Global Perspectives of Nanoscience and Engineering Education

1. Introduction to Nanotechnology: History, Status, and Importance of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Education
Bharat Bhushan

Part I. Interdisciplinary Nature of NSE Education

2. Interdisciplinary Nature of Nanoscience: Implications for Education
Anna-Leena Kähkönen, Antti Laherto, Anssi Lindell, Suvi Tala

3. The Need for Convergence and Emergence in Twenty-first Century Nano-STEAM+ Educational Ecosystems
Daniel J. C. Herr

4. What Are the Basic Concepts of Nanoscale Science and Technology (NST) that Should Be Included in NST Educational Programs?
Ron Blonder, Sohair Sakhnini

Part II. Curriculum Resources and Cutting-Edge Ideas for NSE Education

5. Atomic Force Microscopy Education
A. C. Pic, V. A. Moore, N. A. Burnham

6. Online Nanoeducation Resources
Sidney R. Cohen, Ron Blonder, Shelley Rap, Jack Barokas

7. Interactive Visualization for Learning and Teaching Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Konrad J. Schönborn, Gunnar E. Höst, Karljohan E. Lundin Palmerius

8. Nanotechnology Safety Education
Walt Trybula, Dominick Fazarro, Craig Hanks, Jitendra Tate

9. Nanoscience Education in School Chemistry: Perspectives for Curricular Innovations in Context of an Education for a Sustainable Development
Ralph Nonninger, Janina Dege, Timm Wilke, Thomas Waitz

Part III. Informal, College and Graduate School NSE Curricula

10. Nanoscale Informal Science Education in the U.S.—NISE Net
Larry Bell

11. Nanotechnology Education in Community Colleges
Deb Newberry

12. Education and Outreach of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) 2004–2015: History and Accomplishments of Undergraduate Programs
Nancy Healy, Lynn Rathbun

13. From Bachelor to PhD: The Swiss Nanoscience Institute at the University of Basel Offers Excellent Interdisciplinary Education at All Levels
Christel Möller, Katrein Spieler, Michel Calame, Ernst Meyer

14. Forging New Connections Between Nanoscience and Society in the UCSB Center for Nanotechnology in Society Science and Engineering Fellows Program
Brandon Fastman, Miriam Metzger, Barbara Herr Harthorn

Keywords: Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Science Education, Nanotechnology and Microengineering, Societal Aspects of Physics, Nanochemistry