The Multidisciplinary Engineering (MDE) concentration of Nano Engineering is the application of engineering principles and functional systems at the nano/atomic scale. It combines the worlds of physics, material science, and even cellular-level biosciences. Nano engineers work to innovate smaller more efficient products, machines, or medicines to solve some of the world’s largest problems, including genetics, sanitation, and power generation. Roles may range from junior scientist to materials, bioscience or software engineer. View this MDE concentration's plan of study.

Potential Industries: Pharmaceutical, medical device, consumer products, textiles, electronics, transportation/automotive, and defense.

Potential Work: Developing next generation power storage (batteries); developing nanoscale processing techniques in electronic manufacturing; and innovating novel laboratory testing and measuring devices. Nanotechnology engineers frequently model nanoscale systems to improve efficiency, quality, or efficacy. These improvements could involve pharmaceutical delivery, health devices, security/defense systems, and or manufacturing.