A two-year $262,000 grant was recently awarded from the National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program to co-PIs Tim Harms (Mathematics) and Alison Wallace (Biosciences). Senior personnel include: Linda Houts-Smith (Languages and Cultures), Richard Lahti (Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy), Steve Lindaas (Physics and Astronomy), and Teresa Shume (School of Teaching and Learning).
Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy, attended HI-TEC (High Impact Technology Exchange Conference) held in Denver July 23-26. He attended the pre-workshop “What’s in Your Genes?” on the nano-technology behind DNA microarrays and similar technology. He also presented a touch-screen pedagogical module he developed with Carrie Leopold, NDSCS, that is being adopted by the Southwest Center for Microsystems Education at the […]
Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy, attended the summer AAPT (American Association of Physics Teachers) conference in Philadelphia from July 28 to August 1. He attended a workshop on “Using FPGAs in the Digital Lab” and gave an invited talk “Elementary Electronics: From Simple to Sophisticated Circuits” in the session on Labs at Many Levels. As vice-chair of the Committee on […]
Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy, attended the Machines of the Future Workshop August 9-12. This workshop covered material developed by the Southwest Center for Microsystems Education at the University of New Mexico. The workshop was held at the Center for Nanoscience Technology Training on the Fargo campus of the North Dakota College of Science. Participants worked in a cleanroom to […]
Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy, attended the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) summer meeting July 30-Aug. 3 in Omaha, Neb. He presented the workshop “Pre-College Labs: Student Centered Lab Progression for Vertical Alignment”, which received very good reviews by the participants. In addition to attending talks and presenting the workshop, he is involved in planning the next national meetings […]