Workshop on Nanoengineering Education

本次研讨会的目的是为将纳米工程引入本科和研究生工程教育过程开发潜在的方法。认识到纳米工程是一个非常跨学科的活动，正确的方法来完成未来纳米电子工程师的教育还不清楚。这项工作的主要目标是举办一个研讨会，与会者包括精通各种技术的个人，这些技术是实现纳米技术进步所必需的，也包括在制定新课程路线图方面发挥作用的个人。与会者将主要邀请来自电气和计算机工程系主任协会（ECEDHA）的成员。共同举办的研讨会将在2003年1月27日至30日举行的非常成功的IEC DesignCon会议的前两天举行。DesignCon吸引了6，000多名设计工程师和管理人员，也是学术界的一个亮点。拟议的方案计划是举行为期一天的教程的一般主题的纳米科学和工程，教育工作者和工业参与者ofIEC DesignCon可以参加。第二天的重点是制定教育计划。研讨会的结果将是一份报告，概述了可能的方法，应该尝试支持本科生和研究生纳米工程师的发展。研讨会将由ECEDHA组织，董事会成员担任组织者和研讨会东道主。拟议活动的智力价值：该研讨会将首次汇集电子和计算机工程一般领域的教育工作者与纳米科学和工程领域的研究人员，以解决与新兴纳米技术领域相关的教育和劳动力发展的关键问题。该研讨会将提供一个独特的智力论坛，以确定在这个多学科竞技场中教育工程学生的问题和瓶颈。拟议活动产生的更广泛影响：拟议活动仅代表更广泛计划的第一步，该计划旨在影响工程教育系统在新的和新兴的科学技术领域。由于纳米科学和工程是广泛的跨学科，从这个研讨会上出现的课程和教育的想法预计有更广泛的影响，在其他领域，如信息技术的多学科教育的方法。

The objective of this proposed workshop is to develop potential approaches for the introductionof nanoscale engineering into the undergraduate and graduate engineering education process.Recognizing that nanoscale engineering is a very interdisciplinary activity, the correct approachto accomplish the education of future nanoelectronic engineers is not clear. The primary goal ofthis effort is to hold a workshop with a collection of individuals well versed in the varioustechnologies that are necessary to accomplish advances in nanotechnology as well as individualsthat have been instrumental in developing roadmaps for new curricula. The attendees will beprimarily invited from the membership of the Electrical and Computer Engineering DepartmentHeads Association (ECEDHA). The co-located workshop will be held during the first two daysof the highly successful IEC DesignCon conference, taking place January 27-30, 2003.DesignCon attracts more than 6,000 design engineers and managers and is also a draw for theacademic community. The proposed program plan is to hold a one-day tutorial on the generaltopic of nanoscience and engineering that both the educators and the industrial participants ofIEC DesignCon can attend. The second day will be focused on the development of aneducational plan. The outcome of the workshop will be a report that outlines the possibleapproaches that should be attempted to support the development of the undergraduate andgraduate nanoengineer. The workshop will be organized by ECEDHA, with board membersserving as the organizers and workshop hosts.Intellectual Merit of the Proposed Activity: This workshop will bring together for the first timeeducators in the general areas of Electrical and Computer Engineering with researchers in theareas of Nanoscience and Engineering to address the critical issues of education and workforcedevelopment relative to the emerging field of nanotechnology. This workshop will provide aunique intellectual forum to identify problems and bottlenecks in educating engineering studentsin this multidisciplinary arena.Broader Impacts Resulting from the Proposed Activity: The proposed activity represents only thefirst step in a broader program seeking to impact the engineering educational system in terms ofnew and emerging areas of science and technology. Since nanoscience and engineering arebroadly interdisciplinary, the ideas relative to curriculum and education emerging from thisworkshop are expected have much broader impact in approaches to multidisciplinary educationin other fields, such as information technology.