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My student did a Bachelor's Degree Final Project using nanoDDSCAT to explore the dispersion of electromagnetic waves by microplastic contaminants in water samples. All the information available in nanoHUB.org helped him to perform all the simulations to support his hyp … › more

Giovanni Ramirez Garcia Giovanni Ramirez Garcia Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala


Learned a lot from the Nanotechnology 101 tree and will continue to use this website in the future. There is an overwhelming amount of content available and I am eager to explore it … › more

Matthew Kowal Matthew Kowal Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) / OCW


I switched from my local Silvaco TCAD installation to Chipshub and it made everyone’s usage much easier. I will use nanoHUB and Silvaco again when I teach next time … › more

Dragica Vasileska Dragica Vasileska Arizona State University


I have used Silvaco TCAD for years. Our class sizes grew and we ran out of licenses and nanoHUB saved my class! I am a believer in nanoHUB! … › more

Dragica Vasileska Dragica Vasileska Arizona State University


nanohub.org, an excellent 'choice', for researchers engaged in the development of relevant technologies in the scientific field … › more

Paolo Sanvito Paolo Sanvito I.E.E.E. former member


NANOhub.org definitely has great resources for grad students to understand crystal structures. I have used the "Crystal viewer tool" to view different kinds of crystals and the Bravais lattices. Also, it allows us to simulate new materials as well … › more

Ganga Jayarathna Ganga Jayarathna Purdue University


We have been running a fourth year undergraduate course on device and integrated circuit layout simulation for a number of years. We use ABACUS as one part of the design module. The interactive simulation tools in ABACUS allows the user to be in the driver's seat and se … › more

Terence Wong Terence Wong NTU


Just wonderful and excellent i love this website and keep us the good and excellent science work … › more

Michael Francis Preedom Michael Francis Preedom Harvard University


NanoHUB has been very important for our research since 2012. In fact, we have published five articles [1-5] in which we used results obtained with the tools in nanoHUB. We always remember that in 2012 [5], we developed a new classical physics rigorous description of the … › more

Adelmo Ortiz Conde Adelmo Ortiz Conde Universidad Simon Bolivar


When I first started my research in the field of NanoTech, I was mind blown by the beauty of the field of solid state physics. However, my training as a mechanical engineer made it almost impossible to comprehend the solid state physics books. I came across the NanoHUB … › more

Karim Raafat Gadelrab Karim Raafat Gadelrab Masdar Institute


As a young researcher from Sub-saharan Africa, my encounter with nanoHub has broadened my computational skills within unimaginable time frame without the hussle of haven to acquire very expensive computational tools for teaching and research … › more

Rabiu Musah Rabiu Musah University for Development Studies


nanoHUB.org was a very important part of my course 'Physics of Surfaces and Nanostructures', for more than ten years … › more

Goranka Bilalbegovic Goranka Bilalbegovic University of Zagreb, Croatia


nanoHUB is the platform where people can enhance their skills. I also enhanced my skills in engineering field by adopting free courses … › more

Tooba Ashraf Tooba Ashraf NEDUET


Was easy to learn new computational methods … › more

Joel Ager Joel Ager University of California - Berkeley


nanoHUB has been a great platform for me to expand my research into understanding the behavior and performance of devices. Its vibrant community of researchers across the globe and learning resources are of great help for independent researchers like me … › more

Subra Aditya Subra Aditya Independent Researcher


Nanohub has been awesome and shown a great impact on my career … › more

Nethan Chowdary Nethan Chowdary Saveetha University


I took a semiconductor modelling course through Walden University for my Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering. We were required to use NanoHUB's simulation tool to model BJTs and MOSFET based on changing parameters to see how these parameters affected the device. We … › more

Alan J Elmer Alan J Elmer Walden University


I love this website cause i am a nanohub scientist … › more

Michael Francis Preedom Michael Francis Preedom Harvard University


By using nanoHUB tools, I have quickly come up with ideas to build my own input files for molecular dynamics simulations, with confidence that what I was doing was correct … › more

Danilo Branco Danilo Branco Purdue University


My research in magnetic nanowires is mostly experimental, but I've wanted to simulate their magnetization reversal for years. There are always more pressing things to do. Then, I heard that OOMMF was launched on nanoHUB.  I checked out the tutorial while waiting to meet our weekly colloquium speaker.  In that 10min, I had my first simulation done. ... ... … › more

Beth Stadler Beth Stadler University of Minnesota


I have got lot better undertsading of semiconductor physics specially Prof. Mark's "Nannoscale Transitor" and Prof Datta's "Fundamentals of nano electronics" compared to any other traditional course. I will higly recommend some other course like "Transmission electron m … › more

Abhay Pratap Singh Abhay Pratap Singh University of Alberta


nanoHUB gives us a new way to approach the model physics, especially for the students who come from developing country. I don't have the chance to attend the classes given by leading professors. Here, I can freely participate plenty of courses and try many software to d … › more

Ngo Khoa Quang Ngo Khoa Quang JAIST


I have found nanoHUB.org to be incredibly useful in my work.

Paul Giedraitis Paul Giedraitis Graduate Student, Northwestern University


nanoHUB.org makes very complex simulations manageable and easy to understand.

Paul Giedraitis Paul Giedraitis Graduate Student, Northwestern University


There is no other resource like nanoHUB.org.

Paul Giedraitis Paul Giedraitis Graduate Student, Northwestern University


The ability to run a web based version of complex simulations is an amazing feature of nanoHUB.

Paul Giedraitis Paul Giedraitis Graduate Student, Northwestern University


NanoHUB was incredibly helpful with providing both online simulator tools as well as documentation about the actual algorithms involved. The informat … › more

Paul Giedraitis Paul Giedraitis Graduate Student, Northwestern University


I was designing a drift-diffusion simulation to try and match with our experimental semiconductor data, but was finding it difficult to locate publish … › more

Paul Giedraitis Paul Giedraitis Graduate Student, Northwestern University


I use nanoHUB.org as a way to further engage my students in nanotechnology.

Dr. Mark Budnik Dr. Mark Budnik Paul and Cleo Brandt Professorship, Director, nanoK12 Laboratory, Chair, Dept. of Electrical and Com


The nanoHUB platform eliminates the need for the developer to create and maintain code and installation guidelines. This time saving feature is immeasurable for productivity and development.

Dr. Lasse Jensen Dr. Lasse Jensen Associate Professor of Chemistry, Penn State University


I plan on using nanoHUB in my classroom to continue developing and adding extensions to the existing tool “Extinction, Scattering and Absorption Efficiencies of Single and Multilayer Nanoparticles”, as well as develop new tools with my graduate students.

Dr. Lasse Jensen Dr. Lasse Jensen Associate Professor of Chemistry, Penn State University


In the development of Valparaiso's nanoK12 laboratory, nanoHUB.org was an incredible resource. … › more

Dr. Mark Budnik Dr. Mark Budnik Paul and Cleo Brandt Professorship, Director, nanoK12 Laboratory, Chair, Dept. of Electrical and Co


The most attractive feature about nanoHUB is that I did not have to take the time to develop the user interface. Without this feature, tool development would have been impossible.

Dr. Lasse Jensen Dr. Lasse Jensen Associate Professor of Chemistry, Penn State University


I used the From Atoms to Materials course to remind me of certain basic physics at the atomic level about materials. This course concentrated on molecules and crystals. The recommended nanoHUB simulations on density functional theory and molecular dynamics were easy and … › more

Andrew George Kulchar Andrew George Kulchar Bluefield State College


We have used nanoHUB.ORG as a platform to present our research and educational outreach activities to a wider audience. The support staff is very helpful and the whole process of uploading and sharing the data files (including multimedia files) is very convenient. I am … › more

Gurpreet Singh Gurpreet Singh Kansas State University


Not long ago, I was considering one of the most important decisions in a scientist's life — a PhD research field. After initial inquiry, I decided to take Prof. Vladimir Shalaev's online course in nanophotonics. The lectures provided me the inspiration to choose plasmonics as my main research field, with the ultimate target of using SPP as information carriers in deep nanoscale. Now, 18 months later, I have a well established, high quality research plan and great passion to do it all with plasmonics — sensing, waveguiding, data processing, energy and even medical applications … › more

Moshik Cohen Moshik Cohen PhD student (2012)


During the time I performed the study for the manuscript "Engineering the Plasmon Resonance of Large Area Bimetallic Nanoparticle Films by Laser Nano … › more

Michail J. Beliatis Michail J. Beliatis Advanced Technology Institute, Nanoelectronics Centre, University of Surrey, UK (2012)


I’ve been viewing the lectures on nanoHUB.org to learn enough device physics to fill in the gaps for the things I don’t understand in the technical papers I read. I don’t know where else I would find access to this kind of information, and the open access makes it very affordable for small business … › more

Jay Morreale Jay Morreale p-brane LLC (2012)


Without nanoHUB, it would be very difficult—if not impossible—to prepare good lab exercises about nanoelectronics for my undergraduate courses. With nanoHUB, I can use a virtual lab with plenty of pieces of information very useful for students. In addition to broadening their knowledge about the contents given in the classroom, students become very well motivated and interested in the course. … › more

José M. de la Rosa José M. de la Rosa Associate Professor of Electronics and Electromagnetism, University of Seville, Spain (2012)


I really got hooked on nanoHUB when I realized I could learn far more information about nano science by listening to the lectures than reading a course text. … › more

Quincy Williams Quincy Williams PhD student, materials science and engineering, Norfolk State University (2012)


Questions and answers sections provided me with more than answers. They really got me interested in researching better.

David A. Saenz David A. Saenz Purdue University (2012)


The AFM fundamentals course on nanoHUB.org is the best online course I've taken. The lecturers are great. They really give a picture of the whole story without being boring … › more

Itai Schlesinger Itai Schlesinger Undergraduate student, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (2012)


nanoHUB.org eliminates the need for purchasing or installing software and allows short course participants to use it without complications.

Katsuyo Thornton Katsuyo Thornton Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan (2012)


When I went back to campus after attending a nanoHUB.org workshop, I had one or two different assignments to try out right away with my students.

Tanya Faltens Tanya Faltens Lecturer, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2012)


nanoHUB.org is definitely a very important resource for research students. nanoHUB is world recognized. Its impact is global. Two weeks ago, I was in Switzerland giving an invited talk on the first inversion-mode gate-all-around III-V MOSFETs paper, and a graduate student c … › more

Peide Ye Peide Ye Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University (2012)


I saw that once a tool was finished, and it worked, other people immediately began using it. It’s awesome. It’s worth everything you go through to get to the completion of the project … › more

Matteo Mannino Matteo Mannino AI and Computer Vision Research Engineer, Toyota Technical Center (2011)


The level of projects varies considerably on nanoHUB.org. You can come in early in your studies, not knowing a lot, or you can come in later and find useful resources.

Victoria Savikhin Victoria Savikhin Senior, Purdue University (2011)


After taking the Rappture workshops, I went back and looked at the slides and examples on nanoHUB.org. There was a lot of support.

Marcela Meza Marcela Meza Graduate student, University of Texas at El Paso (2011)


In just one hour, a lecture on nanoHUB.org helped me understand how percolation works on semiconductive polymer blends. I’m really excited about finding all this information on the Internet in such an easy-to-grasp way! … › more

Julio Costilla Julio Costilla Undergraduate student, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico (2011)


nanoHUB.org allows my students to successfully move through content that is truly engaging. They're not just flipping through pages in a book … › more

Robert D. Cormia Robert D. Cormia Engineering/Nanoscience Instructor, Foothill College (2011)


nanoHUB.org has made an enormous impact on how my group members do calculations … › more

Vladimir Bulović Vladimir Bulović Professor of Electrical Engineering, MacVicar Fellow, MIT


I really like nanoHUB.org; it's a very nice resource to use. If I need to use one of the programs, I can just open it up and use it. There's no need to spend time downloading … › more

Charlie Solvason Charlie Solvason PhD candidate, Auburn University (2011)


Nanosphere Optics Lab allows my students to gain a better understanding of the ideas behind the experiments we conduct.

Leanna Giancarlo Leanna Giancarlo Associate Professor, University of Mary Washington (2010)


I learned something that was absolutely fascinating.

Shihan Sajeed Shihan Sajeed Lecturer, Department of Applied Physics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (2010)


nanoHUB.org's presentation offers an important insight about the true nature of quantum dots as a potential confinement of electrons … › more

Khaled El-Kinawi Khaled El-Kinawi Graduate student, American University of Cairo (2010)


I finally understood what baffled me as an undergrad almost 24 years ago. Thank you. … › more

Jaimin Mehta Jaimin Mehta Principal, Transformatics Group (2010)


nanoHUB.org has absolutely had a very positive impact upon my career. It allowed me to build a new nanoelectronic curriculum based on nanoHUB simulation tools. Students have responded very positively.

Shaikh Ahmed Shaikh Ahmed Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (2010)


Quantum Dot Lab was awesome! … › more

Ryan Andrews Ryan Andrews Chippewa Valley Technical College


Through nanoHUB.org, I was able to learn more about nonlinear optics and hyperlenses. … › more

Daniel Nizeyumukiza Daniel Nizeyumukiza Senior, Oklahoma Christian University (2010)


Prior to nanoHUB.org, it took too long before students were working with the semiconductor physics rather than the mechanics of the interface … › more

Carl-Mikael Zetterling Carl-Mikael Zetterling Professor, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden (2010)


My students thoroughly enjoy the nanoelectronics course material along with online MolCToy simulations. This is all thanks to nanoHUB.org.

Peter Osterberg Peter Osterberg Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Portland (2010)


I believe that nanoHUB.org will always be a pathway into nanotechnology for every young researcher in this field.

Munkhbaatar Nyam-Osor Munkhbaatar Nyam-Osor National University of Mongolia (2010)


There is no such thing as a dull moment when you’re using nanoHUB.org … › more

Jose Valdez Jose Valdez Undergraduate student, electrical engineering, University of Texas at El Paso (2010)


The contribution of nanoHUB.org’s resources to undergraduate and graduate students is significant.

Stella Quiñones Stella Quiñones Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso (2010)


nanoHUB.org allows us to investigate new and exciting physical phenomena that will change how we live. … › more

Dmitri Nikinov Dmitri Nikinov Project Manager, Strategic Research Group, Intel Corporation, Researcher in Residence at NCN (2010)


I use nanoHUB.org’s forced protein unfolding tool. It’s knowledge that I can apply to my future. … › more

Zach Flohr Zach Flohr Undergraduate student, biomedical engineering, Purdue University (2010)


As a postdoc, I appreciate nanoHUB.org very much; I learn something new every time I log on … › more

Hui Xu Hui Xu Postdoctoral student, University of Texas at Austin (2010)


nanoHUB.org gives me the freedom to think and to check my work against others.

Matt Swanson Matt Swanson Undergraduate student, electrical engineering, Purdue University (2010)


nanoHUB.org saves you time by keeping you from duplicating work that has been done before.

Camila Cardosa Zies Camila Cardosa Zies PhD student, mechanical engineering, Rice University (2010)


I appreciate the impact nanoHUB.org has had on our growing nanocurriculum at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Glafkos Galanos Glafkos Galanos Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Southern Illinois University


nanoHUB.org helps me understand measured data better … › more

Robert Wortman Robert Wortman PhD student, electrical and computer engineering, Purdue University (2010)


From its online collaboration and education, to its freely available computing power, nanoHUB.org delivers! … › more

Dan Wolff Dan Wolff Senior, mechanical engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2010)


I've spent a lot of time with the recorded classes available on nanoHUB.org. I'm excited about what else I will find … › more

LTJG Pete Hudson LTJG Pete Hudson U.S. Naval Aviator, aerospace engineering graduate, Auburn University (2010)


The material on nanoHUB.org is technically robust and well documented. Any questions are quickly addressed. … › more

Deb Newberry Deb Newberry Professor, Dakota County Technical College, and Director, Nano-Link (2010)


nanoHUB.org transforms the way students learn about electronic properties of materials.

Tanya Faltens Tanya Faltens Professor, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2010)


Once inspiration is sparked, you have to get your ideas down quickly and validate them. nanoHUB.org helps do that. You’re using models to demonstrate that an idea has merit and could work.

Steven Campell Steven Campell Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Director of the Nanofabrication Center, Universi


Using nanoHUB.org’s online presentation or simulation tools allows you to test your ideas and check your processes. It’s very easy to use.

Hans Mikelson Hans Mikelson Nanoscience Instructor, Chippewa Valley Technical College (2010)


nanoHUB.org enables a well-developed workforce to generate economic opportunity … › more

Bruce Barker Bruce Barker President, Chippewa Valley Technical College (2010)


nanoHUB.org shows that there are more potential solutions than there are problems.

Jack Uldrich Jack Uldrich Futurist and author (2010)


Nanotechnology changes so fast, but nanoHUB.org allows me to stay current on new developments.

John Bean John Bean Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Virginia (2010)


I used the nanoHUB.org bandstructure tool in my analysis of the effects of uniaxial strain on silicon tunnel diodes. It was very impressive.

Jamie Teherani Jamie Teherani PhD student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2010)


nanoHUB.org is one of the strongest sources of information I have found for my education in nanoscience, particularly in the area of electron transport.

Vihar Georgiev Vihar Georgiev PhD student, University of Oxford, UK (2010)


The oxidation module was very easy to use. After plugging in the parameters, it gave a nice visual reference of the rate of oxidation.

Kenneth Kafer Kenneth Kafer Undergraduate student, Chippewa Valley Technical College (2010)


nanoHUB.org provides easy access to many wonderful resources.

Sansiri Tanachutiwat Sansiri Tanachutiwat PhD candidate, University of Albany (2010)


All of the tools on nanoHUB.org are easy to use, amazingly comprehensive, and accurate.

Onur Ates Onur Ates Graduate student, Arizona State University (2010)


nanoHUB.org’s tools are so user friendly. nanoHUB is of immense help for student researchers.

Indranil Bhattacharya Indranil Bhattacharya Graduate student, Florida State University (2010)


With so many wonderful resources, nanoHUB.org shortens the learning curve. I am impressed with its speed.

Sansiri Tanachutiwat Sansiri Tanachutiwat PhD candidate, University of Albany (2010)


While PETE doesn't do anything that cannot be achieved by using different modeling codes, it is an extremely convenient and fast tool. I used it to study hypothetical devices and their effect on circuits. My approach was as follows … › more

Zoran Krivokapic Zoran Krivokapic GLOBALFOUNDRIES (2009)


Between 1999 and 2005, while pursuing my PhD research at Purdue, I was closely involved with nanoHUB.org. nanoHUB played a crucial role in my past education and research. It allowed me to access the cutting edge nanoscale device simulators online … › more

Anisur Rahman Anisur Rahman Intel Corporation (2008)


It is my experience that, having these tools available on the site, the teaching experience is more productive in passing information to the students … › more

David Ferry David Ferry Professor, Electrial and Computer Engineering, Arizona State University (2008)


Personally, I'm a huge fan of nanoHUB.org. To me, it is a place of great resources. I use it regularly. I believe it can be useful to every level of student and researcher - from beginning undergraduate students to the more experienced researchers … › more

Ferdows Zahid Ferdows Zahid McGill University, Canada (2008)


nanoHUB.org tremendously promotes the knowledge distribution in technology and IC design communities. It creates a platform to train students with key knowledge for future semiconductor industry.

Yu Cao Yu Cao Arizona State University (2008)


Focusing on the immediate needs of researchers, educators, and students in nanotechnology, NCN and nanoHUB.org have pioneered methods that have allowed thousands of users to benefit from advanced simulation tools … › more

Ian Foster Ian Foster Director, Computation Institute, University of Chicago, and Argonne National Labs (2008)


nanoHUB.org has proven itself to be an extremely valuable tool for education and research … › more

H. S. Philip Wong H. S. Philip Wong Center for Integrated Systems, Stanford University (2008)


In my research, I use the nanoHUB.org facilities to obtain a better understanding of the properties of nanoelectronic devices and to predict the behavior and performance of future devices. The different online simulation tools together with the online seminar and lecture notes make nanoHUB truly unique … › more

Bart Sorée Bart Sorée IMEC, Interuniversitary Microelectronics Center, Belgium (2008)


nanoFET Lab enabled a rapid exploration for a potential patent concept … › more

R. Christopher Bowen R. Christopher Bowen Senior Member, Technical Staff, Texas Instruments (2008)


nanoHUB.org, now with significant worldwide impact, is a leading exemplar of the power of science gateways … › more

Daniel E. Atkins Daniel E. Atkins Director, Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation (2008)


I thought I would send you a note to let you know how useful and important nanoHUB.org has been to me and students in my Nanotechnology and Materials Chemistry course at the City University of New York (CUNY) … › more

Dan Akins Dan Akins City University New York (2008)


nanoHUB.org represents a new paradigm in science education: using grid computing resources and easy-to-use Web interfaces to catalyze the development of a global, virtual community of practice.

Marilyn M. Lombardi Marilyn M. Lombardi Associate Professor and Director, Center of Nursing Collaboration, Entrepreneurship, and Technology,