NUE: Introducing Nanotechnology in Freshman Engineering via Micromanufacturing

在俄亥俄州立大学(OSU)，在David L.Tomasko博士的指导下，这项名为“新生工程中的芯片上纳米制造”的纳米技术本科教育(NUE)项目由工程总局(ENG)的化学与运输系统(CTS)部门资助。该项目是由俄亥俄州立大学微设备分子工程(IGERT)综合研究生教育、研究和培训项目(IGERT)的教员和研究生领导的新生工程师的一次全新的实践设计和构建体验。一年级学生将使用不同学科的技能来设计、建造和测试他们自己的“芯片实验室”模型。这些设备展示了一种将纳米技术与微尺度环境相结合的制造方法，从而强调了纳米制造的挑战和潜力。在该项目的每个阶段，IGERT研究员和教职员工将带领研究模块和实验室参观，展示纳米尺度领域的科学和技术。因此，学生们将通过动手实践微型制造和最先进的纳米技术研究来进行积极的学习。

This Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) program entitled, "Lab-on-a-chip Nanomanufacturing in Freshman Engineering," at Ohio State University (OSU), under the direction of Dr. David L. Tomasko, is funded by the Division of Chemical and Transport Systems (CTS) in the Directorate for Engineering (ENG). This project is a novel hands-on design and build experience for freshman engineers led by faculty and graduate fellows from the Integrative Graduate Education, Research, and Traineeship (IGERT) program at OSU in Molecular Engineering of Microdevices. Freshman students will design, build, and test their own model "lab-on-a-chip" using skills from a variety of disciplines. These devices demonstrate a manufacturing approach to interface nanotechnology to the microscale environment thus emphasizing the challenges and potential of nanomanufacturing. At every stage of the project IGERT fellows and faculty will lead study modules and lab tours showing the science and technology in the nanoscale domain. Hence, the students will be engaged in both active learning through hands on micromanufacturing and state-of-the-art nanotechnology research.