NUE: Nanoworlds: An Innovative Undergraduate Curriculum Using a Scalable Web-Based Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology

这项授予凯斯西储大学的纳米技术本科教育（NUE）奖，支持凯斯西储大学机械和航空航天工程系亚历克西斯·艾布拉姆森博士开发“纳米世界”——一种持久、可扩展、内容丰富、多层次、用户可协商、网络促进的纳米技术学习和讨论研讨会形式。在凯斯大学举办的本科研讨会将从科学、技术、社会和经济影响的角度介绍纳米技术。纳米世界是一门适合普通受众的早期本科课程，它使用了一个被称为纳米媒体的合作开发的数字存档网络百科全书资源中的材料。纳米世界研讨会将使学习纳米科学和纳米工程概念的基本核心。此外，班级成员将根据他们的兴趣探索纳米媒体（及其他）的各种途径，进行一般性讨论和深入报道。这些纳米媒体的电子路径包括由纳米世界引发的不断发展的商业组合、公共政策问题、新兴日常产品中的纳米技术、技术范围的限制、纳米技术的科学和艺术博物馆等。百科全书的功能是为核心和选修主题提供高度互联的资源。纳米媒体内容将被多次撰写和编辑，内容贡献将从该领域公认的专家以及课程教授那里寻求。此外，在该奖项下进一步开发的纳米媒体将被用作凯斯提供的工程核心课程的补充资源，以促进将纳米科学和纳米工程相关概念整合到这些更传统的课程中。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（EEC）部门资助。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award to Case Western Reserve University supports Dr. Alexis Abramson, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University to develop "Nanoworlds" - a durable, scalable, content-rich, multi-level, user-negotiable, web-facilitated seminar format for the learning of and discussion of nanotechnology. This undergraduate seminar to be offered at Case will present nanotechnology from the points of view of the scientific, technological, social and economic impact perspectives. Nanoworlds is an early years undergraduate course suitable for general audiences, which uses material in a co-developed digitally archived web encyclopedia resource known as the Nanopedia. The Nanoworlds seminar will enable learning of an elemental core of nanoscience and nanoengineering concepts. Additionally, class members will explore various paths in the Nanopedia (and beyond) according to their interests for general discussion and in-depth reporting. These electronic paths of the Nanopedia include the evolving business portfolio triggered by the nanoworld, public policy issues, nanotechnology in emerging everyday products, limits to technology's reach, the science and art museums of nanotechnology, etc. The encyclopedia functions as a highly interconnected resource for both core and elective topics. Nanopedia content will be multiply-authored and multiply-edited, and content contributions will sought from acknowledged experts in the field as well as from the course professors. Additionally, the Nanopedia, as further developed under this award, will be used as a complementary resource for the engineering core courses offered at Case to facilitate integration of concepts relating to nanoscience and nanoengineering into these more traditionally oriented courses.The proposal for this award was received in response to the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education announcement, NSF 03-044, category NUE and was funded by the Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) in the Directorate for Engineering.