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

可穿戴纳米设备，连接健康与环境：工程和计算机科学网站中的 RET

• 批准号: 1407202
• 负责人: Veena Misra
• 金额: $ 49.97万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 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: 2014-05-01 至 2017-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1407202&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Wearable; Nanodevices; Linking; Health; Environment

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.

该奖项为为期三年的标准奖项提供资金，以支持北卡罗来纳州立大学 (NCSU) 工程和计算机科学站点教师研究经验 (RET) 项目，题为“可穿戴纳米设备，连接健康与环境：工程和计算机科学站点中的 RET”，由 Veena Misra 博士指导。 NSF 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 工程学院领导，与三个当地学区和 NCSU 的 Kenan 研究员计划合作，将为总共 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、 能量存储、纳米设备和传感器，以创建创新的无电池、人体供电和可穿戴系统，可监测内部健康指标和环境条件。该项目将北卡罗来纳州立大学尖端设施的卓越研究经验与专业发展相结合，以培养教师的内容知识、课程开发和教学技能。该项目将建立在 ASSIST 中心和个人导师与 RET 教师的成功经验以及 NCSU 凯南研究员模型的优势之上，该模型通过之前资助的两个 RET 站点项目开发了教师研究经验。该项目设计包括 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。 它包含教师领导力发展活动，同时还培养重要的教学和教学设计技能。 参与的教师将基于可穿戴纳米传感器创建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相关联，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。 该项目中的可穿戴纳米设备研究将使 K-12 STEM 教师及其学生感到兴奋，同时促进纳米科学和系统工程概念融入他们的科学课程。 该 RET 网站将通过让教师和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，吸引少数族裔和女性等代表性不足的学生进入工程学领域。合作学区满足大量高需求但在 STEM 学生中所占比例不足的学生；他们将确保在一些最需要的学校任职的教师的参与。