NUE: NanoTRA- Texas Regional Alliance to foster 'Nanotechnology Environment, Health, and Safety Awareness' in tomorrow's Engineering and Technology Leaders

这个纳米技术本科教育（NUE）在工程计划，题为“NUE：NanoTRA-Texas区域联盟，以促进“纳米技术环境，健康和安全意识”在明天的工程和技术领导者“，在得克萨斯州立大学圣马科斯博士的指导下。泰特，将是一个合作项目，与得克萨斯大学（UT）在泰勒，开发介绍和先进的课程，解决“纳米技术安全问题”，包括社会，道德，环境，健康和安全问题的纳米技术。 该课程将是模块化的性质，适合使用无论是作为两个完整的学期课程，将在UT在泰勒在线授课或插入作为单独的模块到本科工程，工程技术，和工业技术课程在得克萨斯州立大学。该项目最初将影响1,000多名本科工程和技术学生在得克萨斯州立大学和UT在泰勒，其中350人是代表性不足的少数民族学生。 从课程的发展和学习成果的严格评估中获得的见解将为将纳米技术的社会，道德，环境，健康和安全问题纳入常规工程，工程技术，工业技术和科学课程提供基础。 从共同开发纳米技术课程的两个机构获得的经验将允许复制的课程在其他机构，包括HBCU和HSI和社区学院，成为一个催化剂，以促进纳米技术安全教育在两年制和四年制机构在整个美国的发展努力将提高本科生的资格，其中许多是妇女和西班牙裔，因为他们在工业或学术界从事纳米科学和纳米技术相关的职业。 拟议的项目将帮助准备一个多样化的劳动力，以满足新兴的纳米技术公司的需求，其中100多家目前设在得克萨斯州。

This Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering program entitled, "NUE: NanoTRA-Texas Regional Alliance to foster 'Nanotechnology Environment, Health, and Safety Awareness' in tomorrow's Engineering and Technology Leaders", at Texas State University-San Marcos, under the direction of Dr. Jitendra S. Tate, will be a collaborative project with the University of Texas (UT) at Tyler, to develop introductory and advanced curricula that address the 'nanotechnology safety issues' that include social, ethical, environmental, health, and safety issues of nanotechnology. The curricula will be modular in nature, suitable for use either as two full semester courses that will be taught online at UT at Tyler or for insertion as separate modules into undergraduate engineering, engineering technology, and industrial technology courses at Texas State.This project will initially impact more than 1,000 undergraduate engineering and technology students at Texas State and UT at Tyler, of which 350 are underrepresented minority students. The insights gained from the development of the courses and the rigorous assesment of learning outcomes will provide the basis for the inclusion of nanotechnology social, ethical, environmental, health, and safety issues in conventional engineering, engineering technology, industrial technology, and science courses. The experience gained from co-developing nanotechnology courses for two institutions will permit the replication of the courses at other institutions, including HBCUs and HSIs and community colleges, becoming a catalyst to promote nanotechnology safety education in two and four year institutions throughout the U.S. The development effort will enhance the qualifications of undergraduates, many of them women and Hispanics, as they pursue nanoscience and nanotechnology-related careers in industry or academia. The proposed project will help prepare a diverse workforce to supply the needs of emerging nanotechnology companies, over 100 of which are currently based in Texas.