NUE: NanoLab -- A Hands-On Introduction to Nanoscience for Scientists and Engineers

纳米技术在本科教育（NUE）奖，由材料研究部资助，支持博士。诺曼俄克拉荷马大学物理与天文系的Lloyd a . Bumm和Mathew B. Johnson为本科生开发了一门纳米技术实验课程，NanoLab -科学家和工程师的纳米科学实践介绍。NanoLab是一门针对物理科学、生物科学和工程专业大二本科生的纳米技术动手实验课程。学生们通过亲身体验自顶向下和自底向上的纳米制造技术，如光刻图案化、纳米颗粒生长和自组装，来了解纳米技术。亲身体验最先进的纳米级表征技术，如原子力显微镜，是课程的一个组成部分。NanoLab在8月的课间提供为期四周的强化实验课程。本课程也向其他大学的学生、RET学者以及特别有天赋的高中生开放。NanoLab设施也可用于凯普斯通大学的本科生研究和REU的夏季研究。模块被分离出来并纳入初级物理实验课程，在那里科学被更深入地探索。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award, funded by the Division of Materials Research, supports Drs. Lloyd A. Bumm and Mathew B. Johnson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, to develop a nanotechnology laboratory course for undergraduates, NanoLab - a Hands-On Introduction to Nanoscience for Scientists and Engineers. NanoLab is a hands-on laboratory course in nanotechnology targeting sophomore undergraduate students in the physical sciences, the biological sciences, and engineering. The students gain an understanding of nanotechnology through hands-on experience with top-down and bottom-up nanofabrication techniques, such as lithographic patterning, nanoparticle growth, and self-assembly. Hands-on experience with state of the art nanometer-scale characterization techniques, such as atomic-force microscopy, is an integral part of the course. NanoLab is offered during the August intersession as an intensive four-week laboratory course. The course is also open to students from other universities, RET scholars, and to especially talented high school students. The NanoLab facilities are also available for Capstone undergraduate research and for REU summer research. Modules are spun off and incorporated into the junior physics laboratory course where the science is explored in more depth.