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NASA’s Meyyappan Receives IEEE Education Award
Dr. Meyya Meyyappan, Director of the Center for Nanotechnology at the NASA Ames Research Center, has been awarded the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Electron Devices Society education award, noting his decade-long commitment to educating university and high school students about nanotechnology.
"For us as a nation to continue to be at the forefront of innovation and maintain our economic standards, the younger generation has to major in science and engineering in adequate numbers in the coming decades," Dr, Meyyappan says.
Dr. Meyyappan spoke with NanoScienceWorks.org on the importance of educating students in disciplines that will promote nanotechnology R&D and commercialization.
“Nanotechnology will be the technology of the 21st Century. It is expected to have an impact across all economic sectors: electronics, computing, communications, materials, manufacturing, health, medicine, energy, environment, transportation, national security,” Dr. Meyyappan told NanoScienceWorks.org. “In order for us as a nation to continue to be at the forefront of innovation and maintain our economic standards, the younger generation has to major in science and engineering in adequate numbers in the coming decades.”
Dr. Meyyappan's Commitment to Early Nanoscience Education
Dr. Meyyappan has been involved in nanotechnology education and training for university and high school students since 1997. He has established research internship programs at NASA Ames, which has had over 100 students each, and developed an introductory course on Nanoscale Science and Technology teaching to engineering and science students at Santa Clara University. He has made this course materials available to over 30 universities across the world, which is currently available from the web portal hosted by Northwestern University’s Nanotechnology Center for Teaching and Learning and was notably downloaded 24,000 times in the first six months.
Dr, Meyyappan has also taught over 25 continuing education short courses around the globe based on these materials as well as on carbon nanotubes. These courses were sponsored by NATO, IEEE, MRS, and Nanoscience and Technology Institute. He has given numerous lectures, both live and via video, at high schools and community colleges to raise awareness about this emerging field.
He is currently serving as the President of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council (2006-2007). His current research areas focus on carbon nanotubes and inorganic nanowires and their applications in sensors, instrumentation, and nanoelectronics. Dr. Meyyappan is a Fellow of the IEEE, the Electrochemical Society, AVS, and the California Council on Nanotechnology. For his contributions and leadership in nanotechnology, he has received numerous awards including a Presidential Meritorius Award and NASA’s Outstanding Leadership Medal.
“Nanotechnology will be the technology of the 21st Century. It is expected to have an impact across all economic sectors: electronics, computing, communications, materials, manufacturing, health, medicine, energy, environment, transportation, national security,” Dr. Meyyappan told NanoScienceWorks.org. “In order for us as a nation to continue to be at the forefront of innovation and maintain our economic standards, the younger generation has to major in science and engineering in adequate numbers in the coming decades.”
Dr. Meyyappan's Commitment to Early Nanoscience Education
Dr. Meyyappan has been involved in nanotechnology education and training for university and high school students since 1997. He has established research internship programs at NASA Ames, which has had over 100 students each, and developed an introductory course on Nanoscale Science and Technology teaching to engineering and science students at Santa Clara University. He has made this course materials available to over 30 universities across the world, which is currently available from the web portal hosted by Northwestern University’s Nanotechnology Center for Teaching and Learning and was notably downloaded 24,000 times in the first six months.
Dr, Meyyappan has also taught over 25 continuing education short courses around the globe based on these materials as well as on carbon nanotubes. These courses were sponsored by NATO, IEEE, MRS, and Nanoscience and Technology Institute. He has given numerous lectures, both live and via video, at high schools and community colleges to raise awareness about this emerging field.
He is currently serving as the President of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council (2006-2007). His current research areas focus on carbon nanotubes and inorganic nanowires and their applications in sensors, instrumentation, and nanoelectronics. Dr. Meyyappan is a Fellow of the IEEE, the Electrochemical Society, AVS, and the California Council on Nanotechnology. For his contributions and leadership in nanotechnology, he has received numerous awards including a Presidential Meritorius Award and NASA’s Outstanding Leadership Medal.