By MIKE ISAACS | misaacs@pioneerlocal.com<\/a> February 19, 2013 5:38PM <\/p>\n Oakton Community College's John Baliga teaches his \"Fundamentals of Nanotechnology\" class last month on the Skokie campus. Students are soon to work at the Illinois Science + Technology Park. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media <\/p>\n storyidforme: 44556241 tmspicid: 16504331 fileheaderid: 7247491 <\/p>\n Updated: February 21, 2013 10:28AM <\/p>\n Sometimes the largest step forward comes from the smallest technology. <\/p>\n Theres no better proof of that than the course now being taught at Oakton Community Colleges Skokie campus. <\/p>\n Fundamentals of Nanotechnology is a response of sorts to the growing need in a science field that demands work at the smallest level. <\/p>\n Theres definitely a demand for this kind of work, more than before, said teacher John Baliga before he got ready to teach his course recently at Oakton. <\/p>\n It may have seemed like any other course a teacher standing in front of a classroom as about a dozen people paid rapt attention to a lecture. But that lecture will prepare these serious-minded students soon for an extraordinary hands-on learning opportunity. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n See original here:<\/p>\n Oakton Community College kicks off nanotechnology program<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By MIKE ISAACS | misaacs@pioneerlocal.com<\/a> February 19, 2013 5:38PM Oakton Community College's John Baliga teaches his \"Fundamentals of Nanotechnology\" class last month on the Skokie campus. Students are soon to work at the Illinois Science + Technology Park. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media storyidforme: 44556241 tmspicid: 16504331 fileheaderid: 7247491 Updated: February 21, 2013 10:28AM Sometimes the largest step forward comes from the smallest technology Continue reading