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Appendix X (A):
Appendix
Executive Summary of Impacts and Plan for Next Year
Impacts in Year 5
The impact in Year 5 of the MUSPIN project on the member schools of the CNRT
continues to be significant as evidenced from the extensive documentation in this
report. The executive summary at the beginning of the report discusses many of the
impacts in the areas of education, research and outreach. The individual partner reports
in Appendix X B expand on those themes while further details regarding workshops,
curriculum enhancement and research initiatives can be found throughout the report.
These impacts are summarized below:
1. South Carolina State University
 The new MUSPIN-funded videoconferencing lab was installed and used for a
number of workshops for external and internal broadcast.
 CNRT continued to support summer camps and institutes in space science for
middle school students and undergraduates.
 CNRT supported curriculum enhancement by providing new computers, existing
computers, printers and/or stipends to faculty members to develop coursework or
enhance laboratory or classroom facilities in the following subjects: biology,
chemistry, mathematics, physics and engineering technology.
 CNRT supported faculty release time, student assistance and software for a
calculus course based on the use of Mathematica.
 Release time was funded by CNRT for a faculty member to develop coursework
materials in cosmology.
 Summer salaries were provided for faculty members to carry out research or
curriculum enhancement in physics and mathematics.
 Research in astrophysics, superconductivity, molecular modeling in chemistry
and environmental science were all supported by CNRT funds and/or resources.
Publications and conference presentations resulted from this supported work
including presentations at the January 2000 American Astronomical Society
meeting and the national MUSPIN meeting in September 1999.
 Higher-end training for faculty and staff was supported and funded by CNRT
including commercial as well as CNRT training in the areas of: (1) VTEL
videoconferencing maintenance; (2) LabView software applications for
engineering technology and physics; and, (3) Mathematica .
 Extensive partnering on numerous projects and proposals with federal
laboratories, universities, industry and other organizations took place in Year 5
because of the efforts and leveraging of the MUSPIN project on the campus of
SCSU.
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CNRT took the lead in writing and submitting $1.96 million in grants to NASA.
To date $1.2 million has been funded, $750,000 is pending and only $10,000
has been turned down.
Hosted or co-hosted several NASA workshops.
2. Allen University
Continued to use it's MUSPIN funded machines to leverage additional infrastructure.
A team of faculty members attended the NASA NOVA workshop and submitted a
NOVA proposal.
3. Benedict College
A team of faculty members attended a NASA NOVA workshop.
4. Bowman Middle/High School
Bowman continued to support and implement the NASA GLOBE program and
continued to support teacher and student use of their Internet labs for coursework in
the areas of biological and earth sciences. The school also participated in the CNRT
Space Science Academy One program.
5. Claflin College
Claflin sent a team to the NASA NOVA workshop and submitted a NOVA proposal.
Courses in biological science, computer science and earth science use the MUSPIN
infrastructure to access Web resources for their classes. Summer and weekend
programs for K-16 students also use the MUSPIN infrastructure.
6. Edward Waters College
EWC continues to participate in NASA workshops and other activities and is funded
by NASA through a variety of programs. Their MUSPIN funded Internet connectivity
has been important in increasing faculty and student involvement in NASA and
other-agency programs. EWC sent a team to the NASA NOVA workshop and
submitted a proposal. EWC took the lead in partnering with SCSU to submit an
IDEAS grant to the Space Telescope Science Institute.
7. Florida International University
FIU continues to make excellent use of their MUSPIN-funded supercomputer
including using it for training and for commercial and government projects in
environmental science, material science and robotics. The FIU NRTS partner hosted
the national MUSPIN meeting in September 1999. FIU has an existing NOVA
program.
8. Howard Middle School
The NASA GLOBE program continues to have a presence on the campus. A faculty
member from Howard was one of the faculty participants at the CNRT Space
Science Academy One program. The MUSPIN-funded computer lab is heavily used
by students and the community. Howard serves an economically disadvantaged
community and provides it with Internet access, which in many cases is the only
WWW access available to the community.
9. Morris College
The MUSPIN-funded workstations, web and email server and network continue to
provide faculty and students with access to the Internet and subsequent involvement
in a number of programs. Morris sent a team to the NASA NOVA workshop and
submitted a NOVA proposal.
10. Morris Brown College
Morris Brown agreed to host the national MUSPIN meeting in September 2000. The
MUSPIN-funded workstations, server and network infrastructure continues to
provide much needed Internet access for faculty and students. This in turn has
resulted in an increase in participation in NASA and other-agency programs. Morris
Brown sent a team to the NASA NOVA workshop and submitted a NOVA proposal.
11. Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School
The NASA GLOBE program continues to be a success at OW. A faculty member
from OW participated in the development of the CNRT Space Science Academy
One program. OW hosted a CNRT workshop for K-12 teachers in March 2000.
12. Voorhees College
Voorhees continues to use the MUSPIN computer and network infrastructure and its
MUSPIN-leveraged, NASA-funded GIS lab to leverage additional IT dollars and to
offer a GIS-minor for its students. Voorhees sent a team to the NASA-NOVA
workshop.
Plans Beyond the End of the Initial Five Years
The follow-on NRA for the NRTS program has not been released at the time of the
writing of this report. Therefore, it is not clear to what extent the CNRT partners will
exist as a collaboration in the future. Nonetheless, it is clear that the infrastructure and
programs started under the current NRA will continue to have a significant impact on
every school for years to come. At the close of the initial funding period of the
cooperative agreement, every CNRT partner has a NASA presence on its campus.
This NASA presence has been instrumental in leveraging additional resources on each
campus over the past five years. By participating in NASA programs outside of this IRA
(e.g. GLOBE, NOVA), each school has begun the process of independently developing
a relationship with NASA and ensuring that their faculty members will be aware of the
means and processes by which they can participate in future proposals to NASA.