Topic: Advanced Manufacturing
Undergraduate Nanoscience Program at U of Wisconsin-Stout
In the Fall of 2006, the University of Wisconsin-Stout implemented an undergraduate program in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. The program enables majors in the sciences or engineering to gain significant educational experience specific to nanotechnology. The [...]
An integrated, industry-linked approach to developing a nanotechnology curriculum for secondary students in Australia
Nanotechnology is a discipline that will require scientists to draw upon many disciplines in order to develop it to its full potential. It will also require significant public engagement to debate and decide on nanotechnology’s [...]
The Workforce Needs of Nanotechnology Firms: An In-Depth Study of Biotechnology, Microelectronics and Optics Firms in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona
Nanotechnology is having significant impact on the workforce and skill needs of companies. In order for firms to fully realize the potential of new technologies, firms must have a supply of workers with the skills [...]
Education in Nanotechnology through Microscopy Made Easy
An essential goal of education in nanotechnology is an understanding of scale and metrology, of instrumentation and fundamental physics. Easy to use and affordable instrumentation is indispensable in reaching this goal. Nanosurf offers both STM [...]
A Collaborative Approach to Architectural and Societal Issues in Nanotechnology
How will nanotechnology affect the way we design, make, and inhabit buildings? In the NanoSTUDIO, interdisciplinary groups of students from Ball State University’s Department of Architecture and the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Interprofessional Projects Program [...]
How do we, as a society, guide the development of nanotechnology?
Individuals, businesses, and governments evaluate nanotechnology on a spectrum from laissez faire to the precautionary principle, often without sufficient understanding of what nanotechnology is, how it works, how it is changing, or what its costs [...]
Nanotechnology in Brand Protection
The World Health Organization estimates that 10% of global medicines are fake. Moreover, organized crime has become involved in counterfeiting at an international level, and prospects of terrorism also lurk. Indeed, counterfeiting is a growing, [...]
Developing green nanotechnology: opportunities and challenges through innovation
Nanotechnology is an emerging field that has great potential for use in commercial, defense and security applications. Nanomaterials and the manufacturing techniques used to create them, however, may pose adverse environmental, health and safety effects. [...]
The Center for Accelerated Applications at the Nanoscale
The Center for Accelerated Applications at the Nanoscale (CAAN), established in 2004 by Governor Mike Round’s 2010 Initiative, is a group of distinguished South Dakota researchers who have joined together in focused efforts to conduct [...]