From: Chris Russo (extropy@russo.org)
Date: Tue Dec 19 2000 - 18:56:02 MST
>I was wondering what course of study would be suitable for someone
>interested in entering the field of Nanotech R&D as a career.
I don't know if you'll find an accredited "nanotech" program
anywhere, so you'll probably need to roll your own. Electrical
engineering would get you most of the way there. You'd cover all of
the electrical properties of conductors and semiconductors, methods
of modern microprocessor fabrication, some useful programming, and
systems analysis. I guess you'd want to buttress your studies with
courses in organic chemistry, since it seems that a lot of the
near-future nanotech is going to springboard off of pre-existing
organic systems.
Just a thought,
Chris Russo
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"If anyone can show me, and prove to me, that I am wrong in thought
or deed, I will gladly change. I seek the truth, which never yet
hurt anybody. It is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance
which does harm."
-- Marcus Aurelius, MEDITATIONS, VI, 21
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