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Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience

Outreach / Edu - Nanocamp 2011

NCMN MEMBERS CELEBRATE RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGHS IN MATERIALS & NANOSCIENCE !

at the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience

SUMMER
2011
DAYS

NCMN
ACTIVITY

Bright Lights
June 27 - July 1
PRESENTERS

2011 Nanocamp
ADDRESS

Powerpoints - Videos
LINKS
 


     
Monday

Nano Overview - Waves

 Christian Binek UNL Physics Powerpoint – Nano Overview
Monday Nano Ice Cream

Tathagata Mukerjee

Christian Binek group
UNL Physics

VIDEO
Recipe – Nano Ice Cream
Monday

Ferrofluids
Liquid Crystals

 Eva Franke-Schubert UNL Electrical Engineering

VIDEO
Handout-Ferrofluids &
Handout-Liquid Crystal
Ferrofluid – Link
LiquidCrystal – Link
Monday Workshops Power Point Pics #1 ( listed above) T. Jorgensen Hall labs NCMNBrightLights2011-Monday
Tuesday

Diodes - Capacitors - Org.SolarCells -Wind Turbines

Steve Wignall

Stephen Ducharme group, UNL Physics

VIDEO
Powerpoint – Solar Cells
Powerpoint – Solar
Powerpoint – Wind Turbines
Powerpoint – Microbial Fuel Cells
MuddWatt Kit – Link
Windturbines Kit – Link
Tuesday Workshops Power Point Pics #2 ( listed above) T. Jorgensen Hall labs NCMNBrightLights2011-Tuesday
Wednesday Synthetic Polymers Alex Stamm

Alexei Gruverman group,
UNL Physics

VIDEO
Powerpoint – Synthetic Polymers
Lesson Plan – Alloys & Polymers
Wednesday Instant Cheese Bioplastic Chris Marin

Barry Cheung group,
UNL Chemistry

VIDEO
Powerpoint – Making Bioplast
Lesson Plan – Cheese Bioplast
Wednesday Stem Cells
 Srivatsan Kidambi

Chemical  & Bio Engineering,
UNL Engineering

VIDEO
Powerpoint – Stem Cells
Stem Cell Activity – Link
Wednesday Workshops Power Point Pics #3 ( listed above) T. Jorgensen Hall labs NCMNBrightLights2011-Wednesday
Thursday DNA: The Molecule of Life Rebecca Lai

UNL Chemistry

VIDEO, YouTube DNA, YouTube Keychain &
DNA kit – Link

Thursday Carbon Nanotubes

Yunshen Zhou

Yongfeng Lu group,
UNL Electrical Engineering

VIDEO
Powerpoint – Carbon Nanotubes
Thursday Workshops Power Point Pics #4 ( listed above) T. Jorgensen Hall labs NCMNBrightLights2011-Thursday
Friday Self Assembly Axel Enders

UNL Physics

VIDEO
Handout – LEGO Self-Assembly

Friday Catalysts Neil Lawrence

Barry Cheung group,
UNL Chemistry

VIDEO
Handout – Kinetics & Catalysis
Friday Workshops Power Point Pics #5 ( listed above) T. Jorgensen Hall labs NCMNBrightLights2011-Friday
Additional Nanoscience Resources

Exploring the Nanoworld
University of Wisconsin nanoscience outreach and education.

Additional Nanoscience Resources

MATERIALS AND NANOSCIENCE KITS from ICE
The University of Wisconsin nanoscience outreach and education effort makes kits available for exploring materials and nanoscience through the Institute for Chemical Education (ICE).

Additional Nanoscience Resources

NISENET
A national community of researchers and informal science educators dedicated to fostering public awareness, engagement, and understanding of nanoscale science, engineering, and technology.