The Appalachian High Achievers in STEM

阿巴拉契亚 STEM 领域的高成就者

• 批准号: 1742282
• 负责人: Rahman Tashakkori
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: Appalachian State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-04-15 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1742282&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Appalachian; Achievers; STEM

With funding from the NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program, the "Appalachian High Achievers in STEM" project will support high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at Appalachian State University. Throughout its five years, this project will fund scholarships for 42 undergraduate and graduate students who are pursuing degrees in chemistry, computer science, geology, mathematics, or physics. This S-STEM Track 2 project will establish a simulation- and visualization-focused framework for interdisciplinary collaboration among the participating disciplines. Simulation and visualization are essential for understanding the vast amounts of data available now in STEM and other fields. Students from all STEM disciplines will use computer applications to simulate abstract models of systems or to visualize numerical information mathematical models. Scholars will be immersed in a supportive community as they engage in interdisciplinary research projects, mentored by faculty. The research projects will draw from multiple STEM areas. The Appalachian High Achievers project aims to increase understanding of how these activities produce social and academic benefits, and increase professional and workforce preparation. It also has the potential to prepare students for the technology industries in the Appalachian region.This project aims to prepare students for future careers in data rich environments. Recruiting efforts will emphasize students from the Appalachian Mountain counties that surround the university, where poverty rates are among the highest in North Carolina. Mentoring clusters, a STEM Seminar, and peer-led study halls will support student success. Cohort cohesion will be strengthened through informal activities such as sports, participation in a simulation and visualization project, and work to develop a skill set that spans multiple disciplines. Leadership training and certificates will be used to incentivize participation in project activities. Local companies have committed to provide speakers who can link students with potential careers. This speaker program will be coupled with alumni mentoring to strengthen the scholars' ties to the local workforce. The PIs aim to establish a learning environment that mimics an interdisciplinary real-world experience. Teams of scholars from chemistry, computer science, geology, mathematics, and physics will examine interdisciplinary topics and investigate research problems that involve simulation and visualization. This focus has the potential to increase student preparation for jobs or graduate studies in multiple fields. The program is expected to have a broad impact as it generates knowledge about effective approaches to improve the recruitment and retention of the students it serves, and to contribute to the economic development of North Carolina and the Appalachian region.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

随着NSF奖学金的科学，技术，工程和数学（S-STEM）计划的资助，“ STEM中的阿巴拉契亚高成就者”项目将支持阿巴拉契亚州立大学具有表现出的财务需求的高成就的低收入学生。在整个五年中，该项目将为攻读化学，计算机科学，地质，数学或物理学学位的42名本科和研究生的奖学金提供资金。这个S-STEM Track 2项目将建立一个仿真和可视化的框架，用于参与学科之间的跨学科合作。模拟和可视化对于理解现在在STEM和其他字段中可用的大量数据至关重要。来自所有STEM学科的学生将使用计算机应用程序来模拟系统的抽象模型或可视化数值信息数学模型。 学者将在一个由教师指导的跨学科研究项目中沉浸在支持社区中。研究项目将从多个STEM领域汲取灵感。阿巴拉契亚高级成就者项目旨在提高对这些活动如何产生社会和学术利益的理解，并增加专业和劳动力的准备。它还有可能为学生为阿巴拉契亚地区的技术行业做好准备。该项目旨在为学生在数据丰富的环境中的未来职业做好准备。招募工作将强调来自围绕大学的阿巴拉契亚山区的学生，那里的贫困率是北卡罗来纳州最高的。指导集群，STEM研讨会和由同伴领导的学习厅将支持学生的成功。队列的凝聚力将通过非正式活动，例如运动，参加模拟和可视化项目以及开发跨越多个学科的技能来加强。领导培训和证书将用于激励参与项目活动。当地公司已致力于为可以将学生与潜在职业联系起来的演讲者。该演讲者计划将与校友指导相结合，以加强学者与当地劳动力的联系。 PI旨在建立一个模仿跨学科现实世界经验的学习环境。化学，计算机科学，地质，数学和物理学的学者团队将检查跨学科主题，并研究涉及模拟和可视化的研究问题。这种重点有可能增加学生在多个领域的工作或研究生学习的准备。预计该计划将对改善其所服务学生的招聘和保留有效的方法产生知识，并为北卡罗来纳州和阿巴拉契亚地区的经济发展做出贡献。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过评估该基金会的知识分子优点和广泛的影响来审查NSF的法定任务，并被视为值得的支持。