RET Site for Structured Organic Particulates

结构化有机颗粒的 RET 站点

• 批准号: 1301071
• 负责人: Rajesh Dave
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: New Jersey Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1301071&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RET; Site; Structured; Organic; Particulates

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.

该奖项为一个为期三年的标准奖项提供资金，以支持新泽西理工学院（NJIT）的一个名为“结构化有机微粒的研究经验”的教师研究经验项目，该项目由John D. Carpinelli博士和Rajesh N. Dave博士指导。该提案寻求资金，以建立在NJIT目前的结构化有机颗粒项目RET站点，并与nsf赞助的结构化有机颗粒工程研究中心（ERC） （C-SOPS）合作。共有36名教师，每年12名高中教师，将在教师主管的指导下进行为期6周的研究项目，并在每个学年进行后续项目。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，重点是来自为科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）中代表性不足的大量学生提供服务的学区的教师。新泽西理工大学通过其大学预科课程中心（CPCP）积极参与新泽西州的K-12社区，并与城市地区及其教师合作，为目标学生群体服务。CPCP每年通过各种项目与数十名教师合作；它的工作每年对成千上万的学生产生直接影响，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，涉及药物材料结构，功能，性能和加工等主题，旨在改善药品的统一目标。从研究中获得的基础知识可以改善制药产品的设计、制造和质量，这将帮助高中教师更好地理解工程师的角色，并开发有助于学生更好地理解科学和工程的课程材料。该计划通过制药工程的例子，培训教师进行探究式研究，以及产品设计和工程概念。这一提议的广泛影响是多方面的。RET计划将对来自选定的城市学区的大量代表性不足的少数民族学生产生重大影响，其中一些学区有大量非洲裔和/或西班牙裔学生。根据新泽西理工大学先前的RET项目的结果，预计在项目过程中，这一数字将达到数千人，在项目结束后，随着教师继续使用和构建他们通过该项目开发的材料，这一数字将会增加许多倍。随着参与的教师将他们的经验和教育材料带入自己的课堂，该项目最终将惠及数千名学生，并将为在这一具有国家重要性的领域培养一支训练有素、多样化的劳动力队伍做出贡献。模块将被放置在几个可供C-SOPS ERC使用的在线存储库中，使全国各地的许多其他教育工作者都可以访问它们，并且可以很容易地适应即将到来的共同核心标准，从而促进它们在全国范围内的使用。

项目成果

Particle Engineering Research from the NSF ERC Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Program at NJIT

新泽西理工学院 NSF ERC 教师研究经验 (RET) 项目的粒子工程研究

• 发表时间: 2016
• 期刊: AICHE Annual Meeting
• 作者: Bilgili, E.;Li, M.;Zhang, L.;Armani, M.;Orbe, P.;Aloia, M.;Pielecha-Safira, B.;Dave, R.N.
• 通讯作者: Dave, R.N.