<p>I think I would really like to go into this field in the future, and I was wondering which engineering major is best. I think either ECE or materials engineering would be best, but I am not sure. Currently I am leaning toards ECE (not just for nanotechnology), but I think I could also really like materials. Cornell has really great programs in both, so it is a hard decision.</p>
<p>i think there were threads created for this before, search nanotechnology.</p>
<p>I think it was asked by Zerox too. But the underlying answer was ChemE and ECE or maybe MatSE</p>
<p>You can do nanotech from any science/engineering field. If you are interested in top-down approach, ECE & MSE are probably the best at that. If you are interested in the bottom-up approach, ChemE, BE and MSE are probably better. Nanotech is just too broad. You can even do nanotech in biology.</p>
<p>Nanotech is definitly a very broad field, but materials and chem are probably the most nano-related. im doing mech eng at upenn, and im hoping to do some work with nanosystems my junior or senior year. Ive also heard that chem is a lot more interesting and exciting than materials, and that materials is actually a really boring major</p>