RET Site for Structured Organic Particulates

该奖项为一项为期三年的标准奖提供资金，以支持新泽西理工学院(NJIT)在John D.Carpinelli博士和Rajesh N.Dave博士的指导下，为工程和计算机科学领域的教师研究经验(RET)现场项目，名为“RET结构化有机颗粒现场”。这项提案寻求资金，以便与NSF赞助的结构性有机颗粒工程研究中心(ERC)一起，在NJIT现有的RET结构化有机颗粒项目的基础上进行建设。共有36名教师，每年12名高中教师，在三年的时间里，将在教师指导下进行为期六周的研究计划，并在每个学年进行后续计划。参与者将是来自新泽西州北部和中部学区的高中科学和技术教师，重点是来自学区的教师，这些学区服务于科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)中代表性不足的人群的大量学生。NJIT通过其大学前课程中心(CPCP)，非常积极地与新泽西州的K-12社区接触，并与服务于目标学生群体的市区及其教师合作。CPCP每年通过各种方案与数十名教师合作；它的工作每年对数千名学生产生直接影响，其中绝大多数来自代表性不足的人群。拟议的计划源于尖端的C-SOPS研究项目，涉及制药材料结构、功能、性能和工艺方面的主题，旨在实现改进制药产品的统一目标。从研究中获得的基础知识有助于改善医药产品的设计、制造和质量，这将有助于高中教师更好地理解工程师的角色，并制定有助于学生更好地欣赏科学和工程的课程材料。该计划通过制药工程的例子，培训教师进行基于探究的研究，以及产品设计和工程的概念。这一提议的更广泛影响是多方面的。RET计划将对来自选定城市学区的大量代表不足的少数族裔学生产生重大影响，其中几个学区拥有大量非裔美国人和/或西班牙裔学生。根据NJIT以前的RET计划的结果，预计在计划过程中，这一数字将达到数千人，在计划结束后，随着教师继续使用和建立他们通过该计划开发的材料，这一数字将增加许多倍。随着参与教师将他们的经验和教育材料带到他们自己的课堂上，这个项目最终将惠及数千名学生，并将有助于在这个具有国家重要性的领域发展一支训练有素、多样化的劳动力队伍。模块将被放置在C-sop ERC可支配的几个在线存储库中，使全国数十名其他教育工作者能够访问它们，并将很容易地进行调整，以满足即将出台的共同核心标准，从而促进它们在全国范围内的使用。

This award provides funding for a three year standard award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site program at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) entitled, "RET Site for Structured Organic Particulates", under the direction of Dr. John D. Carpinelli and Dr. Rajesh N. Dave. This proposal seeks funding to build upon the current RET Site for Structured Organic Particulates program at NJIT, in conjunction with the NSF-sponsored Engineering Research Center (ERC) on Structured Organic Particulates (C-SOPS). A total of 36 teachers, twelve high school teachers per year for three years, will engage in a six-week research program under the guidance of faculty supervisors, with follow-up programs during each school year. Participants will be high school science and technology teachers from school districts in northern and central New Jersey, with an emphasis on teachers from districts that serve large numbers of students from underrepresented populations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). NJIT, through its Center for Pre-College Programs (CPCP), is very actively engaged with the K-12 community in New Jersey, and works with urban districts and their teachers that serve the targeted student population. CPCP works with dozens of teachers every year through various programs; its work has an immediate impact on thousands of students each year, with the vast majority from underrepresented populations. The proposed program stems from cutting-edge C-SOPS research projects dealing with topics in pharmaceutical materials structure, function, performance, and processing, geared towards a unifying goal of improving pharmaceutical products. The fundamental knowledge from research that leads to improved design, manufacturing and quality of pharmaceutical products, will help high school teachers better understand the role of engineers and develop curriculum materials that will help their students better appreciate science and engineering. The program trains teachers in inquiry-based research, and in concepts of product design and engineering through examples from pharmaceutical engineering.The broader impacts of this proposal are multifaceted. The RET program will significantly impact a large number of underrepresented minority students from the selected urban school districts, several of which have a large number of African-American and/or Hispanic students. Based on the results of a prior RET program at NJIT, it is anticipated that this number will be in the thousands during the course of the program, and many times more after the program ends as teachers continue to use and build upon the materials they develop through this program. As participating teachers bring their experiences and educational materials into their own classrooms, this program will ultimately reach thousands of students, and will contribute towards development of a well-trained, diverse workforce in this area of national importance. Modules will be placed in several on-line repositories available at the disposal of the C-SOPS ERC, making them accessible to scores of other educators across the country, and will be easily adaptable to meet the incoming common core standards, thus facilitating their use on a national scale.