NUE: Development of a Set of Instructional Materials for a Course on Atomic Force Microscopy for Undergraduates

NUE：为本科生原子力显微镜课程开发一套教学材料

• 批准号: 0406687
• 负责人: Nancy Burnham
• 金额: $ 6.63万
• 依托单位: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-15 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0406687&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NUE; Development; Set; Instructional; Materials

The proposal for this award was received in response to the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education (NSEE) announcement, NSF 03-044, Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE).Educators should look to the future when considering what to teach young people. With so much extant popular and scientific enthusiasm about nanoscience and engineering, teachers should provide courses related to nanotechnology at the undergraduate level in order to promote scientific literacy and train the next generation of scientists and engineers.Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is an enabling technology in nanoscience. Not only is it capable of three-dimensional imaging of surfaces with a few nanometers of lateral resolution, the tip of the AFM force sensor can be used to detect force interactions between the tip and the sample, much like a "nanofinger". With AFM, the mechanical properties of nanostructures and molecules can be probed, and surfaces manipulated to build useful devices. The study of AFM requires use of Newton's Laws and calculus, and knowledge of elementary chemistry, electricity and magnetism, and oscillators. As such, it is a forceful means of applying knowledge that sophomores should have learned. With its largely visual displays of information (two- and three-dimensional images) and the mind-boggling size scales involved, it is easy to interest young people of all disciplines in AFM operation and applications. Senior researchers would more likely consider hiring an undergraduate for a summer if the student were already a competent AFM operator. The creation of a set of integrated instructional materials for a course on atomic force microscopy will be developed, to be made available to the nation's undergraduate institutions. The materials, organized in modular form, will consist of readings, computer lab instructions, instrument lab instructions, and software. They would enable more schools to offer a course or a module on AFM, such that the pipeline of trained and enthusiastic young scientists and engineers will increase for the coming decades of nanotechnology research and development.

该奖项的提案是针对纳米级科学和工程教育（NSEE）公告，NSF 03-044，纳米技术本科教育（NUE）。凭借对纳米科学和工程学的广泛流行和科学的热情，教师应在本科层面提供与纳米技术有关的课程，以促进科学素养并培训下一代科学家和工程师。原子力学显微镜显微镜（AFM）是一项纳米科学的能力技术。它不仅能够对表面的三维成像具有横向分辨率的几纳米，而且还可以使用AFM力传感器的尖端来检测尖端和样品之间的力相互作用，就像“纳米芬格”一样。使用AFM，可以探测纳米结构和分子的机械性能，并操纵表面以构建有用的设备。对AFM的研究需要使用牛顿的定律和微积分，以及基础化学，电力和磁性以及振荡器的知识。因此，这是应用大二学生应该学到的知识的有力手段。凭借其在很大程度上的信息显示（二维图像和三维图像）以及涉及的令人难以置信的尺寸尺度，很容易让所有学科的年轻人在AFM操作和应用中感兴趣。如果学生已经是一名称职的AFM运营商，那么高级研究人员就更有可能考虑雇用夏季的本科生。将开发一套用于原子力显微镜课程的综合教学材料，将为美国的本科机构提供。以模块化形式组织的材料将包括读数，计算机实验室说明，仪器实验室说明和软件。 他们将使更多的学校在AFM上提供课程或模块，以便在未来几十年的纳米技术研究与开发中，受过训练和热情的年轻科学家和工程师的管道将增加。