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Northeastern University Young Scholars Program, Claire Duggan
Northeastern University Young Scholars Program, Claire Duggan
Claire Duggan
Providing students and teachers and community college faculty an opportunity to be introduced to current research is central to the educational outreach of the Gordon Center. The Young Scholars Program began in 1989 in response to a national shortage of qualified U.S. citizens moving into STEM careers. Resurrected in 2005 through support from The Noyce Foundation, the NU Young Scholars Program (NUYSP) addresses a critical recommendation made in the recent national report, "Rising Above The Gathering Storm," by providing expanded experiential learning experiences in STEM for K-12 students. The model developed at NU has been refined over the past 17 …
Rovers: Remote Operated Volatile Explosives Retrieval Systems, Michael Silevitch, Claire Duggan, Seth Baum, Ann Mcdonald, Jay Laird
Rovers: Remote Operated Volatile Explosives Retrieval Systems, Michael Silevitch, Claire Duggan, Seth Baum, Ann Mcdonald, Jay Laird
Claire Duggan
Educators often struggle to introduce math and physics concepts in engaging ways. Computer games provide an engaging environment where considerable learning can take place. However, surprisingly little work has yet been done to integrate these concepts into entertaining computer games, instead mostly focusing on ""skill-drill"" style games. Leveraging our expertise in subsurface imaging, we have developed a simple, attractive prototype computer game based on the distance equation. We propose extending this work to include a wide range of concepts relevant to middle school-aged students on up to college students and beyond.