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-Buckley and Calm July 22, 2009- 1
Nanotechnology Education Curriculum Development
Program
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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How small are nanostructures?
Single Hair
Width = 0.1 mm
= 100 micrometers
= 100,000 nanometers !
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Smaller still
Hair
.
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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Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology 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
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: [email protected]• LL:413-755-4898• FAX: 413-755-5151
• Videos: • http://www.umassk12.net/nanodev/NanoEd/
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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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