Education

 

Engaging Locally - Impact on Future Generations

The NBIC seeks to engage a wide audience that includes the university community as well as reaching out to our neighborhoods.  Programs are oriented towards academics for undergraduate and graduate students as well as high school science teachers.  Other programs are more informal with the intent of increasing awareness and appreciation for societal impacts of nanoscale science and technology.  These programs are targeted toward precollegiate students, the general public, and the news media.  The overarching goal is to contribute to the development of a more scientifically literate community using nanoscale topics to excite the imagination.

Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate minor in nanotechnology
Summer research in nano-biotechnology (REU)  - 2008 application deadline March 7

Graduate Students

Graduate  certificate in nanotechnology
IGERT Fellowship – 2008 application deadline January 2

Science Teachers

Research Experience for Teachers – 2008 application deadline March 3
Classroom resources for including nanotechnology in your school’s curriculum

Middle School and High School Students

Summer Academy in Applied Science and Technology (SAAST)
Web resource to learn about nanotechnology

Programs for Everyone

NanoDay @ Penn – next event scheduled for October 29, 2008

 

Please contact Jim McGonigle, NBIC Program Coordinator for questions regarding these programs at 215-898-5151 or jmcgon@seas.upenn.edu.