Jisan research institute
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The Jisan Research Institute (JRI) is a nonprofit organization located in Alhambra, California
. The Jisan Research Institute, founded in 1995 by Dr. Sanza T. Kazadi, is the only professional research laboratory for kids. The laboratory serves children between the ages of 13 and 18 and young adults enrolled in community colleges. The laboratory's primary focus is teaching kids how to do science by giving them unsolved problems to work through. Once the students have worked through the problems, their research is submitted to professional scientific journals or conference proceedings for publication. Though no mention is typically made of the fact that the papers come from students, which indicates that JRI students face the same stringent criterion for publication as professional scientists, JRI students have published thirty-six (36) papers and JRI research groups have three patents pending.
The purpose of the Jisan Research Institute is to improve education in America by serving as an example of a research lab filled with young people that can be run by a motivated scientist and might eventually fit into the standard high school system. It is expected that as JRI students continue to excel in their work, opportunities in university, and eventual careers, a new standard will be set for the motivated young student. JRI's stated purpose is to aid in the adoption of programs similar to this program by precollege educational institutions as a way of promoting science training in America.
The research laboratory was originally located in Dr. Kazadi's apartment when he was an undergraduate student. The original students, David Chen, Andy Chien, and Juri Ogita, were students at Alhambra High School. With these three students, Dr. Kazadi developed a curriculum which is still in use today, and began work on the very first research programs. The first student to graduate from the Jisan program is Dr. Henry Lin. Dr. Lin went on to study at the University of California, Berkeley and then carried out his PhD at the University of Southern California.
87 students have graduated from the Institute, although only 15 have graduated in the last three years since publication is a graduation requirement. Historically, 90% of the small group of graduates currently employed are employed in areas of science and technology. Students have gone on to primarily Tier 1 schools, and three have, as of spring 2008, graduated with a PhD or MD.
Research at the Jisan Research Institute is currently primarily focused around swarm engineering. Swarm engineering is a field of engineering concerned with generating swarms utilizing a mathematically provable methodology. Applications of swarm engineering methodologies can be found in economics
, mathematics
, engineering
, computer science
, and sociology
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Alhambra, California
Alhambra is a city located in the western San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States, which is approximately eight miles from the Downtown Los Angeles civic center. As of the 2010 census, the population was 83,089, down from 85,804 at the 2000 census. The city's...
. The Jisan Research Institute, founded in 1995 by Dr. Sanza T. Kazadi, is the only professional research laboratory for kids. The laboratory serves children between the ages of 13 and 18 and young adults enrolled in community colleges. The laboratory's primary focus is teaching kids how to do science by giving them unsolved problems to work through. Once the students have worked through the problems, their research is submitted to professional scientific journals or conference proceedings for publication. Though no mention is typically made of the fact that the papers come from students, which indicates that JRI students face the same stringent criterion for publication as professional scientists, JRI students have published thirty-six (36) papers and JRI research groups have three patents pending.
The purpose of the Jisan Research Institute is to improve education in America by serving as an example of a research lab filled with young people that can be run by a motivated scientist and might eventually fit into the standard high school system. It is expected that as JRI students continue to excel in their work, opportunities in university, and eventual careers, a new standard will be set for the motivated young student. JRI's stated purpose is to aid in the adoption of programs similar to this program by precollege educational institutions as a way of promoting science training in America.
The research laboratory was originally located in Dr. Kazadi's apartment when he was an undergraduate student. The original students, David Chen, Andy Chien, and Juri Ogita, were students at Alhambra High School. With these three students, Dr. Kazadi developed a curriculum which is still in use today, and began work on the very first research programs. The first student to graduate from the Jisan program is Dr. Henry Lin. Dr. Lin went on to study at the University of California, Berkeley and then carried out his PhD at the University of Southern California.
87 students have graduated from the Institute, although only 15 have graduated in the last three years since publication is a graduation requirement. Historically, 90% of the small group of graduates currently employed are employed in areas of science and technology. Students have gone on to primarily Tier 1 schools, and three have, as of spring 2008, graduated with a PhD or MD.
Research at the Jisan Research Institute is currently primarily focused around swarm engineering. Swarm engineering is a field of engineering concerned with generating swarms utilizing a mathematically provable methodology. Applications of swarm engineering methodologies can be found in economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, computer science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
, and sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
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