# Presentation: 504249

## New Chemical Bonds: BroadeningParticipation and Partnerships

- Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Division of Chemistry

## Context

##  Expanding Undergraduate Research

** ****Expanding Undergraduate Research**

**The “Carnegie Challenge”**
**NRC: “Bio 2010”**
**NRC: Advanced Study of Mathematics**
**and Science in U.S. High Schools**
**NRC: “Beyond the Molecular Frontier”**
***U.S. News and World***** Report Rankings**

##            Rankings of Undergraduate Research

**Allegheny College  ****	****	****Massachusetts Inst. of Technology****	****         University of Pennsylvania**
**Amherst College****	****	****Oberlin College****	****	****         University of Washington *****	****	****	****	****	****	**
**Bates College****	****	****Pennsylvania State U. – Univ. Park *        Univ. of Wisconsin – Eau Claire ***
**Bryn Mawr College****	****	****Princeton University****	**** ****	****         Univ. of Wisconsin – La Crosse ***
**California Inst. of Technology****	****Reed College****	****	****         Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison ***
**Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo *****	****Stanford University ****	****	****         Wellesley College**
**Carleton College****	****	****SUNY-Stony Brook *****	****	****         Williams College**
**Carnegie Mellon University****	****Swarthmore College****	****	****         Yale University**
**College of Wooster****	****	****Truman State University ***
**Creighton University****	****	****University of California – Berkeley ***
**Davidson College****	****	****University of California – Irvine ***
**Duke University****	****	****Univ. of California – Los Angeles * **
**Furman University****	****	****University of Chicago**
**Grinnell College****	****	****University of Delaware ***
**Harvard University****	****	****University of Georgia ***
**Harvey Mudd College****	****	****Univ. of Maryland – College Park ***
**Hope College****	****	****Univ. of Michigan – Ann Arbor ***
**Johns Hopkins University****	****U. of North Carolina – Asheville ***
**Lafayette College****	****	****U. of North Carolina – Chapel Hill ***

**           ****Rankings of Undergraduate Research**

**   *****U.S. News and World Report***** 2005**

## Traditional Undergraduate Research Model

**Faculty mentor with small number of undergraduates**
**Students are typically juniors and seniors**
**Undergraduate major already selected**

## 2004 CHE REU Program

**A total of 67 sites support over 600 students.**

##     Building a Community:

**The REU Leadership Group**

**Mary Boyd, Chair, Loyola University Chicago**
**Randy Duran, University of Florida**
**Joseph Grabowski, University of Pittsburgh**
**Nancy Levinger, Colorado State University**
**Graham Peaslee, Hope College**

## Broadening Participation through 

**Broadening Participation through **
**REU-LSAMP Partnerships          **

**REU-LSAMP site directors workshop, fall 2003**
**Travel funds for LSAMP scholars to present their research at national American Chemical Society meetings**
**Funds for REU site directors to attend LSAMP meetings**
**List-serves and databases shared by REU and LSAMP site directors**

## Undergraduate Research Centers:  

**Broadening Participation**

**	****	****	**
**Target Audience**
**First- and second-year college students**
**All postsecondary institutions**
**	****	****	****   ****Principles**
**Academic year focus**
**New models and partnerships for scalability and sustainability**
**Real research: cutting-edge problems, tools and methods**
**	****	**

## Undergraduate Research Centers Workshop:  

**Spring 2003 at NSF**

-                           PIs
- Jeanne Pemberton, Univ. Arizona
-       Moses Lee, Furman Univ.

## URC Implementation FY 2004

**Full proposals**
**	****Up to 5 awards at $2.7 M over 5 years**
**Planning proposals**
**	****Up to 20 awards at $50 K for 1-2 years**
**Impact: ****Students – number and diversity**
**	****   ****Mentors – professional development**
**	****   ****Institutions – research capacity, infrastructure, culture**
**Partners: OMA and EHR: OAD, DUE, REC, HRD**
**Response: Approximately 700 institutions, including partners!**

##    Undergraduate Research Centers (URCs)

**   ****Undergraduate Research Centers (URCs)**
**          ****Research for 1****st**** and 2****nd**** Year College Students**

- = MSI Lead

- = MSI Participants

## 20 Planning Awards -Partner Distribution

-  **18   Research Intensive/Comprehensive ****(12 PIs)**
** ****54   PUI Institutions ****(7 PIs)**
** ****31   2-yr Institutions ****(1 PI)**
**   ****2   International institutions**
**   ****2   National labs**
**   ****5   Industrial labs**
**   ****3   Research institutes**
**   ****1   High school**

## The Model:
Provide freshmen and sophomores with research experiences as part of the mainstream curriculum
Give students the opportunity to use advanced instrumentation through a network for remote access
The Partners:
R1’s, PUI’s, Comprehensives and Community Colleges
Purdue, UIC, NEIU (Federally Designated HSI), BSU, IU, Chicago State U, Harold Washington CC, Olive Harvey CC, Moraine Valley CC, DuPage CC

- Provide freshmen and sophomores with research experiences as part of the mainstream curriculum
- Give students the opportunity to use advanced instrumentation through a network for remote access
_**The Partners:**_
- R1’s, PUI’s, Comprehensives and Community Colleges
- Purdue, UIC, NEIU (Federally Designated HSI), BSU, IU, Chicago State U, Harold Washington CC, Olive Harvey CC, Moraine Valley CC, DuPage CC

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**Center for Authentic Practice in Science Education**
**                                      ****CASPiE**

## “CASPiE”

- The opportunity to create new knowledge
- 		(Research Modules for the Lab Course)
- Advanced instrumentation (Remote Network)
- A collaborative learning environment (PLTL)
- Being part of a scientific community
- A *cognitive apprenticeship* approach (guided autonomy)

**www.purdue.edu/dp/caspie/**
**     ****PI, Gabriela Weaver**

## URC Implementation FY 2005

**URCshop**
**	****September 17, 2004 at NSF**
**	****	****Michael Doyle, U. Maryland**
**	****	****Amy Shachter, Santa Clara U.**
**	****	****Brian Tissue and Rich Foust, CHE**
**Proposals**
**	****Program announcement: Fall, 2004**
**	****Deadline: late Spring, 2005**
**	****Awards: late Summer, 2005**
**	**** **
**	**

## Building a Community:

**Bangkok, **

**Thailand**

**Paris, **

**France**

**Building a Community:**
**A Percolative Network**

**REU Sites (   )**
**URC Planning Grant Sites (   )**

## Cyber-Enabled Chemistry

**Data Source**
**and Store**

**National Center**

**Regional Center**
** ****University**

**University**
**Group**

**Desktop**
**Workstation**

- Adapted from M. Goldberg, PHY/NSF

**Cyber-Enabled Chemistry**

##       A National On-line Poster Session:

**A Celebration of Undergraduate Research**

**Graham Peaslee**
**  ****Hope College**

**   ****Pilot project, summer 2004**
**Full-scale implementation, 2005**

**                 ****Nancy Levinger**
**             ****Colorado State Univ.**

##      Discovery Corps Fellowships 

**             **

**Service-oriented projects that leverage research expertise**
**             ****Postdoctoral Fellowships**
**	****Within two years of the PhD**
**	****Two-year awards**
**             ****Senior Fellowships**
**At least ten years after PhD/postdoctoral training**
**	****One-year award**

**         ****NSF press release 04-078**
**NSF program announcement 04-591**

## Enhancing Education & Diversity in Science & Engineering with a Formalized Undergraduate Research & Development Program

**Enhancing Education & Diversity in Science & Engineering with a Formalized Undergraduate Research & Development Program**
***EXperimental Program for Education in Research & Training (EXPERT) at NC A&T SU***
**Geoff Bothun, Discovery Corps Postdoctoral Fellow, CERSP and NC A&T, CHE-0412109**

- The newly developed EXPERT program is a multi-year, interdisciplinary undergraduate research and development program offered through the Mechanical & Chemical Engineering Department at North Carolina A&T State University. This program is designed to improve the research experience for undergraduates, enhance the skills of future scientists and engineers, and promote diversity in science and technology. *A primary goal is to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups seeking graduate education in science and engineering.* EXPERT receives support and funding from the NSF Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvents and processes (CERSP). Undergraduate researchers work with CERSP to promote green technologies utilizing liquid and supercritical CO2.

**EXPERT students participate in a CERSP collaboration workshop held at NC A&T SU**

_**Project Highlights:**_
-   Cascading mentoring strategy involving students and faculty
-   Freshman recruited as graduate track scholars
-   Personal & professional development activities
-   Student participation in regional and national conferences
-   Summer research opportunities with CERSP
-   External program evaluation
_**Accomplishments:**_
-   21 students from chemistry and engineering with research awards
-   Successfully completed first semester (Fall 04)
-   Students excited about research opportunities and graduate school
-   Collaboration within CERSP has enhanced research projects

***UNC-CH***
***NCSU***
***UT-A ***
***GT***
***NC A&T SU***

## Acknowledgments and Follow-Up

**	****	****        ****EHR**
**	****	****       ****MPS**
**	****       ****aellis@nsf.gov**

## Musical Science:  Chemistry of Historic Organ Pipe Materials

- Catherine Oertel, Cornell University, CHE-0412181

- Centuries-old organs built using pre-industrial methods are valued by musicians and music historians for their unmatched sound quality and their ties to historic composers.  However, many of these instruments are suffering from corrosion and collapse of their pipes, the causes of which are not well understood.
- In collaboration with researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden, and the Göteborg Organ Art Center, we are researching the chemical causes of this deterioration and searching for ways in which it may be prevented.

- Photos courtesy of Ibo Ortgies and the Göteborg Organ Art Center

- An integral part of this project is sharing the interdisciplinary nature of this work with students and the public through educational outreach.  I am preparing lessons on the science of musical sound and the role of chemistry in preservation of historic objects for presentation in schools and at the local science center.

## BRIDGING   THE   GAP

**ACADEMIA**

**INDUSTRY**

**Better Prepared**
**Undergraduates and Graduates**

**Recognition**

**Understanding**

- To achieve their missions, Academia and Industry operate with two distinctly different doing-knowledge-judgment decision-making processes. Students crossing the career bridge from the world of study to the world of work rarely have an appreciation for how large these process differences really are and wind up starting their technical careers frustrated, off balance, and discouraged. This creates a rate-limiting step in today’s national science effort, yet the structural and content resources in both academia and industry are rarely focused on mitigating the problem.
- This NSF Discovery Corps Fellowship award explores a new gap-bridging model designed to make the student’s personal and professional transition into an industrial science career a stimulating and rewarding process. It has two unique features:
-    1) The students will “join” Superstar Specialties for 15 weeks and will use real examples of industrial research processes taught by an experienced industrial R&D leader. They will work in teams on research project analysis, execution and prioritization, 15 minute presentations, report writing, performance reviews, salary issues, intellectual property and career options.
-     2)  Concurrently, the research faculty (and their industry- bound students) will have their projects analyzed using industrial metrics such as competitive advantage, market attractiveness, value to the customer, Porter’s five forces, potential growth, profits, and technical barriers to success.

-          *Earl H. Wagener*
*     **Clemson University*
-          CHE 0412179

- CAREER SUCCESS IN SCIENCE
-            AND ENGINEERING