Transcript Nanophotonics IGERT Program: an interdisciplinary adventure in an emerging area Naomi J.

Nanophotonics IGERT Program:
an interdisciplinary adventure in an emerging area
Naomi J. Halas
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Chemistry
Department of Bioengineering
Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP)
Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
http://www.ece.rice.edu/~halas/
http://lanp.rice.edu
APS Graduate Education in Physics Meeting
College Park, MD, January 2008
Nanophotonics
•What is nanophotonics?
•Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP)
•The NSF IGERT Program
•The Rice Nanophotonics IGERT
•The CONJUNTO Project: IGERT outreach
Nanophotonics: an emerging technology
PLASMONICS!
Optics at the
nanoscale !
Plasmonics: a fundamentally multidisciplinary
enterprise
Fundamental science of metallic
nano-optical components
Plasmon-enhanced
Spectroscopies for chemical & biodetection
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Raman Shift (cm-1)
nanoshells
wavelength (nm)
Light harvesting for
energy
conversion
Optical interconnects in nextgeneration computer chips
In vitro and in vivo
Biomedical applications
Laboratory for Nanophotonics
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Laboratory, not a Center (a network of researchers)
Open-door consortium of research groups
Initial core: “super-group meetings” plus journal club(s) and speakers
Mission: to foster interdisciplinary interactions, to lead and to follow this
emerging field
Halas (experiment/theory) chemistry/ECE/BioE
Nordlander (theory) physics/ECE
Johnson (theory) chemistry
Hafner (experiment) physics/chemistry
Drezek (experiment/theory) BioE, ECE
Diehl (experiment) BioE
Link (experiment) chemistry/ECE
Hartgerink (experiment) chemistry/BioE
Massoud (theory/experiment) ECE/computer science
Bayazitoglu (theory) Mechanical Engineering
NSF: Integrative Graduate Education
and Research Training grants
The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)
program has been developed to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D.
scientists and engineers who will pursue careers in research and education, with
the interdisciplinary backgrounds, deep knowledge in chosen disciplines, and
technical, professional, and personal skills to become, in their own careers,
leaders and creative agents for change. The program is intended to catalyze a
cultural change in graduate education, for students, faculty, and institutions, by
establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a
fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional
disciplinary boundaries. It is also intended to facilitate diversity in student
participation and preparation, and to contribute to a world-class, broadly
inclusive, and globally engaged science and engineering workforce.
NSF: Integrative Graduate Education
and Research Training grants
• Provides ~5-10 graduate student stipends per year at
$30K for a two-year period
• Students also get travel money for conferences
• speaker series
• full-time coordinator
• Highly competitive: 3% success rate
• 5 year grant, renewable once
• U. S. Citizens only (IGERT Fellows vs. IGERT
Associates)
• Assessment required!
NSF IGERT at the Rice University Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP):
NANOPHOTONICS
Fundamentals and Applications in Emerging Technologies
• Applied Physics Program-based
Curriculum:
•Four core courses plus electives
•two thematic elective tracks:
theorists, experimentalists
• Nanophotonics CAD Studiogoal of 100%
COMSOL/computation literacy
• Physiology “for dummies”
•“Ethics”
•Students apply at end of first
semester
• Co-Advisors required
• Short student-written proposal
required for admission
NSF IGERT at the Rice University Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP):
NANOPHOTONICS
Fundamentals and Applications in Emerging Technologies
•Multidisciplinary Speaker Series
• Visiting Scholar Program
• Industrial Internships
• LANP Seminars
• International Collaborations
• CONJUNTO Scholars and Mentors
Program:multi-year Outreach
NSF IGERT at the Rice University Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP):
NANOPHOTONICS
Fundamentals and Applications in Emerging Technologies
• Industrial and National Laboratory Internships:
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IBM Research
Quantum Dot Corp
Becton-Dickinson Corp.
Nanospectra Biosciences, Inc.
Agilent
3M
BioTools, Inc.
Gaussian, Inc.
Texas Instruments
Honeywell, Inc.
NIST
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
AFRL, NRL
The CONJUNTO* Project
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•The CONJUNTO Scholars&Mentors
Program: a multi-year undergraduate
program Summer Research
experiences targeting talented
underrepresented minority
undergraduates
RICE
UTPA
UTB
*CONJUNTO: a merger; the confluence of two rivers into one; the multicultural music
of South Texas ( Tejano music) with hybrid central European and Mexican influences.
The CONJUNTO
Scholars & Mentors
Program
GOAL: To make a major national impact on the advancement of
Hispanic Americans (and African Americans, AGEP) into PhD
level positions in science and engineering
To systematically “patch the leaky pipeline” by providing
outstanding research experience, professional skills
development, perspective via meeting attendance and trips,
and networking for each individual through a multiyear and
multi-institutional partnership commitment
To provide training for mentors at the graduate student,
postdoctoral and faculty levels in understanding the goals
and challenges of this program and its participants
The CONJUNTO
Scholars & Mentors
Program
APPROACH:
A multiyear REU program in a constructive technical environment with graduate
students and faculty participants as “CONJUNTO MENTORS”:
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Freshman summer: mentor as grad student or postdoc assistant;
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Sophomore summer: return to same research group for continuity, now with
own project;
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Junior summer: participate in national network of NSF Centers, MRSECs, REU
and Training Grant Programs with participating research group at that
university.
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Senior year: apply to graduate school with recommendations from both
faculty mentors;
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Pre-first year graduate school: start early at graduate institution in research
group of interest
Network communications continue to the completion of the PhD degree
Professional job and interview opportunities, advice
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Questions?