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

该奖项为为期3年的持续奖励提供资金，以支持克莱姆森大学的教师研究经验（RET）网站计划，名为RET网站：工程纤维和薄膜经验（RE-X），在丽莎C博士的指导下。本森 先进工程纤维和薄膜中心（CAEFF）是美国国家科学基金会的一个工程研究中心，其核心合作伙伴是克莱姆森大学、马萨诸塞州理工学院和克拉克亚特兰大大学，该中心将成为这一面向中学科学和数学教师的多学科RET项目的网站。 EST-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，每年为南卡罗来纳州和亚特兰大大都会少数民族学生较多的城市和农村学区的高中教师提供多达10名的聚合物纤维和薄膜研究方面的全面经验。 教师将熟悉研究过程，了解聚合物科学和技术，并从事从实验室到课堂的知识转移。 该项目由NSF EPSCoR计划和NSF工程研究中心（ERC）计划共同资助。

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.