You need all three of those. And at the size scales I m talking about, there is no difference between physics, chemistry and biology anymore because we re talking about molecules and atoms. Until recently, he explained, the world was categorized by science as primarily microscopic or macroscopic in size, meaning that most things could be seen under an optical microscope. The top-down approach, which has been used for decades, involved chipping away at something to make it smaller and smaller. So we re now looking at the other end, going from the bottom up, Perovic said.
Engineering science attracts some of the top science and engineering students across the country.
In the last two years of the four-year program, students will be able to choose either aerospace, biomedical, computer, electrical or environmental engineering, manufacturing systems, physics or the two new options nanoengineering or infrastructure engineering. Janet Wong is a news services officer with the Department of Public Affairs.