NUE: Integration of Nanotechnology into the Core Chemistry Curriculum at Mount Holyoke College

这个纳米技术在本科教育（NUE）奖教授肖恩M。迪凯特在山霍利奥克学院是由化学司在数学和物理科学和本科教育司在教育和人力资源局，以增加学生在纳米科学的经验，并提高他们对社会，政治，有关纳米科技的研究及伦理考虑。该计划旨在将纳米科技的课题纳入核心化学课程，并让本科生参与有关纳米科技的研究。在纳米级的现象，同时从事更广泛的社区在有关纳米技术的关键问题。 该项目有四个主要目标：（1）为本科课程开发新的实验室体验。 (2)让大学生参与纳米技术研究。(3)让更广泛的社区参与对纳米技术的批判性分析和讨论。 (4)创建一个跨学科的纳米技术教师工作组。 参与该项目的教师将定期开会，阅读和讨论来自各个领域的与纳米技术相关的新文献。 该项目的目的是让学生学会通过将大块性质与分子结构相关联，在纳米尺度上成像和操纵分子的技术，如原子力显微镜（AFM）和定向自组装，来建立物质的宏观和原子水平描述之间的联系。 这些工具将在化学课程（普通化学和有机化学）的前两年的课程中引入，并在高级课程中扩展。该项目将赞助一系列涉及纳米技术的研讨会，包括演讲者，他们将为广泛的跨学科观众解决有关纳米技术的社会，政治，伦理和历史影响的问题。纳米技术单元还将添加到化学史的新跨学科课程中。该奖项的提案是为了响应纳米科学与工程教育公告（NSF 03-044，类别NUE）而收到的。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award to Professor Sean M. Decatur at Mount Holyoke College is made by the Division of Chemistry in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences and the Division of Undergraduate Education in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources to increase the experience of students in nanoscale science and to enhance their perspectives on the social, political, and ethical considerations regarding nanotechnology.The project seeks to integrate topics on nanotechnology throughout the core chemistry curriculum and to involve undergraduates in research on phenomena at the nanoscale, while engaging the broader community in critical issues regarding nanotechnology. The project has four primary goals: (1) Developing new lab experiences for undergraduate courses. (2) Involving undergraduates in nanotechnology research. (3) Engaging the broader community in critical analysis and discussion of nanotechnology. (4) Creating a cross-disciplinary faculty working group on nanotechnology. Faculty involved in the project will meet regularly to read and discuss new literature related to nanotechnology from a variety of fields. The project is designed so that students learn to make connections between the macroscopic and atomic level descriptions of matter by relating bulk properties to molecular structure through techniques for imaging and manipulating molecules at the nanoscale, such as atomic force microscopy (AFM) and directed self-assembly. These tools will be introduced in courses for the first two years of the chemistry curriculum (general and organic chemistry) and expanded upon in the advanced courses.The project will sponsor a series of seminars involving nanotechnology, including speakers, who will address questions concerning the social, political, ethical, and historical implications of nanotechnology for a broad, interdisciplinary audience. Units on nanotechnology will also be added to a new interdisciplinary course on the History of Chemistry.The proposal for this award was received in response to the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education announcement, NSF 03-044, category NUE.