AGS-FIRP Track 1: Application of an Ice Nucleation Cold Stage for Teaching Cloud Microphysics in Science and Engineering Classes at a Minority-serving Institution

AGS-FIRP 轨道 1：冰核冷台在少数族裔服务机构的科学和工程课程中教授云微物理的应用

• 批准号: 2401140
• 负责人: Sanjoy Bhattacharia
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: West Texas A&M University
• 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: 2024-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2401140&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: AGS; FIRP; Track; Application; Ice

The project team will provide hands-on laboratory training in a classroom setting for science and engineering students and teaching assistants by utilizing the Facilities for Atmospheric Research and Education Ice Nucleation Cold Stage from North Carolina State University. In this work, students will learn about fundamental concepts of material and environmental science, such as phase change, phase transition temperature, crystallization, and physical nucleation. Teaching will begin within a sophomore class in the Fall of 2024 followed by a freshman class in the Spring of 2025. Students will come primarily from West Texas A&M University, but some will be selected from the nearby Hispanic-serving Amarillo College. The experience to be gained by the students will be valuable and is very likely to enhance their understanding of ice nucleation research and how laboratory data is utilized for research purposes.The objectives of the project are: (1) acquiring and setting up the Ice Nucleation Cold Stage at a minority-serving institution, (2) developing an education module in atmospheric ice nucleation and replicating the Ice Nucleation Cold Stage instrument, (3) teaching the newly designed module to approximate 60 students; and (4) conducting outreach activities with Amarillo College. The Ice Nucleation Cold Stage will be used during the Fall semester and a duplicate Ice Nucleation Cold Stage will be replicated for use in the Spring 2025 semester. Two undergraduate teaching assistants will be recruited for classroom teaching.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.

项目团队将利用北卡罗来纳州立大学的大气研究和教育冰成核冷台设施，在课堂环境中为理工科学生和助教提供实践实验室培训。在这项工作中，学生将学习材料和环境科学的基本概念，例如相变、相变温度、结晶和物理成核。教学将于 2024 年秋季在二年级班级开始，随后于 2025 年春季开始新生班级。学生将主要来自西德克萨斯 A&M 大学，但也有一些将从附近的拉美裔服务阿马里洛学院选拔。学生获得的经验将是有价值的，并且很可能增强他们对冰成核研究以及如何利用实验室数据用于研究目的的理解。该项目的目标是：（1）获取和建立冰成核为少数民族服务的机构的冷阶段，(2) 开发大气冰核教育模块并复制冰核冷阶段仪器，(3) 为大约 60 名学生教授新设计的模块； (4) 与阿马里洛学院一起开展外展活动。冰成核冷台将在秋季学期使用，并且将复制一个冰成核冷台以在 2025 年春季学期使用。将招聘两名本科生助教进行课堂教学。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，认为值得支持。