NUE: UNITE - Undergraduate Nanotechnology Inquiry, Training, and Experimentation at the University of Georgia (UGA)

在毛雷东博士的指导下，佐治亚大学的纳米技术本科教育（NUE）工程项目名为“NUE: unite -本科生纳米技术研究、培训和实验”，将为本科生和高中生开发一个创新的纳米技术实验课程，包含12个实验模块，涵盖纳米技术从合成到应用的主要过程。特别强调将放在纳米结构制造，表征，器件制造，以及生物和能源的应用。本课程将采用非传统的、以问题为导向的、以实验为基础的教学方法。这种方法不仅可以让学生学习与实验项目相关的基础科学和工程原理以及实践技能，还可以学习识别新问题以及如何寻找解决方案。这一课程倡议的智力价值在于增加佐治亚大学的纳米科学和纳米技术教育。提案中的纳米技术实验室模块和跨学科结构是佐治亚大学的第一个，其灵活的结构更容易被纳入各种不同的课程。这项提议的更广泛的影响是，它也提供了一个机会，把对纳米技术感兴趣的研究人员聚集在一起，来自佐治亚大学工程学院和富兰克林艺术与科学学院，创造一种合作的氛围。此外，佐治亚大学的学生群体非常多样化，拟议的实验室模块的可用性将使大量学生接触纳米技术。纳米技术教育将使佐治亚大学的学生处于科学和工程的前沿，为他们在许多现代研究领域的研究生学习或工业生涯做好准备。与佐治亚大学科学合作伙伴的包容和合作将提醒工业界注意这一高素质和多样化的学生群体。该项目旨在通过为高中教师提供暑期讲习班和高中生暑期项目，向他们介绍课程材料，以便在他们的家庭教室中使用，从而促进广泛的区域高中参与。通过与桃州路易斯·斯托克斯少数群体参与联盟（桃州LSAMP）项目的合作，将加强未被充分代表的少数群体的参与。

This Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering program entitled, "NUE:UNITE-Undergraduate Nanotechnology Inquiry, Training, and Experimentation at the University of Georgia (UGA), under the direction of Dr. Leidong Mao, will develop an innovative nanotechnology lab course with 12 lab modules for undergraduate and high school students that will cover the major processes for nanotechnology--from synthesis to application. Special emphasis will be placed on nanostructure fabrication, characterization, device fabrication, and biological and energy applications. The course will use a non-traditional, problem-oriented, lab-based educational approach. The approach will allow students to not only learn the fundamental science and engineering principles and hands-on skills that are related to their lab projects, but also learn to identify new problems and how to search for solutions. The intellectual merit of this proposed curriculum initiative lies in the increase of nanoscience and nanotechnology education at UGA. The nanotechnology lab modules and interdisciplinary structure of the proposal is the first of its kind for UGA, and their flexible structure is more amendable to incorporation into a variety of diverse curricula. The broader impact of this proposal is that it also serves as an opportunity to bring together researchers interested in nanotechnology across the UGA campus from the Faculty of Engineering and the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, creating a collaborative atmosphere. Further, UGA serves a very diverse student body and the availability of the proposed lab modules will expose a significant number of students to nanotechnology. An education in nanotechnology will put UGA students at the frontiers of science and engineering, preparing them for graduate study or industrial careers in many modern research areas. Inclusion of and collaboration with UGA scientific partners will alert industry to this highly qualified and diverse pool of students. The project is designed to facilitate broad regional high school participation by offering high school teachers a summer workshop and high school students summer projects to introduce them to course materials to utilize back in their home classrooms. Participation of underrepresented minority groups will be enhanced through collaboration with Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (Peach State LSAMP) program.