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NanoBusiness Talent Program Arranges High School Internships with Nanotechnology Start-ups

Business Wire, July 28, 2010

CHICAGO — Summer jobs are a rite of passage for teens. But this summer, Christian
Johnson, 18, isnt scooping ice cream or catching a tan as a lifeguard.
Instead, the soon-to-be college freshman will investigate the use of
nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery along with scientists at BD
Technologies in North Carolinas Research Triangle Park.

Johnson, of Chapel Hill, N.C., is one of 12 students participating in an
eight-week internship arranged by the NanoBusiness Talent Program.
Learning from some of the nations premier researchers, teens ages 16 to
18 will work with multimillion dollar tools used in nanoscience,
including atomic force microscopy, e-beam lithography and scanning
electron microscopy. Theyll gain hands-on laboratory experience that
most students wont get until college or graduate school.

NanoBusiness Talent arranges paid internships for high school students
with nanotechnology companies in Illinois, North Carolina and Colorado.
Students selected for the program demonstrate the potential to make
outstanding contributions in engineering and science careers. Past
interns have gone on to some of the nations most elite universities,
including Harvard, Cal Tech and Duke University.

Funded through a grant by the Department of Energy, the NanoBusiness
Talent Programs mission supports President Obamas push to make U.S.
students more competitive globally in science, technology, engineering
and math.

NanoBusiness Talent was developed to nurture the talent of the next
generation of entrepreneurs by placing them in emerging technology
companies that may not otherwise host interns, says NanoBusiness Talent
Program Director Lesley Hamming, Ph.D. The technology is truly
groundbreaking in our partnering companies. The students get a
one-of-a-kind opportunity to learn directly from the entrepreneurs and
scientists leading the charge.

I would like to commend Lesley Hamming, Ph.D, for her enthusiasm and
passion in leading the NanoBusiness Talent Program for the past three
years, said Vincent Caprio, Executive Director, NanoBusiness Alliance.
We look forward to Lesleys vision for further growth in 2011.

Nanotechnology is the science of manipulating matter at the
nanoscale1/100,000 the width of a human hairto create new materials
and products with applications for medical treatments, energy
production, pollution reduction and access to clean water.

Participating companies include: Advanced Liquid Logic (Morrisville,
N.C.), Protochips (Raleigh, N.C.), Appealing Products (Raleigh N.C.), BD
Technologies (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), Questek (Evanston, Ill.),
Nanophase Technologies (Romeoville, Ill.), Ohmx (Evanston, Ill.),
NanoIntegris (Skokie, Ill.,), Nanosphere (Northbrook, Ill.), MemPro
Ceramics (Broomfield, Col.) and Zettacore (Englewood, Col.).

Prior to starting their internships in June, students attended a
three-day nanotechnology camp at the Center for Nanoscale Materials
(CNM) at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill. They conducted
laboratory experiments and listened to lectures by several of the
nations top scientists.

“NanoBusiness Talent is a great program for people with a strong
scientific background who want to further their understanding of modern
science and technology, says participant Katherine Hobbs, 18, of
Raleigh, N.C.

Interviews with participating students and scientists are available upon
request.

About The NanoBusiness Talent Program:

The NanoBusiness Talent Program connects future scientists and high-tech
companies by arranging summer internships for high school students at
nanotechnology companies. Students develop their scientific acumen while
working closely with scientists and entrepreneurs. Talent fellows are
chosen from among the top junior and senior high school students for
their passion for science and their potential to contribute
significantly to research and innovation in emerging technology as they
move forward in their careers. The NanoBusiness Talent Program was
founded in 2008 by members of the NanoBusiness Alliance. For more
information, please visit www.nanobusinesstalent.org.

About the NanoBusiness Alliance:

The NanoBusiness Alliance is the voice of the nation’s nanotechnology
business community
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