Targeted Infusion Proposal: Course-embedded Model Utilizing Nanoscience and Nanotechnology to Integrate Research based Projects into the Science Curriculum

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科项目（HBCU- up）通过有针对性的输液项目支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以攻读STEM研究生课程和/或职业。奥尔巴尼州立大学将实施一项名为：利用纳米科学和纳米技术将基于研究的项目整合到科学课程中的课程嵌入模型的项目。该项目将通过在实验室注入基于纳米技术的研究来改变该机构的本科科学课程。项目目标包括在化学、生物和物理课程中注入研究经验；增强学生纳米科学与技术领域的内容知识；提高学生的研究和批判性思维能力。该项目更广泛的影响是为本科学生进行跨学科研究的培训，以及为K-12学生和高中教师提供专业发展研讨会的推广计划，以开发或调整纳米技术活动，以便在K-12课程中实施。将研究整合到课程中是通过集中研究纳米技术的三个轨道来完成的。研究方向包括：碳纳米材料的生物医学应用，包括石墨烯和铁氧体纳米颗粒的合成、功能化、表征、波与纳米颗粒的相互作用和递送应用；纳米粒子对活生物体的研究，重点是纳米粒子对人体细胞、植物、微生物和生物大分子的影响；介绍纳米技术，学生在不同条件下制备金纳米粒子，并表征和研究其催化性能。该项目将化学、生物和物理学科联系起来，以纳米技术为中心主题，将研究融入课程。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. Albany State University will implement a project entitled: Course-embedded Model Utilizing Nanoscience and Nanotechnology to Integrate Research based Projects into the Science Curriculum. The project will transform the undergraduate science curriculum at the institution by infusing nanotechnology based research in the laboratory. Project objectives include the infusion of research experiences in chemistry, biology and physics courses; enhancement of students' content knowledge of the field of nanoscience and technology; and, enhancement of students' research and critical thinking skills. The broader impacts of the project are in the training of undergraduate students for interdisciplinary research, as well as outreach programs to K-12 students and professional development workshops for high school teachers to develop or adapt activities in nanotechnology for implementation into the K-12 curriculum.The integratation of research into the curriculum is accomplished by concentrating on three tracks of research in nanotechnology. The tracks are: the biomedical application of carbon nanomaterials, where synthesis, functionalization, characterization, wave-nanoparticle interactions and delivery applications of graphene and ferrite nanoparticles are investigated; the study of nanoparticles on living organisms where the focus is on the effect of nanoparticles on human cells, plants, and microorganisms and biological macromolecules; and an introduction of nanotechnology where students prepare gold nanoparticles under varying conditions and characterize and study their catalytic properties. This project connects the disciplines of chemistry, biology and physics using nanotechnology as the central theme for the integration of the research into the curriculum.