Nano-LinkCenter for Nanotechnology Education
Oakton CCOctober 2015
Lead Institution: Dakota County Technical CollegeUniversity Partner: University of MinnesotaPI: Deb Newberry [email protected]
• Support 2 year college programs developing technicians to fit industry needs
• Industry partnerships – coordinating student outcomes with industry requirements
• Provide content to educators to infuse nanoscience concepts into traditional classes as well as technical programs
• Provide professional development opportunities for educators
Center for Nanotechnology Education
NL Alliance Member AddressUniversity of Minnesota Minneapolis, MNChippewa Valley Technical College Eau Claire, WIAustin Community College Austin, TXOakton Community College Skokie, ILCollege of Lake County GraysLake, ILSoutheast Tech Winona, MNValley City State University Valley City, NDMatEd Seattle, WAArapahoe Community College Littleton, COFoothill College Los Altos Hills, CAMohave Community Collge Kingman, AZSt. Petersburg College St. Petersburg FLNorthcentral Technical College Wausau, WIBio-Link San Francisco, CAOPTEC TXSitting Bull College Ft. Yeats NDBeloit College Beloit, WI
Lead Institution: Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount MN
Provides guidance and content for:
• Over 30 semester long courses:Introductory, Nanoelectronics, Nanomaterials,Nanobiotech, Manufacturing and Quality Assurance,Testing
• Over 18 College Level Labs and Experiments
• Over 20 topic specific nanoscience modulesFor outreach and high school infusion (The Nano-Infusion Project)
Center for Nanotechnology Education
Lead Institution: Dakota County Technical College
Semester 1at DCTC
Semester 2at DCTC
Semester 3at DCTC
Semester 4 At Univ. of MN
Course Name Credits Course Name Credits Course Name Credits Course Name CreditsBIOL1500
GeneralBiology
4 CHEM1500
Introduction to Chemistry
4 NANO2101
NanoElectronics
3 MT3111
Elem. of Micro Manufacturing
3
PHYS1100
CollegePhysics I
4 PHYS1200
CollegePhysics II
4 NANO2111
Nanobiotechnology/Agriculture
3 MT3112
Elem. of Micro Mfg Lab
1
ENGL1100
Writing & Research Skills
3 SPEE1020
****
Interpersonal Communication
3 NANO2121
Nanomaterials 3 MT3121
Thin Films Deposition
3
MATS1300
College Algebra
4 MATS1250
Principles of Statistical Analysis
4 NANO2131
Manufacturing,Quality Assurance
2 MT3131
Intro to Materials Characterization
3
NANO1100
Fund. of Nano I
3 NANO1200
Fund of Nano II 3 NANO2140
InterdisciplinaryLab
3 MT3132
Materials Characterization Lab
1
NANO1210
Computer Simulation
1 NANO2151
Career Planning and Industry
1 MT3141
Principles andApplications of Bionanotechnology
3
NANO1222
Student LabExperience and Research
3
****Interpersonal Communications can be taken any semester
MT3142
Nanoparticles & Biotechnology Lab
1
NANO2970
Internship 2
Credits 18 Credits 19/22****
Credits 15/18****
Credits 17
Dakota County Technical CollegeNanoscience Technology Program Course Outline and Credit Allocation
rev. 2011
Guidance, Tutorials, Syllabi, Slides, Tests, Quizzes
How it can all fit together
CoursesLecture (and lab)Major Categories
Semester LongCollege
Lab ExperimentsExperiment/enhanced activity
Deeper concepts2 to 4 hours
College
ModuleActivity basedTopic Specific
1 hourMultiple grade levesl
ModuleActivity basedTopic Specific
1 hourMultiple grade
levels
Lab ExperimentsExperiment/enhanced
activityDeeper concepts
2 to 4 hoursCollege
Lab ExperimentsExperiment/enhanced
activityDeeper concepts
2 to 4 hoursCollege
ModuleActivity basedTopic Specific
1 hourMultiple grade levels
CoursesLecture (and lab)Major Categories
Semester LongCollege
Lab ExperimentsExperiment/enhanced activity
Deeper concepts2 to 4 hours
College
ModuleActivity basedTopic Specific
1 hourMultiple grade levels
CoursesLecture (and lab)Major Categories
Semester LongCollege
Lab ExperimentsExperiment/enhanced activity
Deeper concepts2 to 4 hours
College
ModuleActivity basedTopic Specific
1 hourMultiple grade levels
Guidance, Tutorials, Syllabi,
Slides, Tests, Quizzes
How it can all fit together
Guidance, Tutorials, Syllabi, Slides, Tests, Quizzes
How it can all fit together
CoursesLecture (and lab)Major Categories
Semester LongCollege
Lab ExperimentsExperiment/enhanced activity
Deeper concepts2 to 4 hours
College
ModuleActivity basedTopic Specific
1 hourMultiple grade levels
Guidance, Tutorials, Syllabi, Slides, Tests, Quizzes
How it can all fit together
CoursesLecture (and lab)Major Categories
Semester LongCollege
Lab ExperimentsExperiment/enhanced activity
Deeper concepts2 to 4 hours
College
ModuleActivity basedTopic Specific
1 hourMultiple grade
levels
Nano-Link Activities
• Content Dissemination (Courses at over 17 high schools, colleges and universities)
• Modularized content
• Educator Workshops
• Outreach Activities
• Annual Conference for students and faculty
• Exhibits and Presentations at multiple conferences
• Help educators work and partner with industry
• Define relevant requirements for various industries
• And help schools create student competencies and outcomes to match those needs
Educator Hands On Workshops
Upward Bound
STEM night at local school
Minneapolis STEM
Outreach
Standing Rock Reservation (ND)Students and Parents
Impetus for the Nano-Link Conference
• Answer the questions of potential nano program students• Answer the questions of current nano program students
• What kind of companies are doing nanotechnology?• What are some of the different career paths?
What does a job look like?• Am I ever going to use what you are teaching me?
Agenda • Includes industry speakers
• What does their company do?• How does their company use nanotechnology?• What requirements do you have for technicians?
• Includes panels of program graduates• Where do you work and what is your job?• What surprised you the most when you started working?• What do you wish you had worked harder at in school?
• Student poster session and nano tools image content• PhD student presenting their nano-based research
Annual Nano-Link Alliance Conference: Since 2009
• Competency and Student Outcomes Definition
• Correlation to specific industry needs and job requirements
• Tutorials for educators: Working with Industry
DCTC:© DMN
What’s Next ?
NGSS/CC Alignment • Completed for 10 modules – in process of strengthening alignment where appropriate
Completion of Tier 2 (more complex) modules• Photolithography in a box• Water filtration using the Life Straw• Nanocrete• Critical Micelle Concentration and spectroscopy• Micro embossing• Encapsulation
Culturally Relevant Module ContentNative American – ND and MT (Sweat lodge abalone, rocks, porcupine quills)Hispanic – PR (in definition stage)
Sustainable Nanotechnology
SN has additional considerations to the NSF ATE “sustainability” aspect
ATE sustainability: Continue the project/activity without NSF funding
Sustainable nanotechnology: A 3 legged stool• Economic• Environment• Societal
• This provides multiple educational content opportunities• SNO
Semester 1at DCTC
Semester 2at DCTC
Semester 3at DCTC
Semester 4 At Univ. of MN
Course Name Credits Course Name Credits Course Name Credits Course Name Credits
BIOL1500
GeneralBiology
4 CHEM1500
Introduction to Chemistry
4 NANO2101
NanoElectronics
3 MT3111
Elem. of Micro Manufacturing
3
PHYS1100
CollegePhysics I
4 PHYS1200
CollegePhysics II
4 NANO2111
Nanobiotechnology/Agriculture
3 MT3112
Elem. of Micro Mfg Lab
1
ENGL1100
Writing & Research Skills
3 SPEE1020
Interpersonal Communication
3 NANO2121
Nanomaterials 3 MT3121
Thin Films Deposition
3
MATS1300
College Algebra
4 MATS1250
Principles of Statistical Analysis
4 NANO2131
Manufacturing,Quality Assurance
2 MT3131
Intro to Materials Characterization
3
NANO1100
Fund. of Nano I
3 NANO1200
Fund of Nano II 3 NANO2140
InterdisciplinaryLab
3 MT3132
Materials Characterization Lab
1
NANO1210
Computer Simulation
1 NANO2151
Career Planning and Industry
1 MT3141
Principles andApplications of Bionanotechnology
3
NANO1222
Student LabExperience and Research
3 MT3142
Nanoparticles & Biotechnology Lab
1
NANO2970
Internship 2
Credits 18 Credits 19 Credits 15 Credits 17
Dakota County Technical CollegeNanoscience Technology Program Course Outline and Credit Allocation
rev. 2011
First SemesterIn small groups students are asked to come up with a nanotechnology based product
They describe the product, its attributes, purpose, audience etc.Place these items on large poster boards in the classroom
As we progress through the semester –and discuss societal, cost, feasibility, regulatory, environmental and economic aspectsstudents keep going back to their product – to determine how well their productfits various (self determined) parameters
Also discuss how various aspects are tested and measured (use some SNO presentations)
Warning!!!! This can get ugly –some students are willing to sacrifice environmental issues for the potential benefit of the technologysome students will think the cost is too highsome students now think “it will never sell”
Societal Aspects
Not always technology based – Economic, regulatory
How does the public view science/scientists/engineers
IP protection – global aspect
Hype versus reality
What is our obligation to them? (ref. dmn IEEE Editorial 2003)
© Deb Newberry 2002,2003,2004,2005
Where or when in the development of this technology did the general public become aware of the technology?
Time
NanotechnologyInternetElectronics
$ or# corps. or# of products
X
XX
What is the impact of this early awareness?
© Deb Newberry 2002,2003,2004,2005
CNT
MaterialUnderstanding
PhysicalAssessment
Reproduceresults
High Volume
MATERIALS
ELECTRONICS
BIO-MEDICAL
ENERGY
ENVIRONMENT
Applications –Composite materials
Computer simulation
Definition ofElectrical properties
Integration intoExisting assembly processes
InteractionWith fluids
NanowiresDoped CNTS
Lab experiments
© Deb Newberry
© Deb Newberry 2002,2003,2004,2005
Researchers: Univ./Govt.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Researchers: Univ./Industry
Application Assessment: Scientists and Engineers.
Manufacturing Engineering and Product Development
Industry Investment/ Government Grants
Government/University Grants
7
Venture Capital Investment
Participants
Investment
Maturity Phase
Interaction studies,Manufacturing
approach
ApplicationPrototype
Move to highVolume
ManufacturingTest Market
First ProductIn public sectorPotential
Applications,Make more
Ah- Ha!!Define materialAnd properties
Technology Attributes
MaterialVariations
Thank you!!!!!
Just as nanotechnology has many facets –Nano-Link is multi-faceted --- here to help