NUE: Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education and Emphasis at Utah State University

这个纳米技术在本科教育（NUE）奖给犹他州州立大学是为了支持教授杨海妍，乔恩竹本，塔帕斯卡尔，李磊军和阳泉陈，谁作为一个团队将开发一个跨学科的努力在物理学，生物学，化学，电气和机械工程，并将创建一系列课程描述概念和技术相关的纳米技术。 在第一阶段，将为一年级本科生开发一门题为“纳米技术”的课程，这将是一门普通教育、大学学习课程。 该课程将强调定性，概念性的方法，并将包括生物，化学，电气/机械工程和物理五个模块。这些模块将基于每个参与PI的相关研究领域和兴趣。 后来，这些模块将演变为以下四个独立的课程：（1）纳米技术物理学;（2）纳米材料的化学方面;（3）纳米机电一体化;和（4）纳米材料的合成和制造。 修读这四个沿着与“纳米科技”课程的学生，除可取得理学士学位外，亦可申请“纳米科技重点课程”。 还将开发一个补充实验室课程，该课程将强调实际纳米制造和表征的实践经验。 制造的实例是使用分子束外延的“自组装”和使用扫描探针显微镜（SPM）的自底向上方法。 表征的实例将基于所制造的纳米结构的SPM。

This Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) award to Utah State University is to support Professors Haeyeon Yang, Jon Takemoto, Tapas Kar, Leijun Li and Yangquan Chen, who as a team will develop an interdisciplinary effort in physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, and will create a series of courses describing concepts and techniques related to nanotechnology. In the first phase, a course will be developed for first-year undergraduate students entitled "Nanotechnology", which will be a general education, University Study, course. The course will stress on qualitative, conceptual approaches and will consist of five modules from biology, chemistry, electrical/mechanical engineering, and physics. These modules will be based on each participating PIs' relative research fields and interests. Later, these modules will be evolved to the following four separate courses for sophomores: (1) Physics of Nanotechnology; (2) Chemistry aspects of Nanomaterials; (3) Nanomechatronics; and (4) Synthesis and Fabrication of Nanomaterials. Students taking these four along with "Nanotechnology" course will be eligible to apply for "Emphasis in Nanotechnology" in addition to their respective BS degrees. A supplementary laboratory course, which will stress hands-on experience on actual nano-fabrications and characterizations, will also be developed. Examples of fabrication are "self-assembly" using molecular beam epitaxy and the bottom-up approach using scanning probe microscope (SPM). Examples for the characterization will be based on SPM for the fabricated nanostructures.