NUE: Linking Introductory Physics Laboratories with Modern Technology by Restructuring Service Courses Around Investigations at the Nanoscale

该奖项的建议是在响应纳米科学与工程教育（NSEE）公告，NSF 03-044，纳米技术本科教育（NUE）。在加州州立理工大学波莫纳研究人员认识到一个独特的机会，为学生提供入门服务课程的机会，使用工业级的研究设备的方式，将阐明在纳米级的基本物理概念。 物理服务课程为来自众多学科的大量学生提供服务，这些学科需要物理学为其专业。 将围绕原子力显微镜（一种能够对原子成像的显微镜）为这些服务课程设计具体模块。 每个模块将被设计为说明在纳米尺度上的物理概念的测量或观察，这将补充学生在宏观尺度上对这些概念的调查。 应用将跨越科学和工程的所有领域，例子包括：细菌细胞膜上的微观摩擦，以补充现有实验室对斜面上质量的宏观摩擦;录像带上的磁条显示的微观磁性，以补充现有实验室对电线电流和螺线管磁场之间的磁力;光滑玻璃、粗糙玻璃、衍射光栅和蝴蝶翅膀的微观形貌，以补充现有的光的反射和干涉实验室;微观电容和静电学，以补充现有的绘制宏观电场的实验室。 一旦这些核心单元被纳入入门课程，将对其进行修订，以便纳入更高级的初级和高级课程以及学生研究项目。 该奖项的资金由MPS董事会物理司和地球科学董事会地球科学司提供。

The proposal for this award was received in response to the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education (NSEE) announcement, NSF 03-044, Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE).Investigators at California State Polytechnic University Pomona recognize a unique opportunity to offer students in introductory service courses the chance to use industrial grade research equipment in ways that will elucidate fundamental physics concepts at the nanoscale. Physics service courses serve large numbers of students from a multitude of disciplines that require physics for their major. Specific modules will be designed for these service courses around an atomic force microscope, a microscope capable of imaging atoms. Each module will be designed to illustrate the measurement or observation of a physics concept at the nanoscale that will complement student investigations of these concepts at the macroscale. Applications will span all areas of science and engineering and examples include: microscopic friction on bacteria cell membranes to complement existing labs on macroscopic friction of a mass on an incline; microscopic magnetism exhibited by magnetic stripes on videotape to complement existing labs on magnetic forces between currents in wires and the magnetic field of a solenoid; microscopic topography of smooth glass, rough glass, diffraction gratings and butterfly wings to complement existing labs on reflection and interference of light; microscopic capacitance and electrostatics to complement existing labs on mapping macroscopic electric fields. Once these core modules have been implemented into the introductory courses, they will be revised to allow implementation into more advanced junior and senior level courses and student research projects. Funding for this award is provided by the Division of Physics in the MPS Directorate and the Division of Earth Sciences in the Directorate for Geosciences.