psquared

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.

jeffl

i think there were threads created for this before, search nanotechnology.

IlliniJBravoEcho

I think it was asked by Zerox too. But the underlying answer was ChemE and ECE or maybe MatSE

ecc

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.

cpt oats

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