The Chips and Science Act and recent economic needs have re-kindled national and global interest in semiconductor devices and created an urgent need for more semiconductor device engineers and architects. Students need to be trained in the fundamentals of semiconductor devices to meet this growing demand. nanoHUB director, Dr. Gerhard Klimeck, will introduce the tools found in the ABACUS tool suite in nanoHUB, which have been used by over 19,500 users and in over 350 classes globally. He developed these tools to teach his standard semiconductor device class at Purdue University.

The objective of the recitation series is to enable faculty to enhance existing or new semiconductor classes with interactive simulations. Simulations and animations can immerse students into “what if?” scenarios and engage them in more active forms of learning through homework assignments and design project assignments.

Dr. Klimeck will introduce each of the seven ABACUS tools, giving a brief tool overview, transition into working with several sample simulations/materials, share the resources for the tool from nanoHUB (including the tools and materials needed to easily integrate these resources into new and existing coursework) and wrap up each recitation with an open Q&A session.

Dr. Gerhard Klimeck is a Chaired Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University; Director of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology; Reilly Director of the Center for Predictive Materials and Devices. He helped to create nanoHUB.org, the largest virtual nanotechnology user facility serving over 2.0 million global users, annually. Dr. Klimeck is a fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP), the American Physical Society (APS), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the German Humboldt Foundation. He has published over 525 printed scientific articles; he has been recognized for his co-invention of a single-atom transistor, quantum mechanical modeling theory, and simulation tools. His NEMO5 software has been used since 2015 at Intel to design nano-scaled design transistors. He was recently awarded a top 100 by R&D for his nanoHUB work - Making simulation and data pervasive.

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Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Gerhard Klimeck (2023), "ABACUS Tool Suite (Fall 2023)," https://nanohub.org/resources/38128.

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1. ABACUS
2. chipsHUB content
3. education
4. nanoelectronics
5. nanotransistors
6. semiconductors
7. transistors