NUE: Undergraduate Exploration of Nano-Science, Applications, and Societal Implications at Michigan Tech

NUE：密歇根理工大学本科生对纳米科学、应用和社会影响的探索

• 批准号: 0304439
• 负责人: John Jaszczak
• 金额: $ 9.97万
• 依托单位: Michigan Technological University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-07-01 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0304439&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NUE; Undergraduate; Exploration; Nano; Science

A faculty group at Michigan Tech will develop a suite of educational and research experiences to introduce students, primarily in their first and second years, to the exciting prospects and challenges of nanoscale science and engineering. The group includes faculty from most of the departments of physical sciences and engineering as well as the social sciences. Relying primarily upon the framework of existing courses, the group will prepare an array of educational experiences and opportunities designed to provide an integrated introduction to three crucial aspects of nanoscale work: the underlying science, possible scientific and engineering applications, and the societal implications of this still unfolding realm of science and engineering. Specific activities include preparing modules and problem sets on nano topics for use in several introductory science and engineering courses; offering a course in the required, first-semester freshman general education seminar devoted to nanoscience and technology; creating a new, first-year, team-taught interdisciplinary seminar on the Fundamentals of Nanotechnology; installing nano modules in second-year courses on manufacturing engineering; materials science and engineering; modern physics; and a social sciences course focusing on societal implications of science and technology. The program also includes a lecture series, and opportunities for undergraduate research experiences and international activities, including the development of links to an established Research Training Network (RTN) in Europe coordinated by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. This menu of varied options insures that nanotechnology issues and educational activities are placed before a substantial number of all first-year students at Michigan Tech, including almost all engineering students, with continuing opportunities available into the second year and after. Additionally, this project substantially advances an internal effort to develop fully integrated and multi-disciplinary undergraduate (a nanosciences/nanotechnology minor and a BSE degree) and graduate programs in the realm of nanoscience and engineering at Michigan Tech, particularly by stimulating substantial faculty collaboration in program and curriculum development. The primary intellectual merit flows from the integration of science, engineering, and societal implications from the outset of these programmatic activities. In particular, the project pays particular attention to the societal implications of the unfolding domain of the nanoscale, incorporating an element minimally represented in many existing nanoscale research and educational programs. This Nanotechnology Undergraduate Research (NUE) proposal was submitted in response to the solicitation "Nanoscale Science and Engineering" (NSF 02-148). It is being supported by the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE), the Directorate for Engineering (ENG), and the Division of Physics in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS).

密歇根理工大学的一个教师小组将开发一套教育和研究经验，向学生介绍纳米科学和工程的令人兴奋的前景和挑战，主要是在他们的第一年和第二年。该小组包括来自物理科学和工程以及社会科学的大部分部门的教师。主要依靠现有课程的框架，该小组将准备一系列的教育经验和机会，旨在提供纳米工作的三个关键方面的综合介绍：基础科学，可能的科学和工程应用，以及这个仍在发展的科学和工程领域的社会影响。具体活动包括编写关于纳米主题的模块和问题集，供几门科学和工程入门课程使用;在新生第一学期必修的一般教育研讨会中开设一门专门讨论纳米科学和技术的课程;开设一个关于纳米技术基础的新的第一年小组授课跨学科研讨会;在关于制造工程的第二年课程中安装纳米模块;材料科学与工程;现代物理学;社会科学课程侧重于科学和技术的社会影响。该计划还包括一系列讲座，以及本科生研究经验和国际活动的机会，包括与塞萨洛尼基亚里士多德大学协调的欧洲既定研究培训网络（RTN）的联系。这一菜单的不同选项确保纳米技术问题和教育活动被放置在密歇根理工大学的所有一年级学生，包括几乎所有的工程专业学生，与持续的机会，可进入第二年及之后的大量。 此外，该项目大大推进了内部努力，以开发完全集成和多学科的本科生（纳米科学/纳米技术未成年人和BSE学位）和研究生课程在纳米科学和工程领域在密歇根理工大学，特别是通过刺激大量的教师在计划和课程开发的合作。主要的智力价值来自于从这些计划活动一开始就整合科学，工程和社会影响。特别是，该项目特别关注nanoscale的展开领域的社会影响，将在许多现有的纳米研究和教育计划中最少出现的元素结合起来。这纳米技术本科研究（NUE）的建议是在响应招标“纳米科学与工程”（NSF 02-148）提交。 它得到了社会，行为和经济科学局（SBE），工程局（ENG）以及数学和物理科学局（MPS）物理学部的支持。