Nano-communication Design in Graduate-level
Education and Research Training Programs
Institute for NanoScience Design,
Osaka University,
JapanOutline• Characteristics of Nanoscience andNanotechnology and their Education System• Osaka University Nano-programs• Distance Live Education System• Liaison between University and Industries• Nano-communication Design Programs

Characteristics of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology- open field beyond the conventional scientific disciplines- necessity of multi-/inter-/trans-disciplinary education- necessity of rapid adaptation to newly emergent fields- key technology for future science and technology- difficulty in characterization and analysis (homogeneity,toxicity, etc.)

Essential Elements for Nano Education and Training:- firm background for one’s own field- basic skill for design, fabricate, measure, analysis, etc.
- interest and knowledge of emerging nano-related fields- ability for applying one’s own nano skill to other fields- knowledge for public engagement and risk management

Æ Trans-faculty minor program is most adaptable!

Independent graduate-level education programs:
Balance between the warp and the weft
Liaison among academia, industry and government

OU-NANOPROGRAM(Osaka University Advanced Inter-/ Multi-Disciplinary Graduate-level Programsfor Education, Research and Training in Nanoscience-/Nanotechnology)

Purpose: Challenge to educate university students of natural scienceand engineering and also full-time researchers and engineers inIndustries for getting the necessary knowledge, understanding, skills
to interact and provide leadership in nano-fields.

Five Basic Fields of Interest
Refresher Program1) Computational NanoMaterials & NanoDevice Design
Quantum simulation, First principle calculation, Materials informatics
2) NanoElectronics-Materials & NanoDevices
Quantum effects, Nanodevice, Nanoprocessing3) Nano Life Science (*Supra-Molecules and NanoBioprocesses)
Bio-Nanofunction, Nanomedicine, Drug
4) NanoStructure Characterization & Analysis
Structural analyses by electron-beam, x-ray and AFM/STM
5) Nano Functional Chemistry (*NanoPhotonics)
Li-ion battery, Nanocatalysis, Quantum chemistry• Graduate Program (courses 3 and 5 are replaced with *)•Five Pillars of OU-NANOPROGRAM
Education & ResearchSocial Contribution

AcademiaIndustry

1. Master COURSE

from SY2004

from SY2006

CAREER-UP LECTURESCAREER-UP
LECTURES forfor social,social, legal,legal, ethicalethical relationshiprelationship

2. Doctor COURSE (AMER)
from SY2005

3. Doctor COURSE (AIL-PAL)
from SY2004

from SY2010

from SY2004

4. Refresher COURSE

5．Public Engagement and Roadmap Design(Lecture and Practice)

Supporting Organization with members of about 80 companies: ALICE-ONE(Academia-Industry Liaison Consortium for Education of NanoScience and NanoEngineering)OU-NANOPROGRAM OUTLINEMASTERALMASTERALCOURSECOURSE

Special lecture series for NT career up・Advanced Interdisciplinary Education Program→ One year lectures plus hands-on laboratory training
To grow the development ability not only in their own field
but also in the surrounding different fields
DOCTORAL (PhD) COURSE
・ Academia-Industry Liaison Project-Aimed Learningand Training (AIL-PAL)→ One year educational training in cooperation with industries

To get the knowledge and experience concerning industrial R&D method
・ Advanced Multi-Disciplinary Exploratory Research (AMER)→One year research training for students belonging to different fields (5)To achieve harmonous planning, discussion, research and writing paper
REFRESHER
・Graduate-level refresher program (Part-time students)→ One year lectures and hands-on laboratory training and debates
To make young professionals with leadership in nano-related industries

MASTERAL COURSE (OU-NANOPROGRAM)（ One year including Hands-on Laboratory Training）
Masteral Course Curriculum
About 90 subjects pooled
from existing ones offered in
the 6 graduate programs at OU
and some specially prepared.

Five Courses•Computational NanoMaterials & NanoDevice Design•NanoElectronics & NanoProcessing•Supra-Molecules & NanoBioprocesses•Nanostructure Characterization & Analysis•NanoPhotonics~90 subjects

Started from SY2004-2005Advanced Interdisciplinary
Education Program

Insideone’s Curriculum

Outsideone’s curriculum

HANDS-ON LAB. TRAINING,
NT-Career Up Lectures

8 units of course work+short-term hands-on(at least 1 unit)↓
Certificate of Completion
Awardedby University President
from SY2008

NANOLAB Hands-on Practices for Five Courses
Common for Graduate and Refresher Program

Laser Ablation andQuantum Structure Fabrication

Confocal Microscopy
and Bioimaging

Electron Beam Lithography
and AFM Observation

Laser Trapping andOptical Characterization

Transmission ElectronMicroscopy

Computational
Material Design
Tutorial and Practise

DOCTORAL PROGRAM (1 day/week for one year)
Advanced Multi-Disciplinary Exploratory Research (AMER)
3~4 students from different fields forms one group to share their sub-subjects
depending on their own specialty. Very motivative for multidisciplinary thinking•

Nano-Materials and Device Design with Using
Computational Design Techniques•

Measurement and Characterization ofNanomaterials and Their Functionality
by Means of Transmission ElectronMicroscope•

Fabrication and Characterization (Physical andOptical) of Periodically-poled Dielectric Nanomaterials•Fabrication of Nanostructures withUsing Electron Beam Lithography•

Bio-imaging by Means of Confocal Two-Photon
Microscope and Raman Microscope

DOCTORAL PROGRAM (1 day/week for one year)
Academia-Industry Liaison Project-Aimed Learning & Training
Two coordinators are nominated on both sides. Part-time professor fromindustry conducts brain storming, project planning, practice, internship,presentation and publication (or patent preparation) for a small group of 3~4
PhD students. Hard but very motivative for social practice and job-hunting•Exploring the Properties ofNanoFoams Fabricated inSupercritical Fluid offered byPanasonic Co., Ltd.

SiO2•MEMS(Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems)
Technology for Medical Sensors and BioActuator Applications offered by Toshiba Corp.

•Two more research topics are Electroluminescent Organic Thin Fims offeredby Panasonic Electronic Co., Ltd. andOrganic Pigments containing Nanoparticles offered by BASF (BadischeAnilin- & Soda-Fabrik) Japan Ltd.

Students experience industrial ways of thinking and public implication.

Graduate-level RERESHER PROGRAM (One Year)
Once a Week
Researchers, Engineers
In Nano Industries

Part-time Graduate
Students

Weekday
Evening Class

Distant
Education

3 hours x 30 weeks x 4 courses

Tailor-madeProgram

Refresher
Five Courses

HANDS-ONLab. Training(Schooling)from Monday to Friday•Computational NanoMaterials & Device Design•NanoElectronics-Materials & NanoDevices•Nano Life Science•Nanostructure Characterization & Analysis•Nano Functional Chemistry

Creating Highly talented professionals,
Matching between seeds and needs
Certificate of Completion (with 9 credits)

DISTANCE LEARNING/EDUCATION NETWORK(3 local satellite class rooms and on-line for individuals)
TOYONAKA Branch
NANOPROGRAM officewith Nano Laboratory

RECORDING
LIVE/INTERACTIVE
INTERNET STREAMING(for e-learning)

KYOTO Keihanna,
SHIGA, NARA,KOBEOSAKA UNIV.
INSD - TOYONAKAEVENING SCHOOL
18:00~21:00

SUITA Branch
Osaka University
Nanotech Center
YOKKAICHITOKYO BranchCampus Innovation Center (CIC)
Osaka University Office,
KANAGAWA

Chamber of Commerce and Industry,

HITACHI-NAKA, CHIBA,TSUKUBA, AICHIIn cooperation with industries

Liaison between University and Industry for
Nanoscience and Engineering Education
University-Seed, mono-discipline, and basic science oriented-Shortage of practical sense for current applied technology

Necessity of mutual collaboration including publicengagement, risk assessment, ethics, etc
Industry-Needs, multidiscipline, and applied engineering oriented-Shortage of refresher training for state-of-the-art basic science

Assessment of Skill Standard for Advanced
Graduate-level Nano-Programs of Practical UseUniversity-Industry-Government Cooperation
Trans-disciplinary
programgovernment

Center for Interdisciplinary
Research and Education

Refresher program &PhD course
industry
consortium

Administrative officebudgetfunding support

university
headquarter

Institute for NanoScience Design

insentive

Coordinator, research assistants
Planning, hands-on practise,broadcasting

Nano-laboratory

Alliance for Research and Education
on NanoSciencoe and NanTechnology

6 Graduate Schools, 6 Research Institutes and Centersrelated to NanoScience and NanoTechnology

Academia-industry
liaison education

Graduate school
advanced education

fundingAcademia-Industry Liaison Consortium
Industries

Osaka University
Education

Industry Liaison Program

Master Course
Nanotechnology Career-up
Special LecturePart time student

PhD degree support

Industry Coordinator

Liaison Consortium

Basic education for young people

Refresher Course

General Meeting

Institute for
NanoScience Design
PhD Course
Academia-Industry
Liaison Training
Trans-disciplinary
Research Training

Researchindividual

Financial support
Committee

FinanceResearch Training
Working Group

Application of OU Knowledge

Education Curricula WG
Research/Develop. WGInvestigation Working

Information, technology exchange

Nanotechnology collaboration work

Industries promoting Nanotech.
Nanotech. Business Creation InitiativeNano-Communication Programs Including
Ethical, Legal, Social Relationship~Society and Safety~• Nanotechnology Career-up Lectures• Special Lecture of Public Engagement onNanotechnology• Special Lecture of Road Map Design on
Nanotechnology• Project-Aimed Learning and Training
Programs (PAL)Nanotechnology Career-up Lectures(from spring semester 2007)• Series of omnibus lectures of 30 hours• Taught by 15 researchers and engineers working innano-related industries and institutions• Introducing various kinds of their knowledge andexperiences on application of nano-technology, suchas cost performance, societal implication, etc.
• Importance of public engagement, entrepreneurship,
intellectual property, business model, etc.

Special Lecture of Social Engagement on
Nanotechnology (from spring semester 2010)• Intensive course of 30 hours including exercise• Organized by Dr. Masafumi Ata, Zeon Corporation• Taught by researchers and government officials
working at nano-related institutions, universities
and government offices• Specialized in public engagement, risk assessment
and administrative management, intellectual
property and open innovation, standardization, etc.

Special Lecture of Road Map Design on
Nanotechnology (from autumn semester 2010)• Intensive course of 30 hours including exercise• Taught by engineers belonging to nano-relatedindustries engaged in planning road maps for
future products at NBCI (Nanotechnology
Business Creation Initiative)• Introduces several important future industrial
products together with their road maps
• Dealing with necessary appliance and public
engagement of many kinds of basic elemental
engineering in relationship with the specialty ofgraduate-level students and engineersRoad Maps for Selected Subjects• Nano-sensing• Display and imaging (flat, flexible, large-small)• New nano-devices• Nano-bio simulation• Fuel Cell (proton exchange nano-porous membrane )• Ultra-accurate nano-processing• Nano-particles (catalyst, semiconductor)• Nano-measurement

International Academic Exchange
in the fields of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
European Activities in Nanoscience Education
International Exchange Lectures
Collaboration with Nanoscience Top Master Course of the University ofGroningen, the Netherlands

INSD Summer School on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
The University of Groningen;
Nanoscience Top Master Program/MSc and PhD programat Zernike Institute for Materials Science
Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich;
PhD program at Center for Nanoscience
University of Prais 6,
Graduate programs at the Institute of NanoSciences in ParisInternational Academic Exchange
in the fields of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
ASEAN Activities in Nanoscience Education
ASEAN Campus OUICP-nano (Osaka University International
Certificate Program for Short-term foreign student)- Nanoscience and Nanotechnology as Manufacturing Core
Video lecture (Osaka-ASEAN-Europe)
Research Training (Experimental Course at Osaka)
Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, etc.
Distance Research Training (Computational Materials Design)
Vietnam, Philippine, Indonesia, etc.

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