Nanostructured Electronic Devices: Percolation and Reliability

Courses | 17 Sep 2009 | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

In this series of lectures introduces a simple theoretical framework for treating randomness and variability in emerging nanostructured electronic devices for wide ranging applications – all within an unified framework of spatial and temporal percolation. The problems considered involve...

Tutorial 3: Materials Simulation by First-Principles Density Functional Theory

Courses | 14 Sep 2010 | Contributor(s): Umesh V. Waghmare

This two-part lecture will provide an introduction to first-principles density functional theory based methods for simulation of materials, with a focus on determination of interatomic force constants and vibrational spectra of nano- structures and extended periodic materials.

MSE 597GM: Introduction to Rechargeable Batteries

Courses | 10 Oct 2012 | Contributor(s): R. Edwin García

Electrochemical materials and its application to energy storage and conversion devices, such as batteries and fuel cells are a rapidly growing field, particularly for portable technologies and electric and hybrid vehicles. This course will deliver an introduction to the modeling and simulation...

Metamaterials: A New Paradigm of Physics and Engineering

Courses | 01 May 2008 | Contributor(s): Vladimir M. Shalaev

Three part lecture on metamaterials. Metamaterials are expected to open a gateway to unprecedented electromagnetic properties and functionality unattainable from naturally occurring materials, thus enabling a family of new “meta-devices”. In these three lectures, we review this new emerging field...

ECE 595E Numerical Simulations for Energy Applications

Courses | 17 Jan 2013 | Contributor(s): Peter Bermel

Illinois ECE 440: Solid State Electronic Devices Homework Assignments (Fall 2009)

Courses | 28 Jan 2010 | Contributor(s): Mohamed Mohamed

Homework assignments for the Fall 2009 teaching of Illinois ECE 440: Solid State Electronic Devices.

Near-Equilibrium Transport: Fundamentals and Applications

Courses | 28 Jul 2011 | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

Engineers and scientists working on electronic materials and devices need a working knowledge of "near-equilibrium" (also called "linear" or "low-field") transport. The term "working knowledge" means understanding how to use theory in practice. Measurements...

Illinois ECE 498AL: Programming Massively Parallel Processors

Courses | 11 Aug 2009 | Contributor(s): Wen-Mei W Hwu

Spring 2009 Virtually all semiconductor market domains, including PCs, game consoles, mobile handsets, servers, supercomputers, and networks, are converging to concurrent platforms. There are two important reasons for this trend. First, these concurrent processors can potentially offer more...

ECE 595Z Digital Systems Design Automation

Courses | 24 Aug 2012 | Contributor(s): Anand Raghunathan

MSE 405 Physics of Solids

Courses | 29 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s): Mark C. Hersam

Introduction to quantum mechanics and solid state physics. Specific topics include free electron behavior, potential energy wells and barriers, energy band theory, phonons, and electrical properties of metals and semiconductors. This course develops many concepts of fundamental interest to...

Illinois ME 498NF: Introduction of Nano Science and Technology

Courses | 03 Sep 2009 | Contributor(s): Nick Fang

Introduction to Nano Science and Technology This new elective course is intended to be a gateway for the senior and graduate students to the range of special graduate courses in nanoscience and technology for engineers. The course consists of topics in fundamental nanoscale science, plus an...

NEMO5 Tutorials (2012 Summer School)

Courses | 19 Jul 2012 | Contributor(s): James Fonseca, Tillmann Christoph Kubis, Michael Povolotskyi, Jean Michel D Sellier, Parijat Sengupta, Junzhe Geng, Mehdi Salmani Jelodar, Seung Hyun Park, Gerhard Klimeck

While the general topics presented in the summer school materials are still applicable, many details have changed.  If you are looking at these to learn how to use NEMO5, check out the newer materials here: https://nanohub.org/resources/21824    

[Illinois] Physics 550 Biomolecular Physics

Courses | 05 Sep 2013 | Contributor(s): Klaus Schulten, Taekjip Ha

  Physical concepts governing the structure and function of biological macromolecules; general properties, spatial structure, energy levels, dynamics and functions, and relation to other complex physical systems such as glasses; recent research in biomolecular physics;...

Device Characterization with the Keithley 4200-SCS

Courses | 20 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s): Lee Stauffer

This training session is based on the Keithley 4200-SCS Semiconductor Characterization System. It is intended for beginning to intermediate users. It covers basic concepts, both of the instrument, as well as general measurement considerations.

Nanoelectronic Devices, With an Introduction to Spintronics

Courses | 09 Sep 2010 | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta, Mark Lundstrom

    Nanoelectronic devices are at the heart of today's powerful computers and are also of great interest for many emerging applications including energy conversion, sensing and alternative computing paradigms. Our objective, however, is not to discuss specific devices or...

Nanoscale Transistors

Courses | 19 Jul 2012 | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

    These lectures discuss the physics of nanoscale transistors. The focus is on developing a sound, physical understanding of the operation of sub-100nm MOSFETS. The lectures focus of the simple, "essential" device physics using a "top-of-the-barrier" or...

Lectures on Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Materials

Courses | 09 Jan 2008 | Contributor(s): Alejandro Strachan

Molecular dynamics simulations are playing an increasingly important role in many areas of science and engineering, from biology and pharmacy to nanoelectronics and structural materials. Recent breakthroughs in methodologies and in first principles-based interatomic potentials significantly...

CHM 696: Supramolecular and Nanostructured Materials

Courses | 22 Feb 2011 | Contributor(s): Alexander Wei

Illinois ECE 598EP Hot Chips: Atoms to Heat Sinks

Courses | 27 Jan 2009 | Contributor(s): Eric Pop

This course pursues a parallel treatment of electrical and thermal issues in modern nanoelectronics, from fundamentals to system-level issues. Topics include energy transfer through electrons and phonons, mobility and thermal conductivity, power dissipation in modern devices (CMOS, phase-change...

Illinois ECE 460 Principles of Optical Imaging (Fall 2008)

Courses | 30 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s): Gabriel Popescu

Introduction to visible and infrared imaging systems covering fields, optical elements, electronic sensors, and embedded processing systems. Lectures and labs cover active and passive illumination, ranging, holography, polarization, coherence, spectroscopy, and sampling with an emphasis on...