Matthew B. Leftwich
Director
479-575-2875
mleftwi@uark.edu

Nanotechnology Minor Faculty Coordinators and Curriculum Committee

  • Gregory Salamo, Distinguished Professor, Physics
  • Min Zou, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Jin-Woo Kim, Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  • Raj Rao, Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  • Karthik Nayani, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Jingyi Chen, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Fisher Yu, Professor, Electrical Engineering
  • Steve Tung, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Po-Hao Adam Huang, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Keisha Bishop Walters, Department Head and Professor, Chemical Engineering

The Nanotechnology minor is an interdisciplinary program that provides students with foundational knowledge and skills related to the emerging field of nanotechnology, including hands-on experience in several major areas of nanotechnology, such as synthesis of nanomaterials, nanoscale imaging, nanostructure assembly and manipulation, device and system integration, and performance evaluation. The Nanotechnology minor draws faculty expertise and coursework from the College of Engineering and the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and utilizes state-of-the-art equipment and facilities at the Institute for Nanoscience and Engineering. The Nanotechnology minor is intended to prepare participating students for a career in which nanotechnology is playing an increasingly important role, and increase students' research competitiveness for graduate studies. The Nanotechnology minor is designed to be accessible to students majoring in engineering, physics, or chemistry and biochemistry. It is open to all students who have the necessary prerequisites to enroll in the courses that constitute the minor.

Requirements for the Nanotechnology Minor


Students wishing to participate in the Nanotechnology minor must declare participation formally. The students are required to meet with the faculty coordinator of an individual department who will help the student to develop a list of courses suitable for the minor and a schedule for taking those courses. Examples of model programs for each participating department are given below.

Students need to take a total of 15 credit hours, which includes 6 credit hours of required courses and 9 credit hours of elective courses and must earn a grade of "C" or better for all courses used to fulfill the requirements of the Nanotechnology minor.

Required Research Courses
Nanotechnology Research (Independent Study or Honors Thesis in nanotechnology)6
Students can choose from the following courses:
Special Problems
Honors Thesis
Honors Thesis
Individual Study
Honors Individual Study
Special Problems
Chemistry Research
Honors Chemistry Research
Special Problems
Honors Mechanical Engineering Research
Individual Study in Mechanical Engineering
Honors Individual Study in Mechanical Engineering
Projects
Honors
Senior Thesis
Elective Courses
A minimum of 9 hours of elective courses selected from the following:9
Measurement and Control for Biological Systems
Honors Measurement and Control for Biological Systems
Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems
Food and Bio-Product Systems Engineering
Biosensors & Bioinstrumentation
Food and Bio-Product Systems Engineering
Biomaterials
Biomolecular Engineering
Advanced Biomaterials and Biocompatibility
BMEG 4873
Chemical Engineering Materials Technology
Colloid and Interface Science
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry I
Instrumental Analysis
Energy Conversion and Storage
Physical Chemistry of Materials
Semiconductor Devices
Introduction to Nanomaterials and Devices
Materials Laboratory
Introduction to Tribology
Introduction to Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
Computational Material Science
Electronics in Experimental Physics
Modern Physics
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
Physics of Devices
Solid State Physics
Introduction to Optical Properties of Materials
or from other appropriate courses not on this list if approved first by the Nanotechnology Minor Curriculum Committee and by the course instructor.
Total Hours15

Below are model programs for students from different participating departments. Students also have the flexibility to design their own programs according to the stated requirements above.

Model program for a student majoring in Biological Engineering

Required Courses (6 hours)
BENG 450VSpecial Problems1-4
BENG 451VHHonors Thesis1-6
Elective Courses (9 hours)9
Measurement and Control for Biological Systems
Honors Measurement and Control for Biological Systems
Food and Bio-Product Systems Engineering
Biosensors & Bioinstrumentation
Total Hours15

Model program for a student majoring in Biomedical Engineering

Required Courses (6 hours)
BMEG 450VHHonors Thesis1-4
BMEG 460VIndividual Study1-3
or BMEG 460VH Honors Individual Study
Elective Courses (9 hours)9
Biomaterials
Biomolecular Engineering
Advanced Biomaterials and Biocompatibility
Total Hours15

Model program for a student majoring in Chemical Engineering

Required Courses (6 hours)
CHEG 488VSpecial Problems6
Elective Courses (9 hours)9
Chemical Engineering Materials Technology
Colloid and Interface Science
Instrumental Analysis
Total Hours15

Model program for a student majoring in Chemistry

Required Courses (6 hours)6
Chemistry Research
Honors Chemistry Research
Elective Courses (9 hours)9
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry I
Instrumental Analysis
Energy Conversion and Storage
Total Hours15

Model program for a student majoring in Electrical Engineering

Required Courses (6 hours)6
Special Problems
Elective Courses (9 hours)9
Physics of Devices
Semiconductor Devices
Introduction to Nanomaterials and Devices
Total Hours15

Model program for a student majoring in Mechanical Engineering

Required Courses
MEEG 492VIndividual Study in Mechanical Engineering3
or MEEG 492VH Honors Individual Study in Mechanical Engineering
MEEG 4903HHonors Mechanical Engineering Research3
Elective Courses9
Materials Laboratory
Introduction to Tribology
Introduction to Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
Total Hours15

Model program for a student majoring in Physics

Required Courses (6 hours)
PHYS 306VProjects1-3
PHYS 498VSenior Thesis1-6
or PHYS 399VH Honors
Elective Courses (9 hours)9
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
Solid State Physics
Introduction to Optical Properties of Materials
Total Hours15