Real World STEM Application Modules

数学科学(21)这个项目正在应对将可以开发成有效教学工具的现实世界问题纳入其中的挑战。正在开发和实施的工具是为教师提供科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教学的新的创新平台的模块。它们正在被整合到拓扑学、图论和离散数学等数学课程中，以及计算机科学、工业和系统工程等其他STEM领域的课程中。这些教学模块是独立包装的，为数学和其他STEM领域的教师提供了灵活地实施他们选择的模块和主题的机会。智力上的功绩。正在开发和实施的教学模块突出了对数学的前沿、真实世界的解释。学生学习科学、技术和工程领域的前沿课题。这些模块专注于图论、拓扑学或离散数学中出现的强大应用程序。来自工业的实际问题也被包括在内。更广泛的影响。将这些模块整合到本科数学课程中，为本科生提供了一扇了解工业世界的窗口。这些模块的好处之一是，这些模块让学生接触到许多日常使用数学的职业和公司。该项目正在整合的技术创新包括：航线分析(捷蓝航空)；光纤电信网络(3级通信)；3-D表面重建(微软研究)；无线网络(思科系统)；以及机器人导航系统(国防部)。

Mathematical Sciences (21)This project is addressing the challenge of incorporating real-world problems that can be developed into effective teaching tools. The tools being developed and implemented are modules that offer faculty a new, innovative platform for the instruction of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). They are being integrated into mathematics courses such as topology, graph theory, and discrete mathematics, and in courses from other STEM areas such as computer science and industrial and systems engineering. The teaching modules are being packaged independently and offer faculty in mathematics and other STEM areas the flexibility to implement modules and topics of their choice. Intellectual Merit. The teaching modules being developed and implemented highlight cutting-edge, real-world interpretations of mathematics. Students are engaged with topics on the frontiers of science, technology, and engineering. These modules focus on powerful applications arising in graph theory, topology, or discrete mathematics. Actual problems from industry are being included. Broader Impacts. The integration of the modules into an undergraduate mathematical curriculum is providing undergraduate students with a window into the industrial world. Among the benefits is that these modules expose students to the numerous occupations and companies that use mathematics on a daily basis. Technological innovations that are being integrated into this project include: analyses of airline flight routes (JetBlue Airways); fiber-optic telecommunications networks (Level 3 Communications); 3-D surface reconstruction (Microsoft Research); wireless networking (Cisco Systems); and robotic guidance systems (Department of Defense).