Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, MS

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Dr. Steve Smith, Professor
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
Biomedical Engineering
(605) 394-5268
E-mail: Steve.Smith@sdsmt.edu

MS in Nanoscience and Nanoengineering

Nanoscience and Nanoengineering refer to fields of science and engineering with a focus on visualizing, manipulating and delineating the laws governing all phases of matter on the scale of one billionth of a meter, roughly one hundred thousandth the diameter of a human hair. Nanotechnology refers to the specific technologies enabled by Nanoscience and Nanoengineering. The Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (Nano SE) MS program complements the Nanoscience and Nanoengineering PhD, with an emphasis on visualizing, manipulating and understanding nano-scale materials, nano-bio systems, and phenomena which define nanotechnology. The MS in Nanoscience and Nanoengineering and is available with a non-thesis option only.

The Accelerated MS option is not available for this degree.

Degree requirements for non-thesis option

Distribution of credits

Core requirements: 16 credits
Research or project requirements: 2 credits
Elective requirements: 12 credits
Total credits: 30

A minimum of 15 credits of the 30 required must be taken at the 600 level or above.

Core requirements

NANO 504 Nanophotonics Credits: (3-0) 3
NANO 701 Nano Materials Credits: (3-0) 3
NANO 702 Theory and Application of Nanoscale Materials Credits: (3-0) 3
NANO 703/703L Instrumentation and Characterization of Nano-Materials/Lab Credits: (3-1) 4
NANO 709 Scientific Instrumentation, Control, and Visualization Credits: (3-0) 3

Research or project requirements

The completion of a master’s research project is required for this degree.

NANO 788 Master’s Research Problems/Project Credits: 1 to 2 *
* At least 2 credits of NANO 788 are required. No more than 2 credits of NANO 788 may be counted toward the degree.

Elective requirements

At least 12 credits of 500/600/700 level courses approved by the student’s advisory committee

Examples of electives are given below (see the SD Mines catalog for a full list):

NANO 604 Nanophotonic Materials Credits: (3-0) 3
NANO 704 Crystallography and Structure of Nanomaterials Credits: (3-0) 3
NANO 705 Nanoelectronics Credits: (3-0) 3
NANO 714 Fluorescence Spectroscopy Credits: (3-0) 3
NANO 715 Polymeric Nanomaterials Credits: (3-0) 3
NANO 717 Nanochemistry Credits: (3-0) 3
NANO 719 Nanomaterials for Biosensors Credits: (3-0) 3
NANO 722 Nano-Biomaterials Credits: (3-0) 3
NANO 792 Topics Credits: 1 to 3

Examinations

No final degree examination is required for the non-thesis option. Individual courses may hold final examinations as part of the course.

Additional requirements

In addition to these degree-specific requirements, the student must also meet the requirements and policies applied to all graduate degrees by the Council of Graduate Education.