• INDOT Research Program Benefit Cost Analysis – Return on Investment for Projects Completed in FY 2021

    Updated: 2022-12-20 01:32:37
    Home Search Browse Collections My Account About Digital Commons Network™ Skip to main content Home About FAQ My Account Home JTRPROGRAM JTRP 1802 JTRP Technical Reports Title INDOT Research Program Benefit Cost Analysis – Return on Investment for Projects Completed in FY 2021 Authors Bob McCullouch Purdue University Follow Recommended Citation McCullouch , B . 2022 INDOT research program benefit cost analysis – Return on investment for projects completed in FY 2021 Joint Transportation Research Program Publication No . FHWA IN JTRP-2022 28 West Lafayette , IN : Purdue University . https : doi.org 10.5703 1288284317579 DOI 10.5703 1288284317579 Abstract To demonstrate the value of research and its implementation , the Governor†s Office requested an annual financial analysis of the

  • Science and innovation policy for hard times: an overview of the UK’s Research and Development landscape

    Updated: 2022-12-18 18:59:30
    A revised and tidied up version of my blogpost series, An Index of Issues in UK Science and Innovation Policy, has now been published as a Productivity Insights Paper under the auspices of The Productivity Institute. My thanks to Bart van Ark for encouraging me to do this, and to Krystyna Rudzki for editing the … Continue reading "Science and innovation policy for hard times: an overview of the UK’s Research and Development landscape"

  • Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER) Annual Report from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021

    Updated: 2022-12-16 00:01:25
    This annual report includes the Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research’s readership metrics and statistics, authorship metrics and trends, and our reflections on 2021. In the last year, the Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research started to publish special issues and the editorial team has been working to transform pre-college engineering education.

  • New CPSC Nanotechnology Center Would Focus on Risks to Consumers

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:58
    The Consumer Product Safety Commission has requested $7 million in funding for a new center focused on nanotechnology in consumer products.

  • A Statement about the PEN Consumer Products Inventory and Titanium Dioxide

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:57
    There has been much confusion and misinformation in recent weeks about our Consumer Products Inventory (CPI). Much of this confusion was sparked by a recent report from Friends of the Earth (FOE) on nanoscale materials in food, as well as news articles from Mother Jones and other outlets focused in on the use of nanoscale titanium dioxide in food products.

  • Inventory Finds Increase in Consumer Products Containing Nanoscale Materials

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:57
    The updated Nanotechnology Consumer Products Inventory now contains 1,628 consumer products that have been introduced to the market since 2005, representing a 24 percent increase since the last update in 2010. In addition to finding new products introduced to the market, the newly re-launched inventory seeks to address scientific uncertainty with contributions from those involved with nanomaterials production, use, and analysis.

  • New Case Study Explores Influence of PEN Efforts

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:56
    A new case study looks at the work of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) amidst the shift away from government-led technology assessment.

  • NIOSH, CDC to Examine Health Effects of Carbon Nanotubes in Workplace

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:56
    The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health are taking public comment on their plans for a new exposure assessment and epidemiological study of U.S. workers that are exposed to carbon nanotubes and nanofibers.

  • FDA Releases Food, Cosmetic Nanotechnology Guidances for Public Comment

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:55
    The Food & Drug Administration has released two new guidance documents for public comment outlining agency policy for the use of nanotechnology in food ingredients and packaging and the use of nanotechnology in cosmetic products.

  • New EC Publication Marks New Strategy Towards Responsible Innovation

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:55
    The European Commission’s Science in Society Programme reflects on how to proceed towards Responsible Research and Innovation in the Information and Communication Technologies and Security Technology fields.

  • New Report Finds Public Perception of Nanotechnology Not Negative

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:54
    Today the Food Standards Authority issued a report on consumer attitudes to the use of nanotechnology in Food, drinks and other related products such as processing and packaging. The results, based on focus group studies, suggest that the public perception of nanotechnology in food is not negative, and is based on weighing up the benefits with risks.

  • Nanotechnology between the lab and the shop floor: what are the effects on labor?

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:54
    A new report by STIP fellow Noela Invernizzi explores the market changes posed by nanotechnology that may be disruptive for some categories of workers.

  • Nanotech-enabled Consumer Products Continue to Rise

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:53
    The most recent update to the Nanotechnology Consumer Product Inventory finds that over 1,300 manufacturer-identified nanotechnology-enabled consumer products have entered the marketplace to date.

  • A new video podcast on nanotechnology safety from the ASME Nanotechnology Institute

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:53
    The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) have just posted a new video on the safe development of nanotechnology, featuring former PEN Science Advisor Andrew Maynard, as part of their series of nano educational podcasts.

  • 2011 RISD Nanovation Winners Announced

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:52
    Winning projects include smarter crash test dummies, improved firefighting gear, and an advanced water harvesting system for arid climates.

  • Voluntary Initiatives, Regulation, and Nanotechnology Oversight

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:52
    A new PEN report provides the first ever analysis of voluntary initiatives to regulate nanotechnology. As nanotechnologies move forward, along with other emerging technologies, voluntary programs will play an important role in the governance portfolio available to the federal government as well as states and municipalities.

  • National Nanotechnology Initiative releases draft of new strategic plan

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:51
    The National Nanotechnology Initiative has posted a new draft strategic plan and is accepting public comments until November 30, 2010.

  • New EPA definition for “nano” could affect state of regulations

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:51
    At an April 29 presentation to the Pesticide Programs Dialogue Committee in Washington, D.C. EPA’s William Jordan announced a new working definition of nanomaterials.

  • Reinventing Technology Assessment for the 21st Century

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:51
    A new report defines the criteria for a new technology assessment function in the United States, emphasizing the need to incorporate citizen-participation methods to complement expert analysis.

  • Special Report on nanotechnology from AOL News

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:50
    AOL News published a three part series on nanotechnology. “Nanotechnology has long been hyped for its potential to cure diseases, ease energy problems, supercharge our computers and more. But increasing evidence shows that the engineered particles could pose a giant risk to the environment and human life.”

  • The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Releases Nanotechnology Report

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:50
    PCAST has released its “Report to the President and Congress on the Third Assessment of the National Nanotechnology Initiative.”

  • Understanding Public Debate on Nanotechnologies: Options for Framing Public Policy

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:49
    A new publication outlines the nature of the public debate on nanosciences and nanotechnologies.

  • Organising Collective Responsibility

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:49
    A new paper makes a case for organizing collective responsibility through instruments beyond the regulatory system, such as codes of conduct and various deliberative assessment mechanisms within and outside the policy context.

  • A call for more transparency and research funding for nanotechnology in the food industry

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:48
    The UK House of Lords Science and Technology Committee today released its first report of session 2009-10 “Nanotechnologies and Food” where they criticized the food industry for “failing to be transparent about its research into the uses of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials.”

  • Project Director David Rejeski assesses the promises and perils of nanotechnology in The Environmental Forum

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:48
    Pretty much as predicted, the long awaited convergence of nanotechnology and biotechnology has arrived. Can environmental protection, still cleaning up the last Industrial Revolution, avoid the perils while realizing the promises of manufacturing at an atomic scale?

  • Members of Wisconsin State Assembly Seek Nanotechnology Registry

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:47
    Three members of the Wisconsin State Legislature have requested a Legislative Council study to be conducted on the feasibility of creating a nanotechnology registry and the development of subsequent legislation, to monitor the use, manufacture and disposal of nanomaterials in Wisconsin.

  • findNano App Puts Nanotech in Your Pocket

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:47
    The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies has developed findNano, an application for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled.

  • Nanolessons for Revamping Government Oversight of Technology

    Updated: 2022-12-14 03:15:46
    A new article by PEN senior advisor J. Clarence (Terry) Davies calls for radical change in how the federal government oversees nanotechnology and other technologies to best protect human health and the environment.

  • A Model for Equity-Oriented PreK-12 Engineering

    Updated: 2022-12-12 22:36:23
    . . Home Search Browse Collections My Account About Digital Commons Network™ Skip to main content Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research J-PEER Home About Policies My Account Home Libraries LIBRARIESPUBLISHING PUPOAJ JPEER Vol . 12 2022 Iss . 2 Article Title A Model for Equity-Oriented PreK-12 Engineering Authors Christine M . Cunningham Pennsylvania State University Follow Gregory J . Kelly Pennsylvania State University Follow Author ORCID Identifier Christine : 0000-0003-1922-7101 Greg : 0000-0002-5027-593X Abstract In this paper , we address the societally important issue of developing a more equitable approach to preK-12 engineering education . Our primary emphasis is on K-8 grades—a time when first impressions of engineering may be developed . Calls for increased

  • Volume 15 Issue 2 (2022)

    Updated: 2022-12-06 09:05:32

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