Engaging students and the public through materials science and engineering research

CHED 153

Kathryn Hollar1, Howard A. Stone, has@deas.harvard.edu2, Robert L. Graham Jr., graham@deas.harvard.edu2, David A. Weitz, weitz@deas.harvard.edu3, and C. M. Friend, cfriend@deas.harvard.edu4. (1) DEAS, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02421, (2) Division of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (3) Department of Physics and DEAS, Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (4) Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology & School of Eng. and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
The educational goals of the Harvard MRSEC community are to (1) increase public engagement in and awareness of advances in materials science and engineering and (2) promote career advancement for a diverse group of young scientists who will be leaders in materials research and engineering. We will highlight educational activities at the K-12 and undergraduate levels, including several collaborations with urban middle and high schools, and active recruitment and engagement of students from underrepresented groups. Partnerships with institutions that have strong representation of underrepresented groups, such as the NSF Partnership in Research and Education in Materials with University of New Mexico, inform our strategies for engagement of diverse groups in Center activities. We will discuss outcomes of efforts to broaden participation through materials science and engineering research.
 

Research and Education in Material Science
8:30 AM-11:55 AM, Monday, April 7, 2008 Hilton New Orleans Riverside -- Rosedown, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008