MATERIALS SCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

WEEK ONE: JULY 22nd – JULY 25th

Date / Time / Activity/Location
Tuesday, July 22 / 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. / High School Summer Program Registration/Orientation
Lerner Hall
10:20 – 11:50 a.m. / Introduction to Materials Science and Nanotechnology Program
Getting to Know Each Other
7th floor Havemeyer Lounge
12:00 – 2:00 p.m. / Summer High School Programs Activity
2:00 – 2:45 p.m. / What is Materials Science? Lecture/Discussion
Brian Bent Lecture Hall
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. / Group Formation and Graduate Student Assignment
Brian Bent Lecture Hall
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. / Using the Library. Searching Databases and Journals
Brian Bent Lecture Hall
Wednesday, July 23 / 9:00 – 10:45 a.m. / Laboratory Safety Protocol and Check-in
Brian Bent Lecture Hall
Instructional Laboratories (rooms 302 and 202 Havemeyer)
10:50 – 12:30 p.m. / Interview, Laboratory Tours, and Lunch with Chemistry/Materials Science/Applied Physics Graduate Students
7th floor Havemeyer Lounge
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. / Summer High School Programs Activity
2:10 – 4:30 p.m. / Inquiry Session: Solid-State Structure and Properties Part I
Using the ICE Solid-State Model Kit
Brian Bent Lecture Hall / 7th floor Havemeyer Lounge
Thursday, July 24 / 9:00 – 12:30 p.m. / Experimental Session # 1: Preparing Solid Solutions
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. / Summer High School Programs Activity
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. / Inquiry Session: Solid-State Structure and Properties Part II
Using the ICE Solid-State Model Kit
7th floor Havemeyer Lounge
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. / Sharing Views and Mentoring Session # 1
Brian Bent Lecture Hall / 7th floor Havemeyer Lounge
Friday, July 25 / 9:00 – 12:30 p.m. / Experimental Session # 2: DNA Optical Transformation ICE Kits
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. / Summer High School Programs Activity
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. / Post Lab/ Prelab Discussion
Brian Bent Lecture Hall / 7th floor Havemeyer Lounge
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. / Seminar # 1: The Environment and Fuels for the Future
Dr. Bob Farrauto (BASF Catalysts LLC.)
Room 309 Havemeyer Hall
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. / Sharing Views and Mentoring Session # 2
Room 309 Havemeyer Hall / 7th floor Havemeyer Lounge

WEEK TWO: JULY 28th – AUGUST 1st

Date / Time / Activity
Monday, July 28 / 9:00 – 12:30 p.m. / Experimental Session # 3: LED-ICE Kits
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. / Summer High School Programs Activity
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. / Post Lab/ Prelab Discussion
Brian Bent Lecture Hall / 7th floor Havemeyer Lounge
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. / Seminar # 2: The Determination of Molecular Structure
Professor Ged Parkin
Brian Bent Lecture Hall
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. / Sharing Views and Mentoring Session # 3
Brian Bent Lecture Hall / 7th floor Havemeyer Lounge
Tuesday, July 29 / 9:00 – 12:30 p.m. / Experimental Session # 4: LED Circuits
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. / Summer High School Program Activity
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. / Post Lab/ Prelab Discussion
Brian Bent Lecture Hall / 7th floor Havemeyer Lounge
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. / Seminar # 3: Chain Transfer Catalysis
Professor Jack Norton
Brian Bent Lecture Hall
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. / Sharing Views and Mentoring Session # 4: Colloidal suspensions (ferrofluids and Au nanoparticles) Alkanethiols SAMs / CMC
Brian Bent Lecture Hall / 7th floor Havemeyer Lounge
Wednesday, July 30 / 9:00 – 12:30 p.m. / Experimental Session # 5: Colloidal suspensions (ferrofluids and Au nanoparticles) Alkanethiols SAMs / CMC
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. / Summer High School Programs Activity
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. / Post Lab/ Prelab Discussion
Brian Bent Lecture Hall / 7th floor Havemeyer Lounge
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. / Seminar # 4: Making Nanocrystals
Dr. Michael Steigerwald
Brian Bent Lecture Hall
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. / Sharing Views and Mentoring Session # 6
Brian Bent Lecture Hall / 7th floor Havemeyer Lounge
Thursday, July 31 / 9:00 – 11:30 p.m. / Experimental Session # 6: Colloidal suspensions (ferrofluids and Au nanoparticles) Alkanethiols SAMs / CMC
11:30 – 12:50 p.m. / Summer High School Programs Activity
1:00 – 4:30 p.m. / GE Research Workshops Part I
Dr. Azar Alizadeh, Dr. Donald Buckley, and Dr. Nitin Bathe. General Electric Global Research
Room 309 Havemeyer Hall
Friday, August 1 / 9:00 – 12:30 p.m. / GE Research Workshops Part II.
Dr. Azar Alizadeh, Dr. Donald Buckley, and Dr. Nitin Bathe. General Electric Global Research
Brian Bent Lecture Hall
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. / Summer High School Programs Activity
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. / Post Lab/ Prelab Discussion
Brian Bent Lecture Hall / 7th floor Havemeyer Lounge
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. / Seminar # 5: Mass Spectrometry
Dr. Yasuhiro Itagaki.
Brian Bent Lecture Hall
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. / Sharing Views and Mentoring Session # 7
Brian Bent Lecture Hall / 7th floor Havemeyer Lounge

WEEK THREE: AUGUST 4th – AUGUST 8th

Date / Time / Activity
Monday, August 4 / 7:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. / Field Trip
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Tuesday, August 5 / 9:00 – 12:00 p.m. / Experimental Session # 7: Independent Project Day One (Projects: CdSe QDs, Ni Nanowires, Liquid Crystal, TiO2 Solar Cell, Fuel Cell, OLED, Liquid Crystal, Nanofilter, Prussian Blue, CdS Nanoparticles)
12:00 – 2:00 p.m. / Summer High School Programs Activity
2:00 – 4:30 p.m. / Evaluating constraints and setting goals.\
Brian Bent Lecture Hall / 7th floor Havemeyer Lounge
Wednesday, August 6 / 9:00 – 12:00 p.m. / Experimental Session # 8: Independent Project Day Two
12:00 – 2:00 p.m. / Summer High School Programs Activity
2:00 – 4:30 p.m. / Analyzing results and preparing the poster
Brian Bent Lecture Hall / 7th floor Havemeyer Lounge
Thursday, August 7 / 9:00 – 12:00 p.m. / Experimental Session # 9: Independent Project Day Five
12:00 – 2:00 p.m. / Summer High School Programs Activity
1:00 – 4:30 p.m. / Poster Preparation / Program Evaluation
Brian Bent Lecture Hall / 7th floor Havemeyer Lounge
Friday, August 8 / 10:00 – 12:00 / Independent Project Poster Session
Brian Bent Lecture Hall
1:00 p.m.– / College Admissions Seminar
Lerner Hall
4:30 p.m. / Summer High School Program BBQ
Math Lawn

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