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This video from the Internet Scout Research Group is part of a series that highlights student success stories related to advanced technological education (ATE) programs. In this video, Paula Kirya talks about her experience with the nanotechnology program at Pasadena City College. Nanotechnology,...

This resource, provided by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support Center (NACK Center), includes a lab guide and corresponding videos that walk through the evaluation of the atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. In the lab, students use the ALD process to deposit a transparent...

This video from the Micro Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-EC), published by Pasadena City College, is part of a series of seminars on micro nano technologies and issues in the field. In the video, Rodriguez details the science and education outreach efforts taking place at NASA in both K-12...

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, covers the general concepts of size and scale by discussing the micro and nano worlds. Children will "explore the concept of size by comparing and categorizing objects, then constructing various sized structures." This...

This reference sheet, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, provides a valuable list biology reference material for high school students in the life sciences. Definition of terms, diagrams, abbreviations, mathematical notations, and other useful information is provided...

The Support Center for Microsystems Education provides information and training on the applications and fabrication of microsystems devices. This video provides "a brief overview of some of the thousands of BioMEMS being used in the medical field today and others in development and testing." BioMEMS...

Module Description: This module, from the Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides an introduction to BioMEMS including the emergence of BioMEMS into MEMS technologies and the major characteristics of BioMEMs. "This learning module explains what "BioMEMS" are and how they are used...

Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides "introductory material on various Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) that are being designed or currently being used for therapeutics." This module is divided into the following four units: Knowledge...

Working with a material 10 times lighter than steel -- but 250 times stronger -- would be a dream come true for any engineer. If this material also had amazing properties that made it highly conductive of heat and electricity, it would start to sound like something out of a science fiction novel....

This webinar, from the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support Center (NACK Center), describes how movies of molecules are captured using ultrafast X-rays at Arizona State University (ASU). The presentation begins with a brief history of the X-ray and an explanation of how X-rays...