Teaching Nanoscience

纳米科学教学

• 批准号: 0088990
• 负责人: Gregory Salamo
• 金额: $ 4.25万
• 依托单位: University of Arkansas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-04-15 至 2004-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0088990&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Teaching; Nanoscience

Physics (13) Nearly forty years ago Richard Feynman issued an invitation to students of science and engineering to enter a new field called nanotechnology. The mission of this new field was the study of nanometer-sized materials, with the long-term goal of establishing the technology needed for future electronic and optoelectronic devices. The new field would enable lighter, stronger, faster, smarter, cheaper, and cleaner products. Today we can see that many students in the different disciplines of both science andengineering have accepted Feynman's invitation. University research in the field of nanotechnology is on an exponential rise. There is little doubt of either the beckoning need to successfully compete internationally or the exciting contribution this field will make in the years ahead. It is possible for us to envision a new generation of materials that will result in lighter transportation vehicles, surgical instruments that could operate on cells, tiny nanometer-size machines and faster, smaller computers. Despite the early pervasiveness of this field little has been done to "bridge" the educational experience that we offer to our students, to this new dynamic science. This is unfortunate, since the study of nanostructures is a beautiful way to learn many old and new concepts in bulk and surface material science. As teachers, we are moved when we see the gleam in a student's eye while controlling and observing structure on a nanoscale. This project helps to build this "bridge" as a new educational approach to teaching the science of materials. Students are participating in an educational experience built around a new molecular beam epitaxy -scanning tunneling microscope facility at the University of Arkansas. The goal is to educate undergraduates who are prepared to contribute to the advancement of nanostructures and their applications as the next generation of electronic and photonic devices.

物理学（13）大约四十年前，理查德·费曼（Richard Feynman）向科学与工程学学生发出了邀请，以进入一个名为Nanotechnology的新领域。这个新领域的任务是研究纳米大小的材料，其长期目标是建立未来电子和光电设备所需的技术。新领域将使更轻，更强壮，更快，更聪明，更便宜，更清洁的产品。今天，我们可以看到，许多科学和工程学不同学科的学生都接受了Feynman的邀请。纳米技术领域的大学研究正在指数级上升。毫无疑问，要么需要成功地在国际上竞争，要么该领域将在未来几年做出令人兴奋的贡献。我们有可能设想新一代的材料，这些材料将导致更轻的运输车辆，可以在细胞上运行的手术仪器，微小的纳米尺寸机器以及更快的较小计算机。尽管这一领域的早期普遍存在，但对我们为学生提供的新动态科学的教育经验“弥合”了我们提供的教育经验。这是不幸的，因为对纳米结构的研究是学习许多散装和表面材料科学的新概念的美好方式。作为老师，当我们在纳米级上控制和观察结构时，我们看到学生眼中的闪闪发光时，我们就会感动。该项目有助于建立这种“桥梁”，作为一种新的教育材料科学的教育方法。学生们正在围绕阿肯色大学的新分子束外延和扫描显微镜设施建立的教育经验。目的是教育旨在为纳米结构及其应用作为下一代电子和光子设备的应用做出贡献的本科生。