Nanotechnology
Courses
- Abnormal Psychology
- Academic Writing
- Academic Writing II: Writing about Literature
- Advanced Topics in Mathematics
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Astronomy
- Environmental Science
- FUNdamentals of Chemistry
- Java for Video Games
- Mathematical Problem Solving
- Molecules, Proteins, and Genes: Building Blocks of Biology
- Nanotechnology
- Plugged In: Media Studies in the 21st Century
- Screenwriting
- Short Fiction Workshop
- Short Fiction Workshop II
- Social Psychology
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About the Course: The 21st century’s “industrial revolution” will be fueled by the emerging science of nanotechnology creating 1 million new jobs by the year 2015. In this course, students will explore the vast and exciting possibilities that abound at the nano level. Through reading assignments, Web lectures, discussion board postings, multi-media research projects, and the use of free atomistic computer simulation software, students will learn about fundamental concepts such as introductory quantum mechanics, allotropes of carbon, and the causes and effects of changes in the properties of matter at the nano-scale. They will then evaluate current research of nanomedicine, nanoelectronic, bionanotechnology and nanometal applications. Students will also be encouraged to explore the ethical, societal, and environmental impacts of nanotechnology commercialization as this field becomes increasingly more prevalent in government, industrial, and academic research laboratories and critical to the USA’s future economy.
About the Instructor: Donovan N. Leonard is currently a Visiting Research Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Physics & Astronomy at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. He holds a Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. degree in Materials Science & Engineering from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC and researched bio-related nanotechnologies for his dissertation using state-of-the-art electron microscopy techniques. Before completing his graduate education, Dr. Leonard worked as a contract scientist for the Center for Bio/Molecular Science & Engineering of the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. and later gained experience with lead-free solder technology at the IBM Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY. In summer 2007 he was the instructor for the nanotechnology course in Duke TIP’s Summer Studies Program.