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NanoEducation and Training Forum: Enabling 21st Century Workforce for the Nanotechnology Revolution

Join the NanoEducation and Training Forum to stay updated on the latest developments in nanotechnology. Explore the opportunities and challenges in workforce development and job generation in the field. Discover the top industries hiring for nano jobs and learn about the necessary education requirements.

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NanoEducation and Training Forum: Enabling 21st Century Workforce for the Nanotechnology Revolution

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  1. nanoEducation and Training Forum (nETF) Adolfo Nemirovsky, Ph.D. www.Nanoedu.org Enabling 21st Century Workforce for the Nanotechnology Revolution

  2. Miniaturization: Top-down Encounters Bottom-Up Physics Engineering Top-down Bottom-Up

  3. State of Nanotech 2004 • Approximately 1,500 total companies worldwide announced nanotechnology R&D plans. • Established corporations have spent more than $3.8 billion globally on nanotechnology R&D in 2004. • Governments, corporations and venture capitalists will spend more than $8.6 billion worldwide on nanotechnology R&D in 2004 • The U.S. has now appropriated more than $3.16 billion to fund nanotechnology R&D since 2000 and is proposing $982 million in new funding for FY 2005. • 40,000 US scientists • 800,000 US workers needed to support $1T in 2015 (NSF) Source: The Nanotech Report 2004

  4. Workforce Development & Job Generation Execs 1,000 Education & Training Professional Engineers Managers Scientists 10,000 Graduate Undergraduate Technicians – Senior 20,000 Technical Institutes Community Colleges Technicians – R&D, MFG 80,000 K-12

  5. Industrial Nano Jobs - 2005 • CareerBuilding – Jan 31, 2005 • 9 positions with Keyword “nanotechnology” • 1,074 positions with Keyword “semiconductor” • Where are the nano jobs? Industries: • Biotech • IT • Telecom • Consumer Goods • Defense • Energy • Environment • Transportation

  6. Affymetrix Agilent Alnis Biosciences Applied BiosystemsApplied MaterialsCambriosChevron Texaco – Mol Diamonds Duke ScientificGenencorGeneral NanotechnologyHPIBM Almaden LabsIntelIntematix NanochipNanoconduction Nanogram NanomixNanoplexNanosysNanosolarNanostellarNanotexNeophotonicsPacific Fuel CellPolyfuelSurromedUltradots Some Nano Companies

  7. Typical Industrial Nano Jobs - 2005 • Process engineer • Device engineer • Sensor engineer • Software engineer • Electrical design • Electrochemical engineer • Polymer chemist • Analytical chemist • Biological Microscopist • Scientist Gene Expression • Biz development • Manufacturing, BioProcess • Environmental monitoring specialist

  8. Nano Education Requirements • Core Disciplines • Math • Physics • Chemistry • Biology • Computer Science • Laboratories • Imaging/Metrology • Wet & Dry Materials & Device Fabrication • Wet Biotechnology • Software/Design/System • Mix of technical, business, entrepreneurial skills Based on inputs from HP, Nanosys, Stanford, NASA

  9. Teaching Philosophy • Learn by doing, have fun • Hands on is key, not be afraid of mistakes … • Learn how to work with others • Across disciplines, across cultures, … • Learn how to ask the right questions • Are you attacking the right problem? • Balancing act: self-sufficient vs. collaboration • Take initiative, but do not reinvent wheel (no time!) • Modeling systems • Simple estimations, order of magnitude, scaling, simulation, …

  10. Nano-education Programs in N. CA • Foothill College • NASA/Ames • Nanosense, SRI • Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies, Stanford • Center for Probing the Nanoscale, Stanford • Stanford Nanofabrication Facility (SNF) • Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems, UCB • Nano High, UCB - LBNL • Berkeley Nanotechnology Club

  11. Resources of Northern CA Academic: UCB, UCD, UCSF, Stanford, USF, UCSC, SCU, SJSU . . . Research: LBL, LLNL, SRI, NASA Ames, PARC, SRI . . . Corporate: Agilent, Applied Materials, Genentech, HP, IBM, Intel . . . Environment: Worlds Most Productive Workforce. World Entrepreneurial Center Major Private Equity Funds Best Professional Services Infrastructure: Corporate headquarters locations Large scale manufacturing Light industrial Professional Top resources …but… still coordination islacking

  12. Community College Challenges • Leverage existing resources • Provide interdisciplinary development • Introduce nanoscale concepts across curriculum • Focus on nano skills for research & manufacturing • Bring corporate sponsorship/partnerships to develop high tech skill levels in manufacturing sector • Prepare nanotech workforce at many levels • Include social, ethical and legal implications • … and public outreach to build taxpayer support

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