Transcript Enabled Technologies - High Impact Technology Exchange

Enabling Technologies
Impact on Curricula and Instruction
A Work in Progress
Daniel Hull OP-TEC
Elaine Johnson Bio-Link
Rachel Bower, ATE Central
Mel Cossette, MatEd
Deb Newberry, Nano-Link
Objectives of this Presentation
• Introduce the concept of enabling technologies in the
context of how they could enhance and update AAS
curricula.
• Provide a draft example of enabling technologies in
the physical sciences.
• Discuss a model for enabling technologies in the
bio/chem technologies.
• Engage participants in activities to contribute
information about how technologies enhance their
field, and how this could improve/update their
curriculum.
What are Enabling Technologies?
Definition:
Technical concepts, materials, devices and
processes that are developed in one technology
and used in another technology to “enable”
advances, new understanding, equipment and
applications.
Enabling technologies can be applied to drive
radical change in the capabilities of a user or
culture. They can also be used to update and
streamline technical curricula.
Prominent Enabling Technologies
in the Physical Sciences
• Electronics Technology
• Information Technology: Digital Systems,
Including Communications, Networks,
computing and graphic design
• Materials Technology and Nanotechnology
• Photonics Technology : optics and electrooptics, including lasers
Electronics
as an Enabling Technology
Definition: The application of the movement of electrons
in the creation of devices, systems and components used in
all cutting edge technologies
• Enabling Communications: Radio, TV, IT networks,
computers, cell phones, cable, smart phones
• Enabling Controls: Automation, robotics, manufacturing,
home control, appliances, security, toys & games
• Enabling Instrumentation: Semiconductor manufacturing
• Enabling Information Systems: IT networks, PCs, servers,
mainframes, desktops/laptops, hand held devices,
processors, peripherals
Electronics
as an Enabling Technology (Cont’d)
• Enabling Components & Devices: Displays, discrete
components, MEMs, ICs
• Enabling Energy Production & Storage (fossil, nuclear,
solar, wind & batteries)
• Enabling Energy Transmission (power lines & substations
• Enabling Energy Utilization Devices/Systems (motors,
heating, lighting etc.)
• Enabling Photonics: power supplies, controllers,
modulators & detectors in lasers and other electro-optic
devices.
Information/Communications Technology
as an Enabling Technology
Definition of IT: The technology involved with the
transmission and storage of information, especially the
development, installation, implementation, and management of
computers and control systems within companies, colleges, and
other organizations.
Definition of Communications: The safe and secure
delivery of voice, video and data over optical, wireline and
wireless transmission media.
Enabled Technologies: All Fields
Materials Technology
as an Enabling Technology
Materials Science is the “Science of Stuff”
Definition: Creating, altering, selecting and using appropriate
materials for buildings, vehicles, furnishings, displays,
simulations, equipment, molds/castings, coatings, electrical and
mechanical devices and environmental control. Converting
and/or refining raw physical and biological materials, creating
new materials with suitable properties and characteristics for
durability, extreme temperature and corrosion tolerances, lighter
weight and increased strength. Includes biomanufacturing and
nanotechnology…essentially, materials are everywhere.
Materials Technicians: refers to the technicians that, in the
course of their work, handle materials.
Materials Science
• Enabled technologies: all manufacturing sectors including
electronics/IT, construction, welding, manufacturing,
entertainment, transportation, aerospace, energy
production/transmission/utilization, consumer products,
photonics, and medical instrumentation/prosthetics/devices.
• Emerging areas: include additive manufacturing (AM creates
a three dimensional model/object one layer at a time) and
nano-materials (defined as smaller than 1/10th of a
micrometer).
• AM: polymers and metals such as nickel, stainless steel.
• Nano-Materials: research changes in material properties
when taken from the macro scale to nano scale.
Nanotechnology
as an Enabling Technology
Definition: The ability to observe, study measure and manipulate
matter at the molecular and atomic scale.
Within a material the arrangement of atoms will define the physical,
electrical and biological properties of that material
Correlation of nanoscience to traditional science subjects
Pulling in aspects of physics, chemistry, biology and materials science
Translating to all engineering and science disciplines
Finding applications in every market segment
Observing the world at the nanoscale is inherently multi-disciplinary
No escaping the requirement for multi-disciplinary learning (and
teaching) at all levels.
New Technology Could Combine
Detection and Treatment
Immediate sensing as a tumor is removed!
© Deb Newberry 2008
Sandia National Laboratories
Nanotechnology Technicians
• Technicians are finding jobs in electronics,
materials, biotech, quality assurance, testing,
sales etc.
• Companies of all sizes: Very small to 3M and
IBM
• Part of a research or product development
team or independent workers
• Education & Training requires a broad
technical base including other technologies
Biotechnology
as an Enabling Technology
Biotechnology deals with the use of “living organisms”
Definition: The use of living organisms to produce useful
products.
Commercialization: We are now experiencing the growth of
companies that are producing medicines, biofuels, gene therapies,
stem-cell applications, forensics, pest-resistant plants, improved
nutritional products, vaccines, biosecurity assays, environmental
testing, personalized medicine, synthetic biology, and countless other
new applications. Because most of these are highly regulated, in
addition to technicians who actually do the research and production,
there is a growing requirement for regulatory and quality technicians.
Skills: Increasingly, community and technical colleges throughout the
nation are implementing programs to provide relevant competencybased education that prepare biotechnology technicians.
Biotechnology Technicians: Technicians that work in research, testing,
and production facilities that use living organisms to produce useful
products.
Biotechnology
• Biotechnology Industry: the bioscience industry is rapidly
changing to include working relationships with other scientific
disciplines and technologies
• Enabling technologies: Restriction Enzyme Technology, Gene
Transfer, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), Sequencing
• Enabled applications: agriculture, medicine, environmental
monitoring, industrial enzymes, forensics, heredity,
bioinformatics, food testing, genetic testing, biofuels,
biomaterials, biomedical devices, nano-bio, stem cell
research, personalized medicine, synthethic biology
Photonics as an Enabling Technology
Definition: The application of optics and electromagnetic energy
whose basic unit is the photon, incorporating optics, electro-optics,
lasers, and electronics.
• Enabling Advanced Manufacturing: laser-based additive
manufacturing; Laser-scanned reverse engineering.
• Enabling Materials Processing: laser welding, cutting,
scribing, drilling and heat treating.
• Enabling Nanotechnology: atomic force microscopy,
fluorescence microscopy, quantum dot lasers, quantum dot
LEDs, carbon nanotubes.
• Enabling Biotechnology: optical microscopy, Fluorescence
microscopy, fluorescence-activated cell sorter,
spectrophotometers, electron microscopy, laser microscopy
• Enabling Biomanufacturing: spectrophotometers, cell
counting, characterizing biodiesel fuel
• Enabling Microelectronics: photolithography, micro-optic
inspection.
Photonics as an Enabling Technology (cont’d)
• Enabling IT/Communications: fiber optics for transmission; laser
diode transmitters, photo detectors
• Enabling Energy Production, Transmission and Utilization: solar
voltaics, solar hot water, laser-induced thermonuclear energy, solid
state (LED) lighting
• Enabling Defense/Aerospace: LIDAR, laser target designators, space
communication, laser-guided missiles, destruction of drones,
missiles & mine fields
• Enabling Sensing and Displays: LED & LCD displays/monitors, Image
recognition, environmental monitoring, spectral of atmosphere &
other gasses, laser radars & survey instruments
• Enabling Biomedical Equipment: laser surgery, LASIK surgery, laser
photocoagulation, laser prostrate & vascular relief, fiber optics for
colonoscopy, laparoscopes, optical coherence tomography (OCCT)
Prominent Enabling Technologies
in the Biological & Chemical Sciences
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Materials Technology
Information Technology
Nanotechnology
Biotechnology & Biomanufacturing
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Restriction Enzyme Technology
Gene Sequencing
Gene Transfer
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Stem Cell Technology
Synthetic Biology
Enabling Technology Impact on
Technical Curriculum and Teaching
Example#1 Laser Course Infusion in Other
Technologies
One or two laser/optics courses are being taught as
electives in the following technologies:
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Fiber Optics Communications
Biomedical Equipment
Advanced Manufacturing
Nanotechnology
Others??
Enabling Technology Impact on Technical
Curriculum and Teaching (cont’d)
Example#2: Photonics Systems Technician Curriculum
• 80% of photonics employers prefer broad-based, interdisciplinary
technicians, with a specialty in lasers. (2013 employer focus groups)
• 28 of the 33 colleges teaching photonics in the U.S. are teaching 2-3
photonics courses, built on an electronics core that also includes IT,
digital control, and properties of materials.
• The PST Curriculum requires only one photonics faculty member
and less expensive lab equipment.
• Completers of the PST program receive an AAS in electronics with a
photonics certificate.
• The same core that supports photonics can also support majors in
robotics, instrumentation, communications etc. This is an effective,
efficient delivery system that is saving colleges $$.
Photonics Systems Technician(PST)
• Photonics systems technicians (PSTs) work in industries whose processes
and operations require the extensive use of photonics devices to meet
production or mission goals. PSTs frequently integrate photonics devices
or subsystems into larger systems, where photonics is an enabling
technology. PSTs have the responsibility of ensuring these photonic
devices operate within prescribed specifications and are compatible
and/or complementary with the entire integrated system.
• These technicians must know how these photonic devices operate and
interface with the equipment or systems in which they are
embedded. They must also understand how photonics devices and
subsystems enable equipment and systems to accomplish specific tasks.
• These technicians must have broad, working knowledge and skills of
electronic and electromechanical devices/systems, combined with their
specialty knowledge and skills in photonics to efficiently and effectively
repair systems, and operate, maintain, and calibrate photonics
subsystems, and integrate these subsystems into full systems.
Curriculum for PST’s
• New curriculum will require 3-4 semesters of
photonics courses
– Based on an Electronics core
– Course 1: Fundamentals of Light and Lasers
– Course 2: New version of Course 2 (2 semesters)
– An additional course could be added, depending
on resources and employer service area
needs(Fiber Optics, advanced optics and/or
selected photonics applications modules)
– Degree: AAS in Electronics with a Photonics
Specialty
Course #1 Fundamentals of Light and Lasers
1-1 Nature & Properties of Light
1-2 Optical Handling and Positioning
1-3 Light Sources & Laser Safety
1-4 Basic Geometrical Optics
1-5 Basic Physical Optics
1-6 Principles of Lasers
Course #2A Laser Systems and Applications
• 2-1 Q-Switched and Mode Locked Lasers
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Operating Principles,
Intracavity Modulators
Temporal Output Characteristics
Frequency Doubling Techniques
• 2-2 Laser Output Characteristics and Measurements
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Power, Energy, Irradiance, Divergence
Beam Profiling/M2, Beam Mode, Pulse Shape
Spectral Bandwidth
2-3 Overview of Laser Systems & Applications
2-4 CO2 Lasers
2-5 Diode Lasers
2-6 Fiber Lasers
Note: Order of Modules 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8 and 2-9 may be
exchanged according to priorities set by local employers
Course #2B Laser Systems, Systems
Integration & Troubleshooting
• 2-7 Argon & Ion Lasers
⁻ Operation, components and Output characteristics
• 2-8 Nd:YAG & other Optically Pumped Solid Lasers
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Operation, components and Output characteristics
• 2-9 Excimer Lasers
⁻ Operation, components and Output characteristics
• 2-10 Laser Troubleshooting Strategies
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Using Equipment Manuals
Testing Procedures
Data Analysis & Fault Identification
• 2-11 System Integration Techniques
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Specification Sources for Laser Systems
Installation Plans
Start-up Procedures
Verification Testing
Documentation Procedures
Safety Considerations
Course #2B Laser Systems, Systems
Integration & Troubleshooting
• 2-7 Argon & Ion Lasers
⁻ Operation, components and Output characteristics
• 2-8 Nd:YAG & other Optically Pumped Solid Lasers
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Operation, components and Output characteristics
• 2-9 Excimer Lasers
⁻ Operation, components and Output characteristics
• 2-10 Laser Troubleshooting Strategies
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Using Equipment Manuals
Testing Procedures
Data Analysis & Fault Identification
• 2-11 System Integration Techniques
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Specification Sources for Laser Systems
Installation Plans
Start-up Procedures
Verification Testing
Documentation Procedures
Safety Considerations
Three Interlocked Curricula
• Photonics Applications Techs
– Electronics Core + Specialty Courses in an Technology Area enabled by
Photonics
– 1- 2 Photonics Courses infused in Electronics Core
– Degree: AAS in the Enabled Technology Area with a certificate in Photonics
• Photonics Systems Techs
– Electronics Core + 2 - 4 Specialty Photonics Courses
– Degree AAS in Electronics with a Specialty in Photonics
• Photonics Specialist
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Reduced Electronics Core + 8 Specialty Course in Photonics
Degree: AAS in Photonics.
Currently taught in only 4-5 colleges
~20% of new jobs
Discussion and Suggestions
Rachel Bower