U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions visits Zyvex.
Congressman Sessions views some of Zyvex’s processed nanotubes with Chemistry Technician Marni Rutkofsky. [May 2004]

Mark Stanley meets with Timothy Gilmore, Zyvex CFO, and John Randall, Zyvex CTO.

Stanley meets with George Skidmore, Principal Investigator and Director of Research, and Sha-Chelle Devlin Manning, Program Manager and Director of Grants and Alliances.

Zyvex co-hosts Professor Vladmir Agranovich’s 75th Birthday Celebration at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Zyvex was the sponsor of the University of Texas at Dallas dinner honoring Professor Vladamir Agranovich. Professor Agranovich, who is currently the head of the theoretical department at the Institute of Spectroscopy at the Russian Academy of Science, as well as a professor of physics at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Moscow, has become UTD’s the first “Pioneer of NanoScience.” The purpose of this newly created position is to bring science and technology pioneers from around the world to UTD for extended sabbaticals. See the UTD press release. [January 2004]

Zyvex Founder invited to Oval Office. Jim Von Ehr, Zyvex Chairman and CEO (2nd from right), was invited to join President Bush as he signed the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act in the Oval Office of the White House, December 3, 2003. You can see the story here. You can read Jim Von Ehr’s testimony here. [December 2003]

MANCEF presents James Von Ehr commercialization award at COMS 2003.
MANCEF presented the James R. Von Ehr award for the commercialization of nanotechnology on September 8th at COMS 2003 in Amsterdam. This year’s winners were Matthias Kautt and Peter Bley from Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, co-authors of “Using ‘Off the Shelf Nanotechnology’ as a viable way to enhance the performance and economical attractiveness of microsystems.” Jim Von Ehr is pictured here (second from left). [September 2003]

Von Ehr receives Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Jim Von Ehr (shown at left) receives the Ernst & Young Entreprenuer of the Year award for Pioneering. Ross Perot received a Lifetime Achievement award at the same event. [June 2003]

U.S. Senator George Allen visits Zyvex.
U.S. Senator George Allen visited Zyvex during a trip to Texas. The Senator toured the research and development facilities. [April 2003]

Nobel Laureate Alan MacDiarmid appears at NanoVentures 2003.
Dr. Alan MacDiarmid shared his Nobel Medal with his friend Jim Von Ehr. [February 2003]