ActionWebsActionWebs: Education and Outreach: Education and Outreach

ActionWebs Kickoff MeetingActionWebs Kickoff MeetingDecember 17, 2009 │Berkeley, CaliforniaDecember 17, 2009 │Berkeley, California

Education OverviewEducation Overview

Kristen Gates, Ed.DKristen Gates, Ed.DUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Berkeley

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Education Goals and Objectives

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OUR GOAL IS TO:

Drive academic course development and improvement through research;

Provide undergraduate and graduate students with research and learning opportunities;

Disseminate teaching materials to a broader community.

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Cyber-Physical System Science

(CPSS) will influence the way we teach and how we develop new

course

Integration of Research into CPSS Education and Outreach

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Curriculum Development

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Revamping of Control and Embedded System @ UCB

[Tomlin, Lee]

Modules fit into existing ME, CE, AA courses [UCB]

Signal and Systems @ UCB [Lee]Mathematic Foundation @ UCB [Tomlin]

Revised Embedded and Hybrid Systems @ UCB [Tomlin, Sastry]

Engineering Systems @ MIT [Balakrishnan]

ActionWebs Research initiatives drive curriculum and program development

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Post-Doc Mentoring

Project Post-Doc Assignments:• ActionWeb group meeting

• Coordinate research activities

• Support education and outreach activates

• Mentoring of SUPERB-CPS and RET participants

• Liaison between project and key industry partners

• Professional development activities

• Timeline: Years 1-5

Tools for Success in both Academic and Industrial Settings

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Outreach: Curriculum Development at SJSU

Development of embedded system and and control course at SJSU and continuing education programs that support professional development of Cyber-Physical Systems.

This will be achieved by: Collaborative work between UCB and SJSU faculty Financial support for SJSU faculty in summer research and

coursework design at UCB Development of Capacity Building Programs Timeline: Years 2-5.

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Outreach: SJSU Capacity Building Program

Objectives:1. Reach out to the CSU and to other universities whose mission is focused on

work-force preparation and undergraduate education

2. Share material and support structures developed by the ActionWeb partners

3. Strengthen the CPSS-related community of educators, and

4. Facilitate the education of members of underrepresented communities in the domain of secure technologies.

Target Student Audiences1. The broad population of educated individuals – general education

2. The designers of our future – STEM discipline students

3. The future domain specialists – BS and MS IT discipline students

San Jose State University

Partner with San Jose State University in the development of workshops that support and train educators in Cyber-Physical Systems ScienceTimeline: Years 2-5

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Outreach: Research Experience for Undergraduates

Summer Undergraduate Program in Engineering Research at Berkeley-CSS

Program Overview:• 8-week research experience• Research guided by faculty mentors and graduate students • Educational activities include lab tours and industry field trips • Graduate school advising and subsidized GRE prep course • Stipend with Travel Allowance• Room and board provided at International House

Cohort: 3 to 4 students per year

Evaluation and Assessment:• Student pre and post surveys• Tracking post program • Mentor feedback• Advancement to Graduate School

• Timeline: Years 2-5

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Outreach: Research Experience for Teachers (RET)

Research Experience for SF Bay Area Master Teachers

Program Overview:• 10 week research experience• Research guided by faculty mentors and graduate students • Classroom and Lab Activities • Professional Development Activities• Partnering with SUPERB-CPS• Development of course materials, electronic portfolios, and

research activities• Stipend with Travel Allowance• Room and board provided at International House

Cohort: 3 to 4 master teachers per year

Program Evaluation and Assessment• Evaluation Rubrics• Follow-up surveys• Poster Sessions• Tracking course development and adoption

• Timeline: Years 2-5

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Outreach: Increasing the Participation of Women

ActionWebs will Influence Recruitment and Retention

Target objective of 30% participation of women in the center

CPSS research Curriculum RET REU

This will be achieved by: Creating Coursework with Social Relevance Research Opportunities for Undergraduates Integrated Research across the Curriculum and Academic

experience Recruitment of Women Financial Support Cohort of 10-15 students per year Timeline: Years 2-5

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Looking Forward

Curriculum Development will leverage existing courses with new and revised courses offering

Mentoring Post-Docs provide tools for success in both academic and industrial settings.

Curriculum Development at SJSU will leverage and expand current programs as well as create new undergraduate research opportunities at SJSU.

SJSU Capacity Building Program will draw in CSU and broaden participation.

REU and RET programs will attract and retain students in STEM, create research opportunities for students and begin to file the STEM pipeline at the high school level.

Increasing participation of women will support NSF broadening participation initiatives and US workforce development in STEM fields.