NUE: Development of Vertically Integrated Undergraduate Nanoscience Experiments

这项授予Kevin Kittredge教授的纳米技术本科教育(NUE)奖支持在迈阿密大学米德尔敦分校将纳米技术纳入本科化学课程的一系列实验的设计。从这些垂直整合的实验中受益的学生将以一种在导师的监督下模仿研究项目的方式参与项目的多个方面。最初，学生在有机化学课程中合成目标分子，并学习分子表征技术，如核磁共振和红外光谱。在他们的下一门课程中，要么是定量分析化学，要么是化学技术，学生将制备胶体纳米颗粒，并通过滴定研究金属离子的选择性离子结合。在第二门分析化学课程中，学生准备了一种二维自组装单分子膜，并用循环伏安法研究了离子的选择性。最后，在他们的物理化学课程中，学生研究了这些纳米粒子的紫外线和荧光光谱中出现的强等离子体发射的来源。学生们为特定的课程写一份报告，然后为后续的每一门课程重写报告，这有望使学生学习得更好。实验将在每个阶段进行评估，并进行最终评估。实验细节的传播将通过网站和私人出版两种方式进行。这一奖项的提案是对NSF 02-148类纳米科学与工程计划公告的回应。重点是开发实验室，向两个不同地点的本科生介绍纳米科学，迈阿密大学米德尔顿大学(两年制地区校区)和迈阿密大学牛津大学(传统的四年制大学)。垂直整合的纳米技术课程旨在为学生应对社会和科学界的挑战做好准备。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award to Professor Kevin Kittredge supports the design of a set of experiments in sequential courses that incorporate nanotechnology into the undergraduate chemistry curriculum at Miami University at Middletown. Students benefit from these vertically integrated experiments will be involved in multiple aspects of a project in a manner that mimics a research project under a mentor's supervision. Initially, the student synthesizes a target molecule in an organic chemistry course, and learns molecular characterization techniques, such as NMR and IR. In their next course, either quantitative analytical chemistry and/or chemical technology, the student prepares colloidal nanoparticles and studies selective ion-binding of metal cations by titration. In a second analytical chemistry course the student prepares a 2-dimensional self-assembled monolayer and studies ion selectivity by cyclic voltammetry. Lastly, in their physical chemistry course, the student studies the origins of the strong plasmon emissions that appear in the UV and fluorescence spectra for these nanoparticles. Students write a report for a particular class then rewrite it for each subsequent course, which is expected to lead to better student learning. Experiments will be evaluated at each stage and a final assessment conducted. Dissemination of experimental details will be made by both a web site and private publishing. The proposal for this award was received in response to the Nanoscale Science and Engineering program announcement, NSF 02-148, category NUE. The focus is on developing laboratories that will introduce nanoscience to undergraduate students at two different locations, Miami University Middletown (a two-year regional campus) and Miami University Oxford (a traditional four-year university). The vertically integrated nanotechnology curriculum is designed to prepare students to answer the challenges of society and the scientific community.