National Nanotechnology Day is an annual event featuring community-led events and activities on or around October 9 to help raise awareness of nanotechnology, its use in products that enrich our daily lives, and the challenges and opportunities for the future. This date, 10/9, pays homage to the nanometer scale, 10 –9 meters.

Learn about Remotely Accessible Instruments for Nanotechnology (RAIN), a fascinating way of engaging your middle and secondary students in the world of nanotechnology. Live from your classroom, you can directly connect to and operate nanotechnology equipment such as Scanning Electron and Atomic Force microscopes. There is no charge and you can even have your own students send in samples and operate the machines.

This webinar addresses challenges in commercializing nanotechnology, focusing on the insurance industry and the challenges of underwriting nanotechnology and other emerging technologies. It took place on September 22, 2016.

Join Mariel Kolker as she discusses Nanoscale Science and Engineering, the high school level, year-long course she co-developed. Mariel has 16 years of teaching experience, the last 7 of which have been at Morristown High School, Morristown, NJ, where she teaches physics, engineering, and nanoscience. She worked with the Soft Materials Lab at Stevens Institute of Technology to develop the course she will be explaining. Mariel will be sharing her approach for teaching nanoscience and is looking for feedback from the community on how to improve or expand the curriculum.

The 2016 U.S.-EU: Bridging NanoEHS Research Efforts joint workshop brought together the U.S.- EU Communities of Research (CORs), which serve as a platform for American and European scientists to share information on nanoEHS research. This was the 5th event in a series of joint nanoEHS workshops organized by the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative and the European Commission.

Washington, DC

This webinar will discuss how an effective culture of safety in the research laboratory facilitates safe and responsible nanomaterial research.

The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) held a free webinar focusing on the experiences, successes, and challenges for small and medium-sized businesses working in nanotechnology and on issues of interest to the business community. The webinar was hosted by the National Science Foundation’s Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering in Boston.

This Teaching Nano & Emerging Technologies webinar features Dr. Nancy Healy discussing how the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) approaches teacher professional development, resources used, and why nanoscale science and engineering should be included in secondary science. Examples of lessons used and their connection to Next Generation Science Standards are discussed.

Virtual