Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center

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Day One: Monday, July 19, 2010
Introduction to Nanoscale Science and Technology
Folsom Library, Fischbach Room

8:45 AM Welcome and Review of Course Agenda

9:00 AM Keynote: Historical Perspective of Nanotechnology Initiative Keynote_part1, Keynote_part2

Dr. Linda Schadler, Professor & Associate Dean, Materials Research Center,
Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center

10:00 AM  Break
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM Session One
BHBL High School Macro tabletop AFM Module (Group A)
Folsom Library, Fischbach Room

Paul Fedoroff, Physics teacher, BHBL High School
Tom Pittman, Technology Teacher, BHBL High School

Overview will include curriculum developed on macro tabletop AFM design
and macro Lego AFM student design.

Building Macro AFM / AFM presentation

Atomic Force Microscopy (Group B)
MRC – Lab 243 B

Dr. Chang Ryu, Associate Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Jongwon Lee, Manager, Proximal Probe Laboratory, MRC- Lab 243B

Introduction to the working laboratory equipment.

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM  Transition

11:15 AM – 12:00 noon Session Two – Groups A & B switch activities

12:00 Noon  Lunch (on your own)
1:00 PM AFM Module & Lego Curriculum Development

Paul Fedoroff, Physics teacher, BHBL High School
Tom Pittman, Technology Teacher, BHBL High School

3:30 PM Class Dismissed

Day Two: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Folsom Library, Fischbach Room

9:00 AM Visualizing the World of Atoms and Molecules – Imaging Methods

Dr. Robert Hull – Professor and Department Head,
Materials Science and Engineering Department

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM – 11:00 AM Session One

Electron Microscopy (Group A)

MRC – Lab 166
Raymond Dove, Manager Electron Microscopy Laboratory

The Virtual Microscope – (Group B)

Folsom Library, Fischbach Room
Dr. Daniel Lewis, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Transition

11:15 AM – 12:00 noon Session Two – Groups A & B switch activities

12:00 Noon Lunch (on your own)

1:00 PM Economic Development Regional Update

Elizabeth Herkenham, Executive Director,
Workforce Consortium for Emerging Technologies

2:00 PM Virtual Microscope Curriculum Development

3:30 PM Class Dismissed

Day Three: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Folsom Library, Fischbach Room

9:00 AM “Sprinkling” The Science of Nanotechnology in the Classroom

Jackie Carrese, Science Coordinator for K-12, Niskayuna Central School

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM “Sprinkling” The Science of Nanotechnology in the Classroom

12:00 Noon (on your own)

1:00 PM Nanotechnology Laboratories– 4 stations to be introduced
Cogswell Laboratory 113

Graduate Students:
Limeng Chen, Douglas Dukes, Jennifer Gagnon, Bharath Natarajan

Station 1 – Ferrofluids
Station 2 – Gold nanoparticles / nucleation / ice cream
Station 3 – Drug delivery presentation
Station 4 – Light Scattering: Effect of Refractive Index

Nanotechnology Labs PowerPoint presentations

2:30 PM Break

2:45 PM Curriculum Development / Internet Research Opportunities

3:30 PM Class Dismissed

Day Four: Thursday, July 22, 2010
Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Bruggeman Room

9:00 AM Intro. of application of Nano within Bio-technology

Dr. Robert Linhardt, Constellation Chair / Professor
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

9:50 AM Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies

Dr. Glenn Monastersky, Director of Operations / Associate Center Director

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

Group One
Proteomics Core

Group Two
Microscopy Core includes Optical Tweezers & Laser Microdissection, Confocal & Multiphoton and TIRF Microscopy

Group Three
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Core

Group Four
Microbiology Core

Cleanroom training modules

11:30 AM Return to Bruggeman to recap

12:00 Noon Lunch (on your own)
1:00 PM

Curriculum Development / Internet Research Opportunities
and Cleanroom Tours (CII 4th Floor) – gowning and three tours — 45 mins each
Tour times 1:00 PM, 1:45 PM, 2:30 PM

3:30 PM Class Dismissed

Day Five: Friday, July 23, 2010
Folsom Library, Fischbach Room

9:00 AM The Role of Nanotechnology in Smart Lighting Systems

Dr. Kenneth A. Connor, Education Director,
Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center, and Professor ECSE

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM Photolithography Concepts via printed circuit board (PCB) manuf.

Cogswell Laboratory 113
Kurt Bourchard, Technology Teacher, Saratoga Springs High School

Handout

12:00 Noon Lunch (on your own)

1:00 PM Curriculum Development / Internet Research Opportunities

2:00 PM Field Trip

GE HealthCare, Rensselaer Technology Park
Tour to include technology, manufacturing process, process control,
use of metrology for quality control, etc.

GE Healthcare tour presentation

3:30 PM Class Dismissed