NUE: Introducing Nanoscale System Design into the Undergraduate Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum

提案编号：0407183机构：州立大学的纽约石溪NSF名称：纳米技术本科教育主要赞助商：Pacelli，Andrea提议标题：NUE：引入纳米系统设计到本科电气和计算机工程专业摘要：纳米技术正在迅速从实验阶段过渡到实际应用。 纳米电子系统通过实现前所未有的存储和计算能力，有可能彻底改变信息技术。 然而，过去的经验表明，利用新技术的力量需要设计人员了解其优点和局限性，并调整设计方法。因此，要在未来五年或十年内挖掘纳米系统的潜力，现在有必要教育工程师理解纳米技术的原理并利用它。这个跨学科的项目的目标是介绍基本的纳米电路和系统设计的概念纳入本科电气和计算机工程课程，整合教育和当前的研究。 将开发一个教学模块和辅助CAD软件。纳米电子学概念将从设计师的角度呈现，强调对信息技术的影响，而不是物理和制造方面。 重点将放在信息处理系统的典型优点：计算吞吐量，功耗，可靠性和成本。 一个研究议程将在课堂和项目中进行，探索当前和未来纳米电子方法的设计潜力，并将其与占主导地位的硅技术进行比较。该奖项的提案是为了响应纳米科学与工程教育公告，NSF 03-044，NUE类别。

PROPOSAL NUMBER.: 0407183INSTITUTION: State University of New York at Stony BrookNSF PROGRAM: NANOTECHNOLOGY UNDERGRAD EDUCATION PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Pacelli, AndreaPROPOSAL TITLE: NUE: Introducing nanoscale system design into the undergraduate electrical and computer engineering curriculumAbstract:Nanotechnology is rapidly making the transition from the experimental stage to practical application. Nanoelectronic systems have the potential to revolutionize information technology, by achieving unprecedented storage and computation capabilities. However, past experience shows that harnessing the power of a new technology requires designers to appreciate its strengths and limitations, and adapt design methodologies to it. Therefore, to tap the potential of nanosystems five or ten years in the future, it is necessary to educate engineers now to appreciate the principles of nanotechnology and to take advantage of it. This interdisciplinary project has the goal of introducing basic concepts in nanoscale circuit and systems design into the undergraduate electrical and computer engineering curriculum, integrating education and current research. An instructional module and supporting CAD software will be developed. Nanoelectronics concepts will be presented from a designer's point of view, stressing the impact on information technologies rather than physical and fabrication aspects. Emphasis will be placed on the typical figures of merit of information processing systems: Computational throughput, power consumption, reliability, and cost. A research agenda will be carried out both in the classroom and in projects, exploring the design potentials of current and future nanoelectronic approaches and comparing them to the dominant silicon technologies.The proposal for this award was received in response to the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education announcement, NSF 03-044, category NUE.