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

该奖项为为期三年的标准奖提供资金，以支持北卡罗来纳州州立大学（NCSU）的工程和计算机科学网站计划中的教师研究经验（RET），题为"可穿戴纳米设备，连接健康和环境：工程和计算机科学网站中的RET"，在Veena Misra博士的指导下。NSF纳米系统工程研究中心（NERC）的先进自供电系统集成传感器和技术（ASSIST），由NCSU的工程学院与三个当地学区和NCSU的凯南研究员计划合作领导，将提供共42名初中和高中STEM教师（每年14名），为期7周的夏季工程研究经验，重点是开发和使用纳米能源收集，能源储存，纳米器件和传感器，以创造创新的无电池，身体供电，以及可穿戴系统，用于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和课程开发以及教学技能。该计划将建立在ASSIST中心和RET教师个人导师的成功经验以及NCSU Kenan Fellows模型的优势基础上，该模型通过两个先前资助的RET网站计划开发教师研究经验。该项目设计包括与ASSIST研究导师的经验，并将在特殊的纳米纤维和分析仪器设施中进行。 它包括教师领导能力发展活动，同时也发展重要的教学和教学设计技能。 参与的教师将创建基于可穿戴纳米传感器的参与和创新活动，以带回他们的教室。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，以更好地预测，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器件研究将为K-12 STEM教师及其学生带来兴奋，同时促进纳米科学和系统工程概念融入他们的科学课程。 该网站将吸引代表性不足的学生，包括少数民族和女性，通过让教师和学生参与与个人健康主题和全球健康问题有关的令人兴奋的研究体验来吸引工程。伙伴学区为大量高需求和STEM学生代表性不足的学生提供服务;它们将确保在一些最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.