Targeted Infusion Project: Integrative Makers Course and Laboratory for STEM Undergraduates

定向输注项目：STEM本科生综合创客课程和实验室

• 批准号: 1818696
• 负责人: Shaik Zainuddin
• 金额: $ 40万
• 依托单位: Tuskegee 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: 2018-05-15 至 2024-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1818696&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Targeted; Infusion; Project; Integrative; Makers

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. To make STEM learning purposeful and fulfilling, this HBCU-UP TIP project aims to provide STEM juniors and seniors at Tuskegee University with experiences that are aligned with industry practices through a new and novel Makers Course and associated Makers Laboratory (MC&ML) called "Conducting Integrative STEM Research in a Makerspace". The MC&ML is designed to provide students with industry-like experiences needed STEM workforce readiness or graduate school preparation. The novelty of the MC&ML lies in its framework of the "Makerspace", a dedicated physical area where students from different STEM disciplines will convene for work on collaborative hands-on research projects in advanced multidisciplinary fields such as nanocomposites, biomaterials, smart materials, and computation modeling. The program interventions include: (1) the establishment of the MC&ML, (2) the use of "Learning through lectures and making" whereby teams of multidisciplinary faculty will lecture, mentor students and supervise projects on dedicated MSE-focused topics, (3) increased summer research internships opportunities, (4) Graduate Record Examination (GRE) preparation, and (5) Workshops for the Graduate Research Fellowship Programs and STEM-Related Workforce. As an HBCU, Tuskegee is a leader in educating and preparing minority students for STEM careers. The success of the MC&ML will contribute to increasing diversity in the STEM technology workforce.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.

历史悠久的黑人学院大学本科课程（HBCU-UP）通过有针对性的输液项目支持开发，实施和研究基于证据的创新模型和方法，以改善HBCU本科生的准备和成功，以便他们可以从事STEM研究生课程和/或职业。为了使STEM学习有目的性和满足感，这个HBCU-UP提示项目旨在为Tuskegee University的STEM大三学生和老年人提供与新型和新颖的制造商课程和关联制造商实验室（MC＆ML）相符的经验，称为“ Makerspace中的综合STEM研究”。 MC＆ML旨在为学生提供类似行业的经验，需要STEM劳动力准备或研究生院的准备。 MC＆ML的新颖性在于其“ Makerspace”的框架，这是一个专门的物理领域，来自不同STEM学科的学生将在高级多学科领域（例如纳米复合物，生物材料，智能材料，智能材料和计算模型）的协作动手研究项目进行召集。 The program interventions include: (1) the establishment of the MC&ML, (2) the use of "Learning through lectures and making" whereby teams of multidisciplinary faculty will lecture, mentor students and supervise projects on dedicated MSE-focused topics, (3) increased summer research internships opportunities, (4) Graduate Record Examination (GRE) preparation, and (5) Workshops for the Graduate Research Fellowship Programs and STEM-Related劳动力。作为HBCU，Tuskegee是教育和为STEM职业做准备的领导者。 MC＆ML的成功将有助于STEM技术劳动力的多样性增加。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并且使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为值得通过评估来获得支持。