Targeted Infusion Project: Development and Implementation of Computational Chemistry and Biology Courses with Research Integration

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科项目（HBCU- up）通过有针对性的输液项目支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以攻读STEM研究生课程和/或职业。克拉克亚特兰大大学（CAU）的项目旨在通过有针对性的课程改进和教师参与本科研究，增加未被充分代表的少数民族获得STEM本科学位的人数。通过跨学科的教学方法开发和实施计算化学和计算生物学两门新课程，将成为其他学校加强STEM教育课程的典范。参加这些课程的中国农业大学本科生将通过国家科学基金会支持的极限科学与工程发现环境（XSEDE）与超级计算机一起工作。这些课程对于中国农业大学少数族裔学生毕业后获得“跨学科计算化学和生物学认证”，并在全国范围内与当代技能竞争至关重要。该项目的总体目标是更新化学和生物学课程，并在计算化学和计算生物学方面教育本科生。为了实现这些目标，pi计划：1)在化学和生物科学系开发，试点测试和实施两门新的本科课程，并培养28名具有跨学科计算技能的学生；2)加强与本科生研究相结合的计算化学和生物教育的学术网络基础设施。实现这些目标将有利于CAU进入下一个阶段，为STEM本科生开设计算科学“辅修”课程。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. The project at Clark Atlanta University (CAU) seeks to increase the number of underrepresented minorities receiving undergraduate degrees in STEM through the targeted infusion of curriculum improvements and faculty engagement of undergraduate research. The development and implementation of two new courses in Computational Chemistry and Computational Biology through an interdisciplinary teaching and learning approach will be a model for other schools to enhance their curriculum in STEM education. CAU's undergraduate students, who will enroll in these courses, will work with supercomputers through the NSF supported Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE). These courses will be essential for underrepresented minority students at CAU to graduate with "Interdisciplinary Computational Chemistry and Biology Certification" and compete nationally with contemporary skill sets.The overall goals of the project are to update the chemistry and biology curriculums and to educate undergraduate students in both computational chemistry and computational biology. To achieve these goals, the PIs plan to: 1) Develop, pilot-test, and implement two new undergraduate courses in the Departments of Chemistry and Biological Sciences and to educate twenty eight students with interdisciplinary computational skills; and 2) Enhance the academic cyberinfrastructure for computational chemistry and biology education integrated with research for undergraduate students. Achieving the goals will benefit CAU in moving to the next level to initiate a Computational Science "Minor" program for STEM undergraduates.