INTERDISCIPLINARY UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN NANOTECHNOLOGY AT NJIT: Linking K-12 through Graduate Education via Nanotechnology

NUE in Engineering项目名为“NJIT纳米技术跨学科本科项目：通过纳米技术将K-12与研究生教育联系起来”，由Raquel Perez-Castillejos博士指导，旨在实现以下目标：1)开发一个新的15周课程，通过一系列讲座和实践课程向本科生介绍纳米技术的基本概念；2)为NJIT本科生开发一个以纳米技术为导向的暑期研究项目，每年将为5名学生提供通过职业发展活动、海报和摘要准备研讨会进一步追求他们对纳米技术的兴趣的机会，并在地区或国家会议上展示他们的项目成果。3)制定一项计划，培训研究生研究人员有效地教授和指导纳米技术的教育战略。4)开发多平台纳米技术教育应用程序-即能够在平板电脑、电脑和智能手机上运行的应用程序，让高中生熟悉纳米尺度。该计划的四个目标旨在将纳米技术从NJIT的研究实验室带入多种教育环境：从高中到本科生和研究生院。这项提案的目标的实施将汇集NJIT各级以及当地行业的资源和支持，以便为学生提供全面接触纳米技术领域的机会。这项提案的目的是对代表性不足的群体产生最大影响……少数民族和妇女。NanApp将在当地高中分发，特别是新泽西州的纽瓦克，那里有大量的非裔美国人和西班牙裔社区。由于NJIT的本科生人口占33%，少数族裔代表不足，女性占25%，预计这一计划将对这些群体接触纳米技术产生显着影响。

This NUE in Engineering program entitled, "INTERDISCIPLINARY UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN NANOTECHNOLOGY AT NJIT: Linking K-12 through Graduate Education via Nanotechnology", under the direction of Dr. Raquel Perez-Castillejos, aims to achieve the following goals: 1) Develop a new 15-week course that will introduce undergraduate students to basic concepts of nano-technology through a series of lectures and hands-on sessions; 2) Develop a nanotechnology-oriented summer research program for undergraduate students at NJIT, which will offer 5 students per year the chance to further pursue their interest in nanotechnology through career development activities, poster and abstract preparation workshops, and presenting their project results at regional or national conferences. 3) Develop a program that will train graduate researchers in educational strategies for effectively teaching and mentoring in nanotechnology. 4) Develop a multi-platform nanotechnology education app-i.e., an app that will be able to run on tablets, computers, and smartphones that will familiarize high school students with nano-scale dimensions. The four goals of this program aim at taking nanotechnology from the research labs at NJIT into multiple educational settings: from high schools to undergraduate and graduate schools. Implementation of the goals of this proposal will bring together resources and support from all levels of NJIT as well as from local industry in order to provide students with a holistic access to the field of nanotechnology. This proposal has been designed to have the most impact on underrepresented groups...minorities and women. The nanoApp will be distributed among local high schools, especially focusing on Newark, New Jersey, which has large African-American and Hispanic communities. Because NJIT has an undergraduate student population of 33% underrepresented minorities and 25% women it is anticipated that this program will have a remarkable impact on introducing these groups to nanotechnology.