The objective of this contest is to provide publicity and promotional support to new developments, recent progress, and advances in the modeling and simulation of Micro/Nanosystems. The emphasis is on current challenges in understanding of the multi-physics/multi-scale phenomena that govern such systems functionality.
The contest is solicited in the following areas, but not limited to:.
Modeling and simulation methods that unite different size and time scales, capturing the entire workings of a design, from its nanoscale layout to its macroscale features.
Multi-physics couplings (mechanical-thermal-electrical- magnetic- optical etc.), complex flow phenomena involving single phase and particle-laden (i.e., beads, cells, and macromolecules) flows driven by pressure, electric, and magnetic fields, and by surface tension.
New tool or code development related to understanding of experimentally observed, fundamental principles and processes governing MEMS/NEMS performance for applications such as micro/nanofluidics, bioengineering, geosciences, optics, magnetics, imaging, energy, thermal systems, and carbon nanotubes. Also, code development related to the lifetime performance and functionality and prevents failure of NEMS/MEMS (ranging from billionths of a second to several months).
Modeling and simulation methods which can be used in the fabrication cycle, for design optimization, uncertainty quantification and characterization of micro/nano devices.
OP-TEC, the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education, is a National Science Foundation (NSF) National Center of Excellence with the stated mission of promoting photonics education and assisting colleges around the country in developing and implementing educational programs that support expansion of this critical new technology.
As part of our efforts to provide faculty development in optics and photonics, OP-TEC will be offering a hybrid, online faculty development course. The course will cover OP-TEC’s Fundamentals of Light and Lasers. Each of the six modules will be taught online over a two-week period with a high level of self-paced instruction combined with an interactive component facilitated by e-mail exchanges and online discussions.
Fundamentals of Light and Lasers Modules:
Module 1: Nature and Properties of Light
Module 2: Optical Handling and Positioning
Module 3: Light Sources and Laser Safety
Module 4: Basic Geometrical Optics
Module 5: Basic Physical Optics
Module 6: Principles of Lasers
This online course is being offered at no charge to high school, community college and technical college faculty interested in teaching a basic photonics course. Participants who successfully complete the 12-week course and 3-day laboratory session will receive a certificate of completion from OP-TEC. Participants will also be awarded 9 CEUs from an OP-TEC partner college.
The six modules will be taught over a 12-week period from September 19, 2011 through December 11, 2011. After the completion of Module 6, all participants will spend a 3-day period at an OP-TEC partner college where they will have the opportunity to conduct all laboratory experiments included in the course and discuss with experienced instructors best practices for teaching the materials. This 3-day laboratory session will be scheduled for June 2012 and will be arranged at a time that is mutually agreeable to the participants.
Costs: The online course and materials will be offered at no charge. Participants will be responsible for all travel and lodging expenses to attend the 3-day laboratory session.
Computer Requirements: To complete the course, participants must have access to a computer, printer, telephone/cell phone and Internet access. Participants will utilize the Blackboard system and an electronic book format.
Applications: Applications are accepted online or by mail. Applications must be received by September 13, 2011. For more information, please visit http://www.op-tec.org/faculty.php, call 254-751-9000, or e-mail op-tec@cord.org.
OP-TEC, the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education, is a National Science Foundation (NSF) National Center of Excellence with the stated mission of promoting photonics education and assisting colleges around the country in developing and implementing educational programs that support expansion of this critical new technology.
As part of our efforts to provide faculty development in optics and photonics, OP-TEC will be offering a hybrid, online faculty development course. The course will cover OP-TEC’s Fundamentals of Light and Lasers. Each of the six modules will be taught online over a two-week period with a high level of self-paced instruction combined with an interactive component facilitated by e-mail exchanges and online discussions.
Fundamentals of Light and Lasers Modules:
Module 1: Nature and Properties of Light
Module 2: Optical Handling and Positioning
Module 3: Light Sources and Laser Safety
Module 4: Basic Geometrical Optics
Module 5: Basic Physical Optics
Module 6: Principles of Lasers
This online course is being offered at no charge to high school, community college and technical college faculty interested in teaching a basic photonics course. Participants who successfully complete the 12-week course and 3-day laboratory session will receive a certificate of completion from OP-TEC. Participants will also be awarded 9 CEUs from an OP-TEC partner college.
The six modules will be taught over a 12-week period from September 19, 2011 through December 11, 2011. After the completion of Module 6, all participants will spend a 3-day period at an OP-TEC partner college where they will have the opportunity to conduct all laboratory experiments included in the course and discuss with experienced instructors best practices for teaching the materials. This 3-day laboratory session will be scheduled for June 2012 and will be arranged at a time that is mutually agreeable to the participants.
Costs: The online course and materials will be offered at no charge. Participants will be responsible for all travel and lodging expenses to attend the 3-day laboratory session.
Computer Requirements: To complete the course, participants must have access to a computer, printer, telephone/cell phone and Internet access. Participants will utilize the Blackboard system and an electronic book format.
Applications: Applications are accepted online or by mail. Applications must be received by September 13, 2011. For more information, please visit http://www.op-tec.org/faculty.php, call 254-751-9000, or e-mail op-tec@cord.org.
OP-TEC, the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education, is a National Science Foundation (NSF) National Center of Excellence with the stated mission of promoting photonics education and assisting colleges around the country in developing and implementing educational programs that support expansion of this critical new technology.
As part of our efforts to provide faculty development in optics and photonics, OP-TEC will be offering a hybrid, online faculty development course. The course will cover OP-TEC’s Fundamentals of Light and Lasers. Each of the six modules will be taught online over a two-week period with a high level of self-paced instruction combined with an interactive component facilitated by e-mail exchanges and online discussions.
Fundamentals of Light and Lasers Modules:
Module 1: Nature and Properties of Light
Module 2: Optical Handling and Positioning
Module 3: Light Sources and Laser Safety
Module 4: Basic Geometrical Optics
Module 5: Basic Physical Optics
Module 6: Principles of Lasers
This online course is being offered at no charge to high school, community college and technical college faculty interested in teaching a basic photonics course. Participants who successfully complete the 12-week course and 3-day laboratory session will receive a certificate of completion from OP-TEC. Participants will also be awarded 9 CEUs from an OP-TEC partner college.
The six modules will be taught over a 12-week period from September 19, 2011 through December 11, 2011. After the completion of Module 6, all participants will spend a 3-day period at an OP-TEC partner college where they will have the opportunity to conduct all laboratory experiments included in the course and discuss with experienced instructors best practices for teaching the materials. This 3-day laboratory session will be scheduled for June 2012 and will be arranged at a time that is mutually agreeable to the participants.
Costs: The online course and materials will be offered at no charge. Participants will be responsible for all travel and lodging expenses to attend the 3-day laboratory session.
Computer Requirements: To complete the course, participants must have access to a computer, printer, telephone/cell phone and Internet access. Participants will utilize the Blackboard system and an electronic book format.
Applications: Applications are accepted online or by mail. Applications must be received by September 13, 2011. For more information, please visit www.op-tec.org/faculty, call 254-751-9000, or e-mail op-tec@cord.org.
With generous support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the League for Innovation and TIES cordially invite you to a Learn and Earn Convening being held October 1-2 at the JW Marriott Indianapolis in conjunction with the 2011 STEMtech conference (October 2-5). Industry groups, corporate executives, government officials, and education advocates will convene to discuss how they can help create affordable, practical education pathways that allow more young adults to earn a postsecondary credential that gives them a competitive edge in the workforce. Also discussed will be education programs and policies that enable students to concurrently work and earn their way toward a degree or credential. An agenda for the Learn and Earn Convening is attached.
There are no fees to participate in the Learn and Earn Convening on Saturday and Sunday morning, but you must register for the STEMtech conference if you would like to attend formal conference sessions Sunday through Wednesday. A list of conference sessions and registration
information can be found at www.league.org/2011stemtech/sessions.cfm.
The League for Innovation in the Community College is proud to announce its second annual STEMtech conference, October 2 - 5, 2011, at Indianapolis' new JW Marriott. Proposals to present at the 2011 STEMtech can be submitted at www.league.org/stemtech. April 15, 2011 is the deadline for submitting proposals to present at the 2011 STEMtech. Educators, industry leaders, and others will gather to discuss increasing student access into and success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics STEM majors and careers. The 2011 STEMtech will also help educators explore the strategic use of information technology to better serve their students, campuses, and communities. Over 400 sessions will cover everything from recruiting and retaining students for STEM-related programs to using information technology to improve organizational and student learning.
In addition to the onsite conference, a web-based version of the conference, STEMtech Online, October 3-4, will integrate virtual participants with participants of the onsite conference. STEMtech Online participants can attend presentations, chat and network with other participants, and visit the exhibition hall. Like the onsite conference, STEMtech Online will have a strong focus on STEM in general education and workforce training, while also exploring the intelligent application of information technology in educational institutions.
A series of two workshops, the Nanotechnology Course Resource Workshops have been designed to provide post-secondary faculty and administrators with the resources needed to effectively teach undergraduate nanotechnology courses. These workshops were formerly known as our "Train the Trainer" Workshops. Please note that it does not matter which workshop is attended first.
This workshop is valued at $1,700. Applicants who are accepted will be granted a fellowship to attend the workshop which includes: workshop registration fee, breakfast/lunch, travel (airfare up to $750) and lodging. Click here to see more details on the workshops. Space is limited, register early!
With generous support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the League for Innovation and TIES cordially invite you to a Learn and Earn Convening being held October 1-2 at the JW Marriott Indianapolis in conjunction with the 2011 STEMtech conference (October 2-5). Industry groups, corporate executives, government officials, and education advocates will convene to discuss how they can help create affordable, practical education pathways that allow more young adults to earn a postsecondary credential that gives them a competitive edge in the workforce. Also discussed will be education programs and policies that enable students to concurrently work and earn their way toward a degree or credential. An agenda for the Learn and Earn Convening is attached.
There are no fees to participate in the Learn and Earn Convening on Saturday and Sunday morning, but you must register for the STEMtech conference if you would like to attend formal conference sessions Sunday through Wednesday. A list of conference sessions and registration
information can be found here
You are invited to take part in a critical industry event that will provide the latest information on achievements and areas for improvement in the cybersecurity arena, delivered by prominent experts from government, industry, and policy institutions.
Speakers and panelists include
- U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), co-chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the U.S. Helsinki Commission)
- General James E. Cartwright (USMC), vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (invited to appear)
- Melissa E. Hathaway, president of Hathaway Global Strategies and senior advisor to the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- Walter P. Havenstein, CEO of SAIC
- U.S. Representative Jim Langevin (D-RI), co-chairman of the House Cybersecurity Caucus
- James Andrew Lewis, PhD, senior fellow and director of the Technology and Public Policy program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
- U.S. Representative Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies
- U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- Lt. Gen. Harry D. Raduege Jr. (USAF, ret.), chairman of the Deloitte Center for Cyber Innovation
- U.S. Representative C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
You will be able to present your own questions to the panelists during a Q&A session after their presentations.
Don't miss this chance to get the latest information on the state of the nation's cybersecurity. To learn more about this event and register online, go to www.umuc.edu/cyberbreakfast. The fee is $85.
NBAA2011 represents the most productive and efficient opportunity for business – all in one place, all at one time. There’s no other aviation event that can match it – the key operators and industry leaders will meet in Las Vegas to conduct business, make buying decisions and set the stage for business aviation activity for the year ahead.
Attendees, the decision makers in the industry, will be spending time on the Exhibit floor, meeting and interacting with Exhibitors, and playing a central role in the purchase process for their Companies.
NBAA2011 will feature Exhibits at the Las Vegas Convention Center, a Static Display of Aircraft on Henderson Executive Airport, over 100 Education Sessions and Maintenance and Operations Sessions (M&Os) and over 25,000 business aviation professionals who are interested in seeing and learning about all that is new in the world of business aviation.
POGIL will be at the National Association of Biology Teachers Convention in Anaheim, CA. Participants will be introduced to the POGIL pedagogy and the work of the High School POGIL Initiative (HSPI) . Activities from the new HSPI collection, authored and classroom tested by teachers involved in the project, will be examined . Sample biology and chemistry activities will be provided for attendees.
We hope you're making plans to attend the 2011 NCPN Conference in Orlando, Florida and to celebrate the Network's 20th anniversary! The NCPN conference planning team unanimously approved the theme: Transforming Lives for a Strong America.
The Presenter Proposal Form is now available for those who are interested in presenting. If you’d like to submit a proposal, please submit by March 31. Presenters will be notified in May of acceptance. Also, please forward the conference “Save the Date” flyer to your colleagues and partners so they can mark their calendars and make plans to attend.
This year’s conference will be held October 12-14 at the beautifully renovated Orlando World Center Marriott. The conference will end on Friday afternoon instead of on Saturday at noon as in the past. By holding the main conference opening session at mid-morning on Thursday we will include the same amount of professional development hours as always. There will be over 150 main conference sessions from which to choose.
In addition to the main conference, full-day and half-day preconference workshops will be held on Wednesday, October 12. Preconference topics will be announced soon at www.ncpn.info and will include topics of interest for leaders responsible for implementing Career Pathways/Programs of Study (traditional and adult) as well as for counselors and teachers.
Are you ready to stop recruiting and start teaching? Learn proven recruitment and retention strategies so you can see more female students succeed in your STEM classes. One program saw more than half of its female students dropping out of computer networking. Learn how they turned around those results so now more than 90% of female students complete their classes. AND more female students are signing up female enrollment has risen from 19% to 35% Do you want to see more women in your technology classes, and you don’t know where to start? Are you short on time, low on budget, and want results next semester? This workshop will get you started with proven, research-based strategies you can implement right away. You'll take away: 1. A realistic recruitment plan that will enable you to create the reality of having women and girls in your STEM classrooms 2. A retention plan for your school that will increase the completion rate of your female AND male students 3. The knowledge and confidence you need to put these plans into action, right away. Register here: http://www.iwitts.org/training/workshop
CSSIA is hosting an 8-week High School Competition faculty development training program for high schools interested in participating in the Spring 2012 High School Cyber Security Competition. This training program will be starting on October 14th, meeting every Friday from 3-5p.m. CT. THERE WILL BE NO CLASS ON OCTOBER 28TH or NOVEMBER 25TH. The final training date of this session will be December 16th.
Description: Have you fallen into the PowerPoint trap, reading somniferous bullet points to a dozing audience? In this engaging multimedia session, discover quick-and-easy fixes that are free and applicable to the presentation you are planning to give tomorrow. Learn why traditional templates are a bad idea, and how "full-bleed" and "implied space" can take your images off the edge and your presentations to a new level of visual engagement. Look at terrific versus abysmal examples of typeface deployment, and see where to put text on the slide and (mostly) on the handout. Get value-added handouts plus links to fabulous free resources (including hundreds of great copy-free images). Discover the 10:2 antidote to boring presentations and the power of humor, music, and story to awaken and synch up every audience.
This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphereTM, which consists of ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server. The course is based on ESX/ESXi 4.1 and vCenter Server 4.1. Completion of this course satisfies as a prerequisite to take the VMware Certified Professional 4 exam.
Faculty participants who complete this course may enroll in any of several more-advanced vSphere courses. See www.vmware.com/education for advanced course options.
By instituting this program, VMware seeks to create a collaborative relationship with academic institutions whereby their students may obtain the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) status and other VMware certifications.
Participation in VMware vSphere will provide you with VMware vouchers for exams.
Food and refreshments will be provided.
This training is a blended course. There is a mandatory orientation and capstone session. Each session will be delivered virtually via webex. You will receive a confirmation email one week prior to the orientation session. You will also receive a webex invitation one day prior to the orientation and capstone sessions.
The ORIENTATION SESSION is scheduled on FRIDAY, October 14th from 10a.m. - noon.
The in-person sessions will be October 19th, 20th & 21st at Pensacola State College, 1000 College Boulevard, Pensacola, FL from 9a.m. - 5p.m.
The CAPSTONE SESSION is scheduled on FRIDAY, October 28th from noon - 2p.m.
*Note: This training opportunity is for Teachers/Faculty. Verification of teaching status and institution will be requested. Participatints also will be assisted in the enrollment of their institution into VMWare IT Academy program during or prior to the course as needed.
CSSIA is pleased to offer continuing opportunities for faculty attending CSSIA's Faculty Development Workshops (FDW) to obtain graduate credit. Faculty can earn 3 graduate credits through the University of Illinois - Springfield by enrolling in an online course and doing some additional follow-up work (describing how you would integrate FDW knowledge into your programs). Tuition for this option is about $1200, and you would be responsible for paying your own tuition. Your institution also may have a tuition reimbursement program that would support this effort. The University of Illinois - Springfield has been offering graduate credit to community college faculty for events like this for 8 years with great success.
This private 1-day workshop provides an introduction to POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) and explores the benefits of this approach to active learning in the classroom. Participants will experience a POGIL-based learning environment, analyze activities to understand how guided-inquiry is structured in a POGIL classroom, and consider classroom facilitation and other issues related to the implementation of POGIL.
The Society of Women Engineers SWE, Girl Scouts, WGBH''''S Design Squad Nation, and The ExxonMobil Foundation Have teamed up for the second annual Invent It. Build It. Invent It. Build It. is a hands-on workshop open to all middle school girls. The event is a day to explore the creative and innovative sides of engineering and meet women engineers and technologists from around the world. To register visit the following website: http://register.girlscoutsgcnwi.org/ and enter CODE 32112. Participants do not have to be a Girl Scout to register.
The National Educators Workshop (NEW) is now produced and managed by the National Resource Center for Materials Technology Education (MatEd). MatEd’s goal is to re- energize the Workshop with increased participation through a focus on the traditional strengths of NEW and attracting increased numbers of dynamic, exciting presenters through an expanded, enhanced “Call for Papers” process.
NEW builds upon 26 years of annual workshops aimed at promoting science, engineering, and technology secondary and postsecondary education. NEW has provided over 7000 participants with over 600 demonstrations and laboratory experiences exploring the latest developments in materials science while offering strategies for improving teaching and learning.
Recent endeavors have provided successful practices and hands-on curricular materials that strengthen young people's understanding of STEM principles and enhance technology education integration. Peer review and publication of NEW presentations, experiments and demonstrations have provided the materials education community with current, valuable aids for teaching and research.
NEW offers significant benefits and impact in terms of career awareness for students, professional development for faculty, and the sharing of successful practices in pedagogy. NEW provides exceptional opportunities to the national STEM community as a whole by:
Promoting a STEM Education Pathway;
Supporting integration of Material Science and STEM by inviting participation across educational levels including secondary schools, and industry;
Providing valuable opportunities for STEM teachers to broaden their perspectives and knowledge and expand their professional development venues;
Supplying the materials education community with current, valuable aids for teaching and research, which can be used immediately in the classroom.
This is a 1-day short course held at the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.
The short course will include both classroom lectures and hands-on activities relevant to applications in energy storage, biotechnology, nanoelectronics and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) . Topics that will be covered include:
High-Speed, High-Thoughput Imaging
Environmental Controlled AFM for Electrical Measurements
Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM)
Quantitative NanoMechanical Measurement
Imaging in Fluid and Biological Sample Preparation
Electrochemical AFM for Battery Research
LNF capabilities and how to bring a project to the LNF
…and much more!!!!
Full registration fee is $150, and discounted registration for academic researchers/students is $50.
Registration fee includes attendance to the lectures and cleanroom lab sessions*, lecture/lab notes, breakfast/lunch and credit towards LNF user fees**.
A series of workshops provide students with the information and skills necessary to navigate the professional pipeline in the vast fields of CyberSecurity and Information Assurance, as well as, other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The Annual Careers in CyberSecurity for Girls Summit, presents a cyber crime scenario, and the elite all girl CSI teams use a variety of clues to solve it, while also learning about the plethora of career options in CyberSecurity from women in business and government throughout the state.
Despite the gains of the last twenty years in the representation of women in STEM fields, their numbers still lag behind their male counterparts. Researchers have found that until third grade an equal number of boys and girls show interest and feel confident in learning science and technology. However, these numbers continuously decrease for girls throughout middle school and into high school. Various explanations for the significant decrease in girls’ interest in science and technology through their school years have been posed. Cool Careers in CyberSecurity Workshops sponsored by CyberWatch draws on research that that indicates recruiting and retaining girls to the science and technology fields should include targeted programs to educate women and minorities about STEM career choices. Many women and minorities have had limited exposure to computing in grade school and high school, especially if they come from lower-income households and communities. A new National Research Council report indicates that general Information and Technology Fluency skills and concepts will also be needed by all citizens if they are to be competitive in the modern world. Curricula should provide early exposure to real-world examples of the content of interest connected to careers. Enrichment programs should emphasize team projects and diverse real-world examples of technology applied in content areas. Curricular material that addresses major societal and/or environmental problems has been shown to attract women to the discipline. Mentoring and role models in the career choices has also shown success in recruitment and retention.
History
The first in a series of Cool Careers in CyberSecurity Workshops was held at the University of Maryland on Friday April 21, 2006. The workshop provided participants with a full day of speakers, hands-on activities and campus site visits. 30 middle school girls had the opportunity to learn from women from companies and agencies throughout the state about what it takes to be a true success in the field. Attention was given to issues for women from underrepresented groups.
The CyberWatch K12 Division continues to offer small workshops for individual schools/school districts, but has also expanded to offer an Annual Cool Careers in CyberSecurity Workshop for Girls Summit. At the Summit, a Cyber Crime Scenario is presented to the girls. The attendees are broken up in to small CSI teams of 10 and rotate around different “cyber tables” to gather clues to solve the cyber crime. Each table has a different activity led by a women professional in the field. The girls use the first part of each rotation to gather a clue, and the remainder of the time is used to learn more about the career and how each representative entered the field. Girls find out more about the education skills needed, likes and dislikes and salary range. Activities have included: cryptography, assembling a computer, steganography, penetration testing and cell phone forensics.
Save the Date: 2011 Cool Careers in Cybersecurity Summit
October 18 - Applied Physics Lab
This year's STEM Summit will emphasize business/industry issues and involvement; workforce development (including K-12 vocational education); higher education; and connections to
national public and private programs. Breakout session topics include:
Business and Industry
National Groups
NSF Programs
Data, Research, and Evaluation
Higher Education
Career Pathways
PK-12 Education
Early Education and Care
Hacker Halted returns to Miami for the third year running. Following last year's resounding success, this year's event is poised to be bigger and better. There will be four focused tracks as follows:
1. "What's Hot" - Featuring cutting-edge presentations on key topics and aspects of information security, including policies and management issues.
2. "Cut the Crap, Show Me The Hack" - highly technical track featuring no-nonsense technical security experts who demonstrate the latest hacks, reveal new zero-days, and showcase the most current threats and vulnerabilities.
3."Securing SCADA & Critical Infrastructures" - Following the 2010 appearance of the groundbreaking Stuxnet worm, SCADA security has become an issue of growing concern. This track will feature high-level presentations from noted experts in the field.
4."Up in the Clouds" - Focused on cloud computing and the security elements surrounding it.
Since 2004, the global series of Hacker Halted has been successfully organized in different cities, including Myrtle Beach, Dubai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Cairo, Guangzhou, Taipei and Tokyo. The objective of the global series of Hacker Halted conferences is to raise international awareness towards increased education and ethics in Information Security.
In this webinar you will learn what microsystems are, where they come from, how they affect our lives including:
• Terminology and scale
• MEMS devices and applications that affect you
• A brief history of Microsystems Technology
• The future of microsystems
In this webinar you will learn what microsystems are, where they come from, how they affect our lives including:
• Terminology and scale
• MEMS devices and applications that affect you
• A brief history of Microsystems Technology
• The future of microsystems
Featuring – Dr. Barry Gump,
Florida International University
Emeritus Professor, California State University – Fresno
Author of “Wine Analysis and Production”
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Kent State University - Ashtabula
Ashtabula, OH
The American Association of Community Colleges with the support of the National Science Foundation will hold the eighteenth national ATE Principal Investigators Conference, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The conference brings together approximately 800 people to focus on the critical issues related to advanced technological education. Key people working on ATE projects across the country participate in the conference. Conference attendees represent community colleges, business and industry, secondary school systems, four-year colleges, and research and development centers covering projects in a wide variety of areas such as: information technology, engineering technology, micro- and nanotechnologies, chemical technology, biotechnology, and others.
An innovation is just an idea until people put it into practice. In this interactive workshop, you will work with dissemination and marketing mentors, experts, and your peers to design a more effective dissemination and marketing plan for your project so that others will put your innovations into practice. Starting with your project’s broader impact statement and evaluation plan, you will be guided in developing a dissemination and marketing plan appropriate for your project’s current status that includes measurements to gauge your success. Resources, examples, and ideas will be shared by the facilitators, a panel of experts, and participants. You will leave with an action-ready plan to market and disseminate your project’s work and track its impact.
Wednesday, October 26: 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Advance Registration and Ticket Required: Fee - $50.00
This workshop is recommended for all principal investigators, co-principal investigators and other team members involved in newly awarded projects and centers in FY11. Others who may find the workshop useful include new awardees in FY10 and other project personnel from prior years who have recently become involved in ATE projects and centers. The workshop will be divided into three parts: (1) ATE Program Issues. Topics to be covered include reporting requirements such as annual and final reports, working with NSF program officers, changes in project personnel or scope, data collection, FastLane and other reporting systems, use of Advisory Boards and National Visiting Committees, preparing project highlights for NSF and others, Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), and many other relevant topics. (2) Financial Management and Grant Management Issues. This section will focus on financial accounting issues and discuss in detail problems often seen in monitoring visits such as participant support, time and effort accounting, subawardees, record keeping, changes in scope, overload, and use of consultants. (3) Evaluation. This segment will address building in evaluation from the start of your project or center. The ATE program has an annual survey of all projects and centers that have been active for more than one year. Additional evaluation topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to, evaluation design, methods and instrumentation, resources for learning about productive evaluation, the roles of internal and external evaluators, and evaluation challenges.
Wednesday, October 26: 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Advance Registration and Ticket Required: Fee - $50.00
In this preconference session at the ATE PI Conference, ATE project and center leaders and their evaluators will discuss common challenges and promising practices associated with evaluating ATE projects and centers. The facilitated dialogue will take place in a small-group/roundtable format, with participants selecting the topics of most interest to them. Experienced ATE projects and evaluators will share their real-world experiences, lessons learned, and examples as a means to stimulate conversation, innovative thinking, and practical problem-solving around evaluation issues among all participants. The topics will be determined in advance in consultation with ATE stakeholders, but may include issues such as how to work with a college’s institutional research office, integrating external and internal evaluation, establishing claims about project effectiveness and identifying appropriate and realistic evidence to support them, getting faculty to participate in evaluation activities, and determining what should be included in evaluation reports and who should receive them in what formats.
Funding available for evaluators to attend: EvaluATE will reimburse up to 25 ATE internal or external evaluators for travel and registration expenses for the 2011 ATE PI conference. This funding is intended to enable participation by evaluators who might not otherwise be able to attend the conference. It is mandatory that funding recipients register and participate in this preconference workshop. The funding application form must be completed by an ATE principal investigator.
How are you currently addressing the NSF requirement for achieving broader impacts? Would you like to learn how to use proven techniques to address this? In partnership with thirteen ATE Centers, the Synergy Collaboratory for Research, Practice, and Transformation is in a three-year project to explore and confirm the efficacy of concepts, processes, and tools for successful scaling of ATE projects from each of the participating centers. Participants in this workshop will learn about foundational concepts and research of scaling, benefit from the experiences of the centers participating in this collaboration, and begin to practice applying this knowledge in transforming their planning and preparations for scaling.
Wednesday, October 26: 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Workshop B: Concepts, Processes, and Tools for Successful Scaling
Advance Registration and Ticket Required: Fee - $50.00
This workshop will provide participants with an overview of 21st century learning strategies and include specific examples of technological tools designed to enhance teaching and learning. Technology tools can be used both inside and outside the “classroom” to foster 21st century skills, such as communication, problem-solving, time-management, and collaboration. Participants will be introduced to technology tools that integrate well into existing curriculum and can be used to support student engagement by teaching academic content through real-world example. The workshop will feature hands-on, demonstration stations of mobile devices and social media applications—which can help to bridge students from the classroom to the workforce. In addition, there will be time set aside at the end of the workshop as an open lab for participants to engage more fully with the technology application of their choice.
Wednesday, October 26: 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Advance Registration and Ticket Required: Fee - $50.00
The objective of this contest is to provide publicity and promotional support to new developments, recent progress, and advances in the modeling and simulation of Micro/Nanosystems. The emphasis is on current challenges in understanding of the multi-physics/multi-scale phenomena that govern such systems functionality.
