Real World STEM Application Modules

数学科学（21）这个项目解决了将现实世界的问题结合起来的挑战，这些问题可以发展成有效的教学工具。正在开发和实施的工具是模块，为教师提供了一个新的创新平台，用于科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教学。它们被整合到数学课程中，如拓扑学、图论和离散数学，以及其他STEM领域的课程，如计算机科学、工业和系统工程。教学模块是独立打包的，为数学和其他STEM领域的教师提供了实施自己选择的模块和主题的灵活性。知识价值。正在开发和实施的教学模块突出了对数学的前沿和现实世界的解释。学生们致力于科学、技术和工程前沿的课题。这些模块集中在图论，拓扑学或离散数学中出现的强大应用。工业界的实际问题也包括在内。更广泛的影响。将这些模块整合到本科数学课程中，为本科生提供了一个进入工业世界的窗口。其中一个好处是，这些模块让学生接触到许多日常使用数学的职业和公司。该项目整合的技术创新包括：航空公司航线分析（捷蓝航空）；光纤通信网络（3级通信）；三维表面重建（微软研究院）；无线网络（思科系统）；和机器人制导系统（国防部）。

Mathematical Sciences (21)This project is addressing the challenge of incorporating real-world problems that can be developed into effective teaching tools. The tools being developed and implemented are modules that offer faculty a new, innovative platform for the instruction of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). They are being integrated into mathematics courses such as topology, graph theory, and discrete mathematics, and in courses from other STEM areas such as computer science and industrial and systems engineering. The teaching modules are being packaged independently and offer faculty in mathematics and other STEM areas the flexibility to implement modules and topics of their choice. Intellectual Merit. The teaching modules being developed and implemented highlight cutting-edge, real-world interpretations of mathematics. Students are engaged with topics on the frontiers of science, technology, and engineering. These modules focus on powerful applications arising in graph theory, topology, or discrete mathematics. Actual problems from industry are being included. Broader Impacts. The integration of the modules into an undergraduate mathematical curriculum is providing undergraduate students with a window into the industrial world. Among the benefits is that these modules expose students to the numerous occupations and companies that use mathematics on a daily basis. Technological innovations that are being integrated into this project include: analyses of airline flight routes (JetBlue Airways); fiber-optic telecommunications networks (Level 3 Communications); 3-D surface reconstruction (Microsoft Research); wireless networking (Cisco Systems); and robotic guidance systems (Department of Defense).