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)
- application deadline February 27, 2012

Graduate Students

International Research Experience in Grenoble, France
Leadership Program Spring 2012 Programs
Master’s Degree In Nanotechnology
Graduate  certificate in nanotechnology
IGERT Fellowship

Science Teachers

Research Experience for Teachers
Classroom resources for including nanotechnology in your school’s curriculum
Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST).

Middle School and High School Students

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

Programs for Everyone

Join us for Philly Materials Day ( February 4, 2012)
[ http://www.phillymaterials.org ]

NanoDay @ Penn – next event scheduled for October 31, 2012

New for March 2011:

The NBIC is working with Penn Nanotech Society to host NanoDays during the week of March 26, 2012. This is a nationwide event and your class can participate by scheduling a trip to Penn. Please contact Jim McGonigle at jmcgon@seas.upenn.edu to make arrangements. Programs will occur on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday of that week.

 

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