• The context of global and regional changes is
  giving a chance to newcomers, if they are
  investing in knowledge.
• Needs sustained awareness campaign, but for
  start
• Support from the European Commission as the
  present workshop.
• Support from project ROMNET-ERA (IMT-Bucharest)
  meetings, publishing on web.

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2. Evaluating resources and defining priorities
and applications in the field, taking into
account all Romanian public research systems
national institutes, universities, Romanian
Academy and beyond..

• The sources of information about the real
  resources are dispersed and incomplete.
• The evaluation of the real research potential is
  difficult, nor is it known to internal and
  external potential partners (including industry).

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Inventory of resources electronic databases

• Research centres
• Specialists
  
• Specific equipments
• Research infrastructures
• Open laboratories (e.g. laboratories with
  multiple users)
• Networks
• Infrastructures for innovation and technology
  transfer (see also section 6)
• Technology transfer centres
• Scientific and technological parks
• Participation to significant projects, financed
  from
• National sources
• International sources

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RTDI Programmes

• National Programmes of Research and Development
  related to the field (self-evaluation of
  coordinators) and their results in progress
• MATNANTECH
• CNCSIS Engineering and nanosciences
• Others

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3. Reorienting the research in basic sciences
according to the multidisciplinary vision of the
nanoscience

• Nanoscience
• a new way at looking at things

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4. Education and training. Rethinking various
curricula in the nano perspective promoting
training by research stimulating a European
career, providing human resources to private
industry etc.

• Master of science programmes (see the following
  presentation)
• Training by research (multidisciplinary
  education of researchers)

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5. Correlating the RD programmes from the
national plan for RTDI (application of new
technologies in health, food quality, environment
etc.), other national programmes (of CNSIS,
Romanian Academy, as well as sectorial
programmes) and correlating the future programmes
within ERA

• Correlation of national programmes (new materials
  and technologies in the benefit of life quality,
  sustainable development etc.).
• Correlation with European programmes
• ERA-NET projects
• Art. 169 (perspective)

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6. Striving at a long-term research-industry as
well as a public-private partnership in
developing and applying nanotechnologies public
research will provide more abundant human
sources, as well as access to the technical
/scientific structure.Romanian system of
innovation. Infrastructures for innovation and
technology transfer Technology transfer centres.
Scientific parks

• Subject to another presentation

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7. Achieving rapidly a critical mass in research
by networking and by focussed investments (in
correlation with EU projects, at the national
scale)

• Consolidating the national network of nanoscience
  and nanotechnologies
• The role of the ROMNET-ERA project and other
  similar projects
• Developing the international dimension of this
  network
• Interaction of this network with education and
  industry
• Policy of the Ministry of Education and Research
• Inter-ministerial policy
• Cooperation with Romanian Academy

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8.Developing scientific and technological parks
in the field

• Analysing the potential of the first scientific
  and technological in Micro and Nanotechnologies
  (MINATECH-RO), founded by IMT-Bucharest,
  University Politehnica of Bucharest, ROMES
  S.A., in a network with other Romanian and
  organisations
• Studying the possibilities to create another
  scientific parks for nanoscience and
  nanotechnology and assembly them in a network
• International networking

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• Competition and cooperation