Advanced STEM Research 2016-17 Introduction Eleanor Roosevelt High School Chin-Sung Lin

Making the Impossible Possible

STEM Research STEM research is research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields

Course Goals Develop and Integrate students’ knowledge in math, science, and technology, and use engineering methods to find innovative solutions for complex real-world problems

Course Features & STEM 2015-16 Student-Centered Mentored Collaborated Highly Challenging Interdisciplinary Real-world Problems Multi-year Projects Vision-based autonomous drone navigation in indoor environment Compound eyes-inspired drone detection & tracking Wearable generator design based on human gaits Electrovibration-based tactile display design & programming Brainwave-controlled device

Subject-Centered Learning Model Volumes of Revolution Subject: Calculus Continuity and Limits * Derivative * Differentiation * Definite Integral * Antiderivatives * Integration * Sequences and Series * Finding Extrema Areas by Slicing Optimization Arc Length Related Rates Volumes from Cross Section Motion on a Line

Problem-Centered Learning Model Brainwave Platform OpenVIBE Brainwave Channels Problem: Brainwave-Controlled Device Brainwave Acquisition * Signal Processing/Filtering * Feature Extraction * Classification * Command Translation * Training * Online Testing * NeuroSky/Emotiv SDK NeuroSky/Emotiv Headset Swift/Java Frequency Domain Signal Analysis Xcode/Android Studio Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA)

Engineering Design Process Problem Identification Prior Art Survey Solution Space Exploration High-Level Design Detailed Design Implementation Integration & Testing

Vertically Integrated Curriculum Increasing learning efficiency + Maximizing learning outcomes College Research STEMR - Advanced STEM Research R&ED - Robotics & Engineering Design CT – Computational Thinking Skill Set Build Up Technology Transfer Dynamic Curriculum Reflecting the state-of-art advancements in the STEM field

Three Levels of Problem Solving Path Level 1— Level 2— Level 3— Starting Point Destination e.g. plug into quadratic formula to solve equations Path? Starting Point Destination e.g. geometric proof or trigonometric identity proof Path? Destination? Destination? Starting Point Destination? e.g. resolve rush hour traffic problem in NYC

Nature of Research Challenge Antidote Ambiguity Evolving understanding Failures Difficulty and complexity Antidote Risk-taking and proactive Open-minded learning Perseverance Diligent & skillful

Visionary Creative Passionate Problem-centered Efficient Quality Open-minded Collaborative Eager to Learn Visionary Layered Learning Quick-failing Persevere Efficient Passionate Creative Quality Flexible Diligent Problem-centered

Research Topics & Teams

Research Topics Autonomous Drone Navigation System in Indoor Environment * Compound Eye-inspired Drone Tracking System * Brainwave Controlled Games/Devices * Hand-to-Hand Communication * Wearable Generator Design based on Human Gaits * Navigation Apps for the Visually Impaired * Bioinformatics ** Big Data and Machine Learning ** Swarm Drones ** Your Project Proposal ** * Existing projects ** New projects

Research Teams 2 Jacob 1 Tai wei Alan Ayoush 4 Parvaneh 3 Emrich Cara (Drone & Swarm) Alan (Drone& Swarm) 1 Ayoush (Drone) Tai wei 4 Parvaneh (Bioinfo 1) 5 Desirae (Bioinfo 2) 3 Cara (??) Emrich (Navig.) (ML) (Bioinfo) 7 Avleen (Hand) (Navig.) Micaela (Bioinfo) (Generator) (Hand)

Activities & Competitions

Research Workshops There will be STEM Research workshops throughout the year Introduction to research Literature review Project management Patent search and analysis Innovative problem solving Technical communication Ethics and responsible conduct Funding and support

Hackathons There will be STEM Hackathons during the year over weekends

Field Trips We will try to visit companies, organizations and universities. IBM Watson Experience Center Columbia Undergraduate Research Symposium (October) * Open for suggestions

Competitions Each team will be encouraged to participate in competitions Toshiba ExploraVision (February) Science and Engineering Fair (NYCSEF) (March) Dream it. Code it. Win it. (March) Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam (October) ISEC poster presentation (March) File patent application Publish paper on technical journal

Adv. STEM Research Project Showcase All research teams participate in the year-end STEM Project Showcase

Course Format & Expectations

Course Format Teacher’s research workshops Team discussion, planning, coordination & experiments Project updates & support Bi-weekly progress meeting Research team seminars/presentations Event preparation Weekly progress reports on team blogs

Course Expectations Focusing on problem solving, not grades Actively participating in research during class time Spending more than 10 hours a week on projects Independent planning, researching, and time management Finding your mentor(s) through proactive networking Working as a team with your partner(s) Meeting the deadlines of project milestones

Resource

Class Blog & Team Blogs Class & team blogs for communication, documentation, resource sharing and progress reports

Open Lab & Project Support Open Lab: 5th & 6th periods, (Mon. & Thur.) (RM 501) After School Project Time: Project groups that need technical advice, access computer resource, tools, or work on their projects may come to the lab (RM 501) on Mon. through Fri.

Equipment / Tools 2 Linux laptops 14 Windows laptops 35 Macbook Air laptops 2 iPads 1 Senseg FeelScreen tablet 1 3D printer 5 Webcams 5 AR drone 2.0s 1 Bebop drone 10 Vex robotics system 2 NeuroSky Mindwave headsets 1 Emotiv Insight headset 5 Backyard Brains Spikershields 2 Adruino Leonardo boards 1 Power supply 1 Function generator 1 Oscilloscope * Plan to purchase MATLAB license

Summer Research Presentation

Summer Research Presentation Team 1: Team 2: Team 4: Team 5: Team 6:

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