NUE: Nanosystems Fabrication, Integration, and Testing (Nano FIT) for Sustainable Living

在西弗吉尼亚大学Konstantinos Sierros博士的指导下，这个名为“NUE：纳米系统制造、集成和测试（Nano FIT）用于可持续生活”的工程项目旨在教育本科生纳米技术在开发可持续、健康和智能室内环境中的重要作用。拟议的工作利用了WVU纳米系统设计辅修课程的成功和现有框架，该课程部分是由2008年NUE奖提供的支持建立的。它还将利用正在西弗吉尼亚大学建造的PEAK（用阿巴拉契亚知识保存能源）太阳能房屋作为试验台和学习工作室。在这个NUE项目中，跨学科的本科生团队将在西弗吉尼亚大学建造的太阳能屋模型中制造、集成和测试纳米系统。该NUE计划旨在为纳米技术领域的成功职业生涯做好准备，主要是非博士水平的工人。该项目将解决纳米技术行业的一个关键需求，因为到2020年，预计全球将需要600万名工人，而目前只有40万名工人。拟议的项目将利用西弗吉尼亚大学的太阳能屋，它将被用作整个大学的许多项目以及顶点项目的测试设施。由于太阳能屋是一个高知名度的项目，它提供了一个机会，作为一个社区学习工作室，以教育社区几个正在进行的高兴趣主题，如可再生能源，可持续发展和家庭技术。此外，不打算继续读研究生的本科生的参与，将使他们在缺乏非博士人才的市场上进入劳动力市场。

This NUE in Engineering program entitled, "NUE: Nanosystems Fabrication, Integration, and Testing (Nano FIT) for Sustainable Living", at West Virginia University (WVU) under the direction of Dr. Konstantinos Sierros, is designed to educate undergraduate students about the enabling role of nanotechnology in developing sustainable, healthy, and smart indoor environments. The proposed work leverages the success and existing framework of WVU's Nanosystems Design Minor, established in part through the support provided by a 2008 NUE award. It will also utilize, as a test bed and learning studio, the PEAK (Preserving Energy with Appalachian Knowledge) solar-powered house that is being built at WVU. In this NUE project, interdisciplinary undergraduate teams will fabricate, integrate and test nanosystems into a model Solar House built at WVU. This NUE program is designed to prepare, mainly non-PhD level workers for successful careers in the nanotechnology sector. This project will address a critical need of the nanotechnology industry since there is a projected global demand for 6 million wokers by 2020, with only 400,000 being currently in place. The proposed project will make use of the WVU Solar House which will be used as a test facility for a number of projects from across the University as well as for capstone projects. Because Solar House is a high visibility projects, it offers the opportunity to be utilized as a Community Learning Studio in order to educate the community on several ongoing high interest topics such as renewable energy, sustainability, and home technology. Furthermore, the participation of undergraduate students, who do not intend to continue with graduate studies, will prepare them to enter the workforce in a market that is short of no-PhD personnel.