Princeton High School Lab Learning Program

The Princeton Lab Learning Program is a Program for highschool students to get a glimpse of what a real college lab is like. In it, an applicant is given a selection of projects, and then he/she chooses the one they are most interested in. It ranges from chemistry, to biology, to nanotechnology and everything in between. If the applicant is accepted, the student will be able to do their own research in a Princeton Lab along side college students and professors.

Though competitive and difficult to achieve admittance, the program is one of the best for students wishing to explore the world of research. Unlike other research programs, this program is fairly loose in that there is no staff dedicated to you and the program. On the project that an applicant has chosen, he/she must be able to teach themselves new material without a teacher or help. This can be very difficult as highschool students generally have barely scratched the surface of science, but if correctly done, the student will have learned an invaluable technique.
For more information on what was done this year (2014) and to apply in the future, click here.

Resource: Summer camp in Lancaster Pennsylvania

Next summer there will be a camp that introduces juniors and seniors in high school to Nanobiotechnology.
It takes place in Lancaster Penn. and features trips to Aptagen LLC and the nanofabrication facility at Penn State University. (source)(source)

This was the session in 2013

Nanomaterials Company

Researchers worldwide are just beginning to realize that the tiniest particles are the next big thing. Nanomaterials is one of the most promising subcategory of nanotechnology. Nanomaterials Company produces nanomaterials in large quantities. Specifically, they make nanomaterials  that require exact sizes and surfaces that have special characteristics. The accuracy in which this is done is extremely important when it comes to nanotechnologies because the slightest error of fabrication could change the properties of the whole structure. Nanomaterials Company is also a leading manufacturer in nano-powders (will be discussed in a later post).

Chart of future technological markets

As you can see from this chart, the markets for producing and using materials is going up, and is producing billions. It is no surprise then that Nanomaterials Company would want to pursue this area of technology.

This graph also shows that in 2020 there will be a lot of money in the material making market, and so companies will have lots of money to spend on new employees. This is what it is so important for high-school students of this generation be introduced to nanotechnologies. If current high-school students do not learn about nanotechnologies now, all the jobs and money will go to the older generation, and we, as a race, will not be able to improve the technology as quickly, had students been introduced to this topic earlier.

This is just another example of why nanotechnologies and nanomaterials are so important.