Public Engagement/Outreach UCSB campus community

1. Education and Public Engagement at the Center for Nanotechnology in Society, University of California, Santa Barbara PIs: Barbara Herr Harthorn, Richard P. Appelbaum, Bruce Bimber, W. Patrick McCray, Christopher NewfieldEducation Director: Julie Dillemuth University of California, Santa Barbara IRG 2 – Innovation, Intellectual Property (Newfield)develops a comprehensive understanding of processes of innovation, commercialization, and global development and diffusion of nanotechnology. • Micro level: Nanoscale Laboratory Work • Meso level: The Nanoscale Innovation System • Macro level: Technology Transfer Policy • Cultures of Innovation Faculty PI IRG Soc SciFellow Sci/Engr Fellow • CNS Mission • Examine the emergence and societal implications of nanotechnologies with a focus on the global human condition in a time of sustained technological innovation. Promote the socially and environmentally sustainable development of nanotechnologies in the US and around the globe. • Research Objectives • develop a portfolio of integrated multi-method research on nanoscience/nanotechnologies in dynamic interaction with society, from invention to global distribution, and lab to consumer to environment; • provide interdisciplinary training for a new generation of societally-attuned scientists and science-aware social scientists; • identify and dialogue with a wide array of public, media, government, NGO, and private sector constituents; • serve as a network hub in the emerging national and international network of scholars and activists concerned with nanotechnology in society. IRG 1 – Origins, Institutions, and Communities(McCray) examines instrumentation, research communities, scientists’ careers, national and state policy, and the role of public imagination. • Semiconductor Technologies & the Road to Nanoelectronics • Institutions of Interdisciplinarity • Nanotechnology Oral History Project • (Nano)Technological Enthusiasm and the Public Imagination EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS at CNS-UCSBaim to nurture an interdisciplinary community of nano scientists & engineers (NSE), social scientists, and educators, and to achieve broader impactsthrough engagement of diverse audiences in dialogue about nanotechnology and society. • Formal Education • CNS-UCSB provides exceptional interdisciplinary training, bringing together Social Scientists, Humanists, Nanoscale Scientists and Engineers at the Graduate, Undergraduate and Postdoctoral levels. Partnerships with the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), Materials Research Lab, UCSB NNIN, and UC CEIN strengthen CNS programs. • Graduate Education • Research Fellowships in Social Science/Humanities (5 annually) and Science & Engineering (4 annually) • Graduate Research Fellows take lead roles in CNS research and education initiatives, closely mentored by PIs • 9 publications with Grad Fellow co-authors; 17 conference presentations • Professional development, travel funds, public engagement • Exceeding diversity goals • Curriculum: • CNS Seminar (Soc 591); History of Emergent Technologies seminar (Hist 201HS) • 7 courses ‘08-’09 with CNS research included, in English, Environmental Sciences, Political Science, Sociology • Option to pursue Doctoral Emphasis Program in Technology and Society • Undergraduate Education • 8-week Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program • 2 UCSB students, 2 California community college students annually • Each mentored by a Graduate Fellow • Research culminates in a poster colloquium and oral presentation • ‘Traveling Technologies’ innovative Global Value Chains project • Recruitment strategies yield a diverse applicant pool of excellent students • Curriculum: • Gender, Science and New Technologies course (Feminist Studies 132) • 8 courses ’08-’09 with CNS research also included Bio, Chem, Global Studies, Sociology • CNSI/CNS NSF STS award, Bringing Nanotechnology and Society Courses to California Community Colleges • curriculummodule program in development • Postdoctoral Training • Four full-time postdoctoral scholars, IRGs 1, 3 and 4 • Postdocs interact closely with both faculty researchers and Graduate Fellows • Professional development, leadership roles, research/travel funds, diversity • Public Engagement/Outreach • UCSB campus community • Speakers series: leading researchers & scholars, national & international • CNS Seminar (Soc 591) • CNS presentations to student organizations (Los Ingenieros, SACNAS) • Local Santa Barbara community • ‘Nano-Meeter’ science café. Recent topics: Green Nano, Nano & Energy (featured Nobel Laureate Alan Heeger) • NanoDays event engaged 200+ of all ages in hands-on activities in April 09 • Presentations in K12 schools • National & Worldwide community • Website • Policy Presentations (US Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus, US-China Economic & Security Commission, UK House of Lords) • Online Newsletters, biannually • Annual Conference/Workshop (Educators Workshop 2008; NanoEquity 2009) • Visualization tools • Blog • Podcasts • Weekly Clips (to e-mailing list of 500 people) • Distribution database • Media outreach (local and national) • Evaluation: measuring success, impact through regular surveys of Postdocs, Fellows and Summer Interns, as well as tracking CNS Fellows after graduation • Students report: • Excellent mentoring & support • Significant learning from each other’s disciplines • Value of interdisciplinary research in accessing new methods & literature, and appreciating different academic cultures • Broadened ideas, understanding, and professional network • Improved communication and collaboration skills • Ongoing challenge: cross-disciplinary communication and understanding • Diversity • Open, competitive recruitment for all education programs contributes to CNS-UCSB’s high level of diversity. • 2008-2009 Fellows include 5 women, and Fellows who are African-American, Asian and Latino. • 4 are the first in their family to graduate college, and 5 are first to get a graduate degree. Co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Leaders from NGOs, government, the private sector, science and technology and academia met to discuss technology-based solutions in energy/environment, water, food security, and health issues. Participants were from the US, Europe, and Japan, three of the largest emerging economies (China, India, and Brazil) and other developing countries. http://nanoequity2009.cns.ucsb.edu IRG 4 – Globalization (Appelbaum) develops a comprehensive understanding of global development and diffusion of nanotechnology with an emphasis on E and S Asia. IRG 3 – Nano Risk Perception and the Public Sphere(Harthorn) studies nanotech risk perception among experts and publics; media framing of nano risks; and methods for engaging diverse US publics in upstream deliberation about new technologies in society. • China’s Developmental State: Becoming a 21st Century Nanotech Leader • Nanotechnology & Sustainable Development: Comparative Study of India & China • Role of International Collaboration in Fostering High-Impact Chinese Nano Research • Drivers of Nano commercialization in China: Patent Analysis • The Nano Value Chain: Case study of a Chinese Solar Company • Experts’ Views on the Benefits and Risks of Nanomaterials and Technologies • Public Deliberation about Nanotechnology R&D • Emergent Public Perceptions of Benefits and Risks • Nano and the Media Agenda • Framing of Nanotechnology NSEC # SES 0531184 http://cns.ucsb.edu