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

催化剂项目为历史上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，改善研究和教学机构，并参与本科生的研究经验。特拉华州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的STEM教育和研究方法。 此外，该项目为PI提供了获得初步成果的机会，以开发一个研究项目，研究他的跨学科和跨机构/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提出了一个本科研究，创新和教育，灌输计划，与公民的科学。 该项目承诺为特拉华州州立大学的学生提供能力，并为下一代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，用于环境和人类健康，并推进制造业。这些新技术通常是低功耗、轻便、便携式的，并且能够部署在无处不在的平台上，包括住宅、城市或农业以及工业场所。若干此类技术可包括感测和连续监测所需的物理、化学或生物环境。当这些传感系统与先进的制造技术相结合时，例如用于人体皮肤电子接口的高精度3D打印或生物兼容的可穿戴传感器，可以改变我们的互动模式，以及对外部世界的理解。 该项目的更广泛的影响包括本科研究，教育和DEL-AWARE公民科学计划，将涉及各种利益相关者，包括来自学术界，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，社区，学校，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查进行评估，被认为值得支持的搜索.

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.