Paper ID #43095Board 339: NSF S-STEM: Educating Engineering Undergraduates to be IntrapreneursDr. Tim Dallas, Texas Tech University Tim Dallas is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas Tech University. Dr. Dallas’ research includes developing educational technologies, Microelectromechanical Systems, solar energy collection, and Unmanned Aircraft Systems.Dr. Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, Nanyang Technological University Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas Tech University, as well as the Associate Chair of the department
of Alabama ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 An Innovation-Themed National Science Foundation S-STEM Grant ProgramTo enhance the competitiveness of the United States on a global scale through the provision ofSTEM graduates equipped with innovative skills, students must be educated in innovationmethodologies. With the support of a grant from the National Science Foundation's Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM), researchers at the University ofArkansas are focused on augmenting the number of STEM graduates who possess both trainingand experience in innovation. The program, Closing America’s Innovation Gap throughCollaboration
and private sector. He is a registered prElaine Stribling, Angelo State UniversityStephanie Solis, Angelo State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Lessons Learned from First-time First-year Startup of the ASES S-STEM ProgramAbstract The Angelo State Engineering Scholars (ASES) program is a track 2 S-STEM project thataims to increase the enrollment, graduation, and workforce participation of low-incomeengineering students. This presentation highlights the lessons learned from recruiting, mentoring,personal development, and career seminars in the program's first year.This presentation discusses issues encountered in the start-up year of this S
Paper ID #43446Board 330: Looking Back: Alumni Assessment of Activities Offered ThroughNSF S-STEM GrantDr. Varun K Kasaraneni, Gannon UniversityDr. Scott Steinbrink, Gannon University Dr. Scott Steinbrink is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, primarily tasked with teaching computer methods and design.Dr. Lin Zhao, Gannon University Lin Zhao received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada in 2006. She received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Shandong University, Jinan, China, in 1993 and 1996 reDr. Saeed Tiari, Gannon
Paper ID #43687Board 387: S-STEM: Iron Range Engineering Academic Scholarships forCo-Op Based Engineering EducationDr. Catherine McGough Spence, Minnesota State University, Mankato Catherine Spence is an Assistant Professor at Iron Range Engineering through Minnesota State University, Mankato. She received her PhD in Engineering and Science Education in 2019 and a BS in Electrical Engineering in 2014 at Clemson University.Dr. Emilie A Siverling, Minnesota State University, Mankato Emilie A. Siverling is an Assistant Professor of Integrated Engineering and the Iron Range Engineering Program through Minnesota State University
Paper ID #43591Board 353: Preparing Resilient Individuals to Succeed in Engineering ThroughNSF S-STEM ProgramMrs. Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University and A&M College Sarah Cooley Jones, Associate Director, Louisiana State University College of Engineering, Student Services and Diversity Initiatives, joined the Office on a full-time basis in 2009, and she develops and manages scholarships, fellowships, and professional development programsDr. Elizabeth Michelle Melvin, Clemson University Elizabeth M. Melvin is currently a Lecturer in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at Clemson University
Paper ID #43774Board 391: SUCCESS Scholars: Early Findings from an NSF S-STEM ProjectMs. Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Krystal Corbett is the First-Year Engineering Programs Coordinator and Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Louisiana Tech University. She is also the Co-Director of the Office for Women in Science and Engineering at Louisiana Tech.Dr. David Hall, Louisiana Tech University David Hall develops and promotes project-based engineering courses. He believes that projects build intuition and confidence which are important for the effective application of engineering
an active member of IEEE (senior) and ASEE.Kelly J Cunningham ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 What Works: Intra-Institutional Partnerships and Processes for S-STEM Recruitment1 AbstractScholarships in Science Technology Engineering and Math (S-STEM) is a national programadministered by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The purpose of the S-STEM programis to provide scholarships and programming to recruit, retain and graduate low-income scholarsin STEM disciplines. S-STEM offers grants in three tracks: Track 1, Institutional CapacityBuilding; Track 2, Implementation by a Single Institution; and Track 3, Inter-InstitutionalConsortia. Currently, West
Paper ID #42109Board 185: ”Someone has Invested in Me to Do This”: Supporting Low-IncomeStudents to Persist in STEM Through a NSF S-STEM GrantDr. Rachel Funk, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Dr. Funk has served as a research scientist with the Center for Science, Mathematics, and Computer Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) since 2021. She specializes in research about student experiences. Dr. Funk currently serves as the project coordinator and lead researcher of a S-STEM grant seeking to better understand factors that influence the persistence of students in STEM.Jim Lewis, University of Nebraska
Paper ID #42186Board 265: Enhancing the Transfer Experience through a Collaborative CohortProgram: the Culmination of a 5-year NSF S-STEM Program at a CommunityCollegeDr. Claire L. A. Dancz, Clemson University Dr. Dancz is the Associate Director for Instructional Innovation in the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation at Clemson University.Dr. Elizabeth A Adams P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Elizabeth Adams is an Assistant Professor at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California. She a civil engineer with a background in infrastructure design and management, and project management. Her
Paper ID #43377Board 264: Enhancing Sense of Belonging among Engineering and ArtificialIntelligence Students: First Insights from the NSF S-STEM Grant in CommunityCollegeMrs. Fanny Silvestri, Chandler-Gilbert Community Colleges I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering from ESTACA, France, followed by a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic Montreal, QC, Canada. My Master’s research focused on the innovative design and testing of a dynamic frame tailored for spine surgeries. With a background enriched by five years of service as a Research Assistant at the orthopedic research
Paper ID #43676Board 338: NSF S-STEM: A Community College and University Partnershipto Support STEM Student Success; Achievements and Challenges in the FirstYear of ImplementationDr. Lynn A. Albers, Hofstra University Dr. Lynn Albers is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering of the Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science at Hofstra University. Her previous academic contribution was as one of the founding five faculty/staff at Campbell University, helping the newly formed School of Engineering grow and establish roots in the community. A proponent of Hands-On Activities in the classroom and during
Paper ID #41467Board 386: S-STEM: Creating Retention and Engagement for AcademicallyTalented Engineers - Lessons Learned from a Four-Year CohortDr. Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno Indira Chatterjee has been with the University of Nevada, Reno since 1988. She is a Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, and has served as Associate Dean of Engineering since 2010. Currently she oversees undergraduate and graduate education, including recruitment, retention and advising. She has won many awards including Foundation Professor, Tibbitts University Distinguished Teacher Award, the Hoeper Award for
of Physics and Engineering at Southern Oregon University. His research focus is on strengthening characterization and corrosion behavior of aluminum alloys in automobile and aerospace structural panel applications following thermo-mechanical processing. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The Influence of Belongingness and Academic Support during a Global Pandemic for Engineering Students through Participation in an S-STEM Intervention ProjectDr. George Quainoo, Dept of Physics and Engineering, North Park University, Chicago, ILGeorge Quainoo is Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Engineering at North ParkUniversity in Chicago. He received his B.S and M.S in Physics
-STEM Proposals: Capacity-Building WorkshopsMotivation and Project OverviewA series of workshops were developed and offered to build capacity for project teams to gatherand fully use institutional data as they develop their S-STEM proposals. The NSF S-STEMsolicitation includes a requirement that the project description “analyze institutional data … todetermine the potential number of eligible Scholars.” While faculty often are passionate aboutrecruiting and supporting engineering degree attainment for academically talented, low-incomescholars with unmet financial need, some might not be certain of how institutional data caninform and strengthen their project development. Additionally, faculty PIs often have
the Hub?BackgroundImproving retention and degree attainment among science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) majors from diverse low-income backgrounds is critical to growing theU.S. workforce and advancing the nation’s economy [2]. The National Science Foundation(NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) programstrengthens these efforts by providing funding to not only implement programming to supportthe recruitment, retention, and graduation of low-income S-STEM students; they also fundscholarships exclusively for students that meet designated academic and financial conditions.Prior research highlights that Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs) enroll adisproportionately high
. Their current project is CourseNetworking (or CN), an academic social networking and learning platform, which has been used by the NSF Urban STEM Collaboratory project to connect student scholars from three urban universities and facilitate their STEM identity development through ePortfolio building and digital badges. Mengyuan has an EdD in Instructional Systems Technology with a research focus on social learning and innovative learning technology.Tony Chase, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Urban STEM Collaboratory: 5 Years of Lessons LearnedAbstractThe Urban STEM Collaboratory is an NSF-funded S-STEM project
low-income families, we have implementeddiverse support programs, including co-curricular and outreach activities. These initiatives weremade possible through the NSF’s S-STEM grant, awarded to us in August 2022. The project aimsto prepare talented minority and underrepresented students to successfully enter computing-relatedworkforce or graduate program to meet local and national needs, which would be also helpful forincreasing the diversity of computing field. The purpose of this paper is to spotlight our ongoingefforts, provide an overview of the outcomes achieved through these initiatives, and outline ourforthcoming plans for continued support and enhancement.Program Description and Supporting ActivitiesOur S-STEM program aims to empower
-efficacy and engineeringidentity, thereby facilitating the transition of LIAT undergraduates to graduate-level programs;and (3) it aspires to cultivate leaders proficient in technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation,who will contribute to and fortify the economy of the South Coast of New England—a regionnoted for its diversity and post-industrial economic challenges marked by significant poverty.ResultsIn its inaugural year, the AccEL program generated a large applicant pool, with 46% of eligiblestudents applying, the cohort included 8 eligible female students and a substantial number fromunderrepresented racial/ethnic backgrounds. Eight M.S. students were successfully recruited intothe first cohort of AccEL S-STEM scholars, reflecting
Capacity to Pilot and Scale Corequisite Calculus for First Year Engineering Gateway CoursesAbstract:Norwich University, the oldest Senior Military College in the nation and the first private U.S.institution to teach engineering, has a residential program for approximately 2,100 primarilyundergraduate students in both the Corps of Cadets and civilian lifestyles. Norwich secured aNational Science Foundation S-STEM award in the beginning of 2020 to develop a program toattract and retain highly talented, low-income students in STEM. One of the aims of the projectwas to support students who enter college with less experience in mathematics as these studentswere significantly less likely to
, 2024AbstractThere is substantial opportunity for engineering graduates to enter the workforce to engage in afulfilling career and achieve social mobility. Still, there is a lack of adequate support forlow-income, academically talented students. The purpose of this poster is to describe theinterventions designed to support S-STEM scholarship students at Rowan University in the firstyear of our S-STEM project. Our S-STEM project objectives are threefold: 1) Providescholarships to encourage talented students with low incomes and demonstrated financial need toinitiate and graduate from engineering majors in the College of Engineering at Rowan Universityand subsequently enter the engineering workforce or a graduate program; 2) Develop a supportsystem that
Paper ID #41087Board 406: The Transformation of a Mathematics DepartmentProf. Tuncay Aktosun, The University of Texas at Arlington Dr. Aktosun is a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Arlington. His research area is applied mathematics and differential equations with research interests in scattering and spectral theory, inverse problems, wave propagation, and integrable evolution equations. He is involved in various mentoring and scholarship programs benefiting students. He was the GAANN Fellowship Director in his department during 2006-2022, he has been the NSF S-STEM Scholarship Director in his
Paper ID #44361Board 253: Emerge Scholars Program: Increasing Enrollment in EngineeringTechnologyMr. Garrett Powell Lee, South Florida State College Instructor of Engineering Technology at South Florida State College in Avon Park, FL ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Emerge Scholars Program: Increasing Enrollment in Engineering TechnologyOverviewIn 2022, an S-STEM project, titled Emerge: Preparing Students for an Innovative Future(Emerge Scholars Program) was proposed to NSF to try to answer one of the highest nationalpriorities in STEM education, namely, to increase
Exploration to Develop an Engineering Identity in Low-Income StudentsAbstractEast Carolina University (ECU) was funded by a multi-institutional Track 3 S-STEM Grant#1930497 in January 2020. The funds from this grant have been used to recruit and support threecohorts of students at ECU and three partnering community colleges. The project is referred tointernally as the PIRATES project for Providing Inclusive Residential and Transfer EngineeringSupport. In addition to funding scholarships, the research aim of this project uses Lee andMatusovich’s Model of Co-Curricular Support for Undergraduate Engineering Students [1] tostudy best practices in co-curricular support for both students who start their pathway towards
diversity ofperspective and experience. To help all students develop the skills necessary to attract, retain,and consider the needs of diverse populations, engineering students need to consider socialresponsibility in the context of their engineering careers and scope of practice [6].To help promote engineering students’ ability to develop their social responsibility capacity, theUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell S-STEM program began with an initial plan to recruit threecohorts of 8 low-income, high-achieving students (24 students total) who wish to pursue a careerin higher education (e.g., faculty at community colleges or universities) and engage them inongoing social responsibility and identity formation curriculum. Supporting scholars from
negatively [5,6,7].Thus, more effective support for community college students transferring to four-yearinstitutions is needed to ensure their success [8]. One way to address this situation and secure thesuccess of transfer students is the creation of programs that provide institutionalized support totransfer students post-transfer. The NSF funded S-STEM scholarship programs are one exampleof such institutionalized support programs.They not only provide financial support to thestudents, but also have students engage in co-curriculum cohort activities including mentoring,academic advising, tutoring, social activities and career development activities [9].However, to develop the best support system possible, we need to have a clear understanding
Paper ID #42729Board 317: Institutional Practices to Close the Equity GapEC Cline, University of Washington, Tacoma Associate Professor in Sciences and Mathematics, and Director of ACCESS in STEM, an NSF S-STEM supported program that supports students in natural science, mathematics, and engineering at UW Tacoma.Dr. Heather Dillon, University of Washington Dr. Heather Dillon is Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington Tacoma. Her research team is working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, fundamental heat transfer, and engineering education.Amanda K Sesko, University of
experience in developing programs for student professional development and broadening participation (co-PI and PI on three NSF S-STEM grants). He has led a number of undergraduate training and summer research programs focussed on supporting first-generation and underrepresented minority students.Dr. Dustin B. Thoman, San Diego State University Dr. Dustin Thoman is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education at San Diego State University. His scholarship is grounded in social psychology, diversity science, and a social contextual framework of motivation. He studies how motivation can be supported or disrupted by the social and cultural contexts in which
Reservation and 5th Grade Native 10 (White) rural American Students 2 Holly (White) Rural (Small town) 4th Grade White 15 2 Jennifer (White) Rural (Small town) 5th Grade White 9Data Collection and AnalysisTo address our first research question, we used two survey instruments: 1) the EngineeringIdentity Development Scale (EIDS) [13]; and 2) the Engineering & Technology subscale ofthe Student Attitudes toward STEM (S-STEM) survey [14]. We used the EIDS to comparestudents’ pre and post scores in their perceptions regarding their Academic Identity,Occupational Identity, and Engineering Aspirations. We used the S-STEM survey to examinestudents' pre and post survey
Abington, Abington, PA, 19001, USA 2 Institutional Researcher, Penn State Abington, Abington, PA, 19001, USA 3 College of Arts and Sciences, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ, 86301, USAAbstractAt its essence, collaborative efforts define STEM research. Likewise, one can anticipate thatfostering interdisciplinary collaboration in STEM education will yield positive outcomes. Arecent NSF S-STEM grant has empowered us to formulate and implement integrated courses atPenn State Abington, covering subjects in mathematics, physics, and engineering.Despite calculus being a prerequisite for physics across many undergraduate programs in theUnited States, a