ATTENDING: Bozenna Pasik-Duncan (Chair, U. Kansas), Dennis Bernstein (U. Mich), Marian Blakuta (Silesian Tech. U.), Floyd Hanson (Secretary, U. Illinois), Jason Hui (Aerospace Corp.), Krzysztof Kozlowski (Poznan U. Tech.), Leslaw Socha (Cardinal S. Wyszynski U.), Jing Sun (Ford), John Westman (Miami U. Ohio).

AGENDA:

* ACC03 Workshop Summary.

* Recommendations of Dennis Bernstein.

* CDC03, Maui, Hawaii, and other Comments.

* NSF Workshop for High School Teachers of Mathematics and Science,
ACC03, Denver, CO, ACC03, 06 June 2003:

The workshop was a big success, in spite of the difficulty involved in it's organization. The main problem was that the local teachers were still finishing their spring term. Only a few could come, and they could only attend late in the afternoon. We should never run an early June workshop when teachers have not finished their work for the academic year.

* Summary of Teacher Comments on the Workshop:

1. Teachers enjoyed the workshop.
2. Teachers wanted more discussions.
3. Teachers also wanted uniform hands-on activities during the afternoon.
4. Need to show how to integrate control materials into the classroom. (Teachers like videos. The ACC Chicago introductions and presentations are ready on Video CDs.)
5. There is a big need for supplementary control materials.
6. Need a National Teachers Data Base. (However, problem is that we have picked nationally recognized presidential award winners for excellence in teaching.

* Recommendations from Dennis Bernstein:

1. Need 2 page write-ups telling how to do it or how things work. (Recall Kishan Baheti's (NSF) "Control Nuggets" concept.) Write-ups needs to be very simple, at the high school level. Use Bernstein's student guide, "Integrating Signals, Systems, and Control in Grades K Through 12 (IEEE Control Systems Magazine, p. 10-12, April 2003.) and put copy of PDF on line from IEEE Xplorer.
2. Each TCCE member should write one 2 page paper, e.g. "Civics: Checks and Balances as a Feedback System", creating "Resources for K-12 to Incorporate into the Curriculum", perhaps producing a booklet.
3. Create an article "Systems and Control for K-12" for Control Systems Magazine. It is important to focus on systems, not just feedback and control.

Must be relevant to High Schools.

4. Bernstein invited submission of a report of CDC 2002 Las Vegas with pictures to Control Systems Magazine.
5. Assemble a list of high school science projects, asking the control community for suggestions, say one paragraph in length each. For example, "How does a Seesaw Work?" (what is the function of asymmetric sides in particular?), "Relation of Swing Dynamics and Feedback", or "Refrigerator Temperature Control" (Use a digital thermometer with a probe that can be used with the door closed to measure temperature recovery after the door has been opened and then closed for a sample of times.)
6. Wants the Control Systems Magazine to do more for Education. For instance there is a new "Eye on Education" Column.
7. The TCCE could be developing material for "everybody in the world."

Other Comments:

BP-D: We have an good IFAC Connection with similar interest in control education.

BP-D: Many people asked to present in the TCCE workshops.

* CDC03 Maui:

1. Workshop for High School Students underway.
2. Workshop for Women In Control in honor of Cheryl Schrader, CSS President. Poster session for new women PhDs. Panel discussion of Emerging Issues.

* Call for TCCE Information:

1. Please bring references and links related to control education to TCCE's attention by November or better by October to Bozenna or to her secretary Sandra who also handles the TCCE web page.
2. Similarly, please bring notice of Talks and Events related to control education to TCCE's attention.