NUE: Societal, Ethical, Economic and Environmental Issues Relevant to Nanotechnology

这个名为“NUE：“与纳米技术相关的社会、伦理、经济和环境问题”（一门纳米生物伦理课程），在阿拉巴马大学塔斯卡卢萨分校的Leila Ladani博士的指导下，将在阿拉巴马大学工程与艺术与科学学院共同创建一门新的多学科管道开发课程，内容涉及纳米科学及其在伦理、社会、经济考虑和环境方面的影响。课程将由七个模块组成，包括：(1)纳米技术与生物技术概论；(2)纳米技术与生物医学的新兴应用；(3)眼见为实与微/纳米制造；(4)纳米技术与生物技术经济学；(5)哲学、伦理学、科学与工程；(6)纳米技术、生物技术与社会；(7)纳米技术、生物技术与环境。拟议研究的更广泛影响涉及在阿拉巴马州建立从高中到主要研究项目的试点管道。该管道将帮助中学、两年制和四年制大学生为该州与新兴技术相关的战略经济部门做好准备，同时培养他们对新兴技术对社会影响的认识。预计该试点项目每年将涉及200名学生，其中40%的群体参与率不足。

The goal of this NUE in Engineering program entitled, "NUE: Societal, Ethical, Economic and Environmental Issues Relevant to Nanotechnology" (a Nano Bio Ethics course), at the University of Alabama (UA) Tuscaloosa, under the direction of Dr. Leila Ladani, is to develop a new multidisciplinary pipeline development co-created course in the University of Alabama's Colleges of Engineering and Arts and Science on nanoscience and its implications with regard to ethics, society, economic considerations and the environment. The course will consist of seven modules consisting of: (1) Introduction to Nanotechnology and Biotechnology, (2) Emerging Applications of Nanotechnology and Biomedicine (3) Seeing is Believing and Micro/Nanofabrication, (4) Economics of Nanotechnology and Biotechnology, (5) Philosophy, Ethics, Science and Engineering, (6) Nanotechnology, Biotechnology and Society, and (7) Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, and the Environment.The broader impacts of the proposed research address the creation of a pilot pipeline from high schools to major research programs in Alabama. The pipeline will help prepare secondary, two-year and four-year college students for strategic economic sectors in the state tied to emerging technologies while fostering awareness of their implications to society. It is anticipated that the pilot will involve 200 students per year with 40% underrepresented group participation.