Collaborative Research: Improving Upper Division Physics Education and Strengthening Student Research Opportunities at 14 HSIs in California

合作研究：改善加州 14 所 HSI 的高年级物理教育并加强学生研究机会

• 批准号: 2345092
• 负责人: Yongsheng Gao
• 金额: $ 80.2万
• 依托单位: California State University-Fresno Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-04-01 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2345092&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Improving; Upper; Division

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this Track 2 project aims to improve upper division physics education and research at 14 California HSI institutions, including 11 California State University (CSU) campuses and three California Community Colleges. CSU is the largest public university system in the country with 23 campuses and approximately 490,000 students with first-generation college students and students from underrepresented minority (URM) groups making up over 50% of the student body. The 11 CSU campuses included in this project represent approximately 55% of the total CSU student population. Physics majors at these HSI institutions have very limited upper division elective courses and research opportunities which seriously hurt their graduation rates and limit their career choices and developments. Colliders for experimental particle physics research only exist in international and national and experimental particle physics research typically only exists in national labs and R1 universities. Very few CSU campuses have programs in experimental particle physics. This project is centered around the CSU Fresno program on the ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) experiment of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. ATLAS is a leading project in particle physics and is poised to address some of the deepest questions in the field of particle physics, the answers to which could change our view of how the universe works. This project will provide exceptional ATLAS research opportunities to students from the 14 HSI institutions. The three online particle physics courses developed as part of this project will impact over 300 students and provide opportunities for 48 students to work on cutting-edge ATLAS research projects in the highest quality research environment during summers. The research conducted by the participating students will advance the field of particle physics and contribute to the ATLAS data analyses and other ATLAS activities. The ATLAS research experience will create a pathway for students from underprivileged groups to excel in STEM fields. The online courses and summer research course will fulfill the upper division elective course graduation requirements. The education research and independent external evaluation components will allow the project to carry out a systematic study of an exemplary model to improve STEM education at HSI institutions by effectively pooling and sharing resources.This project’s focus on URM and first-generation CSU students promotes diversity in STEM. Through the CSU Fresno PHYS 168S (“Physics Outreach”) course, the ATLAS students in PHYS 168S will visit two new K-12 classrooms each week to teach K-12 students about the ATLAS and them to pursue science. The proposed outreach efforts will reach several schools, their students and students’ families in the Fresno and Central Valley areas. This project is funded by the HSI Program, which aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education, broaden participation in STEM, and build capacity at HSIs.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.

在改善本科STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI计划）的支持下，该轨道2项目旨在改善14个加州HSI机构的高年级物理教育和研究，包括11个加州州立大学（CSU）校区和三个加州社区学院。CSU是全国最大的公立大学系统，拥有23个校区，约490，000名学生，第一代大学生和来自代表性不足的少数民族（URM）群体的学生占学生总数的50%以上。该项目包括的11个CSU校园约占CSU学生总数的55%。这些HSI机构的物理专业学生的上层选修课程和研究机会非常有限，这严重影响了他们的毕业率，并限制了他们的职业选择和发展。用于实验粒子物理研究的对撞机只存在于国际和国家，实验粒子物理研究通常只存在于国家实验室和R1大学。很少有CSU校园有实验粒子物理学的课程。这个项目是围绕CSU弗雷斯诺计划在欧洲核子研究中心的大型强子对撞机（LHC）的ATLAS（一个环形LHC装置）实验。ATLAS是粒子物理学领域的领先项目，并准备解决粒子物理学领域中一些最深刻的问题，这些问题的答案可能会改变我们对宇宙如何运作的看法。该项目将为来自14所HSI机构的学生提供特殊的ATLAS研究机会。作为该项目的一部分开发的三门在线粒子物理课程将影响300多名学生，并为48名学生提供在夏季最高质量的研究环境中从事尖端ATLAS研究项目的机会。参与的学生进行的研究将推进粒子物理学领域，并有助于ATLAS数据分析和其他ATLAS活动。ATLAS的研究经验将为来自贫困群体的学生创造一条在STEM领域脱颖而出的途径。在线课程和暑期研究课程将满足高年级选修课程毕业要求。教育研究和独立外部评估部分将使该项目能够对一个示范模式进行系统研究，以通过有效地汇集和共享资源来改善HSI机构的STEM教育。该项目的重点是URM和第一代CSU学生，以促进STEM的多样性。通过CSU弗雷斯诺PHYS 168 S（“物理外展”）课程，PHYS 168 S的ATLAS学生每周将访问两个新的K-12教室，向K-12学生介绍ATLAS和他们追求科学。拟议的外联工作将覆盖弗雷斯诺和中央谷地区的几所学校、学生和学生家庭。该项目由HSI计划资助，旨在加强本科STEM教育，扩大STEM参与，并建立HSI的能力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过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，被认为值得支持。