NUE: Integration of Nanoscale Research/Technology into a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

这项授予科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的纳米技术本科教育(NUE)奖支持Conrad R.Stoldt教授(机械工程)、Kenneth A.Gall教授(机械工程)和Roop L.Mahajan教授(机械工程)，使工程与应用科学学院(CEAS)能够将纳米科学和工程纳入一年级和二年级的课程。将与CEAS的综合教学实验室(ITLL)合作，开发多个以纳米技术为基础的学习模块，并将其纳入一年级的普通工程和机械工程(ME)课程。同时，将在ME开发和引入一门二年级的物理课程，为本科生提供对纳米科学和工程的深入介绍。这项一年级和二年级教育计划的成功程度将部分通过监测现有高级ME纳米技术课程和独立研究项目的个别学生入学情况来评估。此外，还将与CEAS中的女性工程计划(WEP)和多元文化工程计划(MEP)积极合作，鼓励人数不足的学生积极参与拟议的纳米技术教育倡议。该奖项的提案是根据NSF 03-444类纳米科学和工程教育公告收到的，并由工程局土木工程与机械系统司(CMS)和工程教育与中心司(EEC)联合资助。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award to the University of Colorado at Boulder supports Professors Conrad R. Stoldt (Mechanical Engineering), Kenneth A. Gall (Mechanical Engineering), and Roop L. Mahajan (Mechanical Engineering) to enable the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) to integrate nanoscale science and engineering into its curricula at both the freshman and sophomore levels. A collaborative effort with the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory (ITLL) in the CEAS will be cultivated to develop and integrate multiple nanotechnology-based learning modules into the first year General Engineering and Mechanical Engineering (ME) curriculum. Concurrently, a second-year physical science course will be developed and introduced in ME to provide undergraduate students with an in-depth introduction to nanoscale science and engineering. The success of this first- and second-year educational plan will be evaluated in part by monitoring individual student enrollment in existing upper-division ME nanotechnology courses and independent research projects. Additionally, there will be active collaboration with the Women in Engineering Program (WIEP) and Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP) in the CEAS to encourage strong underrepresented student participation in the proposed nanotechnology education initiative.The proposal for this award was received in response to the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education announcement, NSF 03-444, category NUE and was jointly funded by the Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems (CMS) and the Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) in the Directorate for Engineering.