RET SITE: Research Experience for Teachers in Engineering (RU RET-E) for Green Energy and Technology

该奖项为三年标准奖提供资金，以支持罗格斯大学的工程和计算机科学教师研究经验（RET）网站计划，题为“RET网站：绿色能源和技术工程教师研究经验（RU RET-E）”，在Kimberly Cook-Chennault博士的指导下。RU-RET-E是罗格斯大学从K-12到本科，再到研究生教育和STEM领域的能源工程教育管道中的关键环节。它建立在参与学区和罗格斯大学工程学院之间的长期合作关系之上。这些教师的参与将很容易转化为他们的学生的学习经验，随后他们的学术成就。这个拟议的项目将建立和改进以前成功的NSF RET项目（EEC-1009797）。 它将扩大和加强以前的项目，作为一个全面的三年计划，在夏季接待总共46名初中和高中教师六周。参与教师将从新玩法、平原和苏格兰平原范伍德招募，这些地方都是代表性不足的少数民族、经济困难和有特殊需要的学生的聚集地。RU RET-E旨在为教学专业人士提供从事科学和工程研究的机会，其知识焦点围绕三个研究方向：纳米技术和材料，可再生和可持续燃料，以及用于能源生成，转换和存储的设备和能源管理系统。这些都是罗格斯大学有一个临界质量的教师的兴趣，现有的学术和物理基础设施，和资金的领域。每个教师对将开发学生成长目标（SGO）的标题，是战略性的，与工程单位，这将是同行评审在夏天。这些单位和学生将被用来评估学生的理解，批判能力和执行和构建实验报告的能力，以及解决工程问题的能力。

This award provides funding for a three year standard award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site program at Rutgers University entitled, "RET SITE: Research Experience for Teachers in Engineering (RU RET-E) for Green Energy and Technology", under the direction of Dr. Kimberly Cook-Chennault. RU-RET-E is a critical link in Rutgers' educational pipeline in energy engineering education from K-12, to undergraduate and further to graduate education and STEM fields. It builds upon long-term collaborative relationships between the participating school districts and the Rutgers School of Engineering. Participation of these teachers will readily translate to the learning experience of their students and subsequently their academic achievement.This proposed project will build and improve upon a previous successful NSF RET project (EEC-1009797). It will expand and enhance the previous project as a comprehensive three-year program to host a total of 46 middle and high school teachers for six weeks during the summer. Participating teachers will be recruited from New Brunswick, Plainfield, and Scotch Plains-Fanwood which collectively are home to high populations of underrepresented minorities, economically challenged and special needs students. RU RET-E seeks to provide teaching professionals the opportunity to engage in science and engineering research, with intellectual foci centered around three research thrusts: nanotechnology and materials, renewable and sustainable fuels, and devices and energy management systems for energy generation, conversion, and storage. These are areas where Rutgers has a critical mass of faculty interest, existing academic and physical infrastructure, and funding. Each teacher pair will develop Student Growth Objectives (SGO) rubrics, to be strategically, linked to engineering units, which will be peer-reviewed over the summer. These units and SGOs will be used to assess student comprehension, critiquing proficiency and the ability to execute and construct lab reports, and aptitude for engineering problem solving.