NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MRSEC

1. The Material World • A weeklong materials science workshop series with morning lectures followed by hands-on lab exercises to reinforce concepts for introduction of materials-related content into core science curricula at the home institution • Organized and taught by MRSEC faculty investigators • Partnership with the Faculty Resource Network at NYU, held during the FRN Network Summer program • Content • Holographic Video Microscopy • Crystals and Light • How Stuff Packs • Color and Food • Lithography and Electricity • Polymer Chemistry • Participants: Faculty from 10 four-year and minority-serving institutions • Building inexpensive holographic microscopes, growing crystals, experiencing packing in the “balloon room”, making circuit boards and polymers Michael D. Ward, New York University, DMR 0820341 Staining crystal with dyes The Balloon Room! Polymers for electronics NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MRSEC

2. The Material World • A weeklong materials science workshop series with morning lectures followed by hands-on lab exercises to reinforce concepts for introduction of materials-related content into core science curricula at the home institution • Organized and taught by MRSEC faculty investigators • Partnership with the Faculty Resource Network at NYU, held during the FRN Network Summer program • Content • Holographic Video Microscopy • Crystals and Light • How Stuff Packs • Colore and Food • Lithography and Electricity • Polymer Chemistry • Participants: Faculty from 10 four-year and minority-serving institutions • Building inexpensive holographic microscopes, growing crystals, experiencing packing in the “balloon room”, making circuit boards and polymers Michael D. Ward, New York University, DMR 0820341 Packing polyhedra Building holographic microscopes NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MRSEC