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Engineering the Classroom: Engineering science as the core for technology teacher education for the 21st century
28 Apr 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael De Miranda, National Center for Learning & Teaching in Nanoscale Science & Engineering
This NCLT seminar presentation will report on content analysis research of pre-service
teacher/engineering science students’ ability to conceptualize, design, and evaluate student design brief
solutions in high school technology classes. This research is just a part of a larger challenge …
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Building Capacity for Nano Education and Outreach through Partnerships with Science Museums: Overview and Case Study
31 Mar 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Carol Lynn Alpert, National Center for Learning & Teaching in Nanoscale Science & Engineering
This session will present the background and theory behind these collaborations and
activities, provide examples, and address evaluative aspects. We will also touch briefly on
a range of other examples of nanoscale research center – informal science education
institutional collaborations, …
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Modern X-ray Scattering Methods for Nanoscale Materials Analysis
15 Oct 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Richard J. Matyi
Since its discovery by von Laue in 1912, X-ray diffraction has become an indispensable tool for
structure determinations in the physical and biological sciences. X-rays are characterized by high
energies and by wavelengths that are commensurate with nanometer-sized structures – unlike …
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Functionalized Nanomaterials at the Interface of Biology and Technology
24 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Dean Ho, National Center for Learning & Teaching in Nanoscale Science & Engineering
Nanomaterials, such as block copolymeric membranes and nanodiamonds, can be engineered for
a broad range of applications in energy and medicine. This presentation will highlight the
relevance of these materials as foundations for device fabrication across the spectrum of biology
and …
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Thinking Small
17 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): carl batt, National Center for Learning & Teaching in Nanoscale Science & Engineering
There is an overwhelming need on the part of the research community to explain our
efforts in nanoscale science and engineering to the general public. To do so effectively
there is also a need to catalogue the public's understanding of nanotechnology
especially with respect to their ability …
