Implementation Project: Transforming Computational STEM Education at Claflin University

实施项目：克拉夫林大学计算 STEM 教育转型

• 批准号: 1332516
• 负责人: Verlie Tisdale
• 金额: $ 175万
• 依托单位: Claflin University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-06-01 至 2021-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1332516&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Implementation; Project; Transforming; Computational; STEM

Implementation Projects in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate program provide support to design, implement, study and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the numbers of students and the quality of their preparation by strengthening science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and research. This implementation project at Claflin University focuses on the disciplines of biology, chemistry, computer science and mathematics to provide an array of computational technologies in order to support and educate the next-generation of data scientists who can work in a multi-disciplinary environment. Claflin University has a proven record of graduating a significant number of African-American students in STEM fields and through this implementation project that number is projected to increase. The project is guided and informed by an on-going evaluation.The goals of the proposed project are to increase graduation and placement rates of students in the STEM workforce; to infuse research and education in a STEM-based computational curriculum; to promote computational science research to improve the quality of experiences and prepare STEM students to compete in a global society; and to use the strengths and assets of core partners to propel students towards a STEM career. The project will create relationships with federal and national laboratories, industry and other universities. The project involves faculty and undergraduate students to conduct research in the areas of metabolites and biomolecules using analytical instrumentation and methodology; in methods for retrieving and analyzing biological data; as well as in optimization, computational complexity, statistical modeling and machine learning.

历史上的黑人学院和大学的实施项目-本科生方案为设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力提供支持，通过加强科学、技术、工程和数学教育和研究，增加学生人数和提高学生准备质量。克拉夫林大学的这个实施项目侧重于生物学、化学、计算机科学和数学学科，提供一系列计算技术，以支持和教育能够在多学科环境中工作的下一代数据科学家。 克拉夫林大学在STEM领域毕业了大量非洲裔美国学生，通过这个实施项目，这一数字预计将增加。该项目以一项正在进行的评估为指导和依据，其目标是提高STEM学生的毕业率和就业率;在基于STEM的计算课程中注入研究和教育;促进计算科学研究，以提高经验质量，并为STEM学生在全球社会中的竞争做好准备;并利用核心合作伙伴的优势和资产推动学生走向STEM职业。该项目将与联邦和国家实验室、工业界和其他大学建立关系。该项目涉及教师和本科生使用分析仪器和方法在代谢物和生物分子领域进行研究;检索和分析生物数据的方法;以及优化，计算复杂性，统计建模和机器学习。