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Brandon Harris

CAMPUS: Pennsylvania College of Technology

MAJOR: Electrical Engineering Technology

CURRENTLY: Technician at Fairchild Semiconductor and taking classes towards a Bachelors Degree

ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY: “When I first came here and saw the equipment. . . I was a little overwhelmed, but once you get in there and once you start learning what the equipment is really used for and what the people in there are doing you find out that it’s still really cool but not as crazy as it seemed.”

Nazinan Sharifi

CAMPUS: Penn State York

MAJOR: Science Major with a Minor in Biology

HOW NAZINAN FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PROGRAM: “I heard a presentation about the nanotech program at my school and I got really interested. I especially liked to hear about how nanotechnology can be useful in the field of biology. I didn’t know what part of science I wanted to work in and nanotechnology really appealed to me because it helped me see what opportunities were out there.”

Justin Ingram

CAMPUS: Lock Haven University, Capstone Semester Graduate, Summer 2005

MAJOR: Chemistry/Biology

CURRENTLY: Graduate student in neuroscience

CURRENT RESEARCH: “I developed sensors to measure two different types of analytes. They measure oxygen and potassium and both of those analytes are very important in seizure generation. Whenever you have a seizure your oxygen decreases and potassium increases and we’re trying to measure that. Nobody knows really how much it is increasing or decreasing, so I am creating these little nanosensors.”