Engineering Innovation and Design for STEM Teachers

该奖项为为期三年的持续奖励提供资金，以支持代顿大学（UD）工程现场项目中的教师研究经验（RET），该项目名为“STEM教师的工程创新和设计”，由Margaret Pinnell博士指导。工程的代顿学校的大学支持10个初中和高中干教师从代顿，俄亥俄州地区学校和5个职前教师每年从区域学院（45个总超过三年）在一个密集的为期六周的夏季工程研究计划的积极参与，以把工程和技术创新的知识到他们的课堂。UD工程学院将与UD的创新中心和教育学院以及教育学院和联合企业，代顿区域STEM中心和当地行业合作，通过基于团队的设计和创新项目使参与者接触工程研究。 与代顿地区的优势和现有合作伙伴关系保持一致，这将通过STEM中心确定的技术领域的行业赞助的创新项目来实现，这些项目对该地区的经济成功至关重要：电力和推进（可再生能源重点），先进材料/制造，医学/人类效率，环境/土木工程和传感器。 该项目将对代顿地区和全国工程界产生重大影响，促进K-12 STEM课程工程的进展，并从高需求和城市学校招聘教师。 在区域上，它将加强与当前和未来的K-12教师，职前教师，本科工程学生，工程教师和当地产业的关系。

This award provides funding for a three year continuing award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering Site program at the University of Dayton (UD) entitled, "Engineering Innovation and Design for STEM Teachers", under the direction of Dr. Margaret Pinnell. The University of Dayton School of Engineering supports the active involvement of 10 middle and high school STEM teachers from Dayton, Ohio area schools and 5 pre-service teachers per year from regional colleges (45 total over three years)in an intensive six week summer engineering research program in order to bring knowledge of engineering and technological innovation into their classrooms. The UD School of Engineering will collaborate with UD's Innovation Center and School of Education and School of Education and Allied Professions, the Dayton Regional STEM Center, and local industries to expose the participants to engineering research through team-based design and innovation projects. Keeping in alignment with the strengths and existing partnerships of the Dayton area, this will be accomplished through industry-sponsored innovation projects in the technological areas identified by the STEM Center as critical to the area's economic success: power and propulsion (renewable energy focus), advanced materials/manufacturing, medicine/human effectiveness, environmental/civil engineering, and sensors. The project will have a significant impact on the Dayton area and the engineering community nationwide by promoting the progress of engineering in K-12 STEM curriculum and recruiting teachers from high-need and urban schools. Regionally, it will strengthen relationships with current and future K-12 teachers, pre-service teachers, undergraduate engineering students, engineering faculty and local industry.