NUE: A Tour in Nano-Land and Understanding the Nano-Landscape: Developing Multidisciplinary NUE Courses

这项授予加州州立大学长滩分校(CSULB)的纳米技术本科教育奖支持电气工程系的Tlin E.Mangir博士、物理和天文学系的Chuhee Kuan博士和生物科学系的Andrew Z.Mason博士，以表彰他们在CSULB开发纳米科学和纳米技术领域的低级课程的工作。这项建议要求提供资金，使CSULB能够积极扩展和开发本科和非专业学生的课程，并增加教师培训部分，以提高普遍认识和促进职业选择，以填补这一迅速增长的学科的空缺。建议的目的是实现以下目标：1)为工程和理科专业的二年级和三年级学生开发一门关于纳米技术的跨学科调查课程；2)开发初级/高级课程，讲课和实验室相结合，向学生深入了解纳米科学和工程中使用的技术；以及3)生成专门针对科学和工程教师预备课程的远程学习的基于网络的资源和互动模块。这些课程将涵盖生命科学、生物科技和医学、物理学、材料电子和环境监测方面的具体应用实例，并向学生介绍AFM、扫描电子显微镜、X射线显微镜、远程机器人(远程机器人)和纳米机器人以及基于网络的实验室模块等仪器的使用。该奖项是根据NSEE宣布的NSF 03-044类别收到的，并由工程局工程教育和中心司(EEC)和数学和物理科学局材料研究部(DMR)联合资助。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award to California State University-Long Beach (CSULB) supports Dr. Tulin E. Mangir, Department of Electrical Engineering, Dr. Chuhee Kwon, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Dr. Andrew Z. Mason, Department of Biological Sciences for their work to develop lower division classes at CSULB in the areas of nano-sciences and nano-technology.This proposal requests funding to enable CSULB to pro-actively expand and develop curricula for both, undergraduate major and non-major students, and also to add a teacher training component to increase general awareness and promote career options to fill the vacant capacity in this rapidly growing discipline.The proposal aims to accomplish the following goals: 1) development of an interdisciplinary survey course on nano-technology designed for engineering and science majors in their sophomore and/junior year; 2) development of a junior/senior course with a combination of lecture and laboratory that provides students with an in-depth understanding of the techniques used in nanoscale science and engineering; and 3) generation of web-based resources and interaction modules designed for distance learning aimed specifically for science and engineering teacher preparation classes. The courses will cover specific application examples in life sciences, biotechnology and medicine, physics, materials electronics environmental monitoring, and expose students to use of instrumentation such as AFM, SEM, X-Ray Microscopes, Remote Monitoring of Robots (Tele-robotoics) and Nano-robots, web-based laboratory modules.The proposal for this award was received in response to the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education (NSEE) announcement, NSF 03-044, category NUE and was jointly funded by the Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) in the Directorate for Engineering (ENG)and the Division of Materials Research (DMR) in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS).