Re: Study Nanotech; self assembly
From: Phillip Thorne (thorne_at_underbase.org)
Date: 09/07/04
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Date: 7 Sep 2004 03:22:49 GMT
On 31 Aug 2004, anantvemuri@yahoo.co.in (Anant) wrote:
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>I am graduate stduent pursuing my Masters in Electrical Engineering.
>I am very interested in Nanotechnology and more specifically
>in Self Assembly. [...]
>I have done my bachelors in Computer Engineering.
Self assembly (as currently studied) is a matter of chemistry.
Computer simulation of molecular dynamics is dominated by the skills
of computer science. If by Computer and Electrical Engineering you
mean IC design, discrete components, motors/generators/transformers,
with little in the way of programming -- then you've probably got the
wrong training, Anant.
(That's how RPI divided disciplines, anyway. As a holder of a BS-CSci
myself, "computer science" is much more than programming, and
"scientific computing" is heavily mathematical.)
You might be able to move sideways into instrumentation design --
scanning probe microscopes, magnetic-resonance imagers, IC
manufacturing equipment (which also involves a lot of fancy optics).
See Zyvex (www.zyvex.com) for examples.
There's also the macroscale dancing-bots exponential assembly scheme
that Ralph Merkle designed for Zyvex. Ummm... no URL handy.
>Could anyone suggest me a generic set of courses that I can take
>from the Electrical Engieering Dept.
That rather depends on what courses your EE department *offers*, and
the quality of the staff and research opportunities. I can't guess,
and since I'm not an EE, I couldn't say.
>will it be helpful for me in the future to pursue
>a PhD in Nanotechnology.
*Does* any university, anywhere, yet offer a Ph.D. in Nano? Hmmm.
Aha, the University of Washington does. And the Univ. of Copenhagen.
http://www.nano.washington.edu/education/proginfo.html
http://www.nano.ku.dk/education/
http://www.workingin-nanotechnology.com/education/
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