NUE: Unifying Nanotechnology Education at CUNY Community Colleges

这个NUE在工程计划的主要目标，题为“NUE：在纽约市立大学社区学院统一纳米技术教育”，在纽约市立大学城市学院，在博士的指导下。是在纽约（CUNY）的两年制社区学院（CC）统一纳米技术教育该计划旨在建立一个更好的教育系统，并建立一个从这些CC到高级学院（如纽约城市学院（CCNY））的学生准备更充分的管道。 这一目标将通过使用一个成功测试的过程来实现，该过程用于实施在过去两年中在霍格尔和布朗克斯社区学院教师和CCNY教师之间合作开发的纳米材料课程，用于在曼哈顿自治市（BMCC），拉瓜迪亚（LGCC），金斯伯勒（KBCC），和皇后区（QBCC）社区学院。除了对CC课程和学生的直接教育影响，该项目还为从CC到高级学院的各种研究培训学生群体创建了一个管道，并提供支持以提高保留率。学生人数为74（BMCC），53（LGCC），48（KCC）和51%（QBCC）来自西班牙裔或非洲裔美国人。因此，通过纳米材料课程介绍将CC学生转移到纽约市立大学系统的高级学院将增加纽约市立大学STEM学科的整体多样性。拟议的纳米技术教育在纽约市立大学社区学院的统一提供了一个前所未有的机会，在社区学院，这有可能影响整个纽约市立大学系统创建纳米技术专业知识的关键集群。

The primary goal of this NUE in Engineering program entitled, "NUE: Unifying Nanotechnology Education at CUNY Community Colleges", at CUNY City College, under the direction of Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar, is to unify nanotechnology education at 2-year Community Colleges (CC) in the City University of New York (CUNY) system and to create a pipeline of better prepared students from these CCs to Senior Colleges such as the City College of New York (CCNY). This goal will be achieved using a successfully tested process for implementation of Nanomaterials curricula developed over the past two years in collaboration between Hostos and Bronx Community College faculty and CCNY faculty for the implementation of Nanotechnology Education at Borough of Manhattan (BMCC), LaGuardia (LGCC), Kingsborough (KBCC), and Queensborough (QBCC) Community Colleges.In addition to the direct educational impact on CC curriculum and students, this project also creates a pipeline for a diverse group of research-trained students from the CCs to Senior Colleges and provides support to enhance retention. The student populations are 74 (BMCC), 53 (LGCC), 48 (KCC), and 51% (QBCC) from Hispanic or African American ethnic groups. Thus, the transfer of CC students to Senior Colleges in the CUNY system via the Introduction to Nanomaterials Course will increase the overall diversity in STEM disciplines at CUNY. The proposed unification of Nanotechnology education at the CUNY community colleges provides an unprecedented opportunity to create a critical cluster of nanotechnology expertise at the community colleges, which has the potential to affect the entire CUNY system.