NUE: Development of Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education Program at the University of Rochester Integrated Nanosystems Center

NUE：罗切斯特大学综合纳米系统中心多学科纳米技术本科教育项目的发展

• 批准号: 1343673
• 负责人: Nicholas Bigelow
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: University of Rochester
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1343673&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NUE; Development; Multidisciplinary; Nanotechnology; Undergraduate

This NUE in Engineering program entitled, "NUE: Development of Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education Program at the University of Rochester Integrated Nanosystems Center", at the University of Rochester (UR), is under the direction of Dr. Nicholas P. Bigelow. The Integrated Nanosystems Center (URNano) is truly interdisciplary, and involves faculty and students from the Departments of Optics, Chemistry, Physics, Biomedical, Chemical, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, as well as the UR Medical Center. The primary goals of this NUE project are: 1) creating a coherent education program at the UR, promoting collaboration between several UR departments to introduce undergraduate students to the field of nanotechnology; 2) creating a transformable model of collaboration in nanotechnology between a university with state-of-the-art, experimental facilities, and Monroe Community College (MCC); and 3) developing reproducible hands-on experiments ("mini-labs"), learning materials and pedagogical methods to educate students with diverse backgrounds, including freshmen and non-STEM-major community college students. The same "mini-labs" will be introduced in various UR courses for UR freshmen and sophomores. Based on earlier NSF supported collaboration between the UR and MCC, both institutions will continue this collaboration to educate nanotechnology students with diverse backgrounds. Establishing the URNano education program and involving in it MCC will lay the foundation for future projects of the UR and MCC with other community colleges of Upstate New York.This project impacts a variety of science and engineering students with diverse backgrounds including under-represented groups (~34% of MCC students are minorities and over 50% are women). This project will attract more community college students to the universities involved in this NUE program. Summer NSF REU and RET programs and interactive workshops including participation in the ALPhA immersion program will provide students and teachers from other institutions, especially community colleges and small univesities, with an opportunity to learn about affordable "mini-labs' at the UR and MCC. Teachers from the City of Rochester Northwest College Preparatory School serving mostly minority students will be invited to the interactive workshop.

罗切斯特大学 (UR) 的 NUE 工程项目名为“NUE：罗切斯特大学集成纳米系统中心多学科纳米技术本科教育项目的开发”，由 Nicholas P. Bigelow 博士指导。集成纳米系统中心 (URNano) 是真正的跨学科中心，涉及光学、化学、物理、生物医学、化学、机械和电气工程系以及 UR 医学中心的教职员工和学生。该 NUE 项目的主要目标是： 1) 在 UR 创建一个连贯的教育计划，促进几个 UR 院系之间的合作，向本科生介绍纳米技术领域； 2) 在拥有最先进实验设施的大学和门罗社区学院 (MCC) 之间创建纳米技术领域的可转变合作模式； 3) 开发可重复的动手实验（“迷你实验室”）、学习材料和教学方法，以教育不同背景的学生，包括新生和非 STEM 专业的社区学院学生。 同样的“迷你实验室”将在UR大学一年级和二年级学生的各种课程中引入。 基于早期 NSF 支持 UR 和 MCC 之间的合作，两家机构将继续这种合作，以教育具有不同背景的纳米技术学生。 建立 URNAno 教育计划并让 MCC 参与其中，将为 UR 和 MCC 与纽约州北部其他社区学院的未来项目奠定基础。该项目影响了具有不同背景的各种科学和工程学生，包括代表性不足的群体（大约 34% 的 MCC 学生是少数族裔，超过 50% 是女性）。 该项目将吸引更多社区学院的学生到参与该 NUE 项目的大学就读。暑期 NSF REU 和 RET 项目以及互动研讨会（包括参与 ALPhA 沉浸式项目）将为来自其他机构（尤其是社区学院和小型大学）的学生和教师提供了解 UR 和 MCC 负担得起的“迷你实验室”的机会。主要为少数族裔学生服务的罗彻斯特市西北大学预科学校的教师将受邀参加互动研讨会。