RET Site for Structured Organic Particulates

该奖项为为期三年的标准奖提供资金，以支持新泽西理工学院（NJIT）的工程和计算机科学教师研究经验（RET）项目，该项目名为“结构化有机颗粒的RET网站”，由John D. Carpinelli和Rajesh N. Dave.该提案寻求资金，以建立在目前的结构化有机颗粒计划在NJIT的RET网站，与NSF赞助的工程研究中心（ERC）的结构化有机颗粒（C-SOPS）。共有36名教师，每年12名高中教师，为期三年，将在教师主管的指导下参加为期六周的研究项目，并在每个学年开展后续项目。参与者将是来自北方和新泽西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）代表性不足的人口中的大量学生提供服务的地区的教师。NJIT通过其大学预科课程中心（CPCP），非常积极地与新泽西的K-12社区合作，并与城市地区及其教师合作，为目标学生群体服务。CPCP每年通过各种方案与数十名教师合作;其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口。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，性能和加工等主题，旨在实现改善制药产品的统一目标。从研究中获得的基础知识，导致改进设计，制造和药品质量，将有助于高中教师更好地了解工程师的作用，并开发课程材料，帮助学生更好地欣赏科学和工程。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。该提案的更广泛影响是多方面的。RET计划将对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美国人和/或西班牙裔学生。根据NJIT先前的RET计划的结果，预计这个数字将在该计划的过程中达到数千人，并且在该计划结束后，随着教师继续使用和建立他们通过该计划开发的材料，这个数字将增加很多倍。随着参与教师将他们的经验和教育材料带入自己的课堂，该计划最终将惠及数千名学生，并将有助于在这一具有国家重要性的领域发展训练有素的多元化劳动力。这些单元将放在几个在线储存库中，供C-SOPS ERC使用，使全国各地的其他教育工作者都能使用，而且这些单元将很容易调整，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.