‘Cooking’ up the future of biotechnology

May 10, 2022 by

Apadaca’s 353 chemistry lab is home to lots of research equipment, chemical substances along with hardworking students and faculty.   Dr. Channa De Silva, chemistry professor, is the faculty advisor for one section of lab. The focus is on nanotechnology. What is nanotechnology?  As De Silva explains, nanotechnology is not new but today its applications can bring […]

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Remarkable new biomedical research at WCU

May 10, 2022 by

WCU students working with Dr. Channa De Silva, chemistry professor, are involved in important research. Their focus is developing a method for making cancers and cancer cells visible by using nanotechnology. “It is a type of technology that deals with science and engineering aspects of materials at the nanometer region,” De Silva explains. Nanoparticles are […]

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WCU sophomore Kaitlyn Brasecker aims for firsts in chemistry

April 8, 2018 by

According to a study funded by the National Science Foundation, the NSF estimates by 2020, there will be two million nanotechnology-related jobs/workers needed in the United States. Six million worldwide. At only 19 years of age and a sophomore at Western Carolina University, Kaitlyn Brasecker hopes to bring advances in the medical field through nanotechnology. […]

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