NUE: Development of an Undergraduate Certificate Program in Nanoengineering for Training the Workforce of Tomorrow

在Wayne州立大学（WSU）的毛光钊博士的指导下，这个名为“NUE：纳米工程本科证书课程的开发，以培养未来的劳动力”的NUE工程项目将创建一个纳米工程本科证书课程（NUCP），它将针对当前的工程专业学生以及希望扩展其教育背景的学士学位持有者。而不是创建一个新的学位课程，NUCP将提供加速和深入的培训纳米技术在本科水平的证书课程的形式。该计划旨在满足密歇根州以制造业为主的经济以及目前在该州定居的高科技产业的需求。NUCP寻求与密歇根州主要公司以及底特律科技城地区的初创企业建立合作伙伴关系，以创建满足工业需求的工程课程。为此，项目团队与巴斯夫和德泰能源建立了合作伙伴关系。该提案的主要目标是为纳米技术的专业本科培训创建NUCP。其他目标有：1)在本科阶段教授新兴技术，2)培养新的适应性劳动力，3)对在职工程师和专业人员进行再培训。为了实现这些目标，将开设一个由四门新课程组成的证书课程：1)NE5300纳米技术和纳米医学导论，2)NE5100纳米工程实验室，3)NE5200缩小工程：从工程系统到纳米技术，以及4)NE5300纳米工程研究和顶点设计。课程将由来自不同工程学系的教师授课，强调教学与研究的结合，以及跨学科的教学。此外，工程学院将与华盛顿州立大学政治学和经济学学院合作进行项目评估。NUCP将为许多具有不同背景的本科生提供一种机制，使他们能够在传统的学科训练之外获得纳米工程方面的具体知识和技能。预计对本科课程的影响如下：1)提供纳米工程多学科培训的课程将被创建并整合到一个证书课程中。2)将现有的研究基础设施用于本科教育。3)本科生将获得科研水平的职业培训。将为在职工程师提供再培训，使他们能够在密歇根和其他地方发展自己的事业。NUCP将：1)为新兴技术领域的未来劳动力做好准备；2)专注于与系统和设备的相关性；3)通过开发跨越传统部门和学科界限的新教学模块，为本科工程教育注入活力。

This NUE in Engineering program entitled, "NUE: Development of an Undergraduate Certificate Program in Nanoengineering for Training the Workforce of Tomorrow", at Wayne State University (WSU), under the direction of Dr. Guangzhao Mao, will create a Nanoengineering Undergraduate Certificate Program (NUCP) that will target current engineering students as well as B.Sc. degree holders who wish to expand their educational background. Rather than creating a new degree program, the NUCP will offer accelerated and in-depth training on nanotechnology at the undergraduate level in the form of a certificate program. The Program seeks to meet the demands of Michigan's largely manufacturing economy and also the high-tech industries currently settling in the state. The NUCP seeks partnerships with major Michigan companies as well as start-ups in the Detroit Tech Town area to create an engineering curriculum that meets industrial demands. To that end the project team has established partnerships with BASF and DTE Energy. The primary objective of the proposal is to create the NUCP for specialized undergraduate training in nanotechology. Other objectives are: 1) to teach emerging technologies at the undergraduate level, 2) to train a new adaptive workforce, and 3) to retrain working engineers and professionals. In order to achieve these objectives, a certificate program consisting of four new courses will be created: 1) NE5300 Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine, 2) NE5100 Nanoengineering Laboratory, 3) NE5200 Scale-down Engineering: from Engineered Sysems to Nanotechnology, and 4) NE5300 Nanoengineering Reesaerch and Capstone Design. The courses will be taught by faculty members from different engineering departments with emphasis on integration of teaching and research, as well as cross-disciplinary teaching. In addition, the engineering faculty will collaborate with faculty from political science and economics at WSU to conduct program evaluation.The NUCP will provide a mechanism for undergraduate students, many with diverse backgrounds, to acquire specific knowledge and skills in nanoengineering beyond their traditional disciplinary training. The expected impacts on the undergraduate curriculum are as follows: 1) Courses offering multidisciplinary training in nanoengineering will be created and integrated into one certificate program. 2) Existing research infrastructure will be used in undergraduate education. 3) Undergraduate students will obtain research-level career training. 4) Retraining will be offered to working engineers, enabling them to advance their careers in Michigan and elsewhere. The NUCP will: 1) prepare the future workforce for careers in emerging technologies, 2) focus on relevance to systems and devices, and 3) invigorate undergraduate engineering education by developing new teaching modules that cross traditional departmental and disciplinary boundaries.