Nanoeducation

This page will identify various efforts wordlwide to develope new classes or short courses to educate the next generation of scientists and engineers in the fields of nanoscience and technology. Also, this website will list the growing number of nano related courses being developed at the undergraduate and graduate levels at various universities.
Please send your suggestions at marc.cahay@uc.edu for upcoming issues
New entries

  • INASCON: First international Nano Student Conference was held in Silkeborg (Denmark)
    Make sure to check this website for the sequels.

  • Nanoscience Education: nanoScience education website

  • Links on Widening the Impact: Informal, Introductory, and Industry Nanochallenges

  • nanoEDU: nanoEducation and Training Forum

  • Nanotechnology - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks

  • NNI (National Nanotechnology Initiative) - US government initiative

  • Nanotechnology - Optional subject in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

  • One of the earliest graduate courses on nanostructured materials developed at RPI


    Old entries

  • American Elements Website
    ( Nanotechnology Information Center. What is Nanotechnology? How are nanotechnologies used today?

  • RAREcorporation website
    ( An Advanced Research and Engineering Company
    RARE Corporation has added several new courses to their current list of offerings
    Communicating risk about nanotechnology in the 21st century, Prof. D. Berube, Jun 20-22, 2007 (Washington, DC)
    Introduction to nanotechnology, Prof. M. Reed, Jun 25-27, 2007 (Washington, DC)
    Nano- and Molecular scale electronics, Prof. M. Reed, July 23-25, 2007 (Seattle, WA)
    Nanotechnology: Risk, Health, Safety and Environmental Perspectives, Dr. Jo Anne Shatkin, July 25-27, 2007 (Seattle, WA)

  • The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
    ( NIEHS website)
    will soon begin a new series of free web-based seminars.
    The attachment gives the dates, topics and how to join in.
    Announcement

  • Communicated by Evelyn Hirt (Pacific Northwest Laboratory)
    The NATO Research and Technology Organization Applied Vehicle Technology Panel has organized a
    four city tour of their Nanotechnology Aerospace Applications lecture series for 2006. The
    lectures will provide a general introduction with selected examples into this novel and emerging
    technology, including nanomaterials synthesis and characterization, nanofabrication, applications,
    and commercialization. On 16-17 October 2006 the lecture will be offered in Seattle on the
    University of Washington campus. This Lecture Series is open to citizens from both NATO and
    Partnership-for-Peace (PfP) Nations. There is no fee to attend the lecture. Enrolment can be
    done on-line at http://www.rta.nato.int/meetings.asp. Reservations for citizens of NATO nations
    are required by October 9th. For more information on the lecture or the other lecture locations
    read the attached NATO Lecture Series Announcement.
    Announcement


  • Edward L. Wolf (ISBN 3-527-40407-4) "Nanophysics and Nanotechnology: an introduction to modern concepts in nanoscience", from John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

  • Ban Wong, Anurag Mittal, Yu Cao, and Greg Starr (ISBN:0-471-46610-7) "Nano-CMOS Circuit and Physical Design", from John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

  • K.P. Roenker, "An introduction course in nanoelectronics at the senior/graduate level", Proc. Sixth IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE Nano2006), Cincinnati Ohio, July 2006.

  • Class developed by Prof. H.-S. Philip Wong at Stanford University.

  • Class developed by Prof. Datta at Purdue University.

  • (communicated by Mark Lundstrom) Nanocurriculum - Several courses available at the Nanohub at Purdue.

  • Class developed by Prof. D. Ullmo at Duke University.

  • Class developed by Professors M. Hybertsen and N. Lang at Columbia University.

  • Class developed by Prof. V. Mitin at University of SUNY-Bullafo.

  • Your contribution here. Please send me the link. Thank you!

  • Syllabus of ECE 7995: Nano-electronics and Information Technology offered at Wayne State University

  • Phys 600: Introduction to Nanoscale Science and Technology (Rice University)

  • Network for Computational Nanotechnology

  • The web course of nanotechnology

  • NSTI website: Nanotechnology Continuing Education

  • Arcitle by Meyya Meyyappan (Nasa Ames Research Center) on "Nanotechnology education and training",
    appeared in Journal of Materials Education Vo. 26 (3-4), pp.311-320 (2004).
    You can download a pdf version of this paper right here.
    Meyya's article

  • NSTI website: Sharing Nanotechnology Knowledge

  • Site with listings of some universities with nanoscience education in their undergraduate and graduate programs

  • Developments of several undergraduate courses in nanotechnology at the University of Cincinnati
    This is an interdisciplinary effort funded by the National Science Foundation

  • 4th Nano Training Bootcamp, July 10-14, 2006 University of Minnesota

  • Stanford's Intro to Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology course

  • Download here the syllabus (word document format) of ECES 628: Introduction to Nanoelectronics
    being offered in the ECECS Department at the University of Cincinnati
    ECES628.doc

  • Download here the ps or pdf version of the syllabus for "Introduction to Quantum Computing",
    ECES 622 offered as a dual level class at the University of Cincinnati:
    622.ps
    622.pdf

    Download here the ps or pdf version of the syllabus for "Special Topics in Quantum Computing",
    ECES 753, a sequel to the introductory class on quantum computing offered at the University of Cincinnati:
    753.ps
    753.pdf