NUE: Integrated Approach to Environmentally Responsible Nanotechnology Education

在德雷克塞尔大学，在Mira S.Olson博士的指导下，这个名为“NUE：对环境负责的纳米技术教育的综合方法”的工程学专业项目的目标是培养下一代工程师，以迎接开发预测工程纳米材料对环境和人类健康潜在影响的模块的挑战。这项建议的具体目标是：1)开发纳米材料风险评估框架，以整合到跨学科纳米技术教育计划中。2)将纳米材料对环境和健康影响的研究机会纳入本科课程。Drexel的直接影响包括一门新的大学本科课程，名为“纳米技术对环境和健康的影响”，每年面向25-30名学生，并为工程学院、生物医学工程、科学与健康系统学院的12名学生提供密集的研究机会。Drexel之外的更广泛影响集中在出版本课程开发的实验材料和课程模块，创建纳米技术风险中央图书馆，将课程模块引入当地两所社区大学的课程，以及通过Drexel-Blankenburg女孩科学博览会俱乐部向市中心的中学女孩进行社区推广。

This NUE in Engineering program entitled, "NUE: Integrated Approach to Environmentally Responsible Nanotechnology Education", at Drexel University under the direction of Dr. Mira S. Olson, has as its goal to educate the next generation of engineers to meet the challenge of developing modules for predicting the potential impact of engineered nanomaterials on the environment and human health. The specific objectives of this proposal are to: 1) Develop a nanomaterials risk assessment framework for integration into an interdisciplinary nanotechnology education program. 2) Integrate research opportunities to environmental and health impacts of nanomaterials into the undergraduate curriculum.Direct impacts at Drexel include a new university-wide undergraduate course entitled, Environmental and Health Impacts of Nanotechnology targeting 25-30 students per year and intensive research opportunities for 12 students in the College of Engineering the the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems. Broader impacts outside of Drexel focus on publishing lab materials and course modules developed in this course, creating a central library for nanotechnology risk, introducing course modules into the curriculum at two local community colleges, and community outreach for inner-city middle school girls through the Drexel-Blankenburg Science Fair Club for Girls.