Cyber-Enabled Simulations in Nanoscale Science and Engineering

Author

Strachan, Alejandro ; Klimeck, Gerhard ; Lundstrom, Mark

Volume

12

Issue

2

fYear

2010

Firstpage

12

Lastpage

17

Abstract

The article describes recent progress in atomic and molecular level modeling and simulation of nanoscale materials and processes, as well as efforts by the US National Science Foundation´s Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) to cyber-enable such simulation tools together with instructional materials and research seminars. We believe that making advanced simulation tools widely and easily available to the research and education community will significantly enhance the impact of modeling and simulation on nanoscience and nanotechnology To materialize this vision, NCN established nanoHUB.org, a next-generation Web portal or science gateway that lets users run live, interactive simulations, explore data, and learn-all though a simple Web browser without installing any software or providing compute cycles.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; digital simulation; engineering education; nanotechnology; natural sciences computing; portals; US National Science Foundation Network; atomic-level modeling; computational nanotechnology; cyber-enabled simulations; education community; instructional materials; molecular-level modeling; nanoscale materials simulation; nanoscale science engineering; next-generation web portal; Biological materials; Biological system modeling; Computational modeling; Data engineering; Electrons; Nanobioscience; Nanostructured materials; Nanotechnology; Physics computing; Predictive models; Nanoscience; cyber-infrastructure; modeling; multiscale modeling; nanotechnology; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computing in Science & Engineering

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1521-9615

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCSE.2010.38

Filename

5432294