Bottom-Up Meets Top-Down - An Integrated Undergraduate Nanotechnology Laboratory at NC State

在朱永博士的指导下，北卡罗莱纳州立大学（NCSU）的纳米技术本科教育（NUE）工程项目的目标是“NUE：自下而上与自上而下的整合——北卡罗莱纳州立大学的综合本科纳米技术实验室”，该项目旨在开发一门由10个便携式实验室模块组成的本科纳米技术实验室课程，在北卡罗莱纳州立大学工程学院为本科生提供纳米技术的实践经验。该项目的主题是纳米技术与微系统技术的融合，即自下而上的合成与自上而下的制造。它将连接纳米技术的“支柱”——纳米材料、纳米制造、纳米尺度表征和纳米器件。预计将有超过500名北卡州立大学的本科生受到新的实验课程以及与现有纳米技术课程相结合的实验模块的影响。总的来说，这个NUE项目将鼓励更多的美国学生攻读与纳米技术相关的研究生学习，并为新兴的纳米技术产业培养劳动力。本项目的成果将在项目期间和项目结束后向地方、区域和国家教育界传播。值得注意的是，结果和教育模块将在北卡科学教师协会和北卡州立大学的纳米日与K-12教育工作者共享。

The goal of this Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering program at North Carolina State University (NCSU) entitled "NUE: Bottom-Up Meets Top-Down-An Integrated Undergraduate Nanotechnology Laboratory at NC State", under the direction of Dr. Yong Zhu, is to develop an undergraduate Nanotechnology laboratory course, consisting of 10 portable lab modules, in the College of Engineering at NCSU that will provide undergraduate students with hands-on experience in nanotechnology. The theme of this project is the integration of nanotechnology with microsystem technology, i.e., bottom-up synthesis meeting top-down fabrication. It will bridge the "pillars" of nanotechnology-nanomaterials, nanofabrication, nanoscale characterization and nanodevices. Over 500 undergraduate students at NCSU are expected to be affected by the new lab course and the integration of lab modules to existing nanotechnology courses. Overall this NUE project will encourage more U.S. students to pursue graduate study related to nanotechnology and to train a workforce for the emerging nanotechnology industry. Results of this project will be disseminated to local, regional, and national education communities, both during and after the project. Of note is that regionally the results and educational modules will be shared with K-12 educators at the NC Science Teachers Association and through NCSU's NanoDays.