STEM

A summer expedition to robotics

June 9, 2023 by Weihua Sheng

This article documents the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) robotics summer camp held in June 2022, which is part of the outreach activities of two National Science Foundation-funded projects at Oklahoma State University. This STEM summer camp aims to address the challenges in organizing robot-centered STEM summer camps for students in kindergarten … [Read more...] about A summer expedition to robotics

IEEE pre-university science, technology, engineering, and mathematics outreach: Share. Give back. Inspire

October 14, 2022 by Stamatis Dragoumanos

Did you know that, according to Wikipedia, Nicola Tesla became interested in demonstrations of electricity conducted by his physics professor? He later wrote that the demonstrations of these “mysterious phenomena” made him want “to know more of this wonderful force.” Exposing students to new technologies and how they work might be what it takes to spark a student’s curiosity … [Read more...] about IEEE pre-university science, technology, engineering, and mathematics outreach: Share. Give back. Inspire

University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI): Boosting blockchain education and research.

Since its conceptualization, blockchain technology has witnessed continuous and rapid development, bringing profound changes to computer science, law, and economics. In 2008, the initial blockchain system was merely a growing list of records linked together using cryptography. Today, however, blockchains have become the foundation of most digital currencies, robust cloud computing platforms, and dependable databases for tracking supply chain information. Despite challenges and controversies, blockchain technology has the potential to help build a trustworthy and efficient digital world.

However, the emerging blockchain technology has not yet been widely incorporated into current education systems, and there are still a lot of problems and challenges to be solved in this domain. To promote the popularization, development, and transformation of blockchain, Ripple founded the University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), a global network of top universities around the world pursuing public education, academic research, technical development, and innovation in blockchain, cryptocurrency, and related financial technologies (FinTech). Since UBRI’s inception in 2018, Ripple has funded more than 40 university partnerships, supporting more than 500 research projects and new or modified course curricula for more than 280 university courses.