Students Get a Global Perspective at UMD MRSEC Nanoscience Camp

May 11, 2011

MRSEC center: 
University of Maryland
Author(s) with affiliations: 
<p>D. Hammer, A. Prasertchoung <br />University of Maryland MRSEC DMR 0520471</p>
URL on your MRSEC website: 
http://mrsec.umd.edu/Education/PreCollege/Summer/

Middle school students at the UMD MRSEC Nanoscience Camp had the opportunity to talk to faculty and graduate students in Agra, India about the differences and similarities of energy consumption and conservation in the United States and India. Middle school students at the UMD MRSEC Nanoscience Camp had the opportunity to talk to faculty and graduate students in Agra, India about the differences and similarities of energy consumption and conservation in the United States and India.  Students prepared  for this event by creating their own carbon footprint, comparing US and India energy consumption, and learning about how nanotechnology is being used to solve energy problems.

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