Scroll down for all the program details and slide show!
Presentations and Detailed Program
Day 1 - July 19, 12:00-3:30pm Eastern Time (Zoom link sent out to registered participants and presenters prior)
12:00 Welcome I - Matthias Pleil
12:10 Centers Welcome - MNT-EC Jared Ashcroft, NACK - Bob Ehrmann, NEATEC - Abe Michelen, SCME - Matthias Pleil
12:30 MNTeSIG Working Groups Lightening Round - Why you should consider participating in the Working Group Sessions and Join!
12:45 Presentation Lightening Rounds - Will provide a short pitch for you to consider watching the longer, asynchronous presentations.  Just in: Kirk Dolar on his poster session.  Due to technical issues, ​​Auro Ashish's short video could not be include; please watch the presentation below.
13:10 Tour of where things are at and Q&A about anything you've heard so far - Matthias Pleil & Jared Ashcroft
1:30-1:45 - Break
  • Poster presenters can enter the virtual space and "set up"
  • Participants are welcome to join in at any time
The zoom conference will remain open throughout so that you can also go there to network and ask questions.
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2:00-3:30 - Poster session
See the poster session page for details.  You should have received information on this with the Conference Zoom links email.

Day 2 - July 20, 12:00-3:30pm Eastern Time
12:00 Welcome II - Jared Ashcroft - Will Introduce the Keynote
12:05 Keynote - Kendrick Davis - The US Scientific Enterprise Through the Lens of Justice 
We will have time for Q&A - feel free to put your questions in the chat box!

1:00-1:10 Break
Enter your working groups! Make sure you put your preference in the chat box!
1:10-2:00 
Working Group Working Session I
Breakout rooms for each working group (WG)
  1. Distance Learning DLWG
  2. Curriculum CWG
  3. Professional Development PDWG
  4. Outreach OWG
  5. Industry IWG
2:00 - 2:10 Break
2:10 - 3:00 - Working Group Working Session II – Mashup - WG’s with overlapping goals
Breakout rooms:
  1. Distance Learning and Curriculum
  2. Professional Development and Outreach
3:00-3:30 Wrap Up
Presentations
  • Keynote Day 2 - The US Scientific Enterprise Through the Lens of Justice  - Kendrick Davis 
    • Slide Deck coming soon - make sure you attend to watch the keynote live!
  • Hands-on Professional Development at UNM with Your Students -Matthias Pleil  
  • From Fundamentals of Quantum Physics to Solar Cells - Atila Cakmak 
  • Teaching Atomic Force Microscopes Interactively - Atila Cakmak 
  • J ATE - The Journal of Advanced Technological Education - Peter Kazarinoff 
  • Feasible Self-assembly demonstration of biomaterials for undergraduate Students  - Neda Habibi 
  • How to Incorporate Distance Learning into Your New or Existing Program - Rick Vaughn ​
    • ​Slide deck and Video coming soon
  • High Performance Heterogenous Computing for Quantum Computing Simulations for Training the Quantum Workforce  - ​​Auro Ashish 
  • Nanotechnology and Agriculture: A Unique and Positive Combination - Deb Newberry 
  • The Talking Technicians Podcast Highlights MNT Technicians - Peter Kazarinoff 
  • Using Photonics to Determine the Wavelength of Red Light - Greg Kepner and Frank Reed
  • Providing Equitable Access to STEM Education Through the 2+2+2 Matriculation Model - Kenie Moses 
Working Group Lightening Round Slide Decks
Link to Working Group Lightening Round Presentations
Slide Decks:
Distance Learning 
Industry