Sent on behalf of Neil Dilley

Dear Birck community,

After a 3 year pause, we are again planning outreach events at Birck Nano Center and we are excited to have our first one on April 14. While the NanoDays event has been  a great success in past years, we are asked this year to try a new emphasis by engaging high school students for the April event which we are calling:

Nanoscience Expo

This will be a small limited-scale event with 50-100 students in preparation for a larger one we plan in late September here.

I am writing to welcome your thoughts on engagement activities for high school students visiting Birck.

In contrast to the NanoDays open format in the atrium, this will be more a more structured experience where the students will visit several stations for ~30 minutes and have lunch here, all during a 3.5 hr visit. We are organizing the topics around 4 pillars:

Semiconductors

Quantum

Healthcare

Environment

The Nanoscience Expo strives to:

• Show relevance of nano in our daily lives
• give the students some concept about what a career in a nanoscience-related profession could look like
• do this using engaging and higher level activities

Please email Neil at ndilley@purdue.edu with your thoughts.

Thank you for your input on making this a great event!

Best,

Neil

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Neil R. Dilley, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Birck Nanotechnology Center , Rm 1010

1205 West State St.

West Lafayette, IN  47907-2057

765-496-6080