Ten students who attend the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) at the Catonsville campus are taking part in an eight-week program that allows them to work in various nanotechnology labs.
The group is interning in a pilot program sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Nanoscience Education Hub, which rotates the students through nanotech labs at Morgan State University, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), and the Fab Lab on CCBC's campus on South Rolling Road.
Participants have GPAs of 3.25 and above, and were chosen from a pool of applicants which was narrowed to 21. The hopefuls were interviewed by judges from UMBC, and the 10 finalists chosen. The students will be working 40-hour weeks, and are set to be paid a small stipend for their efforts.
Laura LeMire, who is acting head of CCBC's Catonsville campus engineering department, said the program has many benefits for the students; they include working in the environment of a four-year university; working with nanotechnology experts; doing research; and learning to work in the field. These activities will allow the participants to add this experience to their résumés, enhancing opportunities for future employment.
CCBC could work with brochure printers to create a mailer for the area’s high schools, explaining the program and inviting counselors to have students consider attending the community college.
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