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

罗彻斯特大学(UR)的这个名为“NUE：罗切斯特大学集成纳米系统中心多学科纳米技术本科教育项目的发展”的工程学项目由Nicholas P.Bigelow博士指导。集成纳米系统中心(URNano)是真正跨学科的，涉及来自光学、化学、物理、生物医学、化学、机械和电气工程以及UR医学中心的教职员工和学生。该项目的主要目标是：1)在北卡罗来纳大学建立一个连贯的教育项目，促进多个部门之间的合作，向本科生介绍纳米技术领域的本科生；2)在拥有最先进的实验设施的大学和门罗社区学院(MCC)之间创建一个可转化的纳米技术合作模式；3)开发可重复使用的动手实验(“迷你实验室”)、学习材料和教学方法，以教育不同背景的学生，包括新生和非STEM专业的社区学院学生。同样的“迷你实验室”也将被引入到大学一、二年级的各种UR课程中。基于早些时候NSF支持的UR和MCC之间的合作，两家机构将继续这种合作，以教育不同背景的纳米技术学生。建立URNano教育计划并参与MCC将为UR和MCC未来与纽约北部其他社区学院的项目奠定基础。该项目影响到各种不同背景的理工科学生，包括代表不足的群体(MCC学生中约34%是少数族裔，超过50%是女性)。该项目将吸引更多的社区学院学生到参与该项目的大学。NSF的暑期REU和RET项目以及包括参加Alpha沉浸项目在内的互动研讨会将为来自其他机构，特别是社区学院和小型大学的学生和教师提供机会，了解UR和MCC负担得起的“迷你实验室”。来自罗切斯特市西北学院预科学校的教师将被邀请参加互动研讨会。

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.