Nanoscience Expo
Event Date: | April 14, 2023 |
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Hosted By: | Birck Nanotechnology Center |
Location: | Birck Nanotechnology Center |
Open To: | Local high school students and their teachers |
Priority: | No |
School or Program: | Other Engineering |
College Calendar: | Show |
Local high school students and their teachers will have an immersive 3-hour experience at our center in which they:
- Take a tour around one of the largest academic clean rooms in the world, led by our own undergraduate and graduate nanoscience researchers
- Use tabletop electron microscopes to study materials, from hair and N95 masks to advanced nano-structures made here at Birck
- See nanotechnology’s impact in healthcare and the environment
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Hear short TED-style talks on current topics like
- the global semiconductor chip supply
- opportunities in the local semiconductor workforce
- quantum computers and the “quantum revolution”
This one day event is a pilot (50-100 visitors) for a larger event in the Fall of 2023 (over 500 visitors).