Collaborative Research: RET in Engineering and Computer Science Site: Research Experiences for Teachers Focused on Applications of ImagEs and SiGnals In High Schools (AEGIS)

该奖项为中央佛罗里达大学和佛罗里达理工学院的一个新的教师协作研究体验(RET)网站提供资金，该网站专注于信号和图像处理。每年，来自佛罗里达州中部四个县学区的13名高中教师将参与大学的研究项目。教师还将开发与他们的研究相关的模块，并将在下一学年的课堂上实施。教师们将组织年度科学活动，与学校周围的社区分享他们的工作，他们还将参加佛罗里达科学奥林匹克大赛。通过参与RET网站，教师将获得更多的工程和计算机科学知识基础，并掌握将其转化为课堂实践的技能，从而影响他们的学生，并激励他们学习科学、技术、计算机和工程学科。这个项目的智力价值围绕着研究团队的专业知识和教师将在其中工作的杰出研究环境。这些研究项目令人信服，而且涉及当前感兴趣的领域。该项目的更广泛影响包括对该地区学校的重大影响以及对广大社区的传播。教师将把新的计算和工程主题融入他们的课堂，并开发实践方法将这些主题传授给中学生。教师亦会参与公众推广活动，向公众传达计算机科学和工程的概念和欣赏。通过这个项目，大学和学校之间的长期关系将得到锻造和巩固。合作伙伴将共同努力，为该地区杰出的计算和工程教育奠定基础。

This award provides funding for a new collaborative Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site focused on Signal and Image Processing at the University of Central Florida and Florida Institute of Technology. Each year 13 high school teachers from school districts in four Central Florida counties will participate in research projects at the universities. The teachers will also develop modules related to their research which they will implement in their classes in the following school year. The teachers will organize annual science events to share their work with the communities around their schools and they will participate in the Florida Science Olympiad. Through participation in the RET Site the teachers will have an enhanced knowledge base in engineering and computer science and the skills to translate this into their classroom practices, thus impacting their students and motivating them towards science, technology, computing, and engineering disciplines.The intellectual merit of this project revolves around the expertise of the research team and outstanding research environment in which the teachers will work. The research projects are compelling and are in areas that are of current interest. The broader impacts of this project include substantial impact on the area schools and dissemination to a broad community. Teachers will incorporate new computing and engineering topics into their classes and develop hands-on ways to impart these topics to secondary students. The teachers will also engage in public outreach to convey the concepts and appreciation of computer science and engineering to the public. Through this project, a long-term relationship between the university and the schools will be forged and cemented. The partners will work together to build a foundation of outstanding computing and engineering education in the region.