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New Course Offered for '05 Summer Term in Nanotechnology

Goodwin College of Professional Studies is offering an exciting new course this summer in Nanotechnology. This course is open to anyone that has completed General Chemistry I and II. This Special Topics course: Intro to Nanotechnology MET 380 CRN 41751 is offered on Wednesday evenings 6:00pm-8:50pm.

Nanotechnology: the coming revolution in molecular manufacturing. Manufactured products are made from atoms. The properties of those products depend on how those atoms are arranged. If we rearrange the atoms in coal, we can make diamond. If we rearrange the atoms in sand, we can make computer chips. If we rearrange the atoms in dirt, water, and air, we can make potatoes. Nanotechnology is a fundamental technology; it will radically transform all industrial sectors. Nanotechnology will change the way virtually everything is designed and made. The economic impact of nanotechnology will be greater than the combined impacts of antibiotics, the integrated circuit, and man-made polymers. The United States will need 1 million skilled nanotechnology workers by 2010.