Chip Camps

The chip camp is an intensive learning experience. High school students spend either 1, 3, or 5 days in our teaching clean room facility and learn tricks of light and chemicals to make a tiny microresistor. Longer camps allow a guided exploration of "top down" nanofabrication processes and the results can be used as a science fair project.

After School Program

The after school program is a chip camp broken down into smaller chunks (3 hours/week) for 5 weeks.

Apprentice Researcher's Program (ARP)

As a partnership with the California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI), the NNIN at UCSB financially supports 4 students each year through this program. High school students are paired with graduate student mentors and faculty advisors to work on real-world research during the summer. Please click here for more information about the program, and please click here to see students and projects that have been supported by the NNIN.

Research Mentorship Program (RMP)

Another research experience for high school students is the Research Mentorship Program, coordinated and hosted by UCSB Summer Sessions. In 2005, the NNIN provided a mentor and a project to develop a portable device that can be used in classrooms to teach photolithography. Please click here to learn more.