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REU = Research Experiences for Undergraduates
RET = Research Experience for Teachers
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Editor's Pick
National (US) Programs
National
Nanofabrication Users Network (NNUN) REU Program
National
Institute for Science Education
Arizona
Arizona State University IN-VSEE
Nano-visualization program
Teachers workshop, remote SPM viewing, gallery.
Arizona State University Patterns
in Nature Van
Mobile laboratory that brings technology to the public.
California
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara Nanotech
REU Program
California
NanoSystems Institute Education Program
Community outreach, educational exchange, graduate program.
Illinois
Northwestern University National Center for Learning and Teaching
Professional development and outreach, including on-line lecture series.
Northwestern University Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center
Outreach, REU, and RET programs and a small business program.
University of Illinois Center
for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Seminars on nanotechnology open to the public.
Massachusetts
Harvard University Nanoscale
Science and Engineering Center's education program
Public presentations, REU and RET programs.
Northeastern University Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing
Summer REU program.
New York
Columbia University Center
for Electron Transport in Molecular Nanostructures
Outreach, RET, and REU programs.
Cornell
University Nanobiotechnology
Center Education
Education for K-12 through graduate school, REU and RET programs,
online courses, and lesson plans for K-12.
Cornell University National
Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
REU program.
Cornell University Center for Nanoscale Systems
REU program and program for high school physics teachers.
Rensselaer
Center for Directed Assembly of Nanostructures Educational
Programs
Very comprehensive K-12, undergraduate, graduate, continuing
education, and professional education and outreach programs.
North Carolina
North Carolina State University NanoScale
Science Education
K-12 instructional materials and research on learning nanoscale science.
University of North Carolina Nanoscale
Science Education
Hands-on outreach program for middle and high school science classes.
Pennsylvania
Penn State College of Engineering Center for Nanotechnolgy Education & Utilization
Wide range of outreach services including seminars, workshops, camps, tours, and speaking engagements.
Texas
Rice
University Center
for Biological & Environmental Nanotechnology
Extensive educational outreach, REU programs, and professional development for high-school and middle-school science teachers (focusing on integrated physics and chemistry).
Rice University NanoKids™
Project
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Nano2Earth Program
Secondary nanoscience educational outreach, curriculum development, and professional development. Includes topics on nanogeoscience, scanning probe microscopy, SEM, and other relevant nano topics. A nice program that works at the intersection of nanoscience research, science education, and research in science education.
University of Virginia Center for Nanoscopic
Materials Design
Outreach, RET, and REU programs.
Washington
Nanometer
Scale Summer School
Summer school program for physical chemistry on the nanometer
scale. Instructors are prominent nanoscience researchers
from around the U.S.
Wisconsin
University
of Wisconsin, Madison
Exploring the Nanoworld
Outreach, RET, REU, and other resources and programs for the general public, K-12 and college students, teachers, and college faculty. |
