NUE: Teaching Nanosystems Engineering to Early College Students with Active Learning Experiences

这项纳米技术本科教育（NUE）奖授予了路易斯安那理工大学机械工程专业的Hisham Hegab博士，以表彰他在路易斯安那理工大学工程与科学学院向工程与科学专业的学生教授纳米系统工程的基本概念，并通过在路易斯安那州北部当地高中的演示来激发人们对科学与工程的兴趣。项目研究人员将针对不同的教育水平（如高中生、大一本科生、大二本科生）创建一系列动手主动学习模块，教授纳米技术的基本概念，如纳米结构、扫描探针方法、纳米制造技术和纳米材料的基本现象。这些学习模块将通过大一阶段的课程和大二阶段的新课程“纳米系统工程基础”整合到现有的课程中。为该项目开发的课程材料也将通过基于网络的在线手册集和国家科学、技术、工程和数学教育数字图书馆（NSDL）提供，以便可供全国其他机构使用。项目调查人员还将在路易斯安那理工大学附近的地区中学和大学赞助的外展活动中使用一些模块进行外展演示。该奖项的提案是响应纳米尺度科学与工程教育公告，NSF 03-044， NUE类别，由工程理事会（ENG）的设计，制造和工业创新部（DMII）和工程教育和中心部（EEC）共同资助。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award to Louisiana Tech University supports Dr. Hisham Hegab, Mechanical Engineering Program, for his work to teach fundamental concepts of nanosystems engineering to engineering and science students within the College of Engineering & Science at Louisiana Tech University and to invigorate interest in science and engineering through demonstrations to local high schools in northern Louisiana. The project investigators will create a series of hands-on active learning modules targeted for different educational levels (e.g, high school students, freshman undergraduates, sophomore undergraduates) to teach fundamental concepts in nanotechnology such as nanostructures, scanning probe methods, nanofabrication techniques, and fundamental phenomena in nanoscale materials. These learning modules will be incorporated into existing curricula through courses at the freshman level and by the development of a new sophomore-level course entitled "Fundamentals of Nanosystems Engineering". The course materials developed for this project will also be made available through a web-based online set of manuals and through the National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library (NSDL) so that they may be used by other institutions across the nation. The project investigators will also perform outreach demonstrations using some of the modules to regional secondary schools around Louisiana Tech and at University sponsored outreach events.The proposal for this award was received in response to the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education announcement, NSF 03-044, category NUE and was jointly funded by the Division of Design, Manufacture and Industrial Innovation (DMII) and the Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) both in the Directorate for Engineering (ENG).