SBIR Phase I: Class on a Chip

这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段的芯片课堂项目旨在通过微型设备的创新应用，为广大学生推进科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教育，这些微型设备用于教授基础物理和工程原理以及微和纳米技术概念。该系统的核心是芯片上由计算机控制的微设备阵列，可以在显微镜下进行大量的实验室实验和演示。这个“芯片课堂”项目让教授、教师和学生以相对较低的成本进入微纳米世界。通过为教师提供硬件、软件和配套课程，该框架将影响成千上万的学生，使他们沉浸在基本的科学和工程概念中，从而推动更大比例的学生在STEM领域从事科学职业。有或没有大量微型设备倡议和资源的大学也将受益于这种可访问的技术。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Class on a Chip project aims to advance science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education for a broad range of students through the innovative application of micro-devices that are used to teach fundamental physics and engineering principles as well as micro- and nano-technology concepts. An array of individually computer controllable micro-devices on a chip is the centerpiece of the system, will allow numerous laboratory experiments and demonstrations to be carried out under a microscope.This Class on a Chip project gives professors, teachers and students access to the micro and nano world at a relatively low cost. By providing teachers with hardware, software and supporting curriculum, this framework will impact hundreds and thousands of students by allowing them to become immersed in essential scientific and engineering concepts, thus propelling a larger fraction of students towards scientific careers in the STEM fields. Universities with and without substantial micro-device initiatives and resources will also benefit for this accessible technology.