NUE: Introducing Nanoscience to Education and Student Research at Jackson State University

这项授予杰克逊州立大学的本科教育纳米技术(NUE)奖支持Shahbazyan、Hagelberg和Walters教授领导一个跨学科的协作努力，以整合杰克逊州立大学的纳米科学研究和教育。该项目的主要教育部分包括开发纳米技术实验室课程和附带的综合手册，这将补充已经为一年级和二年级本科生设立的纳米科学和工程入门讲座课程。新的跨学科实验室课程将向科学、工程和技术学院所有系的本科生开放，并将通过提供高级材料研究方面的实践培训机会，弥合学生教育和研究活动之间的差距。该项目的研究部分还将包括对纳米结构材料的计算和理论研究，如碳纳米结构、包裹金属原子簇和带有分子吸附的金属纳米颗粒。外展活动将包括纳米技术研讨会和纳米技术暑期计划，该奖项的建议是响应NSF 03-044类纳米科学和工程教育公告而收到的，并由数学和物理科学局的材料研究和物理部和工程局联合资助。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award to Jackson State University supports Professors Shahbazyan, Hagelberg and Walters to lead a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to integrate nanoscience research and education in Jackson State University. The main educational component of the project involves a development of Nanotechnology Laboratory course with accompanying comprehensive manual, which will complement the already established Introduction to Nanoscale Science and Engineering lecture course for the first and second year undergraduates. The new interdisciplinary laboratory course will be open to undergraduate students from all departments of the College of Science, Engineering and Technology, and will bridge the gap between students' education and research activities by providing opportunities for hands-on training in advanced materials research. The research component of the project will also include computational and theoretical studies of nanostructured materials such as carbon nanostructures, encapsulating metal atom clusters and metal nanoparticles with molecular adsorbates. The outreach activities will include Nanotechnology Seminar and Nanotechnology Summer Program.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 Divisions of Materials Research and Physics in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences and the Directorate for Engineering.