2.
To enhance students’ creativity, academic achievements and access to
highly competitive jobs and research opportunities,
3.
To upgrade the educational level of Shaw University STEM[2]
students beyond the 1st degree level,
4. To
enhance intra-university, and inter-university (national and
foreign) collaboration,
5. To
bring in industrial contracts in nanoscience fields,
6. To
increase the University capacity in terms of faculty and post-docs,
7. To
foster interdisciplinary nanotechnology research and educational
programs through regular seminars/conferences, symposia, and
workshops, and
8. To
promote community outreach, in order to make nanoscience and
nanotechnology more popular, particularly for minorities.
By contributing to the current
nanoscale science and technology initiative, it is hoped that Shaw
University will gain a national and international visibility, among
its peers. With the multiple collaborations being set up, Shaw
University will function as a conduit of knowledge transfer to
students and technology transfer to industry from research. The NNRC
will be a platform of large funding for dozens of academic
positions, and home for state-of-the-art facilities and research
activities.
This massive enterprise is sought to
raise the educational prospects of Shaw students to a significantly
higher level. STEM students will be able to go from earning a B.S.
degree, with minimal research experience, to earning a M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees with aggressive and useful research experience in
cutting edge fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
A. Karoui
Associate Director
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Research Center
Shaw University
