AGS-FIRP Track 1: Application of an Ice Nucleation Cold Stage for Teaching Cloud Microphysics in Science and Engineering Classes at a Minority-serving Institution

AGS-FIRP 轨道 1：冰核冷台在少数族裔服务机构的科学和工程课程中教授云微物理的应用

• 批准号: 2401140
• 负责人: Sanjoy Bhattacharia
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: West Texas A&M University
• 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: 2024-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2401140&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: AGS; FIRP; Track; Application; Ice

The project team will provide hands-on laboratory training in a classroom setting for science and engineering students and teaching assistants by utilizing the Facilities for Atmospheric Research and Education Ice Nucleation Cold Stage from North Carolina State University. In this work, students will learn about fundamental concepts of material and environmental science, such as phase change, phase transition temperature, crystallization, and physical nucleation. Teaching will begin within a sophomore class in the Fall of 2024 followed by a freshman class in the Spring of 2025. Students will come primarily from West Texas A&M University, but some will be selected from the nearby Hispanic-serving Amarillo College. The experience to be gained by the students will be valuable and is very likely to enhance their understanding of ice nucleation research and how laboratory data is utilized for research purposes.The objectives of the project are: (1) acquiring and setting up the Ice Nucleation Cold Stage at a minority-serving institution, (2) developing an education module in atmospheric ice nucleation and replicating the Ice Nucleation Cold Stage instrument, (3) teaching the newly designed module to approximate 60 students; and (4) conducting outreach activities with Amarillo College. The Ice Nucleation Cold Stage will be used during the Fall semester and a duplicate Ice Nucleation Cold Stage will be replicated for use in the Spring 2025 semester. Two undergraduate teaching assistants will be recruited for classroom teaching.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.

该项目团队将利用北卡罗来纳州立大学的大气研究和教育ICE成核阶段的设施，为科学和工程专业的学生和教学助理提供动手实验室培训。在这项工作中，学生将了解材料和环境科学的基本概念，例如相变，相变温度，结晶和物理成核。教学将于2024年秋天开始在大二课程中，随后是2025年春天的新生课程。学生将主要来自西德克萨斯A＆M大学，但有些学生将从附近的西班牙裔西班牙裔阿马里洛学院中选出。学生将获得的经验将是有价值的，很可能会增强他们对冰核研究的理解以及如何利用实验室数据来研究目的。约60名学生； （4）与阿马里洛学院（Amarillo College）进行外展活动。冰核阶段将在秋季学期期间使用，并将重复的冰核阶段复制在2025年春季学期。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响标准来评估值得支持。