@article{9b08d3b383aa4677a3bb21f68e1c9b0d,
title = "Advancing access to cutting-edge tabletop science",
abstract = "Hands-On Research in Complex Systems Schools provide an example of how graduate students and young faculty working in resource-constrained environments can apply key mindsets and methods of tabletop experiments to problems at the frontiers of science. Each day during the Schools{\textquoteright} two-week program, participants work in small groups with experienced tabletop scientists in interactive laboratories on topics drawn from diverse disciplines in science and technology. Using modern low-cost tools, participants run experiments and perform associated data analysis together with mathematical and computational modeling. Participants also engage in other scientific professional activities; in particular, they learn best practices for communicating their results visually, orally, and in writing. In this way, the Hands-On Schools foster the development of scientific leaders in low- and middle-income countries.",
keywords = "tabletop experiments, research under resource constraints, scientific career professional development, science in LMICs, graduate education",
author = "Schatz, {Michael F.} and Pietro Cicuta and Gordon, {Vernita D.} and Teuta Pilizota and Bruce Rodenborn and Shattuck, {Mark D.} and Swinney, {Harry L.}",
note = "Funding Information: The idea for the Hands-On Schools was developed in 2005 by Rajarshi Roy (University of Maryland), Kenneth Showalter (University ofWest Virginia), and one of us (H.L.S.). In 2006, Katepalli Sreenivasan, then Director of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), invited a proposal for ICTP sponsorship of Hands-On Schools. This led to ICTP's sponsorship of the first Hands-On School and all subsequent Schools. Abhijit Sen, Co-Director of the inaugural School, arranged for the Institute for Plasma Research in India to host the first School and for the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum to provide additional support; without his leadership and guidance, the Hands-On School concept likely would not have become a reality. Joe Niemela and Maria Liz Crespo at ICTP provided valuable assistance for the Schools. The Schools have benefited from generous contributions of time and effort from numerous faculty and assistants listed in the Supplemental Appendix. In addition to the ICTP, support has been provided by numerous institutions, including, for the School in Brazil, the Federal University of ABC at Santo Andr{\'e}, the S{\~a}o Paulo Research Foundation, the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, the CAPES Foundation, the US Army Research Office, the US National Science Foundation, and the Consortium of the Americas for Interdisciplinary Science. Support for the School in Cameroon was provided primarily by the University of Buea and Nigeria LNG Limited. Support for the School in Shanghai was provided primarily by Shanghai JiaoTong University. Additional support for the Schools has been provided by the US Office of Naval Research, the US Army Research Office, the US National Science Foundation, the American Physical Society, the European Physical Society, the UK Institute of Physics, the University of Maryland, the University of Texas at Austin, and Arizona State University. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 by the author(s).",
year = "2023",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1146/annurev-fluid-120720-025348",
language = "English",
volume = "55",
pages = "213--235",
journal = "Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics",
issn = "0066-4189",
publisher = "Annual Reviews Inc.",
number = "1",
}