Program Overview
The NASCENT Doctoral Portfolio Program in Nanomanufacturing (known as the Nanomanufacturing Portfolio Program) is a certificate program that provides an opportunity for doctoral students to obtain training and credentials in nanomanufacturing, nanotechnology and entrepreneurship while they are completing the requirements for a doctoral degree at UT-Austin. The graduate portfolio program in nanomanufacturing will provide Ph.D. students with a broad multidisciplinary educational experience that crosses departmental boundaries as well as leadership training. The combined technical and leadership training will ensure that program graduates have the depth and vision to become leaders in nanomanufacturing. The goal is to expose students to several aspects of nanomanufacturing, providing them with the necessary fundamental background including basic materials, physical, and engineering concepts and their extensions to the nanoscale. Portfolio programs are not degree programs. To be eligible to participate in a portfolio program, students must be admitted into one of the university’s graduate degree programs.
The Nanomanufacturing Portfolio Program was approved by the University in 2014 and will have its inaugural cohort in the Fall of 2015. Students from a variety of disciplines from the Cockrell School of Engineering are expected including: Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.
