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NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
Nancy HealyNNIN Education Coordinator
Lynn Rathbun, Ph.DNNIN Program Manager
Education and Outreach Program
Best Practices
NSF Nanotechnology Grantees
Dec. 5, 2008
NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
NNIN Education & Outreach
NNIN Education & Outreach
Encouraging STEM
Involvement
Assisting Workforce
Development
Distributed
Centrally Coordinated
Local and National Activities & Scope
NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
Network Program Characteristics
Diversity of sites
Diversity of locales
Sites can incubate new
ideas/activities
Propagate successful activities to
other sites
Large and broad impact of
successful programs
Resource base
Visibility
Critical mass
NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
Scope of NNIN Education and Outreach
Site Specific Activities Network-wide Activities
Local Local Activities – Site Specific Network Activities - Local Scope
Facility tours User support & training
Community days Diversity
Open house K-12 education- school programs
Seminars/Public lectures Summer & after school camps
School programs
National
Scope
Site Activities - National Scope Network Activities - National Scope
Workshops National Conferences & Meetings
Technical Training Research Experience for Undergrads
Teacher Training RET (NSF award)
Research Experience for Teachers NNIN Education portal
(initial program) User support
K-12 instructional materials Diversity
Hands-on demos & experiments Open Textbook
Undergraduate education Nanooze
NNIN programs reached >
15,000 individuals in 2007
NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
Local Education Programs
Shared
activities
&
Experiences
K-12 Day CampsK-12 School Visits
Technical
Workshops
K-12 Teacher
Professional
Development
Workshops
Community
Days
Open House
Goal --Increasing “nano” knowledge
Excitement & support - STEM
NanoExpress
Seminars
Short Courses
Coordination
Information Exchange
Tracking
Education Events Manager
NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
NanoExpress @ Howard University
NanoExpress is a mobile laboratory. Experimental areas for visitors to
explore nanotechnology – nanoparticles, micro/nano-fabrication,
instrumentation, self-assembly, & characterization.
NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
NNIN National Network Programs
REU
LEF
iWSG
RET
iREU
Nanooze
Nanotechnology Showcase
Laboratory Experience for Faculty
International Winter School
Research Experience for Teachers
International REU
Research Experience for Undergraduates
Conferences and Workshops
Nanooze
Recurring Themes
Pipeline
Diversity
Global awareness
Synergies
NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
Research Experience for UndergraduatesAn Activity of the NNIN Education & Outreach Program
Degrees
Terminal B.S. 14%
Terminal M.S. 20%
Ph.D. 47%
J.D./MBA 5%
M.D. 5%
Type of Career
Science Career 95%
Nanotechnology
Career 48%
Longitudinal Study of REU Outcomes
75-90 participants
12-14 sites
10 weeks
High Quality, Diverse
Projects
Presentations Publications
End of Program Network Convocation
REU Research
Accomplishments
Instruction ,Mentoring &
Advanced Instrumentation
iREU
Highly Coordinated Among Sites
Common on-line application
Central award process
Common expectations and procedures
Strong, Diverse Applicant Pool
NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
Developing Globally Aware Scientists
NNIN iREUAn activity of the NNIN Education and Outreach Program
Advanced “REU-like”
experience in an International
laboratory
Only alumni of the NNIN REU
program are eligible
2nd summer advanced program
8 participants in 2008
National Institute of Materials
Science in Tsukuba, Japan
Forshungszentrum Jülich,
Germany
National Institute of Materials Science
Tsukuba, Japan
Forshungzentrum Jülich (Germany)
Funded by NSF/NNIN, NSF/IRES, NSF/IREE
Jülich
NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
iWGS: Graduate Education for
Global Awareness
Goal: Bring global and societal awareness to a select group of graduate students by
combining a semester-scale one-week course with an additional week in a setting where
the technology is employed
12 US students, 7 US faculty, 45 local participants
Organic Electronics and
Optoelectronics at IIT Kanpur; Host:
Prof. S.S.K. Iyer (2008/09)
1 week Advanced Technical Classes
1 week Field Experience in technology deployment
Science and Technology of
Nanofabrication; at IISc; Bangalore,
Host: Prof. N. Bhat (2009/10)
NanoElectronics; at IIT Mumbai;
Host: Prof. J. Vasi (2010/11)
NanoScale and Organic/Inorganic
Interfaces: Fluidics, Interfaces &
Applications in Filtration and
Diagnostics at IIT, Kanpur; Host:
Prof. A. Sharma (2011/12)
In discussion:
Nigeria (2012/13)
Technical faculty
and SEI faculty
NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
Research Experience for Teachers in NanotechnologyAn Activity of the NNIN Education and Outreach Program
REU-like experience for
teachers
leverage
5 NNIN sites
Research and Activity
development
Activities are distributed via
NNIN education web site
Major portion of the available
NNIN resource material
Shared among sites
An activity of the Education Program of NNIN, the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
Funded by the National Science Foundation as part of ECS-335765 Sandip Tiwari , Cornell, PI , and as RET
site award EEC-0601939, Nancy Healy, Ga. Tech, PI.
NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
Nanotechnology Showcase for StudentsAn NNIN Education/Diversity Program
Nanotechnology Demonstrations & Activities
• AFM
• STM
• SEM
• Microfluidics
• MEMS
• Nanotechnology Products
• Shape Memory Alloys
Target Audience: Curious
Undergraduates
Technology Lectures
Technology Demonstrations
Dozen NNIN staff
Dozen cases of demonstration
equipment
Venue: National undergraduate
technical conferences
SHPE
NSBE
NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
Laboratory Experience for Faculty
Goal – Encourage
underrepresented participation in
STEM & Nano
NNIN sites – 8
weeks
$12K support –
travel, stipend,
housing
NNIN sites –
training, technical
support &
resources
LEF 2008
Minority Faculty
or
Faculty from MSI
Spellman College – Georgia Tech
U. Puerto Rico Mayaguez – Cornell
U. Texas El Paso – U. Texas
U. Texas El Paso – U. Texas
Shaw University - Cornell
NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
50,000 printed copies of each issue
distributed to classrooms
Exciting, Educating, and Challenging both Students and their Teachers
about Science and Nanotechnology in Today’s World.
The NNIN Science
News Magazine for Kids
Technology articles
News articles
Interviews with scientists
Blog
Games
High quality graphics
How many “pixels” are in your eye?
What is nano about your sense of smell?
On the web at www.nanooze.org, in
English, Spanish, and Portuguese
A project of NNIN and Cornell University
Prof. Carl Batt, Editor and Chief Author
Written “kid style”
NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
NNIN Education Program
Tiwari_NNIN_NSEGrantees_Dec3_2008 15
>750 student and
professional
participants/year
(2-3 day hands-on
events)>10,000
visitors to
NNIN
educational
events
Globally-aware
leadership skills
for US Grad
Students
For 3rd to 6th
grades10,000-100,000
webvisits /month
50,000Printed
copies used in
classrooms
Lab exposure to
thousands of
students per year>500 urm & other undergrads/year
Advanced research
experience for 10
students in an
international
environment
5 minority faculty
per year
---Leverage to
thousands
25 teachers per
year
--Leverage to
thousands
Central Coordination but not Management
Distributed Sites
Work with sites strengths/weaknesses not against
Critical mass
Sharing of Resources/Experiences
Assessment at the Network Level
Leverage
Synergies
NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
Synergies within the Network Education Program
at the undergrad/grad/professional level
LEF
Graduate
SchoolUser Program
iREU/2REU
iWSGRET
REUNanotechnology
Showcase
Workshops
(activity
development)
NNIN Semi-Annual Meeting Oct 2006
Synergies within the Network Education Program
at the K-12 level
Classroom
activities
on web
Nanoexpress
RET
Camps, clubs
and afterschool
Teacher
workshops
Community
activitiesCollege in
STEM field
Science &
Engineering
Pipeline