Network for Computational Nanotechnology

计算纳米技术网络

• 批准号: 0634750
• 负责人: Gerhard Klimeck
• 金额: $ 1824.17万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0634750&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Network; Computational; Nanotechnology

AbstractThe Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) was established in 2002 and has grown to be a national resource serving the research community in the emerging field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. The NCN is producing new knowledge, simulation approaches, numerical algorithms, and open-source software to help realize the promise of nanoscience. NCN researchers are carrying out simulation and modeling research in three key fundamental research themes: nanoelectronics, nanoelectromechanical systems/nanofluidics, and nanobiology and medicine. The modeling and simulation tools are available to a broader research community through a web-based cyberinfrastructure, the nanoHUB, located at www.nanoHUB.org. The capabilities of the nanoHUB have been enhanced by the NSF National Middleware Initiative (NMI). The total number of annual users of the educational and resources services on the nanoHUB have grown from under 2000 in 2002 to more than 15,000 in 2006. NanoHUB also offers courses, seminars and tutorials that are being used as educational tools in support of nanoscience and engineering curricula by 692 U.S. colleges and universities. Over the next five years, NCN plans to continue to introduce new formats for instructional delivery, which will allow access to nanoHUB services anytime, anywhere. In addition, it is expected that there will be a strong demand in industry and academe for students well versed in the simulations offered through the NCN research platforms, as well as computer science and engineering students who are engaged in the development and deployment of nanoHUB. The Network for Computational Nanotechnology is a partnership between Purdue University, Norfolk State University (NSU), Northwestern University (NWU), Stanford University (SU), the University of Florida (UF) at Gainesville, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Through NSF support NCN brings together a community of theorists, computational scientists, and device engineers in nanoscale science and engineering research to address the modeling and simulation challenges in understanding nanoscale phenomena and realizing integrated nanosystems. In addition, NCN has formed strategic partnerships with two Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers (NSEC) at the University of California Berkeley (UCB) and Columbia University, the on-line MultimediaEducational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT), and the Northwestern University National Center for Learning and Teaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering. With the approval of the renewal request, faculty from the UC, Berkeley NSEC will join the core NCN team.The vision of NCN is to provide a future in which a diverse community, united by a common culture and enabled by a shared cyberinfrastructure, uses theory, modeling, and simulation to accelerate the transformation of nanoscience to nanotechnology. The NCN team engages in research to explore nanoscale phenomena and devices through the integration of computational research, simulation, and experimentation. Based on this work, the NCN develops, modifies, and installs software tools ? tools to perform simulations on nanoscale systems -- and makes these tools available to a user community through the nanoHUB website, which is enabled by Purdue?s computing infrastructure. The mission of the NCN is to create, deploy and operate a national resource for theory, modeling, and simulation in nanotechnology using the cyberinfrastructure to build and serve diverse communities spanning research, design, manufacturing, education and outreach. This mission is embodied in the nanoHUB and supported by research, education and outreach. The NCN?s goals and objectives are to: (a) carry out research that addresses key challenges through theory, modeling, and simulation; (b) provide professional leadership that brings communities together to identify challenges and move the field ahead; (c) develop new software tools needed for this new field; (d) lower barriers that limit the use of simulation by experimentalists and educators and equip them to be critical, effective users; (e) develop and deploy cyberinfrastructure that efficiently and robustly delivers services for simulation, education, and collaboration; (f) educate and develop a workforce to increase the number and diversity of students and faculty engaged in nanotechnology; (g) disseminate the results of its work and (h) engage the broader community through universally available web technology. NCN is making an important impact on the integration of theoretical and experimental nanoscale research through the delivery of computationally intensive modeling and simulation tools that are being used by almost 3500 simulation users as of February 2006. In addition, NCN is producing educational materials that impact a broad range of users both in research and education. In addition to simulation tools for research and education, nanoHub offers a number of courses, seminars and tutorials that are being used as educational tools in support of nanoscale science and technology curricula on at least 692 U.S. institutions of higher education.

摘要计算纳米技术网络（NCN）于2002年成立，已成为国家资源，为新兴领域的纳米科学和纳米技术领域的研究社区提供服务。 NCN正在生产新知识，模拟方法，数值算法和开源软件，以帮助实现纳米科学的希望。 NCN研究人员正在三个关键基础研究主题中进行仿真和建模研究：纳米电子，纳米机电系统/纳米流体学以及纳米生物学和医学。 通过基于Web的网络基础结构，位于www.nanohub.org的纳米堡，可以为更广泛的研究社区提供建模和仿真工具。 NSF国家中间件计划（NMI）增强了纳米ub的功能。 纳米ub的教育和资源服务的年度用户总数已从2002年的2000年以下增长到2006年的15,000多个。NanoHub还提供了692 U.Solides and Inivities的课程，研讨会和教程，用于支持纳米科学和工程课程的教育工具。在接下来的五年中，NCN计划继续引入新格式进行教学交付，这将允许随时随地访问纳米ub服务。 此外，预计工业和学术界的需求很大，对于通过NCN研究平台提供的模拟，以及从事纳米胡ub开发和部署的计算机科学和工程学生提供的模拟。 计算纳米技术网络是普渡大学，诺福克州立大学（NSU），西北大学（NWU），斯坦福大学（SU），佛罗里达大学（UF）的西北大学（NWU）的合作伙伴关系，伊利诺伊大学，伊利诺伊大学的Urbana-Champaign（UIUC）和德克萨斯大学的伊利诺伊大学，伊利诺伊大学，伊利诺伊州伊利诺伊大学，以及德克萨斯州的El paso（UIUC）。 通过NSF支持，NCN汇集了纳米级科学和工程研究中理论家，计算科学家和设备工程师的社区，以应对理解纳米级现象的建模和模拟挑战，并实现综合的纳米系统。此外，NCN与加州大学伯克利分校（UCB）和哥伦比亚大学的两个纳米级科学与工程中心（NSEC）建立了战略合作伙伴关系，即在线多媒体学习和在线教学（MERLOT）以及西北大学国家学习和教学中心的纳米斯科科学和教学中心的多媒体教育资源（MERLLOT）。 在续签请求的批准下，UC的教职员工将加入NCN核心团队。NCN的愿景是提供一个未来，在这种未来中，一个由共同文化的多元化社区由共同的Cyber​​infradure，并由共享的Cyber​​infradure，使用共享的Cyber​​infradure，使用理论，建模和模拟来加速Nananoscience do nananoscience contripation nananosecrience。 NCN团队通过整合计算研究，仿真和实验来研究纳米级现象和设备。 基于这项工作，NCN开发，修改和安装软件工具？在纳米级系统上执行仿真的工具 - 并通过纳米布网站为用户社区提供这些工具，该网站由普渡大学的计算基础架构启用。 NCN的使命是使用网络技术在纳米技术中创建，部署和运营用于纳米技术的国家资源，以建立和服务于涵盖研究，设计，制造，教育和外展的各种社区。 该任务体现在纳米ub中，并得到研究，教育和外展的支持。 NCN的目标和目标是：（a）进行通过理论，建模和模拟解决关键挑战的研究； （b）提供专业领导，使社区聚集在一起，以确定挑战并将领域推动； （c）开发此新领域所需的新软件工具； （d）限制实验者和教育工作者使用模拟的较低障碍，并使他们成为关键，有效的用户； （e）开发和部署网络基础设施，可有效，稳健地为模拟，教育和协作提供服务； （f）教育和发展一名劳动力，以增加从事纳米技术的学生和教职员工的数量和多样性； （g）传播其工作结果，并通过普遍可用的Web技术参与更广泛的社区。 NCN通过提供计算密集型建模和仿真工具来对理论和实验纳米级研究的整合产生重要影响，这些模型和仿真工具截至2006年2月，近3500个模拟用户正在使用。此外，NCN还生产了在研究和教育中影响大量用户的教育材料。除了用于研究和教育的模拟工具外，NanoHub还提供许多课程，研讨会和教程，这些课程被用作教育工具，以支持纳米级科学技术课程至少692个美国高等教育机构。