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Welcome to the Official Homepage
of the NanoGSO!
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It is the goal of NanoGSO to help promote, sponsor, organize, and
fund events related to Nanotechnology.
This includes any and
all technologies that can benefit from the novelties of working in
such a small regime.
It is also our goal to promote social gatherings
amongst the student body of the nano program here at CNSE.
The NanoGSO gets together every Tuesday in the NFS Cafeteria at 5pm to discuss upcoming events,
the budget that we have and everything else that may concern us.
If you ever have any questions, an idea for an event, or would like
to join our team,
please find any one of the actively involved students or join us for
one of the Tuesday meetings. Bharat K Avasarala
Fernando Gomez-Baquero
Chris Breslin
Mary Viola Graham
Chimaobi Mbanaso
Himani Suhag
Ted van Hoof
Ruud van den Boom
Vimal Kamineni
Ben Backes |
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Latest news from the NanoGSO:
September 3rd, 2008: Ten minus Nine
gets their own website Ten minus Nine (TmN)
created their own webpage on the NanoGSO site. Ten minus Nine is
best know for their regular soccer matches and arranging the best
goat in town for the yearly orientation picnic.
If you have any interest in soccer or just would like to waste some
time, please have a look at their page to check the current
standings, schedule for upcoming matches and their contact
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July 27th, 2008: Paintball Brawl
The Paintball Brawl 2008 was a great success with 19 competitive
players. The participants of the event were so enthusiastic that
they are currently looking for a date to organize a fall Paintball
Brawl. |
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July 17th, 2008: NanoGSO starts Facebook group Since today
we have our own group on Facebook. Join the group to get invites for
the different events and updates on what we are up to. Find the
group
here or search for NanoGSO. |
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May 4th, 2008: NanoGSO chosen as "Most Academically Enriching
Student's Group" The NanoGSO was awarded by
the university
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April 4th, 2008: The Precursor great success
On Friday, April 4, 2008 the Nano Graduate Student Organization (NanoGSO)
hosted Precursor, an innovative idea competition featuring teams of
CNSE students
working together with MBA students to create commercially viable
business models for nanotechnological innovations. Evident in the range and scope of the
innovative ideas was the tremendous impact nanotechnology can have on the health of
our natural environment and the quality of our lives in the future. Topics addressed
making meat safer through packaging material; making wind turbines more efficient in
low wind settings; oxygenating indoor ambient air for aging populations; making more
efficient fuel cells; recycling the water used and currently wasted in semiconductor processing;
and many others. CNSE mentors played an important role in helping students in the
refinement of the business and technology of the ideas.
Niskayuna-based GE Research Center donated prize
money which was awarded by a
panel of local judges representing the venture capital, academic and
legal fields, and the nanotechnology industry. The collaboration between CNSE students
and School of Business students created valuable connections and plans for future joint
ventures.
Precursor was designed to serve as a platform for the commercialization and practical
application of
students' nanotech ideas. It was conceived and organized by the
NanoGSO, a group of
passionate CNSE students dedicated to the advancement of
nanotechnology and the
enrichment of students' educational experience at the University at
Albany.
Click
here to view pictures from the event.
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