Engineering Innovation and Design for STEM Teachers

该奖项为为期三年的持续奖励提供资金，以支持代顿大学(UD)在玛格丽特·平内尔博士指导下的名为“STEM教师的工程创新和设计”的工程现场教师研究经验(RET)项目。代顿大学工程学院支持来自俄亥俄州代顿地区学校的10名初中和高中STEM教师和每年来自地区大学的5名职前教师(三年共45名)积极参与为期六周的暑期工程研究强化项目，以便将工程和技术创新知识带入课堂。UD工程学院将与UD的创新中心和教育学院、教育和联合专业学院、代顿地区STEM中心以及当地行业合作，通过基于团队的设计和创新项目让参与者接触到工程研究。与代顿地区的优势和现有合作伙伴关系保持一致，这将通过STEM中心确定对该地区的经济成功至关重要的技术领域的行业赞助的创新项目来实现：电力和推进(重点是可再生能源)、先进材料/制造、医学/人类有效性、环境/土木工程和传感器。该项目将通过促进K-12 STEM课程中工程学的进展以及从高需求学校和城市学校招聘教师，对代顿地区和全国工程界产生重大影响。在地区方面，它将加强与现有和未来的K-12教师、职前教师、本科工程学学生、工程学教师和当地行业的关系。

This award provides funding for a three year continuing award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering Site program at the University of Dayton (UD) entitled, "Engineering Innovation and Design for STEM Teachers", under the direction of Dr. Margaret Pinnell. The University of Dayton School of Engineering supports the active involvement of 10 middle and high school STEM teachers from Dayton, Ohio area schools and 5 pre-service teachers per year from regional colleges (45 total over three years)in an intensive six week summer engineering research program in order to bring knowledge of engineering and technological innovation into their classrooms. The UD School of Engineering will collaborate with UD's Innovation Center and School of Education and School of Education and Allied Professions, the Dayton Regional STEM Center, and local industries to expose the participants to engineering research through team-based design and innovation projects. Keeping in alignment with the strengths and existing partnerships of the Dayton area, this will be accomplished through industry-sponsored innovation projects in the technological areas identified by the STEM Center as critical to the area's economic success: power and propulsion (renewable energy focus), advanced materials/manufacturing, medicine/human effectiveness, environmental/civil engineering, and sensors. The project will have a significant impact on the Dayton area and the engineering community nationwide by promoting the progress of engineering in K-12 STEM curriculum and recruiting teachers from high-need and urban schools. Regionally, it will strengthen relationships with current and future K-12 teachers, pre-service teachers, undergraduate engineering students, engineering faculty and local industry.