RET in Engineering and Computer Science Site - Chicago Science Teacher Research (CSTR) Program

该奖项为伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校（UIC）的工程和计算机科学教师研究经验（RET）项目提供为期三年的持续奖励，该项目名为工程和计算机科学教师研究经验-芝加哥科学教师研究（CSTR）项目，由Andreas A.林宁格这是一个成功的3年RET网站计划的延续。CSTR计划是由三个UIC学院的教师，工程，教育和文科和理科，在与芝加哥公立学校当局和工业利益集团的战略合作伙伴关系，聘请共39名在职教师，每年13个3年，在生命科学、纳米技术、生物工程和生物医学工程领域的新兴技术和前沿研究中发挥重要作用。该计划将通过训练有素的教师提高小学、初中和高中学生的数学和科学成绩，并弥合大学预科课堂经验与尖端大学科学技术之间的差距。 CSTR计划的长期目标是通过以下三层方法来提高芝加哥地区学校的数学和科学技能：1）培养一个由K-12教师和大学教师导师组成的科学教育联盟。2）在UIC的实验设施中，采用边做边学的方法，为在职教师举办为期七周的夏季学徒培训，包括正规的研究生教育，结合全年的后续计划，以开发基于发现的实验，讲座和会议。3）将RET计划与并行的本科生研究基地（REU）整合在生物工程和高中生指导计划中的新材料和工艺。

This award provides funding for a three year continuing award for a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) entitled, RET in Engineering and Computer Science Site-Chicago Science Teacher Research (CSTR) Program, under the direction of Dr. Andreas A. Linninger. This is a renewal of a successful 3 year RET Site program.The CSTR program is an initiative by the faculty of three UIC Colleges, Engineering, Education and Liberal Arts and Sciences, in a strategic partnership with the Chicago Public School authorities and industrial interest groups to engage a total of 39 in-service teachers, 13 per year for 3 years, in emerging technologies and cutting edge research in the areas of life sciences, nanotechnology, bioengineering and biomedical engineering. The program will improve the mathematics and science performance of elementary, middle and high-school students through better trained teachers and bridge the gap between experience in pre-college classrooms and cutting-edge university science and technology. The long-term objectives of the CSTR program are to advance math and science skills taught in Chicago area schools through the following three-tiered approach: 1) Nurture a science education coalition engaging K-12 teachers with university faculty mentors.2) Conduct a seven-week summer apprenticeship for in-service teachers using a learning-by-doing approach at experimental facilities at UIC, including formal graduate education combined with an all year around follow-up program for the development of discovery-based experiments, lectures, and conferences.3) Integrate the RET program with a concurrent undergraduate research site (REU) on novel materials and processes in bioengineering and a high-school student mentoring program.