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NASA Science and Technology Teachers for the Next Millennium Program NASA Science and Technology Teachers for the Next Millennium Program is a collaborative effort between Medgar Evers College (CUNY) and the City College of New York (CUNY), which provides science and technology majors with the opportunity, knowledge and skills to become teachers of secondary school science and technology in an urban, multicultural environment. NASA Minority University Information Network Project NASA Minority University Information Network Project is a collaboration involving The City College of New York: Medgar Evers, LaGuardia Community College, York College, and Queensborough CC in order to develop an information infrastructure on each campus that may be applied to research and education activities. MEC is part of the CCNY/CUNY Network Resource and Training Site (NRTS) Program. This program is responsible for building the infrastructure for Internet connectivity in minority institutions and predominantly minority attended elementary and secondary schools. The Program is also responsible for training faculty, students and staff in network implementation. City College of New York (CCNY) is the lead institution.
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA) Awards Introduction This project is a
partnership between the Department of Physical, Partnerships Our partners include: NASA MUSPIN CCNY/CUNY Network Resource and Training Site; NASA PAIR at CCNY - Partnership in Integration of Research in Education in Remote Sensing and Environmental/ Climate Research; and National Science Foundation (NSF) - New York City Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NYC LSAMP). Enrollment Data The Summer 1999 research program, 10 undergraduate students and 14 high school students were engaged in research. During the 1999-00 academic year, 10-13 undergraduates and 3 high school students were actively engaged in research. Fifty-six percent of the student participants were female and 100% were minority. Outcomes We are developing a core of
minority science high school and undergraduate researcher in areas of
science of interest to NASA. They have developed the confidence in their
ability to do research and the enthusiasm to become scientist. Eight HS
students were engaged in research Summer '99; 3 continued their work
during the academic year. Six HS students participated in an Environmental
Workshop (research oriented). Three of the research students graduated;
all plan to attend college (2 in science). Eighteen undergraduates
received research stipends (NASA and/or NSF): 10 Summer '99. 13 Fall, '99
and 10 Spring '00. Eight students graduated with BS degrees: 4 in
Environmental Science, 2 in Computer Science and 2 in Biology. The
computer science graduates were attracted to industry, but will attend
graduate school (CUNY) part-time; 3 environmental science graduates will
attend the Environmental Engineering MS Program at CCNY full-time and one Working with High School students We are beginning to change
the culture among the academic community in CUNY, by showing that high
school students and undergraduate students are willing and able to engage
in research and that research and research related activities can be
integrated into science courses and science curriculum in general. An air
monitoring capability has been created and studies of ambient and indoor
air have been initiated. Undergraduate research activities catalyze
changes in the laboratory sections of Quantitative Analysis and
Measurements and Instrumentation courses, providing students with more
"hands on" experience and the opportunity to work in teams on
small projects, High School Student Presentations •
Lloyd Mebane at the Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority Youth Showcase: Presenting
Students for the New Millennium at Paul Robeson High School, NYC on June
22, 1999. Undergraduate Student Presentations •
Phillip Diaz at the NSF LSAMP University of Alabama, Birmingham and Faculty Presentations •
"Air, Ocean and Climate Monitoring Enhancing Undergraduate Training
in Physical, Environmental and Computer Sciences" W.
W. Hope poster presentation at the MUSPIN Ninth Annual Users'
Conference in Miami, FL, September 21-25, 1999. Faculty Publication "Urban Air: Real Samples for Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry" by Wilbert W. Hope and Leon P. Johnson, in Analytical Chemistry, July 1, 2000 pp. 460-467. Other Events •
Through MUSPIN connection, one student (Tamara
Battle) is attending for
the second time the Summer Astronomy Program at South Carolina State
University, 1999 and 2000. Grants
Funded •
Aeronautical Education Laboratory (AEL) developed by the NASA John Glenn
Research Center was obtain by funds from the local Congressman, the
Honorable Major R. Owens. ($200,000) |
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