The 10th annual Nano Expo, which will be from 1-3 p.m.
Saturday, April 28, will show how small-scale technology is making a big impact.
RAPID CITY, SD (April 11, 2018) – The public is invited to the 2018 Nano
Expo at the South Dakota School of Mines &
Technology to learn how cutting-edge nanotechnologies can change the
future.
The 10th annual event, which will be from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, April 28, will
show how small-scale technology is making a big
impact. Graduate students studying nanoscience and nanoengineering will
showcase their work in the Bump Lounge of the Surbeck Center (campus
map here). Refreshments will be provided. Admission is free.
South
Dakota Mines’ Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Ph.D. program is an
interdisciplinary doctoral program focusing science and engineering on the nano-scale,
a tiny world a hundred thousand times smaller than a human hair, where even a
dust mite would appear as a giant. Student researchers visualize life at the
cellular level, and manipulate matter at these nano-length scales, developing
new technologies and unlocking the secrets of the nano-world. SD
Mines’ nano program offers a research-intensive degree, with faculty and
students from traditional science and engineering backgrounds working in
interdisciplinary teams to tackle issues such as the causes and cures of
osteoarthritis, more efficient solar energy and intra-cellular cinematography
(imaging the inner workings of live cells) to understand the immune system.
Research to be presented at the 10th annual
expo includes a wide range of topics: developing genetically encoded
sensors to image intra-cellular forces in live cells, nanofiber composites for
solar cells and sensors, nano-structured solar cells and nano-electronics,
upconverting nanoparticles for deep tissue imaging applications, volumetric
imaging of living cells, thermal insulating composites for space habitats and
more.
South Dakota Mines Nanoscience and Nanoengineering is an active participant
in the statewide research center BioSystems
Networks / Translational Research (BioSNTR), leveraging imaging, informatics
and systems biology towards advancing bio-science and bio-technology in South Dakota.