NUE: Nano-Science & Engineering: A STE Minor with General Education

在波特兰州立大学James E. Morris博士的指导下，这个名为“NUE：纳米科学与工程：通识辅修”的NUE工程项目的目标是发展纳米科学与工程的跨学科辅修课程，将来自科学、技术和工程（STE）专业和非STE专业的学生聚集在一起。副修课程将包括三个新的纳米技术课程：1)PH 382/382U纳米科学和纳米技术导论（4学分），2)BI 372/372U纳米技术，社会和可持续发展（4学分）和3)ECE 317/317U纳米技术模拟与设计（4学分），这些课程将采用主动学习原则教授，并将纳入初级大学研究课程（UNST）组。1)文科科学；2)自由、隐私和技术；3)环境可持续性；4)知识、理性和理解。建议的更广泛影响包括展示这些先进的概念可以适当地传达给一般的学生观众，包括技术和非技术学生，以及从所有参与者的开阔视角。工业也将从顶点项目中受益（这些项目经常产生商业产品创新和社会影响）。夏季教师培训讲习班将使其影响倍增。项目团队估计，超过150名学生将在第一年学习至少一门集群课程，之后会成倍增加。

The goal of this NUE in Engineering program entitled, "NUE: Nano-Science & Engineering: A STE Minor with General Education", at Portland State University, under the direction of Dr. James E. Morris, is to develop an interdisciplinary minor in nano-scale science and engineering that brings together students from both Science, Technology, and Engineering (STE) major and non-STE majors. The minor will consist of three new nanotechnology courses at the junior level: 1)PH 382/382U Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (4 credits), 2) BI 372/372U Nanotechnology, Society, and Sustainability (4 credits) and 3) ECE 317/317U Nanotechnology Simulation and Design (4 credits) which will be taught by active learning principles and will be included in the junior University Studies Program (UNST) clusters: 1) Science in the Liberal Arts, 2) Freedom, Privacy, and Technology, 3) Environmental Sustainability, and 4) Knowledge, Rationality, and Understanding. The broader impacts of the proposal include the demonstration that these advanced concepts can be suitably conveyed to a general student audience of both technical and non-technical students, and from the broadened perspectives of all participants. Industry will also benefit from the capstone projects, (which regularly spawn commercial product innovation and social impact.) The impact will be multiplied by summer teacher training workshops. The project team estimates that over 150 students will take at least one cluster course in the first year, multiplying thereafter.