CAREER:Integrated Research and Education on Nano Ionic Manufacturing

该学院早期职业发展(CALEAR)项目的研究目标是推进纳米级精度的高通量电化学制造。将对控制界面原子尺度溶解和生长的固体电解质印记的力学和输运性质进行实验表征和数值模拟。这种对基础科学的加深理解，将能够以可编程的方式限制和控制这一新的纳米制造过程中的离子传输。最后，利用这一新的制造工艺将展示一系列用于能量转换和先进成像的纳米器件。设想的固态电化学制造技术有望在一步内制备出具有成本效益和通用的工艺工具，以制备金属和陶瓷纳米结构。该项目的成功将使电子、生物医学、光子学和能源转换设备的实际应用成为可能。职业项目的教育目标是为新一代学生提供新的职业前景，走向纳米制造领域。与这个纳米离子制造项目的研究活动相结合的是开发新的研究生课程和纳米制造的暑期研究计划。为了吸引高中的女性和少数族裔学习工程学科，将开发一个新的项目--工程师头脑中的艺术。该协会还计划加强正在进行的与高中科学教师的外联活动，以展示实施新的纳米制造工具所涉及的科学和工程概念。

The research objective of this Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) project is to advance high throughput electrochemical manufacturing with nanoscale precision. Experimental characterization and numerical modeling will be developed on the mechanics and transport properties of the solid electrolyte stamp that governs the atomic scale dissolution and growth at the interface. This enhanced understanding of fundamental science, will enable confinement and control of the ionic transport in this novel nanomanufacturing process in a programmable manner. Finally, a set of nanodevices for energy conversion and for advanced imaging will be demonstrated using this novel manufacturing process.The envisioned solid state electrochemical manufacturing technology promise cost-effective and versatile process tools to fabricate metallic and ceramic nanostructures in a single step. The success of this project will enable practical applications of electronic, biomedical, photonics, and energy conversion devices. The educational objectives of the CAREER project are focused on providing new career perspectives for a new generation of students towards the nanomanufacturing arena. Integrated with the research activities of this nano-ionic manufacturing project are development of new graduate courses and summer research programs of nanomanufacturing. To attract woman and minority in high schools to engineering discipline, a new project Art Through the Mind of a Engineer will be developed. The PI also plans to strengthen ongoing outreach activities with high school science teachers to demonstrate science and engineering concepts involved in implementing novel nanomanufacturing tools.