NUE: Integration of Nanoscience into the Undergraduate Curriculum: From Fabrication to Practical Applications of Nanodevices

这项授予波多黎各大学Humacao分校的纳米技术本科教育（NUE）奖支持物理系和电子系的Nicholas Pinto博士、Claudio Guerra博士和Juan Gonzalez先生在本科课程中引入新的实验。教学理论概念和基于纳米科学、技术和工程领域最新发现的技术的改进实验将被纳入。要讨论的主题落在物理、化学、生物和电气工程领域，因此是真正的跨学科。与纳米技术、科学和工程的最新发展有关的新实验将作为本科课程的一部分。这项提议的知识范围在于，它将在学生的职业生涯早期培养他们在纳米技术领域的能力。此外，在参加核心课程的同时，还提出了进行研究水平实验的机会，这将使学生了解如何进行研究以及进行实验研究的起起落落。拟议的项目将加强部门内的合作，这对于像乌马措大学这样的小型部门在研究和教育领域保持本科院校的竞争力至关重要。所有提出的实验都将在大学生的智力掌握范围内。这对学生追求高等教育的愿望产生了更广泛的强烈影响。最后，在乌马澳大学拥有一个强大的研究和教学基地将对该岛东南部的本科教育产生更广泛的影响，此外还将增加致力于纳米科学的学术和研究环境中代表性不足的学生的数量。该奖项的提案是根据纳米尺度科学与工程教育公告（NSF 03-044， NUE类别）收到的，由工程理事会的工程教育和中心部（EEC）以及数学和物理科学理事会（MPS）的材料研究部（DMR）共同资助。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award to the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao supports Dr. Nicholas Pinto, Dr. Claudio Guerra and Mr. Juan Gonzalez, Department of Physics and Electronics, to introduce new experiments into the undergraduate curriculum. Both the pedagogical theoretical concepts and modified experiments based on recently discovered techniques in the field of nanoscience, technology and engineering will be incorporated. The topics to be discussed fall in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Electrical Engineering and are thus truly interdisciplinary. New experiments related to the latest developments in nanotechnology, science and engineering will be included as part of the undergraduate curriculum. The intellectual scope of this proposal is that it will train students early in their careers in the field of nanotechnology. Also, opportunities to conduct research level experiments while enrolled in a core course is also proposed and this will give the students a flavor of how research is conducted together with the ups and downs in doing experimental research.The proposed projects will enhance intradepartmental collaboration which is vital for a small Department like that at UPR-Humacao to stay competitive as an undergraduate institution in the areas of research and education. All of the experiments proposed will lie within the intellectual grasp of undergraduates. This has the broader impact of having a strong influence on the students desire to pursue higher education. Finally, having a strong research and teaching base at UPR-Humacao will have a broader impact on undergraduate education in the South-East part of the island in addition to increasing the number of underrepresented students in academic and research environments dedicated to nanoscience.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 Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) in the Directorate for Engineering and the Division of Materials Research (DMR) in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS),