Promising Research, Programs, and Projects: Safemap

1993 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
David Pagni
Keyword(s):  
School District ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Elementary Mathematics ◽  
California State University ◽  
Summer Institute ◽  
State University ◽  
Santa Ana ◽  
Research Programs ◽  
National Science ◽  
Unified School District

Safemap is an acronym for the Santa Ana/Fullerton Elementary Mathematics Project, a partnership between the Santa Ana Unified School District and California State University at Fullerton and is cofunded with the National Science Foundation. Teachers of grades K–5 meet on weekends once a month to study mathematics content, complete homework assignments, and prepare to implement lessons in their classrooms, all of which are shared and discussed at the next monthly meeting. Regularly scheduled monthly meetings allow for networking and bonding among teachers that have not previously been evident in summer institute. Every participant in SAFEMAP is also trained in Family Math courses and conducts six Family Math sessions for students and their parents.

scholarly journals Chapter 1. Remarks on the opening of the historic place names of Franz Josef Land workshop, Oslo, Norway, 12-13 May 2015

2015 ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Susan Barr
Keyword(s):  
National Science Foundation ◽  
High Arctic ◽  
State University ◽  
Place Names ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Franz Josef Land ◽  
National Science ◽  
Penn State ◽  
The U.S

Remarks at the opening of a workshop, sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation, and held in Oslo, Norway, from 12-13 May 2015, to discuss the historic place names of the High Arctic archipelago of Franz Josef Land. The visiting students from Penn State University, none of whom had ever before been to Europe, were anxious to hear how Dr. Barr, a native of the United Kingdom, had come to Norway and made a life for herself in a different country with a different language, as a female in a then-largely male universe of polar research, and, in a nation of hunters, as a vegetarian.

My Life With Erwin: The Beginning of an Atom-Probe Legacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-279
Author(s):  
John A. Panitz
Keyword(s):  
Field Emission ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Atom Probe ◽  
Single Atom ◽  
National Bureau ◽  
State University ◽  
Pennsylvania State University ◽  
Probe Field ◽  
National Science ◽  
Field Ion Microscope

AbstractThe atom-probe field ion microscope was introduced in 1967 at the 14th Field Emission Symposium held at the National Bureau of Standards (now, NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The atom-probe field ion microscope was, and remains, the only instrument capable of determining “the nature of one single atom seen on a metal surface and selected from neighboring atoms at the discretion of the observer”. The development of the atom-probe is a story of an instrument that one National Science Foundation (NSF) reviewer called “impossible because single atoms could not be detected”. It is also a story of my life with Erwin Wilhelm Müller as his graduate student in the Field Emission Laboratory at the Pennsylvania State University in the late 1960s and his strong and volatile personality, perhaps fostered by his pedigree as Gustav Hertz’s student in the Berlin of the 1930s. It is the story that has defined by scientific career.

scholarly journals Obesity Prevention In Urban Settings: Creating Healthy Environments

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
Shari McMahan ◽  
Graciela Amaya
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Obesity Prevention ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
California State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Santa Ana ◽  
Activity Unit ◽  
Parking Lot ◽  
Commuting Patterns

The Center for the Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles and Obesity Prevention, housed in the College of Health and Human Development, at California State University, Fullerton promotes interdisciplinary research and community outreach in areas related to children’s health and weight management. Two studies focusing on the built environment are showcased. The first study, “Commuting Patterns and Obesity Risk” demonstrates that students with longer commute times are more likely to have a body mass index (BMI) over 25, which is considered overweight. The second study, “Increasing Physical Activity with a Mobile Physical Activity Unit” turned a parking lot into a playground. This was created to provide children in Santa Ana, one of the densest cities in Orange County, California, a place to play. The built environment can have a profound effect on physical activity and if given the opportunity, is important to address in the design stages for the health of our communities. 

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