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

在Raquel Perez-Castillejos博士的指导下，这个名为“NJIT纳米技术跨学科本科课程：通过纳米技术将K-12与研究生教育联系起来”的工程项目旨在实现以下目标：1)开发一个为期15周的新课程，通过一系列讲座和实践环节向本科生介绍纳米技术的基本概念；2)为新泽西理工大学的本科生制定一个纳米技术导向的暑期研究计划，每年将为5名学生提供机会，通过职业发展活动、海报和抽象准备研讨会，进一步追求他们对纳米技术的兴趣，并在地区或国家会议上展示他们的项目成果。3)制定一个计划，培训研究生研究人员有效地教授和指导纳米技术的教育策略。4)开发一个多平台的纳米技术教育应用程序，即这款应用程序将能够在平板电脑、电脑和智能手机上运行，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新泽西理工大学的研究实验室引入多种教育环境：从高中到本科和研究生院。为了实现这一提议的目标，将汇集来自新泽西理工大学各级以及当地工业的资源和支持，以便为学生提供全面进入纳米技术领域的机会。这项提案旨在对代表性不足的群体产生最大的影响。少数民族和妇女。nanoApp将在当地的高中分发，特别是在新泽西州的纽瓦克，那里有大量的非裔美国人和西班牙裔社区。由于新泽西理工大学的本科生中有33%的少数族裔和25%的女性，预计该项目将对这些群体介绍纳米技术产生显著影响。

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.