CASCaded Mentoring And Design Experiences (CASCADE)

CASCad 指导和设计经验 (CASCADE)

• 批准号: 1161291
• 负责人: Selahattin Ozcelik
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-15 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1161291&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CASCaded; Mentoring; Design; Experiences; CASCADE

Texas A&M University-Kingsville, a Hispanic Serving Institution of approximately 5,300 students, is increasing the quantity, quality, and diversity of students successfully earning engineering baccalaureate degrees by augmenting progress from a prior STEP award. The project is being initiated in civil and mechanical engineering departments and is expanding into the chemical and environmental engineering departments. Specific objectives of this 5-year project are: (i) infusing concepts of the design process across all four levels of the engineering undergraduate curriculum; (ii) increasing first-year, second-year, and third-year retention of engineering undergraduate students to 78%, 68%, and 62% respectively; and (iii) increasing the six-year engineering undergraduate graduation rate from 44% to 54%.The first new endeavor is engaging students in design experiences throughout their undergraduate academic careers. Freshman are experiencing the design process in a fundamental and structured way that is then aligned vertically to experiences in their sophomore and junior years. The university's annual engineering design competition is expanding to include the work of lower division students. To enhance student retention and persistence to graduation, the senior capstone design experiences are linked to the university's engineering innovation laboratory for access to authentic, real-world, industry projects. The second new endeavor is an innovative configuration of cascaded peer-mentoring, wherein undergraduate seniors are mentoring juniors, juniors are mentoring sophomores, and sophomores are mentoring freshmen. These peer mentors, after being selected via a formal application process and participating in a training workshop, are engaging with students around the design projects.The project, overseen by internal and external advisory boards, is advancing knowledge of effective practices on retention of Hispanic engineering students. Faculty are more deliberately connecting undergraduate education and practice to relevant design experiences linked to industry problems or concerns, with particular attention to those of likely impact on the largely Hispanic public of the region and state of Texas. The project is conducting a thorough assessment and is nationally disseminating their practices and findings.

德克萨斯 A&M 大学金斯维尔分校是一所拥有约 5,300 名学生的拉美裔服务机构，该机构正在通过提高先前 STEP 奖项的进步来提高成功获得工程学士学位的学生的数量、质量和多样性。 该项目正在土木和机械工程系启动，并正在扩展到化学和环境工程系。 这个为期五年的项目的具体目标是：（i）将设计过程的概念融入到工程本科课程的所有四个级别中； (ii) 将工程本科生一年级、二年级和三年级的保留率分别提高到 78%、68% 和 62%； (iii) 将六年制工程本科毕业率从 44% 提高到 54%。第一个新的努力是让学生在整个本科学术生涯中参与设计体验。 新生正在以一种基本且结构化的方式体验设计过程，然后与大二和大三的经历垂直对齐。 该大学的年度工程设计竞赛正在扩大到包括低年级学生的作品。 为了提高学生的保留率和毕业的毅力，高级顶点设计经验与大学的工程创新实验室联系起来，以获得真实的、真实的行业项目。 第二个新的尝试是级联同伴指导的创新配置，其中本科生指导大三学生，大三学生指导大二学生，大二学生指导新生。 这些同行导师在通过正式申请流程被选中并参加培训研讨会后，正在与学生围绕设计项目进行互动。该项目由内部和外部顾问委员会监督，正在推进关于留住西班牙裔工程学生的有效实践的知识。 教师们更加刻意地将本科教育和实践与与行业问题或担忧相关的相关设计经验联系起来，特别关注那些可能对该地区和德克萨斯州以西班牙裔为主的公众产生影响的设计经验。 该项目正在进行彻底的评估，并正在全国范围内传播他们的做法和调查结果。