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Class Meeting Time and Place:
TR 3:30 to 4:45
DeBartolo Hall 305
Textbook:
None; reading assignments will be posted for each class.
Supplemental Texts:
Nanotechnology: A Gentle
Introduction to the Next Big Idea
Mark Ratner and Daniel Ratner (Prentice
Hall, 2003)
Understanding Nanotechnology
From the Editors of Scientific American
(2002)
Class
Topics:
Class 1 (January
17) FIRST DAY OF CLASS
Introduction and Overview
Class 2 (January 19)
[Reading
Prep]
There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom (Richard Feynman)
Class 3 (January 24)
[Reading
Prep]
Nanotechnology: Shaping the World Atom by Atom
Class 4 (January 26) [Reading
Prep 1, 2]
Scanning-Probe Instruments
Expert: Dr. Alexandra Imre
Class 5 (January 31) [Reading
Prep]
Atomic-Force Microscope (AFM) Hands-on Demo
Faculty Expert: Prof.
Debdeep Jena
Dept. of Electrical
Engineering
djena@nd.edu
Class 6 (February 2) [Reading
Prep]
Electronics Past and Present
Faculty Expert: Prof.
Greg Snider
Dept. of Electrical
Engineering
snider.7@nd.edu
Class 7 (February 7) [Reading Prep]
Nanoelectronics
 Class
8 (February 9) [Reading
Prep]
Notre Dame Nanofabrication Facility (NDNF) Lab Tour.
Tour Guide: Prof. Gary Bernstein
Meeting Place: In front of Fitz 275 (EE office)
Note: For safety, please wear proper clothing,
i.e. no open
toed shoes, no shorts, no skirts, etc.
Class 9 (February 14)
[Reading Prep]
Nanofabrication: The art of Building Small
Faculty Expert: Prof. Gary
Bernstein
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
275B Fitzpatrick Hall
631-6269
Gary.H.Bernstein.1@nd.edu
Class 10 (February 16) [Reading
Prep]
Self-Assembly of Mesoscopic and Macroscopic Components
Class 11 (February 21) [Reading
Prep]
Chemical Synthesis and Molecular Assemblers
 Faculty
Expert: Prof.
Marya Lieberman
Dept. of Chemistry &
Biochemistry
271 Stepan Chemistry
631-4665
mlieberm@nd.edu
Class 12 (February 23) [Reading
Prep 1, 2]
Bionanotechnology: Lessons from Nature
Faculty Expert: Prof.
Holly Goodson
Dept. of Chemistry &
Biochemistry
439 Stepan
631-7744
goodson.1@nd.edu
Class 13 (February 28) [Reading
Prep1, 2]
DNA Nanotechnology
Faculty Expert:
Prof.
Marya Lieberman
Class 14 (March 2) [Reading
Prep]
NanoWire NanoSensors
Faculty Expert:
Prof.
Masaru (Ken) Kuno
Dept. of
Chemistry and Biochemistry
251 Nieuwland Science Hall
631-0494
mkuno@nd.edu
Class 15 (March 7) [Reading
Prep 1, 2]
Smart Dust: Ubiquitous Wireless Sensor Networks
 Faculty
Expert: Prof.
Martin Haenggi
Dept. of Electrical
Engineering
274 Fitzpatrick Hall
631-6103
haenggi.1@nd.eduNoSpam
Class 16 ( March 9) [Reading
Prep 1, 2]
Does the Future Need Us?
Class 17 (March 21) [Reading
Prep]
Nanomedicine: Less
is more in Medicine
 Faculty
Expert: Prof.
Andre Palmer
Dept. of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
171 Fitzpatrick Hall
631-4776
apalmer@nd.edu
Class 18 ( March 23) [Reading
Prep]
The National Nanotechnology Initiative: What's the Government's
Interest?
Class 19 ( March 28) [Reading
Prep]
Let there be Light!
Faculty Expert: Prof. Huili
(Grace) Xing
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
262 Fitzpatrick Hall
631-9108
hxing@nd.edu
Class 20 ( March 30) [Reading
Prep 1, 2,
3]
Self-Organization in Complex Biological Systems
 Faculty
Expert: Prof. Mark Alber
Notre
Dame Chair in Applied Mathematics
Concurrent
Professor of Physics
Director of the Center
for the Study of Biocomplexity
136 Hayes-Healy Hall, 631-8371,
Mark.S.Alber.1@nd.edu
Class 21 (April 4) [Reading
Prep 1, 2]
Nanotechnology in the Global Marketplace
Faculty Expert: Dr.
Robert Dunn,
Director
Integrated
Engineering & Business Practices Program
224 Cushing, 631-9854
dunn.47@nd.edu
Class 22 (April 6) [Reading
Prep 1, Reading
Prep 2]
Nano-World of Water
Faculty Expert: Prof.
Stephen Silliman
Associate Dean for Educational Programs
Dept. of Civil Engineering
and Geological Sciences
631-5846
Silliman.1@nd.edu
Class 23 (April 11) [Reading
Prep 1, Reading Prep 2,
Reading
Prep 3]
Nanotechnology for Catalysis: A Path to Meeting Future Energy Needs
Faculty Expert: Prof.
Paul McGinn
Director for the
Center for Molecularly Engineered Materials
Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering
178 Fitzpatrick Hall, 631-6151
mcginn.1@nd.edu
Class 24 (April 13) [Reading
Prep]
Meeting the Energy Challenge with Nanotechnology
 Faculty
Expert: Prof.
Prashant V. Kamat
Dept. of Chemistry &
Biochemistry
Dept. of Chemistry & Biomolecular Engineering and Radiation
Laboratory
235 Radiation Lab, 631-5411
pkamat@nd.edu
Class 25 (April 18) [Student Presentations]
Mike Bain, Nanotechnology for Hydrogen Storage
Paul Robbins, Coloration through Intra-Cellular Pigment Transport
Mike Jewell / Ray Powers, QCA Circuits
Stepan Starchenko, Nanotechnology for Cellular-Level Drug Delivery
Class 26 (April 20) [Student Presentations]
Bill Jenista, Space Applications of Nanotechnology
Rich Pingalore, Nanocomputing with QCA and CNN
Chris Shane, Military Applications of Nanotechnology
Brian Stein, Nanoantenna Radiation Detectors
Class 27 (April 25) [Student Presentations]
Casey Dunne, Nanotechnology for Artificial Body Processes
Adam Giezeman, Nanotechnology Applications in Business
Jessica Voss, Potential Risks of Nanotechnology
Bill Bordogna,
Class 28 (April 27) [Student Presentations]
Stephen Shamp, Nanofabrication Techniques and Applications
Meghan Jebb, Nanoparticles for Solar Energy
Mike Silhasek,
Patrick Guley,
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