Tool-Powered Curricula

ANTSY is part of the series of Tool-Powered Curricula

Educators

Use the Tool-Powered Curriculum to augment existing courses and enhance the student learning. Use turn-key simulation tools to teach concepts, design, and optimization without reading big manuals and installing software. Use it in your class room or for student assignments such as homework’s or projects. ABACUS and AQME are tools which pull together many different nanoHUB tools into a single interface and are augmented with homework and project assignments. Solutions to homework assignments are available to educators upon request.

“… and more”: Augment your class though interactive lectures from leading researchers providing tool tutorials, nano101 and nano501 lectures. Use community-contributed homework and project assignments in your class. Most lectures are available for interactive online viewing, as pdf downloads, and even podcasts.

Show a student and they will remember; involve them, and they will understand.

Students:

Enjoy using intuitive and user-friendly tools without software installation and reading massive manuals! You will be able to ask “what if?” questions and get answers rapidly to develop intuition and insight. Register for a free nanoHUB account or log into your existing nanoHUB account and begin teaching and learning with the tool powered curriculum.

ABACUS—Assembly of Basic Applications for the Coordinated Understanding of Semiconductors

The curriculum entitled Introduction to Semiconductor Devices is powered by the tool ABACUS. The ABACUS powered curriculum is designed to enhance the learning experience of students in existing classes on semiconductor devices in Electrical Engineering curricula. ABACUS is an assembly of different nanoHUB tools that range from crystals, bandstructure, pn junctions, and transistors.

The ABACUS powered curriculum is a curated page that provides easy access to a variety of different homework and project assignments that are relevant for the teaching of semiconductor devices. Educators can request access to homework solutions. Any community members are encouraged to contribute content to the nanoHUB. We encourage you to alert the authors of the curated page to your contribution for possible inclusion.

AQME—Advancing Quantum Mechanics for Engineers

The curriculum entitled Quantum Mechanics for Engineers is powered by the AQME tool which is an assembly of tools we believe are useful in the teaching of introductory quantum mechanical principles in an electrical engineering or physics curriculum. Commercial semiconductor devices have become as small as a few tens of nanometers and understanding basic quantum mechanical principles of quantization, bands, and tunneling are of critical importance.

The AQME powered curriculum is a curated page that provides access to a variety of different homework and project assignments that are relevant for quantum mechanical principles. Educators can request access to homework solutions. Any community members are encouraged to contribute content to the nanoHUB. We encourage you to alert the authors of the curated page to your contribution for possible inclusion.