We use materials science to enhance public understanding of STEM concepts and to share the excitement of these fields with K-12 audiences and the general public.
In April of 2014, MRSEC center director Nicholas Abbott, MRSEC education director Anne Lynn Gillian-Daniel, and NSEC Education Director Andrew Greenberg traveled to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico for NanoDays 2014. They worked with University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez graduate students to educate the public on nanotechnology. For more pictures of the event, check out our Facebook page, …
On Saturday, February 2nd, the UW MRSEC, in collaboration with the WARF and Beyond the Game, trained UW athletes to teach members of the general public about the wonders of materials science in the world of sports.
Melissa Hemling, a chemistry teacher at Beaver Dam High School and participant in our RET program from 2011-2012, has published one of the teaching modules she created in the Journal of Chemical Education. The activity, which was developed in cooperation with MRSEC IRG3 co-director Douglas Weibel and his group, details how to design and test …
On October 8, 2013, MRSEC Education Director Anne Lynn Gillian-Daniel visited Bogota, Columbia to talk about working with teachers to inform their students and the general public about nanoscience, materials science, and nanotechnology. You can find the article about the days events here, and listen to a radio interview with Anne Lynn here.
The UW-MRSEC Education Group has been mentioned on Listverse.com’s “10 Amazing Man-made Substances” List for an introductory video of Memory Metal! The video stars Wendy Crone and illustrates the wonders of new materials and the importance of atomic structure.