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

该奖项为一个新的合作研究经验教师（RET）网站提供资金，该网站专注于中央佛罗里达大学和佛罗里达理工学院的信号和图像处理。 每年，来自佛罗里达中部四个县学区的13名高中教师将参加大学的研究项目。 教师还将开发与他们的研究有关的模块，他们将在下一学年在课堂上实施。 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，他们将参加佛罗里达科学奥林匹克竞赛。 通过参与可再生能源技术网站，教师将拥有更强的工程和计算机科学知识基础以及将其转化为课堂实践的技能，从而影响学生并激励他们走向科学，技术，计算和工程学科。该项目的智力价值围绕着研究团队的专业知识和教师工作的出色研究环境。 研究项目是引人注目的，是在当前感兴趣的领域。该项目的更广泛影响包括对该地区学校的重大影响和向广大社区的传播。教师将把新的计算和工程主题融入到他们的课堂中，并开发实践方法将这些主题传授给中学生。 教师们还将参与公共外展活动，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建立和巩固。合作伙伴将共同努力，为该地区的优秀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.