Catalyst Project: Enhancing Undergraduate Research, Innovation and Education in Engineering and Computer Science – Integration of Smart Sensors Design to Citizens Science

催化剂项目：加强工程和计算机科学方面的本科生研究、创新和教育 — 将智能传感器设计与公民科学相结合

• 批准号: 2011728
• 负责人: Mohammad Khan
• 金额: $ 19.97万
• 依托单位: Delaware State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-08-15 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2011728&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Catalyst; Project; Enhancing; Undergraduate; Research

Catalyst Projects provide support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities to work towards establishing research capacity of faculty to strengthen science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) undergraduate education and research. It is expected that the award will further the faculty member's research capability, improve research and teaching at the institution, and involve undergraduate students in research experiences. This project at Delaware State University satisfies the requirements of a catalyst project in that it promises to implement a novel approach to STEM education and research at the institution. Moreover, the project provides the PI with the opportunity to obtain preliminary results for the development of a research project that studies the impact of his interdisciplinary and inter-institutional/community approach for developing next-generation, undergraduate student researchers. In this project, the PI proposes an undergraduate research, innovation and education, infusion program, connected with citizen’s science. The project promised to empower and prepare students at Delaware State University for the next-generation STEM workforce. This infusion program will bring together next-generation smart sensing technologies for environmental and human health, and advance manufacturing. These novel technologies are generally low-power, lightweight, portable and able to be deployed on ubiquitous platforms, including residential, urban or agricultural, and industrial locations. Several such technologies may include sensing and continuous monitoring of required physical, chemical or biological environments. These sensing systems when coupled with advanced manufacturing technologies, e.g. high-precision 3-D printing for human skin-electronic interface, or bio-compatible wearable sensors, can shift the paradigm of our interaction, and understanding of the outside world. The broader impacts of this project includes undergraduate research, education and DEL-AWARE Citizens Science program that will involve various stakeholders, including diverse participants from academia, local environmental agencies/organizations, community group of participants from academia, local environmental agencies/organizations, communities, schools, hospitals and health services in the State of Delaware.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

催化剂项目为历史悠久的黑人学院和大学提供支持，努力建立教师的研究能力，以加强科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 本科教育和研究。预计该奖项将进一步提高教师的研究能力，改善机构的研究和教学，并让本科生参与研究经验。特拉华州立大学的这个项目满足了催化剂项目的要求，因为它承诺在该机构实施一种新颖的 STEM 教育和研究方法。 此外，该项目为 PI 提供了获得研究项目开发初步结果的机会，该项目研究其跨学科和跨机构/社区方法对培养下一代本科生研究人员的影响。在这个项目中，PI 提出了一个与公民科学相关的本科生研究、创新和教育、注入计划。 该项目承诺帮助特拉华州立大学的学生为下一代 STEM 劳动力做好准备。该注入计划将汇集下一代智能传感技术，以促进环境和人类健康，并推进制造业。这些新技术通常是低功耗、轻量级、便携式的，并且能够部署在无处不在的平台上，包括住宅、城市或农业和工业场所。一些这样的技术可能包括对所需的物理、化学或生物环境的感测和连续监测。这些传感系统与先进的制造技术相结合，例如用于人体皮肤电子界面或生物相容性可穿戴传感器的高精度 3D 打印可以改变我们互动的范式以及对外部世界的理解。 该项目的更广泛影响包括本科生研究、教育和 DEL-AWARE 公民科学计划，该计划将涉及各种利益相关者，包括来自学术界的不同参与者、当地环境机构/组织、学术界参与者社区团体、当地环境机构/组织、特拉华州的社区、学校、医院和卫生服务机构。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为值得通过以下方式获得支持： 使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估。