Nanotechnology Workshop in Iran’s Esfahan

Text of report by Iranian state-run provincial TV from Esfahan on 20 May

The Science Hub of Nanotechnology Training Workshop on the Environment [Persian: Kargah-e Amuzeshi-ye Qotb-e Elmi va Fanavari- ye Nano dar Mohit-e Zist] began its work at Esfahan University of Technology today.

During the three-day training workshop more than 100 experts and students in the fields of mechanics, chemical engineering, textile, and physics will review and present educational material on the role and use of nanotechnology.

Seyyed Gholamreza E’temad, the administrative secretary of the Nanotechnolgoy Workshop on Environment, said the topics of the training workshops were; nanoliquids, nanoclusters, nanofibers, nanotermodynamics and the review of the flow of liquids at micro and nano scale. He said two scientific hubs are currently active in the country in the field of nanotechnology at Esfahan University of Technology and Sharif University of Technology.

[Video shows the meeting of experts, a poster of the training workshop and Seyyed Gholamreza E'temad, the administrative secretary of the Nanotechnolgoy Workshop on Environment, speaking with Esfahan TV correspondent]

Originally published by Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran Esfahan Provincial TV, Esfahan, in Persian 1615 20 May 08.

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