Standard Guide for Nanotechnology Workforce Education in Material Properties and Effects of Size

Importancia y uso:

5.1 This guide establishes, at the undergraduate college level, the basic education structure for understanding the unique properties and applications of nanoscale materials as compared to bulk properties and applications of macroscale materials. It helps to describe the minimum knowledge base for anyone involved in nanomanufacturing or nanomaterials research and can be used by organizations developing or carrying out education programs for the nanotechnology workforce.

5.2 The basic education should prepare an individual for varied roles in the nanotechnology workplace. The material in this guide may require a post-secondary two-year science or technology background to be understood sufficiently.

5.3 Workers may transition in their roles in the workplace. Participants in such education will have a broad understanding of material properties and the effects of size, thus increasing their marketability for jobs within as well as beyond the nanotechnology field.

5.4 Because nanotechnology is a rapidly developing field, the individual educated in nanotechnology needs to be cognizant of changing and evolving safety procedures and practices. Individuals should be aware of how to maintain an up-to-date understanding of the technology and have sufficient base education to enable the synthesis of emerging or evolving safety procedures and practices.

5.5 This guide is intended to be one in a series of standards developed for workforce education in various aspects of nanotechnology. It will assist in providing an organization a basic structure for developing a program applicable to many areas in nanotechnology, thus providing dynamic and evolving workforce education.

Subcomité:

E56.07

Referida por:

E3034-20, E3071-22, E3059-22, E2996-20, E3001-20

Volúmen:

14.02

Número ICS:

03.180 (Education), 07.120 (Nanotechnologies)

Palabras clave:

material properties; nanomaterials; nanoscale effects; nanotechnology; workforce education;