RET Site: Innovative Transportation Systems

RET 站点：创新交通系统

• 批准号: 1610089
• 负责人: Craig Woolard
• 金额: $ 59.44万
• 依托单位: Montana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-10-01 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1610089&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RET; Site; Innovative; Transportation; Systems

This Research Experiences for Teachers in Innovative Transportation Systems (ITS-RET) at the Western Transportation Institute (WTI) at Montana State University (MSU) will engage secondary school and tribal and community college STEM faculty in interdisciplinary summer research focused on the unique challenges of rural transportation systems. Research topics will cover sustainable infrastructure materials; transportation design and operations for safe and livable communities; and advanced transportation technologies. Projects will explore the development and testing of new technologies, infrastructure materials, simulation or spatial models, and algorithms designed to improve rural transportation systems. The research experience will build core engineering and computational skills. Experienced research mentors will guide RET participants to use set processes to define problems, evaluate data, and develop optimal solutions to real world transportation problems that will be familiar to both the RET participants and the rural students they serve. The project is expected to have a high impact on students in rural and tribal communities by expanding professional development opportunities to strengthen the capacity of STEM faculty from rural and underserved areas in Montana and Nebraska.The ITS-RET Site will offer an intensive six week research program each summer to a cohort of 12 STEM instructors over the three-year grant period. Summer research will be complimented by extensive academic year follow-up activities to ensure that RET participants have the necessary support to achieve research-related accomplishments and to ensure the successful translation of their research experience into classroom practice. Curriculum development activities are expected to lead to new secondary school and community college course content that integrates tools and processes from multiple STEM disciplines to mimic how innovative solutions are developed to complex challenges in the real world. The delivery of the new curricular materials will spark the interest and enthusiasm of rural and tribal students in STEM subjects by demonstrating real world applications and benefits. In addition to conference presentations, project outcomes and lesson plans developed through the ITS-RET program will be widely disseminated through the West Region Transportation Workforce Center's online clearinghouse of education resources as well as other digital libraries.

蒙大拿州州立大学（MSU）西部交通研究所（WTI）创新交通系统（ITS-RET）教师的研究经验将使中学和部落和社区大学STEM教师参与跨学科的夏季研究，重点关注农村交通系统的独特挑战。研究主题将涵盖可持续基础设施材料;安全和宜居社区的交通设计和运营;以及先进的交通技术。项目将探索新技术、基础设施材料、模拟或空间模型以及旨在改善农村交通系统的算法的开发和测试。研究经验将建立核心工程和计算技能。经验丰富的研究导师将指导RET参与者使用设定的流程来定义问题、评估数据并开发解决真实的世界交通问题的最佳解决方案，这些解决方案将为RET参与者和他们所服务的农村学生所熟悉。该项目预计将通过扩大专业发展机会，加强蒙大拿州和内布拉斯加州农村和服务不足地区的STEM教师的能力，对农村和部落社区的学生产生很大影响。ITS-RET网站将在三年的资助期内，每年夏天为12名STEM教师提供为期六周的密集研究计划。 暑期研究将辅之以广泛的学年后续活动，以确保可再生能源培训的参与者获得必要的支持，以实现与研究有关的成就，并确保他们的研究经验成功地转化为课堂实践。课程开发活动预计将导致新的中学和社区大学课程内容，整合多个STEM学科的工具和流程，以模仿如何开发创新解决方案，以应对真实的世界中的复杂挑战。新课程材料的提供将通过展示真实的世界应用和好处，激发农村和部落学生对STEM科目的兴趣和热情。除了会议介绍外，通过ITS-RET方案制定的项目成果和课程计划将通过西部地区运输劳动力中心的在线教育资源交换中心以及其他数字图书馆广泛传播。