05050 ENGR ENMA Add Minor in Nanoscience and Technology

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First and foremost, each program of study should have sufficient breadth to allow the student flexibility in learning about this multidisciplinary field. Simultaneously, they should instill the basic underlying scientific principles necessary for intellectual achievement, and for understanding the technological possibilities and limitations of NS&T. As nanoscale science and technology is to a large degree experimentally driven, lecture courses should be supplemented by courses on fabrication/synthesis and characterization. Furthermore, the fast pace of development in this field makes it nearly impossible to develop up to date textbooks. We expect that some of the courses will supplement a traditional lecture approach, with guest seminars, in which scientists and senior students speak about ongoing research in this field. ENMA489T, Nanotechnology Characterization, has already successfully adopted this approach. As the field develops, and as new faculty are hired we expect additional courses will be developed which will further increase the breadth of our offerings, e.g. in Nanobiotechnology, and computational Nanoscience and technology. We recognize that the interests and needs of students coming from different departments will vary. We thus expect that each participating department will propose its own standards as to determination of which courses will count toward the NS&T minor for students majoring in that department, and which courses will be made available to nonmajors NS&T minors. The individual departments will also design model programs for minor students from their departments. Examples are shown below. Students from nonparticipating departments will be administered through MSE, which will also determine standards for those students. Individual departmental standards and models will be subject to approval by the NS&T committee, consisting of representatives from each participating department. We anticipate that other departments may decide to participate in this minor, and will expand the committee and model programs accordingly. Below we list specific examples of programs of study, based upon the student majors and/or areas of interest. Model program 1: for a student with a major in MSE (or ECE), and an interest in electronic applications Fundamental Science: ENMA481 Electronic and Optical Materials, PHYS401 Quantum Physics I or PHYS420 Modern Physics Applications: ENEE313 Introduction to Device Physics, or XXXX499 Research in NS&T area Fabrication/Synthesis: ENMA465 Microprocessing or ENEE416 IC Laboratory Characterization: ENMA489T Nanocharacterization The MSE major emphasizes the interrelation of processing, structure and properties, but with a number of possible areas corresponding to the different classes of materials. MSE students interested in electronic materials will likely take the MSE course on
“Electronic and Optical Materials”, ENMA481 (prerequisite: ENES 230, already a requirement of the major). Such students will generally also take “Microprocessing” ENMA465 (prerequisite: ENES 230, already a requirement of the major, and permission of the instructor) to learn about fabrication techniques. MSE students who are interested in device applications may also decide upon the “Integrated Circuit Laboratory” ENEE416 (prerequisite ENEE 312 “Semiconductor Devices and Analog circuits” ) and the prerequisite for this: “Semiconductor Devices and Analog Circuits” ENEE 312 (prerequisite ENES 302, “Digital Electronics”, which would not count toward the minor) MSE students interested in characterizing electronic devices and materials at the nm scale will be interested in “Nanocharacterization” ENMA489T (no formal prerequisites; permission of the instructor) to learn how the relation between the structure and properties of structures such as quantum dots, wells and wires can be determined. As effects associated with confinement of electrons and holes are the main interest in this area of NS&T, it is essential that they have some background in elementary Quantum Mechanics, at least at the level taught in “Modern Physics” PHYS420 (prerequisites: “Introductory Physics I &II” PHYS270/271 (or PHYS273) and “Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers” MATH246, all of which an MSE student would normally take). Or for more theoretically inclined students: “Quantum Physics I” PHYS401
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