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

这个纳米技术工程本科教育（NUE）项目名为“NUE：在Jitendra S. Tate博士的指导下，德克萨斯州立大学圣马科斯分校将与德克萨斯大学泰勒分校（UT）合作开展“纳米技术安全问题”的介绍和高级课程，包括纳米技术的社会、伦理、环境、健康和安全问题，以促进“纳米技术环境、健康和安全意识”在未来的工程技术领导者中的发展。课程本质上是模块化的，既适合作为德克萨斯大学泰勒分校在线教授的两个完整学期的课程，也适合作为单独的模块插入德克萨斯州的本科工程、工程技术和工业技术课程中。该项目最初将影响德克萨斯州立大学和德克萨斯大学泰勒分校的1000多名工程和技术本科生，其中350名是代表性不足的少数民族学生。从课程开发中获得的见解和对学习成果的严格评估将为在传统工程、工程技术、工业技术和科学课程中纳入纳米技术的社会、伦理、环境、健康和安全问题提供基础。为两所机构共同开发纳米技术课程所获得的经验将允许在其他机构复制这些课程，包括hbcu、hsi和社区学院，成为促进美国两年制和四年制大学纳米技术安全教育的催化剂。开发工作将提高本科生的资格，其中许多是女性和西班牙裔。当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时。拟议中的项目将帮助培养多样化的劳动力，以满足新兴纳米技术公司的需求，目前有100多家纳米技术公司位于德克萨斯州。

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.