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Science and Technology Day 2005: Featuring Nanoscience and Nanotechnology NNIN at UCSB partnered with the Materials Research Labs, California NanoSystems Institute, Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA), Los Ingenieros, and others to host a day in Nanoscience and Technology!Approximately 825 students were brought on campus.In addition to bringing all these students to the UCSB for design competitions, we provided workshops in nanoscale science and technology. |
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Students
also spoke live with an astronaut in space! Dr. Chiao was the Commander of Expedition 10 and NASA Science Officer on the ISS which is orbiting planet Earth at an elevation of 230 miles. He arrived there in October 2004 on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with Russian Cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov, and will remain there for six months until April 2005.
Dr. Chiao received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 1987 under the mentorship of Professor Robert Rinker. He became an astronaut in 1991 and was the first Chinese-American in space. He participated in three space shuttle missions, which included four space walks. His first mission was in 1994 on the Columbia. He took with him a UCSB flag in honor of his alma mater and his mentor. Dr. Chiao was honored with a UCSB Distinguished Alumnus award in 1995 and delivered the commencement address to UCSB engineering graduates in the following year. He has been awarded three NASA Space Flight medals and two Exceptional Service awards. Dr. Chiao voted in last year’s presidential election from the International Space Station, the first vote of its kind from outer space.
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