1 / 1

NACK Mission

National Center for Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Dr. Osama Awadelkarim, Associate Director. Actions Develop 6 course, 18 credit, nanotechnology curriculum Educate Prepare students for broad spectrum of industries Share Courses, workshops, laboratory facilities, staff

angie
Download Presentation

NACK Mission

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. National Center for Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Dr. Osama Awadelkarim, Associate Director • Actions • Develop • 6 course, 18 credit, nanotechnology curriculum • Educate • Prepare students for broad spectrum of industries • Share • Courses, workshops, laboratory facilities, staff • Enable this broad nanotechnology education in synthesis, fabrication, characterization, and applications at community and technical colleges / university partners throughout the US • Resources Available • Curriculum • six nanotechnology synthesis, fabrication, and characterization courses (lectures, labs, videos) • Remote Access • Web access to nanotechnology characterization equipment for K-12 and post-secondary use • Learning Modules • Introductory modules covering various aspects of nanotechnology (for K-12 and undergraduate) • Professional Development • Introductory as well as Nanotechnology Course • Resource Workshops and Webinars for training and educating teachers and practitioners • Alumni Network • - Student testimonials, career outlook, etc. • Website • -links to all our resources, and more • History • Industry-led inception since 1998 • 18 credit capstone semester • Leverages NSF NNIN site • NSF ATE Regional Center 2001-2008 • Degree programs at 29 PA institutions • Teaching Cleanroom • 2+2+2 educational pathways • Educator and industry workshops • Summer nanotech academies • NSF ATE National Center since 2008 • National Industry Advisory Board • Alcatel-Lucent - Boeing • Corning - Cyoptics • Dupont - General Electric • Imerys - Johnson & Johnson • Lockheed Martin - 3M • Plextronics - Strategic Polymers • National Council for Advanced Manufacturing • National Coalition for Advanced Technology Centers • Hiring Institutions • Alcoa - Amgen • BP Solar - Cabot • Cyoptics - Dupont • First Energy - General Dynamics • Globalfoundries - Intel • Kurt J Lesker - Lockheed Martin • Lucent - Merck • NanoHorizons - 3M • Seagate - Telecardia • and many more • Some Metrics • Over 800 students have completed nanotechnology degrees • Over 150 institutions have hired our graduates for micro and nanotechnology careers • NACK Mission • -To enable and foster broad and economically viable nanotechnology workforce education across the U.S. • Central Offering Model • Equipment and support staff are in one place • Expensive equipment only needed in one location • Staff at research universities have awareness of health, safety, and possible environmental concerns • Originated in • Pennsylvania • Program Growth • Nanotechnology associate degree programs: • The NACK Network - Education Hubs • Workforce development partnerships • Research universities with Comm. & Tech. Colleges • Workforce development partnerships NACK 2012 2004 users

More Related