Instructor: Dr. Greg Spencer, Dept of Physics What is nanotechnology?
How will it affect your life in the future?
This course will introduce the vast array of technologies and materials in the realm of nanotechnology.
The resulting revolutionary technologies will affect all facets of 21st century life.
The course will use lectures by Texas State faculty and visiting experts from nanotechnology companies, textbook and technical literature readings & discussions, and student presentations to discover this exciting new scientific and engineering endeavor.
Nanomachines---microbots, nanobots, and smart dust Self-assembly---letting Nature do the hard part Speculations---where's this going?

http://www.texasnano.org/news/pdfs/Nanotechnology_flyer_Spring2004.pdf

Over the next decade, the frontiers of research in science, engineering and technology will be driven to a dominant extent by breakthroughs and developments in nano- and biomaterials.
ANU is a world leader in this emerging field, with an enormous breadth of programs covering patterning of ultra-small structures that are engineered for novel applications (the so-called top down approach), through the capability to build up materials with unique properties from the molecular level (the bottom up approach).

http://wwwrsphysse.anu.edu.au/admin/nips_pdfs/nanotechnology.pdf

Each discovery has made an important contribution to the sediment layer of human knowledge, fostering enormous advances and innovation in science.
The current revolutions in biology and nanotechnology might seem like continuations on a logarithmic learning curve that have been going on for eons.
The convergence of biotechnology and nanotechnology, and the revolutions in discovery of the past 30 years in both disciplines, is enabling scientific and technical knowledge that has just begun to skyrocket as never before seen in human history.

The advent of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) coincides with what some regard as a revolution in military affairs (RMA), an onset of technological innovation that changes the nature of warfare.
As Andrew Marshall has predicted "The change will be profoundthe new methods of warfare will be far more powerful than the old."1 MEMS is a far-reaching technology with possible application to two broad military arenas: precision guided munitions (PGMs) and individual soldiers.
Using an ever-expanding set of fabrications processes and materials, MEMS will provide the advantages of low power, low mass, low cost, and high functionality to integrated electromechanical systems both on the micro as well as the macroscale.
Persian Gulf no aircraft were downed by friendly fire.

http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/jfq_pubs/0626.pdf

Nanotechnology promises a natural method to accelerate the complex task of innovation for many design problems by exploiting self-assembly and quantum processing at extreme scales of miniaturization.
The first experiment involved an independent design consultant utilizing molecular computing as a separate member of the design team.
The team is solely responsible for continually providing new generations of products for the largest electrical appliance manufacturer in the world.
This paper also demonstrates, by way of two case studies, the extent to which molecular computing can be used as a commercial tool within the product development process.

http://www.swin.edu.au/chem/bio/papers/nanotech&design.pdf

The Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) program, a component of the National Science Foundation's Nanoscale Science & Engineering Education (NSEE) program (NSF 05-0543), is aimed at introducing nanoscale science, engineering, and technology through a variety of interedisciplinary approaches into undergraduate education, particularly in the first two collegiate years.
Only one proposal may be submitted by an institution as lead, however, an institution may submit a second proposal as lead if it is focused on the societal, ethical, economic and/or environmental implications of nanoscale science and technology; two proposals focused on these areas are not allowed.

http://research.unc.edu/rs/05_NSF_NUE.pdf

Kulinowski: Butcher Hall 146 (tbd, by appt) Kelty: Sewall Hall 580 Tues 11-12:30 or by appt.
Students are expected to learn both some basic science and technology and at the same time, some techniques for understanding the social and cultural significance, role, and possible effects of this emerging science.
You can receive either Group II or Group III distribution credit from this course (but not both!).
For Group II Credit, sign up for Anth 235; for Group III credit, sign up for Chem 235.

Microsystems and Nanotechnology Research and Development at Louisiana Tech University Terry McConathy.
Engineering and Science Programs at Louisiana Tech University participate in microsystems and nanotechnology research and development efforts at the Institute for Micromanufacturing (IfM).
The IfM offers a wide range of microtechnology capabilities for the realization of microelectronics and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), as well as a complementary array of nanotechnology capabilities for microsystems and other applications.

http://www.latech.edu/tech/engr/ifm/abstracts/conference/oral presentations/university invited papers/mcconathy_la tech univ.pdf

There's the science fiction vision of nanoscale submarines cruising through our blood streams and the more cynical and widely held view that nanotechnology is simply a fashionable re-branding of chemistry and materials science.
The more extreme visions of nanotechnology evangelists probably won't happen, but there are important new technologies on the horizon that will have a big impact on most industries -- and packaging is one of them.
These are machines that operate with stunning efficiency at the nanoscale -- despite what seems to be a very unfriendly environment in which to do engineering.

Nanotechnology requires understanding of phenomena and behaviour at the nano-level and encompasses both physical and chemical approaches.
Similarly much of the potential of cellular and molecular processing will only be fully realized when we gain a new and better theoretical understanding of the characteristics of individual macromolecules or molecular assemblies or of microstructures that comprise the living cell.
For example, methods for covalently linking the tips of nanotubes or attaching complex molecular structures to bulk diamond can be expected to have important applications in nanotechnology.

http://www.innovation.ca/publications/nanotech_E.pdf

James S. Murday received a BS in physics from Case Western Reserve in 1964 and a PhD in solid state physics from Cornell University in 1970.
From May to August 1997 he served as Acting Director of Research for the Department of Defense, Research and Engineering.
He is a member of the AVS, the Science and Technology Society, the American Physical Society, the American Chemical Society, and the Materials Research Society.

http://www.cnst.uiuc.edu/NanoWorkshop2003/CNST-Nano Industry Workshop Writeup-2003d-Ind.pdf

Nanotechnology promises to be one of the defining yet controversial innovations of the 21st century.
As a focus for concerns over the relationship between new technologies, risk and sustainability, it poses novel challenges for democratic debate and regulations.
By promising smaller, lighter and faster devices, using fewer raw materials and consuming less energy, nanotechnology has potentially substantial benefits from a sustainability perspective.
This symposium is sponsored by the Institute for Food and Agricultural Standards at MSU through new NSF funding to consider the social and ethical dimensions of Agrifood and Nanotechnology.

http://web.msu.edu/user/ifas/nano/pdf/Lancaster Symposium Flyer.pdf

It is widely recognized that our ability to master these technologies will underpin advances across a wide range of sectors, in particular, materials science.
Many challenges await researchers and engineers, and much research and development (R&D) is needed to realize the most revolutionary applications of nanotechnology.
It is for this reason that the European Commission (EC) emphasizes the need for an integrated and responsible approach.
In this document, the proposed strategy addresses R&D; infrastructure; human resources; industrial innovation; integration of the social dimension; public health, safety, environmental, and consumer protection; and international cooperation.

Communications Research Laboratory, were pleased to announce the establishment of a series of lectures entitled "The Alexander Graham Bell Lectures", to be given annually, in honour of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone.
The intention of this lecture series was part of the Twentieth Anniversary celebration of Engineering at McMaster University.
From Biological Sensing to Electronics and Much More!
The potential of these studies to impact other areas of technology, ranging from electronics and computation to photonics will be highlighted, as well as challenges that must be met to realize these and other nanotechnologies in the future.

http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/docs/bell05_brochure.pdf