Dr. Rudy Schlaf's Group________________________________________________ Department of Electrical Engineering - University of South Florida |
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Teaching: Dr. Schlaf currently teaches: EEL 6936/4937 Introduction to Nanotechnology: This course has been developed by Dr. Schlaf, and is taught to both upper level undergraduates and lower level graduate students. This course gives an introduction into basic fabrication and characterization techniques currently used or being developed for the development of nanometerscale devices and materials. Materials considered basic building blocks of nanodevices, such as organic molecules, carbon nanotubes and nanocrystals will be covered. Top-down and bottom-up assembly processes such as thin film patterning through advanced lithography methods, self-assembly of molecular structures, and biological systems will be discussed. Nano-applications such as molecular computers and electronic devices, nano-sensors and molecular mechanical devices such as motors and actuators will be among the treated topics. Prerequisites: Physics I, Chemistry I and Calculus
I&II Book: There is no book. The course is entirely based on scientific publications, books excerpts and web resources. All course materials are posted on Blackboard, accessible to all enrolled students. Download a representative course section (PDF file) about nanowires to see how the material is presented. Syllabus: Download here (PDF file) EEL 3394: Electronic Materials This course is designed to extend basic concepts learned in general chemistry and physics to undergraduate students in electrical and computer science and engineering. This will lay the foundation to understand electronic properties of materials used in today's and future electronic devices. The basic principles of materials will be studied in order to form a theoretical foundation needed for subsequent electronics and device courses. Prerequisites: Physics I, Chemistry I and Calculus I&II Book: S.O. Kasap: "Principles of Electrical Engineering Materials and Devices", McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 3rd Edition. The 1st and 2nd editions can be used, but students need to be aware that some chapter and example/problem numbers were changed between editions. Not much else changed. Syllabus: Download here (PDF file) |
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