Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maile Sinclair-Baxter, University of South Florida; Sanjukta Bhanja, University of South Florida; Bernard L. Batson, University of South Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

researchgroup in 2024. These two non-traditional transfer scholars achieved a first for the College ofEngineering in our institution as the Goldwater scholarship is the nation’s most prestigious awardfor excellence in undergraduate research. Moreover, several of our scholars have shown interest inundergraduate research and graduate school. Currently, 5 scholars are participating inundergraduate research. Similarly, 20 scholars have completed one or two internships. In thesurvey conducted, one scholar stated, “Working with the mentors I have met through the S-STEMprogram is single-handedly the reason I have been able to make the most out of the opportunitiesavailable to me and get accepted in research labs, REUs, and even the Goldwater Scholarship