The Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge (NACK) Support Center

纳米技术通过纳米电子领域和其他领域的大量基于纳米技术的产品不断影响着社会，如医疗保健、汽车和交通、安全和安保以及家庭和休闲。现有的纳米技术应用和职业知识(NACK)网络将过渡到NACK支持中心，目标是继续支持美国纳米技术劳动力教育。NACK支持中心将利用其社区和技术学院(CC)-产学研大学(RU)伙伴关系开展：1)CCS之间以及CCS和RU之间的资源共享；2)传播提供一套业界推荐的核心纳米技术技能的学习材料；3)现场直播专业发展网络研讨会；以及4)通过NACK网站创建更有效的资源传播方法和扩展传播方法，增加服务和增强的功能。NACK将通过以下方式开展工作：继续支持和开发远程访问纳米技术仪器(RAIN)网络的新节点；增加新的在线可访问的表征和处理工具；开发提高对雨水资源的认识和利用的方法；收集数据和统计数据，以评估雨水对纳米技术教育的影响。通过与行业标准组织ASTM International的合作，其六门核心技能课程的NACK教育材料将被制度化为行业标准。这一合作关系将允许学生和在职技术人员通过ASTM管理的基于这些核心课程的测试，获得最多6个具有全球行业认可的可堆叠ASTM证书。通过不断更新核心技能课程材料，并通过录像讲座和实验室使其适应在线教学，以及通过增加在线课程和设备的可获得性，将越来越多地向高度多样化的中学和高等教育人口提供教育机会。NACK支持中心计划对退伍军人和代表性不足的学生群体进行外联，以满足招募这些群体接受高级STEM教育的关键需求，并扩大总体上对纳米技术的认识。业务拓展和可堆叠证书计划将促进技术人员的职业生涯，并在广泛的行业中提高知名度。

Nanotechnology is constantly impacting society through the field of nanoelectronics and large numbers of nanotechnology-based products in other fields, such as health care, automotive and transportation, safety and security, and home and leisure. The existing Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge (NACK) Network will transition to the NACK Support Center with the objective of continuing to support U.S. nanotechnology workforce education. The NACK Support Center will employ its community and technical college (CC)-industry-research university (RU) partnerships to carry out: 1) resource sharing among CCs as well as among CCs and RUs; 2) dissemination of learning materials that deliver a core set of industry-recommended nanotechnology skills; 3) live-streaming of professional development webinars; and 4) creation of more effective approaches for disseminating resources and expanding dissemination methodologies through a NACK website with added services and enhanced functionality.NACK will carry out its work by: continuing to support and develop new nodes in the Remotely Accessible Instruments for Nanotechnology (RAIN) Network; adding new online-accessible characterization and processing tools; developing ways to increase awareness and usage of RAIN resources; and collecting data and statistics to evaluate RAIN's impact on nanotechnology education. Through a partnership with the industry standards organization ASTM International, NACK educational materials from its six core-skills courses will be institutionalized into industry standards. This partnership will allow students and working technicians to earn up to 6 stackable ASTM certificates with worldwide industry recognition via ASTM-administered tests based on these core courses. By continually updating core-skills course material and adapting it to online delivery via videoed lectures and labs, and by growing on-line course and equipment accessibility, educational opportunities will become increasingly available to highly diverse secondary and post-secondary level populations. The NACK Support Center's planned outreach to veterans and underrepresented student groups will address a key need to recruit these groups for advanced STEM education, and broaden nanotechnology awareness in general. Business outreach and the stackable certificate program will promote technician careers and visibility among a broad range of industries.