NUE: Integration of Nanoscience into the Undergraduate Curriculum: From Fabrication to Practical Applications of Nanodevices

这项授予波多黎各大学胡马考分校的纳米技术本科教育(NUE)奖支持物理和电子系的Nicholas Pinto博士、Cldio Guera博士和Juan Gonzalez先生在本科课程中引入新的实验。将纳入基于纳米科学、技术和工程领域最新发现的技术的教学理论概念和改进的实验。将讨论的主题属于物理、化学、生物和电气工程等领域，因此是真正的跨学科。与纳米技术、科学和工程的最新发展相关的新实验将作为本科课程的一部分。这项建议的智力范围是，它将培训学生在纳米技术领域的早期职业生涯。此外，我们亦建议学生在修读核心课程的同时进行研究水平的实验，让学生了解如何进行研究，以及进行实验研究的起伏。拟议的项目将加强部门内的合作，这对像UPR-Humacao这样的小部门在研究和教育领域保持作为本科院校的竞争力至关重要。所有提出的实验都将在本科生的智力掌握范围内。这产生了更广泛的影响，对学生追求高等教育的愿望产生了强烈的影响。最后，在UPR-Humacao拥有强大的研究和教学基地，除了增加致力于纳米科学的学术和研究环境中代表不足的学生的数量外，还将对该岛东南部的本科生教育产生更广泛的影响。该奖项的提议是根据NSF 03-044类纳米科学和工程教育公告收到的，并由工程局的工程教育和中心司(EEC)和数学和物理科学局(MPS)的材料研究部(DMR)共同资助。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award to the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao supports Dr. Nicholas Pinto, Dr. Claudio Guerra and Mr. Juan Gonzalez, Department of Physics and Electronics, to introduce new experiments into the undergraduate curriculum. Both the pedagogical theoretical concepts and modified experiments based on recently discovered techniques in the field of nanoscience, technology and engineering will be incorporated. The topics to be discussed fall in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Electrical Engineering and are thus truly interdisciplinary. New experiments related to the latest developments in nanotechnology, science and engineering will be included as part of the undergraduate curriculum. The intellectual scope of this proposal is that it will train students early in their careers in the field of nanotechnology. Also, opportunities to conduct research level experiments while enrolled in a core course is also proposed and this will give the students a flavor of how research is conducted together with the ups and downs in doing experimental research.The proposed projects will enhance intradepartmental collaboration which is vital for a small Department like that at UPR-Humacao to stay competitive as an undergraduate institution in the areas of research and education. All of the experiments proposed will lie within the intellectual grasp of undergraduates. This has the broader impact of having a strong influence on the students desire to pursue higher education. Finally, having a strong research and teaching base at UPR-Humacao will have a broader impact on undergraduate education in the South-East part of the island in addition to increasing the number of underrepresented students in academic and research environments dedicated to nanoscience.The proposal for this award was received in response to the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education announcement, NSF 03-044, category NUE and was jointly funded by the Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) in the Directorate for Engineering and the Division of Materials Research (DMR) in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS),