Research and Innovative STEM Education (RAISE)
Abstract
RAISE is a proposed Research and Innovative STEM Education program offered by the Catholic University of America, School of Engine,ering and includes the University of the District of Columbia, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The RAISE program fundame,ntally concentrates on STEM Education for students in the Washington DC Metropolitan region, with the explicit goal of educating stu,dents from a diverse background, socioeconomic class, and marginalized communities. Outreach and advertisement will be focused on di,verse communities, however the program is open to all secondary education students in DC. The educational programs will focus on the, introduction of technology and engineering that would be typically outside of the scope of general school curriculum, like additive, manufacturing, computer science, power electronics, and cyber security. The program will primarily implement hands-on activities, w,ith opportunities to interact with undergraduate/graduate students, alumni,professors, and outside professional guests. The RAISE ST,EM educational programs will be divided into four types of events that range from one single evening of activity to a week-long STEM, summer camp. Overall, the program will attract 2,500 students during the three-year project duration.Additionally, the funding will, produce a new maker space at Catholic University for the development of rapid prototyping and will include 3D printers, hand/power,tools, and materials/supplies. The RAISE program will hire 6 undergraduate students a semester (36 students in total) to work as tea,ching assistants in the lab. The teaching assistants will help educate the visiting high school students, and work with the high sch,ool students in the maker space. The research team will preform basic and applied research throughout the duration of the grant. The, team will conduct wireless power transmission work using metamaterials, and will test their properties with numerical and instrumen,tal experiments. The team will explore the physical properties of additive manufacturing, testing metal printing using neutron radio,graphy at the McClellan Nuclear Research Center and acoustic testing at Catholic University. The RAISE team will hire two graduate s,tudents each year (six in total) to work as summer interns in Catholics research labs. The basic and applied research is directly l,inked to the STEM education program because the lab work will be highlighted in the outreach efforts, and the RAISE team will focus,on mentorship and career development for the graduate interns. The RAISE program will support ONR and Navy efforts by highlighting S,TEM opportunities to underrepresented groups. RAISE falls directly under the Navys Line of Effort (LOE) with their Task Force One N,avy report by focusing on increasing diversity in the Navy STEM fields, and increasing its warfighting capabilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- May 16, 2022
- Source ID
- N000142212410
Entities
People
- Jason Davison
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- The Catholic University of America
- United States Navy