{"532631":{"#nid":"532631","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SENIC Education Office\u0027s Summer off to a Busy Start","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe IEN based \u0026amp; NSF funded Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor (SENIC) education office attended the Fourth USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington DC April 15-17.\u0026nbsp; Our booth co-joined Cornell University, a SENIC sister-site. SENIC provided demonstrations for each of the booths at which the public could interact with, and learn about, nanoscale science and engineering.\u0026nbsp; The attendance during the three days was estimated to be over 350,000 and SENIC talked with about 5,000 of these visitors. To see images from the event visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/senic.gatech.edu\/news-2\/photos\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/senic.gatech.edu\/news-2\/photos\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Nancy Healy, Director of SENIC Education and Outreach, will be providing a two day workshop for pre-service teachers at Georgia Southern University.\u0026nbsp; This continues a collaboration that we have had for the past three years with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/research.georgiasouthern.edu\/stem\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Southern\u2019s Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; The workshop will take place May 9 and 10, 2016.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIEN\u2019s tabletop SEM, the Hitachi TM3000, has been used in multiple outreach events this spring.\u0026nbsp; Not only was it featured during our \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ien.gatech.edu\/whats-all-buzz-about\u0022\u003EAtlanta Science Festival\u003C\/a\u003E event in March, but it recently spent the day at the Atlanta International School, where it was used to demonstrate the capabilities of scanning electron microscopes.\u0026nbsp; On May 16 the SEM will travel to Allgood Elementary, Paulding County, where it will be demonstrated to all fifth grade students.\u0026nbsp; In addition, the Allgood students will use our digital video microscopes and participate in several hands-on activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESummer is always a busy time at IEN and the SENIC office.\u0026nbsp; At the end of May our six SENIC Undergraduate Interns in Nanotechnology (SUIN) participants will arrive on campus for their 10 weeks of summer research.\u0026nbsp; SUIN students will be placed in a variety of labs and will participate in professional development provided by the College of Engineering\u2019s SURE program.\u0026nbsp; Details about the SUIN participants will be forthcoming on the SENIC website.\u0026nbsp; Another program we support each summer is Campus College Tours. This program provides cultural and educational experiences to help students in the college selection process. The program\u2019s students will visit us once in May and twice in June.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Summer is always a busy time at IEN and the SENIC office, and the 2016 season will be no exception, as education outreach summer programs ramp-up."}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2016-05-04 15:11:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:35","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-05-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-05-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"532951":{"id":"532951","type":"image","title":"SENIC logo white truncated","body":null,"created":"1462478400","gmt_created":"2016-05-05 20:00:00","changed":"1475895314","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:14","alt":"SENIC logo white truncated","file":{"fid":"214996","name":"senic_700x500px.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/senic_700x500px_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/senic_700x500px_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":38509,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/senic_700x500px_0.png?itok=N0063s0Y"}}},"media_ids":["532951"],"groups":[{"id":"1271","name":"NanoTECH"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"121231","name":"education outreach"},{"id":"146461","name":"electron microscopy"},{"id":"1692","name":"materials"},{"id":"107","name":"Nanotechnology"},{"id":"169246","name":"Scanning Electron Microscope"},{"id":"166975","name":"SENIC"},{"id":"169986","name":"Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor (SENIC)"},{"id":"169690","name":"STEM outreach"},{"id":"166968","name":"the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"172007","name":"undergraduate interns. 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