Tag Archives: National Science Foundation
Enough with the lecturing
Active learning improves grades, reduces failure among undergrads in STEM. The following is a press release from the National Science Foundation. May 12, 2014 A significantly greater number of students fail science, engineering and math courses that are taught lecture-style than fail in classes incorporating so-called active learning that expects them to participate in discussions […]
3-D printing and custom manufacturing: from concept to classroom
Strategic investments from NSF help engineers revolutionize the manufacturing process via the NSF Discovery blog. Additive manufacturing, the technological innovation behind 3-D printing, has revolutionized the way we conceive of and build everything from electronic devices to jewelry to artificial organs. It is not surprising that this field has enjoyed enormous economic returns, which are […]
UCD program brings robots – and math – into Sacramento schools
Written by Diana Lambert for The Sacramento Bee. Angel Baez and Andrew Robbins each pressed a button on their palm-size robots and bumped them together to sync them. Baez then held his cylindrical robot like a steering wheel, shooting Robbins’ across the table. The two California Middle School students had fun Thursday familiarizing themselves with the new robots. But […]
Two win prestigious NSF early career awards
Congratulations to Ethan Anderes and Tessa Hill on winning National Science Foundation Early Career Development awards! Article reblogged from UC Davis News & Information. Two young professors at the University of California, Davis, have earned prestigious National Science Foundation Early Career Development awards, totaling just over $1 million, to fund projects aimed at taming new […]
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