NUE: Teaching as a Learning Experience in NanoTechnology (TALENT)

支持这项建议，“NUE：作为纳米技术学习经验的教学”，在伦斯勒理工学院（RPI），在Chitanya Ullal博士的指导下，将使该机构能够发展，试点和实施一项新的课程，550名本科工程专业的学生每年在RPI将学习和使用核心概念的前沿纳米技术研究正在进行的教师在伦斯勒纳米技术中心（RNC）为K-12学生及其家长创建，构建和教授实践，基于家居材料的设计挑战。RPI的本科生将为来自主要服务于工程领域代表性不足的社区的学校的学生开设家庭科学课程。通过学习，提炼和交流纳米技术研究中的概念，本科生不仅将获得多种教育效益，而且还将有助于将研究人员与更广泛的人群联系起来。协同成果包括将最有效的设计挑战整合到广泛访问的K-12在线科学教育门户网站的课程中;将新策划的演示引入RPI的核心工程课程;以及记录培训，资源，课程开发和其他大学复制课程的最佳实践。

Support for this proposal, "NUE: Teaching as a Learning Experience in Nanotechnology", at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), under the direction of Dr. Chitanya Ullal, will enable the institution to develop, pilot and implement a new course in which ~550 undergraduate engineering students per year at RPI will learn and use core concepts in cutting edge nanotechnology research being conducted by faculty at the Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center (RNC) to create, build and teach hands-on, household material based design challenges for K-12 students and their parents. RPI undergraduate students will conduct family science courses for students from schools that primarily serve communities underrepresented in engineering. By learning, distilling and communicating concepts in nanotechnology research, undergraduates will not only derive multiple educational benefits, but will also serve to connect researchers with the broader population. Synergistic deliverables include integration of the most effective design challenges into the curriculum of a widely accessible online K-12 science education portal; introduction of new curated demos into a core engineering course at RPI; and documentation of the training,resources, curriculum development and best practices for replication of the course at other universities.