Smallpeice Trust in collaboration with University of Leeds has organized a residential course on nanotechnology for students of 16 and 17 years old.
The trust is an autonomous charitable trust which endorses engineering as a future for young students between 13 to 18 years of age by conducting residential courses.
About 29 students participated in this four-day residential course. During the course, students were benefited to practically learn about this dynamic field of science. With the help of expertise from engineering disciplines and other major science fields, nanotechnology utilizes unique properties of components at molecular dimensions to produce several new products. These products find applications in chronic diseases therapy, energy storage, and high-speed communication systems.
In the Centre for Molecular Nanoscience (CMNS), students obtained a special insight into the exciting nanotechnology world by visiting nanotechnology labs of the University, viewing atoms and molecules utilizing scanning probe microscopes, and conducting experiments for developing biosensors and nanoparticles. The students worked in teams and participated in the nanotechnology event and submitted their ideas on how the society could make the best use of nanotechnology.
The events of this four-day course included a sports evening, a film night, and a BBQ on the last night. During BBQ, the supervisors and students met one another to share their knowledge gained by the course.
The nanotechnology course was conducted by Smallpeice Trust as a residential program to favor young students of 13 to 18 years in training and developing knowledge in manufacturing, technology, design, and engineering. In the previous year, about 17,677 students throughout UK were benefited by the STEM enrichment and residential courses conducted by this Trust.
Source: http://www.smallpeicetrust.org.uk/