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纳米技术产品不断影响社会，例如医疗保健，汽车和运输，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）-工业研究型大学（RU）合作伙伴关系开展：1）CC之间以及CC和罗斯之间的资源共享; 2）传播提供核心内容的学习材料行业推荐的纳米技术技能; 3）专业发展网络研讨会的直播;（4）通过提供更多服务和增强功能的NACK网站，制定更有效的传播资源和扩大传播方法的方法。NACK将通过以下方式开展工作：继续支持和开发纳米技术远程仪器（RAIN）网络中的新节点;增加新的在线访问表征和处理工具;开发提高对RAIN资源的认识和使用的方法;收集数据和统计数据，以评估RAIN对纳米技术教育的影响。通过与行业标准组织ASTM国际的伙伴关系，其六个核心技能课程的NACK教材将被制度化为行业标准。这种合作关系将使学生和工作技术人员通过基于这些核心课程的ASTM管理测试获得多达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，并通过视频讲座和实验室使其适应在线交付，以及通过增加在线课程和设备的可访问性，教育机会将越来越多地提供给高度多样化的中学和中学后人口。NACK支持中心计划向退伍军人和代表性不足的学生团体提供服务，这将解决招募这些团体进行高级STEM教育的关键需求，并扩大纳米技术的总体认识。业务拓展和堆叠证书计划将促进技术人员的职业生涯和广泛的行业之间的知名度。

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.