<p>I'm an exchange student.now I'm senior so I need to come up with my plan for college.and I decide to study nanotechnology but I don't know which school I should go to.I made some research and I see a lot of school.so which one should I go to?Pitt,ASU,louisiana tech,Albany?please help me guy.I know rice is a good schoolbut I don't think I can afford $50k a year.thanks a lot
//so what is the difference from nanoscale engineering and nanoscale science</p>
<p>Please help me</p>
<p>Anyone???</p>
<p>Well I don’t know specifically about that field but usually science is more theory and engineering is more application.</p>
<p>Nanoscale engineering is a terrible specialty major. You’re much better doing a traditional engineering field and taking classes in order to specialize. You could easily major in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or Electrical engineering and find your way into designing nano-structures, while getting a more solid foundation in why nano may be an interesting way to go.</p>
<p>So I should study the chemical engineer and after that go to a nano graduate school?
But can you.tell my why that is a bad choice?</p>
<p>Basically the sorts of things you’d need to understand well before really “getting” why nano is worthwhile takes up an undergrad curriculum. Thermo, transport, quantum, and solid state physics are all fairly common types of classes for someone doing “nano” to need to be well versed in, and nano is really a specific subset of those, generally with more difficult conditions.</p>
<p>(An easy way to think about why nano can be difficult is think of volume to surface area ratios. In a big chunk of silicon, the surface can pretty much be neglected. In a nanodot you have all the worries of the large chunk, plus all of the surface effects to worry about.)</p>
<p>Small Times put out a list in 2008ish i think, of all the best ranked schools for Nanotechnology. Personally i recommend a Materials Engineering major, which is what I’m doing, with a nanotechnology specialty.</p>