CENTC Documents

As an NSF Center for Chemical Innovation, CENTC developed and maintained vigorous programs that addressed the NSF Broader Impacts of promoting teaching, training, and learning; broadening the participation of underrepresented groups; and disseminating results broadly to enhance scientific and technological understanding. Information on these programs can be found throughout this website. The following white papers describe some of the CENTC programs in more detail, including the lessons learned and practices established by CENTC as these programs were developed through the lifetime of the Center.

• CENTC’s best practices for postdoctoral and graduate student education (CENTC-Grad-and-Postdoc-Education.pdf)
• Running a summer research program for undergraduates in a distributed research center (CENTC-Undergraduate-Research-Program.pdf)
• Broadening participation in a distributed research center (CENTC-Broadening-Participation.pdf)
• Partnering with science centers and museums (CENTC-Partnering-with-Science-Centers.pdf)
• Small-scale diodiesel production as a class room activity (CENTC-Biodiesel-Activity.pdf)