NUE: Nano in a Global Context for Engineering Students

南卡罗来纳大学的纳米技术本科教育（NUE）工程项目，名为“NUE：全球背景下的纳米工程学生”，在Navid Saleh博士的指导下，将提供机会，通过一个具有全球意义的现实世界项目来教授纳米技术的原理和应用：水净化。拟议的新纳米技术导论课程将涉及常见水污染主题下的五个重点领域，即(i)砷，（ii）病原体，（iii）有机物/金属污染和修复，（iv）污染物传感器，以及(v)处理系统的替代电源。本课程有三个主要目标：(1)向工程系的学生介绍纳米技术，否则他们将无法正式接触到这一重要的新兴技术；(2)整合不同工程学科提供的有关纳米技术的方法；(3)充分纳入关于在真实的发展中国家背景下实施纳米技术的实际伦理影响的讨论。该课程将包括来自克拉弗林大学（Claflin University）的学生，这是一所历史悠久的黑人大学，这将扩大该课程对更大、更多样化的受众的影响。此外，完成课程的学生将有机会前往孟加拉国，与孟加拉国工程技术大学的研究人员和学生见面，并参观该地区实际的水净化场所。该项目的总体成果包括(a)开发入门级纳米技术课程，(b)使该课程的单个模块可用于南加州大学内外的其他课程，(c)将技术文章纳入技术模块，作为学生接触科学研究的驱动因素，(d)包括来自克拉夫林大学的少数民族学生，以及(e)通过孟加拉国留学项目进行国际合作。

This Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering program at the University of South Carolina, entitled "NUE: Nano in a Global Context for Engineering Students", under the direction of Dr. Navid Saleh, will offer the opportunity to teach the principles and application of nanotechnology through a real-world program of global significance: water decontamination. The proposed new Introduction to Nanotechnology course will address five focus areas under the common water contamination theme, namely, (i) arsenic, (ii) pathogens, and (iii) organics/metal contamination and remediation, (iv) contaminant sensors, and (v) alternative power supply for treatment systems. The course has three principal goals: (1) introduce nanotechnology to engineering students who otherwise have no formal exposure to this important emerging technology; (2) integrate the approaches pertaining to nanotechnology offered by different engineering disciplines; and (3) fully incorporate discussions about the practical ethical implications of implementing nano in a real, developing world context. The course will include students from Claflin University an historically black college that will broaden the impact of the course to a larger, more diverse audience. In addition, students who complete the course will have the opportunity to travel to Bangladesh, meet researchers and students at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, and visit actual water decontamination sites in that region. The overall outcomes of this project include (a) development of an introductory nanotechnology class, (b) making the individual modules of the class available to other classes within USC and beyond, (c) incorporation of technical articles as the driver of the technical modules for student exposure to scientific research, (d) inclusion of minority students from Claflin University, and (e) international collaboration through the study-abroad program in Bangladesh.