NUE: Incorporating Nanotechnology Into the 1st and 2nd Year Chemistry Laboratory Curricula at CMU

这在本科教育纳米技术（NUE）奖教授明辉柴在中密歇根大学是由化学部支持开发和纳入新的实验室模块，强调当前的概念和纳米科学和纳米技术的原则为第一和第二年的化学课程的学生在中密歇根大学（CMU）。 此外，还开展了一项外联活动，为中学一级的当地教师举办了一系列纳米科学和纳米技术讲习班，包括讲座、演示和实践活动。 该项目的目标是：1）整合当前的可视化和表征工具（例如AFM，NMR等）。2）使学生在学术生涯初期对纳米技术产生兴趣，并随后参加材料科学和仪器方面的高级课程; 3）使早期科学学生具备解决问题的多种技能，从而缩短时间，使本科生能够在高级研究项目中成为有效的研究人员; 4）教育一个更有生产力的劳动力，是识字的纳米技术;和5）传播纳米技术的培训中等教育工作者在山。 愉快的学区。 该项目还鼓励妇女，包括大学生和中学教师，参加纳米技术教育计划。 相关的外联活动（向年轻人进行科学演示和为中学教师举办讲习班）也将通过向更广泛的公民传播纳米技术而产生直接影响。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award to Professor Minghui Chai at Central Michigan University is made by the Division of Chemistry to support the development and incorporation of new laboratory modules that emphasize current concepts and principles of nanoscience and nanotechnology for the first- and second-year chemistry curricula for students at Central Michigan University (CMU). In addition, an outreach activity offers local teachers at the secondary education level a series of workshops in nanoscience and nanotechnology with talks, demos and hands-on activities. The project's objectives are: 1) to integrate current visualization and characterization tools (e.g. AFM, NMR, etc.) into the existing chemistry laboratory curricula; 2) to interest students early in their academic careers in nanotechnology and to take subsequent advanced courses in materials science and instrumentation; 3) to prepare early science students with versatile problem solving skills thus shortening the time to enable an undergraduate student to become an effective researcher in their senior research projects; 4) to educate a more productive workforce that is literate in nanotechnology; and 5) to disseminate nanotechnology by training secondary educators in the Mt. Pleasant school district. The project also encourages women, including undergraduate students and secondary education teachers, to participate in the nanotechnology educational program. The associated outreach activities (science demonstrations to younger population and the workshop for secondary school teachers) will also have a direct impact by disseminating nanotechnology to a wider range of citizens.