Education, 2017 Mathematics, Engineering, and Physics (MEP) ScholarsIntroduction There is a critical need for increasing the STEM workforce in the USA. In response, the NSFestablished the Scholarships for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics program (S-STEM) to support academically capable but financially needy students in the STEM disciplines.Jacksonville University (JU) was awarded an S-STEM grant in summer 2014 to implement theMathematics, Engineering and Physics (MEP)-Scholars program. The project includesscholarships that assist students with meeting their financial need and additional student supportservices to improve academic performance, retention and persistence in the STEM majorsthrough graduation. The
Paper ID #19808Expanding Engineering through an S-STEM ProgramDr. Ricky T Castles, East Carolina University Dr. Ricky Castles is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. He is primarily affiliated with the ECU Electrical Engineering concentration. His research work focuses on the use of wireless sensor networks, microcontrollers, and physiological data collection for a variety of applications. His primary interest is in the area of adaptive tutorial systems, but he has ongoing projects in the area of hospital patient health monitoring. He is actively engaged in K-12 outreach
Paper ID #17864Interim Results of an Engineering S-STEM ProgramDr. Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. Kunberger is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering in the U. A. Whitaker College of Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. Dr. Kunberger received her B.C.E. and certificate in Geochemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a minor in Soil Science from North Carolina State University. Her areas of specialization are geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering. Educational areas of interest are self
role the histone H2A.Z variant in regulating gene expression and she involves undergraduate students in her research. Dr. Santisteban is the PI in a NSF funded S-STEM program at UNC Pembroke, title COMPASS (Creating Opportunities for Students in Science). The current funding period is 2014-2019. She is also involved in K-12 education through her role as district director of the NC Student Academy of Science and as a facilitator of teacher development workshops for the Moore county schools through an MSP grant. Dr. Santisteban has been very involved with the North Carolina Academy of Science that she joined in 2008, and has served under various roles. She initially served two years as an elected member of the Board
Paper ID #19915What’s Shaking with SESMC? An Update on an NSF S-STEM ProjectProf. Dominic J Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College Dom Dal Bello is Professor of Engineering at Allan Hancock College (AHC), a California community college between UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He is chair of the Mathematical Sciences Department, and Principal Investigator of the NSF S-STEM grant at AHC. He is vice chair of the Two Year College Division of ASEE, and vice chair for community colleges for the Pacific Southwest Section of ASEE. He is co-author of a textbook with his graduate advisor, Dr. Frederick A. Leckie, Strength
Paper ID #18533Advancing Diversity Initiatives in the Civil Engineering Profession: Impactsof an NSF S-STEM Grant at a Regional Undergraduate Teaching InstitutionDr. Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel Dr. Mary Katherine Watson is currently an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel. Prior to joining the faculty at The Citadel, Dr. Watson earned her PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology. She also has BS and MS degrees in Biosystems Engineering from Clemson University. Dr. Watson’s research interests are in the areas of engineering education
Paper ID #17736Industrial and Mechanical Engineering Scholars with Scholarships, CareerMentoring, Outreach and Advisement, Professional Societies and Engineer-ing Learning Community (SCOPE) S-STEM ProgramProf. Weihang Zhu, Lamar University Weihang Zhu is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, Lamar University, USA since 2005. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University (2003), USA and his M.S. (2000) and B.S. (1997) in Mechanical and Energy Engineering at Zhejiang University, China. His research interests include Engineering Education, Computer haptics, CAD/CAM, high
NSF S-STEM cohort scholarship programAbstractPEEPS (Program for Engineering Excellence for Partner Schools) is an NSF S-STEM fundedgrant. In our third year of the project, we report some of the formative assessment of thescholarship program. Currently our students are in their 2nd and 3rd years in various engineeringprograms at a 4-year university. We find some interesting differences between our two cohorts ofPEEPS, in terms of their transition from high school to college, their subsequent performance incollege, and the interactions among and across the cohorts. While our cohort sizes are quitesmall, we are able to delve deeper into understanding individual student’s experiences andperspectives through surveys, periodic
Scholars Program” Award # 1153281AbstractThe National Science Foundation awarded the University of Southern Maine with a grant forSTEM Opportunities for Academically Capable and Financially Needy Students entitled the“University of Southern Maine STEM Scholars Program,” Award # 1153281. At the completionof our fifth year, this poster presentation provides an opportunity to present data on the successof our S-STEM program, as well as share some of the best practices learned and applied. TheUSM STEM Scholars Bridge Program has been a model for blending the elements ofrecruitment, retention, and placement into an integrated, comprehensive but non-intrusiveprogram that promotes student success in transitioning from high schools and communitycolleges
Paper ID #19796BridgeValley STEM Scholars ProgramMrs. Melissa Thompson P.E. P.E., BridgeValley Community and Technical College Melissa Thompson is an Associate Professor and the Outreach Coordinator at BridgeValley Community and Technical College located in South Charleston and Montgomery, West Virginia. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering from WVU Institute of Technology and a Masters Degree in Engineering from Marshall University. Melissa is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of West Virginia. She is the Principal Investigator (PI) for the BridgeValley S-STEM Scholars Scholarship Program funded
and minorities continue to be underrepresented in engineering, both nationally and atRoger Williams University. In 2012, women constituted just 12% of engineering graduates at theuniversity, while minorities constituted just 4%. In an effort to boost the enrollment, performance,and persistence of underrepresented students, the university applied for and received an NSF S-STEM grant to integrate engineering, biology, and marine biology students into an existingprogram supporting underrepresented students on campus. The combined program, known asSTILAS, provides participants with a $10,000 NSF scholarship, supplemented by the university,as well as dedicated tutoring and advising, and co-curricular activities such as field trips and
/ Caucasian 566 438 1004 Hispanic / Latino 84 62 146 Multiracial 44 73 117 Other 40 34 74 Total 1043 936 1979InstrumentParticipants completed the Student Attitudes toward STEM (S-STEM) survey, developed by theFriday Institute for Educational Innovation (2012), assessing attitudes toward science,technology, engineering and mathematics as well as postsecondary pathways and careerinterests. The S-STEM survey was validated and found to be reliable with this sample ofparticipants (Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, 2012, Unfried, Faber
Systems Engineering from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and a M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame; her industry experience includes shipyard project management and consulting for Off-High Vehi- cles projects for GE Transportation. She was awarded the 2012 ASEE NCS Outstanding Teacher Award, 2013 Gannon University Distinguished Faculty Award and 2013-2014 Gannon University Faculty Award for Excellence in Service-Learning. She is one of the Principal Investigators of three NSF S-STEM and one ADVANCE-PAID grants.Dr. Barry J Brinkman, Gannon UniversityDr. Theresa Vitolo, Gannon University Theresa M. Vitolo is an Associate Professor (retired) in the Computer and Information Science
metallurgical engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SD Mines). Between 2008-2013, he served as site director of the NSF I/UCRC Center for Friction Stir Processing (CFSP). Since then, he has been involved in a range of projects involving friction stir joining and alloy processing in a variety of metal alloys including aluminum alloys, ODS steels, titanium alloys, cast irons, and dissimilar metal alloys. He is also actively engaged in STEM-Ed projects and serves as the director for the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) ”Back to the Future”, coordinator for the Army Educational Outreach REAP program for High school students at SD Mines, and PI for the S-STEM Culture and Attitude program
participated in this six-week nanotechnology summer research program in 2015 and who then integratednanotechnology into the classroom over the 2015-2016 academic school year. Second, we reportobservational data from five teachers’ nano-lessons by using a modified version of the ScienceTeacher Inquiry Rubric (STIR).5 Third, using the Student Attitudes toward STEM (S-STEM)survey,6 we present changes in these teachers’ students’ attitudes towards STEM, as well aschanges in students’ perceptions of their own 21st century skills. Lastly, we report changes instudents’ reported interests in 12 STEM careers.Table 1. Overview of Research Evaluation Questions and Methods Research Evaluation Questions Method Participant Q1
academic performance. Thepercentile of students from each academic program participating in the honors program isshown in Table 1.In light of the above success, a second program using a similar model was established. TheSchool of Engineering has an S-STEM grant which is currently in its final year ofadministration to support scholarships for females, minorities and economically challengedstudents. The activities produced for this cohort have been singled out by the students andthrough program assessment as being impactful for student success to aid them in maintainingthe grade point averages to keep their scholarships (> 2.5 for freshman; >3.0 all years after). Table 1. Percentage of Honors Students in Each Discipline from 2006-20161
interested in STEM majors atTAMU and community college representatives interested in building relationships for theirstudents to transfer into STEM majors at TAMU. The STEM Conference program includedresource roundtables for students and one-on-one sessions with faculty and staff forrepresentatives.Other activities such as the NSF Scholarship in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (S-STEM) were used as both recruitment and retention strategies. The S-STEMsprovided community college transfer students research opportunities, academic and professionaldevelopment seminars, scholarship money to assist in funding students’ education without themhaving work commitments, and establishment of cohorts and the resulting social community tohelp
. Herbert is also a recently looking at problems regarding sustainability data and mobile applications. This work with Dr. Emily Hill, Dr. Jerry Fails and Dr. Jennifer Bragger, has been funded by the PSEG Institute for Sustainability Sci- ences. This work has been published in IEEE Big Data and ACM CSCW. Dr. Herbert is also the Principle Investigator for the National Science Foundation funded S-STEM Networking and Engaging in Computer Science and Information Technology (NECST) Program here at Montclair State University (NSF award 1259758). The NECST Program funds students, regardless of background, who are interested in pursuing a graduate degree in computer science. Students from computing related fields as well as
Mechanical Engineering. He has been actively engaged in teaching, research and curricula development since joining the LSU faculty in 1988. As Associate Dean in the College of Engineering (2004-2014), he acquired sig- nificant funding from NSF to support the development of several initiatives aimed at improving student retention and graduation rates as well as supporting faculty with development of effective learning and teaching pedagogies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 BRCC to LSU Engineering Pathways to SuccessABSTRACTThe National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM scholarship program, Engineering Pathway toSuccess, is a joint effort of the College of
, Stanhope, & Wiebe, 2015).IV. Selecting and Designing Instruments for AssessmentSelection and design of instruments for assessment was directly aligned with research questionsand assessment objectives. The primary research questions examining the curriculum's impacton early elementary through middle school students specifically in areas of student (1)application of engineering design as an engineering approach in STEM education and (2)knowledge of and attitudes towards STEM- related fields, careers, and educational opportunities.To answer these questions, the team will utilize mixed methods in a pre-post with comparisongroup framework. The research instruments being utilized are (1) the are the Student AttitudeToward STEM (S-STEM) Survey
engineering majors.T-SITE: A UMBC COMMUNITY OF TRANSFER SCHOLARS 2T-SITE is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program and managed by the Center for Women inTechnology (CWIT) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). CWIT hasimplemented three S-STEM Scholars programs since 2007. The first, “Scholarships in IT &Engineering (SITE)” (DUE-0630952) served 30 students through spring 2011, 50% of whom werewomen or underrepresented minorities. CWIT’s second and third S-STEM projects are titled, “ACommunity of Transfer Students in Information Technology and Engineering (T-SITE)” (DUE-1154300) and “A
on our strongpower program with a high national and international reputation in education and research andusing a grant funding from the National Science Foundation’s Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM)program, we establish a scholarship program for recruitment, retention, and mentoring of futurepower engineering leaders in electric energy and smart grid. Our specific objectives are toincrease the number of students in the following groups in power engineering by 50%: (i)Bachelor’s, (ii) Master’s, (iii) underrepresented minorities, and (iv) women, by providingopportunities for lower division students, community college students, and four-year universitystudents to study in Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.IntroductionIt is well recognized
and teaching, 21st century learning skills, using technologyin the classroom, and STEM career awareness (The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation,2012b). The Teaching Design, Engineering and Technology (DET) survey measures teacherperceptions and familiarity with these subjects and perceived barriers to teaching these topics.The DET survey has 40 questions using a 5 point Likert scale (Tao, Purzer, & Cardella, 2011).TRAILS students are being surveyed to assess interest and confidence in learning STEMsubjects as measured by the Students Attitudes Toward STEM Survey (S-STEM) for middle andhigh school students (Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, 2012a). Student participantsare surveyed in both the experimental and comparison
examining predictivevalidity of the RESP diagnostic exam for an array of outcomes including success within theRESP program itself.AcknowledgementsThis RESP program is partially supported by an NSF S-STEM program grant (#1565023). Othersignificant funding comes from Rice University. The research component of this program ispartially funded by the S-STEM grant, and partially funded by Rice University and the ChaoFoundation.References[1] Ackerman, P. L., Kanfer, R., & Beier, M. E. (2013). Trait complex, cognitive ability, and domain knowledge predictors of baccalaureate success, STEM persistence, and gender differences. Journal of Educational Psychology, 105(3), 911–927. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032338[2] Richardson, M
Junior 2014 26 11 15 25 1 0 2015 19 10 9 19 0 2 ENE, MFE 1 NSF S-STEM Scholar 2016 24 16 8 22 2 N/A N/ANotations: BIO- Biology; CHM – Chemistry; COM- Computer Science; ENE – EnvironmentalEngineering; MFE- Manufacturing Engineering; WRM – Water Resources ManagementNA – Not Available; N/A – Not ApplicableConclusions and AcknowledgementThe authors want to thank the sponsors, especially ODOT and FHWA for their continuingsupport for the STI program that tremendously make all parties -the transportation industry,government, students and the university- win at the end. This is a very helpful
Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics: Arlington, VA.7. Melguizo, T., G.S. Kienzl, and M. Alfonso, Comparing the educational attainment of community college transfer students and four-year college rising juniors using propensity score matching methods. The Journal of Higher Education, 2011. 82(3): p. 265-291.8. Borrego, M., M.J. Foster, and J.E. Froyd, Systematic literature reviews in engineering education and other developing interdisciplinary fields. Journal of Engineering Education, 2014. 103(1): p. 45–76.9. National Science Foundation, NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) Program Solicitation. 2007: Arlington, VA.10
Paper ID #20249Summer Engineering Experience (SEE) Program - A Program to PrepareFreshmen Students for Engineering StudiesDr. Hossein Rahemi, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology Dr. Hossein Rahemi is a professor and department chair of Engineering and Technology at Vaughn Col- lege of Aeronautics & Technology. He is the author of two books, Vaughn College Journal of Engineering and Technology (VCJET), numerous conference papers in the areas of solid mechanics, computational mechanics, vibration analysis, fracture mechanics and reliability analysis. He is also a principle investi- gator for the NSF S-STEM
accepted for publication in Science Scope.4. Daugherty, J., Custer, R. L., Brockway, D., & Spake, D. A. (2012). Engineering Concept Assessment: Design and development (AC 2012-2987). American Society for Engineering Education.5. Greene, B. A. (2015). Measuring cognitive engagement with self-report scales: Reflections from over 20 years of research. Educational Psychologist, 50, 14-30. doi:10.1080/00461520.2014.9892306. Unfried, A., Faber, M., Stanhope, D. S., & Wiebe, E. (2015). The development and validation of a measure of Student Attitudes Toward Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (S-STEM). Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 1-18.7. American Association for the Advancement of Science (2017). Science
, Assessment, & Data Adminis- tration in the College of Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. She is Co-PI of 2 NSF-funded S-STEM programs and program evaluator for 2 NSF-funded REU programs. Her research interests include factors that impact student persistence, identity formation, and career develop- ment in the STEM fields.Salih Safa Bacanli, University of Central Florida Salih Safa Bacanli is PhD student at Department of Computer Science, University of Central Florida (UCF). He received his MS degree in Computer Science from UCF and BS degree in Computer Engi- neering from Bilkent University, Turkey. His research interests include opportunistic networking routing, wireless
faculty by 12 since 2012.Table 2. School of Engineering Faculty Research Proposal/Funding Production 2011-20168 Proposals Requested Funding Submitted Funding Expended 2011 0 0 2012 2 $197,070* 2013 3 $361,081* 2014 6 $240,097* 2015 8 $3.64m $161,077* 2016 11 $7.906m $225,424*These funds are primarily from a NSF S-STEM grant submitted in 2010 and