Let the Good Ideas Roll!: A SCALE K-12 Curriculum Unit

Teaching Materials | 22 May 2024 | Contributor(s): Azizi Penn, Rachel E Gehr, Ricci L Barber, Brian Bettag, Justin Resler, Tamara J. Moore, Siddika Selcen Guzey, Greg J. Strimel, Morgan M Hynes, Kerrie Douglas, SCALE K12

Grade Level 6-9 Approximate Time Needed to Complete Unit 2 weeks  Unit Summary Students are challenged to create an electronic expansion pack for the Sphero BOLT. Throughout the unit, students will explore how electricity works, power, green energy, programming, and material...

Stressed Out! A SCALE K-12 Curriculum Unit

Teaching Materials | 22 May 2024 | Contributor(s): Emily Marie Haluschak, Kaitlyn Myers, Melissa Colonis, Rocky Alderman, Breejha S Quezada, Morgan M Hynes, Greg J. Strimel, Siddika Selcen Guzey, Kerrie Douglas, Tamara J. Moore, SCALE K12

Grade Level 10-12 Approximate Time Needed to Complete Unit Two - three weeks  Unit Summary In this engineering design unit, students will design a method to allow students to monitor stress during self-scheduled activities. Students will learn about critical point, min/max...

SAFE Chips Project - Engineering: A SCALE K-12 Curriculum Unit

Teaching Materials | 22 May 2024 | Contributor(s): Breejha S Quezada, Siddika Selcen Guzey, Frederick Routson, Joe Furman, Melanie Gilbert, Kristen Van Laere, Greg J. Strimel, Morgan M Hynes, Kerrie Douglas, Tamara J. Moore, SCALE K12

Grade Level 9-12 Approximate Time Needed to Complete Unit 10-12 Class periods ~ 2 Weeks Unit Summary This unit will detail the chip shortage and the effects that the pandemic and other factors had on the supply chain. This will also set up the need to produce chips locally rather...

SAFE Chips Project - Business Tech: A SCALE K-12 Curriculum Unit

Teaching Materials | 22 May 2024 | Contributor(s): Breejha S Quezada, Siddika Selcen Guzey, Melanie Gilbert, Kristen Van Laere, Frederick Routson, Joe Furman, Greg J. Strimel, Morgan M Hynes, Kerrie Douglas, Tamara J. Moore, SCALE K12

Grade Level 9-12 Approximate Time Needed to Complete Unit 10-12 Class periods ~ 2 Weeks Unit Summary This unit will detail the chip shortage and the effects that the pandemic and other factors had on the supply chain. This will also set up the need to produce chips locally rather...

The Past, Present, and Future of Microelectronics: A SCALE K-12 Curriculum Unit

Teaching Materials | 22 May 2024 | Contributor(s): Siddika Selcen Guzey, Rachel E Gehr, Deana M. Lucas, Christine McDonnell, Taylor R. Cox, Shane Turnipseed, Greg J. Strimel, Morgan M Hynes, Kerrie Douglas, Tamara J. Moore, SCALE K12

Grade Level 7-9 Approximate Time Needed to Complete Unit 2 weeks  Unit Summary The unit introduces grades 7-9 students to the field of Microelectronics (ME) in an age-appropriate way. Students develop a clear understanding of what ME products are, ME-related careers, the...

Let the Chips Fall Where They May: A SCALE K-12 Curriculum Unit

Teaching Materials | 22 May 2024 | Contributor(s): Tamara J. Moore, Rachel E Gehr, Christine McDonnell, Jenna Farrington, Lisa Roetker, Wendy Towle, Siddika Selcen Guzey, Kerrie Douglas, Morgan M Hynes, Greg J. Strimel, SCALE K12

Grade Level Middle School and High School Geometry Approximate Time Needed to Complete Unit Approximately 10 50-minute class periods Unit Summary Geti Games is experiencing a surge in demand for a new gaming controller, and the existing process used by their suppliers for...

Water, Water Everywhere but Not a Drop to Drink!: A SCALE K-12 Curriculum Unit

Teaching Materials | 22 May 2024 | Contributor(s): Rachel E Gehr, Siddika Selcen Guzey, Andrea Blocher, Bradley Scott Ruff, Brent Strickhouser, Kerrie Douglas, Morgan M Hynes, Greg J. Strimel, Tamara J. Moore, SCALE K12

Grade Level 8 Approximate Time Needed to Complete Unit 3 weeks  Unit Summary QUENCH (QUality ENgineering for Community Health) is an organization that pursues environmental justice to improve public health through education and resource provision. QUENCH would like students to...

Accelerating Radiation Damage Simulation Through Machine Learning

Online Presentations | 21 May 2024 | Contributor(s): Vinay Gupta, Shrienidhi Gopalakrishnan, Brian Hyun-jong Lee, Alejandro Strachan

This study explores the challenge of material degradation from radiation exposure, a phenomenon that significantly impacts fields ranging from materials science to nuclear engineering and space exploration. As of today, the primary solution of conventional simulation techniques are...

Unlocking the Power of Large Language Models for Research Innovation

Online Presentations | 21 May 2024 | Contributor(s): Juan Carlos Verduzco Gastelum

In this hands-on workshop, Dr. Juan C. Verduzco will showcase the transformative potential of large language models (LLMs) and their applications to research tasks. First, this presentation explores the essential building blocks of LLMs, such as embeddings, attention mechanisms, and transformer...

Instructions for Publishing J ATE URE Lessons in nanoHUB

Online Presentations | 20 May 2024 | Contributor(s): Tanya Faltens, J ATE: Journal of Advanced Technological Education

These are instructions for the J ATE URE faculty participants on how to publish their J ATE URE lessons in nanoHUB.

J ATE Submission Guidelines

Online Presentations | 20 May 2024 | Contributor(s): Janet M. Pinhorn

Asynchronous Design: Responsible Use

Online Presentations | 20 May 2024 | Contributor(s): William Koven

This webinar will provide an overview of the most common asynchronous design techniques and their Power, Performance, Area, and Security (PPAS) tradeoffs with a focus on information leakage. This webinar will conclude with recommendations on when certain asynchronous approaches may be...

Towards Secure High-Performance Computer Architectures

Online Presentations | 20 May 2024 | Contributor(s): Srini Devadas

The objective of this webinar is to demystify this field and provide in-depth understanding of the different transformations that occur in each design step, and how these transformations can affect the final performance metrics. The webinar will focus on FPGAs as the target technology.

MEST Webinar Seminar Series

Series | 20 May 2024

This is a sample compilation of all the webinars offered by the MEST Center. Webinars are, generally, a one-hour presentation by a subject matter expert followed by a brief Q&A session. These webinars are offered asynchronously to all learners.

Protecting Electronics Supply Chain Throughout Lifecycle

Online Presentations | 20 May 2024 | Contributor(s): Mark Tehranipoor

In this webinar, we will present complementary techniques to provide an end-to-end solution to protecting electronic supply chain.

Introduction to MATLAB on nanoHUB

Online Presentations | 20 May 2024 | Contributor(s): Paula Kirya, The Micro Nano Technology - Education Center

In this workshop, you will gain hands-on MATLAB experience with nanoHUB's free MATLAB tool.

Achieving High Temperature Superconductivity in Ferrite Core

Papers | 16 May 2024 | Contributor(s): deepalakshmi chandrasekaran

This proposal describes the arrangement based on the Einstein de-Haas experiment. An  externally applied magnetic field magnetized the ferrite core by giving microwave power  frequency to the coil around the ferrite core. Ferromagnetic resonance is achieved due to the  effect of...

Applications of Negative Permittivity and Negative Permeability Materials

Online Presentations | 16 May 2024 | Contributor(s): deepalakshmi chandrasekaran

This proposal describes the arrangement based on the Einstein de-Haas experiment. An  externally applied magnetic field magnetized the ferrite core by giving microwave power  frequency to the coil around the ferrite core. Ferromagnetic resonance is achieved due to the  effect of...

SCALE RH Machine-learning Based Optimization of Materials for Microelectronics

Online Presentations | 16 May 2024 | Contributor(s): Shrienidhi Gopalakrishnan, Vinay Gupta, Alejandro Strachan, Brian Hyun-jong Lee

The purpose of this research is to explore the topic of radiation damage and its effect on material degradation. The effects of radiation damage can be seen in many places, from nuclear systems to space. Current simulation techniques are both expensive and difficult to use. This project aims to...

SCALE Technical Certification Framework for Heterogeneous Integration and Advanced Packaging

Papers | 13 May 2024 | Contributor(s): Eric A Holloway, Jennifer S. Linvill, Madeleine Yang, Carol A Handwerker

With the growing demand for a robust microelectronics workforce, the U.S. Defense Industrial Base (DIB) is faced with a current shortage of qualified workers [1-3]. As workforce development programs grow and expand in the engineering education space, there is a need to ensure that students are...