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

NUE：将纳米技术纳入卡耐基梅隆大学第一年和第二年化学实验室课程

• 批准号: 0407298
• 负责人: Minghui Chai
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Central Michigan University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-07-01 至 2006-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0407298&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NUE; Incorporating; Nanotechnology; Into; 1st

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.

这项纳米技术本科教育（NUE）奖是由中密歇根大学化学系颁发给柴明辉教授的，旨在支持开发和整合新的实验室模块，这些模块强调纳米科学和纳米技术的当前概念和原理，用于中密歇根大学（CMU）一年级和二年级的化学课程。此外，一项外展活动为当地的中等教育水平的教师提供了一系列关于纳米科学和纳米技术的讲习班，包括讲座、演示和实践活动。该项目的目标是：1)将当前的可视化和表征工具（如原子力显微镜、核磁共振等）整合到现有的化学实验室课程中；2)让学生在他们的学术生涯早期对纳米技术感兴趣，并参加随后的材料科学和仪器仪表高级课程；3)培养早期理科学生解决各种问题的能力，从而缩短时间，使本科生成为高级研究项目的有效研究者；(4)培养一批懂得纳米技术的生产力更高的劳动力；5)通过培训Mt. Pleasant学区的中学教育工作者来传播纳米技术。该项目还鼓励妇女，包括本科生和中学教师，参与纳米技术教育计划。相关的外展活动（向年轻人展示科学和为中学教师举办的讲习班）也将通过向更广泛的公民传播纳米技术产生直接影响。