NUE: NanoLab -- A Hands-On Introduction to Nanoscience for Scientists and Engineers

这项纳米技术本科教育(NUE)奖由材料研究部资助，支持俄克拉荷马大学诺曼分校物理和天文学系的Lloyd A.Bumm博士和Mathew B.Johnson博士为本科生开发纳米技术实验室课程，NanoLab-面向科学家和工程师的实践纳米科学入门课程。纳米实验室是一门针对物理科学、生物科学和工程学的二年级本科生的纳米技术动手实验室课程。学生通过自上而下和自下而上的纳米制造技术的实践经验来了解纳米技术，如光刻图案、纳米颗粒生长和自组装。实践经验与最先进的纳米级表征技术，如原子力显微镜，是这门课程不可或缺的一部分。NanoLab在8月份的间歇期作为为期四周的强化实验室课程提供。这门课程也向来自其他大学的学生、RET学者以及特别有天赋的高中生开放。纳米实验室的设施也可用于Capstone本科生研究和REU夏季研究。这些模块被剥离出来，并入初中物理实验室课程，在那里更深入地探索科学。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award, funded by the Division of Materials Research, supports Drs. Lloyd A. Bumm and Mathew B. Johnson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, to develop a nanotechnology laboratory course for undergraduates, NanoLab - a Hands-On Introduction to Nanoscience for Scientists and Engineers. NanoLab is a hands-on laboratory course in nanotechnology targeting sophomore undergraduate students in the physical sciences, the biological sciences, and engineering. The students gain an understanding of nanotechnology through hands-on experience with top-down and bottom-up nanofabrication techniques, such as lithographic patterning, nanoparticle growth, and self-assembly. Hands-on experience with state of the art nanometer-scale characterization techniques, such as atomic-force microscopy, is an integral part of the course. NanoLab is offered during the August intersession as an intensive four-week laboratory course. The course is also open to students from other universities, RET scholars, and to especially talented high school students. The NanoLab facilities are also available for Capstone undergraduate research and for REU summer research. Modules are spun off and incorporated into the junior physics laboratory course where the science is explored in more depth.