Are you interested in teaching nanotechnology but don’t have the time to create the curriculum or actually sure how you should teach it?  The NACK center has you covered!

The workshop will be held from Monday September 28th – Friday October 2nd at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College, Pennsylvania. 

This five-day workshop is intended for faculty and administrators at post-secondary institutions which presently are offering, or which intend to offer, nanotechnology courses based on the NACK suite of six nanotechnology courses. This workshop will focus on the third set of courses in the 6 course suite: (5) Materials Modification in Nanotechnology and (6) Characterization, Testing of Nanotechnology Structures and Materials. This specific workshop follows the April and August 2009 workshops which covered the first four courses in the set (1) Materials, Safety, and Equipment Overview, (2) Basic Nanotechnology Processes, (3) Materials in Nanotechnology, and (4) Patterning for Nanotechnology.  Attendance at the earlier workshop is not required for attendance at this workshop offering. 

This workshop will cover teaching these two subjects, using the NACK class notes and the corresponding set of labs. Background information for each of the two courses will also be provided. The workshop will also cover the strategies for the conducting of the NACK-provided labs for each of the two courses. We will also discuss the equipment needs for the labs, equipment costs, and sustaining costs. The various modes in which institutions may choose to present these courses and their labs will be examined varying from complete in-house offerings to web-augmented joint offerings with NACK.  For additional information and a registration form please contact Kristen Robinson at kjrobinson@engr.psu.edu.

For further information or too look at the NACK classroom curriculum or lesson plans, visit www.nano4me.org, and click on educators. 

Mark Viquesney