RET/2001 Teachers left to right Sean Kelly, Rich Guffanti, Gloria Brown, John Pak Lee Sean McGinty

Five high school science teachers from the Delaware Valley spent six weeks working in the research groups of MRSEC-affiliated faculty working on a specific research project. The teachers were assimilated into the research groups and undertook all the duties of a graduate student. During the final week of the program each teacher presented his/her research results both orally and in a research paper. The oral presentations were videotaped and copies given to all teachers for use in their high school class. The teachers were educated in materials science through attendance at a short, four lecture, course on x-ray diffraction and by attending REU and PSSI lectures given by LRSM faculty. Teachers also toured the shared experimental facilities of the LRSM.

The teachers, faculty, and research topics for 2001 were;

Richard Guffanti, Fels High School physics teacher worked with Prof. David Luzzi, MSE, on 'Filling carbon nanotubes'

Sean McGinty, Bucks County Technical High School science teacher worked with Prof. I-Wei Chen, MSE ,on 'Seeded growth of silica particles'

Sean Kelly, Germantown Academy chemistry teacher worked with Prof. Jack Fischer, MSE, on 'The effect of HNO3 doping on single-walled carbon nanotubes'

John Pak Lee, Masterman High School physics teacher worked with Prof. Alan T.'Charlie' Johnson, Physics, on 'Using AFM to study carbon nanotubes'

Dr. A. R. McGhie, Associate Director
Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter
University of Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, PA 19104-6202
 
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