How to Create a Medium for Growing Young Scientists in STEM-Centers

1. How to Create a Medium for Growing Young Scientists in STEM-Centers Dr. Ilya Korshunov, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia Intel ISEF, Educator Academy, Los Angeles, CA 13.05.2014

2. 2014 Intel ISEF Educator AcademyLos Angeles, CA Dr. Ilya Korshunov Ministry of Education Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia May13, 2014

3. Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances of Russian Academy of Sciences CVD-method of crystals growing for high power lasers Science & Information Center Project and entrepreneur skills for young scientists and innovators Ministry of Education of Nizhny Novgorod Region Support of creative youth My Road toISEF

4. Educational Environment Saint-Petersburg Moscow Nizhny Novgorod • Regions: 90, Population 143.2M, Schools: ~55K, • Teachers: 1.3M, K-12 students: 12M, About 1K projects and 2K participants only 4

5. Russian Landscape 6 affiliated regional fairs of Intel ISEF Junior Fair, Moscow http://www.junior-fair.org/ ‘Scientists of the Future’ Fair, Moscow www.intel.festivalnauki.ru Baltic SEF, St.Petersburg,http://baltkonkurs.ru/ 5

6. Russian Landscape Intel Avangard Conference, Moscow www.conference-avangard.ru. “Step into the Future” Fair, Moscow www.step-into-the-future.ru Volga District Science Engineering Fair – ROST-SEF, Nizhny Novgorod, www.rostsef.ru 6

7. STEM-centers are factories of research projects based on the partnership between science and education How to activate Schools Projects Growth 7

8. How are school research projects activated? Who are stakeholders? What results do we expect? How to activate Schools Projects Growth 8

9. Randomness Absence of international or national scientific projects, where the tutor is involved in Project subjects are not interesting and not demand Absence of stimuli to the joint work of students and scientific tutors Complications in activating research projects 9

10. Federal and regional government Universities Young scientists and managers of scientific projects Students and parents Stakeholders 10

11. Democratization of scientific groups. Young and creative members of scientific community take part in decision making and in discussions on new directions of scientific research State and Community • Increasing the quantity of proactive young people, evolution of their interest in a career in natural science and engineering • Science expenditures are used for education of citizens • Scientific manpower training 11

12. Creation of own scientific group in future Development of scientific projects management skills Popularization of content and results of research work Young scientific advisors 12

13. Professional self-determination, preparing student to leaving school New pedagogic method for successful career in future Opportunity to find proper employment Students and parents • Interesting pastime after study • Students obtain competence in project management and ‘can-study’ in non-standard conditions 13

14. Popularization of university, laboratory in schools Retention of creative students in the region Increasing skill level of future college entrants Early professional orientation of future researchers and conscious choice of profession in science or engineering Universities, scientific labs, companies 14

15. Our tasks are quite hard – what can we assign to a students except cleaning chemical vessels? We are busy with serious work, no time for a students is left! A student, a child in a real lab - nonsense! Objections of scientific mentors 15

16. Low qualification of scientists as managers of scientific projects Insufficient attainments in organization of scientific team Equal approach to engineering staff, postgraduate, university student, pre-college student Difficulties of structuring scientific work: unclear aims, plan of own research project is absent, Insufficient business skills: personal efficiency, time management level Absence of experience of scientific culture transfer to young generation Concernsof young scientific advisors 16

17. 1. Determining the participants ofSTEM-center Regional government initiates two processes: University (Scientific Lab): Science vice-chancellor picks up postgraduates and young postdocs - future mentors of projects School: Director determines teachers of STEM disciplines who can choose students with interest in independent work and disposition to research studies Technology of creating theSTEMcenter 17

18. 2. Registration of participants atwww.stemcenter.ru A scientific advisormust provide good topic. A studentmust declare his interest with the help of his teacher - to indicate the branch of knowledge, to determine the kind of activity interesting for him: theory, practice, manual labor, analytics, complex study. Technology of creating theSTEMcenter 18

19. 3. Acquaintance with future project in common audience Examples of successful projects: speeches of scientific advisors, earlier participants of STEM-centers Technology of creating a STEMcenter 19

20. Organizers of STEM-centers form student teams for subject proposed by scientific advisor - 2 to 5 members Technology of creating theSTEMcenter 4. Team forming 20

21. 5. A tour in a laboratory 6. Research Plan and meeting schedule Technology of creating a STEMcenter 21

22. Monitoring by school Monitoring by external advisor What to check: Understanding of general problem by student Work with scientific publications Experimentation, obtaining results Monitoring and conversation with scientific advisors about difficulties of work 7. Monitoring of research work 22

23. What can students do in a modern scientific laboratory? 23

24. Unassisted experiment at home Advisor determines direction of study, acquaints student with literature, no micro-management 2. Research of a ‘toy’ model of important phenomenon Advisor helps to formulate principles of a model 3. Real scientific setup in a Lab Advisor trains student and assigns independent implementation of a series of experiments 4. Student takes part in scientific work of a whole team Advisor implements work together with student 5. Combined issues Research issue 24

25. Unassisted experiment at home Alexander Makarychev, Intel ISEFfinalist 2013 Created a hand-made computer model using ternary notation system, designed software code, measured productivity, demonstrated advantages. 25

26. Real scientific setup in a lab 26

27. Real scientific setup in a lab Polina Shalaeva, Intel ISEF 2011finalist Project: Multi-functional scanner of angular spectrum. The student assembled the prototype and implemented а series of experiments. She proposed a method for calibration of modern radio telescopes allowing to increase procedure precision 27

28. Real scientific setup in a lab Ivan Lazarevich, Intel ISEF 2010 finalist Sandstorm in a teacup. The work was started at home as a study of effects during vibration of mixture of granulated substances in a bowl. For more detailed study the workplace was transferred to the professional equipment in IAP RAS. The studies lead to the experimental detection of special kind of structures in geosphere during the earthquakes, theoretically predicted earlier by scientific group from San Diego 28

29. Research of ‘toy’ model of important phenomenon Gregory Astretsov, Lev Yurovsky, Intel ISEF 2011 finalists Studying interaction of magnetic dipoles. Setup was hand made at home from improvised means. In direct experiment a new equilibrium state of such system was found – a spiral ordering with unequal disorientation angles. The computer model created by students allowed to explain this phenomenon. 29

30. Combined Issues Lilia Khrapunova, Antonina Toropkina, Anastasia Shaykina, Intel ISEF 2010 Finalists Study of atmosphere influence on propagation of electromagnetic waves. First part was implemented at home with simple devices (cellphones, navigators, TV sets). Second part – field measurements with use of professional radiotelescope. The second part could not appear without the first part! 30

31. Nikolay Krotov, math branch of Nizhny Novgorod University. Pattern recognition by robot and its orientation in space. Alexander Velmuzhov, Institute of chemistry of high-purity substances of Russian Academy of Sciences.Iodide method of producing ultrapure glasses from germanium chalcogenides for infrared optical windows and optical fibers Nikolay Lapin, physical branch of Minin University. Gamma-bursts: how to observe them at stellar sky? Andrey Afanasiev, Institute of Applied Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences.Self-organization in systems of microparticles as a way to new materials in optics Alexander Bragin, computer branch of Mordovia University.Study of material properties by system of computerized vision. Well turned issuesProposed by young scientists in 2013-14 season 31

32. Database development Multicriterial optimization (algorithms, methods, realization, applications) Implementation of laboratory study of oscillations in mechanical system with use of computer simulation Measuring the phase of optical radiation by means of diffractive interferometer Measuring of antennas Uninteresting issuesUpdate or refinement is necessary • Clear object of study is absent. • Do not awake curiosity 32

33. Measuring the phase of optical radiation by means of diffractive interferometer What phenomena inside laser glasses can be detected with use of phase of transient optical radiation Issue updating

34. Ministry of Education Principal management, Supporting scientific advisors, Encouragement of schools, Organization of trainings for participants Organization of regional SEF Organizational institutions of STEM-centers 34

35. Science & Information Center(SIC) Contacts with universities and scientific institutes, Identifying young scientific advisors, Peer-review and redefinition of research issues, Replacement of advisors, Audit of registration on site, Registration of applications for ISEF regional Fair Organizational institutions of STEM-centers 35

36. Replacing students, Control of students attendance, Endorsement and control of Project research plan Organizational institutions of STEM-centers Volga Center of Aerospace Education (VCAE) • Contacts with schools and teachers, • Defining the team lists for work with scientific advisor on chosen issue together with teachers , 36

37. SRCofROST- ISEF Consulting on research content. Inspection of matching safety requirements and ethic standards in applications Inspection of results of STEM-center operation during the Fair Organizational institutions of STEM-centers 37

38. Financial support of the Project is multilateral Ministry of Education funds operational activity: talks with laboratories, detection of students, communications, excursions, monitoring, consulting (SIC, VCAE, SRC) Ministry of industry and innovations andIntel – training of winners team to the participation in Intel ISEF • Industrial corporations - Intel, AFK – System provide grants for young scientific advisors as well as information and methodic support. 38

39. 42 Centers founded at the Laboratories of Universities & Russian Academy of sciences Young mentors database (post doctorate students and young PhD scientists – about 100) Teachers help to indicate the participants for research. Special grants for young mentors from industrial partners (Intel, AFK-System etc,) Russian languages STEM resources for supervisors, teachers and students Summer school for at least 200 students who were not involved in STEM-activity before from all Russian regions Results 2014 www.stemcenter.ru 39

40. Development of skills of scientific advisors in project work.Full-time and distant programs for young scientists with participation of their students: Business competences Time management, Presentation skills Implementation of research project in small-scale and mid-scale innovative companies (SME). Mission of STEM-centers at the start and in perspective 40

41. Dr. Ilya Korshunov,Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia ilya_korshunov@mail.ru +7 (908) 763-5630