Dissemination of the Impact of Materials on Society (IMOS) Course through a Workshop at the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), July 16, 2016

非技术描述：佛罗里达大学(UF)和材料研究学会(MRS)正在举办一个为期半天的介绍性研讨会，主题是新开发的一门名为“材料对社会的影响(IMOS)”的新生课程。该研讨会于2016年7月16日在加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托举行的美国物理教师协会(AAPT)夏季会议上举行。这些资金支持最多30名参与者的奖学金、研讨会主持人和房间配置的费用。参与者主要是来自两年制大学系统的代表，他们希望了解更多关于IMOS课程的知识，并正在考虑在他们的机构试行这门课程。技术描述：这次研讨会的目标是向主要是两年制大学机构的教师介绍一门名为《材料对社会的影响》的课程。该课程旨在通过探索工程与社会的相互关系，提高工程师的社会素养和非工程师的技术素养。这门课程的所有材料都是通过其他政府拨款开发的。研讨会利用了已经出于技术目的出差参加会议的与会者，因此支付了他们的差旅费用。这次研讨会将使对IMOS课程的初步信息感兴趣的教职员工有机会更好地了解实施战略和课程材料。在AAPT会议上举行的为期半天的讲习班将向潜在的试点机构介绍课程设计、新完成的课程材料和评估工具，以扩大课程的影响，并收集关于如何向不同的学生群体教授社会和科学素养的更多数据。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The University of Florida (UF) and Materials Research Society (MRS) are conducting a half-day introductory workshop on a newly developed freshman course entitled "The Impact of Materials on Society (IMOS)". The workshop is being held July 16, 2016 for attendees at the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Summer Meeting in Sacramento, California. The funds support scholarships for up to 30 participants, expenses for the workshop facilitators and the room configuration. Participants are primarily representatives from the two-year college systems who would like to learn more about the IMOS course and are considering piloting this course at their institutions.TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The goal of this workshop is to introduce a course entitled, "The Impact of Materials on Society" to instructors at primarily two-year college institutions. The course is designed to increase the social literacy of engineers and the technical literacy of non-engineers by exploring how engineering and society are interrelated. All of the materials for the course were developed through other government grants. The workshop leverages the participants who are already traveling to the meeting for technical purposes and so their travel expenses are covered. This workshop would give faculty intrigued by the initial information about the IMOS course, the opportunity to better understand implementation strategies and the curriculum materials. The half-day workshop at an AAPT meeting will introduce the course design, the newly completed curriculum materials and evaluation tools to potential pilot institutions, in order to broaden the impact of the course and to collect additional data on how social and scientific literacies can be taught to diverse student groups.