Educating Integrating Engineers and Integrating Educated PhDs

– TWO PROGRAMMES AT LUND UNIVERSITY

MARTIN MAGNUSSON The challenge…

Nanoscience education should produce highly educated generalists with a strong basis in nanoscience and technology

renaissance (nano)engineer "…necessitate a departure from more traditional education and training schemes." From ”Nanosciences and : An action plan for Europe 2005-2009" Meeting the challenge since 2003… Finding a strategy…

A: a sequential vertical progression from basic to specialized courses in a particular discipline, e.g. physics, ,… Speciali- sation

Specialisation Basic courses

A Basic courses

B B: a Master’s degree in Nanoscience The inverted-T-strategy

C: a way of introducing the students to the essence and of nanoscience from the very Specialisation first day… Basic inter- disciplinarity C • Better motivation to study the MAIN ADVANTAGES: traditional fields and skills. • Synergistic view of the potential • Freshmen are taught the unifying applications. concepts of matter and biological • Real interdisciplinarity can be systems. achieved combining the breadth of • Gives opportunity to apply these nanoscience with the depth of each concepts from one field to another. discipline involved. Possible disadvantages…

• This education may create a workforce with broad but insufficient knowledge and skills • Industry may not (realize they) want this type of workforce

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: • Concerted courses • Specialisations • Delivery of our (renaissance) nano engineers to industry

”European attitudes to nanotechnology”, 2005 Our interdisciplinary strategy

1. Plan for concerted courses

Physics Chemistry Cell biology Physiology

Materials Processing

Analysis

Mathematics & statistics

Nano engineering

Years 1-3 Our interdisciplinary strategy

1. Plan for concerted courses 2. Plan for communication Our interdisciplinary strategy

1. Plan for concerted courses 2. Plan for communication 3. Let the students fly! Our interdisciplinary strategy

1. Plan for concerted courses 2. Plan for communication 3. Let the students fly!

The Integrating Engineer Master of Science in Engineering nanoscience

Masters project Masters project Masters project Masters project Nanobiomedicine Nanophysics 30 cp 30cp 30 cp 30 cp YEAR YEAR 4 + 5

Specialization Specialization Specialization Specialization courses 90 cp courses 90 cp courses 90 cp courses 90 cp

ConcertedNanobiomedicine courses 1 NanomaterialsConcerted coursesNanoelectronics 2 Nanophysics “Wet science” track “Engineering” track

Nanointro Programming Electronic Func. Sensors Nanosustain- symp. 7 cp 7,5 cp materials 7,5 cp materials 7,5 cp ability 7,5 cp 7,5 cp Basic electronics 7,5 cp Process.& dev. Basic Physics Basic Chemistry tech. 7,5 cp Nanoengineering 12 cp 12,5 cp Quant. phen. & proj. 15 cp nanotech. 9 cp Human Autom. Nanoscale Cell biology physiology control analysis 7,5 cp 7,5 cp 7,5 cp 7,5 cp Calculus in one Linear algebra variable 15 cp 6 cp Calculus in sev. Applied var. 6 cp maths 7,5 cp Mathemat. statistics 7,5 cp

YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 Master of Science in Engineering nanoscience

Masters project Masters project Masters project Masters project Nanobiomedicine Nanomaterials Nanoelectronics Nanophysics 30 cp 30cp 30 cp 30 cp YEAR YEAR 4 + 5

Specialization Specialization Specialization Specialization courses 90 cp courses 90 cp courses 90 cp courses 90 cp

Nanobiomedicine Nanomaterials Nanoelectronics Nanophysics

Nanointro Programming Electronic Func. Sensors Nanosustain- symp. 7 cp 7,5 cp materials 7,5 cp materials 7,5 cp ability 7,5 cp 7,5 cp Basic electronics 7,5 cp Process.& dev. Basic Physics Basic Chemistry tech. 7,5 cp Nanoengineering 12 cp 12,5 cp Quant. phen. & proj. 15 cp nanotech. 9 cp Human Autom. Nanoscale Cell biology physiology control analysis 7,5 cp 7,5 cp 7,5 cp 7,5 cp Calculus in one Linear algebra variable 15 cp 6 cp Calculus in sev. Applied var. 6 cp maths 7,5 cp Mathemat. statistics 7,5 cp

YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 Project Nano-engineer, year 3

• Learn about development of commercial products and processes

• At this stage they’ve learnt a lot about nano • Study articles/patents and pick an idea for a product • From research • From companies • Own idea • Investigate in the lab if you could make it • Write a patent / business plan / market analysis…

• Students have started companies and got employment directly based on course Master of Science in Engineering nanoscience

Masters project Masters project Masters project Masters project Nanobiomedicine Nanomaterials Nanoelectronics Nanophysics 30 cp 30cp 30 cp 30 cp YEAR YEAR 4 + 5

Specialization Specialization Specialization Specialization courses 90 cp courses 90 cp courses 90 cp courses 90 cp

Nanobiomedicine Nanomaterials Nanoelectronics Nanophysics

Nanointro Programming Electronic Func. Sensors Nanosustain- symp. 7 cp 7,5 cp materials 7,5 cp materials 7,5 cp ability 7,5 cp 7,5 cp Basic electronics 7,5 cp Process.& dev. Basic Physics Basic Chemistry tech. 7,5 cp Nanoengineering 12 cp 12,5 cp Quant. phen. & proj. 15 cp nanotech. 9 cp Human Autom. Nanoscale Cell biology physiology control analysis 7,5 cp 7,5 cp 7,5 cp 7,5 cp Calculus in one Linear algebra variable 15 cp 6 cp Calculus in sev. Applied var. 6 cp maths 7,5 cp Mathemat. statistics 7,5 cp

YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3

Integrating PhDs

= Background

• Funding for 12 PhD students who must perform a “secondment” of 4–8 month duration in a company or institute outside academia • Placements are under planning with An EU FP7 Marie-Curie confirmed/expected partners Innovative Doctoral • Students and their advisors are taking an Program active role in identifying opportunities 2014 - 2018 • Project management and PhD student 3.2 M€, 12 PhD salaries during secondments are paid for by students at LU EU • Limited duration of 4 years / 12 students Aims for this project

• To build a long-term, self-sustained placement program that will allow us to offer industry internship opportunities to all those who are interested out of NanoLund’s ≈ 100 PhD students • Placement hosts need to pay student salary and contribute to admin/management cost • Target: about 1/3 of NanoLund PhD students to perform a placement during their 5-year education. This means 5–8 placements per year • Initial aim: achieve 3–5 placements during the next 6–12 months Why are we doing this? Why are we doing this?

• Offer PhD candidates valuable work experience outside academia Why are we doing this?

• Offer PhD candidates valuable work experience outside academia • Increased job market for PhDs Why are we doing this?

• Offer PhD candidates valuable work experience outside academia • Increased job market for PhDs. • Increase collaboration and networking. Longterm collaborations with industry for NanoLund Current status

• Done: • Developed financial and legal model • Collected CVs of interested PhD students (resumé workshop) • Interviewed industry and institutes to find suitable projects • Now: • (Iterative) match-making • First few placements under negotiation • Integration of industry placement in study plan (reserach planning, course choices) • Outlook: • When successful, expand program to MSc students