Achievement

The University was awarded an NSF grant under the DUE - INNOV INSTIT INTEGRAT-MSP program titled Maximizing Yield Through Integration (MYTI): Science and Math Education in the Context of a Disposing Society. This project seeks to “maximize our yields” by building a Center for Science and Mathematics Education (CSME) based on existing NSF funded programs in the broad area of environmental sciences. IGERT is one of the participating programs (the IGERT PI is a coPI in this new project) and nine IGERT students are actively participating in the development of teaching units in the solid waste management area. This enhances their educational experience by exposing them to the solid waste management field and to educational techniques needed for the preparation of the units.