RET Site: Wood to Wheels - Research Experiences for High School Teachers in Sustainable Transportation Technologies

RET 网站：从木材到车轮 - 高中教师可持续交通技术的研究经验

• 批准号: 1009617
• 负责人: David Shonnard
• 金额: $ 35.85万
• 依托单位: Michigan Technological University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-01-15 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1009617&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RET; Site; Wood; Wheels; Research

This award provides funding for a three-year continuing award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering Site program at Michigan Technological University (MTU) entitled, "RET Site: "Wood-to-Wheels"-Research Experiences for High School Teachers in Sustainable Transportation Technologies, under the direction of Dr. David R. Shonnard. The goal of this RET in Engineering Site is to provide six-week summer, in-depth, multidisciplinary research experiences and concurrent curriculum development activities for 21 high school teachers (7 per year) over a three year period in a "Wood-to-Wheels" (W2W) forest-based biofuels transportation enterprise. The development of domestic renewable energy alternatives to replace imported fossil fuels has been identified as a grand challenge by many government agencies and scientific institutions. The production of new liquid transportation fuels derived from renewable forest resources can achieve many sustainability objectives; including reduced greenhouse gas emissions, energy and food security, domestic as well as rural job creation, and improved balance of trade. The research and development needed to achieve these sustainable energy goals will rely on a future supply of diverse engineers and scientists with a balance of technical expertise and an understanding of the broader issues that may be categorized under the term of "sustainability". This RET Site will increase the level of teachers' sustainability literacy and technical knowledge of the forest-based biofules life cycle. The faculty research mentors will also gain a deeper understanding of STEM education issues at the high school level and the collaborative course/laboratory teaching units will lead to improved teaching of engineering concepts, methods, and practices for both the teachers and faculty alike. The W2W RET will result in changes in secondary school classroom teaching and will lead to enhanced engagement of high school students who are better prepared and have the vision to pursue sustainability-oriented STEM education.

该奖项为为期三年的持续奖励提供资金，以支持密歇根理工大学 (MTU) 工程现场教师研究经验 (RET) 项目，题为“RET 现场：“木头到车轮”-高水平研究经验可持续交通技术学校教师，在 David R. Shonnard 博士的指导下，工程站点 RET 的目标是为 21 所高中提供为期六周的暑期深入、多学科研究经验和并行课程开发活动。教师（每年 7 名）在“从木材到车轮”（W2W）森林生物燃料运输企业的三年内开发国内可再生能源替代品以替代进口化石燃料已被确定为一项重大挑战。许多政府机构和科学机构。利用可再生森林资源生产新型液体运输燃料可以实现许多可持续发展目标；包括减少温室气体排放、能源和粮食安全、创造国内和农村就业机会以及改善贸易平衡。 实现这些可持续能源目标所需的研究和开发将依赖于未来多样化工程师和科学家的供应，他们具有技术专长和对可能归类于“可持续性”术语下的更广泛问题的理解。 该 RET 站点将提高教师的可持续素养和森林生物燃料生命周期的技术知识水平。教师研究导师还将对高中层面的 STEM 教育问题有更深入的了解，协作课程/实验室教学单元将改善教师和教员的工程概念、方法和实践的教学。 W2W RET 将导致中学课堂教学发生变化，并将提高高中生的参与度，让他们做好更好的准备，并有追求可持续发展导向的 STEM 教育的愿景。