EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

We have been participating in NSF Rice Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professorate (AGEP) since 1999. Students worked with through this program are: Graduate students Mr. Michael Contreras (Ph.D. student), Ms. Christina Hard (MCE Rice), and Undergraduate Summer Scholars: Ike Akinwande (Undergrad-Rice), Sabrina Macedo-Moran (Undergrad-Cornell), Carlos Alvarez (Undergrad-Rice), Daniel Arizpe (Undergrad-Rice), and Jose De La Pena (Undergrad-Rice).

We have been arranging demonstrations at Rice, area K-12 Public Schools, Majors Day, and at the Science Centers for the past several years with the help of graduate and undergraduate students. These demonstrations are aimed at informing K-12 school children and college students about dynamic systems and to excite them about science and engineering careers. These demonstrations are arranged using scaled models to demonstrate the effect of vibration and resonance.

Through a recent grant from NSF CCLI we are also developing smart vibration platform (SVP) with Professor Gangbing Song of Univ. of Houston. The SVP will be used for teaching purposes in undergraduate and graduate courses.

AGEP Program Fellow 2007 to Date, Recipient of the Sloan Foundation Award for AGEP activities

Miliby High School Visit: July 2008, July 2007, July, 2006, July 2005, July 2004, July 2003, July 2002, July 2001, July 2000

Majors Day: March 2007, March 2006, March 2005, March 2004, March 2003, March 2002, March 2001, March 2000

Outreach Program at Area K-12 Schools