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The Need for Convergence and Emergence in 21st Century Nano‐STEAM+ Education
The Need for Convergence and Emergence in 21st Century Nano‐STEAM+ Education
Daniel J.C. Herr, Ph.D., Nanoscience Department Chair and Director, Nanomanufacturing Innovation ConsortiumJoint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering; andChair, ITRS Emerging Research Materials Working Group
336‐285‐2862; [email protected]
1Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantees Conference
Westin Hotel, Arlington, VA December 10th, 2015
Early Days of Electronic Information Processing
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On February 14, 1946, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania introduced ENIAC, the world’s first large‐scale, general purpose electronic computer, which could process more than
100,000 calculations per second. ‐1995 SRC Annual Report
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)
My Dad,Donald L. Herr, was a member of the
ENIAC Design Team
Trends in Electronic Switches
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iriseze.wordpress.com
Vacuum Tube (1946)
commons.wikimedia.org
Transistor (1947)
www.thocp.net
Monolithic IC (1959)
?www.techspot.com
I7 Chip (2014)
www.imageslides.com
Integrated Circuit (1958)
1904 Audionwww.wikiwand.com
Many ‘Ugly Ducklings’
Technology Incubation Phase (Yrs.) Innovation Phase (Yrs.)
Solid State Diode 1874 – 1900 1900 ‐ 1913
Vacuum Tube 1883 – 1904 1904 ‐ 1919
Transistor 1923 – 1948 1948 ‐ 1959
Integrated Circuit 1942 ‐ 1959 1959 ‐ 1966
Mean Phase Duration (Yrs.) 22 ± 6 (1σ) 12 ± 3 (1σ)Revised from D. Herr and V. Zhirnov (SRC/2003)
Evolution of an Emergent Technology Typical time‐scales for breakthrough ideas to impact society
Innovation Phase
Incubation and Infrastructure Phase
Novel Idea
Demonstrated Application
Manufactured Products
Industry
T = 0 T ~ 22 T ~ 34Years
Convergent Ideas Coalesce
Synthesis
Emergent Platforms
Design Educational Ecosystems to Achieve Desired ResultsWith Platform Enhanced Learning Opportunities
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StrategicEducational System
Outcomes
Convergence EmergenceSynthesisLearning Discovery/Understanding Creation
NanomanufacturingNano‐Bio‐Info‐Cogno Convergence and EmergenceConvergence of Knowledge, Technology, and Society
New Socioeconomic Capabilities ‐ M. Roco, NSEG Conference (2015)
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For Information Processing Technology, What’s Next?
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Where should we look for the next wave of emergent opportunities?
?www.techspot.com
Look for Ugly Ducklings
With a 34 year latency, the next big wave should soon emerge.
D. Herr (2014)
A Disruptive ‘Ugly Duckling’?
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Rec. #1: Leverage interdependent formal and informal expertise and infrastructures
Educational Stakeholders
AcademiaNNCIStudent &
Family
ContinuingEducation
GraduatePrograms
UndergraduateCollege
Informal Education
Community& TechnicalCollege
K‐12
Government
Business
SocietySome Strategic Nano‐STEAM+ RecommendationsFrom the NSEE Workshop –
the Next Steps Report (10/29/15)
Diversity (in education) is a strategic advantage if there is a
truly vibrant community, sustained by a web of relationships.
From: The Web of Life, Fritjof Capra [Physicist, systems theorist, and philosopher
Everywhere
Thomas EdisonBill GatesSteve Jobs
Mark Zuckerberg
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Rec. #1: Leverage interdependent formal and informal expertise and infrastructures
“I was like a (child) playing on the sea‐shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the
great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.” ‐ Isaac Newton
Formal Infrastructure
Functional Nanosystems
Nanobiophysics & Nanotoxicology
Fold It Nanoenhanced3D Fabrication
Robohand
Informal Infrastructure
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Rec. #2: Engage natural learning networksE.g. Hands‐on Platforms to Bridge Disciplines and Engage Creativity
Research
Education
Commerce
Nanoscience and NanoengineeringPhysical, Bio and Health Sciences/EngineeringMath/CodingSustainabilityTinkering
Other Liberal ArtsCommunicationCritical Thinking Social Studies
HistoryArts
CommunityService
EngagementConversationTinkering
IndustryJobs
InternshipsEntrepreneurshipSummer Science Academy
Functional and Sustainable Nanosystems/Assembly
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Educational Ecosystem
SustainableIncubation/ Innovation Platform
Physical Science
AcademiaCommunityGovernmentIndustry
Arts & Humanities
Business
Social Science
Engineering
Rec #3: Nurture Disciplinary Depth and Breadth, i.e., ‘+’Throughout the Interdependent Educational Ecosystem
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Rec. #4: Share a common language and makeNano‐STEAM+ accessible to all learners
www.dailymail.co.uk e.g. Prosthetics, neuronal architectures, cognitive systems
Leverage Stakeholders Who Know the Local Environment
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Some Emergent Transdisciplinary FrontiersE.g. Nature Aware Design, Fabrication, and Complex Functionality
The natural monolithic convergence and
integration of form and function
Processing and BioelectronicsEnergy
Sensing Adaptive Coatings
Actuation Fabrication, Disassembly, and Reuse
Communication System Design and Archives
D. Herr, SRC SemiSynBio Workshop, February 2013
*In 2013, worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Topped ~$300B.
**Blood Tests‐on‐a‐Chip alone represent a >$1T market opportunity/yr!
* **Ex. A neutrophil chasing a S. aureus in our blood streamhas integrated sensors,
processors, and actuators
Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.
‐ Deming, Berwick, and Betalden
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Let not what you do define what you are.Rather, let what you want to become
define what you do.‐ John Hurt, NSF (1997)
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Thank You