CU Science Discovery offers a variety of opportunities for CU 麻豆影院 faculty to share their STEM research with broad public audiences, while fulfilling NSF and other Federal grant Broader Impacts requirements. Faculty partners connect their scientific work to Science Discovery鈥檚 outreach efforts in a variety of ways.

Examples of Broader Impacts activities:聽

  • Contributing content and expertise to Science Discovery classes, camps or outreach programs for K-12 students
  • Mentoring high school student researchers
  • Providing visiting K-12 students聽a window into your research聽while on campus or at a local field site
  • Providing hands-on teacher training and follow-up support through school and teacher programs
  • Involving graduate students and post-docs in outreach programs
  • Contributing scientific expertise, resources and equipment
  • Ensuring scientific accuracy of education materials

Successfully funded Broader Impacts聽collaborations:

  • Aerospace Engineering Sciences (NASA SUITS Team)
  • Aerospace Engineering Sciences聽(Tomoko Matsuo)聽
  • Applied Mathematics (Nancy Rodriguez;聽NSF CAREER)
  • 麻豆影院 Creek Critical Zone Observatory (Suzanne Anderson)
  • Chemical and Biological Engineering (C. Wyatt Shields;聽NSF CAREER)
  • Computer Science (Ash Utosh Trivedi;聽NSF CAREER)
  • Computer Science (ChenHao Tan)
  • Computer Science (Tom Yeh)
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Scott Taylor)聽
  • Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering (Emiliano聽Dal'Anese;聽NSF CAREER)
  • Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering (Juliet Gopinath;聽NSF CAREER)
  • Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering (Xudong Chen;聽NSF CAREER)
  • Environmental Studies (Daniel Doak and Megan Peterson)聽
  • Environmental Studies (Laura Dee; NSF CAREER)
  • Environmental Studies (Steve Miller)聽
  • Geography (Katherine Lininger)
  • Geological Sciences (Lizzy Trower)
  • Mathematics (Sean O'Rourke;聽NSF CAREER)
  • Mechanical and Environmental Engineering (Marina Vance;聽NSF CAREER)
  • McMurdo-Dry Valleys LTER (Michael Gooseff)
  • Niwot Ridge LTER (Kathrine聽Suding)
  • Soft Materials Research Center (Noel Clark)聽
  • STROBE (Margaret Murnane)

Interested in bringing your science to K-12 students, teachers and the community? Contact Alexandra Rose聽via聽email.