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AGORA Grant

nAvy next-Generation Outreach & Recruitment initiAtive

Team Orientation

September 27th @ 9:00 am

in the CDHS

150

(50 Annually – 25 Summer) 9th Grade High School Students

6

High School Master STEM Teachers

2

Scientific Method Research Professors

45

FSU STEM Undergraduate Students/Peer Mentors

[10 in year 1; 15 in year 2; and 20 in year 3]

1

Undergraduate Research Proctor

1

Project Manager

1

Project Manager Admin Support

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH 3-YEAR $728,000.00

AGORA PROJECT ORG. CHART

DoD HBCU/MI Legislation – 10 USC § 2362

• b) Program Objective – The object of the program established by

subsection (a) (1) is to enhance defense-related research and education at covered educational institutions. Such objects shall be accomplished through initiatives designed to:

* (1) enhance the research and educational capabilities of such

institutions in areas of importance to national defense, as determined by the Secretary;

* (2) Encourage the participation of such institutions in the research, development, testing, and evaluation programs and activities of the

Department of Defense;

* (3) Increase the number of graduates from such institutions engaged

in disciplines important to the national security functions of the Department of Defense, as determined by the Secretary; and

* (4) Encourage research and educational collaborations between such institutions and other institutions of higher education, Government

defense organizations, and the defense industry.

PURPOSE

• AGORA is a 3-year program designed to

provide high school and Undergraduate

students:

• Research training and research

experiences

• Grooming and professional development,

such as presentation techniques, personal

accountability, coaching and mentoring

PURPOSE

• Provides high school students, and

undergraduate students - specifically

underrepresented minorities - with the

requisite research training and research

experience so that they may pursue

undergraduate and graduates STEM

degrees and eventually careers within the

Navy workforce

• Engages high school students, collegiate

students, teachers, and university

professors with Navy relevant research

experiences that will help to cultivate and

recruit them into the HBCU/MI institutions

as well as the Navy workforce in later

years.

AGORA’S OVERARCHING

GOALS

• Improve the “expectations gap” between

what colleges require and what high

schools produce by engaging participating

high school STEM students in critical

thinking teaching methods to include

inquiry-based instruction, problem-based

strategies, project-based learning, active

engagement, collaborative learning, multi-

sensory instruction, and Socratic methods.

• Increase the capacity of undergraduate

pipeline ready to pursue graduate STEM

disciplines and research of compelling

importance to the Navy.

AGORA Program Goals

• Goal 1: Increased capacity pipeline of

quality diverse candidates for HBCU/MI’s

and current Navy programs

• Goal 2: Increased recruitments of top

students for HBCU/MI STEM programs

• Goal 3: Increased retention of students at

the minority serving institutions

AGORA Program Goals

• Goal 4: Keep cohort attrition at no more

that 15 percent for each of the (3) years;

• Goal 5: Incorporate tracking system to

determine reasons for attrition;

• Goal 6: Produce college-ready students to

decrease need for college entrance

remedial programs;

PARTICIPATING HIGH SCHOOLS

1. Cape Fear High School (Academy of Natural Sciences)

2. Cross Creek Early College High School

3. Cumberland International Early College High School

4. Douglas Byrd High School (Academy of Green Technology)

5. EE Smith High School (Academy of Math & Science)

6. Gray's Creek High School (Academy of Information and Technology)

7. Howard Health & Life Sciences High School

8. Jack Britt High School (Applied Tech Academy)

9. Massey Hill Classical High School

10. Pine Forest High School (Academy of Information and Technology)

11. Reid Ross Classical High School

12. South View High School (Academy of public safety and security)

13. Terry Sanford High School

14. Westover High School (Academy of Engineering Technologies)

PROGRAM Activities

• Through a competitive application

process, a cohort of 9th Graders will be

selected each spring for acceptance into

the AGORA program

• The cohort of 9th graders will undergo

research training conducted by that

university’s research faculty, and high

school Master Teachers who will serve as

AGORA Instructors

• The research training will highlight such

things as the scientific method,

engineering design process, and research

writing.

Cyber On Saturday Academy: October 11th., 2014, November 8th., 2014,

December 6th., 2014; January 10th., 2015; February 7th., 2015; March 7th., 2015; April 18th., 2015; May 16nd., 2015.

CYBER-STEM Innovation Summer “Bridge” Camp

[Students will be paid $500.00 for the 4-weeks]

July 13th., 2015; - August 7th., 2015

Cybersecurity Competitions

1st

Place: $10,000.00

2nd

Place: $5,000.00

3rd

Place: $2,500.00

150 - 9th Graders (50 year-1, 50 year-2; 50 year-3)

to be selected for

FSU’s CYBER-STEM Project (Funded by the Office of Naval Research)

PROGRAM Activities:

Cyber On Saturday Academy

• 9:00 am – 10:00 am: Guest Speaker

• 10:00 am – 11:00 am: Math and Science Academics [10 groups of 5]

• 11:00 am – 12:00 noon: Active/Project-based Cyber Activities

• 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm: Lunch

• 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Active-Learning-Project-based Cyber Activities

• 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Professional Development. – Presentation Techniques

• Adjourn

PROGRAM Activities:

Cyber On Saturday Academy

• Ovierview Students will be exposed to programming concepts and security through the

usage of modern day APIs and mobile applications they are familiar with.

Instead of the traditional approach of being lectured of the theory and

fundamentals of computer science, a series of engaging and immersive

activities are planned. Each week builds off of previous concepts, and is

designed to reinforce programming skills starting from a very basic level, and

gradually progressing to more advanced concepts over the weeks. It’s

understood that this may be the first time many of the students are exposed to

programming. With that in consideration, the weeks are more focused on

problem solving, and tweaking code in a guided manner as opposed to the pure

semantics and core concepts behind writing robust

programs.

Given popularity, and ease of use, the following programming languages will be

heavily leveraged:

HTML5, CSS3, NodeJS

Each week has been designed to align with one of the topics of Office of Naval

Research

Code 31 C4ISR Objectives. The topics provide exposure from secure

communications, to

image analysis.

October 11th., 2014: Week 1- Secure Chat Server with an Intelligent Bot The first week will kick-off with the fundamentals of network security. Many students are familiar with

text messaging, and mobile applications such as SNAPChat. However, they are most likely unaware of the security that may or may not exist behind them. This week will focus on capturing network traffic

of web clients to show how data is sent unencrypted vs encrypted. The week is geared towards gaining exposure to NODEJS (JavaScript based programming language), the internet, and concepts behind TCP/IP and the fundamentals of the Web.

• Network / Wireshark Analysis - Monitoring traffic in real-time to see unencrypted data

• Reconstruction of Packet Payloads • Port/Protocol Discussion • An introduction to artificial intelligence

November 8th., 2014: Week 2 - Learning HTML5/CSS through page scraping and hosting the site from NODEJS. The second week continues the use of NODEJS to gain exposure of hosting websites.

Instead of traditional lecture of the semantics of writing code, students will learn how to copy websites. From these copies they’ll learn through trial and error on how to

modify pre-existing content. The focus will be on the dangers of phishing sites that target gmail and facebook. Students will develop websites to capture information

• Introduction to web programming / hosting • Programming exercise designed to show the dangers of phising sites on the internet

• The importance of using different passwords for different websites

PROGRAM Activities Cyber On Saturday Academy: Fall 2014

December 6th., 2014: Week 3 - Fundamentals of Password Cracking and Code Breaking with an Introduction to Databases

This week continues on the thread of passwords, with a deep dive on the importance of strong passwords. Students will learn how to create a password generator and the dangers behind short

passwords. • Discussion around dictionary files

• What it means to create a strong password • A discussion around hash functions and how to securely store passwords

January 10th., 2015: Week 4 - WIFI / RF Cracking (GSM) This week will discuss the fundamentals behind signal intelligence cracking. The students

will explore different technologies related to jamming of signals, as well as interception. This week is focused on the importance of securing one’s network, and the dangers of communicating sensitive information.

• Students will learn how WEP encryption is easily cracked will modern day technology

• Students will gain exposure to low cost software defined radios to do signal analysis • Students will gain an understanding of the components of cellular communication such as GSM with IMSI, and IMEI fields


February 7th., 2015: Week 5 - Spoofed Electronic Communications This week will teach the students how to setup and configure VOIP based systems to communicate.

• Students will learn how to create a VOIP system to make phone calls from “soft phones”

• They’ll be introduced to technologies such as twilio that allow them to programmatically SMS • Students will create a web application that can communicate through cellular means

March 7th., 2015: Week 6 - Steganography, Digital Water Marking, Visual Cryptography, and Compression This week will focus on the different methods of tagging, and hiding messages in various forms of

multi-media.

• Students will be introduced to the concepts of hiding messages in images • They will explore cryptography through visualizations • They’ll create their own secret messages to share

• An exploration of how Microsoft Word Stores Word Docs and the file structure


April 18th., 2015: Week 7 - Data Fusion of Geospatial / Temporal Analysis and Social Forensics with Google Earth, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and other popular websites APIs.

• Students will gain exposure to various web APIs to programmatically pull down data

• They’ll learn how to create aggregators to mash data from various websites to create geospatial overlays, heatmaps, and time based events • The day will end up with determining the identity of an unknown individual through data fusion

techniques.

May 16nd., 2015: Week 8 - “CICADA 3301” Style Puzzle with a Capture the Flag Objective Students will be given a series of puzzles that require knowledge obtained from the lessons

learned over the previous seven weeks. The puzzle will be designed in such a way that each level builds upon pieces from the previous level. Some examples of phases:

1. Students are given a twitter handle that has a water marked image. The image may

contain a password or a link to another site. They’ll need to use their knowledge from steganography to extract the password to get to the next level 2. The next level may bring the student to a phone number that plays an encrypted

message they would need to decipher 3. Upon deciphering the message, the student may learn there is a local wifi

network with a computer on it that they need to connect to, which may require brute forcing a simple password 4. And so forth


PROGRAM Activities:

STEM Innovation Summer “Bridge” Cyber Camp

July 13th – August 7th 2015

PROGRAM Activities:

STEM Innovation Summer “Bridge” Cyber Camp:


PROGRAM Activities:



Purpose: • The Summer "Bridge" Camp is an applied educational

platform for students, mentors, and educators of the

AGORA program.

• Through a combination of lectures, games, and challenges this platform provides students a hands-on

experience in the realm of cyber security, through both

offensive and defensive perspectives.

PROGRAM Activities:



Methodology: • Construct a game to test and teach security skills

related to the five required topic areas. Game will run

throughout all four weeks.

• Classroom time will teach new concepts relevant to the game. Game will serve as the “lab” exercises for the

course.

PROGRAM Activities:



Methodology: Lab/Game:

• Players will play in teams of five.

• Players will be given 1) an .ISO image and 2) a blank virtual

machine.

• Players will be tasked with setting up and maintaining their virtual machine.

• Players will be given points for each minute that their server is up

and mandatory services are accessible.

• The server images given to players will contain vulnerabilities.

Players should mitigate these themselves. • Players will be permitted to attack each other’s services to knock

them offline. This incentivizes faster mitigation of vulnerabilities.

PROGRAM Activities:

STEM Innovation Summer “Bridge” Camp:


PROGRAM Activities:

Summer Cybersecurity Competitions • Students will have the opportunity to participate in non-threatening

cybersecurity Hackathon competitions where they will work in small

teams to both defend their system and attack those of others.

• Competitive events such as cybersecurity war games afford students

the opportunity to gain confidence, increase their self-esteem, and

learn sportsmanlike and teamwork behaviors.

• Georgia Tech Research Institute scholars will supervise students’

development of a series of computer science and cybersecurity

independent and team projects.

• The students will participate in intense competition among

themselves, under the guidance of STEM teachers, Georgia Tech

Research Institute scholars , Navy and other military personnel, and

industry partners.

• Each team will be judged on the creative, analytical and practical

solutions they propose to computer science and cybersecurity

problems.

PROGRAM Activities

• Once the summer training has been

completed, the high school students will

participate in the following Office of Naval

Research high school competitions:

– Junior Science and Humanities Symposia

(JSHS) Program,

– International Science and Engineering Fair

(ISEF),

– Naval High School Science Awards Program

(NSAP),

– Science and Engineering Apprentice Program

(SEAP).

AGORA Collaborative Process

CCS HS Students

AGORA

[CO-Pi/PM]

Admin. Support CCS HS

Teachers &

Student

Support

Services

FSU Students’ Research Preceptor

Undergrad/Graduate

Students

[Peer Mentors]

Education Psychologist

Navy

Labs

&

Industry

Partners

PEER RESEARCH TEAMS

• The high school students will be mentored

by and from a peer research team with

undergraduate & graduate students

• Undergraduate and graduate students

who will serve as research mentors will

serve as assistant to the high school

teachers

• The peer research team will be advised by

University Research Professors, who will

in turn be mentored by Navy research

scientists.

Responsibilities of the Undergraduate

and Graduate RESEARCH MENTORS

• The AGORA Research Mentors will be

required to:

• Sign an obligation contract that will require

them to meet and mentor the AGORA high

school students for about during the

academic year, as they collaborate to

develop a research project to be submitted

in the upcoming Junior Science and

Humanities Symposium (JSHS)

Responsibilities of the Undergraduate

and Graduate RESEARCH MENTORS

• The AGORA Research Mentor will be

responsible for:

• Completion of “How to Be An Effective

Mentor” course on how to properly mentor

high school students

• Guiding the high school student through the

development of this project and the

submission of an abstract to their regional

JSHS in the spring.

• Presenting their own Navy research project

during the collegiate Innovative STEM

Symposium (ISS) at the annual Innovative

STEM Conference (ISC) in the spring.

PROGRAM Activities: Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP)

• This 10-week intern program is designed to provide opportunities for

undergraduate and graduate students to participate in research, under

the guidance of an appropriate research mentor, at a participating naval

laboratory.

• Eligibility Requirement:

– U.S. citizen (Permanent resident alien status considered at some labs)

– Sophomore, junior, senior or graduate students

– All majors relevant to the research interests of the laboratories (lab

descriptions may be found at http://nreip.asee.org)

– Stipends will be paid monthly, May through August. The amounts

specified represent the total stipend allowance for the 10-week period as

follows: $5,400 for sophomores; $8,100 for juniors and seniors. Graduate

students will receive $10,800.

– Selection

– NREIP interns will be selected based upon academic achievement,

personal statements, recommendation, and career and research

interests.

– Deadlines

– The last day to submit an application will be January 13, 2015.

http://nreip.asee.org/

RESPONSIBILITIES UNDERGRADUATE

RESEARCH PRECEPTOR

The AGORA Undergraduate Research Preceptor will:

• Serve as the point person, working with the

Research Professors and High School STEM

Master Teachers, for the creation, development,

and operation of all research activities supported

by the AGORA program.

• Lead the development of a sustainable

undergraduate research program indicative of

AGORA’s commitment to raising awareness about

undergraduate research related to the Navy’s

priorities

• Facilitate the preparation of undergraduates to

successfully conduct research at the DoN Labs,

and celebrating research achievements of both

students and their mentors.

Responsibilities of the Education

Psychologist RESEARCH FACULTY • Collaborate with project team to incorporate motivation and learning

principles into select AGORA activities.

• Process and analyze results and data related to students’ interest,

confidence, and knowledge;

• Collaborate with members of the project team to develop measures of

knowledge;

• Collaborate with members of the project team to develop retrospective

pre-post surveys of students’ perceptions of how much they are

learning;

• Collaborate to communicate AGORA’s results to the scientific

community via conference posters and papers;

• Collaborate with members of the project team to apply the results of

research and develop new techniques and resources;

• Collaborate with members of project staff to develop and adapt

measures of career interest and confidence

RESPONSIBILITIES OF HIGH SCHOOL

STEM MASTER TEACHERS

• High School STEM Master Teachers will be

invited to participate in the project to team

with Research Professors

• In hands-on research-based learning

experiences that employ critical thinking

teaching methods to include inquiry-based

instruction, problem-based strategies,

project-based learning, active engagement,

collaborative learning, multi-sensory

instruction, and Socratic method.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF HIGH SCHOOL

STEM MASTER TEACHERS

• The High School STEM Master Teachers will be

responsible for:

• Completing a two-day AGORA research

professional development and gaining an

understanding of the AGORA program and its

goals

– There will also be opportunities for the teacher to be

sent to Naval labs to engage in research and deepen

their research experience

• Serving as ambassadors for the AGORA

program by informing other teachers about the

opportunity and recruiting the best and

brightest students for the program

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

LEADERSHIP TEAM

AGORA

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LOGIC MODEL OF THE AGORA PROGRAM

GOALS, OBJECTIVES,

EVALUATION MEASURERS

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AGORA PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS:

Define the Project

Objective

Breakdown the

Work

Structure

Sequence the Work

Packages

Develop a Network Diagram

Make a Time & Cost Estimate for

each Activity

Develop a baseline plan

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ID Target Instructors

1 FSU

ID Target HS

Students

2 CUMB/FSU

ID Facilities/ Equipment/ Undergrads

3

CUMB/FSU

Notify Student Parent

4

FSU

FSU

Print Application

5

FSU

Develop Cyber Training

6 Instructor

Undergrads Interns Mentors

7

FSU

Mail Application

/Get Responses

8

Review & Finalize Training

9 CUMB/FSU

Activity Number Accountable

Person

This diagram shows the necessary sequence of

activities to achieve the project objective.

AGORA NETWORK DIAGRAM

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