Springfield Technical
Community College
Nanotechnology Education
Curriculum Development Program
Doug Buckley
Chair of Electrical Engineering Technology
Springfield Technical Community College
Phil Bascom
Undergraduate Student
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Nanotechnology Education
Curriculum
Development Program
[N.E.C.D.P.]
What, Why, How, Who?
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Nanotechnology
The 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
DNA
Hair
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100,000
nanometers
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50nanometer
nanometerobjects
objectsmade
madeby
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self-assembly
lithography
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3 nanometers
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Perspective
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
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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.” *
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* 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:
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Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Materials Science
Polymer Science
Electrical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Medicine
And others
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• 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
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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 Nanoscience
Water 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:
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SCIENCE AT THE NANOSCALE An
Introductory Textbook, by Chin Wee Shong, Sow
Chong Haur & Andrew T S Wee (National University of
Singapore, Singapore)
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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 Education
Getting 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 Education
Example #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 Education
Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing
Objective: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)
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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 K12
Expertise:
– Instructional design
– Software engineering
– Multimedia/ Web development
www.cesd.umass.edu
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Learning modules for
N.E.C.D.P.
"Team of Producers"
• Subject Matter Experts
• Educational Tech. Experts
• Visualization Experts
"Consumers"
• Students
•Teachers
• Professionals
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 nanomanufacturing related processes
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Modules – Current and Planned
• 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
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Nanotechnology Video:
Intro to Magnetism
It’s all working
Magnetism
This module stimulates my interest in Nanoscale Science and Engineering:
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•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.“
Links and Contact Info
• Professor Douglas M Buckley
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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/
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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
Q&A