▁improve ▁and ▁increase ▁through put ▁for ▁new ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁new ▁materials ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁n anos cience . ▁For ▁these ▁efforts , ▁she ▁was ▁recently ▁awarded ▁a ▁grant ▁from ▁the ▁National ▁Science ▁Foundation ▁under ▁the ▁Comput ational ▁& ▁Data ▁D ri ven ▁Material s ▁Research ▁Program . ▁ ▁Service ▁to ▁the ▁scientific ▁community ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁service ▁to ▁the ▁bro ader ▁scientific ▁community , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁G w inn ▁initi ated ▁and ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Science ▁Foundation ▁( NS F ) ▁Let ' s ▁Ex pl ore ▁App lied ▁Phys ical ▁Science ▁( LE AP S ) ▁program . ▁LE AP S ▁was ▁struct ured ▁to ▁award ▁fellow ships ▁to ▁gradu ate ▁and ▁under grad uate ▁students ▁at ▁U C SB ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁ment ors ▁for ▁students ▁in ▁local ▁public ▁elementary ▁and ▁junior ▁high ▁schools . ▁After ▁ 1 2 ▁years ▁of ▁continuous ▁fund ing ▁support ▁from ▁the ▁NS F ▁and ▁direction ▁under ▁G w inn ' s ▁leadership , ▁the ▁LE AP S ▁program ▁evol ved ▁into ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Scient ific ▁Th ought , ▁also ▁based ▁at ▁U C SB . ▁The ▁School ▁of ▁Scient ific ▁Th ought ▁( S ST ) ▁is ▁currently ▁organized ▁as ▁a ▁Saturday ▁morning ▁program ▁for ▁local ▁high ▁school ▁students ▁in ▁which ▁U C SB ▁research ers ▁introduce ▁students ▁to ▁scientific ▁concepts ▁via ▁real - world ▁examples ▁in ▁nan ote chn ology ▁and ▁other ▁related ▁fields . ▁ ▁During ▁her ▁time ▁as ▁independent