Targeted Infusion Project: Enhancement of Materials Science Education through Active Learning at Florida A&M University

有针对性的注入项目：通过佛罗里达 A 的主动学习加强材料科学教育

• 批准号: 1623206
• 负责人: Subramanian Ramakrishnan
• 金额: $ 39.99万
• 依托单位: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-15 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1623206&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Targeted; Infusion; Project; Enhancement; Materials

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) graduate programs and/or careers. The project at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University seeks to utilize active learning approaches in courses in biomedical and chemical engineering and incorporate research into the curriculum. The activities and strategies are evidence-based and a strong plan for formative and summative evaluation is part of the project.This project has the specific goals to: increase the number of pre-engineering students that choose an engineering major; increase the number of students that choose the materials science option; increase the number of students participating in undergraduate research; and prepare students to pursue graduate studies and/or enter the workforce. To achieve the goals, the project will: infuse modules and laboratory experiments in materials science into fourteen existing undergraduate courses in chemical and biomedical engineering; and involve undergraduate students and faculty in research investigating the consequences of structure-function relationships in nanoparticle suspensions. The project could serve as a model for small departments that are trying to grow enrollment, while at the same time keeping faculty engaged in research.

历史上黑人学院和大学本科项目 (HBCU-UP) 通过定向注入项目支持开发、实施和研究基于证据的创新模型和方法，以改善 HBCU 本科生的准备和成功，使他们能够追求科学、技术、工程或数学 (STEM) 研究生课程和/或职业。佛罗里达农业和机械大学的该项目旨在在生物医学和化学工程课程中利用主动学习方法，并将研究纳入课程中。这些活动和策略是基于证据的，并且形成性和总结性评估的强有力计划是该项目的一部分。该项目的具体目标是：增加选择工程专业的工程预科学生的数量；增加选择材料科学选项的学生数量；增加参与本科研究的学生数量；并为学生攻读研究生和/或进入劳动力市场做好准备。为了实现这些目标，该项目将： 将材料科学的模块和实验室实验融入化学和生物医学工程现有的十四门本科课程中；并让本科生和教师参与研究纳米粒子悬浮液中结构与功能关系的影响。该项目可以作为试图增加入学人数的小型院系的典范，同时让教师继续从事研究。