Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM)

密苏里-哥伦比亚大学的米拉·钱德拉塞卡探索物理是一个课外项目，旨在向5-7年级的女学生介绍物理，这是钱德拉塞卡博士开发的第一个项目。自1992年开设以来，它已成为小学课程的一部分，每年影响约300名学生。除了保持活跃的研究实验室，研究半导体的光学特性，Chandrasekhar博士还开发了三个额外的项目：(I)探索科学和技术的家庭，六年级和七年级的学生和他们的父母建造一座吊桥；(Ii)星期六科学，八年级和九年级的学生参观当地的工业遗址，参加实践活动；和(Iii)牛顿学院，一个为期十天的住宿科学和技术项目，面向9到11年级的女学生。

Meera ChandrasekharUniversity of Missouri-ColumbiaExploring Physics, an after school program to introduce physics to 5th-7th grade female students was the first program developed by Dr. Chandrasekhar. Since its inception in 1992, it has grown to be part of elementary school's curriculum impacting about 300 students annually. While maintaining an active research laboratory where she studies the optical characteristics of semiconductors, Dr. Chandrasekhar also developed three additional programs: (i) Families Exploring Science and Technology, where 6th and 7th grade students and their parents build a drawbridge; (ii) Saturday Science, where 8th and 9th grade students visit local industrial sites and participate in hands-on activities; and, (iii) Newton Academy, a ten-day residential science and technology program for female students in grades 9 through 11.