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nanoEducation and Training Forum
(nETF)
Enabling 21st Century Workforce for the Nanotechnology Revolution
Adolfo Nemirovsky, Ph.D.
www.Nanoedu.org
State of Nanotech 2004
• Approximately 1,500 total companies worldwide announced nanotechnology R&D plans.
• Established corporations have spent more than $3.8 billion globally on nanotechnology R&D in 2004.
• Governments, corporations and venture capitalists will spend more than $8.6 billion worldwide on nanotechnology R&D in 2004
• The U.S. has now appropriated more than $3.16 billion to fund nanotechnology R&D since 2000 and is proposing $982 million in new funding for FY 2005.
• 40,000 US scientists • 800,000 US workers needed to support $1T in 2015 (NSF)
Source: The Nanotech Report 2004
Community Colleges
Technical Institutes
Undergraduate
Graduate
Professional
K-12
Technicians – R&D, MFG80,000
Technicians – Senior20,000
EngineersManagersScientists
10,000
Education & TrainingExecs1,000
Workforce Development & Job Generation
Industrial Nano Jobs - 2005
• CareerBuilding – Jan 31, 2005– 9 positions with Keyword “nanotechnology”– 1,074 positions with Keyword “semiconductor”
• Where are the nano jobs? Industries:– Biotech– IT – Telecom– Consumer Goods– Defense– Energy– Environment– Transportation
Some Nano Companies
AffymetrixAgilentAlnis BiosciencesApplied BiosystemsApplied MaterialsCambriosChevron Texaco – Mol DiamondsDuke ScientificGenencorGeneral NanotechnologyHPIBM Almaden LabsIntelIntematix
NanochipNanoconduction NanogramNanomixNanoplexNanosysNanosolarNanostellarNanotexNeophotonicsPacific Fuel CellPolyfuelSurromedUltradots
Typical Industrial Nano Jobs - 2005
• Process engineer• Device engineer• Sensor engineer• Software engineer• Electrical design• Electrochemical engineer• Polymer chemist• Analytical chemist• Biological Microscopist• Scientist Gene Expression• Biz development• Manufacturing, BioProcess• Environmental monitoring specialist
Nano Education Requirements
• Core Disciplines– Math– Physics– Chemistry– Biology– Computer Science
• Laboratories– Imaging/Metrology– Wet & Dry Materials & Device Fabrication– Wet Biotechnology– Software/Design/System
• Mix of technical, business, entrepreneurial skills
Based on inputs from HP, Nanosys, Stanford, NASA
Teaching Philosophy
• Learn by doing, have fun– Hands on is key, not be afraid of mistakes …
• Learn how to work with others– Across disciplines, across cultures, …
• Learn how to ask the right questions– Are you attacking the right problem?
• Balancing act: self-sufficient vs. collaboration– Take initiative, but do not reinvent wheel (no time!)
• Modeling systems– Simple estimations, order of magnitude, scaling, simulation, …
Nano-education Programs in N. CA
• Foothill College• NASA/Ames• Nanosense, SRI • Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular
Assemblies, Stanford• Center for Probing the Nanoscale, Stanford• Stanford Nanofabrication Facility (SNF)• Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems, UCB • Nano High, UCB - LBNL• Berkeley Nanotechnology Club
Resources of Northern CA
Academic: UCB, UCD, UCSF, Stanford, USF, UCSC, SCU, SJSU . . .
Research: LBL, LLNL, SRI, NASA Ames, PARC, SRI . . .
Corporate: Agilent, Applied Materials, Genentech, HP, IBM, Intel . . .
Environment: Worlds Most Productive Workforce.
World Entrepreneurial Center
Major Private Equity FundsBest Professional Services
Infrastructure: Corporate headquarters locations
Large scale manufacturing
Light industrial
Professional
Top resources …but… still coordination is lacking
Community College Challenges
• Leverage existing resources• Provide interdisciplinary development• Introduce nanoscale concepts across curriculum• Focus on nano skills for research & manufacturing• Bring corporate sponsorship/partnerships to develop
high tech skill levels in manufacturing sector• Prepare nanotech workforce at many levels• Include social, ethical and legal implications • … and public outreach to build taxpayer support
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