NUE: Integrating Nanotechnology into Undergraduate Engineering Education at the University of Arkansas

在邹敏博士的指导下，这个名为“NUE：将纳米技术融入阿肯色大学本科工程教育”的工程纳米技术本科教育（NUE）项目的目标是：1)为大一和大二的班级开发纳米技术模块；2)建立一个新的实验室，培养学生使用纳米技术工具的技能；3)创建多学科纳米技术证书课程；4)增加本科生参与本科研究的人数。该计划创造性地、有效地将跨学科纳米技术教育整合到阿肯色大学工程学院的本科工程课程中。项目团队的成员来自COE和艺术与科学学院的不同部门，组成了一个跨学科的团队，为学生提供了最广泛的纳米技术接触。这个项目的影响在于为下一代科学家和工程师开发和实施一个增加的纳米技术学习环境，这些科学家和工程师将领导纳米尺度的发现。几乎所有UA COE的本科生都将从大一开始接触纳米技术教育，其中很大一部分将参与纳米技术的研究。拟议的计划有可能成为其他中型研究生院校的典范，这些院校希望在新兴技术领域影响工科本科学生的教育。

The objectives of this Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering program entitled, "NUE: Integrating Nanotechnology into Undergraduate Engineering Education at the University of Arkansas", under the direction of Dr. Min Zou, are to 1) develop nanotechnology modules for freshman and sophomore classes; 2) develop a new laboratory to develop student skills with nanotechnology tools; 3) create a multidisciplinary nanotechnology certificate program; and 4) increase the number of undergraduate students participating in undergraduate research. The proposed plan creatively and effectively integrates interdisciplinary nanotechnology education into undergraduate engineering curriculum in the College of Engineering (COE) at the University of Arkansas (UA). Members of the project team are from different departments in the COE and the College of Arts and Sciences, forming an interdisciplinary team that gives the students the broadest exposure to nanotechnology.The impact of this program is in the development and implementation of an increased learning environment in nanotechnology for the next generation of scientists and engineers who will lead discovery at the nanoscale. Almost all UA COE undergraduate students will be exposed to nanotechnology education starting at the freshman level and a significant portion of them will participate in research in nanotechnology. The proposed plan has the potential to serve as a model for other mid-size graduate institutions that wish to impact the education of undergraduate engineering students in areas of emerging technology.