ofresults includes faculty observations of student learning experiences.BackgroundThe STEM scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis with an emphasis on selecting studentsto form a diverse cohort. The intention is to create a group of scholars representing differentSTEM majors, academic years, gender, race, socioeconomic background, and culturalexperience. Scholars are awarded a $5,000 scholarship (providing significant tuition assistance)which is renewable for up to three years. These scholarships are funded by a National ScienceFoundation S-STEM grant and the selected students must have demonstrated financial need andan eligible declared major (Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Information Technology;Electrical, Computer, Civil
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, Computing, and Applied Sciences at Clemson University. His work focuses on how technology supports knowledge building and transfer in a range of learning environments. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Examining the motivations and experiences of transfer students participating in an undergraduate research courseAbstractIn this paper, we use both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine transfer student’s in ascholarship program to better understand their university experiences and what drives them tosucceed. The Student Pathways in Engineering and Computing for Transfers (SPECTRA)program is an NSF S-STEM (Award#1834081) that aims to aid students in their transfer fromtwo
empower faculty mentors, strengthen mentoring relationships, and foster a moresupportive and enriching learning environment for undergraduate engineering students.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant S-STEM-2030894. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. ReferencesAnafarta, A., & Apaydin, C. (2016). The effect of faculty mentoring on career success and career satisfaction. International Education Studies, 9(6), 22. https://doi.org/10.5539/ies.v9n6p22AuCoin, D. J., & Wright
Interest Group (SIG) Democratic Citizenship in Education of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) from 2016 to 2018. She has taught high school mathematics and holds a clear renewable teaching certificate in mathematics in the state of Georgia. She currently serves as a Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of a National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM grant.Carlos Sac Mendoza, University of the District of Columbia ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Developing Lafayette Park Minecraft World to Broaden Participation in ComputingAbstract. In this project, we developed Lafayette Park World, a Minecraft Education game andprogramming
is professor and Director in the School of Engineering + Technology at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC. He earned his bachelors degree from the University of Texas at Austin, masters degree from Penn State, and PhD from Georgia Tech, all in Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Stone combines 9 years of industry experience at General Electric with his 22 years teaching in Engineering to pursue his interests in Lean Six Sigma and outdoor gear design and testing. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Fostering Leaders in Technology Entrepreneurship (FLiTE): Second Year ProgressThe NSF S-STEM-funded program titled Fostering Leaders in Technology
Paper ID #41350Board 382: Social and Cultural Activities Integrated into International ResearchExperiences for an Undergraduates Program in the Czech RepublicDr. Todd Jeffrey Freeborn, The University of Alabama Todd Freeborn, PhD, is an associate professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Alabama with an active interest in engineering education. He has been the PI of multiple education/research focused grants from the REU, RET, IRES, DUE, and S-STEM programs of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Beyond the education focused efforts, his research explores techniques to
work and to add two additional non- metropolitancommunity colleges to the mix. This program is called METSTEP. Based on a successful thirdyear review, this grant is for five years and also supports the METS Center, as well as some $4Kscholarships for students from the five targeted schools and additional $300 scholarships fortransfer students who register, attend, and do the assignments on time for a one credit AcademicSuccess Class. Much of this work has already been documented. 3-9 . The support for engineeringtransfer students at ASU is further enhanced through an S-STEM Academic Success Program(NSF grant # 0728695).II. Community College Visits by ASUThere is nothing more effective than a meeting face to face when a university person wants
, S. Alqudah and A. Klein, "Examining first-year engineering programs' impacts on sense of belonging across gender," in Proceedings of American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2023.[15] J. Brobst, E. Litzler, S. Alqudah, R. Barber DeGraaff, J. Davishahl, P. Fizzano, D. Hartenstine and A. Klein, "Developing sense of belonging in isolation: insights from two projects supporting STEM undergraduates," in American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, 2022.[16] J. Brobst, E. Litzler, J. Davishahl, S. Alqudah and A. Klein, "Impacts of supports on student affect in an engineering-focused S-STEM," in Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference, 2020.[17] WWU Institutional
sustainable • Collect feedback from students in multiple ways to determine what elements are missing in your ecosystem.Presenters will recap connections and opportunities to transfer lessons and strategiesto participants own institutions by highlight key activities and steps at ClemsonUniversity. 30C o N E C D 2 0 2 4What we’re working on next• We are continuing to seek external funding to provide funds to students and support initiatives. NSF INCLUDES, NSF S-STEMs, and non-profit opportunities are all targets. These efforts will target domestic students broadly but include approaches that will ensure BIPOC and women continue to have access
an NSF S-STEM grant.Two computer engineering students worked on this project for one semester. The objective ofthis project was to design a smart wireless sprinkler system to be used in residential and smallbusinesses. A wireless sensor network was designed and used throughout a lawn that tookperiodic moisture measurements and sent the data to the sprinkler control system, so that the unitcan make informed decision about what areas of a lawn need to be watered. The system that wasdesigned can be easily retrofitted into any existing sprinkler system. The top-level view of thesystem for their design is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Top Level View of the System [24]To design the smart wireless sprinkler system
, so this indicates early success towardinstitutional change.Perhaps most importantly, our team developed a shared set of values that allows us to structure our worktogether. We enjoy working together and plan to build on our first year to continue to dismantle systemicbias in higher education using undergraduate research to support student identity formation and graduatepathways.AcknowledgementsSpecial thanks to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for funding our project team Grant #G-2021-17114, andthe National Science Foundation for the S-STEM Research Hub accelerator grant #A184152. We alsowish to thank the members of our advisory board for thoughtful ideas and discussions during the course ofthis project. Dr. Julie Vernon, Dr. Adetoun Yeaman
students. The Engineering Leadership Pathway Scholarships (ELPS), fundedby a National Science Foundation S-STEM (Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineeringand Mathematics) grant, are offered primarily to incoming transfer students in addition to aselect group of junior-level native students, providing up to three years of funding at $5,000 peryear. ELPS scholars must demonstrate financial need as well as high potential for academicsuccess. During the five-year grant, we will have supported 46 students. The last new cohort ofscholars was awarded in fall 13.Application ProcessThe vast majority of scholars are selected through a unified application process that occurs inconjunction with the fall admissions cycle. In February, all provisional
, the research team has also gathered quantitative data related to how the studentsengage with campus resources and personnel, as well as data on the character and composition ofthe students’ social support networks.Program descriptionThe SEED program was initiated in 2021 with support of the NSF S-STEM program which hasthe goal of recruiting and retaining financially-needy, academically-talented students to STEMcareers. The SEED program is open to students majoring in computer science or an engineeringdiscipline and the financial need requirement is satisfied by eligibility for the federal Pell grant.While not a requirement, students from backgrounds historically underrepresented in STEM areactively recruited to the program. Cohorts of
) and a Doctorate in Education from Northeastern University (2022) where she recently completed her dissertation in elementary STEAM education. She also worked as a professional engineer in the athletic footwear and medical device industries for 10 years before joining the faculty at Northeastern University in 2006.Mrs. Claire Duggan, Northeastern University Claire Duggan serves as Executive Director for The Center for STEM Education at Northeastern Univer- sity. She is a Co-Pricipal Investigator for the NSF Bernice Johnson Includes Alliance, Engineering PLUS, the S-STEM grant, S-POWER, and an NSF REU site, REU Pathways.Mr. Jeffrey Xavier, SageFox Consulting GroupAmi N. SlaterKenneth Rath
Paper ID #39843How Students’ Efforts Outside of the Classroom Correlate to TheirLearning Outcome in Both Online and Face to Face ClassesDr. Lawretta C. Ononye, State University of New York, Canton Lawretta C. Ononye is an Associate Professor of Physics and Engineering in the School of Engineering Technology at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Canton. She is a recipient of the 2014 State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities. Re- cipient of the 2010 National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM Grant Award in the amount of $596,160 in which she served as the
serves on the ASEE Board of Directors as Zone IV Chair.Anna WolffMr. Patrick Burnett, Whatcom Community College Pat currently teaches engineering at Whatcom Community College after 13 years of teaching in the En- gineering Department at Edmonds Community College, including holding the chair position. He earned an MS in Physics from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, and a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois of Urbana-Champaign. Over the past 7 years, Pat has been working with various K-12 organizations to incorporate engineering practices in classrooms as they incorporate Next Genera- tion Science Standards into their curriculum. Pat has served as co-PI on NSF S-STEM and STEP grants. Pat is
developed in technology-enhanced learning environments. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Examining Student Experiences Related to Transfer from Two-Year Technical Colleges to Engineering and Computer Science Degree Programs at a Four-Year InstitutionAbstractIn this paper, we explore issues related to student transfer from two-year technical colleges tofour-year institutions in the context of SPECTRA, an NSF Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM)project (Award#1834081) led by Clemson University in Upstate South Carolina. The program'spurpose is to provide financial support to low-income transfer students who intend to transferfrom South Carolina's two-year technical
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University. I am the PI on a multi- institutional track 3 S-STEM grant designed to support low-income students in eastern NC at East Carolina University and 3 partnering community colleges. My disciplinary scholarship focuses on sensor networks for improvement of health. My educational scholarship focuses on curricular innovations and support to improve student outcomes. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comLessons Learned from a Portfolio of Community-Engaged Capstone Projects Related to Engineering EconomicsAbstractThis paper examines a portfolio of community-engaged capstone projects with teams ofinterdisciplinary
: transcending STEM identity development through afropessimism, moving toward a black X consciousness in STEM,” J. Negro Educ., vol. 88, no. 3, pp. 327–342, Sep. 2019, doi: 10.7709/JNEGROEDUCATION.88.3.0327/0.[17] M. Ahmed, T. J. Muldoon, and M. Elsaadany, “Employing faculty, peer mentoring, and coaching to increase the self-confidence and belongingness of first-generation college students in biomedical engineering,” J Biomech Eng, vol. 143, no. 12, pp. 121001-1, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.1115/1.4051844.[18] L. Zhu, S. Sun, L. D. T. Topoleski, C. Eggleton, R. Ma, and D. Madan, “Evaluation of STEM engagement activities on the attitudes and perceptions of mechanical engineering S- STEM scholars,” J Biomech Eng
, M. Raber, and L. K. Fiss, “GPA as a Product, Not a Measure,of Success,” in The Demonstrable Value of Honors Education: New Research Evidence, ed.Andrew Cognard-Black, National Collegiate Honors Council Monograph Series, pp. 115-149,2019.[8] L. A. Meadows, M. Raber, and L. K. Fiss, “Innovation and Inclusion—Applying designthinking and lean startup in the honors context,” Excellence, Innovation and Ingenuity in HonorsEducation, ed. Graeme Harper, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 79-97, 2019.[9] L. K. Fiss, J. Irwin, and Y. (S.) Tan, “S-STEM Student Reflections and IDP Process,” 2021ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, https://peer.asee.org/37693, 2021.[10] R. Kegan, In over our heads: The mental demands of modern life. Harvard
coordinator for an NSF S-STEM program to prepare students for gateway courses across differ- ent 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 using wearable sensors and their health applications.Dr. Memorie Gosa Memorie M. Gosa is a pediatric speech-language pathologist and board certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders. She is an assistant professor at The University of Alabama and maintains a clinical caseload at The University of Alabama SpDr. Debra Moehle McCallum, The University of Alabama Debra McCallum is a Senior Research Social Scientist and Director of the
physical activities. Other professional interests include aviation physiology and biomechanics.Prof. Dominic J. Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College Dom Dal Bello is Professor of Engineering at Allan Hancock College (AHC), a California community col- lege between UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. At AHC, he is Department Chair of Math- ematical Sciences, Faculty Advisor of MESA (the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Pro- gram), 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 Col- leges of the Pacific Southwest Section. He received the Outstanding Teaching
engineering ethics.Dr. Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University Diane Rover holds the title of University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University (ISU). She also currently serves as the alliance director for the NSF Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska IINSPIRE LSAMP (Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation), co-leads projects in the depart- ment funded by NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) and Scholarships in STEM (S- STEM) programs, and is a co-PI of the NSF Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society led by the University of Missouri. Her teaching and research have focused on engineering education, high impact educational practices, inclusive educational practices, broader
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, Journal of Social Studies Research, School Science and Mathe- matics, and Mathematics Teacher. She served as the Program Chair of the Special Interest Group (SIG) Democratic Citizenship in Education of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) from 2016 to 2018. She has taught high school mathematics and holds a clear renewable teaching certificate in mathematics in the state of Georgia. She currently serves as a Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of a National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM grant. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Developing Post-pandemic Learning Community
evenjust awareness of the secondary and tertiary curricula could help both levels. However, it is stillrare to have this kind of pipeline. In the next section, we will focus on a case of a high schoolprogram and its connections to a university program that might offer some lessons for how thecreation of a pipeline might be supported.connection between college and high school programs An intrapreneurship training program for electrical and computer engineering studentswas implemented through an NSF S-STEM grant at an R1 university. The intrapreneurshipprogram was designed to teach students how to be innovative and entrepreneurial within anexisting company, since the vast majority of students will not be interested in starting their
telephone interviews supplemented the data collected from Q-sort data and focusgroups that occurred following Q-sort completion. Individual interviews are requested annuallyfrom each S-STEM scholar to discuss program activities, support, and student progress in theiracademic and career pathway. Multiple requests are made annually, with support from programcoordinators and faculty to contribute to the research project. A total of 18 programmaticinterviews were available for the 16 key participants for whom we had Q-sort data in the correctformat for analysis. An additional question regarding diversity was added to the protocol for the2022 data collection: The NSF, which funds this scholarship program values diversity incomputing. Have you noticed