Education and Outreach

Summer Internship Program

The center for nanotechnology provides opportunity for undergraduates and high school students to have hands on experience in laboratory research during the summer. Students from Coppin State University and  high schools  in the nearby communities are allowed to apply for internship positions. The goal of the internship program is to introduce students to the principles of nanotechnology and solar energy and to motivate students to consider advanced degrees in the sciences as well as careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Outreach

Increase Student Knowledge and Application of STEM

The nanotechnology center work with environmental science and chemistry teachers at Blueford Jamison STEM Academy (BDJ), Carver Vocational Technical High School, Al-Rahmah School (ARH) and Coppin Academy High School to incorporate energy storage and renewable energy transportation in the science, nanotechnology and materials physics curriculum with hands on experiments and field trips. The project introduce high school students to the concept of new technology such as  dye sensitized solar cells, gold nanoparticle studies, energy storage, rapid charge devices and renewable energy transportation.

The Center for Nanotechnology has worked with the following schools:

• Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy (BDJ)
• Al-Rahmah School (ARH)
• Maryland Academy of Technology and Health Science Charter School (MATHS)
• Strictly Academic Homeschool Co-op (SAHC)