CCLI (Exploratory): Introduction of Nano-computing course module in standard Electrical Engineering Courses

工程-电气（55）该项目正在开发纳米计算的教学材料和教学策略，这些材料和教学策略可以很容易地整合到处理电子、逻辑设计和电路的标准电气工程课程中。目标是开发纳米计算的教育材料，使本科生能够理解，并由目前不从事纳米计算研究的教师讲授。研究人员正在创建以下材料：(a)一个入门级纳米电子学单元，包括激励材料和各种纳米器件（CNT、SET、QCA、RTD）及其功能和挑战的描述；(b)一个数字逻辑单元，说明纳米领域逻辑设计中的重要原则，包括多数、少数、多值逻辑；以及(c)一个纳米领域电路单元，涵盖使用碳纳米管或SET的SPICE模型的电路行为和设计。这些材料旨在促进合作学习，在实践中学习，以及感觉模式敏感的主动学习。它们特别针对那些在计算机工程领域代表性严重不足的女性。在两个校园卓越教学和评估中心的协助下，评估部分使用调查工具测量学生对材料的看法，通过访谈测量教师对单元的看法，并使用专门为本项目开发的调查来评估学生的学习情况。传播包括在网站上发布信息，在工程教育会议上发表演讲，在适当的期刊上发表出版物，以及在设计自动化会议（如IEEE MSE）上的教师研讨会。更广泛的影响包括项目成果的传播，教师研讨会，以及对女性和少数民族工程专业学生的关注。

Engineering - Electrical (55)The project is developing instructional materials and teaching strategies on nano-computing that easily integrate into the standard electrical engineering courses dealing with electronics, logic design, and circuits. The goal is to develop educational material on nano-computing that can be understood by undergraduate students and taught by faculty not currently engaged in nano-computing research. The investigators are creating materials for (a) an introductory nano-electronics unit consisting of motivational material and descriptions of various nano-devices (CNT, SET, QCA, RTD) and their functionality and challenges, (b) a digital logic unit illustrating the important principles in nano-domain logic design including majority, minority, multi-valued logic, and (c) a nano-domain circuits unit covering circuit behavior and design using SPICE models of CNTs or SETs. These materials are designed to foster cooperative learning, learning by doing, and sensory-mode sensitive active learning. They are especially targeted towards women who are severely under-represented in computer engineering. The evaluation component, with assistance from two campus centers on teaching excellence and evaluation, is measuring student perceptions of the material using survey instruments, faculty perceptions of the unit through interviews, and assessments of student learning using surveys specifically developed for this project. Dissemination includes postings on a website, presentations at engineering education conferences, publications in the appropriate journals, and faculty workshops at design automation conferences, such as the IEEE MSE. The broader impacts include the dissemination of project results, the faculty workshop, and focused efforts on women and minority engineering students.