Get your feet wet! An Introduction to the nanoHUB Simulation Environment

By Tanya Faltens1; The Micro Nano Technology - Education Center2

1. Network for Computational Nanotechnology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2. Pasadena City College, Pasadena ,CA

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Abstract

nanoHUB.org is a free online resource and community for nano educators and students that contains over 6000 multimedia resources including interactive simulation tools, learning modules, homework assignments, online lectures and full courses. This presentation will demonstrate some nanoHUB functionalities for educators and showcase a few interactive Jupyter notebooks, simulation tools and educational modules.

Accompanying Handout:
      nanoHUB Resource Handout

Featured nanoHUB Simulation Tools:
      Jupyter Notebook
      Crystal Viewer 2.3.4
      ab initio simulations with ORCA
      Protein Contact Maps
      Demo of Loading and Visualizing Proteins from the RCSB Protein Data Bank
      Machine Learning for Materials Science: Part 1

Other Featured Resources:
      Setting up Your nanoHUB File Structure in Jupyter Notebooks
      Hands-on Data Science and Machine Learning Training Series

Bio

Dr. Tanya Faltens is the Educational Content Creation Manager for the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN), which created the open access nanoHUB.org cyber-platform to help advance the goals of the National Nanotechology Initiative (NNI). Her technical background is in Materials Science and Engineering (Ph.D. UCLA 2002). She has several years’ experience in hands-on informal science education (including working at the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley), and in formal engineering instruction at Cal Poly Pomona. She has managed the NCN Undergraduate Research Experience (URE) program at Purdue University since 2014.

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  • Tanya Faltens, The Micro Nano Technology - Education Center (2021), "Get your feet wet! An Introduction to the nanoHUB Simulation Environment," https://nanohub.org/resources/35548.

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