Collaborative Research: Improving Upper Division Physics Education and Strengthening Student Research Opportunities at 14 HSIs in California

合作研究：改善加州 14 所 HSI 的高年级物理教育并加强学生研究机会

• 批准号: 2345093
• 负责人: Qing Ryan
• 金额: $ 19.8万
• 依托单位: Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-04-01 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2345093&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Improving; Upper; Division

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this Track 2 project aims to improve upper division physics education and research at 14 California Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), including 11 California State University (CSU) campuses and three California Community Colleges. CSU is the largest public university system in the country with 23 campuses and approximately 490,000 students with first-generation college students and students from underrepresented minority (URM) groups making up over 50% of the student body. The 11 CSU campuses included in this project represent approximately 55% of the total CSU student population. Physics majors at these HSI institutions have very limited upper division elective courses and research opportunities which seriously hurt their graduation rates and limit their career choices and development. Colliders for experimental particle physics research only exist in international and national labs and experimental particle physics research typically only exists in national labs and R1 universities. Very few CSU campuses have programs in experimental particle physics. This project is centered around the CSU Fresno program on the ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) experiment of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. ATLAS is a leading project in particle physics and is poised to address some of the deepest questions in the field of particle physics, the answers to which could change our view of how the universe works. This project will provide exceptional ATLAS research opportunities to students from the 14 HSI institutions. The three online particle physics courses developed as part of this project will impact over 300 students and provide opportunities for 48 students to work on cutting-edge ATLAS research projects in the highest quality research environment during summers. The research conducted by the participating students will advance the field of particle physics and contribute to ATLAS data analyses and other ATLAS activities. The ATLAS research experience will create a pathway for students from underprivileged groups to excel in STEM fields. The online courses and summer research course will fulfill the upper division elective course graduation requirements. The education research and independent external evaluation components will allow the project to carry out a systematic study of an exemplary model to improve STEM education at HSI institutions by effectively pooling and sharing resources. This project's focus on students from URM groups and first-generation CSU students promotes diversity in STEM. Through the CSU Fresno PHYS 168S ("Physics Outreach") course, the ATLAS students in PHYS 168S will visit two new K-12 classrooms each week to teach K-12 students about the ATLAS experiment and encourage them to pursue science. The proposed outreach efforts will reach several schools, their students and students' families in the Fresno and Central Valley areas. This project is funded by the HSI Program, which aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education, broaden participation in STEM, and build capacity at HSIs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在改善本科 STEM 教育：西班牙裔服务机构 (HSI 计划) 的支持下，该轨道 2 项目旨在改善 14 个加州西班牙裔服务机构 (HSI) 的高年级物理教育和研究，其中包括 11 个加州州立大学 (CSU) 校区和三所加州社区学院。科罗拉多州立大学是美国最大的公立大学系统，拥有 23 个校区和约 490,000 名学生，其中第一代大学生和来自代表性不足的少数群体 (URM) 的学生占学生总数的 50% 以上。该项目包含的 11 个 CSU 校区约占 CSU 学生总数的 55%。这些HSI院校的物理专业的高年级选修课和研究机会非常有限，这严重影响了他们的毕业率并限制了他们的职业选择和发展。用于实验粒子物理研究的对撞机仅存在于国际和国家实验室，而实验粒子物理研究通常仅存在于国家实验室和 R1 大学。科罗拉多州立大学很少有校园开设实验粒子物理课程。该项目以科罗拉多州立大学弗雷斯诺分校关于欧洲核子研究中心大型强子对撞机 (LHC) 的 ATLAS（环形大型强子对撞机）实验的项目为中心。 ATLAS 是粒子物理学领域的一个领先项目，旨在解决粒子物理学领域中一些最深刻的问题，这些问题的答案可能会改变我们对宇宙如何运作的看法。该项目将为来自 14 所 HSI 机构的学生提供卓越的 ATLAS 研究机会。作为该项目一部分开发的三门在线粒子物理课程将影响 300 多名学生，并为 48 名学生提供在夏季在最高质量的研究环境中从事尖端 ATLAS 研究项目的机会。参与学生进行的研究将推动粒子物理学领域的发展，并为 ATLAS 数据分析和其他 ATLAS 活动做出贡献。 ATLAS 的研究经验将为来自贫困群体的学生在 STEM 领域取得优异成绩创造一条途径。在线课程和暑期研究课程将满足高年级选修课的毕业要求。教育研究和独立的外部评估部分将使该项目能够对示范模型进行系统研究，通过有效地汇集和共享资源来改善 HSI 机构的 STEM 教育。该项目的重点是来自 URM 团体的学生和第一代 CSU 学生，以促进 STEM 的多样性。通过科罗拉多州立大学弗雷斯诺 PHYS 168S（“物理拓展”）课程，PHYS 168S 的 ATLAS 学生每周将参观两间新的 K-12 教室，向 K-12 学生教授 ATLAS 实验并鼓励他们追求科学。拟议的外展工作将覆盖弗雷斯诺和中央谷地区的几所学校、学生和学生家庭。该项目由 HSI 计划资助，旨在加强本科 STEM 教育，扩大 STEM 的参与，并建设 HSI 的能力。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过利用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的评估进行评估，认为值得支持。影响审查标准。