NANOTECHNOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: A SPIRAL CURRICULUM APPROACH

这纳米技术本科教育（NUE）在工程计划题为，纳米技术本科教育：螺旋课程方法，在弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学，在博士的指导下。从而提高他们的科学素养，并帮助准备明天的纳米技术劳动力。 为了实现这一目标，弗吉尼亚理工大学工程学院的工程教育（EngE）和工程科学与力学（ESM）部门将与其关键技术和应用科学研究所合作，开发和整合多个基于纳米技术的学习模块和课程到第一年通用工程（GE）和大二通过高级ESM课程使用螺旋式的方法。 这种方法将使全国第七大工程项目的所有工程专业本科生了解纳米技术的基本原理，包括其伦理考虑。 在ESM计划内的纳米技术选项将提供先进的纳米技术研究和教学的机会。该奖项的建议是在响应纳米技术本科教育（NUE）工程计划征集（NSF 07-554）收到，并正在由工程局（ENG），工程教育和中心（EEC）司资助。

This Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering program entitled, Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education: A Spiral Curriculum Approach, at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, under the direction of Dr. Ishwar Puri will create a nanotechnology curriculum based on the well-established spiral theory that instructs undergraduate engineering students in current and emerging topics in nanotechnology, thus enhancing their scientific literacy and helping prepare the nanotechnology workforce of tomorrow. To accomplish this goal a collaborative effort will be undertaken between the Engineering Education (EngE) and Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) Departments within the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech in collaboration with its Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science to develop and integrate multiple nanotechnology-based learning modules and courses into the first year General Engineering (GE) and sophomore through senior ESM curricula using a spiral approach. This approach will expose all engineering undergraduates in the nation's seventh largest engineering program to basic fundamentals of nanotechnology including its ethical considerations. The nanotechnology option within the ESM program will provide opportunities for advanced nanotechnology research and instruction.The proposal for this award was received in response to the Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering Program Solicitation (NSF 07-554), and is being funded by the Directorate for Engineering (ENG), Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC).