Teaching Nanoscale Engineering Across Undergraduate Disciplines

这个纳米技术本科教育（NUE）计划，题为“NUE：跨本科生课程教学纳米尺度工程”在北卡罗来纳州州立大学，在博士的指导下。约翰逊，将汇集来自工程和教育学院的跨学科团队，将工程学院新兴的纳米研究转化为有意义的本科学习机会，为多个学科的学生提供专门针对增加对结构的理解，与纳米级物理现象相关的工艺和设计考虑。该项目的智力价值是开发基于在工程学院内的纳米科学研究，并开发一个新的纳米科学课程的非专业，以及研究的学习成果，为三个不同群体的学生。作为一个更广泛的影响，对学生的理解纳米科学和工程概念的研究将衡量和比较三个人口（所有工程师、材料科学专业和K-12科学教师）通过课程前和课程后调查、选定的访谈（前、中、后）和由纳米教育研究人员进行的结果评估。 该奖项的建议是在响应纳米技术本科教育（NUE）计划征集（NSF 06-538）收到的，并由工程局（ENG），土木和机械系统司（CMS）和工程教育和中心司（EEC）共同资助。

This Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) program entitled, "NUE: Teaching Nanoscale Engineering Across Undergraduate Disciplines" at North Carolina State University, under the direction of Dr. Mark A. Johnson, will bring together a cross-disciplinary team from the Colleges of Engineering and Education to translate emerging nanoscale research at the College of Engineering into meaningful undergraduate learning opportunities for students in multiple disciplines specifically targeting increased understanding of structure, process and design considerations related to physical phenomena at the nanoscale.The intellectual merit of this project is to develop new curricular content based on nanoscience research within the College of Engineering, and to develop a new nanoscience course for non-majors, as well as to research the learning outcomes for the three different groups of students.As a broader impact, research on students' understandings of nanoscience and engineering concepts will be measured and compared for three populations (all engineers, materials science majors, and K-12 science teachers) through pre- and post- course surveys, selected interviews (pre, mid, and post) and outcome evaluations conducted by nano-education researchers. The proposal for this award was received in response to the Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) Program Solicitation (NSF 06-538) and is being co-funded by the Directorate for Engineering (ENG), Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems (CMS) and the Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC).