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[Phys-L] symposium: Education in Nanoscience & Engineering. Call for papers



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Colleagues:

I post this announcement on behalf of Ray Carpenter, Professor of Solid
State Science and Engineering at Arizona State University. Dr. Carpenter is
co-organizer of a symposium on "Education in Nanoscience and Engineering",
to be held at the Materials Research Society (MRS) 2006 Spring meeting in
San Francisco, April 17-21.

In the U.S., there are now more than 80 Nanotechnology for Undergraduate
Education programs established, mostly at four-year undergraduate colleges.

Nanoscience/engineering/technology (NSET) is a crucial 21st century
activity, yet this is only the first symposium at MRS on Nanoscience and
Engineering teaching topics and methods.

The symposium is generating widespread interest; and because of the
importance of NSET education, the organizers want to have broad
participation across associated disciplines. Thus Dr. Carpenter and I ask
you to kindly forward this e-mail to appropriate physics faculty (and
interested faculty in engineering &/or chemistry) at your institution.

The call for papers and instructions for abstract submission can be
downloaded at
<http://joxer.eas.asu.edu/MRS06-Nano/> and
<http://www.mrs.org/meetings/spring2006/>. Scroll down to Forum KK.
The deadline for abstract submission is November 1.

The forum will focus on the current state of NSET education at
undergraduate and graduate levels, and new initiatives for teaching
mathematics and computer skills to undergraduate and K-12 students. Papers
are solicited on, but not limited to, these topics:
* how societal effects accompanying deployment of nanotechnology should be
defined and taught,
* teaching methodologies for NSET at colleges in U.S. and overseas,
* teaching methods for NSET at large research institutions in the U.S. and
overseas,
* supportive interactions for NSET teaching between four-year colleges,
large research universities, and national laboratories,
* employer expectations for NSET education at community college,
baccalaureate, and graduate-degree levels,
* innovative mathematics teaching methodologies for K-12 and undergraduate
NSET student preparation,
* methods to assess NSET teaching effectiveness.

Thank you.
Jane Jackson




Jane Jackson, Co-Director, Modeling Instruction Program
Box 871504, Dept.of Physics & Astronomy,ASU,Tempe,AZ 85287
480-965-8438/fax:965-7331 <http://modeling.asu.edu>
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