RESEARCH IN PUERTO RICO Human Resource Development ...ifn.upr.edu/meeting/web_files/presentations_2016/IFN_EOP_Presentation... · Postdoc Mentoring Plan IFN graduate students and

Human Resource Development, Education and Outreach Program &

Diversity

Dr. Liz M. Díaz-Vázquez

Director

Participants: All IFN Researchers, Postdocs, Graduate and Undergraduate

students

Collaborators: NanoLink, GK12-UPRRP, PR-LSAMP (locally), EMCC &

CCMR (Cornell)

EPSCRoRESEARCH IN PUERTO RICO


Institute for Functional NanomaterialsUniversity of Puerto Rico http://www.ifn.upr.edu

IFN Mission:

Create and sustain an internationally competitive nanoscience technology Institute that

will conduct R&D, innovation, and insert a nanoscience educational component into the

K-20 continuum, promote human resource development in nanoscience, and promote

the development of innovation and commercialization in the Jurisdiction.

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Education, outreach, diversity

HRD, diversity




Education and Outreach/ Components of the EOP Program

OUTREACH

General Public Activities

Schools Visits

EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

DEVELOPMENT

• Inquiry base Modules

• Interactive Demonstration

DEVELOPMENT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY

COURSES AND CONFERENCES

HUMAN RESOURCES

DEVELOPMENT

WORKSHOPS and

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

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Participants • Graduate Research Assistant:

Chemistry Program • Kennett Rivero (2014-2015)

• Arnulfo Rojas- (2016)

• Myreisa Morales (2016)

• Nadja Solis (2016)

Education Program• Neida Santacruz(2014-2015)

• Bonny Ortiz (2016)

• Viviana Rivera (2016)

• Undergraduate Students:Jaysha Infante, Marjory Arzuaga , Melissa, Polaris Torres, Neikelyn Burgos,Nicole Cortes, Zoar Mercado, Cecilia Frias

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Human Resource & Workforce Development

Establish and Implement a Postdoc Mentoring Plan

IFN graduate students and postdocs serve as role

models

Undergrads are actively recruited to perform research in nanotechnology and education

Summer research program for teacher-student pairs

•Introduce nano concepts and principles in

the K-12 and University level curriculum

•Enable 42 hispanic graduate students to

obtain their PhD. in nanoscience




Outreach and Education Strategies

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Strategies – Workforce Development

• 12 mentored postdoctoral fellows

• 20 IFN Graduate Fellows each year

• At least 100 PR-LSAMP undergraduate research students (through PR-LSAMP)

• 27 micro and nanotech technicians (through UPR-H/NSF-ATE)

• Recruitment of high school students:

• Role Model Series (school visits)

• Summer Research Experiences for high school-teacher teams

•NanoDays Tours

All graduate fellows and postdocs are required to:

• Complete an internship at a strategic partner

• Work in education and outreach activities

• Participate in the Mentoring Plan

All New IFN faculty are mentored by senior IFN Researchers to

accelerate their development into competitive researchers.




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Categories Total For Current Reporting Period

Total New Faculty Hired 6 (4 F)

Total Post Docs Completed

14 (6F)

Total Graduate Students(PhD/Ms)

7858/20

Total PhD / MS conferred 8 (5F)

Total Undergraduates 92 (50 F)

Human Resource Metrics for the Current Award

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT




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Graduate students' Fellowship

Graduate GF

SummerResearch

Internship 2014 2015

Graduate Students 18(5F) 15

Undergraduate Students 8(3F) 13(5F)




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Identify groups of first generation low-income students that will be targeted

(K-12).

Promote Minority Undergraduate Students presentation at local and

International meetings

Establish a network of mainland institutions to reach underrepresented

and first generation students in Stateside institutions,

Identify programs that actively impact

future female engineers and scientist

Diversity




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DIVERSITY

The 4-year colleges initiative has been implemented successfully recruiting 7 new faculty in

Nanoscience research fields in five campuses.

Strategies

Education and outreach will target:

• First Generation low-income students

• Future Female Engineers

• Attract mainland LSAMP students

Strengthening collaborations with 4-year institutions in the Jurisdiction

• Start-up Awards

• Exploratory Research

• Summer Research Experience for professor-student pair

Milestones

• Partnership with low income schools first generation low-income students in San Juan

• 15 mainland undergraduate and graduate students presented at PRISM

• Seven start-up funds have been approved for faculty at five institutions

• One Exploratory Research Project has been approved in UPR-Cayey

• The summer research experience strategy was implemented last summer




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Researcher University / Campus IRG Start-up Proposal Title

Jorge Almodovar UPR - M 1Osteoinductive Integrin-Containing

Biopolymeric Nano-Coating for Bone

Pasquale Fulvio UPR - RP 4

Synthesis and Characterization of Open

Porous Organic Frameworks and

Carbonaceous Materials with Controllable

Subnanometer Pore Sizes of Interest for

Energy Storage and Conversion

Vilmalí López UPR - RP 1Biocompatible-Tailored-Nanocrystal-Drug

Nanocarriers for Colorectal Cancer Treatment

Yomaira Pagan UPR - M 3Catalysts for the Conversion of Carbon

Dioxide to Chemicals and Fuels

Dalice Piñero UPR - RP 1

Multimodal Theranostic Nanoprobes for Non-

Invasive Bioimaging and Photothermal

Treatment of Cancer

Sushma Santapuri Polytechnic Univ. 4

Modeling Characterization and Design of

Advanced Ferroic Materials with Application

to Efficient Light Harvesting Devices

New Faculty Startups that were awarded in the IFN during October

1, 2014 – September 30, 2015 funding period.

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POSTDOCTORAL MENTORING PLAN

• The Postdoctoral Fellows Mentoring Plan is being reevaluated to help participants develop the necessary skills (managerial, teaching, writing and verbal communication, and job seeking skills) to become an effective and independent professional.

• The program was devised using the National Postdoctoral Association model and was re-introduced during the EPSCoR Annual meeting.

• Requirements: Preparation of a work plan, regular one-on-one meeting with a structured plan for the development of the protégé, and regular workshops and networking activities.




A Series of Professional Development Workshops were offered to the fellows

and post doctoral students:

1. EPSCOR Annual meeting : Essentials for a Successful Job and Post-

doctoral position search.

2. Effective Proposal Writing by Dr.Carmen Bachier Dean DEGI UPRRP

3. Patents and Copyrights Regulation, Ms. Marilu Frontera and UPRRP

Lawyer’s Office

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Training of IFN Graduate Students Fellows

• Improvement of Communication Skills (Monthly meetings Since

September 2014 )

– Fellows introduce their research at K-12 schools

– Working in the development 20-25 minutes presentation about

their research and their experiences as scientists.

– Interactive demonstration using household products that illustrate

nanotechnology concepts.

– Promote STEM careers K-16 students




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School Level / Region Number of Impacted Students

Escuela Jose Felipe Coamo Secondary / Rural 25 (12 F)

University of Puerto Rico, High

School

Julio Sellez Sola School

High School/ Urban

Elementary/ Urban

20 (14F)

27 (10F)

Galo Rosado San German Secondary/ Rural 15 ( 7F)

Galo Rosado San German Secondary / Rural 20

Sotero Figueroa, Rio Piedras Secondary/ Rural 95 (67F)

Escuela Andres Grillasca Salas de Ponce

Elementary/ Rural 30 ( 16F)

Amalia Marin School, San Juan Secondary- High school /Rural 90(56 F)

Total of Students Impacted 322 (144 F)

Role Model Program 2014-2015




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Science Art Contest 2015




• Students had the opportunity to

exhibit images from their

investigation projects in a

creative manner.

• A total of 35 images were

received and exposed in an art

exhibition in the University of

Puerto Rico History,

Anthropology and Art Museum.

• A total of 62 persons were

impact in the opening of the

exhibition. The images will be

exposed at the different IFN

participating institutions,

schools and municipalities.

• The Collection was Exhibited in

the UPRRP General Library,

Natural Science Library, and

five public schools

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Elevator Pitch Contest 2015 • The purpose of the contest was that

fellow improve their verbal

communication skills with the purpose

of communicate the relevance of

their research in the context of

benefits to society and human wealth.

• A total of six fellows participated in

the contest. The resulting videos were

exposed in the Science & Art

Exhibition.

• For the next academic year all the

IFN Fellows will produce their own

Elevator Pitch video and these will be

exposed in the IFN webpage and will

use to introduce IFN research at P.R.

public school.




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• A total of 21 images were received and

exposed in an art exhibition in the

University of Puerto Rico History,

Anthropology and Art Museum.

• A total of 72 persons were impact in the

opening of the exhibition. The images

will be exposed at the different IFN

participating institutions, schools and

municipalities.

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Science Art Contest 2016




Summer Teacher Training Program

K-16+ Education and Outreach Program

The objective of the EOP is to bring the results of research into the classroom and

integrate nanoscience concepts, techniques, and skills in the K-16+ continuum.

Workshops for First generation

low income students

Research Internships

NanoDays

Role Model




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Undergraduate Education

• Nanotechnology course (QUIM 5995-Special

Topics)

• Laboratory Experiments related to IFN- IRG

research were introduced in the Instrumental

Analysis Laboratory Course

– Use of magnetite nanoparticles for

remediation of industrial effluents (degradation

of azo dyes)

– Synthesis and Characterization of Silver

Nanoparticles and their antibacterial and

fungal activity

– Nano encapsulation and chemical modification

of enzymes

– Solar Cells, Fuel Cells

• General /Chemistry Course (650 students)

Research project 10 of 30 section performed

research related to nanotechnology

• UMET- General Chemistry Course Cyber Enable

Confocal Raman-AFM-NSOM imaging Nano

demonstration Show

DEVELOPMENT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY

COURSES AND CONFERENCES




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Development of demonstrative and didactic

materials that facilitate the teaching and learning

of science, technology, and engineering concepts

to students in the K-16 levels.

Module assessment, workshops,

demonstrations, lab experiments and

educational activities.

Development of educational

modules that emphasize the most

commonly used concepts in

nanoscience and nanotechnology.

These modules are tested and

validated in order to assess their

educational efficacy.

Training of school teachers.

Development of undergraduate lab

experiences for physical science,

chemistry and engineering classes.

Diffusion of IFN faculty's

research work to general public.

Educational visits to schools and universities.

The Outreach and Education group of the IFN has as its main objective the

diffusion through the:

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Development of Educational Materials

Educational Materials

Big Ideas Nanotechnology

Education

Students Needs and Interests

IFN- IRG Research

Next Generation

Standards Science

Education (NGSE)




Interdisciplinary Group: two graduate students

(Education, Nanotechnology); Undergraduate students,

one teacher

Modules: Five new modules related to IFN research were

developed, 40 additional modules were revised and

adapted.

Collaborators: CCMR , CHESS Cornell University 21

Module Grade level Video LabsTeaching

Aids Map to

Standards Core Discipline S T E MInquiry

Learning

Interactive

Media/Game

Nanoscience"Big Idea“

Nanoscale Topography 7-12 X X X PhysicsX X

X XNS1/NS7/NS8

Endocrine Disruptors in Trophic Levels 7-12 X XEarth

Science/BiologyX

X NS4

Amazing Blocks 7-12 X X Chem/PhysicsX

X NS2

How Does the Arecibo RadiotelescopeWorks? 7-12 X X X Chem/Physics

X XX X X NS9

Can You Be My Model? 7-12 X X X Bio/Chem/PhysX X

X X NS8

Classification 7-12 X X X Earth ScienceX

X NS3

Cloud Chambers 7-12 X X X PhysicsX X

X XNS4/NS8/NS10

Communicating with light 7-12 X X X PhysicsX X

X XNS4/NS8/NS9

Concrete 7-12 X X PhysicsX X

X X XNS2/NS4/NS5/NS9

DNA Diffraction 7-12 X X Bio/Chem/PhysX X

X X X NS2/NS8

DNA Extraction 7-12 X X BiologyX

X NS2/NS3

Dropo Tube 7-12 X X X PhysicsX X

X X XNS4/NS8/NS9

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Available

Modules (1)

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AidsMap to

Standards Core Discipline S T E M

Inquiry

Learning

Interactive Media/Ga

me

Nanoscience"Big Idea“

Electrophoresis 7-12 X X BiologyX

XNS1/NS2/NS3/NS4

Fantastic Photon 7-12 X X XPhysics/mathem

aticsX X

X X X NS1/NS2/NS4

Fountain Boards 9-12 X X X PhysicsX X

X X X NS8/NS9

Fractals 7-12 X X MathematicsX

X X NS1/NS8

Fuel Cell 7-12 X X Chem/PhysicsX X

X X NS4/NS8

Glass or Crystal 7-12 X X X Chem/PhysicsX X

XNS2/NS4/NS6/NS8

Go with the flow 7-12 X X X Earth ScienceX

X NS3

Gold Nanoparticles 7-12 X X X Chem/PhysicsX X

X NS1/NS2

How Crystals Form? 7-12 X X X ChemistryX

X NS2/NS4

Introduction to Nanoscience 7-12 X Bio/Chem/PhysX X

X X NS1-NS10

Light Diffraction 7-12 X X PhysicsX X

X X NS1/NS2

Liquid Crystals 7-12 X X X Chem/PhysicsX X

X NS2/NS8


Modules(2)

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AidsMap to

Standards Core Discipline S T E MInquiry

Learning Interactive Media/Game

Nanoscience"Big

Idea“

Magnetic Mad Libs 7-12 X X X PhysicsX X

X NS9

Microworlds 7-12 X X Bio/Chem/PhysicsX

X XNS1/NS7/NS9

Notebook Circuit 9-12 X X X PhysicsX

X X X XNS8/NS9/NS10

Percolation 7-12 X X Earth ScienceX

X NS1/NS3

Scietific Method 7-12 X X Bio/Chem/PhysicsX

X X X X NS8/NS9

Size and Scale 3-9 X X X PhysicsX

X NS1

Solar Cells 7-12 X X Chem/PhysicsX

X X NS9

Sounds of Science 4-8 X X X PhysicsX

X NS9

Surface to Volume Ratio 7-12 X X X Bio/Chem/PhysicsX

X

NS1/NS2/NS3/NS8/NS9

River Vegetation 7-12 X X X Earth ScienceX

X NS3/NS8

What Color am I? 10-12 X X Bio/ChemistryX

XX

NS2/NS3/NS8


Modules (3)

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Teacher Trainings and Lending Library

• Teacher’s Workshops– Size and Scale

– Detection of Macromolecules

– Nanolink Workshop

– Including Nanotechnology in K-12 Curriculum

• Lending The Lending Library offers lesson plans and

student activity sheet. Kits also exist for most of

the activities, which can be checked out free of

charge, to help teachers facilitate the activity in

the classroom and introduce nanoscience in their

curriculum.

1,200 students were impacted, 10+ public

schools used the services

Partner IFN institution also used the Lending

Library Service.




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Including Nanotechnology through K-12 Curriculum

Establish and implement a Master Teacher Training Program (MTTP) and

establish a Lending Library (LL) for participating teachers (K-12).

Develop an interdisciplinary core of Master Teachers to serve as presenters

and trainers for the MTTP.

Offer Teacher Trainings and Workshop, Expand Nanoday activities




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IFN Facilities Guided Tours

SEM Laboratories

NanoscopyFacilities

Molecular Science Building




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Teacher-Student Summer Camp




• 10–teacher/student groups

• Experiments in

Nanotechnology Big Ideas

• Development of Research

Proposal

• Training in Scientific Writing

and Oral Communication

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Education Summit “Puerto Rico STEM’s Up to the Challenge”:

• This activity was held on March 3 and 4 (2015 ) March 7-10 (2016) in the Puerto Rico Convention Center, with the goal of motivating young people to choose careers on science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

• Universities, government entities and other companies exhibits their programs and the services related to this areas to guide the educator and the students.

• During this activity our team presented a set of nanotechnology demonstrations, promoted the Institute of Functional Nanomaterials and careers related to nanotechnology.

• Approximately 1,200 students were impacted with this activity.(2015) and 698 the current year( 2016)




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Down Syndrome Foundation Activity

• The main goal of the

demonstrations was to target the

children’s sensorial skills, which

are affected by the condition.

• The themes presented in the

activity were intermolecular forces

using kinetic sand, superficial

tension, magnetism,

polymers, and florescence among

others.

• The activity had ~200 children

participating along with their

respective families.




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Oceánica• Science Museum: First Exhibit

10 months,

• Nanotechnology and Nanoscience in the Ocean

• Interactive Games that Illustrate Nanotechnology Fundamental Concepts ( Size and Scale, Dominant Force, Surface to Volume)

• Workshop to teachers and informal Educator

• Impact General Public

• Video




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Event Participation Impact

First Meeting STEAM

Faculty of Education UPRRP

Conference/ Interactive tables: Take

nanoscience and nanotechnology to your classroom!

• 35 teachers

• 3 students

Workshops for science teachers

Workshop: Size and Scale, and Surface Area to Volume Ratio

• 11 teachers

School Visit to University Gardens

• Chemistry Week

• Green Apple Day

• 4 teachers

• 54 students

IFN Annual Meeting • Graduate Students and Post-docs

workshop

• 27 students

Down Syndrome Foundation

• 25th Anniversary • 200 participants

Material Loans • GK-12 students and science teachers • 1,200 students

Education Summit • Puerto Rico STEM’s Up to the Challenge • 1,201 students

Education Congress • XIII Puerto Rican Congress on Research in

Education

• 50 teachers and professor

School Visit to Manuel Cuevas Bacener

• Chemistry Week • 200 students

Visit to UMET • Undergraduate Nano Demonstration Show • 130 students

Oceanica The Exhibit :

Nanotechnology and

Nanoscience at the Oceans

Exhibit in Plaza las Americas:

Nanotechnology application related to the

ocean, Nanoscience perspective of the

oceans ecosystems.

6,000 attendants in a

period of six months

Summary of Most Relevant Outreach and Education Activities

for the Reported Period 2014- 2015

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Impact of Education and Outreach 2014-2015

Level of the

participant

August 2014 –

July 2015 (Direct

Impact)

Lending Library

August 2014-

2015

(Indirect Impact)

Total F Total F

General Public 6000 4380 446 276

Students K-6 161 65 125 74

Students 7-9 200 105 60 9

Students 10-12 1255 76 279 130

Teachers 100 90 75 53

Undergrad 130 100 200 112

Grad Students 30 13 13 10

Researchers 0 0 3 1

Total 7976 4,829 1201 665

The Teacher Training

Program and

Lending Library has

been instrumental in

the dissemination

and implementation

of more than 35

educational modules

in the K-12

curriculum indirectly

impacting more than

800 students and

teachers.




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Educational and Outreach 2015 – 2016

Participants

Activity and Institution

University

students

Schools Activities

General Public Assesment of

students

Proyects

TotalTeachers

ProfessorsStudents

F M F M F M F M

Scientific Fair School

Amalia Marín5 124 110 239

Family Day

Down Síndrome.

“Fundación Puertorriqueña

de Síndrome Down”. FPSD

39 48 87

Other 206

Science Week –

Science Fair – Interactive

tables

Manuel Cuevas Bacener

Middle School

Scholar District of San

Juan I

2 1 95 10524 24

203

Scientific Fair CIMATEC 32 32

Sciene Presentation CROEC 2 0 40 30 70

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February 2012, 2016Workshop Inquisity

Teaching and learning12 3 15

February 18 Workshop Stop-motion 14 9 23

February 19Development of Inquiry

base demosntrationsIFN12 3 15

March 4, 2016

Effective Communication

for Scientists and

Engineers Para

Estudiantes

21 9 30

March 8- 10, 2016

PR STEM's UP to the

Challenge36 20 292 363 690

Nature’s Gift Workshop 5 1 6

Teacher Workshop :

surface to volume ratio in

nanotechnology

16 5 21

March 18, 2016 Teacher workshop:

Nature’s gifts16 18 34

Sch

oo

ls N

ano

Day

Mac

r-2

6-

Ab

ril 1

School Amalia Marín1 28 25 54

University High School

(UHS)/San Juan1 15 7 23

Sotero Figueroa Middle

school. 2 12 11 25

March 30, 2016 Science-Art 34 29 1 4 6 5 79

Abril 1, 2016University Gardens High

School1 15 11 26

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Central Art High School 1 20 8 29

Teacher Workshop – STEAM

and nanotechnology

In collaboration with Cornell

University

28 4 32

Science Fair Manuel Cuevas

Bacener School 4 1 32 14 51

Visit to IFN facilities UPRRP

Escuela Libre de Música

(mesa de demostraciones)

1 21 10 32

Science Fair: Planeta DigitalPlaza Las Américas

377 457734

Science Week

Colegio Espíritu Santo, Hato Rey1 28 19 48

Collaboration with Cornell University• Development of

Educational Modules.

• Effective Communication

Skills for Scientist

• Cornell Graduate

Students and IFN fellows

will work in the

development and

implementation of

Educational Materials/

Modules

• Lending Library

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Development of a book for teaching

and learning of the concepts of size

and scale

•Throughout the book, a sequence of

images show the different scales that

form a macro structure and at the

same time the importance of very

small structures is highlighted.

•Following a transition from digital

photography to scanning electron

imaging, the need of using different

measurement scales is evident.

•This book is being designed with

objects and/or animals that are

familiar to our local community.

•The adjacent figure displays the size

of a baby manatee compared to one of

its facial hairs.

10

cm

1

cm

From Macro to Nano in the Caribbean

N. Santacruz, Z. Mercado, L. Díaz




• An interactive book that

introduces Nanoscience

Big Ideas with the

environment and our

culture as a backdrop is

being prepared.

• Collaborators:

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IFN Education and Outreach

University of Puerto Rico

Rio Piedras Campus

SmallTheather

June 15- 17 , 2016

Nano-circus is a innovative

teaching and learning strategy,

designed with various acts for the

nano-science concepts

explanation. This initiative is

intended for general public to

promote the whole community

inclusion in the nanotechnology

field.

Nano-circusThis initiative seek people to enjoy the circus performance while

understanding nanoscience concepts. For this experience, we do

design diverse activities, employing different materials.

Acts Concepts Materials

Our Make up is

as...

Nanomaterials Fluorescence fluorescence make

up and balloons,

Rain Fluorescence Foam beans

fluorescence.

Magic ball

Wonderful fluid

Nanomaterials magnetic properties Acrylic films,

magnets and ferro-

fluid, balls and

wooden ramp.

Wet or dry? Hydrophobicity Guns water game

and hydrophobic

shirts

Ball Play Size and scale concepts Balls (different

sizes)It will be presented at the Teatrillo of the University of Puerto Rico- Río

Piedras campus at the end of the second semester 2015-2016.

Special Volume

• Journal of Puerto Rico

National Teacher

Association: El Sol

• Distributed to 20,000

teachers and educators in

the island.

• Inclusion of

Nanotechnology in K-12

Curriculum

• Collaboration with GK12-

UPRRP




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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVpgIAcHB8w

The IFN was approached by the

Materials Research Society (MRS)

in Fall 2014 to produce a video.

MRS was well aware of the quality

and quantity of research that was

being presented by the IFN at their

international conferences, and

wanted to give the institute further

exposure. The video was recorded

and produced during the month of

November 2014, and was displayed

at the Materials Research Society

Annual Fall Meeting in Boston in

December 2014 and Spring

Meeting in San Francisco in April

2015.

Dissemination and Visibility

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVpgIAcHB8w

Dissemination

• Two publications about our outreach activities were submitted to peer review journals:

– Journal of Chemical Education- Related to Role Model Program

– NSTA- Journal of College Science Education ( Outreach activities to improve scientist communication skills)

• Facebook Page

– Average 211 persons daily

– 5-10 Solicitation of IFN education and outreach activities and visits to schools

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EOP MilestonesMilestone Current Status

• A program for IFN graduate students and postdocs to serve as role

models is established and participating schools are identified (K-12)

The program was reinitiated, the fellows were trained and visited at least one school

• Postdoctoral Fellows fulfill all educational requirements of their

fellowship Completed

• Evaluate, revise, and improve the postdoc mentoring plan. The postdoc mentoring plan was revised and restarted with a serie of profesional development workshops

• Evaluate the progress and selection criteria of fellows, and improve if

necessary. Completed

• Undergraduate research component is evaluated and strengthened.

A new cohort of undergraduate will be selected. Completed

• Evaluate, revise, and improve the Summer Research program and

implement it. Completed

• Longitudinal tracking of participants will be reinitiated. In progress

• Evaluate, revise, and improve the 4-year college initiatives. In progress

The HREO will create an international experience activity. Create an

international experience activity by recruiting IFN researchers to

strengthen their international collaborations and arrange to send their

graduate fellows and postdocs to spend time at international sites

4 graduate fellows completed research interships

• Evaluate, revise, and improve the programs established to reach the

targeted groups. Identify a new cohort of K-12 students. Completed

• Expand the network of mainland institutions participating in IFN

activities. In progress

• Promote the exchange of undergraduate students between the IFN

and the participating mainland institutions In progress




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EOP MilestonesMilestone Current Status

• Revise, evaluate, and improve the MTTP and assess the impact of

the LL. In progress

• Expand the number of Master Teachers in the Program. In progress

• Longitudinal tracking of the teachers and their students impacted

by the LL. In progress

• Dissemination of educational materials through the IFN website. In progress

• Adapt NanoDays-like activities to impact local museums. In progress

• Implement a Nano- tour in which the IFN fellows visits schools with

nanotechnology demonstration and mini seminars Completed/ in progress

• Develop nanotechnology educational modules and include them in

the natural science undergraduate curriculum.

Five modules were deveoped and implemented , evaluation of the experience are being conducted

• Create a training center for undergraduate and graduate students

(Data Analysis modules, webminars, online resources, online

education) training in the use of instruments.

In progress

• Revise and improve the web based modules. In progress

• Evaluate and collect data on the impact of student learning

through the web-based modules. In progress

• Expand production of the web-based modules. In progress

• Submit grants to federal agencies and non-profit organizations to

sustain the education activities.

In progress, we are working in the preparation of the NSF grant ITEST




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Major Achievements• The IFN is on target in the Human Resource and Workforce Development goals

and milestones.

• The 4-year colleges’ initiative has been implemented successfully recruiting

7 new faculty in Nanoscience research fields in 5 campuses.

• Activities to improve fellows and postdoctoral students communication skills were

successfully implemented

• All interdisciplinary educational modules developed during Phase 1 have been

revised and improved.

• Collaborations with the PR National Teacher Association, Down Syndrome

Foundation and Amgen have been established and/or continued.

• The Master Teacher Program and a Lending Library has been successfully

expanded in order to train teachers in the use and implementation of the

interdisciplinary educational materials created by the EO program.

• The EOP has impacted more than 9,000 persons (66% female) island wide

during the past year.




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Next Year’s Plan

• Revise and improve the Human Resource and Workforce Development strategies

to ensure that the milestones are met.

• Strengthen the 4-year colleges through start-up fund and seed fund for exploratory

research. Summer Research Experience for professor-student pairs from 4-year

colleges will be offered.

• Promote the exchange of undergraduate students between the IFN and the

participating mainland institutions.

• Create a training center for undergraduate and graduate students (Data Analysis

modules, webinars, online resources, online education) training in the use of

instruments. ( pending if funds are assigned to this component)

• Evaluate the impact of the educational materials; revise and improve.

• Evaluate and collect data on the impact of student learning through web-based

modules.

• Improve the impact to Future Female Engineers by partnering with associations

and clubs (e.g. Society of Future Female Engineers, SciGirls, Girls and Boys

Clubs).




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