Howard/Hopkins/Prince George's Community College - Partnership for Research and Education in Materials

霍华德大学、约翰霍普金斯大学(JHU)和乔治王子社区学院(PGCC)将共同参与这一材料研究和教育伙伴关系(PREM)。共同的目标是系统地确定和支持来自代表性不足的少数族裔社区的学生。PREM项目将使他们能够a)设想，b)培训，c)开始材料科学和工程职业生涯。每一步都和下一步一样重要。PREM团队将先进的材料科学和工程研究的复杂方法与在招募、支持和培训非裔美国人从事材料相关职业方面取得的成功相结合。科学培训在研究的背景下进行。PREM团队将在三个领域研究纳米再生和现象学，这三个领域结合了JHU材料研究科学和工程中心(MRSEC)和霍华德的现有研究成果。它们是1)铋纳米线的传输特性；2)InN纳米线的传输特性；以及3)用于非线性光学元件的偶极氮化物纳米线的制造。PREM将帮助霍华德努力更好地将其主要是非洲裔美国人的学生群体融入国际研究社区，并改善其材料教育基础设施。Prem将为霍华德本科生提供在霍普金斯大学进行暑期研究的机会，研究生将能够在霍普金斯大学MRSEC完成他们大部分的研究工作。将由霍普金斯大学MRSEC PI为霍华德·普雷姆学生提供共同建议，并将JHU MRSEC高级学生作为导师与霍华德·普雷姆学生配对。霍华德准备充分的毕业生入学后，霍普金斯大学将受益。参与PREM活动的PGCC学生将有机会在霍华德进行暑期研究。PGCC和霍华德有一份现有的衔接协议，学生可以使用该协议继续他们的学业。PREM对霍华德和PGCC材料教育的支持将促进跨学科材料教育。很少有大一新生知道什么是材料科学或工程。对于社区大学生来说更是如此，他们往往来自少数族裔社区，或者是家里第一个上大学的人。PGCC设计了基于网络的引导式探究课程，不仅是科学教学的有效途径，也是研究的良好引导性课程。PGCC将率先开发出适合大学和高中课堂的以材料为中心的引导式查询软件。这些单元的广泛传播将使学生了解材料对他们生活的影响，并吸引他们学习与材料相关的知识。基于网络的模块可以用于本科课程，也可以用于参加AP课程的高中生。这个Prem将在非洲裔美国人中建立一条材料研究职业的管道。

Howard University, the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and Prince Georges CommunityCollege (PGCC) are joining together in this Partnership for Research and Education inMaterials (PREM). The shared goal is to systematically identify and support students fromunder-represented minority communities. The PREM project will enable them to a)envision, b) train for, and c) begin materials science and engineering careers. Each step isas important as the next. The PREM team combines sophisticated approaches foradvanced materials science and engineering research with demonstrated success inrecruiting, supporting and training African-Americans for materials related careers.Scientific training occurs in the context of research. The PREM team will study nanowiregrowth and phenomenology in three areas which join together established research effortsin the JHU Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) and at Howard.They are 1) transport properties in Bi nanowires; 2) transport properties in InN nanowires;and 3) fabrication of dipolar nitride nanowires for nonlinear optical elements. The PREMwill assist Howard's efforts to better integrate its primarily African American student bodyinto the international research community and improve its materials educationinfrastructure. The PREM will provide Howard undergraduates summer researchopportunities at Hopkins and graduate students will be able to do a significant part of theirresearch in the Hopkins MRSEC. There will be co-advising of Howard PREM students byHopkins MRSEC PIs, and pairing of senior JHU MRSEC students as preceptors withHoward PREM students. Hopkins will benefit when well-prepared Howard graduatesenroll. PGCC students involved in PREM activities will have opportunities for summerresearch at Howard. PGCC and Howard have an existing articulation agreement, whichthe students can use to continue their studies. PREM support for materials education atHoward and PGCC will improve interdisciplinary materials education. Few freshmen knowwhat materials science or engineering is. This is even more the case for communitycollege students who tend to come from minority communities or are first in their family toattend college. PGCC has designed web based guided inquiry courses which are not onlyeffective ways of teaching science but also a good introduction to research. PGCC willtake the lead in producing materials centered, guided-inquiry software suited to college andhigh school classes. Broad dissemination of the modules will inform students about theimpact materials have on their lives and attract them to materials related studies. The webbasedmodules can be used for undergraduate courses and by high school students takingAP courses. This PREM will build a pipeline for materials research careers among AfricanAmericans.