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

韦恩州立大学(WSU)在毛光召博士的指导下，推出了一个名为“NUE：为培养未来的劳动力而发展纳米工程本科证书课程”的工程专业本科证书课程(NUCP)，该课程将面向现有的工程学专业学生和理科学士学生。希望扩大教育背景的学位持有者。NUCP将以证书计划的形式在本科生水平上提供加速和深入的纳米技术培训，而不是创建一个新的学位计划。该计划旨在满足密歇根州以制造业为主的经济以及目前落户该州的高科技行业的需求。NUCP寻求与密歇根州的大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，项目组与巴斯夫和DTE Energy建立了合作伙伴关系。该提案的主要目标是为纳米技术专业本科生培训创建NUCP。其他目标是：1)在本科阶段教授新兴技术，2)培训一支适应能力强的新劳动力队伍，3)重新培训在职工程师和专业人员。为了实现这些目标，将创建一个由四门新课程组成的证书计划：1)NE5300纳米技术和纳米医学概论，2)NE5100纳米工程实验室，3)NE5200规模工程：从工程系统到纳米技术，以及4)NE5300纳米工程研究与顶石设计。这些课程将由来自不同工程系的教师讲授，强调教学和研究的结合，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教师合作进行项目评估。NUCP将为许多具有不同背景的本科生提供一种机制，让他们在传统学科培训之外获得纳米工程方面的特定知识和技能。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计划中。2)现有的研究基础设施将用于本科教育。3)本科生将接受研究型职业培训。4)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职业生涯。NUCP将：1)为未来的新兴技术职业做好准备，2)专注于与系统和设备的相关性，以及3)通过开发跨越传统系和学科界限的新教学模块来振兴本科生工程教育。

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.