Achievements

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1. Optional Ph.D. Program in Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology requires extensive, integrated education and training across departmental boundaries.  Independent of financial support through IGERT fellowships or UIF graduate awards, the program is available to students who are admitted through the participating home departments.  Today, we have successfully shaped eight graduates with twenty students who are currently enrolled in the program. 

2. Graduate Award and Fellowship Program

Early Bird Award in Nanotechnology aims to recruit the best candidates, among the graduate applicant pools of the participating departments, in pursuit of their graduate career at the UW. From 2001 to 2003, the CNT has funded thirty students among which most are currently perusing graduate education with nanotech faculty members. 

IGERT Fellowships are awarded to outstanding graduate students from all disciplines as long as the students have chosen research advisors with whom they are engaged in research projects in nanotechnology.  US citizens and permanent residents are eligible. We have awarded thirty-four fellows between 2000 and 2003. Our elite fellows have performed outstanding research in nanotechnology and their published peer-reviewed papers.

3. Nanotechnology Graduate Research Awards provide an alternative source in support of graduate research through UIF funds.  We have funded thirty-one UIF awardees between 2000 and 2003.  Because both IGERT and UIF students enjoy financial support from the CNT, we define UIF awardees as IGERT associates.  Our associates possess excellent academic records and their published peer-reviewed papers.

Among all sixty-five fellows and associates, eighteen received Ph.D. degrees from BioE, ChemE, Chemistry, and Materials Science and Engineering.  Today, our graduates are emerging as the nanotech leaders in both academia and industry. 

Nanotechnology Mentorship Program

The Nanotechnology Mentorship Program has developed in collaboration with Center for Workforce Development at the UW since 2001.  A Social Work graduate student evaluates the program by collecting information and perceptions from nanotech students over time.  The survey data allows us to (1) assess whether the IGERT program meets students’ goals; (2) identify strengths and weaknesses of the program; and (3) explore opportunities for improvement. 

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