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Highlight · Jul 21, 2011
FACI-RUM 2011
On April 29, 2011 Wi(PR)2EM and the Science on Wheels Educational Center (SONW) organized and coordinated the First Arts, Sciences and Engineering Festival of UPRM (FACI-RUM, was its acronym in Spanish) at the Rafael A. Mangual coliseum at UPRM. This large event combined our NanoDays activ
Highlight · Jul 21, 2011
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SPRING NANOBIOSCIECE ACADEMY FOR TEACHERS (NBSAT)
On April 9th, 2011, a state-wide assortment of 22 middle school teachers and administrators participated in three distinct presentations as part of the Spring NanoBio Science Academy for teachers (NBSAT). NBSAT focused on the professional development of teachers with an emphasis of nano an
Highlight · May 21, 2011
PREM Co-PI, Scott Sinex receives the 2010 Undergraduate Computational Engineering and Sciences (UCES) Award
Scott Sinex, professor of physical sciences and engineering at Prince George’s Community College and co-PI of the PREM involving Prince George’s Community College, Howard University and the Johns Hopkins University was acknowledged by the Krell Institute and the Department of Energy
Highlight · May 21, 2011
Bi Nanowires as Topological Insulators
1 Howard University, Washington, DC 20059
2 Academy of Sciences, Chisinau, Moldova
3 International Laboratory of High Magnetic Fields and Low Temperatures, Wroclaw, Poland.
4 Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
In topological insulators (TI) there is conduction
News · Apr 4, 2011
City College CUNY-UChicago MRSEC PREM Colloborates with the New York City Department of Education to Offer Professional Development to High School Science Educators
The CCNY PREM team applied for professional development credit approval through the New York City Department of Education Afterschool Professional Development Program.
Highlight · Aug 2, 2010
Bifunctional Catalyst Efficiently Converts Cellulose into Soluble Renewable Feedstocks
The energy content of the world’s standing terrestrial biomass carbon (i.e., the renewable, above-ground biomass that could be harvested and potentially used as an energy resource) is estimated as approximately 100 times the world’s total annual energy consumption.1
Porous silica with aci
Highlight · Aug 2, 2010
Light-Matter Interactions: Theory and Applications (LMITA)
Download NMHU-PREM-0934212-X-ray diffraction
Porous materials for gas storage studied in collaboration with LANL
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) combines a drug (called a photosensitizer) with a specific type of light to kill cancer cells.
The general goal of LMITA Thrust 1 to find efficien
Highlight · Aug 2, 2010
DíasNano 2010 en el Mall
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On April 10, 2010 Wi(PR)2EM and the Science on Wheels Educational Center (SONW) organized and coordinated the NanoDays event at the Mayagüez Mall that we called in Spanish DíasNano. The Mayagüez Mall is the main shopping mall in western Puerto Rico. This large event w
Highlight · Apr 16, 2010
California State University Northridge – Princeton University MRSEC PREM: Multidisciplinary Research and Education in Computational Materials Science
The objective of the PREM program is to expand and strengthen the research and educational activities of the multidisciplinary W. M. Keck Computational Materials Theory Center (CMTC) at California State University Northridge (CSUN), a Hispanic-serving institution, by forming a formal and l
Highlight · Mar 9, 2010
JSU-UCSB PREM’s Nano Day Activity in Science Museum: Impact on the Community
JSU-UCSB PREM Participants presented Nanoscience exhibition at the Capital Science Museum at Jackson, MS. During the exhibition, several demos were used to demonstrate and engage the audience on the beauty of Nanoscience.. The overall goal of the event was to expose and prepare community s
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