High School
Project SMART (UNH)
Project SMART is a four-week-long Summer Institute that “challenges, educates, and motivates talented high school students in science and math.” The students are "exposed to advanced topics in selected areas of science in an interdisciplinary way through lectures, demonstrations, hands-on laboratory experiences, and field trips and learn the process of research with faculty and graduate students.” During summer 2006, 22 high school students from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, and New York) participated in the Biotechnology and Nanotechnology module, which included 14 nanotechnology talks, demonstrations and activities.
Project SMART participants investigate the properties of liquid metal with Brad Kinsey.
College Prep (UML)
A partnership between the UML and Lawrence High School, engages students in a meaningful learning experience for the purpose of enhancing their basic skills, critical thinking, and social competencies. More importantly, College Prep exposes participating students to the college experience. College Prep is geared toward improving the Lawrence High School students'chances of competing in a technically advanced society by offering enrichment classes in the areas of math, physical science, computer literacy, and English language arts. College Prep students have visited CHN laboratories at UML since 2005. During summer 2006 20 College Prep seniors performed experiments in guided self-assembly, injection molding of nanoscale features, electrospinning, and other nanomanufacturing processes.
Steve Caraballoso (REU student from CCNY) explains injection molding of nanoscale features to College Prep students.
