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The Place to Learn Nanotechnology
Omni Nano is the only non-‐profit organization in California with programs in nanotechnology
education at high-‐school level. Copyright © 2015 Omni Nano, a 501 (c) (3)
charitable non-‐profit organization.
Dr. Marco Curreli Executive Director and Founder of Omni Nano. 11835 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 1155-‐E Los Angeles, CA, 90064 [email protected] 424-‐248-‐8707
Nanotechnology is a field of STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), which promises to deliver high-‐tech solutions to some of the ‘real worlds’ most long-‐standing concerns. Nanotechnology will soon directly impact everyone’s life regardless of location, career or social position.
Despite its growing importance
nanotechnology is not commonly taught before graduate school, due mainly to a lack of properly designed curricula and educational materials.
Our mission is to inspire todays youth
to become tomorrow’s STEM workforce by developing, producing and disseminating nanotechnology curriculum and resources at high school level. We believe that introducing students to nanotechnology while they are still enrolled in secondary education will help prepare them for their professional careers in a globalized, high-‐tech economy.
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Angeles, following the successful completion of a pilot program in spring 2014.
3. Nanotechnology Curriculum Project. We develop high-‐quality and interactive educational material to teach the principles of nanotechnology in high schools. This is available via our textbook ‘Nanotechnology’ written by our President Marco Curreli. Free Chapter 1 exerts are available on our website for download.
Our focus is on our mission of education
rather than a financial profit. We constructed an affordable curriculum whilst maintaining quality, for the greater benefit of STEM students and their families.
W ith increased help from sponsors we
would be able to broaden our goals and offer even more materials and workshops to high school students.
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D isseminating Nanotechnology Education;
We have three projects that we have produced which focus directly on the creation and dissemination of nanotech education.
1. Discover Nanotechnology. Coordinating with high schools to offer free workshops in nanotechnology. This is one of our most popular resources. We give an insight into STEM by demonstrating nano-‐properties through a super-‐hydrophobic cloth experiment.
2. Bridges to Nanotechnology. We bring nanotechnology courses directly into high school classrooms with a nanotechnology elective class based on our curriculum. This is no offered at St./USC Magnet School in Los
We are currently asking for sponsorship so that we
can provide take home pieces of super-‐hydrophobic cloth for all students who participate in the Discover Nanotechnology workshop. The sponsor of this project would have their company logo placed on the cloth alongside Omni Nano’s. Our aim is to encourage further interest in STEM / Nanotechnology by giving students a take home demonstration that they can continue to interact with.
I f you are interested in becoming a part of this project
please contact Marco Curreli at Omni Nano.