Curriculum, Program, and Infrastructure Development for Bachelor of Science in Optical Science and Engineering

提案编号：0230150校长：Osinski，MarekInstitution Name：University of New Mexico Title：Curriculum，Program，and Infrastructure Development for Science Bachelor in Optical Science and Engineering NSF接收日期：06/03/2002摘要工程学院电气与计算机工程系（EECE）、文理学院物理与天文系、新墨西哥州大学艺术与科学学院教育专业系和教育学院个人、家庭和社区教育系提议联合制定一项新的学士学位综合计划。光学科学与工程学位，重点是光子学领域的教育，伴随着教师培训和K-12光学教育的加强，最初在高中和中学水平，最终在该计划的实施阶段达到小学水平。该计划还将有一个重要的目标，支持光学启用方面的微系统，纳米科学和其他新兴领域。具体而言，该计划将包括开发新的大学学位课程，建议创建新的实验室，开发培训K-12教师的光学科学和工程课程，创建外展计划，确定和激活少数民族学生的支持来源，通过结合当前关于教学的教学学习理论，设计和评估，拟议中的新学位课程将支持一个新的模式，将可供使用的其他工程项目在新墨西哥大学的工程学院和全国范围内。最重要的是，拟议中的学位将弥合新墨西哥州光子学教育课程独特层次结构中最后剩下的差距，从西梅萨高中的光子学学院开始，由桑迪亚国家实验室支持，并在阿尔伯克基技术职业学院提供光子学技术副学士学位课程，并以MS结束。和博士UNM提供的光学科学与工程专业。在光学和光子学的教育和职业选择的全面阵容，将通过拟议的BS启用。学位将允许新墨西哥州工业填补其光子学为中心的职位，在各级，从技术人员到高级研究员，从劳动力培训当地。拟议的学位将，更普遍地说，有助于满足整个美国行业的新兴劳动力和教育需求。拟议计划的主要目标是创造一个独特的和高度期望的光学人员干部，因为他们广泛，先进，跨学科，和工业相关的教育和培训，将能够带领新墨西哥州和全国进入光学和光子学的21世纪世纪。

PROPOSAL NO.: 0230150PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Osinski, MarekINSTITUTION NAME: University of New MexicoTITLE: Curriculum, Program, and Infrastructure Development for Bachelor of Science in Optical Science and EngineeringNSF RECEIVED DATE: 06/03/2002ABSTRACTThe faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (EECE) in the School of Engineering, theDepartment of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of EducationalSpecialties in the College of Arts and Science, and the Department of Individual, Family, and Community Educationin the College of Education at the University of New Mexico (UNM) propose to jointly develop a comprehensiveplan for a new B.S. degree in Optical Science and Engineering, with emphasis on education in the field ofphotonics, accompanied by teacher training and enhancement of K-12 optics education initially at the high- andmiddle-school levels, and eventually reaching down to the elementary school level in the implementation stage ofthis program. The program will also have an important objective of supporting optically enabled aspects ofmicrosystems, nanoscience, and other emerging fields. Specifically, the plan will incorporate development of a newcollege degree curriculum, proposing creation of new laboratories, development of courses training K-12 teachers inoptical science and engineering, creation of outreach programs, identification and activation of sources of supportfor minority students, and involvement of local and national industry and government laboratories.Through the incorporation of current pedagogical learning theories concerning instructional design andassessment, the proposed new degree curriculum will support a new model that will be available for use by otherengineering programs at UNM's School of Engineering and nationwide. Most importantly, the proposed degree willbridge the last remaining gap in the unique hierarchy of photonics educational programs in New Mexico, starting with the Photonics Academy at West Mesa High School supported by the Sandia National Laboratories that feeds into the Photonics Technology Associate Degree program at the Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute, and ending with the M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Optical Science and Engineering offered at UNM. The comprehensive line-up of educational and career options in optics and photonics that would be enabled by the proposed B.S. degree will permit New Mexico industry to fill its photonics-centered positions at all levels, from the technician to the advanced researcher, from a workforce trained locally. The proposed degree will, more generally, help meet the emerging workforce and educational needs of the entire US industry.The main goal of the proposed program is to create a unique and highly desired cadre of optics personnel who,because of their broad, advanced, interdisciplinary, and industrially relevant education and training, will be able tolead the State of New Mexico and the Nation into the optics- and photonics-engaged 21 st century.