Oct 30 2010
Dr. Gretchen L. G. Thornsberry, assistant professor of biological sciences at Northwest Missouri State University, will present “An Introduction to the Nanoscience Major at Northwest” at 1 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 4, in Room 1405 of the University’s Center For Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE).
Thornsberry will explain why nanoscience is important to our daily lives. She will show examples of products that are made using nanotechnology and why those products are superior to products made without nanotechnology.
Thornsberry will provide an overview of the nanoscience major at Northwest and what types of careers and salaries are possible with a nano degree. Tours of the CIE, which houses the program, will be available.
Nanoscience is the study and use of materials at the molecular or nanometer level. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter, or approximately one one-thousandth the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Some work with nanoscience focuses on the development of better materials for everything from computers to medical implants.
Northwest’s nanoscience program is interdisciplinary and offers hands-on laboratory experience in the state-of-the-art CIE. According to research, nanotechnology will touch an estimated $3 trillion worth of products by 2015, and the National Science Foundation forecasts the creation of millions of new jobs.
Source: http://www.nwmissouri.edu/