PSOC@Penn Education and Outreach

教育与推广摘要 PSOC@Penn的教育和外展股 PSOC@Penn将支持旨在建立一个充满活力的学生社区的各种计划， 博士后研究人员，以及致力于以多学科方法理解物理学的科学家 旨在改变下一代科学家、工程师和临床医生的目标。宾夕法尼亚大学 研究生和博士后研究助理参加研讨会并通过研讨会丰富， 杰出的讲座、研讨会和短期课程，涵盖广泛的主题，横跨 研究项目和核心。每两年举行一次的研讨会是所有人研究癌症物理的焦点 PSOC的研究人员以及世界各地的研究人员社区。该中心赞助的范围很广 包括本科生暑期研究经验以及有意义的 费城地区高中生的早期研究经验。一年一度的教师系列 专业发展计划确保为当地高中理科教师提供新的 内容知识将有助于活跃科学课程，使其与他们的生活更相关 学生们。 为了帮助在行政核心和中心领导PI下启动这个单位，我们将得到以下建议 现任负责研究的副院长办公室助理主任詹姆斯·麦戈尼格尔， 工程与应用科学学院，其生物草图展示了在许多方面的丰富经验 拟议方案的各个方面。麦戈尼格尔开发和管理了教育和外联活动 宾夕法尼亚大学NSF中心、当地博物馆和科学中心的项目，以及 研究实验室。他有超过25年的暑期本科招生经验。 研究经验。他与参与暑期研究的科学教师密切合作，并协助他们 在将新的科学内容纳入当地科学课程方面。此外，他还教授理科课程。 宾夕法尼亚大学教育研究生院的教学方法。McGonigle将帮助开发初始结构 由中心咨询委员会提供投入的教育和外展股，为早期 形成性评估，本科生暑期研究项目的招聘计划，以及对地区的拓展 为学生和教师开设的高中。 1

Abstract for Education & Outreach Education & Outreach Unit of PSOC@Penn The PSOC@Penn will support a wide variety of programs that aim to build a vibrant community of students, postdoctoral researchers, and scientists working on multidisciplinary approaches to understanding the physics of cancer with an aim of transforming the next generation of scientists, engineers, and clinicians. Penn graduate students and postdoctoral research associates participate in and are enriched by seminars, distinguished lectures, workshops, and short courses across the broad range of topics that cut across the research projects and cores. A biennial symposium serves as a focal point for cancer physics research by all researchers in the PSOC as well as a worldwide community of researchers. The Center sponsors a wide array of programs that include summer research experiences for undergraduate students along with meaningful early research experiences for high school students in the Philadelphia region. An annual series of teacher professional development programs ensures that local high school science teachers are provided with new content knowledge that will help enliven science curriculum making it more relevant to the lives of their students. To help jump-start this Unit under the Administrative Core and Center Lead PI, we will be advised by James McGonigle who is currently the Assistant Director in the Office of the Deputy Dean for Research, School of Engineering and Applied Science and whose biosketch illustrates extensive experience in the many aspects of the proposed programs. McGonigle has developed and managed education and outreach programs for NSF centers at the University of Pennsylvania, local museums and science centers, and a research laboratory. He has over twenty-five years experience recruiting undergraduate students for summer research experiences. He works closely with science teachers involved in summer research and assists them in incorporating new science content into local science curricula. Additionally, he teaches courses in science teaching methods at Penn's Graduate School of Education. McGonigle will help develop the initial structure of the education and outreach unit with input from the Center Advisory Committee, providing a plan for the early formative assessment, recruiting plans for undergraduate summer research programs, and outreach to area high schools for students and teachers. 1