NUE: Development of a Nanotechnology Laboratory Course for First-Year Undergraduates

这个纳米技术本科教育（NUE）计划，题为“纳米技术实验室课程的第一年本科生的发展”，在佛罗里达理工学院（FIT），博士的指导下。Mantovani，是由工程教育和中心（EEC）在工程理事会的部门资助。该项目的总体目标是为佛罗里达技术大学一年级本科生设计的新课程的发展，这将有助于未来的纳米技术工作者在美国的培训。由此产生的课程将提供一个独特的实践实验室经验，科学和工程的一年级学生，并可能影响那些发现自己对纳米技术感兴趣的参与学生的职业选择。 新的实验室课程的四个目标是：1）介绍今天在纳米技术中使用的实验技术; 2）激励学生在学术生涯的早期，在他们大三和大四的时候参加材料科学和工程的技术选修课程; 3）减少训练本科生成为教师指导的研究项目的生产性研究助理所需的时间;以及4）为国家发展具有纳米技术素养的更具生产力的劳动力的目标做出贡献。

This Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) program entitled, "Development of a Nanotechnology Laboratory Course for First-Year Undergraduates," at Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), under the direction of Dr. James G. Mantovani, is funded by the Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) in the Directorate for Engineering.The overall goal of this project is the development of a new course designed for first-year undergraduate students at Florida Tech that will contribute to the training of future nanotech workers in the U.S. The resulting course will offer a uniquely practical laboratory experience to first-year students of science and engineering, and can potentially influence the career choices of participating students who discover that nanotechnology interests them. The four goals of the new laboratory course are: 1) to introduce experimental techniques used in nanotechnology today; 2) to motivate students early in their academic careers to take technical elective courses in materials science and engineering when they are juniors and seniors; 3) to reduce the amount of time needed to train an undergraduate student into becoming a productive research assistant in faculty-mentored research projects; and 4) to contribute to the nation's goal of developing a more productive workforce that is literate in nanotechnology.