This announcement appeared in the weekly memo dated June 9; Prof. Lundstrom has asked that we send out a reminder. 2008 NCN@Purdue Summer School - LAST CHANCE TO ATTEND "Electronics from the Bottom Up" July 14-25, 2008 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Open to Purdue faculty and students at no charge. You must register online NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, at: https://www.ncn.purdue.edu/Workshops/2008summerschool/internalregistration For questions or concerns, please contact Alicia Goodman (goodman@purdue.edu) The field of semiconductor microelectronics is undergoing a transformation to nanoelectronics. This transformation has been largely driven by a ³top-down² approach that extends concepts and techniques originally developed for bulk semiconductors and large device to the new field of nanoscale device technology. But to exploit the opportunities that nanoscience presents, engineers will need to learn how to think about materials, devices, circuits, and systems in a new way to complement traditional, top-down understanding with new, ³bottom-up² perspectives. Electronics from the Bottom Up is designed to promote the bottom-up perspective by beginning at the nanoscale, and working up to the micro and macroscale of devices and systems. For electronic devices, this means first understanding the smallest electronic device a single molecule with two contacts. For carrier transport, it means beginning at the nanoscale where ballistic transport, atomistic effects, and stochastic effects dominate. For MOSFETs, it means beginning with the ³ultimate² MOSFET. Electronics from the Bottom Up does not mean ab initio numerical simulations it means beginning with concepts and approaches that are both simple and sound -- Alicia Goodman Administrative Assistant Network for Computational Nanotechnology Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 Phone: 765-494-7715 Fax: 765-494-0811 email: goodman@purdue.edu website: www.nanoHUB.org ------ End of Forwarded Message