NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MRSEC

The Material World

• A weeklong materials science workshop series with morning lectures followed by hands-on lab exercises to reinforce concepts for introduction of materials-related content into core science curricula at the home institution

• Organized and taught by MRSEC faculty investigators

• Partnership with the Faculty Resource Network at NYU, held during the FRN Network Summer program

• ContentHolographic Video MicroscopyCrystals and LightHow Stuff PacksColor and FoodLithography and ElectricityPolymer Chemistry

• Participants: Faculty from 10 four-year and minority-serving institutions

• Building inexpensive holographic microscopes, growing crystals, experiencing packing in the “balloon room”, making circuit boards and polymers

The Balloon Room!

Polymers for electronics

Staining crystal with dyes

Michael D. Ward, New York University, DMR 0820341

The Material World

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MRSEC

Building holographic microscopes

Packing polyhedra• A weeklong materials science workshop series with morning lectures followed by hands-on lab exercises to reinforce concepts for introduction of materials-related content into core science curricula at the home institution

• Organized and taught by MRSEC faculty investigators

• Partnership with the Faculty Resource Network at NYU, held during the FRN Network Summer program

• ContentHolographic Video MicroscopyCrystals and LightHow Stuff PacksColore and FoodLithography and ElectricityPolymer Chemistry

• Participants: Faculty from 10 four-year and minority-serving institutions

• Building inexpensive holographic microscopes, growing crystals, experiencing packing in the “balloon room”, making circuit boards and polymers

Michael D. Ward, New York University, DMR 0820341