Over a hundred high school students from around Edmonton learned about nanotechnology and leading-edge research during the second annual Let's Talk NanoScience event at the U of A. The event was put on by the Let's Talk Science U of A chapter and the U of A Nanotechnology Group, with support from the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science, and the National Institute for Nanotechnology. Students had the opportunity to hear lectures, tour various campus facilities, and create gold nano particles.
Chemistry professor Jillian Buriak explains the size of things at the nane scale.
ECE professor Michael Brett (left) and Chemistry postdoctoral fellow Lawrence Huck (right) give students an overview of nanotechnology.
Students learn about different deposition techniques in the NanoFab.
A student prepares a solution to create gold nano particles.
An ECE graduate student explains how the gold nano particles were created.