Microtechnology and Nanotechnology: A Connected Approach to Small Systems

我们项目的目标是创建、测试和传播一本名为《微技术和纳米技术：小型系统的连接方法》的原型教科书，用于高年级本科生和研究生学习微技术，特别是微机电系统（MEMS）和纳米技术。随着这些领域的新课程在美国大学不断涌现，对一种创新的、写得好的、易懂的教科书的需求也在增长。我们认识到一些mems和纳米技术的教科书是可用的，但没有一个有效地将这些学科联系在一起。一个更广泛和更有凝聚力的观点是迟来的，目前市场上存在一个缺口。我们的书正在开发，以吸引广泛的观众，并通过代表所有必需的知识基础，从工程和科学更好地增加教学。目前在该领域工作和教学的专家同事将在整个编写过程中对我们的新教科书的材料进行编辑评估。试点测试将以教官讲授的课程的形式进行，这些课程将共享拟议教科书的标题和内容，并产生重要的反馈。我们的最终产品将是可销售的第一版，在beta站点测试中证明有效，将由一家大公司出版。与麦格劳-希尔公司的初步讨论表明，这样的产品存在市场，也有出版它的愿望。

The goal of our project is the creation, testing and dissemination of a prototype textbook entitled in Microtechnology and Nanotechnology: A Connected Approach to Small Systems, intended for upper-undergraduate and graduate level study of microtechnology, specially microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanotechnology. As new courses in these areas continue to emerge at American universities the need for an innovative well-written understandable textbook grows as well. We recognize that some MEMS-specific and nanotechnology-specific textbooks are available, but none that effectively tie these disciplines together. A broader and more cohesive viewpoint is overdue and a gap currently exists in the marketplace. Our book is being developed to appeal to a wide audience and to better augment instruction by representing all of the required knowledge bases from engineering and science. Expert colleagues currently working and teaching in the field will editorially evaluate our new textbook's materials throughout the composition process. Pilot tests in the form of courses taught by the PI will share the title and content of the proposed textbook and generate important feedback. Our final product will be a saleable first edition that, having proved effective in beta site testing, will be published by a major house. Preliminary discussions with McGraw-Hill suggest a market exists for such a product, as well as a desire to publish it.