RET in Engineering and Computer Science Site - Chicago Science Teacher Research (CSTR) Program

该奖项为伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校（UIC）工程和计算机科学现场项目的教师研究经验（RET）提供了为期三年的持续奖励，名为工程和计算机科学现场的RET -芝加哥科学教师研究（CSTR）项目，由Andreas a . Linninger博士指导。这是一个成功的3年RET站点项目的更新。CSTR项目由UIC工程学院、教育学院和文科与理科学院的教师发起，与芝加哥公立学校当局和工业利益团体建立战略合作伙伴关系，共聘用39名在职教师，每年13名，为期3年，从事生命科学、纳米技术、生物工程和生物医学工程领域的新兴技术和前沿研究。该项目将通过训练有素的教师来提高小学、初中和高中学生的数学和科学成绩，并弥合大学前课堂经验与尖端大学科学技术之间的差距。CSTR项目的长期目标是通过以下三层方法提高芝加哥地区学校的数学和科学技能：1)培养一个由K-12教师和大学教师导师组成的科学教育联盟。2)对在职教师进行为期七周的暑期实习，在ucic的实验设施中采用边做边学的方法，包括正式的研究生教育，并结合全年的后续项目，以发展基于发现的实验、讲座和会议。3)将RET计划与生物工程中新材料和新工艺的本科并行研究网站（REU）和高中生指导计划相结合。

This award provides funding for a three year continuing award for a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) entitled, RET in Engineering and Computer Science Site-Chicago Science Teacher Research (CSTR) Program, under the direction of Dr. Andreas A. Linninger. This is a renewal of a successful 3 year RET Site program.The CSTR program is an initiative by the faculty of three UIC Colleges, Engineering, Education and Liberal Arts and Sciences, in a strategic partnership with the Chicago Public School authorities and industrial interest groups to engage a total of 39 in-service teachers, 13 per year for 3 years, in emerging technologies and cutting edge research in the areas of life sciences, nanotechnology, bioengineering and biomedical engineering. The program will improve the mathematics and science performance of elementary, middle and high-school students through better trained teachers and bridge the gap between experience in pre-college classrooms and cutting-edge university science and technology. The long-term objectives of the CSTR program are to advance math and science skills taught in Chicago area schools through the following three-tiered approach: 1) Nurture a science education coalition engaging K-12 teachers with university faculty mentors.2) Conduct a seven-week summer apprenticeship for in-service teachers using a learning-by-doing approach at experimental facilities at UIC, including formal graduate education combined with an all year around follow-up program for the development of discovery-based experiments, lectures, and conferences.3) Integrate the RET program with a concurrent undergraduate research site (REU) on novel materials and processes in bioengineering and a high-school student mentoring program.