Safety, Health, and Environmental Awareness in Nanotechnology Training

The article proposes a critical thinking model for nanotechnology students to address both knowledge and learning centeredness techniques. Experiments conducted in the training involved laboratory production of clean, long and good quantity of carbon nanotubes of 0.7 gram/min within very low residence time of 9.3 sec at 1100 0 C and total gas flow of 1.2ml/min on continuous basis. Demographic distribution based on scientific research and development, showed supports in the decreasing order of age range, level of education, language proficiency, nature of institution, nanotechnology attendance and years of working experience. It is worth noting that 96% of the respondents were attending nanotechnology course for the first time, which was a good stimulant for nanotechnology awareness and interest. The statistical evaluation of safety, health and environment (SHE) survey strongly recommends nine out of the twenty nine test statements to be addressed by practicing nanotechnologists with regards to SHE.