A NSF workshop, funded by a NSF grant from the Emerging Models and Technologies (EMT) for Computation (EMT) Program was organized by Drs. Kathleen Meehan and Yong Xu, Virginia Tech. on October 15-16, 2007 in Arlington, Virginia. The primary objective of the workshop was to allow the current principal investigators and leading researchers in the field of  nanoelectronic systems to review the impacts of the EMT Program for the nanoelectronics program element on various fronts: research, technology transfer culminating into better competitiveness of the USA and establishing new start-up companies, undergraduate and graduate education, promotion of cross-disciplinary teaching and research activities, training of engineers, and societal benefits, namely engendering enthusiasm amongst high school students and society in general. The workshop focused several challenge topics: molecular electronics, nanoarchitecurre, and CAD tools for uncertainty and defects in quantum electronics. The attendees also recommended NSF to create student exchange programs for information and experience sharing, to develop short course training, interdisciplinary conference/workshops with tutorials at different levels, and to create high-level lectures on the state-of-the-art research, and as well as interdisciplinary grant proposals for small but collaborative investigations.

Based on the recommendations, Dr. Jun Ni, AssociateProfessor of Radiology at the University of Iowa, and this workshop coordinator, supported by 2008 NCSA's Summer Fellowship, proposed to NSF-CCF division to organize the need-based external NSF funded workshop to enhance the existing NSF programs in nanoelectronic systems research.

This workshop aims to providing an opportunity to share and develop education components. In addition to promote a series of short courses and lectures in nanoelectronics, the workshop has a training session for undergraduate students, high school teachers of science and selective K12 students.

The objectives of this education workshop is a great opportunity for faculty to share their experience and course curriculum which are related to emerging model technologies for nanoelectronics and to discuss how the current research topics can be integrated into existing graduate credit courses, and to develop short and knowledge-based courses for undergraduate students, and how to create off school program to encourage K12 students and their teachers to participate in and involve to nanotechnology learning and exploration.

The workshop

1. Provides Basic courses about fundamental computation and nanoelectronics in nanotechnology for K12, undergraduate and graduate students
2. Develop nline, open-access repository and course curriculum developments for public; thus to promote college education in this interdisciplinary field
3. Develop short courses for college students and PIs to learn multiple subjects and materials that are related to nanoelectronics
4. Provide advanced tutorials for workshop participations and organize a tutorial sessions
5. Solicit scientific papers; and organize workshop technical presentation, poster sessions; and process workshop paper proceeding publication and selected paper recommended for journals.

The workshop services as one of bridges between researchers and NSF programs, and linkages between academic institutes and public. It connects computational science and engineering (CSE) domain to nanosciecne and nanotechnology fields. It assists to promote nanoresearch and applications promoted by NSF-CISE-CCF and other NSF programs. It promotes cyber-enabled multidiscinplinery research.

This workshop is also one of strategic, actional components of GLCPC-Virtual School of Computationall Science and Engineering

Workshop Organizers

Dr. Jun Ni, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Carver College of Medicine, the University of Iowa, USA
Dr. Thom Dunning, Professor fo Chmistry, UIUC-NCSA, USA
Dr. Almadena Y.Chtchelkanova, Program Director, NSF-Division of Computing and Communication Foundations  (CISE/CCF)
Dr. Pinaki Mazumder, Program Director, NSF-Division of Electrical, Communications & Cyber Systems  (ENG/ECCS)