NUE: Nano in a Global Context for Engineering Students

这纳米技术本科教育（NUE）在工程计划在南卡罗来纳州的大学，题为“NUE：纳米在全球范围内为工程专业的学生”，博士的指导下。拟议的新的纳米技术介绍课程将解决常见的水污染主题下的五个重点领域，即（i）砷，（ii）病原体，（iii）有机物/金属污染和修复，（iv）污染物传感器，（v）处理系统的替代电源。该课程有三个主要目标：（1）介绍纳米技术，否则没有正式接触到这一重要的新兴技术的工程专业学生;（2）整合有关纳米技术的方法由不同的工程学科提供;和（3）充分纳入有关实施纳米在真实的，发展中国家背景下的实际伦理影响的讨论。该课程将包括来自克拉夫林大学的学生，这是一所历史悠久的黑人大学，将扩大该课程的影响，以更大，更多样化的观众。此外，完成课程的学生将有机会前往孟加拉国，会见孟加拉国工程技术大学的研究人员和学生，并参观该地区的实际水净化地点。该项目的总体成果包括：（a）开发纳米技术入门课程，（B）将课程的各个模块提供给南加州大学内外的其他课程，（c）将技术文章作为学生接触科学研究的技术模块的驱动力，（d）纳入克拉夫林大学的少数民族学生，以及（e）通过在孟加拉国的海外学习计划开展国际合作。

This Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering program at the University of South Carolina, entitled "NUE: Nano in a Global Context for Engineering Students", under the direction of Dr. Navid Saleh, will offer the opportunity to teach the principles and application of nanotechnology through a real-world program of global significance: water decontamination. The proposed new Introduction to Nanotechnology course will address five focus areas under the common water contamination theme, namely, (i) arsenic, (ii) pathogens, and (iii) organics/metal contamination and remediation, (iv) contaminant sensors, and (v) alternative power supply for treatment systems. The course has three principal goals: (1) introduce nanotechnology to engineering students who otherwise have no formal exposure to this important emerging technology; (2) integrate the approaches pertaining to nanotechnology offered by different engineering disciplines; and (3) fully incorporate discussions about the practical ethical implications of implementing nano in a real, developing world context. The course will include students from Claflin University an historically black college that will broaden the impact of the course to a larger, more diverse audience. In addition, students who complete the course will have the opportunity to travel to Bangladesh, meet researchers and students at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, and visit actual water decontamination sites in that region. The overall outcomes of this project include (a) development of an introductory nanotechnology class, (b) making the individual modules of the class available to other classes within USC and beyond, (c) incorporation of technical articles as the driver of the technical modules for student exposure to scientific research, (d) inclusion of minority students from Claflin University, and (e) international collaboration through the study-abroad program in Bangladesh.