NUE: Printing Innovative Nano Technology Research and Elite Education (PINE TREE) Program

在Namsoo Kim博士的指导下，德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校（UTEP）的这项名为“NUE：印刷创新纳米技术研究和精英教育（PINE TREE）计划”的工程项目将成为UTEP在2014年秋季开始提供的印刷纳米工程（PNE）浓度选项的补充项目。本提案的目标是在冶金与材料工程（MME）理学学士课程下设计和实施24学分的PNE集中（有国际经验的机会），这将为毕业生在印刷电子领域的高级高科技工程和制造职业做好准备。PINE TREE计划建立了三个目标来实现其目标：1)招募和培养低年级的工程预科学生，以追求纳米技术的职业选择。2)修改、评估和完善高年级的PNE课程，以确保学生为进入打印纳米工程的职业做好准备。战略行动包括对高年级课程进行评估和评价，并根据评估结果对课程进行改进。3)将研究与开发纳入本科教育，以强化PNE课程中获得的概念。PINE TREE项目建立在UTEP已经建立的纳米尺度和教学研究的基础上，以及UTEP和韩国首尔的西京大学（SKU）之间新建立的项目，该项目为SKU学生提供高年级PNE课程，这些学生在大三时转到UTEP。UTEP和SKU之间的国际合作将有助于推进美国的PNE教育，并有可能成为其他大学复制的典范，并加强美国在全球制造业的地位。完成PINE TREE课程的学生将成为印刷电子领域的专家，能够在可印刷材料开发、系统制造和柔性电子开发领域制造印刷电子产品。由于UTEP MME系的本科学生中有81%是西班牙裔，31%是女性，PINE TREE计划将培养具有印刷电子行业所需技能和资格的多元化工程师群体；这些学生不仅在种族和性别上是多样化的，而且在教育背景上也是多样化的。该项目还包括国际合作，这将有助于推动PNE在美国的教育

This NUE in Engineering program entitled, "NUE: Printing Innovative Nano Technology Research and Elite Education (PINE TREE) Program", at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), under the direction of Dr. Namsoo Kim, will be a supplemental program for the Printing Nano Engineering (PNE) concentration option available at UTEP beginning in the Fall of 2014. The goal of this proposal is to design and implement a 24-credit-hour PNE concentration (with opportunities for international experiences) under the Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MME) program, which will prepare graduates for advanced, high-tech engineering and manufacturing careers in printed electronics. The PINE TREE Program has established three objectives to achieve its goal: 1) Recruit and prepare lower-division pre-engineering students to pursue a career option in Nanotechnology. 2) Modify, evaluate, and refine upper-division PNE courses to ensure that students are prepared to enter careers in printing nano-engineering. The strategic actions include the assessing and evaluating of the upper-division curricula and refining courses based on assessment results. 3) Integrate research and development into undergraduate education to reinforce the concepts acquired in the PNE curricula. The PINE TREE program builds on nano-scale and pedagogical research that is already established at UTEP, as well as on the newly established program between UTEP and Seokyeong University (SKU) in Seoul, South Korea that offers upper-division PNE courses to SKU students who transfer to UTEP in their junior year. This international collaboration between UTEP and SKU will help advance PNE education in the U.S. and has the potential of serving as a model which can be replicated by other universities and strengthen the U.S. global manufacturing position. The students who complete the PINE TREE program will be experts in the field of printed electronics and able to manufacture printed electronics in the areas of printable material development, system manufacturing, and development of flexible electronics. Since the UTEP MME Department has an undergraduate student population that is 81% Hispanic and 31% Female, the PINE TREE Program will create a diverse group of engineers with the skills and qualifications needed in industry for printed electronics; the students will be diverse not only in ethnicity and gender, but in educational background. The program also features international collaborations that will help advance PNE education in the U.S.