NUE: Nanomaterials Education for Engineering and Science Majors at the City College of New York

在Ilona Kretzschmar博士的指导下，纽约城市学院（CCNY）的纳米技术本科教育（NUE）项目名为“NUE：纽约城市学院工程和科学专业的纳米材料教育”，旨在通过开发纳米技术模块、纳米技术金块和具有模块化结构的纳米材料课程序列，加强纽约城市学院本科生的纳米技术和纳米材料教育。这一课程倡议的智力价值在于增加了CCNY的纳米科学和纳米技术教育。该方案采用模块化和跨学科的结构，这是CCNY首次采用这种结构，其灵活的结构更适合于将其纳入各种不同的课程。这两门纳米材料课程将为CCNY乃至纽约城市大学的跨学科“纳米材料和纳米技术浓度”课程的发展奠定基础。这项提议的更广泛的影响是，它也提供了一个机会，把对纳米技术感兴趣的研究人员从工程学院和科学系聚集在一起，并创造了一种合作的氛围。此外，CCNY服务于一个非常多样化的学生群体，拟议的纳米材料课程的可用性将使学生群体接触纳米技术。纳米技术教育将使CCNY的学生处于科学和工程的前沿，为他们在许多现代研究领域的毕业和工业生涯做好准备。与CCNY科学合作伙伴的包容和合作将提醒工业界注意其高素质和多样化的学生群体。该奖项的提案是响应纳米技术本科教育（NUE）计划招标（NSF 06-538）而收到的，由工程理事会化学和运输系统部（CTS）和工程教育和中心部（EEC）共同资助。

This Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) Program entitled, "NUE: Nanomaterials Education for Engineering and Science Majors at the City College of New York," at City College of New York (CCNY) under the direction of Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar, aims to enhance the nanotechnology and nanomaterials education for undergraduate students at the CCNY through the development of a Nanotech Module, Nanotech Nuggets, and a nanomaterials course sequence with modular structure. The intellectual merit of this proposed curriculum initiative lies in the increase of nanoscience and nanotechnology education at CCNY. The modular and interdisciplinary structure of the proposal is the first of its kind for CCNY, and its flexible structure is more amendable to its incorporation into a variety of diverse curricula. The two course sequence in nanomaterials will provide the basis for the development of an interdisciplinary "Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Concentration" at CCNY and possibly at the City University of New York wide level.The broader impact of this proposal is that it also serves as an opportunity to bring together researchers interested in nanotechnology across the campus from the School of Engineering and the Division of Science and creates a collaborative atmosphere. Further, CCNY serves a very diverse student body and the availability of the proposed nanomaterials course will expose the student body to nanotechnology. An education in nanotechnology will put CCNY students at the frontiers of science and engineering, preparing them for graduate as well as industrial careers in many moder research areas. Inclusion and collaboration with CCNY scientifc partners will alert industry to its highly qualified and diverse pool of students. 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 for Engineering: Division of Chemical and Transport Systems (CTS) and the Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC).