certainty. Whereas the students in our previous study hadself-developed this “connecting” skill, our program provides a formal platform forlow-income students to learn and practice those connecting skills at the graduate level.This will allow us to investigate through pre- and post-surveys whether “connecting”skills can be developed through mentorship and whether developed connecting skillsenhance their self-efficacy, STEM identities, and persistence beliefs.This poster shares the results from student surveys completed at the beginning of our firstacademic year of the S-STEM program, reflecting on their undergraduate experiences.Specifically, we highlight the particular FOK held by our students as they enteredgraduate school from engineering and
component to the program, community college transfer students will likely continue tohave varying levels of graduation rates and graduation successes. Programs expanded from thisstudy would benefit from the basic structure, but require additional expansions into moreelaborate financial package designs.References[1] "Tennessee Promise." https://www.tn.gov/tnpromise.html (accessed 02/24/23.[2] R. M. Ellestad, D. J. Keffer, J. Retherford, C. Wetteland, M. Kocak, and T. Griffin, "NSF S-STEM: Transfer Success Co-Design for Engineering Disciplines (TranSCEnD)," in 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL, 2019.[3] V. Tinto, Leaving college: Rethinking the causes and cures of student attrition. ERIC, 1987.[4
ConfidenceAbstractBecause cybersecurity professionals are crucial to national security, public safety, and economicprosperity, employment opportunities in cybersecurity continue to increase. To meet the publicand private sectors’ need for cybersecurity professionals, universities are adding academicprograms in cybersecurity. West Virginia University, which is a land-grant R1 university with avibrant cybersecurity program that offers a B.S. degree, academic minor, and an Area ofEmphasis (AoE) in cybersecurity, has received an NSF S-STEM grant to increase the numberand diversity of highly qualified cybersecurity graduates by offering scholarships to high-achieving and economically challenged undergraduate students.Our past research was focused on grit and motivation
maintaining transfer momentum - full-time student status was oneof the strongest predictors of transfer in an analysis of 2003-2009 data from community collegesacross the U.S., doubling the probability that a student will transfer to a 4-year program (LaSotaand Zumeta, 2016). While maintaining academic momentum is a factor in improving graduationrates, scholarships also allow for greater opportunity to engage in campus activities outside ofclass, increasing students’ engagement with their institution (Marra et al., 2015). Several studiesat the Community College of Baltimore County showed that targeted scholarship programs (likeNSF’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM))can increase the number of
Paper ID #37475Incorporating Makerspace Design and Fabrication Activities intoEngineering Design GraphicsMs. Jan Edwards, College of Lake County Jan L. Edwards is an Associate Professor of Engineering at the College of Lake County in Illinois. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering at Michigan Techno- logical University. Ms. Edwards teaches general engineering courses, manages outreach initiatives and the CLC Baxter Innovation Lab at the community college. She is also serving as the Principal Investigator on the college’s NSF S-STEM grant, Building an Academic Community of
is tailored to the unique needs ofSTEM, and specifically engineering, students. The composition sequence was designed andtaught by a member of the English Department in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences(CLAS).CU Denver requires its undergraduates to take two composition courses, Composition 1 (ENGL1020) and Composition II (ENGL 2030). The ELC began including English Composition in Fall2017 and several enrolled students have been supported through a National Science Foundation(NSF) S-STEM grant beginning in Fall 2019. Students participating in the first semester of theELC must co-register for ENGL 1020 unless they have already met the requirement (a 4 or 5 onthe Advanced Placement Language and Composition exam, for example); students
conferences.Wendy CagleDr. Scott Rowe, Western Carolina University Scott Rowe is an Assistant Professor in Western Carolina University’s School of Engineering + Technol- ogy. He joined Western Carolina University in 2021 after studies in concentrated solar power and controls engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. Scott’s research relates to accessible and inexpensive engineering equipment for laboratory education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Fostering Leaders in Technology Entrepreneurship (FLiTE): Program Goals and First Year ActivitiesThe NSF S-STEM funded program titled Fostering Leaders in Technology Entrepreneurship(FLiTE) at Western Carolina
, Aug. 2022. Accessed: Feb. 07, 2023. [Online]. Available:https://peer.asee.org/retaining-diverse-groups-in-stem[20] J. Gartner, M. Miller, and A. Rynearson, “Retention of student participants in an S-STEM funded program versus comparable students in engineering,” presented at the 2022 ASEEAnnual Conference & Exposition, Aug. 2022. Accessed: Feb. 07, 2023. [Online]. Available:https://peer.asee.org/retention-of-student-participants-in-an-s-stem-funded-program-versus-comparable-students-in-engineering[21] H. Darabi et al., “An Integrated Program for Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation ofAcademically Talented Low-Income Engineering Students: Lessons Learned and ProgressReport,” presented at the 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
generalizability.Data Collection and ContextRachel is a Hispanic woman pursuing an undergraduate degree in Computer Science atSoutheastern Public University (SPU), a Hispanic Serving Institution in the Southeastern UnitedStates. She is one of the participants admitted into a Scholarship and Support Program (SSP), anNSF S-STEM [18] program at SPU, launched in September 2021 as a collaborative scholarshipand educational research effort at three public research universities in the Southeast UnitedStates. The program is designed to support lower-income students pursuing a degree in acomputing field, including computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, andcomputer engineering, through scholarship and a variety of co-curricular activities, including
. McCave, J. A. Gilmore, T. C. Burg and K. J. L. Burg, "Evaluation of an introductory research program for minority students in an interdisciplinary tissue engineering lab," in 2014 40th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC) , 2014.[4] K. Scaralo, I. Chatterjee, A.-M. Vollstedt, J. LaCombe and A. Kirn, "A Two-step Model for the Interpretation of Meaningful Recognition," in 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings , 2021[5] I. Chatterjee, K. Scalaro, A.-M. Vollstedt, J. C. LaCombe, J. M. Williams and A. Kirn, "S- STEM: Creating Retention and Engagement for Academically Talented Engineers," in Paper Presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference , 2021.[6] E. Brown, M. Farwell and A. Kennedy
recruit first-generation students and their families for the 2022cohort and beyond.As a result of these efforts, the SD-FIRST program had 59 applicants during the first applicationcycle. As an NSF S-STEM award, the SD-FIRST program allowed for 15 scholars in the firstcohort and awarded $5,000 per year, renewable for 4 years, per scholar. During this time, theteam was able to work with the SD Mines Center for Alumni Relations and Advancement(CARA) to secure a donation to the school in the form of a gift of 10 additional scholarshippositions (a total of $5,000 per year, renewable for 4 years, for 10 scholars). With this generousdonation, the SD-FIRST program was able to award scholarships to 25 total students. All 59applications were reviewed by
-ondemonstration will help many students to learn about energy production for different purposes. Inthe future, some modifications in the electrical circuit part will be made for making themeasurement procedure more straightforward.Acknowledgement of SupportSupport for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program under Grant No. 1565068.DisclaimerAny opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] Banaszewski, A. R., Hartley, A., Mai, K. T., Xu, A., Maheswaran, B. “Harnessing Gym Power”ASEE-NE 2022, Wentworth
. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 30, 103-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2018.02.015Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. (2012b). Student Attitudes toward STEM Survey – Middle and High School Students. North Carolina State University Retrieved from: https://miso.fi.ncsu.edu/articles/s-stem-survey.Garner, J.K., Matheny, E., Rutledge, A. & Kuhn, M. (2021). Invention education as a context for children’s identity exploration. Journal of STEM Outreach 4, (1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.15695/jstem/v4i1.07Gok, T. (2014). Students’ achievement, skill and confidence in using stepwise problem-solving strategies. EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education 10 (6), 617-624.Hushman
MIDFIELD as well as student veterans in engineering. Her evaluation work includes evaluating teamwork models, broadening participation initiatives, and AGEP, S-STEM and LSAMP programs.Ms. Andrea Stancescu, NC State University Hello, My name is Andrea Stancescu and I am a junior in the undergraduate applied mathematics and statistics program at NC State. I have been working with Dr. Brawner since August of 2021 on collecting and analyzing the survey results from the AGEP-NC project. I am looking forwards to working with everyone!Dr. Maureen Grasso, NC State University Maureen Grasso former Dean of the Graduate School at North Carolina State University and the Univer- sity of Georgia has over 16 years as a dean in
Barbara and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. At AHC, he is Department Chair of Math- ematical Sciences, Faculty Advisor of MESA (the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Pro- gram), and Principal/Co-Principal Investigator of several National Science Foundation projects (S-STEM, LSAMP, IUSE). In ASEE, he is chair of the Two-Year College Division, and Vice-Chair/Community Col- leges of the Pacific Southwest Section. He received the Outstanding Teaching Award for the ASEE/PSW Section in 2022.Dr. James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Jim Widmann is a professor and chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at California Polytech- nic State University, San Luis Obispo. He received
Paper ID #38057Board 202: A Preliminary Analysis of Identity Development in the FiguredWorlds of High-Achieving, Low-Income Engineering StudentsBethani Cogburn, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Doctoral candidate in Counselor Education & Supervision. Graduate Research Assistant with an NSF S-STEM sponsored program. Interested in creativity and equity in engineering education.Dr. Rachel Saunders, University of Cincinnati Dr. Rachel Saunders (she/her/hers) is an Assistant Professor of Counseling, responsible for serving as the track coordinator for the School Counseling Program. Licensed as a school counselor in the
Paper ID #37261Board 293: First Cohort Experiences During an International ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates Program Focused on Fractional-OrderCircuits and SystemsDr. Todd Freeborn, The University of Alabama Todd Freeborn, PhD, is an associate professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing at The University of Alabama. He has been supported by the NSF through the REU, IRES, IUSE, and S-STEM programs. As part of this support, he has coordinated REU Sites for engineering students to explore renewable resources and speech pathology, coordinated international research experiences in the Czech
of Washington Tacoma,” Underst. Interv. J., vol. 12, no. S1, Jul. 2021, Accessed: Feb. 28, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://par.nsf.gov/biblio/10319967-promoting-academic-success-economically-disadvantage d-stem-interested-first-second-year-undergraduate-students-via-access-stem-program-univers ity-washington-tacoma[6] E. C. Cline et al., “ACCESS in STEM: An S-STEM Project at University of Washington Tacoma Supporting Economically Disadvantaged STEM-Interested Students in their First Two Years,” in American Society for Engineering Education, Baltimore MD, 2023.[7] S. Colwell, “Beyond the Bean,” UC Davis Magazine, Sep. 28, 2022. https://magazine.ucdavis.edu/beyond-the-bean/ (accessed Mar. 08, 2023).[8] L. K. Alford, R
and has since moved into the Computer Engineering Department. His areas of interest have branched out to include web applications for teaching and learning, as well as new approaches to digital- to-analog converters with first and second order holds.Prof. Dominic J. Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College Dom Dal Bello is Professor of Engineering at Allan Hancock College (AHC), a California community col- lege between UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. At AHC, he is Department Chair of Math- ematical Sciences, Faculty Advisor of MESA (the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Pro- gram), and Principal/Co-Principal Investigator of several National Science Foundation projects (S-STEM, LSAMP, IUSE). In
funding, so it reduced the number of students that had to seek employmentoutside of FAMU. Moreover, by 2020, a federal NSF S-STEM grant was acquired in addition toother industry partnerships that provided additional funding and the ability to ensure no studentshad to work outside of FAMU, which reduced students' financial needs and heavily increasedretention and average GPAs.E. ConclusionThe EESI program has varied over the years with the change of funding offered, which led to theability to meet goal (1) of the program. However, the core concept of incorporating experientiallearning with academic support has been the same to ensure that the seven (7) program goals aremet. The quantitative results in this study show that the EESI students are
0 2.50 2.75 3.00 3.25 3.50 3.75 4.00 graduation GPA Figure 8. Relationship between semesters-to-graduate and GPA for S-STEM scholars. (From Ref. [5].)Discussion of ResultsStudent success is dependent on many factors, e.g. student intellect, background, motivation,personal circumstance, etc. The overarching goal of this project is to improve student success andultimately improve graduation rates. Supporting goals of this project are to identify impedimentsto success and to suggest strategies to reduce or eliminate the impediments.Results of the survey indicate three primary
Paper ID #37259Board 435: Work in Progress: Teaching Ethics Using Problem-BasedLearning in a Freshman Introduction to Electrical and ComputerEngineeringDr. Todd Freeborn, The University of Alabama Todd Freeborn, PhD, is an associate professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing at The University of Alabama. Through NSF funding, he has coordinated REU Sites for engineering students to explore renewable resources and speech pathology. He is also the coordinator for an NSF S-STEM program to prepare students for gateway courses across different disciplines of engineering to support and retain students
data safeguards) has been gathering the appropriate comparativedata, thus the ability to calculate informative statistics has been lagging. The BEE program willdevelop more detailed pre- and post- surveys of the participants, and the goals of these surveysare to gather expectations, motivations, and preceived program effcacy. In 2021, the LSU CoEwas awarded an NSF S-STEM grant (PRISE Program) to offer scholarships to high achievingbut underprepared low socioeconomic status students and to study the relative success of earlyacademic and professional development intervention on the ability of this group to obtain gainfulemployment upon graduation with of 10 out of 11 CoE undergraduate degrees. The PRISEstudents are strongly encouraged to enroll
selection that utilized a measurement of a student’s adult mentor supportnetwork, reasoning that if the student had adequate circle of adult backers, then they were morethan likely to persevere and successfully complete higher education. The researchers earned an NSF S-STEM grant in 2016 to study the effects of mentornetwork connectedness on collegiate STEM field persistence. Students from low SESbackgrounds who had expressed an interest in STEM majors and were given admission intoexploratory studies were selected as the target pool of participants. These students have becomeknown colloquially as ‘Rising Scholars’ (RS) [7] [8]. Twenty-one admitted students wereselected through a process designed to quantize and measure the quality of a
, so this indicates early success towardinstitutional change.Perhaps most importantly, our team developed a shared set of values that allows us to structure our worktogether. We enjoy working together and plan to build on our first year to continue to dismantle systemicbias in higher education using undergraduate research to support student identity formation and graduatepathways.AcknowledgementsSpecial thanks to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for funding our project team Grant #G-2021-17114, andthe National Science Foundation for the S-STEM Research Hub accelerator grant #A184152. We alsowish to thank the members of our advisory board for thoughtful ideas and discussions during the course ofthis project. Dr. Julie Vernon, Dr. Adetoun Yeaman
) and a Doctorate in Education from Northeastern University (2022) where she recently completed her dissertation in elementary STEAM education. She also worked as a professional engineer in the athletic footwear and medical device industries for 10 years before joining the faculty at Northeastern University in 2006.Mrs. Claire Duggan, Northeastern University Claire Duggan serves as Executive Director for The Center for STEM Education at Northeastern Univer- sity. She is a Co-Pricipal Investigator for the NSF Bernice Johnson Includes Alliance, Engineering PLUS, the S-STEM grant, S-POWER, and an NSF REU site, REU Pathways.Mr. Jeffrey Xavier, SageFox Consulting GroupAmi N. SlaterKenneth Rath
Paper ID #39843How Students’ Efforts Outside of the Classroom Correlate to TheirLearning Outcome in Both Online and Face to Face ClassesDr. Lawretta C. Ononye, State University of New York, Canton Lawretta C. Ononye is an Associate Professor of Physics and Engineering in the School of Engineering Technology at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Canton. She is a recipient of the 2014 State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities. Re- cipient of the 2010 National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM Grant Award in the amount of $596,160 in which she served as the
serves on the ASEE Board of Directors as Zone IV Chair.Anna WolffMr. Patrick Burnett, Whatcom Community College Pat currently teaches engineering at Whatcom Community College after 13 years of teaching in the En- gineering Department at Edmonds Community College, including holding the chair position. He earned an MS in Physics from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, and a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois of Urbana-Champaign. Over the past 7 years, Pat has been working with various K-12 organizations to incorporate engineering practices in classrooms as they incorporate Next Genera- tion Science Standards into their curriculum. Pat has served as co-PI on NSF S-STEM and STEP grants. Pat is
developed in technology-enhanced learning environments. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Examining Student Experiences Related to Transfer from Two-Year Technical Colleges to Engineering and Computer Science Degree Programs at a Four-Year InstitutionAbstractIn this paper, we explore issues related to student transfer from two-year technical colleges tofour-year institutions in the context of SPECTRA, an NSF Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM)project (Award#1834081) led by Clemson University in Upstate South Carolina. The program'spurpose is to provide financial support to low-income transfer students who intend to transferfrom South Carolina's two-year technical