Deb Newberry
10/03/2015, 11:00
Parallel session 3C: Educational & curriculum in nanotechnology
Sustainability is acknowledged to consist of three segments; economic, environmental and societal. The environmental aspect encompasses in many cases the technology and science of nano materials and the interaction with biological systems and the surrounding environment. The 2 year nanotechnology program at Dakota County Technical College encompasses many aspects of nanotechnology...
Peter Vikesland
(Virginia Tech)
10/03/2015, 11:24
Parallel session 3C: Educational & curriculum in nanotechnology
The Virginia Tech Sustainable Nanotechnology Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program (SuN‐IGEP) is a cross-university effort to promote interdisciplinary research in the general area of Sustainable
Nanotechnology. This presentation will discuss the successes and challenges of this program, which provides financial support for a number of Ph.D. students with the goal to support...
Mehlika Ayla Kiser
(Catalan Institute for Water Research)
10/03/2015, 11:48
Parallel session 3C: Educational & curriculum in nanotechnology
Over the 3.8 Gyr since life is believed to have appeared on Earth, components of the natural world have evolved to function effectively and persist. Ecosystems are therefore rich sources of information and fundamental models of successful, sustainable strategies from which we can learn. Biomimicry is the study and imitation of nature’s designs and processes to solve human problems and is a...
Albert Duschl
(University of Salzburg)
10/03/2015, 12:12
Parallel session 3C: Educational & curriculum in nanotechnology
The on-going FP7 project NanoEIS (www.nanoeis.eu) investigates European nanotechnology education practices and compares education contents to job skills that are in demand in the nanotechnology industry. Our studies show that industry expects to recruit experts in areas that are very poorly covered by university curricula, like health & safety, regulation & standardization, and environmental...
Ineke Malsh
(Malsch TechnoValuation)
10/03/2015, 12:36
Parallel session 3C: Educational & curriculum in nanotechnology
The international dialogue on responsible governance of nanotechnologies engages a wide range of actors with conflicting as well as common interests (c.f. Malsch, 2011). It is also characterised by a lack of evidence based data on uncertain risks of in particular engineered nanomaterials (c.f. IRGC, 2006). The SUN project aims to develop a SUNDS software decision support tool in order to...