Outreach

CEMS undergraduate students have established a student chapter of the American Vacuum Society (AVS) at the University of Minnesota under the faculty leadership of Prof. Jalan. The chapter hopes to foster discussion between students, local industry professionals, and faculty members across science and technology disciplines with a focus on vacuum technology. Our group also showcases our research and participates in the Minnesota Chapter AVS Symposium.

Communicating ideas and concepts has never been an easy task. We find that animations are powerful audio-visual tools that enable science communication intuitively. In this video, we explain the steps involved during crystal growth using hybrid molecular beam epitaxy. 

Animation courtesy: Mr. Chris Cheng, senior undergraduate student, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN

Our group participates in and organizes laboratory tours for K-12 and undergraduate students to expose them to the fun of science. Some of these students get to see “what scientists do” for the first time.