The colloquium is designed to encourage the education and application of nanotechnology to the power sources industry and to stimulate students to write and submit a nanotechnology power sources concept paper. Each year PSMA will award $1,500 First Prize for the best paper and $500 for the second.

The PSMA Nanotechnology Committee previously introduced Nano 100 tutorial and Nano 200 tutorial e-learning courses that are only available in Members Only on the PSMA web site. The e-learning colloquium, entitled PSMA Nano 300 is offered exclusively and without charge through the PSMA website to students attending college. PSMA Nano 300 includes a review of the basic notions together with a succinct presentation of the chemistry, material sciences and quantum physics needed to better understand the technology. PSMA Nano 300 also explores the ongoing research together with a cross section of companies actively involved in nanotechnology applications. In addition, the colloquium highlights safety, ethical and societal issues and concerns associated with the nanoscale.

A syllabus is available which details the content of Nano 300 together with instructions for students to submit the concept paper. There is also a discussion board available for students to comment and submit questions. PSMA Nano 300 can be accessed from the Courses Tab of the PSMA Nanotechnology Forum or from the Quick Links on the PSMA Homepage, www.psma.com. The deadline for the initial round of concept papers is May 1, 2014.

Anthony F. Laviano, Ph.D., founder of NANOWorld® and Executive Vice President of Northrop Rice Advanced Institute of Technology (NRAIT) provided the content for the colloquium while J. Michael Rice, President of Aerolearn, an e-learning provider, provided the application program. According to Chuck Mullett, PSMA Nanotechnolgy Committee Co-Chair, “With PSMA Nano 300 globally available to college students free of charge, PSMA has taken a bold step to bring about dynamic changes to present and future power sources design and manufacturing.”

Joe Horzepa, PSMA Executive Director, commented “PSMA Nano 300 is our Flag Ship education program to raise the awareness of the potential of nanotechnology in many industries and is targeted to students world-wide. The colloquium is designed to augment college course material and the objective is to encourage visionary and practical applications of the technology to the power sources industry.”

Provided by Dr. Anthony F. Laviano, Founder of NANOWorld® and Executive Vice President of Northrop Rice Advanced Institute of Technology

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