BIRCK NANOTECHNOLOGY CENTER Information

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding Purdue University at a level of $14.5 million for the operation and advancement of nanoHUB.org, a national nanotechnology infrastructure. Two other independent NSF grants, each at a level of $3.5 million to Purdue and the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, will advance nanoelectronic and nano-bioengineering while using nanoHUB to engage a global community. The resulting Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) is now funded at a level of $21.9 million for five years. The NCN cyber platform plans to expand its widely used nanoHUB online science and engineering gateway, developing a virtual society that shares simulation software, data, and other innovative content that provide engineers and scientists with the fundamental knowledge required to advance nanoscience into nanotechnology. The NCN cyber platform is led by Gerhard Klimeck, principal investigator and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University. Annually, over 255,000 users in 172 countries participate in nanoHUB, an online meeting place for simulation, research, collaboration, teaching, learning, and publishing. The nanoHUB provides a library of 267 simulation tools, free from the limitations of running software locally. Over 12,000 people annually use simulation tools on nanoHUB in the scientific computing cloud.