Research Apprenticeship, Community Service and Academic Enhancement Training for LSU Engineering and Mathematics Students

路易斯安那州立大学工程和数学学生的研究学徒、社区服务和学术提升培训

• 批准号: 9986857
• 负责人: Su-Seng Pang
• 金额: $ 17.6万
• 依托单位: Louisiana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-07-01 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9986857&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Apprenticeship; Community; Service; Academic

(99), (59), (21) The College of Engineering and two departments, Mathematics and Experimental Statistics, are increasing the opportunities for academically talented students who are willing, but financially unable to reach their fullest potential. This is being achieved through a student/faculty partnership, with a comprehensive monitoring system, under the sponsorship of the NSF/CSEMS program. About one-fifth of the undergraduate students attending the university during the Fall-1998 (5,537 of 24,773) were eligible to receive a Pell Grant. The objectives of this project are: (1) to improve the education of students in engineering and mathematics, (2) to increase the retention of students to degree attainment, (3) to increase the number of undergraduates, including minorities and women, receiving baccalaureate degrees in engineering and mathematics, as well as master's degrees in mathematics; (4) to improve the professional development and employment and further higher education placement of participating students, and (5) to strengthen partnerships between institutions of higher education and related employment sectors. The students that are selected will benefit by joining the academic enhancement activities of two unique ongoing NSF/REU programs. The CSEMS scholars will not be required to conduct research but will be offered the opportunity to do so. This project is resulting in students being well-prepared and technically competent engineers and mathematicians. The 32 students selected each year will participate in research projects of their choice in engineering or mathematics. About half of the 32 students selected CSEMS are minorities and/or and women. The students are co-advised by academic mentors.. The engineering students are juniors and seniors, and the mathematics students are a mix of undergraduate and graduate students. About 25% (4-8) of the students are from the mathematics and experimental statistics departments. Moreover, the addition of graduate students to current projects provides first-hand insight to the undergraduate about graduate studies. Since mathematics is one of the building blocks for engineers, closer interaction between students and faculty increases the levels of understanding for both. This project expands the learning community and provides an exciting way to enhance students' academic, social and personal success at the university. The investigators believe that this educational program is a successful national model to assist students in gaining the educational skills needed for industry and graduate studies through various sponsored activities including: 1) Retention, 2) Professional Development, 3) Graduate School, and 4) Dissemination.

(99)、(59)、(21)工程学院和数学和实验统计两个系正在增加有学术天赋的学生的机会，这些学生愿意但在经济上无法充分发挥他们的潜力。这是通过在NSF/CSEMS项目的赞助下，通过学生/教师伙伴关系和全面的监测系统来实现的。在1998年秋季就读该大学的本科生中，约有五分之一(24773人中的5537人)有资格获得佩尔助学金。该项目的目标是：(1)改善工程和数学学生的教育，(2)提高学生获得学位的保留率，(3)增加获得工程和数学学士学位以及数学硕士学位的本科生人数，包括少数族裔和妇女；(4)改善参与项目的学生的专业发展和就业以及进一步高等教育的安置；(5)加强高等教育机构与相关就业部门之间的伙伴关系。被选中的学生将通过参加两个独特的正在进行的NSF/REU项目的学术提升活动而受益。CSEMS学者将不被要求进行研究，但将被提供这样做的机会。这个项目将使学生成为有充分准备、有技术能力的工程师和数学家。每年选出的32名学生将参与他们选择的工程或数学研究项目。在被选为CSEMS的32名学生中，约有一半是少数族裔和/或女性。学生们得到了学术导师的共同建议。工科学生是大三和大四学生，数学学生是本科生和研究生的混合体。大约25%(4-8)的学生来自数学系和实验统计系。此外，在当前的项目中增加研究生，为本科生提供了关于研究生学习的第一手资料。由于数学是工程师的基石之一，学生和教职员工之间更密切的互动增加了对两者的理解水平。该项目扩大了学习社区，并提供了一种令人兴奋的方式来提高学生在大学的学业、社交和个人成功。调查人员认为，这一教育计划是一个成功的国家模式，通过各种赞助活动帮助学生获得行业和研究生学习所需的教育技能，这些活动包括：1)保留、2)职业发展、3)研究生院和4)传播。