High
Schools
These High Schools participated in the event:
- Fillmore High School
- Santa Paula High School
- Various Santa Barbara High Schools
- Rio Mesa High School
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2006: MESA
Day in Science and Technology: Featuring Nanotechnology Workshops
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Seeing at the Nanoscale: Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
Hsiang-Wei Lu, Graduate Student, Mechanical
Engineering, UCLA
ESB Room 2001
Learn how to use an atomic force microscope (AFM) to see things
at the nanoscale like surfaces, nanoparticles, atoms, molecules,
DNA, etc. Then, build your own AFM model!
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Surface Science at the Nanoscale
Mark Dante, Graduate Student, Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry
PSB-N Room 1670
Why do some things stick, while other things roll off? It all happens
on the surface of the object, when you look very, very close...so
close, that you can see tiny things that interact with each other.
Come to this workshop to explore why some surfaces have a love/hate
relationship with water.
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Photolithography
Angela Berenstein and Brian Thibeault,
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
PSB-N Room 1622 and 1652
Learn how computer chips are made and pattern your own microresistor!
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Nanotechnology Products
Ali Hitomi, Senior, Business and Economics
Department
ESB Room 2003
Make a commercial about exciting nanotechnology products in our
everyday lives.
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Nanoparticles
Andres Garcia, Graduate Student, Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry
PSB-N Room 1612 (synthesis lab) and Chemistry
Room 3242 (AFM)
Gold nanoparticles have been used as color pigments to stain
glass since 1400. Make your own gold nanoparticles, measure
their sizes, and capture images with a state-of-the-art scientific
instrument: the Atomic Force Microscope.
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Build your own buckyball: Make a model of the carbon-60 molecule
Dr. Dorothy Pak, Education Director, Materials Research Laboratory
ESB Room 1001
Build a model of the carbon-60 molecule―a rare, naturally
occurring form of pure carbon, nicknamed the “buckyball” for
its resemblance to the geodesic domes designed by architect Buckminster
Fuller. This molecular structure also resembles something in
our everyday lives―can you guess what it is?
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Teacher Workshop: Opportunities in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Martina Michenfelder,
Education Programs Coordinator for Teachers,,
Materials Research Laboratory
ESB Room 1001
Teachers, you can learn about opportunities this year, such
as Science Line, Research Experiences for Teachers, and more!
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