A hands-on laboratory and computational experience for nanoscale materials, devices and systems education for electronics, spintronics and optoelectronics
arXiv:1303.6368
Abstract
To enhance the undergraduate and graduate engineering education for nanoscale materials, devices and systems, we report a multi-disciplinary course based on the integration of theory, hands-on laboratory and hands-on computation into a single curriculum. The hands-on laboratory modules span various dimensionalities of nanomaterials as well as applications in logic, memory, and energy harvesting. In the hands-on computational exercises, students simulate the material and the device characteristics, and in some cases, design the experimental process flow to fabricate and characterize the devices and systems. Such a course not only grooms the students for multi-disciplinary collaborative activities in nanoscience and nanoengineering, but also prepares them well for future academic or industrial pursuit in this area.
13 pages, 5 figures and 1 table