The Material World

August 25, 2011

MRSEC center: 
New York University
Author(s) with affiliations: 
<p><!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;amp; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;">MRSEC faculty investigators: Grier, Kahr, Ward, Chaikin, Kirshenbaum, </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;amp; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;">Braunschweig</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;amp; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; language: en-US;">, and Weck.&nbsp;</span><!--EndFragment--> </p>
  • A weeklong materials science workshop series with morning lectures followed by hands-on lab exercises to reinforce concepts for introduction of materials-related content into core science curricula at the home institution
  • Organized and taught by MRSEC faculty investigators
  • Partnership with the Faculty Resource Network at NYU, held during the FRN Network Summer program
  • Content
    • Holographic Video Microscopy
    • Crystals and Light
    • How Stuff Packs
    • Color and Food
    • Lithography and Electricity
    • Polymer Chemistry
  • Participants: Faculty from 10 four-year and minority-serving institutions
  • Building inexpensive holographic microscopes, growing crystals, experiencing packing in the “balloon room”, making circuit boards and polymers

 

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