ONEONTA, N.Y. -- About 25
students and teachers from the Utica area, participants in a summer
camp program sponsored by the New York Nano Bio Molecular
Information Technology Incubator program, visited the SUNY College
at Oneonta on July 10 and August 14 to learn about nanotechnology
from three SUNY-Oneonta faculty members involved in nanotechnology
research.
The groups came to SUNY-Oneonta for day-long practical
experiences in nanotechnology in the College's research labs. They
were hosted by
Dr. Kamala Mahanta, Associate Professor of
Physics, who
discussed thin films/high vacuum technology;
Dr. Nancy Bachman, Associate Professor of
Biology, who
discussed DNA/fluorescent microscopy; and
Dr. Joseph Chiang,
Professor of
Chemistry, who discussed the use of a furnace for
polymerization.
Dr. Mahanta is currently conducting nano-wire research through a
grant from the New York Nano Bio Molecular Information Technology
Incubator program. Dr. Bachman is contributing a DNA-based course to
the nanotechnology curriculum of the program.
Through the New York Nano Bio Molecular Information Technology
Incubator, based at the SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome,
SUNY-Oneonta is collaborating in nanotechnology research with the
Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome and six other universities:
SUNY-IT, SUNY-Geneseo, SUNY-Binghamton, the Rochester Institute of
Technology, New York University, and Cornell University.
Nanotechnology is the science of building electronic and other
devices from extraordinarily small particles such as single atoms
and molecules. It has potential applications in drug-delivery
systems, energy-efficient components for computers and other
devices, medical diagnostics, and many other areas.
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