NUE: Development of a Minor in Nanotechnologies for Surface Engineering (Nano-SurfEng) - A Cross-Departmental Effort at Illinois Institute of Technology

Tongyan Pan博士的指导下，伊利诺伊理工学院（IIT）的NUE计划旨在开发一个工程未成年人：纳米表面工程（Nano-SurfEng），为本科生的职业生涯或研究生学习做好准备表面处理和使用现代纳米技术的材料表征。这一目标的实现需要将最先进的表面纳米技术整合到IIT现有的课程中，以开发一套Nano-SurfEng课程。在IIT基础上？的核心工程课程，有针对性的纳米SurfEng课程将包括六个新的或重新设计的讲座课程，一个重新设计的实验室课程，和一个高级设计项目，将由来自IIT Armour工程学院三个不同工程学科的四个PI共同创建，即，土木工程、材料工程、化学与生物工程。Nano-SurfEng的学生也将有广泛的研究机会与PI或通过实习与众多机构，研究实验室，和公司在大都会芝加哥地区。Nano-SurfEng未成年人将支持通过早期，先进的科学教育在本科阶段的下一代纳米技术科学家和工程师的发展。该未成年人将是IIT校园内第一个以纳米技术为重点的工程学科，将补充和加强IIT目前完善的工程学科。Nano-SurfEng Minor每年招收20名本科生，其核心课程将向IIT的五个工程系开放，以使所有工程专业的学生受益。Nano-SurfEng Minor将为四个PI带来广泛的纳米技术研究机会，并为所有Nano-SurfEng学生提供实习机会。Nano-SurfEng Minor的成功制度化无疑将改善IIT的教育基础设施。该NUE工作的资源和成果将通过NSF nanoHUB，期刊和会议出版物以及现代纳米技术的数字图书馆向公众传播。开发的课程材料将与独立技术大学协会和其他同行大学的23个成员共享，并通过IIT的两个外展计划扩展到当地K-12教师和学生。

This NUE program at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) under the direction of Dr. Tongyan Pan, aims to develop an engineering minor: Nano Surface Engineering (Nano-SurfEng) to prepare undergraduate students for careers or graduate studies in surface processing and characterization of materials using modern nanotechnologies. The accomplishment of this objective entails integrating the state-of-the-art surface nanotechnologies into IIT's existing courses to develop a set of Nano-SurfEng curricula. Building on IIT?s core engineering courses, the targeted Nano-SurfEng curricula will include six new or redesigned lecture courses, one redesigned laboratory course, and one senior design project, to be created collectively by the four PIs from three different engineering disciplines in the Armour College of Engineering at IIT, i.e., Civil Engineering, Material Engineering, and Chemical and Biological Engineering. The Nano-SurfEng students will also have extensive research opportunities with the PIs or through internships with the numerous institutions, research laboratories, and companies in the Metro Chicago area.The Nano-SurfEng Minor will support the development of the next generation of nanotechnology scientists and engineers through early, advanced scientific education at the undergraduate level. This minor will be the first nanotechnology-focused engineering discipline on IIT campus that will complement and strengthen the current well-established engineering disciplines at IIT. The Nano-SurfEng Minor targets 20 undergraduate students per year and its core courses will be open to the five engineering departments at IIT to benefit all the engineering students. The Nano-SurfEng Minor will bring extensive research opportunities in nanotechnologies with the four PIs and offer internship opportunities to all Nano-SurfEng students. A successful institutionalization of the Nano-SurfEng Minor will undoubtedly improve the education infrastructure at IIT. The resources and outcomes from this NUE effort will be disseminated to the public through the NSF nanoHUB, journal and conference publications, and a digital library of modern nanotechnologies. Developed course materials will be shared with the 23 members of the Association of Independent Technological Universities and other peer universities, and extended to local K-12 teachers and students via two outreach programs at IIT.