RET SITE: Research Experience for Teachers in Engineering (RU RET-E) for Green Energy and Technology

RET 网站：绿色能源与技术工程教师研究经验 (RU RET-E)

• 批准号: 1407266
• 负责人: Kimberly Cook-Chennault
• 金额: $ 48.96万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 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: 2014-05-15 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1407266&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RET; SITE; Research; Experience; Teachers

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 Rutgers University entitled, "RET SITE: Research Experience for Teachers in Engineering (RU RET-E) for Green Energy and Technology", under the direction of Dr. Kimberly Cook-Chennault. RU-RET-E is a critical link in Rutgers' educational pipeline in energy engineering education from K-12, to undergraduate and further to graduate education and STEM fields. It builds upon long-term collaborative relationships between the participating school districts and the Rutgers School of Engineering. Participation of these teachers will readily translate to the learning experience of their students and subsequently their academic achievement.This proposed project will build and improve upon a previous successful NSF RET project (EEC-1009797). It will expand and enhance the previous project as a comprehensive three-year program to host a total of 46 middle and high school teachers for six weeks during the summer. Participating teachers will be recruited from New Brunswick, Plainfield, and Scotch Plains-Fanwood which collectively are home to high populations of underrepresented minorities, economically challenged and special needs students. RU RET-E seeks to provide teaching professionals the opportunity to engage in science and engineering research, with intellectual foci centered around three research thrusts: nanotechnology and materials, renewable and sustainable fuels, and devices and energy management systems for energy generation, conversion, and storage. These are areas where Rutgers has a critical mass of faculty interest, existing academic and physical infrastructure, and funding. Each teacher pair will develop Student Growth Objectives (SGO) rubrics, to be strategically, linked to engineering units, which will be peer-reviewed over the summer. These units and SGOs will be used to assess student comprehension, critiquing proficiency and the ability to execute and construct lab reports, and aptitude for engineering problem solving.

该奖项为为期三年的标准奖项提供资金，以支持罗格斯大学工程和计算机科学教师研究经验站点计划​​，题为“RET SITE：绿色能源和技术工程教师研究经验（RU RET-E）”，由 Kimberly Cook-Chennault 博士指导。 RU-RET-E 是罗格斯大学从 K-12 到本科、研究生教育和 STEM 领域的能源工程教育管道中的关键环节。它建立在参与学区和罗格斯工程学院之间的长期合作关系的基础上。这些教师的参与将很容易转化为学生的学习经历以及随后的学术成就。该拟议项目将在之前成功的 NSF RET 项目 (EEC-1009797) 的基础上建立和改进。 它将扩展和加强之前的项目，将其作为一个为期三年的综合计划，在夏季接待总共 46 名初高中教师为期六周。参与的教师将从新不伦瑞克省、普兰菲尔德和苏格兰平原-范伍德招募，这些地区都是代表性不足的少数族裔、经济困难学生和有特殊需要的学生的聚集地。 RU RET-E 致力于为教学专业人员提供参与科学和工程研究的机会，其知识重点围绕三个研究重点：纳米技术和材料、可再生和可持续燃料以及用于能源生成、转换和存储的设备和能源管理系统。罗格斯大学在这些领域拥有大量教师的兴趣、现有的学术和物质基础设施以及资金。每对教师都将制定学生成长目标（SGO）评分标准，从战略上与工程单元联系起来，并在夏季接受同行评审。这些单元和 SGO 将用于评估学生的理解力、批判能力、执行和构建实验室报告的能力以及解决工程问题的能力。