Seminar Workshops on Material Science & Technology

材料科学与技术影响着许多行业。微电子、交通运输、能源储存、电力生产、生物医学设备和环境科学与技术领域是典型的例子。物理和化学构成了这些技术的基础，它们被应用于许多工程学科。在两年制和四年制的大学里，传授知识和让学生接触材料科学和技术的专业知识是不常见的。此外，高中生往往完全不了解这个领域，它的重要性，以及未来就业和贡献的机会。将以少数民族大学为中心，向4年制大学、社区大学、高中教师介绍先进材料科学技术的研修班。这些讲习班将导致将材料科学纳入其课程。预计将材料科学纳入物理、化学和工程课程将使学生了解材料科学的基本原理。它还将向他们介绍令人兴奋的高等教育机会和职业生涯。该建议还包括一个评估工作坊中最影响学习过程的因素的计划，然后修改招聘过程和工作坊本身，使其更有效。评估过程的结果和讲习班的说明将分发给其他机构，以进一步扩大该方案的影响范围。

Materials science and technology impacts a number of industries. The fields of microelectronics, transportation, energy storage, power production, biomedical devices, and environmental science and technology are typical examples. Physics and chemistry form the basis for these technologies, and they are applied in a number of engineering disciplines. The expertise needed to impart the knowledge and expose the students to available opportunities in materials science and technology is not commonly available in two and four year colleges. In addition, high school students are often completely unaware of the field, its importance, and the opportunities that exist for future employment and contributions. Workshops which introduce advanced materials science and technology to teachers at four year colleges, community colleges, and high schools, with special emphasis on minority institutions will be offered. The workshops will result in the incorporation of materials science in their curricula. It is expected that this incorporation of materials science into the physics, chemistry, and engineering curricula will enable the students to understand the fundamental principles of materials science. It will also introduce them to the exciting higher educational opportunities and professional careers available to them. This proposal also includes a plan for assessing the factors in the workshops that most affect the learning process, and then modifying the recruitment process and the workshops themselves to make them more effective. The results of the assessment process and a description of the workshops will be disseminated to other institutions in order to further expand the reach of this program.