REU/RET Projects

Lisa Dowman
School: University High School
Mentor in UCF: Dr. S. Seal – AMPAC, and Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering

Playing with Mathematical Units-Nanotechnology Curriculum in University High

Any fabrication technology in which objects are designed and built by the specification and placement of individual atoms or molecules or where at least one dimension is on a scale of nanometers. Basically, nanotechnology is an all encompassing term that includes many areas of research dealing with building things atom by atom. These “things” are measured in nanometers. Before we begin researching nanotechnology, let’s define nanometer. A nanometer is 1 billionth of a meter. In scientific notation, 1 nm = 1/1000000000 m. Something this tiny is very hard to imagine. Let’s see if we can put it in perspective. As we go through some comparisons, try to determine a pattern between the given units and nanometers.