improvement. For K-12 STEM outreach programs such as this one, assessments suchas proficiency tests are not effective in gleaning information about effectiveness, because theobjective of such outreach programs is to inculcate a positive attitude and build confidence inparticipants about continuing their education in STEM disciplines, i.e. affective measures [18, 19].To evaluate the impact of affective measures, pre- and post-program surveys of participants wouldbe more appropriate to gauge the improvements that students have made. An example of such a © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 36140survey would be the Friday Institute’s S-STEM
, marketing strategy, marketing, and public pol- icy. She has published research in Organization Science, International Journal of Engineering Education, Educational Philosophy and Theory, and Journal of Business & Management. She employs project-based learning and multi-method research in many of her courses. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Developing Intrapreneurship in the Next Generation of Engineering Innovators and LeadersabstractThis National Science Foundation Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) project responds to agrowing disparity among technology firms and the number of under-represented people inmanagerial and
2018 ASEEAnnual Conference & Exposition , Salt Lake City, Utah. https://peer.asee.org/30501Chen, K.C. Duerr, J, Lehr, J, Schlemer, L.T. (2018) Leveraging a NSF S-STEM grant to initiate “PEEPS” (Program forEngineering Excellence for Partner Schools) for recruiting and retaining underrepresented students while covertlytransforming a university Presentation and Paper at ASEE CoNECD, Crystal City, VA, April 2018Chen, P., Hernandez, A., & Dong, J. (2015). Impact of Collaborative Project-based Learning on Self-efficacy of UrbanMinority Students in Engineering. Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research. 11( 26)Chen, P. and Dong, J. (2014). A Case Study: How Collaborative PBL Affects Learning of Minority Students in EngineeringCourses
engineering and computer science students who made up close to 60% of the totalenrollment in the program. Through the programming, the CIRC students were exposed totopics not normally found in the classroom such as portfolios, writing a good resume, and talksby practicing engineers on what it is “really like in industry”. The program has been determinedto be very successful and is being continued with an NSF S-STEM grant.II. Program HistoryThis first group was composed of 12 transfer students, 9 women, 5 minority students, and 2freshman minority students who were unable to attend Arizona State University withoutscholarship assistance. All of the students had at least a 3.0 GPA and all were in need offinancial assistance as determined by their FAFSA
concernsand better manage their life-work-study balance for the five cohorts that have been supported bythis NSF S-STEM program. Student demographics are summarized along with graduation rates.A description of the support activities is provided and their contribution to retaining students inengineering is discussed. The value of the financial support and ASPIRE related activities isassessed using a survey and student reflections. The paper concludes with lessons learnedthrough implementation of this program.BackgroundBeginning in fall 2012, the University of New Haven has offered financial support toacademically promising sophomore and junior engineering and computer science studentsthrough A Scholarship Program to Increase Retention in Engineering
understanding of building automation, IoT, the engineering design process, andengineering careers.The S-STEM survey consists of 37 items. It is a five-point Likert-scale instrument that wasdeveloped to capture students’ attitudes toward science, math, engineering/technology, and21st century skills [18]. In the present study, the survey questions that measure students’attitudes toward science, math, and engineering/ technology concepts were utilized.Students’ responses to those questions were analyzed.ResultsAt the completion of the summer camp, evaluative feedback was collected from theparents regarding their knowledge and understanding related to building automation,Internet of Things, the engineering design process, and engineering careers
initialscholarship recipients left the program to pursue non-STEM majors where theycould help others and four left for that they perceived to be less time consumingundergraduate programs so that they could spend more time working or on socialactivities.In this program, NSF S-STEM scholarships were awarded to 15 students. Therequirements for students to maintain their NSF scholarship were continuousenrollment in courses leading toward a STEM degree, 3.0 GPA, and activeparticipation in the one-credit course associated with the scholarship eachsemester. The course was used to enable more one-on-one interactions betweenstudents and faculty as well as with their teammates from different disciplines.Interacting with faculty, whether in the classroom, the
S-STEM grant to recruit rural stu- dents from Iowa and Illinois into STEM. Dr. Prosise mentors the collegiate chapter of SWE and organizes many outreach events encourage girls to go into STEM. She leads a study-abroad trip for engineering students to Brazil every-other-year, where students design, build, and implement assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Her research focus is to develop affordable upper limb prosthetics.Dr. R R Romatoski, Saint Ambrose UniversityDr. Susa H Stonedahl, St. Ambrose University Susa Hardwick Stonedahl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering and Physics at St. Ambrose University. She received her BA in Mathematics and Physics from Carleton College and her
inthe workplace.As part of an NSF S-STEM grant, the University of Wisconsin - Platteville implemented a seriesof professional development opportunities to STEM Master Students on a variety of topics. Inasking students about topics they wanted, students reported a need for soft skills. Knowing thestudents desire to learn about soft skills and knowing that employers find soft skills essential, theteam wanted to determine how effective incorporating professional development opportunities,called “Scholar Spots,” to the scholarship program were at increasing the student’s ability in thetopic areas.The team decided to advance students’ learning about soft skills through a series of monthlywebinars, dubbed “Scholar Spots.” Each spot was required
, faculty mentoring and peer mentoring. Theprofessional development activities are designed to target specific points in the students’ plan ofstudy. They include various topics such as preparation of a personal development plan(sophomore level), resume writing and job search skills (sophomore and senior level),developing research skills (junior level), seven habits of highly effective people (senior level),writing and presenting an engineering-based business case (junior level), and presenting andcommunication research (M.S. level).Overview of the SIIRE ProgramThe Student Integrated Intern Research Experience (SIIRE) program at the University ofArkansas is funded via the NSF S-STEM program. The NSF S-STEM program provides studentscholarship funds
became obviousthat more needed to be done to specifically help support upper division transfer students. Thenext year a second NSF CSEMS grant was awarded (grant # 032412) and through this fundingan Academic Scholarships Program for transfer students was begun that continues to the present,now funded by an NSF S-STEM award (grant # 0728695). The purpose of the programs is tograduate the students in good academic standing and to have the students go right on to graduateschool full- time after obtaining their undergraduate degree.15.16,17 The scholarship students allhave financial need. Women and underrepresented minority students are especially encouragedto apply for a scholarship, now $4K per academic year. In this paper, the word “engineering
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
, the class was changed to two semester credit hours. Since the first two CSEMSNSF grants, each grant program has been continued with an S-STEM NSF grant #0728695 fortransfer students and #1060226 for native and graduate students. Due to word of mouth about thegood information that the students receive and the suggestion of Academic Advisors, theattendance in the Academic Success Class grew to 179 in Fall 2013 with a majority of thestudents being non-scholarship holders.This large class was difficult to work with and still keep the class a small supportive, networkingtype of environment. Each of the six meetings of the class was held six times to keep theattendance under 30 students and to accommodate the numerous different schedules of
Paper ID #38050Empathy as Key to Inclusivity in Engineering EducationJan L. Fertig (Associate Professor) Dr. Jan Fertig is an associate professor in the Humanities, Social Science and Communication Department at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. She teaches a variety of courses in psychology and sociology, as well as a course in addictions. She serves as co-leader of the Team Science Module at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) and Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Subha Kumpaty of the NSF S-STEM grant which provides scholarships and activities to 20 diverse
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
. Students were going to 6th grade (40.2%), 7th grade (31.5%), 8th grade (28.3%) duringthe summer. Additionally, the researchers randomly selected one or two students from eachgroup/table in camp 1 to 4. A total of 22 students presented their groups/tables to conduct in-depth interviews with us on the last day of each camp. Of the 22 interviewees, six were fromcamp 1, seven were from camp 2, five were from camp 3, and four were from camp 4. Allstudents and their guardians were required to sign consent letters.Instruments The instrument used in this study was the Middle/High School Student Attitudes towardSTEM (S-STEM) survey. This instrument was a useful tool in the evaluations of the university’soutreach projects and K-12 STEM initiative [46
each evaluation question.Table 2. Evaluation Questions Aligned to Data Sources Evaluation Questions Data Sources Project Observations Focus Content S-STEM Documents Groups Assessment Survey and Artifacts & Interviews 1. Did program staff create and X X X implement a high quality, engaging research methods course and summer research experience? 2. To what extent did participation
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
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India (2001). Dr. Nandy had served as a Co-Principal Investigator of an NSF S-STEM Project, and as the Principal- Investigator of an NSF IUSE project. Dr. Nandy is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com A Highly Integrated and Successful Approach to Program Development and Implementation of Accreditation Strategies for an Engineering Technology ProgramAbstractThe accreditation strategies and efforts are often completely disregarded or overlooked
goals, and school, community, and other activities thatdemonstrate leadership potential, and a completed FAFSA. The program was advertised throughseveral venues: media outlets, communication with accepted first-generation students, andpromotion through local high schools. The project team also participated in two “Go To Mines”recruitment events to educate and 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
. 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
ecosystem model. She is also a Co-PI on an NSF S-STEM grant called ENGAGE which is working to make a more robust transfer pathway for local Community college students. Dr. Thompson is a Co-PI on an NSF ADVANCE grant called KIND with other universities within the CSU. She is a co-advisor to Engineers without Borders, Critical Global Engagement, and oSTEM at Cal Poly.Andrew Thomas ChanJulia CannonJane L. Lehr (Professor) Dr. Jane L. Lehr is the Director of the Office of Student Research and Professor in Ethnic Studies and Women’s, Gender & Queer Studies at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She is also Director of the CSU Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Student Participation (LSAMP) in STEM
Czechia. 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 in these disciplines. His research focuses on techniques to collect and analyze the electrical impedance of biological tissues and their potential applications.Memorie Gosa Memorie M. Gosa, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S is a pediatric speech-language pathologist, board certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders, and associate professor and Chair of the Communicative Disorders Department at The University of Alabama. She has more than twenty years of clinical experience in pediatric dysphagia. Her research focuses on exploring the
STateAcademic Redshirts (WA STARS) Program at University of Washington (UW) and WashingtonState University (WSU) suggests that the “redshirt in engineering” model is a successful tool forimproving outcomes for students who would be otherwise excluded from engineering. Theexpansion of the model to three additional schools -- University of California, San Diego(UCSD), Boise State University (BSU), and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) --will allow for an examination of its malleability and potential for further dissemination. Lessons1 Note: much of the information in the introduction was drawn from the NSF S-STEM proposal to fund theRedshirt in Engineering Consortium.learned from existing redshirt programs and the first two years of the
the rate for each group in the College of Engineering. Of those SIIRE graduatescontinuing on to graduate school, 29% are minority and 36% are female. SIIRE had successwith students participating in internships (48%) and undergraduate research (74%), and 39%have both internship and research experience.This paper will provide details about the SIIRE program and activities, share a programevaluation, discuss lessons learned and examine the future of the program.IntroductionThe Student Integrated Intern Research Experience (SIIRE) program at the University ofArkansas is funded via the NSF S-STEM program. The NSF S-STEM program provides studentscholarship funds to encourage and enable academically talented but financially needy studentsto complete
Paper ID #11208Development of the Whole Student through an Engineering Abroad ServiceLearning Program: Rainwater Catchment/Filtration System in GuatemalaJo-Ann Panzardi PE, Cabrillo College Jo-Ann Panzardi is a Professor and Chair of the Engineering Department at Cabrillo College, Aptos, California since August 1995. She is also the Program Director of a USDE Title III STEM grant and Project Investigator of a NSF EAGER grant and NSF S-STEM grant. She received her BS in Civil Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York and her MSCE in Geotechnical Engineering from University of Maryland. She is a registered civil
-fall bridge experience and two common courses, was founded in 2012 and has beenoperating with National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM funding since 2016. Students whoreceived S-STEM funded scholarships are required to participate in focus groups, one-on-oneinterviews, and complete Longitudinal Assessment of Engineering Self-Efficacy (LAESE),Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ), and GRIT questionnaires eachsemester.The researchers applied qualitative coding methods to evaluate student responses from focusgroups and one-on-one interviews which were conducted from 2017 to 2019. Questions examinedin this paper include:1) How would you describe an engineer?2) Please describe what you think an engineer does on a daily basis.3