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Nineteen Albany High School
students graduated from the NanoHigh program in May, marking the third
group to complete the groundbreaking program.
Developed jointly by the
University at Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering and
the City School District of Albany, the NanoHigh program began in 2007
and is believed to have been the first initiative of its kind at an
American public high school.
The program was designed to
enhance Albany High students’ opportunities to take advantage of a
growing number of nanotechnology-related careers being developed in the
Capital Region and across New York state.
“With each passing year we are
recognizing more and more just how integral nanoscience and
nanotechnology are to our future – worldwide and right here in the
Capital Region thanks to the leadership of Dr. Alain Kaloyeros and the
NanoCollege,” said Superintendent Raymond Colucciello, Ed.D.
“Albany High School students are so
fortunate to have the opportunity to get an inside view and hands-on
experience with this cutting-edge science and technology that continues
to transform the way we live and work.”
NanoHigh includes courses
taught at Albany High as well as interactive laboratory activities at
the college’s world-class Albany NanoTech facility.
Students engage in a host of
cutting-edge facets of nanotechnology, which involves the manipulation
of matter at the molecular level. Nanotechnology offers new
opportunities to enable important advances in electronics, health care,
clean energy and environmental sciences, among a variety of critical
fields.
Since the program’s
inception three years ago, nearly 60 Albany High students have received
certificates for successful completion of the program.
“I am delighted to congratulate the
Albany High School students for their enthusiastic commitment to, and
successful completion of, the NanoHigh program,” said Dr. Kaloyeros,
senior vice president and chief executive officer of the NanoCollege.
“This innovative partnership between the
UAlbany NanoCollege and the City School District of Albany is giving
students a unique window into exciting nanotechnology-enabled careers,
while directly addressing the critical national need to engage students
in math, science and engineering.”
According to projections by
the National Science Foundation, the U.S. will need more than 2 million
nanotechnology-savvy workers by 2014, to include researchers,
scientists, engineers, technicians and others. |
