NUE: Incorporating Nanotechnology Into the 1st and 2nd Year Chemistry Laboratory Curricula at CMU

中密歇根大学奈米科技本科教育奖(NUE)由化学系颁发给中密歇根大学(CMU)一年级和二年级化学课程，以支持新实验室模块的开发和纳入，这些模块强调当前纳米科学和纳米技术的概念和原理。此外，一项外联活动为中等教育一级的当地教师举办了一系列纳米科学和纳米技术讲习班，包括讲座、演示和实践活动。该项目的目标是：1)整合当前的可视化和表征工具(如AFM、核磁共振等)。这些措施包括：1)在现有的化学实验室课程中培养学生对纳米技术的兴趣；2)让学生对纳米技术的学术生涯早期感兴趣，并参加随后的材料科学和仪器高级课程；3)培养早期理科学生，使他们具备解决各种问题的技能，从而缩短本科生在其高级研究项目中成为有效研究人员的时间；4)培养一支具有纳米技术知识的生产力更高的劳动力队伍；以及5)通过培训密歇根大学的中等教育人员来传播纳米技术。令人愉快的学区。该项目还鼓励包括本科生和中等教育教师在内的女性参加纳米技术教育计划。相关的外联活动(面向年轻人的科学演示和为中学教师举办的讲习班)也将通过向更广泛的公民传播纳米技术而产生直接影响。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award to Professor Minghui Chai at Central Michigan University is made by the Division of Chemistry to support the development and incorporation of new laboratory modules that emphasize current concepts and principles of nanoscience and nanotechnology for the first- and second-year chemistry curricula for students at Central Michigan University (CMU). In addition, an outreach activity offers local teachers at the secondary education level a series of workshops in nanoscience and nanotechnology with talks, demos and hands-on activities. The project's objectives are: 1) to integrate current visualization and characterization tools (e.g. AFM, NMR, etc.) into the existing chemistry laboratory curricula; 2) to interest students early in their academic careers in nanotechnology and to take subsequent advanced courses in materials science and instrumentation; 3) to prepare early science students with versatile problem solving skills thus shortening the time to enable an undergraduate student to become an effective researcher in their senior research projects; 4) to educate a more productive workforce that is literate in nanotechnology; and 5) to disseminate nanotechnology by training secondary educators in the Mt. Pleasant school district. The project also encourages women, including undergraduate students and secondary education teachers, to participate in the nanotechnology educational program. The associated outreach activities (science demonstrations to younger population and the workshop for secondary school teachers) will also have a direct impact by disseminating nanotechnology to a wider range of citizens.