TY - GEN
T1 - NanoHUB.org - The ABACUS tool suite as a framework for semiconductor education courses
AU - Mehrotra, Saumitra R.
AU - Zentner, Lynn K.
AU - Klimeck, Gerhard
AU - Vasileska, Dragica
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - More than 170,000 users annually in 172 countries use nanoHUB.org for web-based access to simulation programs as well as a vast selection of related content, including online presentations and lectures, teaching materials, curated topic pages, podcasts, and downloads. With over 2500 resources including over 200 simulation tools, the science gateway nanoHUB.org is the world's largest nanotechnology user facility. Over 10,000 research and educational users utilized nanoHUB simulation programs to run over 364,000 simulations last year. In academic year 2009-10, nanoHUB.org content was used in 150 undergraduate and graduate courses at 97 institutions. From the time of its inception through the beginning of 2011, nanoHUB.org has been cited 719 times in the literature. A detailed analysis of these citations indicates a dual use of nanoHUB content in both education and research, with educational tool usage by researchers and research tools migrating into the classroom. By leveraging existing capabilities, we have developed the Assembly of Basic Applications for Coordinated Understanding of Semiconductors (ABACUS) suite of simulation tools and supporting educational content that can serve as an aid to an introductory semiconductor course. ABACUS serves as a one-stop-shop for students and teachers to enable rapid access to the critical elements needed in the introduction to semiconductor devices.
AB - More than 170,000 users annually in 172 countries use nanoHUB.org for web-based access to simulation programs as well as a vast selection of related content, including online presentations and lectures, teaching materials, curated topic pages, podcasts, and downloads. With over 2500 resources including over 200 simulation tools, the science gateway nanoHUB.org is the world's largest nanotechnology user facility. Over 10,000 research and educational users utilized nanoHUB simulation programs to run over 364,000 simulations last year. In academic year 2009-10, nanoHUB.org content was used in 150 undergraduate and graduate courses at 97 institutions. From the time of its inception through the beginning of 2011, nanoHUB.org has been cited 719 times in the literature. A detailed analysis of these citations indicates a dual use of nanoHUB content in both education and research, with educational tool usage by researchers and research tools migrating into the classroom. By leveraging existing capabilities, we have developed the Assembly of Basic Applications for Coordinated Understanding of Semiconductors (ABACUS) suite of simulation tools and supporting educational content that can serve as an aid to an introductory semiconductor course. ABACUS serves as a one-stop-shop for students and teachers to enable rapid access to the critical elements needed in the introduction to semiconductor devices.
KW - engineering education
KW - nanoHUB
KW - nanotechnology
KW - science gateway
KW - simulation
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U2 - 10.1109/NANO.2011.6144581
DO - 10.1109/NANO.2011.6144581
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84858971149
SN - 9781457715143
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology
SP - 932
EP - 936
BT - 2011 11th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2011
T2 - 2011 11th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2011
Y2 - 15 August 2011 through 19 August 2011
ER -