a)
(7/2) mr^2
b)
(13/2) mr^2
c)
(29/2) mr^2
d)
(49/2) mr^2
e) (55/2) mr^2
The goal of the project is to ensure that teachers across
the country can
use the discoveries that NASA makes on a daily basis to inspire the next generation of explorers,
scientists, engineers, and astronauts.
The program will provide workshops, online and on-site
graduate courses and NASA content and materials to teachers and students in
K-12 classrooms. NASA will work in partnership with state departments of
education to ensure program participants can apply credit from project courses
towards state certification requirements.
"Through the program, educators will learn to deliver
cutting-edge science into the classroom, promoting science, technology,
engineering and mathematics education," said Joyce L. Winterton,
assistant administrator for education at NASA Headquarters in
Project fellows will earn a certificate of completion in
Applied Science Education from Teachers College Innovations at Teachers
College,
Additional project efforts include assisting and training
pre-service science teachers to help improve science instruction in
The project will be administered by the U.S. Satellite
Laboratory Inc. of
For additional information about the Endeavor Science
Teaching Certificate Project and other NASA education programs, visit:
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b) 127
c) 149
d) 165
e) Steve did not bowl
7. I
would like to ask you to pass along some information to any interested physics,
chemistry, or other science major about the REU program in Materials Research
at JMU. Our program is different from some other REU programs in a few ways.
It is specifically designed for
younger students.
If you have students who have just completed their first
year of physics and chemistry and would benefit from the opportunity to work in
a research lab, we aim to meet their needs. This means that our REU students
work directly with faculty at a primarily undergraduate institution where they
can be closely mentored and nurtured. We do not require that the students have
advanced course work nor do we really expect them to be only the top students
in the class. Most valuable to us is the student who has demonstrated ambition,
hard work, and the common sense and level-headedness needed to work in
research.
We are specifically aiming to serve
students in the mid-Atlantic region.
There are a large number of primarily undergraduate
colleges and universities in our part of the east coast. We try to bring
students from these schools so that they can more easily communicate between
JMU and their home institution. In some cases, collaborations have grown from
the REU projects students have worked on.
We have a truly interdisciplinary
program.
The faculty in our program come
from chemistry, physics, geology, mathematics, and integrated science and
technology departments. Similarly, the students will find themselves working
beside students who may come from different majors. However, because of this,
we are listed on the NSF's list of REU program under materials science, and
therefore may not be found as easily by the physical science majors we are
targeting. We gladly welcome applications from all relevent
sciences, engineering, and mathematics.
Our program is solely undergraduate.
Since there are no graduate students in our materials
labs, the undergraduate students in our program get to be the primary users of
equipment such as our SEMs, AFMs, clean room, e-beam lithography tool, NMRs,
x-ray diffractometer, and spectroscopic ellipsometer. Our research projects include everything from
computational modeling of crystallization to carbon nanotubes
to granular mechanics. Students typically work in groups with other
undergraduates under the close supervision of our faculty members and there are
social events and field trips to round out the experience.
Our deadline for applications is approaching, but if I
know that an application is coming and simply delayed by spring break or other
issues, I will accept it within a reasonable time frame. Our web site is at http://csm.jmu.edu/matsreu. The
application is an online form, and references will be accepted by email. We
offer $4,000 for ten weeks of research beginning after Memorial Day and ending
on July 31 along with housing in on-campus apartments if needed. The program is
limited to US citizens and permanent residents. Please let me know if there are
any questions.