NUE: Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education and Emphasis at Utah State University

这项授予犹他州立大学的纳米技术本科教育（NUE）奖是为了支持Haeyeon Yang、Jon Takemoto、Tapas Kar、Leijun Li和Yangquan Chen教授，他们作为一个团队将在物理学、生物学、化学、电气和机械工程方面开展跨学科的努力，并将创建一系列描述纳米技术相关概念和技术的课程。在第一阶段，将为一年级本科生开设一门名为“纳米技术”的课程，这将是一门通识教育、大学学习课程。本课程将着重于定性的、概念性的方法，并将由生物、化学、电气/机械工程和物理五个模块组成。这些模块将基于每个参与pi的相关研究领域和兴趣。之后，这些模块将演变为以下四门独立的课程(1)纳米技术物理学；(2)纳米材料的化学方面；(3) Nanomechatronics;(4)纳米材料的合成与制备。修读这四门课程及“纳米科技”课程的学生，除修读各自的学士学位外，亦可申请“纳米科技重点”课程。一个补充的实验课程，将强调实际的纳米制造和表征的实践经验，也将发展。制造的例子是使用分子束外延的“自组装”和使用扫描探针显微镜（SPM）的自下而上方法。表征的例子将基于制备的纳米结构的SPM。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award to Utah State University is to support Professors Haeyeon Yang, Jon Takemoto, Tapas Kar, Leijun Li and Yangquan Chen, who as a team will develop an interdisciplinary effort in physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, and will create a series of courses describing concepts and techniques related to nanotechnology. In the first phase, a course will be developed for first-year undergraduate students entitled "Nanotechnology", which will be a general education, University Study, course. The course will stress on qualitative, conceptual approaches and will consist of five modules from biology, chemistry, electrical/mechanical engineering, and physics. These modules will be based on each participating PIs' relative research fields and interests. Later, these modules will be evolved to the following four separate courses for sophomores: (1) Physics of Nanotechnology; (2) Chemistry aspects of Nanomaterials; (3) Nanomechatronics; and (4) Synthesis and Fabrication of Nanomaterials. Students taking these four along with "Nanotechnology" course will be eligible to apply for "Emphasis in Nanotechnology" in addition to their respective BS degrees. A supplementary laboratory course, which will stress hands-on experience on actual nano-fabrications and characterizations, will also be developed. Examples of fabrication are "self-assembly" using molecular beam epitaxy and the bottom-up approach using scanning probe microscope (SPM). Examples for the characterization will be based on SPM for the fabricated nanostructures.