CCLI (Exploratory): Introduction of Nano-computing course module in standard Electrical Engineering Courses

工程-电气(55)该项目正在开发有关纳米计算的教学材料和教学策略，这些教材和教学策略很容易整合到涉及电子、逻辑设计和电路的标准电气工程课程中。其目标是开发本科生能够理解的纳米计算教育材料，并由目前不从事纳米计算研究的教师教授。研究人员正在为以下方面制作材料：(A)由激励材料和各种纳米器件(CNT、SET、QCA、RTD)及其功能和挑战的描述组成的介绍性纳米电子单元；(B)说明纳米域逻辑设计中的重要原则的数字逻辑单元，包括多数逻辑、少数逻辑、多值逻辑；以及(C)利用碳纳米管或集合的SPICE模型覆盖电路行为和设计的纳米域电路单元。这些材料旨在促进合作学习、边做边学和感官模式敏感的主动学习。它们特别针对在计算机工程领域代表性严重不足的女性。评估部分在两个关于教学卓越和评估的校园中心的协助下，使用调查工具衡量学生对材料的看法，通过访谈衡量教师对本单元的看法，并使用专门为该项目制定的调查来评估学生的学习情况。传播包括在网站上发布帖子，在工程教育会议上发表演讲，在适当的期刊上发表文章，以及在设计自动化会议上的教师研讨会，如IEEE MSE。更广泛的影响包括项目成果的传播、教师研讨会，以及针对女性和少数族裔工程专业学生的重点努力。

Engineering - Electrical (55)The project is developing instructional materials and teaching strategies on nano-computing that easily integrate into the standard electrical engineering courses dealing with electronics, logic design, and circuits. The goal is to develop educational material on nano-computing that can be understood by undergraduate students and taught by faculty not currently engaged in nano-computing research. The investigators are creating materials for (a) an introductory nano-electronics unit consisting of motivational material and descriptions of various nano-devices (CNT, SET, QCA, RTD) and their functionality and challenges, (b) a digital logic unit illustrating the important principles in nano-domain logic design including majority, minority, multi-valued logic, and (c) a nano-domain circuits unit covering circuit behavior and design using SPICE models of CNTs or SETs. These materials are designed to foster cooperative learning, learning by doing, and sensory-mode sensitive active learning. They are especially targeted towards women who are severely under-represented in computer engineering. The evaluation component, with assistance from two campus centers on teaching excellence and evaluation, is measuring student perceptions of the material using survey instruments, faculty perceptions of the unit through interviews, and assessments of student learning using surveys specifically developed for this project. Dissemination includes postings on a website, presentations at engineering education conferences, publications in the appropriate journals, and faculty workshops at design automation conferences, such as the IEEE MSE. The broader impacts include the dissemination of project results, the faculty workshop, and focused efforts on women and minority engineering students.