Awarding S-STEM Scholarships to Current StudentsAbstractLamar University in Beaumont, Texas was awarded an NSF S-STEM grant “Industrial andMechanical Engineering Scholars with Scholarships, Career Mentoring, Outreach andAdvisement, Professional Societies and Engineering Learning Community (SCOPE) S-STEMProgram” in 2015. Unlike most scholarship programs that target incoming students, thisscholarship targets enrolled students who have demonstrated successful progress towards aMechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineering degree by having minimum grades of B inCalculus I, Calculus II and Physics I and an overall GPA of at least 3.0. The SCOPE programrequires scholarship recipients to be an active member of the
majority of lab experience in LU’s IE curriculum occursduring the first two years in chemistry and physics that is not part of the 2+2 online program.After the 2nd year, a single weekend lab is used for our material process lab where studentsmake a hammer in our machine shop. The Work Design lab is mostly observational studies thatcan be conducted offsite. Computer aid manufacturing and automation labs are software based.Another challenge is students having consecutive multi-semester internship, co-ops and full-timeemployment where they take classes part time that extends the average time to graduation andcomplicates reporting program effectiveness including NSF S-STEM grant effectiveness. Highperforming students tend to take longer than 4 years
), and high strain deformation of materials. She is currently a Co-PI in NSF S-STEM and ADVANCE-PAID grants. She is actively involved in outreach activities that introduce middle school students to engineering. Page 25.696.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Highly Relevant and Productive Collaborations between Industries and UniversitiesIntroductionEngineering education is enhanced by collaborations between industries and universitiesthat provide a platform for students’ internships, research, and development ofprofessional and leadership skills