NUE: Integration of Nanoscale Research/Technology into a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

这项纳米技术本科教育（NUE）奖授予了科罗拉多大学博尔德分校，以支持Conrad R. Stoldt（机械工程）、Kenneth A. Gall（机械工程）和Roop L. Mahajan（机械工程）教授，使工程与应用科学学院（CEAS）能够在大一和大二的课程中整合纳米科学和工程。将与CEAS的综合教学实验室（ITLL）合作，开发和整合多个基于纳米技术的学习模块到第一年的通用工程和机械工程（ME）课程中。同时，我们将开设二年级的物理科学课程，为本科学生提供纳米科学与工程的深入介绍。这一第一年和第二年教育计划的成功与否，将部分地通过监测现有高年级机械工程纳米技术课程和独立研究项目的个别学生注册情况来评估。此外，还将与CEAS的女性工程项目（WIEP）和多元文化工程项目（MEP）积极合作，鼓励未被充分代表的学生参与拟议的纳米技术教育计划。该奖项的提案是根据纳米尺度科学与工程教育公告（NSF 03-444， NUE类别）收到的，由土木与机械系统部（CMS）和工程教育与中心部（EEC）共同资助。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award to the University of Colorado at Boulder supports Professors Conrad R. Stoldt (Mechanical Engineering), Kenneth A. Gall (Mechanical Engineering), and Roop L. Mahajan (Mechanical Engineering) to enable the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) to integrate nanoscale science and engineering into its curricula at both the freshman and sophomore levels. A collaborative effort with the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory (ITLL) in the CEAS will be cultivated to develop and integrate multiple nanotechnology-based learning modules into the first year General Engineering and Mechanical Engineering (ME) curriculum. Concurrently, a second-year physical science course will be developed and introduced in ME to provide undergraduate students with an in-depth introduction to nanoscale science and engineering. The success of this first- and second-year educational plan will be evaluated in part by monitoring individual student enrollment in existing upper-division ME nanotechnology courses and independent research projects. Additionally, there will be active collaboration with the Women in Engineering Program (WIEP) and Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP) in the CEAS to encourage strong underrepresented student participation in the proposed nanotechnology education initiative.The proposal for this award was received in response to the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education announcement, NSF 03-444, category NUE and was jointly funded by the Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems (CMS) and the Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) in the Directorate for Engineering.