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Courtlyn
Promotion and Events Specialist
February 1, 2024
6 weeks, online
6–8 hours per week
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The benefit of learning together with your friend is that you keep each other accountable and have meaningful discussions about what you're learning.
Courtlyn
Promotion and Events SpecialistBusiness leaders across a range of industries recognize nanotechnology's potential to create revolutionary change. From everyday products, such as sunscreen, to exotic applications, such as electromagnetic shielding, nanotechnology has fostered novel use cases and more efficient, cost-effective processes in virtually every sector. Professionals with a good grasp of nanotechnology principles — including business leaders, product leaders, product engineers, and researchers — and the ability to envision applications across industries such as textiles, automotive, aerospace, biotechnology, medicine, forensics, and research are in high demand.
Nanotechnology: Applications and Opportunities from MIT xPRO provides an application based understanding. In a mere six weeks, you will achieve a holistic view of nanotechnology from a renowned expert backed by the credibility of MIT.
Projected global nanotechnology market by 2030
Nanotechnology: Applications and Opportunities from MIT xPRO is designed for those who want to acquire a foundational understanding of nanotechnology from a credible expert in just six weeks.
This six-week program will provide you with a fundamental understanding of nanotechnology and its potential value in real-world products and applications. At the end of the program, you will be able to:
Earn a certificate and four Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from MIT xPRO.
In each module, build toward a capstone project featuring a SWOT analysis of a specific product.
Gain insights from renowned MIT faculty and experts.
Live weekly office hours with learning facilitators
Personalized feedback, support, and network development
Get a foundational understanding of nanotechnology, from the earliest days to recent advances. You will:
Explore practical applications by determining which nanotechnology tools and methodologies are appropriate for a given context. Get introduced to the tools and techniques used to observe and image objects at atomic, subatomic, and molecular levels.
Evaluate different classifications and applications of nanomaterials through research and real-world case studies of specific nanomaterial manufacturers. Learn about zero-, one-, and two-dimension nanostructures and nanoparticles, along with the classification of nanoparticle synthesis techniques.
Examine the applications and challenges of manufacturing nanoelectronic devices such as sensors. Get an overview of the evolution of nanoelectronic devices showing a timeline and design principles that includes a step-by-step look at the process of manufacturing sensors.
Learn the fundamentals of nanobiotechnology and the applications of nanotechnology in food, medicine, and health science. Gain experience from examples of different types of sensing mechanisms and the properties they measure. Gain insight into product ideas currently in development and the challenges they pose.
Use what you've learned in the first five modules to conduct a SWOT analysis of a specific device and its manufacturing process. Engage in a detailed discussion of nanotechnology dos and don'ts, the possibilities, and barriers.
Get a foundational understanding of nanotechnology, from the earliest days to recent advances. You will:
Examine the applications and challenges of manufacturing nanoelectronic devices such as sensors. Get an overview of the evolution of nanoelectronic devices showing a timeline and design principles that includes a step-by-step look at the process of manufacturing sensors.
Explore practical applications by determining which nanotechnology tools and methodologies are appropriate for a given context. Get introduced to the tools and techniques used to observe and image objects at atomic, subatomic, and molecular levels.
Learn the fundamentals of nanobiotechnology and the applications of nanotechnology in food, medicine, and health science. Gain experience from examples of different types of sensing mechanisms and the properties they measure. Gain insight into product ideas currently in development and the challenges they pose.
Evaluate different classifications and applications of nanomaterials through research and real-world case studies of specific nanomaterial manufacturers. Learn about zero-, one-, and two-dimension nanostructures and nanoparticles, along with the classification of nanoparticle synthesis techniques.
Use what you've learned in the first five modules to conduct a SWOT analysis of a specific device and its manufacturing process. Engage in a detailed discussion of nanotechnology dos and don'ts, the possibilities, and barriers.
Nicholas Xuanlai Fang
Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at HKU
Nick Fang is a visiting professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and head of the Nanophotonics and 3D Manufacturing Laboratory. His specialties are photonics, nanofabrication, and advanced imaging technology.
Prof. Fang's research focuses on:
- Advancing micro 3D printing techniques to facilitate discovery and subsequent research and development of functional materials in application of tissue engineering and medical imaging
- Patterning and characterization of thin-film optical materials to break the diffraction limit, with application in nanoscale imaging, information processing, and energy conversion
- Design and testing of lightweight composite materials for efficient sound attenuation, ultrasound focusing, and targeted delivery, as well as for energy dissipation
Prof. Fang holds several patents related to nanotechnologies and has authored or co-authored more than a dozen papers or articles on the topic. His professional memberships include the American Physics Society, the Materials Research Society, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and the International Society of Optics and Photonics.
Prof. Fang holds both a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. from Nanjing University and a Ph.D. from UCLA.
Upon successful completion of this program, MIT xPRO grants a certificate of completion to participants and 4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). This program is graded as a pass or fail; participants must receive 75% to pass and obtain the certificate of completion.
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Each program includes an estimated learner effort per week, so you can gauge what will be required before you enroll. This is referenced at the top of the program landing page under the Duration section, as well as in the program brochure, which you can obtain by submitting the short form at the top of this web page. All programs are designed to fit into your working life.
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The digital certificate will be sent approximately two weeks after the program, once grading is complete.
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