Workshop on Nanoengineering Education

本次研讨会的目的是开发将纳米工程引入本科和研究生工程教育过程的潜在方法。认识到纳米工程是一项非常跨学科的活动，完成未来纳米电子工程师教育的正确方法尚不清楚。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，以及在制定新课程路线图方面发挥重要作用的个人。与会者将主要从电气和计算机工程系系主任协会（ECEDHA）的成员中邀请。该研讨会将于2003年1月27日至30日举行的IEC设计大会的前两天举行。DesignCon吸引了6000多名设计工程师和管理人员，也吸引了学术界。提议的计划计划是举办为期一天的纳米科学和工程的一般主题的教程，教育工作者和工业参与者都可以参加。第二天的重点是制定一项教育计划。研讨会的结果将是一份报告，该报告概述了应该尝试的支持本科和研究生纳米工程师发展的可能方法。研讨会将由ECEDHA组织，董事会成员担任组织者和研讨会主持人。本次研讨会将首次将电气和计算机工程领域的教育工作者与纳米科学和工程领域的研究人员聚集在一起，讨论与新兴的纳米技术领域相关的教育和劳动力发展的关键问题。本次研讨会将提供一个独特的智力论坛，以确定在这个多学科领域教育工程学生的问题和瓶颈。拟议活动产生的更广泛影响：拟议活动仅代表了更广泛计划的第一步，该计划旨在影响新兴科学和技术领域的工程教育系统。由于纳米科学和工程是广泛的跨学科，本次研讨会中出现的有关课程和教育的想法有望对其他领域（如信息技术）的多学科教育方法产生更广泛的影响。

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.