Introduction to Nanotechnology

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Introduction to Nanotechnology

• Course Overview
• NANO51

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Course Overview

• Goals and objectives
• Week by week
• Assignments
• Course website / ETUDES
• Hybrid venue
• Your instructor
• PNPA approach

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Goals and Objectives

• Learn what nanotechnology is all about
• Build out your nano vocabulary
• Understand STEM of nanotechnology
• Apply nanotech principles to real world
• See the vision of nanotechnology

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Week by Week (1-6)

• Nanotechnology overview
• The Atom our central nanostructure
• Materials and structure in nanotech
• Nanoelectronic devices
• Nanofabrication techniques
• MEMS and sensors

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Week by Week (7-12)

• Surfaces and thin films
• Materials characterization
• Quantum technology
• Nanobiotechnology
• Cleantech
• Final thoughts

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Assignments

• Weekly writing / midterm
• Forums postings / sharing articles
• Back-of-the- envelope calculations
• Technology assignment
• Nano project assignment
• Extra credit as applied to your goals

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Course Website ETUDES

• http//fgamedia.org/faculty/rdcormia/NANO51/
• Your roadmap to the course
• Weekly pages with links and files
• ETUDES website for assignments
• https//myetudes.org/portal/
• See the link in week one and main page
• Where you submit your electronic text

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Hybrid Venue

• All material is available through the fgamedia
  website and ETUDES
• All students have ETUDES accounts
• Physical venue is lecture/seminar
• Website tutorials and links
• You submit assignments in ETUDES
• This may change after week one

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Your Instructor

• Robert D. Cormia
• Materials analyst / surface scientist
• Informatics / bioinformatics
• rdcormia_at_earthlink.net
• CormiaRobert_at_foothill.edu
• 650.747.1588 (home/office)
• 650.949.7456 (campus / office)

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Nanotech Certificate

• Submitted for approval in fall 2005
• Formally approved in summer 2006
• Five courses in the engineering dept
• Technical collaboration at partner institutions
• SJSU, UCSC, NASA-ASL
• Ask us for more information!

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Our Philosophy

• Nanotechnology is new, and not new!
• We have been working at the atomic scale for over
  100 years (more or less)
• STEM approach is our nano compass
• Science, Technology, Engineering, Math
• We are building out a new course and a new
  approach youre part of this work!

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Summary

• First course in nanotech certificate
• Introduction to nanotechnology principles
• Survey of nanotechnology applications
• STEM approach to each course topic
• Scenario based introduction to each topic
• Team taught by real nanotechnologists
• Science and engineering, plus technology!