Wolfgang Porod

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Bio/Nano in ECE
Wolfgang Porod Center for Nano Science and
Technology Department of Electrical
Engineering University of Notre
Dame http//www.nd.edu/ndnano
ECEDHA Meeting ? Hawaii ? 14 March 2006
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General Comments

• Role of Physical Sciences in ECE
• Historically EE in Forefront of Materials
• Metals/Dielectrics, Semiconductors
• Szes Book End of Device Physics
• Bio Re-emphasis of Physics/Chemistry
• Student Interest and Motivation
• Opportunity to Increase Student Enrollment
• Female Participation

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Research Projects

• Bio Sensors
• Molecular Electronics
• DNA tiles for Directed Self-Assembly
• Bio-Informatics
• Bio-Inspired Circuits (Vision Chip)
• Brain Stimulators

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Undergraduate Research

• Active Undergraduate Participation
• more than 50 of graduating seniors have UG
  research experience
• IC Fabrication Course
• REU Course Credits
• NSF REU Site Nano-Bio Engineering at ND

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• 12 US students 3 Hungarian students
• 10 week research experience
• REU/RET Symposium
• 5 US students visited Hungary
• 2 weeks at Pazmany University in Budapest
• Labs of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

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RET _at_ ND
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Nano Quest

• FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Competition
• Based on LEGO MINDSTORMS
• Teams of up to 10
• Youths Ages 9-14
• Expected Participation of 100,000 Worldwide

http//www.nd.edu/fll/
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FIRST LEGO LEAGUE http//www.firstlegoleague.or
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Curriculum Initiatives

• Freshman 2 Semester Chemistry Biology
• New EG 111/112 Module (Fall 05)
• Information/Nano/Bio Technology
• IBM Millipede Concept
• Nanotechnology University Seminar, SC190
• http//nano.nd.edu/SC190/
• New ESTS-STV Course for Spring06

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ESTS / STVCourses
nano.nd.edu/ESTS40403
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• www.nd.edu/engineer/dialogue