About ISEE
ISEE PROGRAMS & PROJECTS
PDP: Preparing STEM graduate students and postdocs to be leaders in effective and inclusive education
AKAMAI: Advancing the next generation of Hawaii’s science, engineering, and technology professionals
PREP: For undergraduates doing summer research projects
WEST: Integrating transfer students into the UCSC STEM community
R&D: Learning about teaching, learning and workforce development
Telescope Workforce Development: Partnerships with international observatories
ISEE Themes
ISEE Events
UCSC Orientation Day for Transfer Students, July 28th, 11:30am-2pm, Rachel Carson College Plaza. Information about the WEST program provided to incoming transfer students.
Akamai Symposium Week, August 4th-11th, Maui, Big Island of Hawaii and Pasadena CA. 29 Interns present an abstract of their technical summer project.
Preparing TMT Future Science and Technology Leaders Workshop, August 22nd-29th. University of California, Santa Cruz
TMT Future Leaders Symposium, Friday August 25th. University of California, Santa Cruz.
STEM Active Learning Seminar Series, Second Thursday of each month, 12:00-1:00 PM: Biomedical Building Room 300
2017 PDP
The Professional Development Program (PDP): Preparing STEM graduate students and postdocs to be leaders in effective and inclusive education.
This spring 72 scientists and engineers attended the Inquiry Institute and Design Institute, representing 11 academic departments at UCSC, plus 14 other institutions across the U.S.:Caltech
Carnegie Observatories
Columbia University
Michigan State University
Texas A&M University
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC San Diego
UC Los Angeles
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Hawaii
University of Houston
University of Kentucky
University of Texas at Austin
PDP participants are now working in 23 design teams to develop STEM learning activities for undergraduate students and will teach their activities at a wide range of venues this summer and fall. Each activity is designed to teach an essential concept in a STEM discipline, while simultaneously supporting students’ growth in at least one fundamental STEM practice.
PDP Design Teams, current and past
PDP Teaching Venues
Publications on the PDP
Announcing TMT workshop
As part of ISEE's ongoing work with telescopes, ISEE received funding to host a workshop for graduate students and postdocs from the Thirty Meter Telescope partnership.
Participants from Canada, China, India, Japan, and the U.S. will attend this workshop held at UCSC in August, 2017.
For more information on ISEE's Telescope Workforce Initiative, see isee-telescope-workforce.org