materials science is awesome & cool
1. Promoting Undergraduate Research through NSF REU and USRG Program
Goal & Participants
Engage Texas A&M and NSF REU undergraduate students to conduct exciting research in computational materials science, and motivate their aspiration in pursuing career in science and engineering.
Support
Undergraduate students are generously supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DMR-1753054: CAREER: First-Principles Predictive Theory and Microscopic Understanding of Nonlinear Light-Matter Interactions towards Designer Nonlinear Optical Materials and Grant No. EEC-1852535: REU Site: Multifunctional Materials, as well as Texas A&M Undergraduate Summer Research Grant.
Activities
2. CMS3 and CMS3—FAST: Computational Materials Science Summer School Across Scales
Goal
To provide a platform for knowledge exchange and for academics as well as training for graduate students interested in the area of Computational Materials Science across multiple scales of space and time as well as the latest advances in materials informatics for materials discovery and design.
Participants
More than 60 domestic and international graduate students and researchers annually from different countries and universities through both on-site and remote participation.
Support
This summer school is generously supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. OAC-1829799: CyberTraining: CIC: The Texas A&M University Computational Materials Science Summer School (CMS3) and Grant No. OAC-2321005: CyberTraining: Implementation: Medium: Computational Materials Science Summer School - Fostering Accelerated Scientific Techniques (CMS3-FAST).
Activities
3. Aggieland Saturday — Advocating for Science and STEM Education
Website
https://admissions.tamu.edu/connect/events-programs
Goal & Participants
Campus wide open house to introduce prospective students, K-12 students et al. science and engineering at Texas A&M University.
Activities
4. STEM 4 Innovation
Website
https://stem4innovation.tamu.edu
Goal & Participants
The United States is facing a crisis due to the shortage of young people pursuing STEM careers. STEM 4 Innovation is an outstanding one-and-a-half days of interactive experiential that provides 8 hours of valuable continuing education credit while exposing educators to STEM at a research one university. STEM 4 Innovation focuses on providing Texas K-12 formal and informal educators, administrators and counselors ideas, strategies and resources to encourage more of their students to pursue careers in STEM.