Dr. Wade Adams

Dr. Wade Adams, Associate Dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University in his presentation on “Nanotechnology and the Future of Energy,” will passionately explain what nanotechnology is and why it is fundamental to solving many of the world’s most pressing challenges. For the past decade, Dr. Adams was the Director of the Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Rice University, the first organized nanotech center in the world, founded in 1993 by its namesake. For the past 44 years, Dr. Adams has conducted research in polymer physics, concentrating on structure-property relations in high-performance organic materials. Internationally known for his research, he has written more than 200 publications, has five patents (one licensed), and has given over 750 technical presentations.