NUE: Development of Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education Program at the University of Rochester Integrated Nanosystems Center

该工程项目名为“NUE：罗彻斯特大学综合纳米系统中心多学科纳米技术本科教育项目的发展”，由Nicholas P. Bigelow博士指导。综合纳米系统中心（URNano）是真正的跨学科，涉及光学，化学，物理，生物医学，化学，机械和电气工程部门以及UR医学中心的教师和学生。这个NUE项目的主要目标是：1)在大学建立一个连贯的教育计划，促进大学几个部门之间的合作，向本科生介绍纳米技术领域；2)在拥有最先进的实验设备的大学和门罗社区学院（MCC）之间建立一种可转换的纳米技术合作模式；3)开发可重复的动手实验（“迷你实验室”）、学习材料和教学方法，以教育不同背景的学生，包括大一新生和非stem专业的社区大学生。同样的“迷你实验室”将被引入到大学的大一和大二的各种课程中。基于早期美国国家科学基金会支持的大学和MCC之间的合作，两所机构将继续这种合作，以培养具有不同背景的纳米技术学生。建立URNano教育计划并让MCC参与其中，将为URNano和MCC与纽约州北部其他社区学院的未来项目奠定基础。该项目影响了各种不同背景的理工科学生，包括代表性不足的群体（约34%的MCC学生是少数民族，50%以上是女性）。这个项目将会吸引更多的社区大学生到参与这个NUE项目的大学。NSF夏季REU和RET项目和互动研讨会，包括参与ALPhA浸入式项目，将为来自其他机构，特别是社区学院和小型大学的学生和教师提供一个机会，了解在UR和MCC负担得起的“迷你实验室”。来自罗彻斯特市西北大学预科学校的教师将被邀请参加互动研讨会，该学校主要为少数民族学生服务。

This NUE in Engineering program entitled, "NUE: Development of Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education Program at the University of Rochester Integrated Nanosystems Center", at the University of Rochester (UR), is under the direction of Dr. Nicholas P. Bigelow. The Integrated Nanosystems Center (URNano) is truly interdisciplary, and involves faculty and students from the Departments of Optics, Chemistry, Physics, Biomedical, Chemical, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, as well as the UR Medical Center. The primary goals of this NUE project are: 1) creating a coherent education program at the UR, promoting collaboration between several UR departments to introduce undergraduate students to the field of nanotechnology; 2) creating a transformable model of collaboration in nanotechnology between a university with state-of-the-art, experimental facilities, and Monroe Community College (MCC); and 3) developing reproducible hands-on experiments ("mini-labs"), learning materials and pedagogical methods to educate students with diverse backgrounds, including freshmen and non-STEM-major community college students. The same "mini-labs" will be introduced in various UR courses for UR freshmen and sophomores. Based on earlier NSF supported collaboration between the UR and MCC, both institutions will continue this collaboration to educate nanotechnology students with diverse backgrounds. Establishing the URNano education program and involving in it MCC will lay the foundation for future projects of the UR and MCC with other community colleges of Upstate New York.This project impacts a variety of science and engineering students with diverse backgrounds including under-represented groups (~34% of MCC students are minorities and over 50% are women). This project will attract more community college students to the universities involved in this NUE program. Summer NSF REU and RET programs and interactive workshops including participation in the ALPhA immersion program will provide students and teachers from other institutions, especially community colleges and small univesities, with an opportunity to learn about affordable "mini-labs' at the UR and MCC. Teachers from the City of Rochester Northwest College Preparatory School serving mostly minority students will be invited to the interactive workshop.