Engineering Technologies NanoScientific Instrumentation Specialization - Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology

Engineering Technologies NanoScientific Instrumentation Specialization from Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is a Campus Associate Nanotechnology degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. While nanotechnology will soon become a household word, it is still in its infancy and is rapidly growing into adolescence. It is a leading edge technology that will revolutionize many sectors of manufacturing and our daily life over the long term. Nanotechnology at present focuses on research and development in the manipulation of matter at the atomic and molecular levels. This provides an unprecedented ability to create building blocks for advanced products such as new classes of devices as small as molecules and machines as small as human cells. The future holds continued improvement in electronics for information technology; higher-performance, lower-maintenance materials for manufacturing, defense, transportation, space, and environmental applications; accelerated, biotechnical applications in medicine, health care, and agriculture; and extending the limits of sustainable development. Areas of interest include: (1) innovative nanotechnology solutions to biological-chemicalradiological- explosive detection and protection; (2) efficient manufacturing; (3) nano-biosystems; (4) development of instrumentation and standards; (5) nanotechnology research for energy conversion, and agriculture and food systems; (6) the education and training of the new generation or workers for the future industries. The convergence of nanotechnology with information technology, modern biology and social sciences will reinvigorate discoveries and innovation in almost all areas of the economy. This degree option complements the Electrical and Electronics Technology A.A.S. and Instrumentation Technology BT degree plans. These programs utilize ?full size? sensors to detect pressure, temperature, etc. to monitor and control process; the Nano Scientific Instrumentation program explores how nanoscale sensors and switches have uses far beyond what might be expected from typical/traditional devices. Instead of sensing pressure, temperature, electrical current or sound, nanosensors are much more useful for detecting things on the atomic or molecular scale. This evolving technology is invaluable for industrial environmental control and other environmental quality applications. View more details on Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Nanotechnology courses.