Wearable Nanodevices, Linking Health and Environment: RET in Engineering and Computer Science Site

该奖项为一个为期三年的标准奖项提供资金，以支持北卡罗莱纳州立大学（NCSU）的一个名为“可穿戴纳米设备，连接健康和环境：工程和计算机科学网站的RET”的教师研究经验项目。该项目由Veena Misra博士指导。国家科学基金会纳米系统工程研究中心（NERC）的先进自供电集成传感器和技术系统（ASSIST）由NCSU工程学院与三个当地学区和NCSU的凯南研究员计划合作，将为42名初中和高中STEM教师（每年14名）提供为期7周的夏季工程研究经验，重点是开发和使用纳米能量收集，能量储存，纳米设备和传感器，创造创新的无电池、身体供电和可穿戴系统，监测内部健康指标和环境条件。该项目将NCSU尖端设施的卓越研究经验与专业发展相结合，以建立教师内容知识，课程开发和教学技能。该项目将建立在ASSIST中心的成功经验和RET教师的个人导师的基础上，以及NCSU凯南研究员模式的力量，该模式是通过两个先前资助的RET网站项目开发的教师研究经验。项目设计包括与ASSIST研究导师的经验，并将在特殊的纳米制造和分析仪器设施中进行。它结合了教师领导力发展活动，同时也发展了重要的教学和教学设计技能。参与其中的教师将基于可穿戴纳米传感器创造引人入胜的创新活动，并将其带回课堂。ASSIST正在开发新技术，通过允许医生、患者和科学家将健康指标与环境条件联系起来，从而更好地预测、管理和治疗疾病，从而导致健康信息学的范式转变。该项目的可穿戴纳米设备研究将使K-12 STEM教师和学生兴奋不已，同时促进纳米科学和系统工程概念融入他们的科学课程。这个RET网站将通过让教师及其学生参与与个人健康主题和全球健康问题相关的令人兴奋的研究经验，吸引代表性不足的学生，包括少数民族和女性。合作学区服务于大量高需求和代表性不足的STEM学生；它们将确保在一些最需要的学校服务的教师的参与。

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 North Carolina State University (NCSU) entitled, "Wearable Nanodevices, Linking Health and Environment: RET in Engineering and Computer Science Site", under the direction of Dr. Veena Misra. The NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center (NERC) for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST), led by NCSU's College of Engineering in partnership with three local school districts and NCSU's Kenan Fellows Program, will provide a total of 42 middle and high school STEM teachers (14 per year) with a 7-week summer engineering research experience focused on developing and employing nano-enabled energy harvesting, energy storage, nanodevices and sensors to create innovative battery-free, body-powered, and wearable systems that monitor both internal health indicators and environmental conditions. This project combines exceptional research experiences in NCSU's cutting-edge facilities with professional development to build teacher content knowledge and curriculum development and pedagogical skills. The program will build on the successful experiences of the ASSIST Center and individual mentors with RET teachers and the strength of the NCSU Kenan Fellows model for teacher research experiences developed through two previously funded RET Site programs. The project design includes experiences with ASSIST research mentors and will take place in exceptional nanofabrication and analytical instrumentation facilities. It incorporates teacher leadership development activities while also developing important pedagogical and instruction design skills. Participating teachers will create engaging and innovative activities based on wearable nanosensors to bring back to their classrooms. ASSIST is developing new technologies that will lead to a paradigm shift in health informatics by allowing doctors, patients, and scientists to correlate health indicators with environmental conditions to better predict, manage, and treat diseases. The wearable nanodevice research in this project will be exciting for K-12 STEM teachers and their students while facilitating integration of nanoscience and systems engineering concepts into their science curricula. This RET Site will attract underrepresented students, including minorities and females, to engineering by engaging teachers and their students in exciting research experiences linked to personal health topics and global health issues. Partner school districts serve high numbers of high needs and underrepresented in STEM students; they will ensure participation of teachers serving in some of the highest needs schools.