ABACUS and AQME: Semiconductor Device and Quantum Mechanics Education on nanoHUB.org

Author

Klimeck, Gerhard ; Vasileska, Dragica

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN

fYear

2009

fDate

27-29 May 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The ABACUS and AQME on-line tools and their associated wiki pages form one-stop shops for educators and students of existing university courses. They are geared towards courses like "introduction to semiconductor devices" and "quantum mechanics for engineers". The service is free to anyone and no software installation is required on the user\´s computer. All simulations, including advanced visualization are performed at a remote computer. The tools have been deployed on nanoHUB.org in August 2008 and haven already been used by over 700 users. This paper describes nanoHUB educational tool user requirements and the motivation for and some details about these new tools. Usage patterns and future planned assessment are discussed. The concepts of "NCN supported" and "community supported" tools are discussed.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; data visualisation; educational courses; electronic engineering education; quantum theory; semiconductor devices; ABACUS; AQME; NCN supported tool; advanced visualization; community supported tools; nanoHUB educational tool; nanoHUB.org; on-line tools; quantum mechanics education; semiconductor device education; university courses; user requirements; wiki pages; Atomic measurements; Computational modeling; Computer networks; MOSFET circuits; Nanoscale devices; Nanotechnology; Quantum computing; Quantum mechanics; Semiconductor device doping; Semiconductor devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Electronics, 2009. IWCE '09. 13th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3925-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3927-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWCE.2009.5091083

Filename

5091083