NUE: Introducing Nanoscience to Education and Student Research at Jackson State University

这在本科教育纳米技术（NUE）奖杰克逊州立大学支持教授Shahbazyan，哈格尔伯格和沃尔特斯领导跨学科的合作努力，整合纳米科学研究和教育在杰克逊州立大学。该项目的主要教育组成部分涉及纳米技术实验室课程的开发，并附带全面的手册，这将补充已经建立的纳米科学与工程入门讲座课程的第一和第二年的本科生。新的跨学科实验室课程将向科学、工程和技术学院各系的本科生开放，并将通过提供先进材料研究方面的实践培训机会，弥合学生教育和研究活动之间的差距。该项目的研究部分还将包括纳米结构材料的计算和理论研究，如碳纳米结构、封装金属原子簇和具有分子吸附物的金属纳米颗粒。外联活动将包括纳米技术研讨会和纳米技术暑期课程。该奖项的建议是响应纳米科学和工程教育公告，NSF 03-044，类别NUE，并由数学和物理科学理事会的材料研究和物理部门以及工程理事会共同资助。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award to Jackson State University supports Professors Shahbazyan, Hagelberg and Walters to lead a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to integrate nanoscience research and education in Jackson State University. The main educational component of the project involves a development of Nanotechnology Laboratory course with accompanying comprehensive manual, which will complement the already established Introduction to Nanoscale Science and Engineering lecture course for the first and second year undergraduates. The new interdisciplinary laboratory course will be open to undergraduate students from all departments of the College of Science, Engineering and Technology, and will bridge the gap between students' education and research activities by providing opportunities for hands-on training in advanced materials research. The research component of the project will also include computational and theoretical studies of nanostructured materials such as carbon nanostructures, encapsulating metal atom clusters and metal nanoparticles with molecular adsorbates. The outreach activities will include Nanotechnology Seminar and Nanotechnology Summer Program.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 Divisions of Materials Research and Physics in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences and the Directorate for Engineering.