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In 2001, the Columbia University MRSEC Educational Outreach Team extended its program of visiting high schools in NYC to junior high schools and middle schools. The first school visited was JHS Junior High school in Brooklyn on November 15, 2001. Columbia team members Ms. Oratai Jongpratreep, Ms. Jing Tang, Mr. Ruchuan Liu and Mr. Matt Sfeir showed 9th grade chemistry and biochemistry students the marvels of materials science and engineering through hands-on demonstrations and discussions. The students at JHS 126 enjoyed learning new scientific concepts such as solid state phase transformation, thermal conductivity of metals and ceramics and superconductivity. The JHS 126 contact was Ms. Amber Howes of the Biology and Chemistry Departments, who was a participant in the Columbia Summer Research Program for Teachers in the summers of 2001-2002, which is associated with the MRSEC Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program. Professor Siu-Wai Chan runs this visitation program; it is coordinated by Ms. Alison Bisuo. As of January 2002, over 2000 NYC students had been involved in this visitation program during a total of 16 visits to 13 different schools. Posted February 13, 2002. For more details contact Siu-Wai Chan. |
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