NUE: Printing Innovative Nano Technology Research and Elite Education (PINE TREE) Program

这NUE在工程计划题为“NUE：印刷创新纳米技术研究和精英教育（松树）计划”，在得克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校（UTEP），在博士的指导下。该提案的目标是在冶金和材料工程（MME）计划理学学士学位下设计和实施24学分的PNE浓度（具有国际经验的机会），该计划将为毕业生准备先进的高科技工程和印刷电子制造职业。松树计划已经建立了三个目标，以实现其目标：1）招聘和准备较低的司预工程学生追求在纳米技术的职业选择。 2)修改，评估和完善上师PNE课程，以确保学生准备进入打印纳米工程的职业生涯。战略行动包括评估和评价高年级课程，并根据评估结果改进课程。3)将研究和开发融入本科教育，以加强在PNE课程中获得的概念。PINE TREE计划建立在UTEP已经建立的纳米尺度和教学研究的基础上，以及UTEP和韩国首尔的Seokyeong大学（Seokyeong University）之间新建立的计划，该计划为大三转入UTEP的学生提供高年级PNE课程。UTEP和PNE之间的这种国际合作将有助于推进美国的PNE教育，并有可能成为其他大学复制的典范，并加强美国的全球制造业地位。 完成PINE TREE计划的学生将成为印刷电子领域的专家，并能够在可打印材料开发，系统制造和柔性电子开发领域制造印刷电子产品。 由于UTEP MME部门有一个本科生人口是81%的西班牙裔和31%的女性，松树计划将创建一个工程师与印刷电子行业所需的技能和资格多样化的群体;学生将不仅在种族和性别多样化，但在教育背景。 该计划还具有国际合作，这将有助于推进PNE教育在美国。

This NUE in Engineering program entitled, "NUE: Printing Innovative Nano Technology Research and Elite Education (PINE TREE) Program", at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), under the direction of Dr. Namsoo Kim, will be a supplemental program for the Printing Nano Engineering (PNE) concentration option available at UTEP beginning in the Fall of 2014. The goal of this proposal is to design and implement a 24-credit-hour PNE concentration (with opportunities for international experiences) under the Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MME) program, which will prepare graduates for advanced, high-tech engineering and manufacturing careers in printed electronics. The PINE TREE Program has established three objectives to achieve its goal: 1) Recruit and prepare lower-division pre-engineering students to pursue a career option in Nanotechnology. 2) Modify, evaluate, and refine upper-division PNE courses to ensure that students are prepared to enter careers in printing nano-engineering. The strategic actions include the assessing and evaluating of the upper-division curricula and refining courses based on assessment results. 3) Integrate research and development into undergraduate education to reinforce the concepts acquired in the PNE curricula. The PINE TREE program builds on nano-scale and pedagogical research that is already established at UTEP, as well as on the newly established program between UTEP and Seokyeong University (SKU) in Seoul, South Korea that offers upper-division PNE courses to SKU students who transfer to UTEP in their junior year. This international collaboration between UTEP and SKU will help advance PNE education in the U.S. and has the potential of serving as a model which can be replicated by other universities and strengthen the U.S. global manufacturing position. The students who complete the PINE TREE program will be experts in the field of printed electronics and able to manufacture printed electronics in the areas of printable material development, system manufacturing, and development of flexible electronics. Since the UTEP MME Department has an undergraduate student population that is 81% Hispanic and 31% Female, the PINE TREE Program will create a diverse group of engineers with the skills and qualifications needed in industry for printed electronics; the students will be diverse not only in ethnicity and gender, but in educational background. The program also features international collaborations that will help advance PNE education in the U.S.