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Nanotechnology Education Curriculum Development

ProgramDoug BuckleyChair of Electrical Engineering TechnologySpringfield Technical Community College

Phil BascomUndergraduate Student

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Springfield TechnicalCommunity College

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Nanotechnology Education Curriculum

Development Program[N.E.C.D.P.]

What, Why, How, Who?

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NanotechnologyThe biggest science initiative

since the Apollo program

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How small are nanostructures?

Single Hair

Width = 0.1 mm

= 100 micrometers

= 100,000 nanometers !

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Smaller still

Hair

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DNA

3 nanometers

100,000 nanometers 10 nanometer objects made by

guided self-assembly50 nanometer objects made by

lithography

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Since the 1980's electronics has been a leading commercial driver for nanotechnology R&D, but other areas (materials, biotech, energy, etc) are of significant and growing importance.Some nanotechnology has been around for a very long time already:• Stained glass windows (Venice, Italy) - gold •nanoparticles• Photographic film - silver nanoparticles• Tires - carbon black nanoparticles• Catalytic converters - nanoscale coatings of platinum and palladium

Perspective

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NanotechnologyNanotechnology is the understanding and control of matter at dimensions of roughly 1 to 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications.

1 nanometer = 1 billionth of a meter= 1 x 10-9 m

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Why do we want to make things at the nanoscale?

• To make better products: smaller, cheaper, faster and more effective. (Electronics, catalysts, water purification, solar cells, coatings, medical diagnostics & therapy, and more)

• To introduce completely new physical phenomena to science and technology. (Quantum behavior and other effects.)

For a sustainable future!

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The Medici Effect• “When you step into an intersection of fields,

disciplines, or cultures, you can combine existing concepts into a large number of extraordinary new ideas.

• The name I have given this phenomenon, the Medici Effect, comes from a remarkable burst of creativity in fifteenth-century Italy.” *

• * From the book by Frans Johansson, The Medici Effect.

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One of the most important results of the Nanotechnology Initiative so far:

• Physics• Chemistry• Biology• Materials Science• Polymer Science• Electrical Engineering• Chemical Engineering• Mechanical Engineering• Medicine• And others

• Electronics• Materials• Health/Biotech• Chemical• Environmental• Energy• Food• Aerospace• Automotive• Security• Forest products

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Students & Nanotechnology

- A Field for People Who Want to Solve Technological Challenges Facing Societies

Around the World

Teaching Nanoscience in Community College

What will excite the students and engage them in this study?

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Issues in Teaching Nanoscience

• How do we reach the most students?• How do we engage them in the new

technology?• How do we bring together all the sciences

and industrial opportunities for study?• How can ‘all’ students profit from

nanotechnology in their careers?

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Two Paths You Can Go By – Manufacture vs Application

• Applications:– Nanotechnology will affect everything.– There are virtually NO careers that will NOT be

influenced by nanoscience.• Manufacturing:

– The creation of nano products and the tools used are very important and were in part enabled by semiconductor manufacturing.

– Students should be educated on the technology involved.

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My Career Directed Research and Presentation Approach

Biomimicry Applications in Nanoscience• Connect students to nano

in their current careers. Nanotechnology is expanding and developing very rapidly. It has infinite applications in almost everything we do. Medicine, food, chemicals, automobiles and just about anything else you can think of.

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Applications in NanoscienceWater Filtration & Purification Antibacterials - Medicine

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Creating Interest

Research Driven Presentations A new approach

• Connecting each student with their own career goals allows them to investigate how nanotechnology can affect their future and how it can enhance and define their future.

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Challenges to teaching Nanotechnology

• Texts for nanotechnology are difficult to find and can’t stay current:

• SCIENCE AT THE NANOSCALE An Introductory Textbook, by Chin Wee Shong, Sow Chong Haur & Andrew T S Wee (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

• Not very easy to get and not a very good fit.• I could not find an adequate text!• Web based teaching was the answer!• Current information for the lesson plans.

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Recruiting a diverse pool of students from different career programs

• Nanotechnology training is important for many careers:– Applications of nanotechnology will require

specialized training for each of them– It is important to build this ‘new’ workforce now!– Diversity of students provides the most creativity!– Team projects and research can also contribute to

exceptional learning opportunities.– More women are interested and enroll more often

than in other technology classes.

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Are you the kind of person that likes to be first?

Do you want to be a part of the next revolution in art, medicine and science?

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Providing On-Line Nano EducationGetting Started

Utilize the internet and World Wide Web to create you lessons and provide curriculum

materials for specific educational audiences.

– Athenaweb for example has a great intro to nanoscience.

Athena Web - Video Library

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Video Lessons for Nano EducationExample #2

Utilize the internet and World Wide Web to create you lessons and provide curriculum

materials for specific educational audiences.

– Athenaweb can help with volume vs surface area.

AthenaWeb - Video Library

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Video Modules for Nano EducationCenter for Hierarchical

ManufacturingObjective:To create effective video-based modules as curriculum materials for specific

target educational audiences.– Rich in video and 3D animation to aid visualization– Repurposable and open-source for easy adoption– Presented in short manageable sections– With hands-on activities to engage student in STEM– Free and easy to use

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Center for Educational Software Development (CESD)

• More than 10 years experience creating engaging and effective interactive educational software

• Support from NSF (DUE, CCLI), US DOE (FIPSE), UMass, others• OWL - created online learning system (NSF, FIPSE) used for

chemistry homework in 300 schools, 90,000 students• Specialty: Interactive multimedia for education (video,

animation, game like activities) in many disciplines in UMass curriculum and K-12

• Expertise: – Instructional design– Software engineering– Multimedia/ Web development

www.cesd.umass.edu

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Learning modules for N.E.C.D.P.

• Subject Matter Experts• Educational Tech. Experts• Visualization Experts

• Students•Teachers• Professionals

"Team of Producers" "Consumers"

Assessment is the QA agent

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What is the N.E.C.D.P.?• Producing repurposable, open-source,

educational tools and curriculum materials using web-based interactive simulations and multimedia rich in video and 3D animation

• Creating hands-on learning activities• Adapting and creating existing suitable

curriculum and resources for CHM educational activities

• Educational materials aimed at nano-manufacturing related processes

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• Introduction to AFM• Oleic acid nanofilm• Electrochemical deposition• Spin coating• Thin film deposition by e-beam evaporation• Photolithography• Electron-beam lithography• Diblock copolymer & self assembly• Colloidal crystallization• Nanodots, nanowires, nanorings• Cloning by nanoimprint lithography• Magnetism•Water Filtration•Superconductivity•What is nanotechnology

Modules – Current and Planned

Nanotechnology Video:

Intro to Magnetism

It’s all working

•Survey results like the one above show how effective the modules are in engaging students.

•Students are really into the study of nanotechnology – student comment

• “This has been an incredible and rewarding journey for all involved, especially myself. Such a class seems to be the ideal platform of working independently yet collaborating and learning through dissemination of research results as well as scientific inquiry.“

MagnetismThis module stimulates my interest in Nanoscale Science and Engineering:

Rating I Agree Moderate I Disagree

QUESTION #13 8 7 5 0 0 Total 20

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Links and Contact Info• Professor Douglas M Buckley• Springfield Technical Community College• One Armory Square• P O Box 9000• Springfield, MA 01102-9000• EMAIL: Dbuckley@stcc.edu• LL:413-755-4898• FAX: 413-755-5151

• Videos: • http://www.umassk12.net/nanodev/NanoEd/

Magnetism video

Nanomagnetism.mov

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Evaluation and use of modules• The utilization of the modules is continuing:

– Students in spring and fall ‘07-’11 classes at STCC viewed the modules – day and evening (adult)

– Results were very encouraging and comments helpful for developing second generation versions.

– Integration into current Electrical Engineering Technology curriculum has been done.

– As development and refinement continue, constructive feedback is requested.

– New modules are evaluated as much better than the older ones – continuous improvement.

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Thank You

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