Nanotechnology refers to machines that are super tiny—the size of molecules or even atoms. These tiny machines are able to organize themselves and work together to accomplish incredible tasks, like building other machines or repairing cells in the human body. As a nanosystems engineer, you'd be researching, designing, building, and testing these tiny machines, most likely in a university or lab setting. It's an amazing technology, and you could be a leader in the field by studying not only nanotechnology, but also physics, biology, and engineering. Now if you could only get those nano-machines to do your homework
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One incredible helpful application of nanotechnology is in designing prescription drug delivery methods, which can make pharmaceuticals more effective at fighting diseases.
Nanotech engineering puts you right on the cutting edge of scientific endeavors—like the BRAIN project in California, which is an examination of mental processes at the smallest possible level.
