RET in the news! Our summer Research Experience for Teachers ended on July 28, 2022. Our cohort included
seven in-service teachers from around Montana and four pre-service teachers. They
spent six weeks on campus, working in laboratories and considering how to incorporate
Indian Education for All with engineering and energy concepts; then presented their
work at MSU's annual STEM Summer Institute for K-12 teachers.
Applications for Summer 2023 are accepted through Feb. 4, 2023. Visit the How to Apply page.
Read more about the Summer 2022 RET program in this article from MSU News.
MSU's Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering, in partnership with MSU's Montana Engineering Education Research Center and the Science Math Resource Center, offers a six-week summer program through the National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Teachers program, or RET.
The program will be offered to 10 teachers per summer for three years starting in 2022. The 2023 program will take place in-person in Bozeman from Monday, June 26 through Friday, Aug. 4, 2023.
- Participants receive a $6,000 stipend and classroom resources.
- Housing and meals are provided, and all program and research costs are covered.
- Travel funding is available, as well.
In the energy-themed program, teachers gain hands-on experience in state-of-the-art engineering research labs and will visit multiple energy facilities such as hydroelectric dams and oil refineries. The field trips include visits to nearby American Indian cultural sites and discussions about Indigenous perspectives in engineering, with a focus on integrating STEM with Montana's Indian Education For All curriculum.
Research and field trips touch on energy topics including building energy systems; biomass energy conversion; fluid flow processes in oil refineries and hydroelectric dams; materials for energy conversion systems like fuel cells, batteries, wind turbines and solar cells; and, sustainable infrastructure materials and transportation systems.
For more details, visit the Program Information page.