Conference: 2023 STEM Summer Camp for Indigenous Middle School Students in Utqiagvik, Alaska

会议：2023阿拉斯加乌特恰格维克原住民中学生STEM夏令营

• 批准号: 2312858
• 负责人: Ming Xiao
• 金额: $ 4.96万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-03-15 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2312858&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; 2023; STEM; Summer; Camp

Engineering workforce development (EWD) is a national priority and need that is particularly critical in producing the next-generation engineers in Indigenous communities in Alaska who can address the increasing infrastructure challenges due to accelerated climate change. EWD should start at as early an age as possible to instill STEM interests and concepts in K-12 students. Pennsylvania State University (PSU) will organize a 7-day STEM workshop with a focus on engineering for Indigenous middle school students in Utqiaġvik, Alaska in summer 2023. The workshop will be organized and led by Dr. Ming Xiao, Professor of Civil Engineering (CE) at PSU with the assistance of two PSU CE undergraduate students. The workshop is a collaborative effort with Iḷisaġvik College in Utqiaġvik, and the college will provide meeting space and logistics. Participants will include 20 middle school students, mainly from the villages in the North Slope Borough (NSB), Alaska. Students will participate in seven hands-on group activities. An elder from the local community will be invited to participate so that the western science and engineering knowledge and Traditional Knowledge will be taught together to the participants. The workshop in Utqiaġvik, Alaska will support development of an interest in STEM, and particularly engineering, in middle school students with the ultimate goal of training future Arctic STEM scientists and engineers. The participants will also have an opportunity to explore how Traditional Knowledge and western scientific and engineering knowledge can be co-taught to Indigenous Alaskan middle school students.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.

工程劳动力发展（EWD）是国家优先事项，需要在阿拉斯加土著社区的下一代工程师中尤其重要，这些工程师可以应对由于气候变化加速而造成的基础设施挑战日益增长的挑战。 EWD应尽早开始在K-12学生中灌输造成兴趣和概念的年龄。宾夕法尼亚州立大学（PSU）将于2023年夏季组织为期7天的STEM研讨会，重点介绍阿拉斯加Utqiaġvik的土著中学学生的工程。该研讨会是与UTQIAġVIK的IḷISAġVIK学院的合作努力，该学院将提供会议空间和后勤。参与者将包括20名中学生，主要来自阿拉斯加北坡自治市镇（NSB）的村庄。学生将参加七个动手小组活动。将邀请来自当地社区的较旧的社区参加，以便将西方科学和工程知识和传统知识一起教给参与者。阿拉斯加UTQIAġVIK的研讨会将支持对STEM的兴趣，尤其是工程学的发展，其最终目标是培训未来的北极STEM科学家和工程师。参与者还将有机会探索如何将传统知识以及西方科学和工程知识共同教授给阿拉斯加土著中学生。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子的智力优点和更广泛的影响来通过评估来获得支持的审查标准。