RET: in Engineering and Computer Science:Energizing Engineering Education (E3): An RET site at the University of New Mexico investigating energy research and engineering practice

该奖项为为期三年的持续奖励提供资金，以支持新墨西哥州大学（UNM）的工程和计算机科学教师研究经验（RET）项目，该项目名为“激励工程教育（E3）：新墨西哥州大学的RET网站调查能源研究和工程实践”，由Charles Fleddermann博士指导。E3 RET网站计划将通过在新墨西哥州代表性不足的少数民族（URM）服务中学、部落社区学院和UNM教师、学生和工作人员之间建立持久的伙伴关系来推进大学前教育。 来自新墨西哥州（NM）数学、工程、科学成就（梅萨）、阿尔伯克基公立学校、伯纳里洛公立学校、西博拉县学校和西南印第安纳州理工学院（SIPI）的40名教师和社区学院教师将参加为期七周的暑期项目，作为跨学科团队的一部分，他们将计划、开展、分析和解释潜在的变革能源研究在材料，设备和系统的水平。研究课题包括太阳能、风能和水电、生物燃料、燃料电池、核能、电池、智能电网和固态照明。E3计划将设在三个大学研究中心：新兴能源技术中心（CEET），微工程材料中心（CNEM）和高科技材料中心（CHTM）。 此外，来自四个NSF工程研究中心的教师和研究生导师将与RET参与者合作。 RET参与者还将与教育学院的合作PI，博士凡妮莎Svihla，开发活动和教学方法，模型和转移他们的RET经验到课堂。整个学年的预定互动、在教师课堂上继续进行的联合国博物馆研究、E3网站和联合国博物馆外联访问将维持可再生能源的这些伙伴关系。 作为美国第一个“少数民族占多数”的州之一，新墨西哥州的学生代表着美国劳动力的未来。UNM E3 RET网站将致力于通过教师的教育丰富和指导来吸引这些学生进入STEM专业和职业。 通过专注于能源研究，E3 RET网站将招募教师和学生在现实世界中寻求清洁，可持续的能源，这不仅将解决国家的迫切需要，但将照亮新墨西哥州的经济前景。

This award provides funding for a three year continuing award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site program at the University of New Mexico (UNM) entitled, "Energizing Engineering Education (E3): An RET site at the University of New Mexico investigating energy research and engineering practice", under the direction of Dr. Charles Fleddermann. The E3 RET site program will advance pre-college education by creating enduring partnerships between New Mexico's under-represented minority (URM)-serving secondary schools, tribal community college and UNM faculty, students and staff. A total of 40 teachers and community college faculty over three years from New Mexico (NM) Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA), Albuquerque Public Schools, Bernalillo Public Schools, Cibola County Schools and the Southwestern Indiana Polytechnic Institute (SIPI), will participate in a seven-week summer program where as part of interdisciplinary teams, they will plan, conduct, analyze and interpret potentially tranformative energy research at the materials, device and systems levels. Research topics include solar, wind and hydropower, biofuels, fuel cells, nuclear power, batteries, smart grid and solid-state lighting. The E3 program will be seated in three University Research Centers: the Center for Emerging Energy Technologies (CEET), the Center for Micro-Engineered Materials (CNEM), and the Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM). In addition, faculty and graduate student mentors from four NSF Engineering Research Centers will be collaborating with RET participants. RET participants will also collaborate with the College of Education co-PI, Dr. Vanessa Svihla, to develop activities and instructional approaches that model and transfer their RET experience to the classroom. Scheduled interactions throughout the academic year, continued UNM research in the teachers' classrooms, the E3 website and UNM outreach visits will sustain these RET partnerships. As one of the nation's first "minority-majority" states, New Mexico's students represent the future of the U.S. workforce. The UNM E3 RET site will work to attract these students to STEM majors and careers through the educational enrichment and mentoring of their teachers. By focusing on energy research the E3 RET site will enlist teachers and students in the real-world quest for clean, sustainable energy, which will not only address the nation's critical need, but will brighten the economic outlook of New Mexico.