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In FY 2002 the NSF provided 44 awards totaling approximately $11 million to 8 institutions in the State of North Dakota.

Institutions in North Dakota that received awards in FY 2002 include North Dakota State University, Turtle Mountain Community College, Bismarck State College, the University of North Dakota, and Nanotek Instruments, Inc.

Projects Currently Funded in the State of North Dakota Include:

  • Systems for Learning Science and Assessing Student Learning — This five-year Information Technology Research project at North Dakota State University will study science learning in authentic, immersive, virtual environments involving 1) simulated environments for teaching science topics, each framed according to a theoretical approach, role-based learning; 2) an innovative, integrated, distributed software platform for developing and hosting virtual environments; 3) empirical studies using an innovative protocol, scenario-based assessment, for measuring student learning in virtual worlds; and 4) a graduate-level summer school course for in-service teachers who will be trained to use virtual environments in their classrooms. This interdisciplinary project depends on fundamental computer science research in the areas of distributed systems, software agents, and intelligent tutoring, and virtual environments.


  • Strengthening Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Programs of StudyTurtle Mountain Community College (TMCC) will improve its capacity to enroll, retain, and graduate Native American students in STEM disciplines. The use of technology will be emphasized where it can be directly applied within the STEM curriculum and used as a mechanism to enhance teaching and learning. Faculty professional development will also focus on the infusion of technology into the STEM curriculum. Project goals include strengthening the institution's technological infrastructure and systematically enhancing TMCC's STEM capacity; improving STEM teaching and learning through curriculum development, reform, and enhancement; and broadening student participation in STEM programs through improved outreach, recruitment, retention, and graduation


  • Engaging Undergraduates in Multidisciplinary Remote Sensing Image Acquisition and Research — This award supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates site at the University of North Dakota. A ten-week summer program will provide eight undergraduate students and two math or science middle or high school teachers with the opportunity to conduct research on three remote sensing projects with the assistance of faculty mentors. The students will participate in research group meetings, professional development seminars, and a mini-conference at the end of the summer where they will be required to individually prepare and deliver an oral presentation to senior personnel. Each participant will be required to submit a research paper to their project mentors, which may be


  • Small Business Innovative Research — An NSF SBIR award to Dakota Technologies, Inc. supports the development of new instrumentation for fluorescence and phosphorescence spectral measurements. Previous research produced a customized spectofluorimeter equipped with a tunable laser source, fluorescence lifetime capability, and fiber optic probe for cryogenic measurements. Researchers will develop an upgraded new instrument capable of retrofitting these capabilities onto laboratory spectrofluorimeters.



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Useful Links:

North Dakota's Home Page
Governor of North Dakota
North Dakota Manufacturing Extension Partnership


 
 
     
 

 
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