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College, University, and General Nanoscale Science, Technology and Engineering Programs

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Albany NanoTech
"... a fully-integrated research, development, prototyping, pilot manufacturing and education resource managing a strategic portfolio of state-of-the-art laboratories, supercomputer and shared-user facilities and an array of research centers located at the University at Albany - SUNY."

Albany NanoTech
Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery and Exploration (INDEX)

Albany NanoTech
Center for Advanced Technology in Nanomaterials and Nanoelectronics (CATN²)

Albany NanoTech
The Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center (E2TAC)

American Sentinel University
"The nanotechnology Strategic Capstone course provides a unique opportunity for students to draw upon, demonstrate, and integrate both their professional experience and the new knowledge gained from their broader MBA coursework into a deeper understanding of the application of nanotechnology in business."

Amity Institute of Nanotechnology (AINT)
"The programme comprises of conceptual knowledge of nanoscience and nanotechnology, including preparation of nanomaterials, their characterization and applications."

Amity Institute of Nanotechnology (AINT)
Two 2-year programs: M.Sc. (Nanoscience) and M.Tech. (Nano-Technology)

Aragón Institute of Nanoscience

Arizona State University (ASU)
Center for Nanotechnology in Society. "Designed as a boundary organization at the interface of science and society, CNS-ASU provides an operational model for a new way to organize research through improved reflexiveness and social learning which can signal emerging problems, enable anticipatory governance, and, through improved contextual awareness, guide trajectories of NSE knowledge and innovation toward socially desirable outcomes, and away from undesirable ones."

Arizona State University (ASU)
BioMolecular NanoTechnology Graduate Program

Arizona State University (ASU)
Center for Applied NanoBioscience

Arizona State University (ASU)
Biodesign Institute

Arizona State University (ASU)
Lindsay Lab - Research in Biophysics, Molecular Electronics and Condensed Matter Physics

Arizona State University (ASU)
Center for BioOptical Nanotechnology

Arizona State University (ASU)
Nanostructures Research Group - Center for Solid State Electronics Research

Asian Institue of Technology
Nanotechnology Studies. Bangkok, Thailand

Australian National University
Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering

Australian National University
Nanotechnology and Mesoscale Physics

Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN)
ARCNN receives funding from the Australian Research Council and from the following contributing partner institutions: The Australian National University, The University of Western Australia, The University of New South Wales, Macquarie University, and The University of Melbourne.

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Ball State University
Center for Computational Nanoscience

Bar Ilan University
Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (BICAMN)

Baylor College of Medicine
Molecular Biology programs

Berkeley Nanotechnology Club (BNC)

Bilkent University
Nanotechnology Research Center

Brigham Young University Cleanroom
A class 10 cleanroom located on the BYU campus, used for research in solid state, optoelectronics, photonics, nanotechnology, microfabrication, MEMS, micro-fluidics, etc.

Boston University College of Engineering
Departmental program in Nanotechnology. "... is concerned with the mechanical and electronic properties of nanometer scale systems as well as macroscopic systems that require nanometer tolerances in fabrication, control, and measurement."

Boston University
Laboratory for Nanometer Scale Engineering

Boston University
Mohanty Group. "The central theme of our research is the exploration of quantum mechanical effects in engineered nanoscale structures and devices with a goal to study fundamental physical phenomena."

Brown University
Nano & Micromechanics Laboratory, part of the Mechanics of Solids and Structures Group in the Division of Engineering

Brown University
Laboratory for Emerging Technologies

Brown University
Research in Computational Nanotechnology

Brown University
Nanocomputing

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California Institutes for Science and Innovation:
California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
University of California at Los Angeles and University of California at Santa Barbara
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Cal-(IT)2)
University of California at San Diego and UC Irvine
Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)
University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Davis, University of California at Merced, University of California at Santa Cruz
Institute for Bioengineering, Biotechnology and Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3)
University of California at Berkely, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Materials and Process Simulation Center

Caltech
Roukes Group - Explorations with Three-Dimensional Nanostructures in Physics, Engineering and Biology

Caltech
Heath Group - Physics and Chemistry of nano-scale structures for molecular electronics and biological applications

Caltech
Kavli Nanoscience Institute (KNI)

Carnegie Mellon University
Nanomaterials for Magnetic, Electronic and Optical Applications

Carnegie Mellon University
Institute for Green Oxidation Chemistry

Carnegie Mellon University
Matyjaszewski Group

Center for Applied Research and Technology at CMU
The Central Michigan University Research Corporation (CMURC) is a not-for-profit organization established to facilitate innovative research and development opportunities between the university and high technology companies. Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNEs)
The Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNEs) are the core units of the science and technology programs supported by the Alliance. Each CCNE functions as a consortium or network of laboratories and research facilities organized to address one or more specific cancer nanotechnology platform needs.

• Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence University of North Carolina
• Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Focused on Therapy Response Stanford University
• Center of Nanotechnology for Treatment, Understanding, and Monitoring of Cancer (NANO-TUMOR) University of California, San Diego
• Emory-Georgia Tech Nanotechnology Center for Personalized and Predictive Oncology Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology
• MIT-Harvard Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence MIT and Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics Northwestern University
• Nanosystems Biology Cancer Center (NSBCC) California Institute of Technology
• The Siteman Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Washington University

Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Nanoscale Science

Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Microtechnology Centre

Chiang Mai University
Nanomaterials Research Unit

City College of New York
New York Center for Biomedical Engineering

City College of New York
Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) Program

City University of New York
IGERT: Nanostructural Materials & Devices (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program)

City University of Hong Kong
Center Of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF)

CIVEN: Coordinamento Interuniversitario Veneto per le Nanotecnologie
:... an association between the University of Padova and the University Ca’ Foscari of Venezia and University of Verona devoted to the promotion of research and training activities in the field of nanotechnology."

Clarkson University
Center for Advanced Materials Processing

Clemson University
COMSET - Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies

Clemson University
Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films (CAEFF)

Clemson University
Rao Group

Clemson University
School of Materials Science and Engineering

Columbia University
Center for Electronic Transport in Molecular Nanostructures
NSF Funded "Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers"
Real Video (2:50) Columbia University Columbia Nanoweb

Columbia University
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)

Columbia University
Environmental Molecular Science Institute

Columbia University
NANOWEB - Nanotechnology Resources at Columbia University

Columbia University
Adams Group

Columbia University
Brus Group

Columbia University
Herman Group - Laser Diagnostics & Solid State Physics

Columbia University
Nuckolls Laboratory

Cornell University
Nanofabrication Facility. Part of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN)

Cornell University
Craighead Research Group. "... research focuses on creating nanoscale devices ..."

Cornell University
Alliance for Nanomedical Technologies

Cornell University
Center for Nanoscale Systems
NSF Funded "Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers"

Cornell University
Nanobiotechnology Center

Cornell University
Nanobiotechnology Course

Cornell University
Molecular BioEngineering Lab

Cornell University
Ober Group Research

Cornell University
Center for Materials Research

Cornell University
Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics (LASSP)

Cornell University
McEuen Group - LASSP

Cornell University
Wiesner Research Group - Nanoparticles

Cornell University
Nanophotonics Group

Cornell University
Applied Physics - Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Cornell University
Applied Physics - Condensed Matter, Solid State, and Materials Research

Cornell University
Applied Physics - Optical Physics, Quantum Electronics, and Photonics

Cranfield University
Nanotechnology Group, Advanced Materials Department

Cranfield University
Professor J J Ramsden, Professor of Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology Centre, Materials Department

Cranfield University
Nanotechnology Group, Advanced Materials Department

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Dalhousie University
Zwanziger Lab

Darmstadt University of Technology
Institute of Materials Science - Thin Films Division

Dartmouth
Molecular Materials Group

Delft University of Technology
Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft. The Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) consists of six research groups and a nanofacility cleanroom, all aimed at innovative research at the current frontier of science on a nano-scale.

Delft University of Technology
Virtual Knowledge Centre Nanoscience

Delft University of Technology and Leiden University
MSc NanoScience programme. Leiden University and the Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) offer a unique MSc program on NanoScience, aimed at students who are eager to transcend the traditional borders between scientific disciplines.

Delft University of Technology
Quantum Transport - one of the research groups in the department of Applied Physics

Delft University of Technology
Molecular Biophysics Group

Delft University of Technology
Molecular Electronics and Devices

Delft University of Technology
Physics of NanoElectronics

Delft University of Technology
DIMES Nanofacility

Drexel University
A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute (DNI)

Drexel University
Nano Materials Group (Gogotsi's Group)

Drexel University
Spanier Group

Duke University
Thin Films Research Group

Duke University
Nanoscience Group

Duke University
Liu Group

DYNASYNC "Dynamics in Nano-scale Materials Studied with Synchrotron Radiation"
Seven laboratories from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary and Poland collaborate in an ambitious specific targeted research project to address size-dependent quantum phenomena on nano-scale both theoretically and experimentally.

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Earnest -- Alumni Magazine for CES at Clemson
Nanotechnology research inspires industry collaboration

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Molecular nanostructures and microscopy

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Nanomechanics and Tribology

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Institut de Physique des Nanostructures

Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule (ETH)
NANO-PHYSICS group of the laboratory for solid state physics at ETH Zürich

Eindhoven University of Technology
OGO Nanotechnology - First year undergraduate course of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)

Emory University Nie Group. Focus on Drug Delivery, Cancer Therapeutics, Molecular Imaging, Molecular Profiling, and In-vitro Diagnostics.

ESONN - European School On Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies Courses cover the fundamentals of selected fields that were chosen as being important aspects of Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies in Physics, Biology or Chemistry.

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Florida International University
Motorola Nanofabrication Research Facility

Florida State University
Molecular Expressions Website

Florida State University
Florida Advanced Center for Composite Technologies (FACCT)

Fraunhofer University
Center for Nanoelectronic Technologies (CNT)

Free University Berlin
Physics Department -- Atomic Manipulation Site

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George Washington University
Wagner Lab. Synthesis, study and application of solid-state inorganic materials with technologically significant magnetic, electrical, optical, electrochemical or catalytic properties.

Georgia Institute of Technology
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology : Laboratories and Facilities

Georgia Institute of Technology
Microelectronics Research Center (MiRC). Part of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN)

Georgia Institute of Technology
Applied Sensors Laboratory

Georgia Institute of Technology
Zhong Lin (ZL) Wang's Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Group

Georgia Institute of Technology
Nanotechnology and Microfluidics

Georgia Institute of Technology
Nanostructure Research Laboratory

Georgia Institute of Technology
Center for Nanostructure Characterization

Georgia Institute of Technology
Nanostructure Optoelectronics Group

Georgia Tech Research Institute
GTRI Nanotechnology Laboratory

Georgia Tech Research Institute
Center for Nanostructure Characterization and Fabrication (CNCF)

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Harvard University
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center - Science of Nanoscale Systems and their Device Applications
The Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) is a collaboration among Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California at Santa Barbara and the Museum of Science in Boston with participation by Delft University of Technology (Netherlands), the University of Tokyo (Japan), and Brookhaven National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory.
NSF Funded "Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers"

Harvard University
Center for Imaging and Mesoscale Systems (CIMS). Part of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN)

Harvard University
Materials Science Group

Harvard University
Leiber Group - a Physical Chemistry research group in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology of Harvard University

Harvard University
Hongkun Park - physics and chemistry of nanostructured materials

Harvard University
Westervelt group. Department of Physics and Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Harvard University
George M. Whitesides Research Group

Harvard University
Nanopore Group

Harvard University
Center for Molecular Imaging Research

Harvard University
Narayanamurti Group

Harvard Medical University
Biomolecular Nanotechnology Group - Shih Laboratory

Haverford College
"...to bring together faculty from biology, chemistry, physics, and math in the pursuit of an interdisciplinary effort to develop new protein-based biomaterials for the field of nanometer-scale electronic and mechanical device fabrication."

Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Helsinki University of Technology
Optics and Molecular Materials

Helsinki University of Technology
Materials Physics Laboratory

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
The Nano-Optics Group

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Institute of NanoMaterials and NanoTechnology (INMT)

Houston Advanced Research Center
Center for Fuel Cell Research and Applications

Howard University
Materials Science Research Center. Part of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN)

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Illinois Institute of Technology
Center on Nanotechnology and Society (CONAS) "... to catalyze informed, inter-disciplinary research and education on the implications of nanoscale science and technology for ethical, legal, policy, business, and wider social issues, and with a special focus on the human condition."

Imperial College London Electronic Materials Group

Indiana University
Advanced Research and Technology Institute

Indian Institute of Science
Thin Film Materials and Devices

Instituto de Carboquímica
Group of Carbon Nanostructures and Nanotechnology

Institutionen för Fysik och Mätteknik (IFM)
Department of Physics and Measurement Technology, Biology and Chemistry - Materials Science Division

Institut Für Neue Materialien, University of the Saarland in Saarbrücken (INM) (Germany)
Institute for New Materials

Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden Germany
Materials Science Division

Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC)
IMEC today is the largest independent microelectronics research and development center in Europe.

Iowa State University
Condensed Matter Physics -- Ames Lab

Iowa State University
Condensed Matter Physics -- Canfield Research Group

Iowa State University
Surface Engineering and Molecular Assemblies (SEMA) Laboratory

Institute for Physical High Technology Jena
Molecular Nanotechnology Group

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Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Carbon Lab. Prof C. N. R. Rao (FRS) Director.

Joanneum Research - Institute of Nanostructured Materials and Photonics
"Our 15 research units make Joanneum Research one of the largest non-university research institutions in Austria." Affliated with international institutions such as the University of California at Berkeley and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany.

Johns Hopkins University
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC). One of 26 MRSECs funded by the National Science Foundation, is composed of scientists at JHU, Brown University, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Research in the Center focuses on nanostructures made from novel materials that exhibit enhanced magneto-electronic properties.

Johns Hopkins University
Dept of Mechanical Engineering

Johns Hopkins University
Institute for Nanobiotechnology

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Kansas State University
Dept of Physics, Interdisciplinary Research

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Erasmus Mundus Master of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Towards Molecular Nanotechnology

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Research Project: Nanotechnology for tomorrow's society

Kaunas University of Technology, LITHUANIA
Research Center for Microsystems and Nanotechnology

Kobe University, Japan
Molecular Electronics and Photonics

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Superlattice Nanomaterials Laboratory

Korea University
Spintronic Materials Lab., Division of Materials Science and Engineering

Kroto Research Campus (KRC)
Center for Nanoscience and Technology

Kyushu University, Japan
Division of Nanoelectronics, Dept. of Electronic Device Engineering

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Lawrence University
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Program

Lehigh University
Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology

Lehigh University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Lehigh University
Nanocharacterization Laboratory

Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
BioMEMS & Nanotechnology

Linköping University
Molecular Films and Surface Analysis Group

London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN)
"... designed to act as a focus for current interdisciplinary nanoscale materials and device research." A joint enterprise between University College London and Imperial College.

Louisiana Tech University
Nanosystems Engineering

Louisiana Tech University
Institute for Micromanufacturing

Loyola College - Nanobase
International Technology Research Institute.

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU)
Center for NanoScience (CeNS)

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU)
Nanomechatronics

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU)
Nanophysics Group

Lund University
The Nanometer Consortium

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Mahidol University
Nanotechnology Center. "Building Capability on Molecular Engineering and Devices."

Marshall University
Norton Imaging Group

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
BioInstrumentation Laboratory. Technologies that are currently being developed in the BI Lab include a servo-controlled laser micro-surgical robot, artificial muscle technology based upon conducting polymer biomimetic materials, the Living Chip, a cell-based high throughput screening system for mass-scale discovery of new drugs, and the Nanowalker, a nano-stepping autonomous robotic instrumentation platform.

MIT
Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology (ISN)

MIT
FAQ for Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology (ISN)

MIT
Center for Bits and Atoms

MIT
Microsystems Technology Laboratories

MIT
Laboratory for Experimental & Computational Micromechanics (LEXCOM)

MIT
Nanostructures Laboratory

MIT
Quantum Nanostructures and Nanofabrication Group

MIT
Surfaces and Structures

MIT
NanoMechanical Technology Laboratory

MIT
Space Nanotechnology Laboratory

MIT
Moungi Bawendi's Group "...quantum mechanical behaviors demonstrated by semiconductor and metallic materials..."

MIT
Center for Materials Science and Engineering

MIT
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

MIT
Laboratory of Molecular Self-Assembly

MIT
Sasisekharan Laboratory

MIT
SuNMag Research Group

MIT
Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electrical Systems

Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Department of NanoBiophotonics

Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics

Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics

Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Synthetic Nanostructures Team

Metroplex Research Consortium for Electronic Devices and Materials (MRCEDM) combines the research and development capabilities of The University of Texas at Arlington, Southern Methodist University, Texas Christian University and The University of North Texas to assist companies that innovate and manufacture advanced technical components and systems.

Macdiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
A New Zealand research organisation concerned with high quality research and research education in materials science and nanotechnology.

Michigan State University (MSU)
Carbon Nanotubes

Michigan State University (MSU)
David Tománek "The Nanotube Site"

Michigan State University (MSU)
NSF Center on Low-Cost, High-Speed Polymer Composites Processing

Michigan State University (MSU)
Composite Materials and Structures Center

Michigan State University (MSU)
Advanced Materials Engineering Experiment Station (AMEES) is managed and directed as part of the Composite Materials and Structures Center

Michigan State University (MSU)
Institute for Food and Agriculture Standards (IFAS)

Michigan Technological University
Nanotechnology at Michigan Technological University

McGill -- NanoScience & Scanning Probe Microscopy
...to apply the tools, techniques and materials developed in the past few years to the emerging new field of Nanoelectronics.

McGill -- Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Course description

Monash University
Centre for Green Chemistry

Montana State University
Center for Bio-Inspired Nano-Materials

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Nagoya University
Department of Molecular Design and Engineering

Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC)

The Nanobiotechnology Center was established in January 2000 as a Science & Technology Center, with core funding from the National Science Foundation. Nanobiotechnology is an emerging area of scientific and technological opportunity that integrates nano/microfabrication and biosystems to the benefit of both. The Nanobiotechnology Center is characterized by its highly interdisciplinary nature and features a close collaboration between life scientists, physical scientists, and engineers. It has a fully integrated education and outreach effort in which all NBTC faculty participate. The Center brings together experts in their fields from Cornell University, the Wadsworth Center (New York State Health Department in Albany), Princeton University, Oregon Health & Science University, Clark Atlanta University, and Howard University. It also involves the active collaboration of K-12 educators, the Sciencenter Museum in Ithaca, NY, and representatives from industry and the government.

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The best primer is: Nanosystems
By K. Eric Drexler.

Nanotechnology FAQ for Students
Foresight Institute.

Studying Nanotechnology
By K. Eric Drexler.

The Study Of Nanotechnology
From Zyvex.

Nanotechnology 101 Lecture Series
Designed to provide an undergraduate level introduction to nanotechnology. From nanoHUB.

Nanotechnology 501 Lecture Series
Directed at the graduate student/professional level. From nanoHUB.

Teaching Materials
From nanoHUB.

nanoZONE
"... both a website and an exhibition at UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science. The exhibition introduces basic nanoscale and state-of-the-art nanotechnology science to an 8 to 14-year-old audience. Content focuses on the smallness of a nanometer, scientists as people, applications, and links between nanotechnology and nature. Nanozone© educates visitors about the top scientists in the field by making their work accessible in ways kids can understand."

VisionOnline
VisionOnline training courses will provide you with an overview of the micro and nano technology world combining scientific theory, market realities and up-to-date information from international experts in the fields. EC funded project by euspen.

Courses in Nanotechnology
UK courses, as posted at the Institute of Nanotechnology.

The nanoAdvisor - Educational News & Events in Nanotechnology
Nanoscience Instruments offers a nanotechnology education newsletter that brings you updates and information about teaching nanoscience. We review papers, educational outreach programs, and inform you about new tools and teaching aids available.

Courses in Nanotechnology
As posted at AZoNano.

Nanotechnology White Papers
From Cientifica. From Bottom-up techniques to NEMS, Quantum Dots to Dendrimers, Cientifica offers over a dozen free white papers.

ASME Distance Learning - Nanotechnology Webcasts


NanoComputer Dream Team
Multidisciplinary project to make first nanometer supercomputer via the Internet.

Exploring the Nanoworld
Movies, kits, demos and more

Nanoworld Cineplex

Lab Manual for Nanoscale Science and Technology

Educator Resources

Exploring the Nanoworld with LEGO® Bricks

Nat'l Education Resources
Instructional Materials for K-12 Classrooms, Outreach Programs for K-12 Students, and K-12 Teacher Training Workshops

Duckboy in NanoLand

It's A Nano World!
A traveling 3,000 square-foot hands-on interactive museum exhibition that introduces children and their families around the United States to the biological wonders of the nano world.

Californai NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) Education Programs
"We seek to create new interdisciplinary learning opportunities in nanoscale science, engineering and technology for scientists, students, teachers, and the general community. We also aim to integrate the academic and professional success of science and engineering students with researchers in the CNSI community."

NSF - Various Programs For Kids

NSF - Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education (NSEE)
Its goals are to develop strong partnerships linking science educators with nanoscale science and engineering researchers, and to increase knowledge of advances in nanoscale research and technology and their impact on society.

Nanooze
"... a magazine that has been created to get kids excited about science and especially nanotechnology."

Main Street Science - For Kids

NanoKids

nanoTruck
"Starting in January 2004, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) sent the nanoTruck on its journey through Germany. The exhibit vehicle presents the complex, fascinating world of nanotechnology to the general public."

How small is one-billionth of a meter?

Nanoscience for high school students

Nanotechnology for schools

Nanotech Kids

Materials Research Science & Engineering Centers (MRSEC): Research Experience For Teachers (RET)
Research Experience for Teachers (RET) is a summer program that provides K-12 teachers and pre-service teachers with an outstanding environment for continued professional development. The goals of RET are to give teachers an opportunity to experience: the scientific method in forefront areas of materials research, a hands-on research experience in laboratories and specialized, advanced MRSEC facilities, the use of materials research instrumentation, and the opportunity and techniques to develop K-12 science lessons based on materials research.

MRSEC: Elementary through high school (K-12) students
MRSEC's offer a variety of activities designed to make science accessible to students. Faculty, post doctorate associates, graduate students, and staff offer hands-on lessons, demonstrations, support for science fairs, mobile laboratories, and mentorship programs.

MRSEC: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) offers undergraduates opportunities to participate in materials research projects for ten weeks during the summer. Students receive a specific research project assignment, and then work closely with faculty, post doctorates, and graduate students. Seminars, lunches, and events are coordinated for undergraduates to work and socialize.

Nano*High
A series of free Saturday morning lectures and laboratory tours sponsored by UC's Berkeley Lab, for High School students of all interests and teachers of all subjects-no science background needed.

General Education Links

Powers of 10 From 10^-15 meters [a fermi], in steps of 10, to 10 ^-9 meters [nanometer], all the way out to 10 ⁺¹⁶ meters [a lightyear], and finally, to 10 ⁺²³ meters [10 million light years]. If you have not seen this really neat series of viewpoints, it can help to put scale into perspective!

Molecular Expressions Microscopy Primer: Virtual Microscopy: Interactive Java Tutorials

Collaborative efforts between government, academic, and business organizations:

Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI) "... an unprecedented and powerful collaboration involving Oregon's three public research universities - Oregon State University, Portland State University, University of Oregon; the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; the state of Oregon; selected researchers from the Oregon Graduate Institute and the Oregon Health and Sciences University School of Dentistry; and the world-leading "Silicon Forest" high technology industry cluster of Oregon and Southwest Washington."

Western Institute of Nanoelectronics The University of California, Berkeley; UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science; UC Santa Barbara; and Stanford University teaming up on one of the world's largest joint research programs focusing on spintronics.

The Nanotechnology Institute Associate Degree Program in Nanobiotechnology. The NTI partners noted below have developed an Associate Degree program to educate community college students as nano-biotechnicians. (Includes high school outreach program.)

Innovation Valley Nano Alliance "A partnership of East Tennessee organizations dedicated to helping accelerate nanotechnology discovery and commercialization using the unique confluence of resources available nowhere else in the world. Our founding partners are: The Oak Ridge National Laboratory; The Y-12 National Security Complex; The University of Tennessee; Technology 2020; and Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley."

Alliance for NanoHealth The first collaborative research endeavor aimed solely at bridging the gaps between medicine, biology, materials science, public policy, and nanotechnology. With the principle goal of providing new clinical approaches to saving lives, the Alliance for NanoHealth comprises world-class research institutions and innovative scientists and clinicians from within the Texas Medical Center and greater Houston community. Members include Baylor College of Medicine, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Rice University, University of Houston, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and The University of Texas Medical Branch.

Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC) The Center brings together experts in their fields from Cornell University, the Wadsworth Center (New York State Health Department in Albany), Princeton University, Oregon Health & Science University, Clark Atlanta University, and Howard University.

Strategic Partnership for Research in Nanotechnology (SPRING): The University of Texas at Austin, Rice University in Houston, The University of Texas at Dallas and The University of Texas at Arlington. "... a partnership to help position the state as a center for education, research and development in the cutting-edge science of nanotechnology."

COSMQC - Center for Oxide Semiconductor Materials for Quantum computation "... to develop oxide- semiconductor materials capable of scalable quantum information processing using spins in semiconductors."

Use of Carbon Nanotubes in Space NASA, Michigan State University, University of Pennsylvania, Clemson University, Carnegie-Mellon University.

Nanotec NI "Northern Ireland's nanotechnology engine for new wealth creation. Nanotec NI involves the University of Ulster and Queen's University Belfast, together with Invest Northern Ireland, the Department for Employment and Learning, and various Northern Ireland Industries in a strategic partnership."

Nanofactory "A portal to showcase and connect providers of nanoscience and micro-technology based in the Yorkshire and Humber region with other regional, national and international communities and users."



National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN)
"an integrated networked partnership of user facilities, supported by the National Science Foundation, serving the needs of nanoscale science, engineering and technology."

Members of the NNIN include (and are also listed above):

• Cornell Nanoscale Facility at Cornell University
• Stanford Nanofabrication Facility at Stanford University
• Solid State Electronics Laboratory at the University of Michigan
• Microelectronics Research Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology
• Center for Nanotechnology at the University of Washington
• Penn State Nanofabrication Facility at the Pennsylvania State University
• Nanotech at the University of California at Santa Barbara
• Microtechnology Lab at the University of Minnesota
• Nanoscience at the University of New Mexico
• Microelectronics Research Center at University of Texas at Austin
• Center for Imaging and Mesoscale Structures at Harvard University
• Materials Science Research Center of Excellence at Howard University
• Triangle National Lithography Center at NCSU ( DUV lithography only ) (Affiliate)

Prior to March 2004, was called the National Nanofabrication Users Network (NNUN) a NSF-sponsored partnership of user facilities to provide opportunities for researchers to turn new ideas in nanoscale science and technology into experimental reality.

NanoMEMS Edmonton "A registered public-private partnership, NanoMEMS Edmonton is dedicated to fostering the development and growth of micro - and nano-based commercial enterprise across the region."

NCCR “Nanoscale Science” "... a long-term interdisciplinary research effort focusing on nanoscale structures and aiming to provide new impact and ideas for the life sciences, for the sustainable use of resources, and for information and communication technologies." Universität Basel, Institut für Physik

Nanotemplates Network "... a curiosity-driven, interdisciplinary European research team, setup to generate new fundamental knowledge in the field of nanostructures and nanotemplates." Members include University of Oxford, Universitat Wien, Trinity College Dublin and others.

NanoMat "Within NanoMat three research centres of the Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren, ten universities with natural and engineering science departments, one Max Planck Institute, an Institute of the Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, three Fraunhofer Institutes, an Institute of the Polish Academy of Science, the DECHEMA and four major companies coordinate their research programmes. The theme of the research is 'Synthesis and investigation of nanostructured metals and ceramics, and investigation of the materials and applications which result from their nanoscale nature.'"

CeNTech "Integrated into the densest network of universities in all over Europe in the German state of North Rhine-Westfalia (NRW), CeNTech provides the ideal environment to direct selected ideas and results of nanotechnological research into technical applications. CeNTech promotes the formation of start-up companies that originate from university research and supports the expansion of companies in the nanotechnology sector. The CeNTech GmbH provides the general conditions for entrepreneurs to further develop their research ideas into marketable products." Münster, Germany

NSF Funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers For Years 2002 - 2006

South African Nanotechnology initiative (SANi) "SANi is currently a strong network of academics, researchers and engineers with an interest in nanotechnology. The common goal of SANi is the establishment of critical mass in South Africa, to the eventual benefit of its entire people. This is one technology wave we may simply not miss."

Rushford Institute for Nanotechnology (RINTek) "We are actively assisting other organizations with information about nanotechnology and are actively working with Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical in Winona, Minnesota to establish a two year nano-technician education program. We are also working with WSU."

White Rose Nanofactory (WRN) WRN consists of universities who are members of The White Rose consortium (www.whiterose.ac.uk) and other regional universities partners in Yorkshire and Humberside.