from the NSFScholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (NSF-S-STEM) program.This project is focused on supporting the retention and degree completion of low-income andhigh-achieving students with proven financial need in the Civil and Mechanical Engineeringprograms at the Scott M. Smith College of Engineering and Technology (CET) at the Utah ValleyUniversity (UVU). UVU is an open-admissions public institution of higher education with a dualmission model that aims to combine the resources and rigor of a major university yet keep theaccessibility of a community college. The institution’s student body is markedly different thanthose at research focused institutions. Student demographics are like those of a communitycollege
Paper ID #41096Board 219: C6-LSAMP - Building Bridges to the BaccalaureateDominic 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. At AHC, he is Department Chair of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty Advisor of MESA (the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Program), 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 Colleges of the
engineering students through community building (Evaluation) AbstractOver the past twelve years, the ESTEEM program, funded by the NSF S-STEM, at University ofCalifornia Santa Barbara (UCSB) has supported 161 low-income undergraduate students inengineering. This paper emphasizes the students’ changing needs and what they foundsupportive over time with a special focus on the shifting needs for community building before,during, and after COVID-19 pandemic remote learning. Without additional support, low-incomeengineering students, who often reflect additional intersecting minoritized identities and are morelikely to be the first in their family to attend college, leave the field at
for the retention of first-year students [10]. A report entitled“STEM Students & Their Sense of Belonging: S-STEM Programs’ Practices & EmpiricallyBased Recommendations” identifies cohort experiences as an important factor in academicintegration and success [9]. Offering retention programs is valuable, but if students do not attendor participate, they will not receive the maximum benefits that these programs can provide.Students are more likely to participate in retention programs if they feel a sense of communitywithin the institution [9]. Furthermore, female engineering students, who have been found tohighly value the sense of connectedness, benefit from the positive impact of a supportivecommunity, enhancing their resilience. Thus
Venkataraman, San Diego State University Satchi Venkataraman, Ph.D., is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering. He has served as Graduate Advisor for the Aerospace Engineering program (17 years) and as an Associate Director at the Computational Sciences Research Center at San Diego State University (11 years). His expertise is in computational mechanics and optimization applied to design of lightweight and durable composite aircraft structures. He has extensive experience in developing programs for student professional development and broadening participation (co-PI and PI on three NSF S-STEM grants). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Exploring Interdisciplinary Identity Formation in
are eager toanalyze the preliminary results for the continuous improvement of the project. It is noted that PIswere able to have three scholars accepted for participating in the AAAS S-STEM ScholarsMeeting that was held on September 14-16, 2023, in Washington, DC. In the following, some ofthe activities implemented in this project along with the lessons learned are described:Recruitment. PIs examined different recruitment strategies and learned important lessons:• The full-time enrollment requirement was changed to a minimum of 8 credit hours per semester to allow students more flexibility as most of them already have other work and familial responsivities.• The minimum number of credit hours to transfer at the time of application was
recognized for her teaching, advising, service, and research and as an Exemplary Faculty Member for Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Supporting students’ success in the cybersecurity field: Accomplishments and lessons learned by the ACCESS projectAbstractThe NSF S-STEM funded project “Attracting and Cultivating Cybersecurity Experts andScholars through Scholarships” (ACCESS) has a goal to increase the number of high-achievingundergraduate students with demonstrated financial need who complete a degree in thecybersecurity field. This goal contributes towards addressing the huge unmet need forcybersecurity experts. This paper
culturewith a focus on better supporting traditionally underrepresented students. Subsequent researchwill explore how student participation in these types of engagement activities correlate to thedevelopment of an inclusive makerspace and engineering education culture.Acknowledgement – This material is based upon work supported by the National ScienceFoundation S-STEM program under Grant No. 1834139. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] M. Galaleldin, F. Bouchard, H. Anis and C. Lague, "The impact of makerspaces on engineering education," in Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering
control the car from video. When the RC car went over anRFID sensor/tag it disabled the controls for one second. This project was funded by NSF S-STEM Scholarship program at UVU.Sample Project 2: Snake Game: A Verilog ImplementationIn this project, a team of two computer engineering students worked together to design a SnakeGame video game on a FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) using Verilog language. Thegame was uploaded to a tinyFPGA-BX board. The users controlled the game using simple pushbuttons that are wired to the board. A Video Graphics Array (VGA) display was used so that thegame could be transported and played on modern displays. Figure 5: Top Level View [16]Specialized hardware was built to run this
devote $100,000 to students Students Field is receive more time to grant from diverse graduate diversified scholarships school backgroundsLet’s walk through what a very simple fleshed-out logic model might look like.Notice the overarching categories that we talked about before.In this case, we provide examples of these overarching categories to show what a logicmodel for a scholarship program might look like.Of course, many scholarship programs (like s-STEMs or NRTs) also have other programcomponents that we would need to include, probably as new rows in this table
," Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.21891/jeseh.771331.[6] M. Sorroza Aguilar, "Soft Skills in STEM," Honors Undergraduate Theses, Jan. 2023, [Online]. Available: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses/1425[7] T. R. Brown and M. Ahmadian, "Improving Students' Soft Skills through a NSF-Supported S-STEM Scholarship Program," presented at the 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2014, p. 24.722.1-24.722.6. Accessed: Dec. 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/improving-students-soft-skills-through-a-nsf-supported-s-stem- scholarship-program[8] S. Langar and T. Sulbaran, "Framework for a Summer Experience Based on Transformational Leadership and
Decision Short-Term Decision MakingNote. Adapted from Where to Go from Here? Toward a Model of 2-Year College Students’Postsecondary Pathway Selection,” by K.R. Wickersham, 2020, Community College Review,48(2), 107-132. MethodsThe current study forms part of a broader investigation into an S-STEM program designed toenhance the academic success of engineering transfer students transitioning from communitycolleges to bachelor's degree programs. This initiative aimed to establish stronger connectionsbetween two community colleges and a partnering 4-year institution. We employed a qualitativeresearch approach to examine the influence of the pre-transfer program, referred to as VirginiaTechs Network for
Paper ID #41805Board #444 - Professional Practice Experiences of Collegiate Rising ScholarsStudents—A Work-in-ProgressMs. Grace Lynn Baldwin Kan-uge Grace Baldwin, joined the Rising Scholar NSF S-STEM program in the Summer of 2017 as a Graduate Research Assistant. She completed her Bachelor of Science, Master’s, and Docterate of Philosophy at Purdue University in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE).Dr. Carol S. Stwalley, Purdue University Dr. Carol S. Stwalley, PE joined the Minority Engineering Program team in the fall of 2007 as Recruitment and Retention Analyst. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
read and approved by all named authors and that there160 are no other persons who satisfied the criteria for authorship but are not listed. We further confirm161 that the order of authors listed in the manuscript has been approved by all of us. Thanks for the162 support from the National Science Foundation (NSF S-STEM #2029907; NSF Implementation163 Project #2306341). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this164 material are those of the authors.165166 References167 [1] E. Rivers, “Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and168 engineering”, National Science Foundation, 2017.169 [2] S. Livingstone, & M. Bovill, “Children and their changing media environment: A170
knowledge of the content presented during the course.4.2 Student Attitudes Toward STEM (S-STEM) SurveyThe Student Attitudes Toward STEM (S-STEM) Survey was used to answer the project's second researchquestion. This survey was developed at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation – College ofEducation North Carolina University [18] to collect and interpret information about students’ attitudestoward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects, postsecondary pathways, andcareer interests. This instrument is free to access and modify for educational use and can be adapted tolocal conditions as long as the source is cited.Given that the audience of the course is Spanish-speaking, the project used, translated, and adapted aversion
Paper ID #41536Influential Factors in the Adoption of Wearable and Environmental IoT-EnabledSmart Devices and Application to Cognitive-Affective Engineering DesignDr. Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida Dr. Lisa Massi is the Accreditation and Program Approval Specialist for the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Her primary responsibilities are accreditation, assessment, and data administration. She has been Co-PI on two NSF-funded S-STEM grants, and program evaluator for three NSF-funded REUs at UCF. Dr. Massi has served in leadership roles as Board Chair for the
and design thinking, he also co-founded the STEPS program (funded through NSF S-STEM) to support low-income, high-achieving engineering students. Budischak holds a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering and enjoys outdoor activities with his family.Dr. Shawn Fagan, Temple University Dr. Shawn Fagan is the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the College of Engineering at Temple University. He received his Doctor of Education in Higher Education Administration from Temple University. 15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE): Boston, Massachusetts Jul 28 WIP: How the STEPS Program Enhances the First-Year Experience for Engineering StudentsIntroductionThe
understanding of the components, that is, each organization’s culture andpriorities, and how – or if – they align for the success of the collaborative [4]. When cultures andpriorities are taken for granted, ambiguous, or interpreted differently by individuals acrossorganizations, misunderstandings or differential experiences can lead to issues arising in MTS.This is further compounded by individual team member’s experiences within the sameorganization [5].Project BackgroundWe created a multisector MTS to develop and implement a project funded by the NationalScience Foundation’s (NSF’s) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics (S-STEM) program titled “Improving Access to Career and EducationalDevelopment (I-ACED) for Talented, Low
Education, Educational Research Methods, Multidisciplinary Engineering, Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies, and Systems Engineering Divisions. He also volunteers as a Program Evaluator for ABET accreditation in the EAC and ETAC. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Leveraging Innovation and Optimizing Nurturing in STEM:Engineering identities in low-income students across their first year of college (NSF S-STEM #2130022)Leveraging Innovation and Optimizing Nurturing in STEM (NSF S-STEM #2130022, knownlocally as LION STEM Scholars) is a program developed to serve low-income undergraduateEngineering students at Penn State Berks, a regional campus of the
afterexposure to the lesson. The second exit ticket was a prompt based on the lesson content. The aim of thisexit ticket was to ensure key points were retained from the lesson. Evaluation surveys were administered at the beginning and end of the 2023 UACI camp iteration.Surveys were adapted from the Utilizing the Student Attitudes Toward STEM (S-STEM) Survey (FridayInstitute for Education Innovation, 2012), which asks students to provide information about their attitudestoward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects, postsecondary pathways, and careerinterests. Two versions of the STEM survey were used with the UACI camp participants: one for 4-5thgraders, and one for 6-12th graders. Surveys used for this study also included
Paper ID #41807Board 377: Rising Scholars Graduation Rates and Project Closure DataMs. Grace Lynn Baldwin Kan-uge Grace Baldwin, joined the Rising Scholar NSF S-STEM program in the Summer of 2017 as a Graduate Research Assistant. She completed her Bachelor of Science, Master’s, and Docterate of Philosophy at Purdue University in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE).Dr. Carol S Stwalley P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Carol S. Stwalley, PE joined the Minority Engineering Program team in the fall of 2007 as Recruitment and Retention Analyst. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Biological
Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)program can stimulate engineering identity development among students, particularly thoseunder financial constraints [15]. The role of academic institutions in this process has also beendemonstrated in the literature by highlighting the potential of STEM enrichment programs insteering students toward graduate programs in science [16]. The literature underscores that theseprograms are not merely avenues for academic support but can significantly influence studentperformance, degree completion, and even graduate enrollment. Laanan et al. focused on thedimension of “transfer student capital” and presented a nuanced viewpoint on the experiences ofstudents transitioning from
researchshould explore how to best support student peer mentors in their role in ways that help breakdown the cultural stereotypes that pervade the profession while supporting student agency andlearning in the space.Acknowledgement – This material is based upon work supported by the National ScienceFoundation S-STEM program under Grant No. 1834139. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] K. Sheridan, E. Halverson, B. Litts, L. Brahms, L. Jacobs-Priebe and T. Owens, "Learning in the making: A comparative case study of three makerspaces.," Harvard Educational Review, vol. 84, no. 4505-531
program because of a betterscholarship opportunity at a different school. The 22 students currently in the program are on-track for graduation with overall average GPA of 3.51. All the 22 active students in the 2cohorts have been successfully placed in at least one internship experience and also participate ina diverse range of student activities and organizations. It is noteworthy that 3 ECS Scholars wereinvited and participated in 2023 S-STEM scholars meeting. A survey administered in Fall 2023show a high level of satisfaction with the program.Description of EAB’s Navigate PlatformNavigate is a comprehensive technology platform designed to support student success in highereducation institutions. Its primary goal is to improve outcomes for
-12 organizations to incorporate engineering practices in classrooms as they incorporate Next Generation Science Standards into their curriculum. Pat has served as co-PI on NSF S-STEM and STEP grants. Pat is currently serving as the chair for the Washington Council on Engineering and Related Technical Education (WCERTE). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Preparing Early Engineers through Context, Connections, and CommunityAbstractThis NSF-IUSE project began in fall 2022 and features cross-disciplinary collaboration betweenfaculty in engineering, math, history, English, and physics to design, pilot, and assess a newlearning community approach to welcome precalculus level students
. References[1] Excelencia in Education (2023a). “Hispanic–serving institutions (HSIs): 2021–22,” 2023.[Online]. Available: https://www.edexcelencia.org/media/2105[2] A. M. Núñez, J. Rivera, J. Valdez, and V. B. Olivo. “Centering Hispanic-serving institutions’strategies to develop talent in computing fields,” Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technologyand Society, vol., 4, no. 1, pp. 1-20, 2021.[3] E. J. López, V. Basile, M. Landa-Posas, K. Ortega, and A. Ramírez. “Latinx students’ senseof familismo in undergraduate science and engineering,” The Review of Higher Education, vol.43, no. 1, pp. 85-111, 2019.[4] J. Morales-Chicas, M. Gomez, M. Gussman, and C. Kouyoumdjian. “A cultural wealthapproach to understanding Latin@s’ STEM mentee and mentor
Michigan State University and MIT. Her research interests include pre-college engineering education, teacher education, and equity in education. She is currently on NSF S-STEM, RET, and Noyce grants.Donna Taylor, STEM Education Center at WPI Donna serves as the Associate Director of Professional Development (PD) with the STEM Education Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). In her role, she develops PD experiences for STEM educators on topics such as high-quality integrated STEM and the storyline model of teaching and learning science. She has been involved in education for more than 20 years, including 15 years of classroom experience, teaching science and STEM to students in grades 5-12. She holds National
engineering in the new century,” Washington, DC: National Academies Press.15. Burckhard, S.R., Kant, J.M., Arpan, F., Abraham, R.P., and Michna, G. J., June 2018, “Student Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, TX Copyright 2023, American Society for Engineering Education 9 Preferences in Mentoring Practices and Program Features in an S-STEM Scholarship/Mentoring Program,” Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah. 10.18260/1-2—3101516. Sutterer, K.G., Aidoo, J., Chapman, J.R., Hanson, J.H., Kershaw, K., Lovell