Targeted Infusion Project Grant: Development and Enhancement of the Physics Laboratories at Winston-Salem State University

这项名为“温斯顿-塞勒姆州立大学物理实验室的发展和加强”的定向注入项目旨在发展和加强物理学、生物物理学、可再生能源、光学、现代物理和计算物理实验室，最终将影响大约300名主修或辅修科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)专业的学生，特别是那些注册物理辅修课程的学生。该项目将教育和研究结合在一起，因为仪器和计算实验室还将用于在非线性光学、计算物理和太阳能方面进行跨学科研究。研究工作以一种有意义的方式让本科生参与进来。该项目将加强温斯顿·塞勒姆州立大学物理教育和研究的基础设施，并使本科生为研究生或STEM劳动力做好准备。拟议的活动集中在一个系，该系目前招收六名物理专业的未成年人，他们都是非裔美国人。按照计划，这个辅修物理的专业将在五年内开设一个物理专业。在历史上黑人学院和大学正在失去他们的物理课程的时候，这一点意义重大。项目活动的结果将通过在专业物理教育工作者会议上的发言向更广泛的物理界传播。

The Targeted Infusion Project entitled - Development and Enhancement of the Physics Laboratories at Winston-Salem State University - seeks to develop and enhance the Introductory Physics, Biophysics, Renewable Energy, Optics, Modern Physics, and Computational Physics laboratories, which ultimately will impact about 300 students majoring or minoring in science,technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs, and in particular those enrolled in the Physics minor program. The project integrates education and research because the instrumentations and computational labs will be also used to conduct interdisciplinary research in nonlinear optics, computational physics, and solar energy. The research efforts involve undergraduate students in a meaningful way. The project will enhance the infrastructure for physics education and research at Winston Salem State University and prepare undergraduate students for graduate studies or the STEM workforce. The proposed activities are centered in a department that currently enrolls six physics minors, all of them African American. The plan is that the physics minor will lead to a Physics major program within five years. This is significant at a time when Historically Black Colleges and Universities are losing their physics programs. The results of the project activities will be disseminated to the broader Physics community through presentations at meetings of professional Physics educators.