NUE: RUI-Undergraduate Curriculum Development

授予东密歇根大学(EMU)约翰·特克特教授的纳米技术本科教育奖是由数学和物理科学局的化学部、物理部和材料科学部以及教育和人力资源局的本科教育部颁发的，以支持开发三门涉及纳米技术方面的新课程。这些课程将有助于在动车组技术学院形成一个新的纳米技术理科学士课程。为一年级学生开设的两门课程，一门是科技史课程，另一门是科学技术超小型调查课程(通过微米尺度说明纳米重要现象的多样性)，旨在提高对成为理工科和技术类专业的兴趣。这两门课程都旨在激发学生对生物、化学、物理、材料科学、计算机科学和工程学的兴趣。为二年级学生开设的实验室课程《纳米尺度上的实验室测量》将包括活跃的动手项目和实验。前两门课程还将用于提供更新化学、物理和生物入门课程的材料，因为这些课程的内部影响由经货联盟大学纳米技术课程委员会评估。这些课程将在一个致力于教育和培训妇女和少数群体的机构向不同的学生群体提供。评价和传播计划将导致在专业学会会议、期刊出版物、关于技术专题小型化的专著以及通过现有的科学和技术网站分享和反馈的网上模块上作口头介绍。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award to Professor John Texter at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) is made by the Division of Chemistry, the Division of Physics and the Division of Materials Science in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and the Division of Undergraduate Education in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources to support the development of three new courses addressing aspects of nanotechnology. These courses will help shape a new Bachelor of Science curriculum in Nanotechnology in the College of Technology at EMU. Two courses for first year students, Miniaturization in Technology (a science and technology history course) and a survey course on Ultra-Small in Science and Technology (illustrating the diversity of phenomena important on nano through micron length scales), are designed to increase interest in becoming science, engineering, and technology majors. Both of these courses will be designed to motivate interest in biology, chemistry, physics, materials science, computing science, and engineering. A laboratory course, Laboratory Measurements on the Nanoscale, for second year students will include active hands-on projects and experiments.The first two courses will also be used to provide material for updating introductory chemistry, physics, and biology courses, as the internal impact of these courses is evaluated by the EMU University Nanotechnology Curriculum Committee. The courses will be presented to a diverse student body at an institution committed to the education and training of women and minorities. Evaluation and dissemination plans will lead to oral presentations at professional society meetings, journal publications, a monograph on Miniaturization in Technology topics, and web-based module sharing and feedback through established science and technology web sites.