RET Site: Engineering Fibers and Films Experience (EFF-X)

该奖项为一项为期3年的持续奖励提供资金，以支持克莱姆森大学教师研究经验(RET)现场项目，该项目名为RET现场：工程纤维和薄膜经验(EFF-X)，由Lisa C.Benson博士指导。高级工程纤维和薄膜中心(CAEFF)是NSF的一个工程研究中心，其核心合作伙伴是克莱姆森大学、麻省理工学院和克拉克·亚特兰大大学，该中心将为中学科学和数学教师提供这一多学科RET计划的地点。EFF-X将利用CAEFF在工程、材料科学、数学、纺织和化学方面的专业知识，为每年最多10名来自南卡罗来纳州和亚特兰大大都会少数民族学生聚居的城市和农村学区的高中教师提供聚合物纤维和薄膜研究的全面体验。教师将熟悉研究过程，了解聚合物科学和技术，并参与将知识从实验室转移到课堂。该项目的共同资金由NSF EPSCoR计划和NSF工程研究中心(ERC)计划提供。

This award provides funding for a 3 year continuing award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site program at Clemson University entitled, RET Site: Engineering Fibers and Films Experience (EFF-X), under the direction of Dr. Lisa C. Benson. The Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films (CAEFF), an NSF Engineering Research Center with core partners Clemson University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Clark Atlanta University, will be the site for this multidisciplinary RET program for secondary science and mathematics teachers. EFF-X will draw on expertise located in the CAEFF in engineering, materials science, mathematics, textiles, and chemistry to provide a comprehensive experience in polymer fiber and film research for up to ten teachers per year from high schools in both urban and rural school districts with high populations of minority students in South Carolina and metro Atlanta. The teachers will become familiar with the research process, learn about polymer science and technology, and be engaged in the transfer of knowledge from the laboratory to the classroom. Co-funding for this project is being provided by the NSF EPSCoR Program and the NSF Engineering Research Centers (ERC) Program.