Krishna Madhavan, Education Technology Director

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nanoHUB.orgonline simulation and more operated
by the Network for Computational Nanotechnology
(NCN) New frontiers in nano-education
through the nanoHUB

• Krishna Madhavan, Education Technology Director
• Gerhard Klimeck, Technical Director
• Mark Lundstrom, Director
• Michael McLennan, Software Architect
• Sebastien Goasguen, Teragrid and NMI Lead

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Simulation as key
Science, Engineering, Technology
EXPERIMENT
THEORY
SIMULATION
Lack of bridge between discovery and learning
Very high barrier of entry
Complex infrastructure
Difficult, clunky UI
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Lowering Barriers of Entry into simulation-based
nanotechnology education
Transform the way we do nanotechnology education
by connecting to serious, research-grade tools
Nanoscience
Computing Services
Software Engineering
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Presentation Outline
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Online simulation and more
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Cutting-edge middleware How does it work?
Remote access to simulators and compute power
nanoHUB infrastructure
internet
nanoHUB.org Web site
NMI Cluster
Remote desktop (VNC)
Work lead by Goasguen, Klimeck, et al.
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Online simulation and more

• Educational Tools
• CNTbands (demo)
• PN Junction Lab (demo)
• Quantum Dot
• Abinit, GAMESS

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Online simulation and more

• Educational Tools
• CNTbands
• Quantum Dot Lab
• PN Junction Lab
• Abinit, GAMESS

1,360 annual users Home work exercises

• 11 new tools in 6 months
• 60 growth
• gt1,660 users

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The old nanoHUB simulation procedurestate-of-the-
art for most other on-line simulation services
Wait for about 1 minute
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Interactive CNTbandsprovides significant growth
in users!
50 growth
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Online simulation and more

• Educational Tools
• CNTbands
• Quantum Dot Lab
• PN Junction Lab
• Abinit, GAMESS
• Research Tools DEMO
• Prophet, PADRE
• MOSFET
• SMC, Laser
• Nanowire
• NEMO3D, Abinit, GAMESS,
• NAMD, VMD, GROMACS

300 users Experimentalists Theorists Tool
end-users
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Online simulation and more

• Educational Tools
• CNTbands
• Quantum Dot Lab
• PN Junction Lab
• Abinit, GAMESS
• Research Tools
• Prophet
• PADRE
• SMC, Laser
• Nanowire
• NEMO3D, Abinit, GAMESS,
• NAMD, VMD, GROMACS
• Tool Development
• Rappture tool kit
• Workspaces
• Connection to large compute resources

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WorkspacesA full UNIX workstation inside your
browser!
gtgtDEMO
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Online simulation and more
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Online simulation and more

• Almost 200
• Online Seminars!
• Voiced over powerpoint
• Searchable
• Low bandwidth

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seminars
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Online simulation and more
learning modules

• Combine Seminars,
• Simulation Tools,
• And Quizzes
• Demo gtgt

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Leveraging Educational Standards
Thousands Of Users
Many Users
Web pages with embedded on-line simulation
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Online simulation and more
learning modules
demo
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Gen-Z students - User Profile
If its not 60 gigs it aint cool to wear!
Lets facebook this prof!
You can multitask on ONLY 4 things! How sad
ZapCams
XANGA
MoBlogs
Gaming Life
What, I cant get this info on my cell phone?
The Internet was always there!!
e-Props
Lets 360 at my Xanga!
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Gen-Z students (contd.)
BusinessWeek, December 12, 2005
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Gen-Z Profile
Campus Technology, Jan 2006
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Insiders Peek
IM (sometimes multiple)
Music (iTunes, Rhapsody)
Email
Converging GIS Programs (Google Earth)
Ever-present Search
Online Gaming, Community Sites
Learning (somewhere in there)
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Key Theme Complementary Convergence
Complementary Convergence
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Future Cyber-services Plan
Increasing structured and unstructured time on
task
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nanoHUB Vision Neural Learning Environment

• Intelligent learning environment that understands
  the learner
• Consistently places nanotechnology concepts in
  the students field of vision

Device independent user interaction with nanoHUB
Learning needs co-drives middleware
nanoHUB tracks and understands students
Better, smarter learning services customized to
learner
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Future Plans
Science Themes
Cutting-edge cyber-services for nanoscale
education at all levels (K-12, undergraduate, and
graduate)
Research on emerging educational
cyber-technologies
Traditional Education, Outreach, Training services
Aggressive and proactive diversity initiatives