nanoEducation and Training Forum

(nETF)

Enabling 21st Century Workforce for the Nanotechnology Revolution

Adolfo Nemirovsky, Ph.D.

www.Nanoedu.org

Miniaturization: Top-down Encounters Bottom-Up

Physics

EngineeringTop-down

Bottom-Up

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

Community Colleges

Technical Institutes

Undergraduate

Graduate

Professional

K-12

Technicians – R&D, MFG80,000

Technicians – Senior20,000

EngineersManagersScientists

10,000

Education & TrainingExecs1,000

Workforce Development & Job Generation

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

Some Nano Companies

AffymetrixAgilentAlnis BiosciencesApplied BiosystemsApplied MaterialsCambriosChevron Texaco – Mol DiamondsDuke ScientificGenencorGeneral NanotechnologyHPIBM Almaden LabsIntelIntematix

NanochipNanoconduction NanogramNanomixNanoplexNanosysNanosolarNanostellarNanotexNeophotonicsPacific Fuel CellPolyfuelSurromedUltradots

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

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

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, …

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

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 FundsBest Professional Services

Infrastructure: Corporate headquarters locations

Large scale manufacturing

Light industrial

Professional

Top resources …but… still coordination is lacking

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