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.

大约40年前，理查德·费曼向科学和工程专业的学生发出邀请，邀请他们进入一个名为纳米技术的新领域。这个新领域的使命是研究纳米材料，其长期目标是建立未来电子和光电设备所需的技术。新的领域将使更轻，更强，更快，更智能，更便宜和更清洁的产品。今天，我们可以看到，许多学生在不同学科的科学和工程都接受了费曼的邀请。大学在纳米技术领域的研究呈指数增长。毫无疑问，无论是成功地在国际上竞争的召唤需要或令人兴奋的贡献，这一领域将在未来几年。我们有可能设想新一代的材料，这将导致更轻的运输工具，可以在细胞上操作的手术器械，微小的纳米尺寸的机器和更快，更小的计算机。尽管这一领域的早期普及，很少有人做“桥梁”的教育经验，我们提供给我们的学生，这一新的动态科学。这是不幸的，因为纳米结构的研究是一个美丽的方式来学习许多新老概念在散装和表面材料科学。作为教师，当我们看到学生眼中的光芒，同时控制和观察纳米结构时，我们会感动。这个项目有助于建立这座“桥梁”，作为一种新的教育方法来教授材料科学。学生们正在参加一个教育经验，建立在一个新的分子束外延扫描隧道显微镜设施在阿肯色州大学。目标是教育那些准备为纳米结构的进步及其作为下一代电子和光子器件的应用做出贡献的本科生。