RET Site for Structured Organic Particulates

结构化有机颗粒的 RET 站点

基本信息

批准号：
1301071
负责人：
Rajesh Dave
金额：
$ 50万
依托单位：
New Jersey Institute of Technology
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=1301071&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
RET Site Structured Organic Particulates

项目摘要

This award provides funding for a three year standard award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site program at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) entitled, "RET Site for Structured Organic Particulates", under the direction of Dr. John D. Carpinelli and Dr. Rajesh N. Dave. This proposal seeks funding to build upon the current RET Site for Structured Organic Particulates program at NJIT, in conjunction with the NSF-sponsored Engineering Research Center (ERC) on Structured Organic Particulates (C-SOPS). A total of 36 teachers, twelve high school teachers per year for three years, will engage in a six-week research program under the guidance of faculty supervisors, with follow-up programs during each school year. Participants will be high school science and technology teachers from school districts in northern and central New Jersey, with an emphasis on teachers from districts that serve large numbers of students from underrepresented populations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). NJIT, through its Center for Pre-College Programs (CPCP), is very actively engaged with the K-12 community in New Jersey, and works with urban districts and their teachers that serve the targeted student population. CPCP works with dozens of teachers every year through various programs; its work has an immediate impact on thousands of students each year, with the vast majority from underrepresented populations. The proposed program stems from cutting-edge C-SOPS research projects dealing with topics in pharmaceutical materials structure, function, performance, and processing, geared towards a unifying goal of improving pharmaceutical products. The fundamental knowledge from research that leads to improved design, manufacturing and quality of pharmaceutical products, will help high school teachers better understand the role of engineers and develop curriculum materials that will help their students better appreciate science and engineering. The program trains teachers in inquiry-based research, and in concepts of product design and engineering through examples from pharmaceutical engineering.The broader impacts of this proposal are multifaceted. The RET program will significantly impact a large number of underrepresented minority students from the selected urban school districts, several of which have a large number of African-American and/or Hispanic students. Based on the results of a prior RET program at NJIT, it is anticipated that this number will be in the thousands during the course of the program, and many times more after the program ends as teachers continue to use and build upon the materials they develop through this program. As participating teachers bring their experiences and educational materials into their own classrooms, this program will ultimately reach thousands of students, and will contribute towards development of a well-trained, diverse workforce in this area of national importance. Modules will be placed in several on-line repositories available at the disposal of the C-SOPS ERC, making them accessible to scores of other educators across the country, and will be easily adaptable to meet the incoming common core standards, thus facilitating their use on a national scale.

该奖项为为期三年的标准奖项提供资金，以支持新泽西理工学院 (NJIT) 的工程和计算机科学领域教师研究经验 (RET) 项目，题为“结构化有机颗粒的 RET 站点”，该项目的指导John D. Carpinelli 博士和 Rajesh N. Dave 博士。该提案寻求资金，以与 NSF 资助的结构化有机颗粒工程研究中心 (ERC) 合作，以 NJIT 当前的结构化有机颗粒 RET 站点为基础。共有 36 名教师，其中每年 12 名高中教师，为期三年，将在教师主管的指导下进行为期六周的研究项目，并在每个学年进行后续项目。参与者将是来自新泽西州北部和中部学区的高中科学和技术教师，重点是来自为科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 领域代表性不足群体的大量学生提供服务的学区的教师。 NJIT 通过其大学预科项目中心 (CPCP) 非常积极地与新泽西州的 K-12 社区合作，并与为目标学生群体提供服务的市区及其教师合作。 CPCP 每年通过各种项目与数十名教师合作；其工作每年对数千名学生产生直接影响，其中绝大多数来自代表性不足的群体。拟议的计划源于尖端的 C-SOPS 研究项目，涉及药物材料结构、功能、性能和加工等主题，旨在实现改进药品的统一目标。研究中的基础知识可改善药品的设计、制造和质量，将帮助高中教师更好地了解工程师的角色，并开发有助于学生更好地欣赏科学和工程的课程材料。该项目通过制药工程的例子对教师进行基于探究的研究以及产品设计和工程概念的培训。该提案的更广泛影响是多方面的。 RET 计划将对来自选定城市学区的大量代表性不足的少数族裔学生产生重大影响，其中一些学区有大量非裔美国人和/或西班牙裔学生。根据 NJIT 先前 RET 项目的结果，预计该数字在项目期间将达到数千，并且在项目结束后，由于教师继续使用和构建他们开发的材料，这一数字将增加许多倍通过这个计划。随着参与教师将他们的经验和教育材料带入自己的课堂，该计划最终将惠及数千名学生，并将为这一具有国家重要性的领域培养训练有素、多元化的劳动力做出贡献。模块将放置在 C-SOPS ERC 可以使用的多个在线存储库中，使全国各地的其他教育工作者可以访问这些模块，并且可以轻松进行调整以满足即将出台的共同核心标准，从而促进其使用在全国范围内。