Cultural and Technological Curriculum Engages Native American Students in Computing
Researchers from Boston University (BU) and the University of New Mexico (UNM) are jointly developing a novel introductory-level...
State: Massachusetts, New Mexico
Topics: Workforce & Economic Development

High Efficiency Plastic Solar Cell
The Konarka solar cell is a lightweight, flexible, cost-effective photovoltaic (PV) cell that efficiently generates electricity from...
State: Massachusetts
Topics: Technological Advances, Workforce & Economic Development

Bringing Science to a Neighborhood Near You
Community Science Workshops (CSW): Beginning a National Movement is an innovative project that brings science to socioeconomically disadvantaged...
State: Massachusetts
Topics: Science & Engineering Education, Workforce & Economic Development

ATE Center Responds to the Changing ICT Industry
The dot-com bust of the late 1990’s resulted in a convergence of the Telecommunications Industries and the Information Technologies...
State: Massachusetts
Topics: Science & Engineering Education, Workforce & Economic Development

Supporting Students and Teachers in Challenging Science Courses
An essential feature in National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Math and Science Partnership Program is that projects develop strategies...
State: Massachusetts
Topics: Science & Engineering Education, Workforce & Economic Development

Foundation Science: Challenging Students to Learn
What caused the airship Hindenburg to burst into flames and crash in 1937? How could analysis of sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner’s...
State: Massachusetts
Topics: Workforce & Economic Development

Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) Program: Supporting Projects that Make STEM Education Accessible to Visually Impaired and Blind Individuals
The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) program is currently supporting successful projects...
State: Arizona, Massachusetts
Topics: Science & Engineering Education, Workforce & Economic Development

University Scientists, Mathematicians and Engineers Bring the Vitality of Research into the K-12 Classroom
The Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program engages and challenges mathematics, science and engineering faculty to create new and...
State: Massachusetts
Topics: Science & Engineering Education, Workforce & Economic Development

Novel Optoelectronic Sensor Technology Platform Leads to New Technologies for Advanced Materials Recycling
National Recovery Technologies, Inc. (NRT) and wTe Corporation have developed a platform of technologies aimed at applying...
State: Massachusetts
Topics: Challenges of Our Time, Workforce & Economic Development

RET Provides Budding Experience to Build Research-Based Curriculum
Keeping abreast of knowledge can be a tremendous task for science teachers, but Brian Dempsey of Acton-Boxborough Regional High School...
State: Massachusetts
Topics: Science & Engineering Education, Workforce & Economic Development

Novel Antibody Microarray for Profiling of Signaling Proteins
Epitome Biosystems has developed a novel method for producing multiplexed immunoassays for quantitative measurement of intracellular...
State: Massachusetts
Topics: Technological Advances, Workforce & Economic Development

Disseminating Tools to Measure the Content Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics and Science
Three research and development projects funded by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program...
State: Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina
Topics: Challenges of Our Time, Science & Engineering Education, Workforce & Economic Development