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

CATALYST项目支持历史悠久的黑人学院和大学致力于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职员工的研究能力，改善学院的研究和教学，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CATALYST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，该项目还为PI提供了一个机会，以便为开发一个研究项目获得初步结果，该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提出了一个与公民科学相联系的本科生研究、创新和教育、灌输计划。该项目承诺增强特拉华州立大学的学生能力，并为下一代STEM劳动力做好准备。这一注入计划将汇集环境和人类健康方面的下一代智能传感技术，并促进制造。这些新技术一般都是低功耗、轻便、便携的，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。几项此类技术可能包括对所需的物理、化学或生物环境进行传感和持续监测。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，可以改变我们互动和理解外部世界的范式。该项目的更广泛影响包括本科生研究、教育和DEL意识公民科学计划，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、来自学术界的社区参与者团体、当地环境机构/组织、社区、学校、医院和特拉华州的医疗服务。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.