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

该奖项用于资助北卡罗来纳州立大学(NCSU)一项名为“可穿戴纳米设备，连接健康与环境：工程与计算机科学网站中的RET”的教师研究经验(RET)项目，该奖项为期三年。由NCSU工程学院与三个当地学区和NCSU凯南研究员计划共同领导的NSF集成传感器与技术先进自供电系统纳米系统工程研究中心(NERC)将为42名初中和高中STEM教师(每年14名)提供为期7周的暑期工程研究经验，重点是开发和使用纳米能量收集、能量储存、纳米器件和传感器，以创造创新的无电池、身体供电和可穿戴的系统，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，以建立教师教学、知识和课程开发以及教学技能。该计划将建立在辅助中心和拥有RET教师的个人导师的成功经验的基础上，以及NCSU凯南研究员通过两个先前资助的RET站点计划开发的教师研究经验模式的优势。项目设计包括协助研究导师的经验，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。参与的教师将创造基于可穿戴纳米传感器的引人入胜和创新的活动，并将其带回课堂。ASSITE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相关联，以更好地预测、管理和治疗疾病，从而导致卫生信息学的范式转变。该项目中的可穿戴纳米设备研究将使K-12 STEM教师和他们的学生感到兴奋，同时促进纳米科学和系统工程概念与他们的科学课程的整合。这个RET网站将通过吸引教师和他们的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体验，来吸引包括少数族裔和女性在内的未被充分代表的学生进入工程学。伙伴学区服务于大量的高需求学生，但在STEM学生中的比例较低；它们将确保在一些高需求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.