Educating Integrating Engineers and Integrating Educated PhDs...Materials Processing Analysis...
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– TWO NANOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAMMES AT LUND UNIVERSITY MARTIN MAGNUSSON
Educating Integrating Engineers and Integrating Educated PhDs
Nanoscience education should produce highly educated generalists with a strong basis in nanoscience and technology
renaissance (nano)engineer
The challenge…
"…necessitate a departure from more traditional education and training schemes." From ”Nanosciences and nanotechnologies: An action plan for Europe 2005-2009"
Meeting the challenge since 2003…
A: a sequential vertical progression from basic to specialized courses in a particular discipline, e.g. Engineering physics, mechanical engineering,…
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Finding a strategy…
B: a Master’s degree in Nanoscience
Specialisation
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• Better motivation to study the traditional fields and skills.• Synergistic view of the potential applications.• Real interdisciplinarity can be achieved combining the breadth of nanoscience with the depth of each discipline involved.
MAIN ADVANTAGES:
• Freshmen are taught the unifying concepts of matter and biological systems.• Gives opportunity to apply these concepts from one field to another.
Basic inter-disciplinarity
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C: a way of introducing the students to the essence and interdisciplinarity of nanoscience from the very first day…
The inverted-T-strategy
”European attitudes to nanotechnology”, 2005
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:• Concerted courses• Specialisations• Delivery of our
(renaissance) nano engineers to industry
Possible disadvantages…
• This education may create a workforce with broad but insufficient knowledge and skills
• Industry may not (realize they) want this type of workforce
Our interdisciplinary strategy
1. Plan for concerted courses
Physics Chemistry Cell biology Physiology
Materials Processing
Analysis
Mathematics & statistics
Nano engineering
Years 1-3
Our interdisciplinary strategy
1. Plan for concerted courses
2. Plan for communication
Our interdisciplinary strategy
1. Plan for concerted courses
2. Plan for communication
3. Let the students fly!
Our interdisciplinary strategy
The Integrating Engineer
1. Plan for concerted courses
2. Plan for communication
3. Let the students fly!
Calculus in one variable 15 cp
Linear algebra 6 cp Calculus in sev.
var. 6 cpApplied maths 7,5 cp Mathemat. statistics 7,5 cp
Basic Physics 12 cp
Basic Chemistry 12,5 cp
Nanointro symp. 7 cp
Programming 7,5 cp
Quant. phen. & nanotech. 9 cp
Cell biology 7,5 cp
Human physiology 7,5 cp
Basic electronics 7,5 cp
Func. materials 7,5 cp
Electronic materials 7,5 cp
Autom. control 7,5 cp
Sensors 7,5 cp
Process.& dev. tech. 7,5 cp
Nanosustain-ability 7,5 cp
Nanoengineering proj. 15 cp
Nanoscale analysis 7,5 cp
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3
YE
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4 + 5
Specialization courses 90 cp
Nanobiomedicine
Specialization courses 90 cp
Nanomaterials
Specialization courses 90 cp
Nanoelectronics
Specialization courses 90 cp
Nanophysics
Masters project Nanobiomedicine
30 cp
Masters project Nanomaterials
30cp
Masters project Nanoelectronics
30 cp
Masters project Nanophysics
30 cp
Master of Science in Engineering nanoscience
Concerted courses 1
“Wet science” track
Concerted courses 2
“Engineering” track
Calculus in one variable 15 cp
Linear algebra 6 cp Calculus in sev.
var. 6 cpApplied maths 7,5 cp Mathemat. statistics 7,5 cp
Basic Physics 12 cp
Basic Chemistry 12,5 cp
Nanointro symp. 7 cp
Programming 7,5 cp
Quant. phen. & nanotech. 9 cp
Cell biology 7,5 cp
Human physiology 7,5 cp
Basic electronics 7,5 cp
Func. materials 7,5 cp
Electronic materials 7,5 cp
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3
YE
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4 + 5
Specialization courses 90 cp
Nanobiomedicine
Specialization courses 90 cp
Nanomaterials
Specialization courses 90 cp
Nanoelectronics
Specialization courses 90 cp
Nanophysics
Masters project Nanobiomedicine
30 cp
Masters project Nanomaterials
30cp
Masters project Nanoelectronics
30 cp
Masters project Nanophysics
30 cp
Master of Science in Engineering nanoscience
Autom. control 7,5 cp
Sensors 7,5 cp
Process.& dev. tech. 7,5 cp
Nanosustain-ability 7,5 cp
Nanoengineering proj. 15 cp
Nanoscale analysis 7,5 cp
Project Nano-engineer, year 3
• Learn about development of commercial products and processes
• At this stage they’ve learnt a lot about nano• Study articles/patents and pick an idea for a product
• From research• From companies• Own idea
• Investigate in the lab if you could make it• Write a patent / business plan / market analysis…
• Students have started companies and got employment directly based on course
Calculus in one variable 15 cp
Linear algebra 6 cp Calculus in sev.
var. 6 cpApplied maths 7,5 cp Mathemat. statistics 7,5 cp
Basic Physics 12 cp
Basic Chemistry 12,5 cp
Nanointro symp. 7 cp
Programming 7,5 cp
Quant. phen. & nanotech. 9 cp
Cell biology 7,5 cp
Human physiology 7,5 cp
Basic electronics 7,5 cp
Func. materials 7,5 cp
Electronic materials 7,5 cp
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3
YE
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4 + 5
Specialization courses 90 cp
Nanobiomedicine
Specialization courses 90 cp
Nanomaterials
Specialization courses 90 cp
Nanoelectronics
Specialization courses 90 cp
Nanophysics
Masters project Nanobiomedicine
30 cp
Masters project Nanomaterials
30cp
Masters project Nanoelectronics
30 cp
Masters project Nanophysics
30 cp
Master of Science in Engineering nanoscience
Autom. control 7,5 cp
Sensors 7,5 cp
Process.& dev. tech. 7,5 cp
Nanosustain-ability 7,5 cp
Nanoengineering proj. 15 cp
Nanoscale analysis 7,5 cp
Integrating PhDs
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Background
• Funding for 12 PhD students who must perform a “secondment” of 4–8 month duration in a company or institute outside academia
• Placements are under planning with confirmed/expected partners
• Students and their advisors are taking an active role in identifying opportunities
• Project management and PhD student salaries during secondments are paid for by EU
• Limited duration of 4 years / 12 students
An EU FP7 Marie-Curie Innovative Doctoral Program2014 - 20183.2 M€, 12 PhD students at LU
Aims for this project
• To build a long-term, self-sustained placement program that will allow us to offer industry internship opportunities to all those who are interested out of NanoLund’s ≈ 100 PhD students
• Placement hosts need to pay student salary and contribute to admin/management cost
• Target: about 1/3 of NanoLund PhD students to perform a placement during their 5-year education. This means 5–8 placements per year
• Initial aim: achieve 3–5 placements during the next 6–12 months
Why are we doing this?
• Offer PhD candidates valuable work experience outside academia
Why are we doing this?
• Offer PhD candidates valuable work experience outside academia
• Increased job market for PhDs
Why are we doing this?
• Offer PhD candidates valuable work experience outside academia
• Increased job market for PhDs.• Increase collaboration and
networking. Longterm collaborations with industry for NanoLund
Why are we doing this?
Current status
• Done:• Developed financial and legal model• Collected CVs of interested PhD students (resumé workshop)• Interviewed industry and institutes to find suitable projects
• Now:• (Iterative) match-making• First few placements under negotiation• Integration of industry placement in study plan (reserach
planning, course choices)• Outlook:
• When successful, expand program to MSc students