PNPA - a Transformative Approach for Learning and Practicing Nanoengineering Robert D. Cormia Foothill College

Training for Success Workplace effectiveness Extensible careers Supporting innovation Learning platform PNPA - nanomaterials engineering framework Bill Mansfield, a technician at the New Jersey Nanotechnology Center at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J., holds a reflective 8-inch MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical system) disk in a "clean" room of the nanofabrication lab at Bell Labs.

Workplace effectiveness

Extensible careers

Supporting innovation

Learning platform

PNPA - nanomaterials engineering framework

SRI/Boeing Study What do technicians do ? What do technicians know ? What don’t they know how to do ? Need relevant experience Solve relevant problems Nanotechnology, Education and Workforce Development - AIAA Technical Conference 2007 Vivian T. Dang, Michael C. Richey, John H. Belk (Boeing) , Robert Cormia (Foothill College), Nora Sabelli (SRI), Sean Stevens, Denise Drane, Tom Mason and …NCLT and Northwestern University

What do technicians do ?

What do technicians know ?

What don’t they know how to do ?

Need relevant experience

Solve relevant problems

Nanotechnician Competencies Measurements Fabrication / process Modeling / simulation Knowledge of nanoscale Work in teams (SETM) Deb Newberry Dakota County Technical College – University of Minnesota

Measurements

Fabrication / process

Modeling / simulation

Knowledge of nanoscale

Work in teams (SETM)

Nanomaterials Engineering Challenging applications Novel properties Novel structures New processes New structure – property relationships http://tam.mech.northwestern.edu/joswald/

Challenging applications

Novel properties

Novel structures

New processes

New structure – property relationships

Scenario Based Instruction Industry context Energy Medicine Information storage Biotechnology Transportation What are the problems? What are the materials? What are the processes?

Industry context

Energy

Medicine

Information storage

Biotechnology

Transportation

What are the problems?

What are the materials?

What are the processes?

Ten Key Nanostructures Thin film and amorphous silicon (PV) – solar energy Carbon nanotubes (CNT) / carbon composite materials (aerospace & transportation) Surface coatings and SAMs (Self Assembled Monolayers) Sensors and bionanotechnology Nitinol (biomedical stents) / electropolished alloys Thin film and plasma coatings (polyester film) / high performance glazing Particles (coated particles) biomedicine / powder metallurgy (lithium batteries) Dendrimers (nanochemistry) – biomedical drug delivery Polymers and composites / nanoparticle filler - lightweight automotive and aircraft materials Silicon materials Micro Electro Mechanical Systems - (MEMS), Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC), DNA microarrays Ceramics and electro ceramics / fuel cells - (stationary / mobile power)

Thin film and amorphous silicon (PV) – solar energy

Carbon nanotubes (CNT) / carbon composite materials (aerospace & transportation)

Surface coatings and SAMs (Self Assembled Monolayers) Sensors and bionanotechnology

Nitinol (biomedical stents) / electropolished alloys

Thin film and plasma coatings (polyester film) / high performance glazing

Particles (coated particles) biomedicine / powder metallurgy (lithium batteries)

Dendrimers (nanochemistry) – biomedical drug delivery

Polymers and composites / nanoparticle filler - lightweight automotive and aircraft materials

Silicon materials Micro Electro Mechanical Systems - (MEMS), Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC), DNA microarrays

Ceramics and electro ceramics / fuel cells - (stationary / mobile power)

PNPA Rubric Application driven process (A) Properties (P) Nanostructures (N) Fabrication (P) Characterization (N-P) The ‘Nanoengineering Method’ A Rubric for Post-Secondary Degree Programs in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Application driven process (A)

Properties (P)

Nanostructures (N)

Fabrication (P)

Characterization (N-P)

The ‘Nanoengineering Method’

PNPA Rubric as a Compass As you work, as you learn, as you read: What are the applications? (A) What properties are needed? (P) What are the (nano)structures ? (N) How do you fabricate / process it? (P) Use characterization tools to develop structure property relationships (N-P) Fine tune process (P) to fine tune (N-P)

As you work, as you learn, as you read:

What are the applications? (A)

What properties are needed? (P)

What are the (nano)structures ? (N)

How do you fabricate / process it? (P)

Use characterization tools to develop structure property relationships (N-P)

Fine tune process (P) to fine tune (N-P)

PNPA / 4-D Compass Properties (P) Applications (A) Process (P) Nanostructure (N)

Deeper Learning Outcomes Can PNPA help students learn better? Understand / consider application needs Visualize structures / properties together Ask how a material is made / processed? Think about methods / tools to characterize Use PNPA to ‘connect’ topics in the four-course series – from A to PNPA Can PNPA help technicians work better? Augmented Transition Network' (ATN) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_transition_network

Can PNPA help students learn better?

Understand / consider application needs

Visualize structures / properties together

Ask how a material is made / processed?

Think about methods / tools to characterize

Use PNPA to ‘connect’ topics in the four-course series – from A to PNPA

Can PNPA help technicians work better?

Four Course Nano Program NANO51 – Survey of Nanotechnology (A) NANO52 – Nanostructures (N-P, N-P) NANO53 – Nanocharacterization (N-P) NANO54 – Nanofabrication (P, N-P) Internship – practice PNPA / industry P = Properties N = Structures P = Processing A = Applications N-P = Structure-Properties N-P = Structure-Processing

NANO51 – Survey of Nanotechnology (A)

NANO52 – Nanostructures (N-P, N-P)

NANO53 – Nanocharacterization (N-P)

NANO54 – Nanofabrication (P, N-P)

Internship – practice PNPA / industry

PNPA Rubric - Applied In the workplace… Think broadly about devices / applications Visualize structures and their properties Understand fabrication / processing Think about characterization – constantly Are structure-properties characterized? Can structure-processing be improved? Apply PNPA in every ‘working discussion ’

In the workplace…

Think broadly about devices / applications

Visualize structures and their properties

Understand fabrication / processing

Think about characterization – constantly

Are structure-properties characterized?

Can structure-processing be improved?

Apply PNPA in every ‘working discussion ’

SETM – Extensible Technicians We don’t train for multidimensional thinking required in a workplace S cientific knowledge E ngineering process T echnology know-how M anufacturing competencies Technicians need to think from all four corners of SETM – just like PNPA (rubric)

We don’t train for multidimensional thinking required in a workplace

S cientific knowledge

E ngineering process

T echnology know-how

M anufacturing competencies

Technicians need to think from all four corners of SETM – just like PNPA (rubric)

SETM / 4-D Technicians Engineering (E) Science (S) Manufacturing (M) Technology (T)

NSF Project 2010-2012 Develop a four course program Rewrite curriculum using PNPA Integrate scenario / contextual purpose Develop Linked Learning Outcomes (LLO) A dozen key nanostructures and themes Train and test how this affects technicians NanoNoteBook® Semantic Wiki course journal Employer interviews – did PNPA matter?

Develop a four course program

Rewrite curriculum using PNPA

Integrate scenario / contextual purpose

Develop Linked Learning Outcomes (LLO)

A dozen key nanostructures and themes

Train and test how this affects technicians

NanoNoteBook® Semantic Wiki course journal

Employer interviews – did PNPA matter?

PNPA – Example Curriculum S elf A ssembled M onolayers (SAM) Surface coatings Surface properties Derivatized surface structure SAMs structure / wetting Coating process and XPS characterization Correlate spectroscopy with performance Partner – Asemblon http://asemblon.com/

S elf A ssembled M onolayers (SAM)

Surface coatings

Surface properties

Derivatized surface structure

SAMs structure / wetting

Coating process and XPS characterization

Correlate spectroscopy with performance

Biomimicry – PNPA 2.0?

Summary PNPA – nanoengineering method Train technicians for multidimensional work Four course nanoengineering program PNPA - LLO with structures and context Create a course notebook (Semantic Wiki) Test for deep learning / working outcomes Develop the ‘ extensible technician ’ SETM

PNPA – nanoengineering method

Train technicians for multidimensional work

Four course nanoengineering program

PNPA - LLO with structures and context

Create a course notebook (Semantic Wiki)

Test for deep learning / working outcomes

Develop the ‘ extensible technician ’ SETM

Acknowledgements George Bodner Neha Choksi Vivian Dang Denise Drane Mark Hersam Gregory Light Tom Mason Michael Richey Nora Sabelli Shawn Stevens Boeing Corporation Evans Analytical Group NASA-Ames Res. Center NCLT – National Center for Learning Technologies Northwestern University Purdue University SRI International Stanford University University of Michigan

George Bodner

Neha Choksi

Vivian Dang

Denise Drane

Mark Hersam

Gregory Light

Tom Mason

Michael Richey

Nora Sabelli

Shawn Stevens

Boeing Corporation

Evans Analytical Group

NASA-Ames Res. Center

NCLT – National Center for Learning Technologies

Northwestern University

Purdue University

SRI International

Stanford University

University of Michigan