ECE 50653 Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics 2018

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About the Group

Public Description

This is from 2018 and is OUTDATED.

For latest updates please see 2020 version.

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ECE50653, CRN 19481 will meet on-campus thrice a week

        on MWF 930-1020AM in WANG 2579

Also offered through distance learning for off-campus students.

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Parts A&B (explained below) of this course will also be offered individually:

  • On-campus

            Part A: ECE 69500-WNG, CRN 21508 

            Part B: ECE 69500-WN4, CRN 21520 

  • Online on PurdueX 

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  • Instructor: Supriyo Datta, datta@purdue.edu
  • Teaching Assistant: Shuvro Chowdhury, chowdhu7@purdue.edu
  • Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree in engineering or the physical sciences, specifically differential equations, and linear algebra.

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  • Questions by email are strongly encouraged.
  • If you need to see me, please email for appointment, indicating your availability.

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TEXT :  Lessons from Nanoelectronics, 2nd Edition , World Scientific (2017)

A. Basic Concepts, B. Quantum Transport

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VIDEO Lectures are from two online courses that were offered

on PurdueX in 2015, and are now archived on nanoHUB:

Note that only selected lectures are covered in this course,

as described in the syllabi.

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ECE50653 is divided into three parts

Part A : Fundamentals of Current Flow (Aug.1-Sept.23)

Part B : Introduction to Quantum Transport (Sept.24-Oct.30)

Part C : Statistical Mechanics and Boltzmann Machines (Oct.31-Dec.7)

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There is no homework or project. Quizzes are for self-evaluation only.

GRADES are based entirely on in-class exams which will be equally weighted. 

EXAMS

  • Part A  EXAM#1 :   Aug.31  EXAM#2 :   Sept.14  EXAM#3 :  Sept.21
  • Part B  EXAM#1 :   Oct.5     EXAM#2 :   Oct.22  EXAM#3 :   Oct.29
  • Part C  EXAM#1 :   Nov.12  EXAM#2 :   Nov.30 
  • NO FINAL EXAM