Professor Volker Sorger, Profs. Saniya LeBlanc (MAE) and Ekundayo Shittu (EMSE) are actively promoting the results of their NSF-funded, interdisciplinary Nanotechnology Fellows Program. Prof. LeBlanc presented a paper titled “Nanotechnology Fellows Program: An Interdisciplinary Practicum for Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education” at the NSF-AAAS Envisioning the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education: Research and Practice Symposium, held April 28 in Washington, DC. Prof. LeBlanc will speak about human infrastructure for nanotechnology as an invited panelist at the 2016 National Nanotechnology Initiative Strategic Planning Stakeholder Workshop. And Profs. LeBlanc and Shittu will present the paper “Nanotechnology Fellows Program: Preparing Undergraduate Students for Careers in Nanotechnology” at the national American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, to be held June 27 in New Orleans, LA. The second cohort of the Nanotechnology Fellows Program will be in session May 23-July 15; it includes students from MAE, ECE, EMSE, BME, CEE, and CS.
For more information on the program visit the Stem Academy at GW website.