NUE: Creating Baccalaureate Level Nanotechnology Minors with Pathways From Existing Associate Degree Programs in Nanofabrication

这个纳米技术本科教育（NUE）项目名为“从现有的纳米制造副学士课程中创建学士级纳米技术未成年人”，在Stephen J. Fonash博士的指导下，由工程理事会（ENG）、电气与通信系统（ECS）、工程教育与中心（EEC）和教育与人力资源理事会（EHR）、本科教育司（DUE）共同资助。该项目将建立在宾夕法尼亚州于1998年发起的宾夕法尼亚州纳米制造技术（NMT）伙伴关系的基础上。该计划的目标是为拥有纳米制造社区学院副学士学位的学生创造学士学位的途径，并为PSU本科生提供在最后两年开设纳米技术辅修或专业的机会。在PSU和其他参与NMT伙伴关系的学士学位授予机构现有的学士学位课程中，建议综合努力开发实验室密集型、高年级本科课程，以支持纳米技术的选修、辅修或集中。这一努力将通过让PSU和其他机构的教职员工和行政人员参与联合开发高级NUE课程的过程来实现；联合设计高级本科纳米技术课程，并在PSU和其他参与机构内提供重要的动手实验组件；并创建一个“二加三”学士学位课程，通过该课程，社区学院纳米制造相关学位课程的合格毕业生可以在三年内完成宾夕法尼亚州立大学工程学士学位，辅修纳米技术。

This Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) program entitled, "Creating Baccalaureate Level Nanotechnology Minors with Pathways From Existing Associate Degree Programs in Nanofabrication," at Pennsylvania State University, under the direction of Dr. Stephen J. Fonash, is jointly funded by the Directorate for Engineering (ENG), Division of Electrical and Communications Systems (ECS) and Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE). The project will build upon the Pennsylvania Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology (NMT) Partnership initiated in 1998 by the state of Pennsylvania. The objective of this program is create baccalaureate degree pathways for students holding community college associate degrees in nanofabrication and to give PSU undergraduate students the opportunity to fashion nanotechnology minors or concentrations in their last two years. An integrated effort is proposed to develop laboratory-intensive, upper division undergraduate courses to support options, minors, or concentrations in nanotechnology within existing baccalaureate degree programs at PSU and other baccalaureate degree granting institutions participating in the NMT Partnership. This effort will be achieved by engaging faculty members and administrators within PSU and other institutions in a process for joint development of upper division NUE courses; jointly design upper level undergraduate nanotechnolgoy courses with significant hands-on laboratory components to be offered within PSU and by other participating institutions; and create a "two-plus-three" bacalaureate degree program through which qualified gradutes of community college associated degree programs in nanofabrication can complete a Penn State B.S. in engineering with a minor in nanotechnology in three years.