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Nanoscience, Nanoengineering and Nanotechnology Education at Colorado State University - Pueblo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Nebojsa Jaksic*
Affiliation:
n.jaksic@colostate-pueblo.edu, Colorado State University - Pueblo, Engineering, 2200 Bonforte Blvd., Pueblo, CO, 81001, United States, 719-549-2112, 719-549-2519
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Abstract

This work reports on the evolution of nanoscience, nanoengineering and nanotechnology (NSET) education in the Engineering Department at the Colorado State University – Pueblo (CSU-Pueblo) from 2002 to 2006. It includes both, undergraduate and graduate courses with NSET topics as well as a review of undergraduate and graduate research projects.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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