Implementing a Physics Education Research-Based Curriculum at Community and Four Year Colleges and Extending it Through Use of Regional Characterization User Facilities

物理学(13)智力价值：基于量子力学的现代工具在纳米技术和材料科学等行业中每天都在使用。然而，在大多数传统的物理课程中，量子力学只是被视为数学抽象，扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和傅立叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR)等常见技术至多只是脚注。成功的现代劳动力面临的挑战是利用这些技术，并在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)渠道中教育学生。奥格斯堡学院、圣保罗学院和明尼苏达大学有一个独特的机会来发展伙伴关系模式，以应对这一严峻的挑战。通过美国国家科学基金会资助的明尼苏达大学国家纳米技术基础设施网络(NNIN)用户设施，教职员工和学生正在学习使用先进的仪器和开发课程材料。圣保罗学院教职员工专业知识的开发为高科技初创企业建立了一个新的由国家资助的洁净室和用户设施。这些实验室经验建立在科罗拉多大学物理教育研究开发的现有教学法的基础上。本课程是为工程专业学生开设的一门大型讲座课程，重点是量子力学和现代物理在现实世界中的应用。正在进行修改，以便将这些材料纳入两年和四年的物理和技术环境中。为了支持教师、学生和技术人员之间的协同活动，与实践科学家的互动讨论系列激发了新学生项目的想法。本系列的重点是在实际情况中使用工具和技术来解决技术问题。更广泛的影响：双子城是许多两年制和四年制大学的所在地，所有这些大学都可以使用这里描述的用户设施。这些学术机构教育学生继续深造，并为该地区蓬勃发展的高科技公司社区服务。因此，通过这些区域用户设施免费提供实验室材料是寻求提供类似学习体验的其他机构的起点。与工业科学家的明确互动为教育工作者提供了一个基础设施，使他们能够更一致地评估学生为当今工作场所做好准备的情况。使用先进的仪器设备和采用以研究为基础的课程，都是这些机构令人兴奋和有充分理由的修改。还在散发对这一方法的有效性的评价，以及关于如何最好地教育和鼓励STEM渠道的学生的见解。最后，这里的工作是在三个非常不同的学术环境中发展合作机构的专业知识。

Physics (13) Intellectual Merit: Modern quantum-mechanics-based tools are used daily in industries like nanotechnology and materials science. However, in most traditional physics curricula, quantum mechanics is treated only as a mathematical abstraction, and common techniques such as Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) are at most only footnotes. The challenge of a successful modern workforce is to engage these technologies and educate students within the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) pipeline. Augsburg College, Saint Paul College, and the University of Minnesota have a unique opportunity to develop a partnership model to meet this demanding challenge. Through an NSF-funded National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) user facility at the University of Minnesota, faculty and students are learning to use advanced instrumentation and developing curricular materials. The development of expertise for Saint Paul College faculty supports a new state-funded clean room and user facility for high-tech start-ups. These laboratory experiences build on existing pedagogy developed through Physics Education Research at the University of Colorado. This curriculum was designed for a large lecture course of engineering students with an emphasis on real-world applications of quantum mechanics and modern physics. Modifications are being made to incorporate these materials into two and four year physics and technology settings. To support the synergistic activities between faculty, students, and technical staff, an interactive discussion series with practicing scientists stimulates ideas for new student projects. A focal point for this series is the use of tools and techniques in real-world situations to address technical problems. Broader Impacts: The Twin Cities is home to numerous two and four year colleges, all of which have access to the user facilities described here. These academic institutions educate students to continue on in further study as well as to serve the thriving community of high-tech companies in the region. Therefore, making laboratory materials freely available through these regional user facilities serves as a starting point for other institutions seeking to provide similar learning experiences. Explicit interaction with industrial scientists provides an infrastructure for educators to more consistently assess the preparation of students for today's workplace. The use of advanced instrumentation and the adoption of a research-based curriculum are both exciting and well reasoned modifications at these institutions. An evaluation of the efficacy of this approach and insights into how best to educate and encourage students in the STEM pipeline is also being disseminated. Finally, work here is developing institutional expertise in partnership at three very different academic settings.