NDeRC 2010-2011

NDeRC Annual Report—PI Section

The Notre Dame extended Research Community (NDeRC) project (DGE-0638723) is completing its fourth year. Professor Mitchell R. Wayne is PI, and Dr. Rachel Fulcher-Dawson is the project external evaluator. This annual report covers the period from June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011.

A. Participants1. Senior Personnel

Senior Personnel

Description of Position

Time on Project

Affiliation & Position Description of Contribution

Mitchell Wayne PI 4 years Chair, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame

Coordinates Senior Personnel; Oversees relations with NSF; Coordinates with University Partners

Thomas Loughran

Managing Co-PI 4 years Professional Specialist, Dept of Physics, University of Notre Dame

Project articulation, development of partnerships, communication strategies

Daniel Karmgard

Co-PI 4 years Research Professor, Dept of Physics,Univ of Notre Dame

Advises particle physics outreach; technical support

Douglas Thain Co-PI 4 years Assoc Prof., Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, Univ of Notre Dame

Coordinates with College of Engineering

Patrick Mooney Project Coordinator

4 years Professional Specialist, Dept of Physics, Univ of Notre Dame

Responsible for day-to-day operation of the project, assisting with project articulation and reporting

Rachel Fulcher-Dawson

External Evaluator

9 months Independent Scholar External evaluation: some data gathering, gives formative input to PIs

2. Fellows

Active NDeRC Fellows (2nd

year of Cohort II)

year in program

major research topic statement of graduate location & nature of graduate work

ethnicity & gender

Katherine Rueff

4th yr of PhD

Physics Star formation and the interstellar medium in the thick disks of spiral galaxies

College of Science & conducing research

white & female

Aranda Slabbekoorn

5th year PhD

Chemistry & Biochem

Biochemical analysis of the Alzheimer protein Tau and its interaction with microtubules of different conformations and the investigation of Tau-Tau interactions at the microtubule surface.

College of Science & conducing research

white & female

Michelle Dolan

7th year PhD

Physics Computational modeling of stellar evolution College of Science & writing dissertation

white female

Michael Crocker

6th year PhD

Computer Science and Engineering

Circuits and architectures for emerging nanotechnology: nanomagnet logic

College of Engineering & completing dissertation

white & male

Carrie Rodak

5th yr of PhD

Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences

Probabilistic Risk analysis using system performance criteria for wellhead protection and the identification of human health risks

College of Engineering, conducting research and writing dissertation

white & female

Rebecca 4th Chemistry Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study College of Science & white &

Quardokus yr of PhD

& Biochem

Comparing Neutral and Mixed-Valence Dinuclear Organometallic Molecules on Au(111)

conducting research female

Valerie Goss 5th yr of Ph.D.

Chemistry & Biochem

Potential Dependent DNA Origami Binding on Silicon Surfaces & In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy Liquid Imaging

College of Science & Preparing for Candidacy Exam

black & female

Active NDeRC Fellows (1st year of Cohort III)

Year in graduate program

major Research topic Statement of graduate location & nature of graduate work

Ethnicity & gender

Aprell Carr 6th yr of PhD (starting)

Cellular Biology

Role of the Stil gene in dopaminergic cells College of Science & conducting research

african-american/black female

Francis Raycroft

5th year of PhD

Biology Retinal Regeneration in Zebrafish College of Science & conducing research

white & male

Jamie Antonelli

6th yr of PhD

Physics Measuring the decay of the Z boson using the CMS detector at the LHC

College of Science & writing dissertation

white & male

Jessica Mikels

3rd yr of PhD (5th yr at ND)

Sociology Human/environmental interaction, cultural constructions of nature, place-based environmental education

College of Arts and Letters & Preparing for Candidacy Exams

white & female

Past NDeRC Fellows

Year in graduate program

Major Research topic Statement of graduate location & nature of graduate work

Ethnicity & gender

e-mail

Jill Dzurisin 6th yr of PhD Chemisty & Biochemistry

The study of cytoskeletal proteins that interact with microtubules and membranes

College of Science – Writing Dissertation

white & female

[email protected]

Ryan Connaughton

End of 5th year of PhD

Computer Science & Engineering

Combining face and iris Biometrics for automatic person identification

College of Engineering - Conducting experiments and writing dissertation

white & male

[email protected]

Joseph Ribaudo

Finished Ph.D. Astrophysics May 2011

Physics Interstellar Medium

Moving to tenure track position in upstate NY

white & male

[email protected]

Douglas Berry

End of 4th year of PhD

Physics Higgs Boson decaying to 2 photons in the CMS detector at the LHC

Geneva Switzerland - Preparing early analysis framework for Higgs to diphoton analysis.

Biracial (Caucasian & African American) & Male

[email protected]

James Whitcomb

Graduated with PhD

Biology The role of vitamin D and its receptor in

Researcher at Siemens, Inc.

white & male

[email protected]

immunity to Leishmania infection

Brighid Corcoran

5th year PhD Chemistry & Biochemistry

Electron Beam Lithography of SAMs and their potential for nanoelectronics

College of Science – research and dissertation

white & female

[email protected]

Annette Raigoza

7th year of PhD

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Scanning tunneling microscopy studies of mixed self-assembled monolayers

College of Science & writing dissertation

hispanic & female

[email protected]

3. Organization PartnersTable of Primary Fellow-Teacher Classroom Interactions

IndianaSchool Name

SettingType% F/R lunchAYP?

Class Name, grade

Description of Activity NSF-Funded Fellows,

Teachers #F, #T

Adams High School

UrbanPublic51-60%No 

Honors Earth/Space Science9, 10, 11, 12

ASTRO Week; twice-weekly classroom visits

Katherine RueffCaroline Fletcher

1,1

Bremen High School

RuralPublic31-40%No

Astronomy11, 12

Twice-weekly classroom visits

Michelle Dolan Michael McNeely

1,1

Clay High School

UrbanPublic51-60%No

Biology9

Twice-weekly classroom visits

Aranda Slabbekoorn Mark Ballentine

1,1

Edison Intermediate Center

UrbanPublic71-80%No

Science 5, 8

ENVIRO Week Carolyn Rodak Janelle Moran,Karen Kennedy

1,2

Heritage Intermediate School

UrbanPublic31-40%No

Science5

ENVIRO Week Carolyn Rodak Beth Hawn

1,1

Holy Family School

UrbanPrivateN/AN/A

Science5

NANO Week Michael Crocker, Valerie Goss, Rebecca Quardokus Jeanne DuBois

3,1

John Young Middle School

UrbanPublic51-60%No

Science 8

NANO Week Michael Crocker, Valerie Goss, Rebecca Quardokus Walt Buras

3,1

LaSalle Intermediate Center

UrbanPublic41-50%Yes

Science6

ASTRO Week Michelle Dolan, Katherine Rueff Stephanie Modlin

2,1

LaSalle Intermediate Center

UrbanPublic41-50%Yes

Science8

ENVIRO Week Carolyn Rodak Madeleine Martinez, Patricia Chrenka

1,2

LaSalle Intermediate Center

UrbanPublic41-50%Yes

Science6

NANO Week Valerie Goss, Rebecca QuardokusSharon Brandt

2,1

Marian High School

UrbanPrivateN/AN/A

Research Survey11, 12

NANO Week Michael Crocker, Valerie Goss, Rebecca Quardokus Ken Andrzejewski

3,1

Marquette Urban Early Childhood Weekly Jessica Mikels 1,1

Montessori Academy

Public71-80%Yes

Kindergarten Environmental Science Activities

Kathe Streeter

Mishawaka High School

UrbanPublic51-60%No

Biology9, 10

ENVIRO Week Carolyn Rodak Alicia Harkins-Pritchett

1,1

Mishawaka High School

UrbanPublic51-60%No

Chemistry10, 11

NANO Week Michael Crocker, Valerie Goss, Rebecca Quardokus Dave Dobrzykowski, Dan Witt

3,2

New Prairie High School

UrbanPublic21-30%No

Biology9

ENVIRO Week Carolyn Rodak John Gensic

1,1

Northridge Middle School

UrbanPublic31-40%Yes

Science8

NANO Week Michael Crocker, Valerie Goss, Rebecca Quardokus Erin Wagner,Amy Hively

3,2

Osolo Elementary School

UrbanPublic71-80%No

Science 4

NANO Week Michael Crocker, Valerie Goss, Rebecca Quardokus Bryan Nowakowski

3,1

Penn High School

UrbanPublic11-20%No

Chemistry10, 11

NANO Week Michael Crocker, Valerie Goss, Rebecca Quardokus Lynda Rose

3,1

Prairie Vista Elementary

UrbanPublic1-10%Yes

Science5

ENVIRO Week Carolyn Rodak Nancy Koontz

1 ,1

St. Bavo School

UrbanPrivateN/AN/A

Science4, 5

ENVIRO Week Carolyn Rodak Gina Mynsberge

1,1

St. Joseph’s High School

UrbanPrivateN/AN/A

Environ-mental Science11, 12

ENVIRO Week Carolyn Rodak Michael Walsh

1,1

St. Joseph’s High School

UrbanPrivateN/AN/A

Chemistry11, 12

Week-long Intro to Particle Physics Workshop with CMS run data

Louis Antonelli Brian Dolezal,Chris Culver

1,2

St. Joseph’s High School

UrbanPrivateN/AN/A

Genetics11

GENO Week Aprell Carr, Francis Raycroft, Aranda SlabbekoornTracy Gergely

3,1

St. Joseph’s High School

UrbanPrivateN/AN/A

Genetics (Fall Semester)10, 11, 12

GENO Week Aprell Carr, Francis Raycroft, Aranda Slabbekoorn Jann Brunner,Tracy Gergely

3,2

Stanley Clark School

UrbanPrivateN/AN/A

Science2

NANO Week Michael Crocker, Valerie Goss, Rebecca Quardokus Michelle Havens

3,1

Stanley Clark School

UrbanPrivateN/AN/A

AstroWeek2

ASTRO Week Michelle Dolan, Katherine Rueff Michelle Havens

2,1

Swanson Primary Center

UrbanPublic61- 70%No

Science1

NANO Week Michael Crocker, Rebecca Quardokus Cindy Skoczylas

2,1

Trinity School atGreenlawn

UrbanPrivateN/A

Chemistry/Biochemistry10

GENO Week Aprell Carr, Francis Raycroft, Aranda Slabbekoorn

3,1

N/A John LeeTrinity School at Greenlawn

UrbanPrivateN/AN/A

Physics & Computer Programming11

Semester-long daily assistance with MATLAB

Michael Crocker Patrick Malone

1,1

Trinity School at Greenlawn

UrbanPrivateN/AN/A

Physics & Computer Programming12

Particle Physics: CMS run data analysis with MATLAB

Jamie AntonelliTom Loughran (co-PI)Patrick Mooney (PC)Tom Finke

1,2,1

Kandel Lab, University of Notre Dame

N/AN/AN/AN/A

Saint Joseph High School Research Community student researcher in lab

biweekly STM/AFM investigation of alpha-bombarded surfaces

Rebecca Quardokus 1

Washington High School

UrbanPublic71-80%No

Honors Biology9

GENO Week Aprell Carr, Francis Raycroft, Aranda Slabbekoorn Susan Rathwick

3,1

Woodland Elementary School

UrbanPublic91-100%No

Science4

NANO Week Michael Crocker, Valerie Goss, Rebecca Quardokus Michael Wagner

3,1 

BioEYES Weeks: Teacher/Fellow-initiated, Teacher-staffed, Fellow-assistedNote: while we follow the NSF-suggested guidelines for the table of primary Fellow-Teacher interactions, we modify that format for the unusual BioEYES case to highlight the number of students impacted (each impacted over a period of 5 classes in a single week) by the BioEYES activity, which was launched by Fellows but maintained largely by teachers.

IndianaSchool Name

SettingType% F/R lunchAdYrlyProgress?

Class Name, grade

Description of Activity(note: this activity was begun by Fellows but sustained by staff teacher

NSF-Funded Fellows NSF-Funded TeachersUnfunded (FY ’10-‘11) Teachers

Number of students

Adams High School

UrbanPublic51-60%No

Biology9

BioEYES (H), a week-long zebrafish genetics & embryology activity, with 3 different levels (Primary,Middle,High)

Anita BeebeEmily Zablocki

150

Brown UrbanPublic81-90%No 

Science6, 7

BioEYES (M) Aprell CarrAnita BeebeSharon Tipton, Jason Zook

160

Christ the King UrbanPrivate N/AN/A 

Science1, 2

BioEYES (P) Anita BeebeJanelle MillerLee Jolly

85

Clay High School UrbanPublic51-60%No 

Biology9

BioEYES (H) Anita BeebeCarrie BidwellMark Ballentine

225

Discovery Middle UrbanPublic11-20%Yes

Science7

BioEYES (M) Anita BeebeTim Braunsdorf

150

Edison Intermediate UrbanPublic71-80%No

Science5

BioEYES (5) Anita BeebeJanelle MoranMary Cook, Aaron Patterson

90

Good Shepherd Montessori

UrbanPrivate N/AN/A 

Science3

BioEYES (P) Anita BeebeBarbara GarlandJudy Hatch

30

Heritage Intermediate UrbanPublic31-40%No

Science3

BioEYES (P) Francis RaycroftAnita BeebeMark Anderson, Kahil Schertz, Carla Kasten, Anne Toth, J.

125

RaycroftJackson Intermediate Urban

Public71-80%No

Science6, 7

BioEYES (M) Anita BeebeMary SwopeSalima Oughdiri

170

Kennedy Primary Academy Urban

Public31-40%Yes

ScienceK, 3

BioEYES (P) Anita BeebeBrad RakerRachel McDonough,Lindsey Althouse,C. Belt

185

LaSalle Intermediate

UrbanPublic41-50%Yes 

Science6, 8

BioEYES (M) Aranda SlabbekoornAnita BeebePat Chrenka,Madeleine MartinezStephanie ModlinSharon Brandt

375

LaVille Jr. Sr. Urban Public31-40%No

Science7, 9

BioEYES (M, H) Anita BeebeLynn Barden

155

Mishawaka H.S. UrbanPublic51-60%No 

Biology9

BioEYES (H) Anita BeebeAlicia Harkins

180

New Prairie High School

UrbanPublic21-30%No 

Biology9

BioEYES (H) Anita BeebeJohn Gensic

150

New Prairie Middle

UrbanPublic31-40%Yes

Science6

BioEYES (M) Anita BeebeJeff MeinhardLori Rose

275

Nuner Primary UrbanPublic71-80%No

Science3

BioEYES (P) Anita BeebeRobert Guerrero

60

Riverside Intermediate

UrbanPublic51-60%Yes

Science6

BioEYES (M) Anita BeebeAnna MillerKim BurnsTillie KainSue Turpin

280

St. Bavo UrbanPrivate N/AN/A 

Science5

BioEYES (M) Anita BeebeGina Mynsberge

15

St. Joe Grade School S.B.

UrbanPrivate N/AN/A 

Science5

BioEYES (M) Anita BeebeKristin Darden

55

St. Joe H.S. UrbanPrivate N/AN/A 

Biology9

BioEYES (H) Anita BeebeTracey GergelyDeb SemmlerPaul Carrier,

240

St. Joe Mishawaka UrbanPrivate N/AN/A 

Science6

BioEYES (M) Anita BeebePatty Karban

30

St. Jude UrbanPrivate N/AN/A 

Science3, 6, 8

BioEYES (P, M) Anita BeebeJaclyn VossKathy Wolfram

90

St. Monica UrbanPrivate N/AN/A 

Science7, 8

BioEYES (M) Anita Beebe, Aileen Mattimore

41

St. Pius UrbanPrivate N/AN/A 

Science7, 8

BioEYES (M) Anita BeebeLisa Nyers

34

Stanley Clark UrbanPrivate N/AN/A 

Science1, 2

BioEYES (P) Anita BeebeMichelle HavensPatrice HindsleyHeather Kerckhove

75

Swanson Primary UrbanPublic61-70%No

Science3

BioEYES (P) Anita BeebeBetsy Steele

100

Tarkington Traditional UrbanPublic31-40%No

Science3

BioEYES (P) Anita BeebeMargaret MooreMary Anderson

60

Trinity School at Greenlawn

UrbanPrivate N/AN/A 

Biology9

BioEYES (H) Anita BeebeMatt Bartek

30

Warren Primary UrbanPublic71-80%No

Science1 ,2, 3

BioEYES (P) Anita BeebeMark AlexanderBeth Bokhart

75

Washington H.S. UrbanPublic71-80%No

Biology9

BioEYES (H) Anita BeebeSusan Rathwick,Larry Laskowski,Kasi Bolden

280

West Side Middle, Elk. UrbanPublic71-80%No

Science6, 7, 8

BioEYES (M) Anita BeebeDeb Giles

25

Wilson UrbanPublic71-80%Yes

Science3

BioEYES (P) Anita BeebeCarol Govek

25

Total Schools: 32 Total Students:

4020

4. Other Collaborators

Non-K-12 Collaborators

Activity description Contributions Key Personnel

Genotyp Product development and testing in Summer Institute and classroom implementations of Genotyp’s Cloning a Fluorescent Gene module; Lesson prep materials

Genotyp: led teacher workshopNDeRC: troubleshoot CAFG module

Fellows: Carr, Raycroft, Slabbekorn;Project Coordinator Mooney

BioEYES at University of Pennsylvania & Carnegie Inst. for Science

NDeRC collaborates on authoring, reviewing, printing booklets for all BioEYES sites

authored & produced booklets, surveys

Fellows: Carr, RaycroftTeacher: Beebe, plus 34 other funded (and many nonfunded) teachers this year

Michiana Astronomical Society

Collaboration on Transit of Venus component in 2011 ASTRO Institute for teachers; lunar sample bag testing with

from each: time on collaboration

Fellows: Rueff, DolanCo-PI Loughran

scanning probe microscopyNISMEC, with support from Siemens

Support of NISMEC/Seimens-sponsored Sensing Our World with water source mapping

NISMEC/ Siemens: management of SOW week

Fellows Rodak, Mikels, Crocker; Teachers Gensic, Walsh; Co-PI Loughran

Saint Joseph County Public Library

Science Alive! SJCPL provides space, publicity, lunch

Fellows:

ETHOS Science Spooktakular! ETHOS: space, publicity

Fellows Rodak, Goss, Quardokus; Proj. Coord. Mooney; Co-PI Loughran

JHoSDigital Visualization Theatre

Fellows trained to lead DVT presentations in astronomy to visiting K-12 school groups

DVT provided training; NDeRC Fellows led tours

Fellows: Rueff, DolanFormer Fellow: RibaudoTeacher: Fletcher

Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics

Collaboration on Middle School astroimaging project during two middle school science visits (Edison Middle, Riverbend Community Math)

JINA coordinated visits; NDeRC led astroimaging

Fellows: RueffFormer Fellow: RibaudoCo-PI Loughran

Riverbend Community Mathematics Center

Collaboration on Summer 2010 Sensing our World water source mapping project Spring 2011; JINA-NDeRC-co-sponsored student visit to ND

Riverbend provided GPS units; NDeRC trained students

Fellows: Rueff, Rodak, Mikels, Ribaudo (from previous cohort)Teachers:Gensic, WalshCo-PI Loughran

Expanding Your Horizons

Fellows discussed STEM careers with middle school girls as part of EYH day-long activity at Notre Dame

EYH provided venue and logistics; NDeRC Fellows presented

Fellows: Goss, Quardokus

Notre Dame QuarkNet Center

Housed offices, meeting space; maintenance support; collaboration in various outreach activities

Staff support from NDQC donated

Blacketor (staff)Beebe (teacher)Proj. Coord. MooneyCo-PI Loughran

ND Office of Public Affairs & Communication

Provided web site, photography support; co-sponsored annual Forum

$1500 Forum support

All 11 Fellows, nearly all teachers, Sr. Personnel Wayne, Mooney, Loughran

ND Graduate School

Inclusion of endowed Schmitt Fellows in MichianaSTEM blogging; Forum support

$2000 Forum Support

Same as above

ND College of Science

Communications support; Forum support

$2000 Forum Support

Same as above

B. Project Summary1. Goals and Activities

This 2010-11 year has been exceptionally busy in support of NDeRC’s project goals. These goals amount to including Fellows as leaders and interns in an integrated STEM community in Michiana. While most of the data in support of this activity is presented in tabular form in section A and in Section B2 below, textual summaries of our primary modes of activity are included under each of our project goals in this section B1.

Goal 1: To incorporate graduate students into the life and work of the Michiana STEM Community so as to awaken in them a sense of responsibility for education and public outreach and to provide them with an Integrated STEM Community model for effective exercise of that responsibility. (See https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=d98wjv3_693gn88jjhh)

Primary supporting activities:All-hands biweekly meetings of Fellows, Teachers, and Project Management (Mooney,

Loughran) occurred every other Tuesday from 3:30 to 5:30, with teachers joining as their schedules permitted, usually just for the second hour. Topics for discussion included: updates on research; progress in classroom visitations, both weekly and on the STEM-Week model; planning informal educational events; public communication about science; online activities (blogging and wikis.)

Collaboration-specific activities included Summer fellow-teacher-student laboratory experiences, the planning and implementation of Summer Institutes for K-12 teachers, and the STEM-Week model of week-long classroom activities.

Classroom visits varied by collaboration: in addition to the series of STEM-Week (NANO, ENVIRO, ASTRO, GENO, and BioEYES) visits documented in the table above, Fellows Rueff (with Teacher Fletcher), Dolan (one trimester with McNeeley), Crocker (with Malone), and Slabbekoorn (with Ballentine) worked together in classrooms once or twice-weekly, year-round.

Support of informal education activities (in libraries, community centers, planetariums, science fair competitions, etc.) was an ad hoc but reasonably frequent component of the NDeRC pattern of life. See section A4 for details.

Maintaining a vibrant web presence (blogs, wikis, other social media) was a regular part of NDeRC activity in support of all 3 NDeRC goals. See section B2 below for URLs and a map of the NDeRC blogosphere. This year saw an 11-month 39% increase in blog posting from last year, and 250% increase in subscriptions.

Goal 2: To bring the experience of belonging to the research community to a wider range of K-12 teachers and students in the surrounding area.

Primary Supporting ActivitiesCollaborating for Research and Education Forum IV (linked here) was held in January

2011; 100 teachers, 15 graduate fellows, and 15 university faculty/staff participated in the event. Presentations were made by half a dozen collaborating partners; U.S. Representative Joe Donnelly (D-Indiana 3rd) attended. 100 of the attendees at this forum accepted invitations and are now subscribed to the MichianaSTEM Community blog.

Summer Institutes (BioEYES, NANO, ENVIRO, ASTRO, GENO) were held during Summer 2010. A total of 93 teachers (25 BioEYES, 15 NANO, 24 Enviro, 23 ASTRO, 6 GENO) attended these week-long institutes. Stipends were provided at $100/teacher/day.

Note on Stipends: this year no stipends were provided neither for the Forum--whose attendance slipped from roughly 200 to roughly 100 teachers—nor for the upcoming Summer Institutes—also down, with 51 teachers currently registered. Some of this 50% decrease may be due to the lack of stipends, and due to saturation of the market, and some due to advertizing. Forum attendance is linked to Institute attendance, since the Forum is our primary vehicle for marketing the Institutes to teachers. We view it as encouraging that our attendance for both the Forum and the Institute held as well as it did, in the aftermath of eliminating stipends, which was done both for budgetary reasons and as a step toward a more sustainable model for these activities.

Figure 1: NANO Week introduction of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) at Swanson Primary Center. See their published presentations on their NANO and BioEYES weeks embedded and linked from this NDeRC blog post.

STEM-Weeks continued to be a success as a vehicle for extending an invitation into STEM community with teachers to their students. Like NDeRC’s adaptation of the BioEYES Institute, every STEM Institute devotes roughly a third of its time to each of the following categories: 1) the content of the STEM-Week classroom activity; 2) providing content knowledge as background to the activity; and 3) tours/presentations of university research related to the activity, led by NDeRC Fellows. Details of participation are present in the table found in Section A3 above. Participant numbers by STEM-Week type are summarized here: BioEYES: 62 K-12 teachers, 4020 students; NANO: 14 K-12 teachers, 1006 students; ENVIRO: 11 K-12 teachers, 977 students; (143 wells tested and mapped: http://erc.nd.edu/blogs/blog/2011/05/16/a-unique-data-set/); ASTRO: 4 K-12 teachers, 180 students; GENO: 4 K-12 teachers, 198 students.

TOTALS from STEM Weeks: 6636 students; 107 teachers, 70 schools, 259 different classes in the past year alone. All of these contacts are at least a week long in duration. Of these totals, 3251 students and 58 teachers experienced at least one week-long interaction with Fellows. These numbers are evidence for proof-of-concept success for a central NDeRC strategy: increasing the surface area of our

capacity to issue invitations to Michiana K-12 teachers and students into Integrated STEM Community.

Goal 3: To strengthen and expand avenues of collaboration between the University of Notre Dame and surrounding K-12 institutions.

This third goal has been clarified for us in light of the Integrated STEM Community model: it is not just Notre Dame’s relationships with surrounding K-12 institutions we seek to foster, but a broader network of University-K-12-Community ties; our supportive activities illustrate our pursuit of this broader goal.

Primary Supporting ActivitiesNDeRC’s ongoing collaboration with more than 70 K-12 schools has been

documented in detail in the tables above (section A3.)As is evident in part from our table of collaborating partners (table A4), NDeRC has

maintained a visible and catalytic presence with its community partners. The number and kind of these interactions is large and difficult to quantify. Below is a list of highlights:

NDeRC’s Collaborating for Research and Education Forum continued to bring together a wide arrange of university partners, including this year two parent groups (No Parent Left Behind and Home Management Services: see http://www.michianastem.org/family) who had never worked together until NDeRC called them together to plan for this Forum.

Carnegie Classification for Civic Engagement : NDeRC was a central player in the University of Notre Dame’s successful petition to achieve this classification.

Education Collaborative Council: PI Wayne and Co-PI Loughran participate monthly in the ECC. From their web site: “Comprised of 18-20 administrators, faculty, and staff from the University of Notre Dame, the South Bend Community School Corporation, Saint Mary’s College, Holy Cross College, Indiana University South Bend, and Ivy Tech Community College, the Education Collaborative Council is a mutually beneficial partnership whose purpose is to help guide strategic, long-term efforts to positively influence student performance and test scores, and to improve graduation rates in South Bend.” (http://publicaffairs.nd.edu/k-12-education/education-hub/.)

Chamber of Commerce Education event: NDeRC send a contingent of some dozen PIs, Fellows and Project Manager Mooney to participate in a community-wide breakfast discussion on the importance of education for community prosperity.

Nanotechnology Plunge: NDeRC joined the Midwest Institute for Nanotechology Devices (MIND), and the Memoral Hospital Foundation in their effort to provide a “Nano Plunge” to 100 business leaders from Michiana. Half a dozen NDeRC senior personnel and Fellows attended the event, showcasing our three mobile scanning probe microscopes in the foyer of the event. See http://science.nd.edu/research/profiles/nderc_nanotechnology.htm

Event broadcasting to 100 K-12 teacher blog subscribers: NDeRC’s MichianaSTEM Community blog is becoming a venue for announcements: four times this Spring announcements of events (two from Physics, one from Public Affairs and

Communication, one from the Northern Indiana Science, Mathematics and Engineering Collaboration) were make to K-12 educators

Visitations to ND from local schools or other student groups: This year NDeRC organized, co-hosted or otherwise supported a variety of one-day visits from a variety of local schools, always working with other university partners. See the table in section A4 of this report, and Table 2.1 of our evaluator’s appendix.

Activities added to partnering organization events: Other collaborative activities reached out to students neither in classrooms nor at the university, but in sites organized by co-sponsoring partners: Science Alive! at the Saint Joseph Public Library; Science Spooktakular at the ETHOS Center in Elkhart; at summer camps organized by NISMEC and the Michiana Astronomical Society; etc.

2. Communication

Presentations and Publications:Achievement Type Citation

Scientific product * Michael Crocker, X. Sharon Hu, and Michael Niemier, “Design and Comparison of NML Systolic Architectures” International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures, pages 29-34, June 2010 Oral presentation given June 2010 in Anaheim, California, USA 

Conference presentation/posterEducational product - Institutional presentation

*Carr A, *Raycroft F, *Slabbekoorn A; An Invitation to the 2010 GENO Summer Institute: A presentation to local K-12 STEM Teachers at the Collaborating for Education and Research Forum IV; January 2011; University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, IN. 

Conference presentation/posterEducational product - Institutional presentation

*Dolan M, +Fletcher C, +McNeeley A, *Rueff K; An Invitation to the 2010 ASTRO Summer Institute: A presentation to local K-12 STEM Teachers at the Collaborating for Education and Research Forum IV; January 2011; University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, IN. 

Conference presentation/posterScientific product *Quardokus, R.C., Yuhui, L., Wasio, N.A., Guo, S., Kandel, S.A., (2010)

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study Comparing Neutral and Mixed-Valence Dinuclear Organometallic Molecules on Au(111). 84th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium. University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA. 

Conference presentation/posterScientific product *Raycroft, F., Kassen, D., and Hyde, D. Role of Socs Proteins in the Light-

damaged Regenerating Zebrafish Retina. Poster Presentation at 9th International Zebrafish Meeting. June 2010. University of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin. 

Conference presentation/posterScientific product *Rodak, C. and Silliman, S. (2010) "Application of Probabilistic Risk Analysis

and Fault Trees to Wellhead Protection". American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Dec 16, 2010. 

Conference presentation/posterEducational product - Institutional presentation

+Brandt S, *Crocker M, *Goss V, *Quardokus R, +Rose L; An Invitation to the 2010 NANO Summer Institute: A presentation to local K-12 STEM Teachers at the Collaborating for Education and Research Forum IV; January 2011; University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, IN. 

Conference presentation/posterEducational product - Institutional presentation

+Gensic J, *Mikels J, *Rodak C, +Walsh M; An Invitation to the 2010 ENVIRO Summer Institute: A presentation to local K-12 STEM Teachers at the Collaborating for Education and Research Forum IV; January 2011; University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, IN. 

Conference presentation/posterEducational product - Instructional product

*Carr A, Peyer D, Peyer J, *Raycroft F, *Slabbekoorn A; GENOweek: Lesson Plans for K-12 Classrooms 

Curriculums and lesson plansEducational product - Instructional product

*Dolan M, +Fletcher C, +McNeeley A, *Rueff K; ASTROweek: Lesson Plans for K-12 Classrooms 

Curriculums and lesson plansEducational product - Instructional product

+Brandt S, *Crocker M, *Goss V, *Quardokus R, +Rose L; NANOweek: Lesson Plans for K-12 Classrooms 

Curriculums and lesson plansEducational product - Instructional product

+Gensic J, *Mikels J, *Rodak C, +Walsh M; ENVIROweek: Lesson Plans for K-12 Classrooms 

Curriculums and lesson plansEducational product - Instructional product

*Rueff, K., *Dolan, M., +Fletcher, C., +McNeeley A., +Modlin, S., +Havens, M., +Dove, C., +Chance, R.,: Digital Visualization Theater Presentation of A Journey Through the Solar System & the Universe. 

Instructional materialsEducational product - Educational research

*Mikels-Carrasco, Jessica. 2010. Nature in our own backyards: Urban ecology and children. Children, Youth and Environments 20(2): 190-199. 

Journals - RefereedScientific product *Rodak, C. and Silliman, S. (2011) “Probabilistic risk analysis and fault

trees: Initial discussion of application to identification of risk at a wellhead”. Advances in Water Resources xxx (2011) xxx-xxx. doi:10.1016/j.advwatres. 2011.02.005 Article in press. 

Journals - RefereedScientific product Gupta, K., Joyce, M., *Slabbekoorn, A., Zhu, Z., Paulson, B., & Goodson, H.

(2010). Probing Interactions Between CLIP-170, EB1, and Microtubules. J Mol Biol 395(5) pp.1049-1062. 

Journals - RefereedScientific product Lu, Y., *Quardokus, R., Lent, C.S., Justaud, F., Lapinte, C., Kandel, S.A.,

(2010) Charge Localization in Isolated Mixed-Valence Complexes: An STM and Theoretical Study. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 13519-13525. doi:10.1021/ja105958p. 

Journals - RefereedEducational product - Instructional product

*Carr A, Peyer D, Peyer J, *Raycroft F, *Slabbekoorn A; 2010 GENO Summer Institute at the University of Notre Dame: Professional Development for K-12 STEM Teachers 

Teaching modulesEducational product - Instructional product

*Dolan M, +Fletcher C, +McNeeley A, *Rueff K; 2010 ASTRO Summer Institute at the University of Notre Dame: Professional Development for K-12 STEM Teachers 

Educational product - Instructional product

+Brandt S, *Crocker M, *Goss V, *Quardokus R, +Rose L ; 2010 NANO Summer Institute at the University of Notre Dame: Professional Development for K-12 STEM Teachers 

Teaching modulesEducational product - Instructional product

+Gensic J, *Mikels J, *Rodak C, +Walsh M; 2010 ENVIRO Summer Institute at the University of Notre Dame: Professional Development for K-12 STEM Teachers 

Website developed as result of GK-12 activities

Type Address PurposeWeb site erc.nd.edu a central site with background and

links to complementary social mediaWiki Web Home

michianastem.org a web of wikis where members can create free educational wikis

Collaboration michianastem.org/* (*=nano, Intentionally public workspaces for

Wikis astro, enviro, geno, bioeyes, etc for collaboration sites)

each of NDeRC’s STEM-area-focused collaborations

Special Project Wikis

wellhead.michianastem.org/sowastro.michianastem.org/astroimaging (two examples)

Middle School Water Source mapping and Astroimaging projects

MichianaSTEM Community Blog

erc.nd.edu/blogs a multi-site, multi-user blog for general interest subscription

Individual Member Blogs

erc.nd.edu/blogs/* (*=krueff, vgoss, tloughran, etc for fellows, management blogs)

Individual blogs for NDeRC Fellows, Teachers, Mgnt, open to other individuals in the MichianaSTEM community

Collaboration Blogs

erc.nd.edu/blogs/* (*=nano, astro, enviro, geno, bioeyes, gravitino, ndercadmin for collaboration-specific blogs)

Subscription units of common interest, where individual blogs are cross-posted; bloggers can post here directly as well

Twitter @michianastem notification of blog posts and other announcements (71 tweets since 1/6/11)

Facebook facebook.com/pages/MichianaSTEM/220519632914

to bring elements of STEM culture into informal / personal social networks

Flickr flickr.com/photos/nderc/ a bank of common images (~3600 uploaded to date) for convenient sharing across networks

NDeRC Blogs Table of Posts and Comments

Blogger Last Name

erc.nd.edu/blogs/BLOGURL (=jantonelli, etc)

Role Total Posts Approved Comments

Antonelli jantonelli Fellow 5 2Ballentine mballentine Teacher 3 1Beebe abeebe Teacher, Mgnt 32 21Behrens tbehrens HS Student 27 14Berry dberry Fellow 58 79Carr acarr Fellow 24 25Connaughton rconnaughton Fellow 4 2Crocker mcrocker Fellow 26 35Dolan mdolan2 Fellow 7 12Dzurisin jdzurisin Fellow 14 35Gensic jgensic Teacher 8 5Goss vgoss Fellow 47 16Loughran tloughran Managing Co-PI 131 71McNeeley mamcneely Teacher 27 10Mikels jmikels Fellow 13 5Mooney pmooney Project Coord 3 0Quardokus rquardok Fellow 30 70Raigoza araigoza Fellow 5 7

Raycroft fraycroft Fellow 3 1Ribaudo jribaudo Fellow 7 29Rodak crodak Fellow 61 106Rose lrose HS Teacher 18Rueff krueff Fellow 83 75Slabbekoorn aslabbek Fellow 27 39Ziegler jziegler Teacher 5 1TOTALS 668 661prior to this reporting year:

279 not recorded

Total this year (as of May 31, 2011) 389The NDeRC Blogosphere as of May 31, 2011

During this past year, 100 posts from these individual blogs were published in the MichianaSTEM Community Blog. This is NDeRC’s most general-audience blog, with 139 subscribers, about 100 of whom are K-12 teachers. Authors are invited and sometimes encouraged to cross-list postings from their individual or collaboration-specific blogs into this most common blog.

Individual NDeRC blog posts (n=668), 40% of which were also posted to the collaboration blogs.