Scholarship Program in Manufacturing Engineering Leadership Development

制造工程领导力发展奖学金项目将为25名在密歇根大学迪尔伯恩分校（University of Michigan-Dearborn）完成制造工程本科学位且有经济需要的全日制工科新生提供学费奖学金。学生还将通过以领导技能为目标的职业发展活动和在行业实习的机会来发展领导经验。领导经验将培养沟通、批判性思维、团队合作和专业精神的技能。该项目允许密歇根大学迪尔伯恩分校提供奖学金，直接解决国家关注的一个领域：保持美国制造业的竞争力。为那些学习成绩优秀的工程专业学生提供奖学金，这些学生可能负担不起大学学费，这对准备帮助国家、地区和当地制造公司的工程专业毕业生的数量有影响。密歇根大学迪尔伯恩分校的制造工程领导力发展课程将分为两组招收学生。每个小组将组成一个队列，一起学习几门工程课程，共同完成项目，在课堂内外分享经验并相互学习。除了学费奖学金外，该项目还将包括学术支持、指导和职业指导，以便学生们能够在四年内顺利完成学位。毕业生将在制造领域找到工作或参加研究生学习。STEM学者还将有机会在秋季和冬季学期参加行业参观和项目，这将提供工程经验，并通过实践知识丰富他们的教育。STEM学者将在整个四年的大学学习期间获得教师、研究生、校友和执业工程师的指导和学术支持。STEM学者还可以选择在大三和大四时参加密歇根大学迪尔伯恩分校的结构化工程合作项目，这将为他们提供以实践为导向的教育和体验式学习，这将有助于他们的职业发展。评估和评估将深入了解学生奖学金、学习社区、职业发展活动和教师指导/建议的保留效益。从项目评估数据中获得的经验教训和有效的实践将广泛传播到工程教育界，并有助于扩大关于这类成功奖学金项目的属性和实践的知识库。

The Scholarship Program in Manufacturing Engineering Leadership Development will provide tuition scholarships to 25 academically talented full-time freshmen engineering students with financial need who will complete an undergraduate degree in manufacturing engineering at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Scholars will also develop leadership experience through career development activities targeting leadership skills and opportunities for internships in industry. The leadership experience will build skills in communication, critical thinking, teamwork and professionalism. The program allows the University of Michigan-Dearborn to offer scholarships to directly address an area of national concern: maintaining US competitiveness in manufacturing. Scholarships for academically strong engineering students, who may not otherwise be able to afford college, have an impact on the number of engineering graduates prepared to help national, regional, and local manufacturing companies. The Manufacturing Engineering Leadership Development at the University of Michigan-Dearborn will recruit students in two groups. Each group will form a cohort that will take several engineering courses together, work on common projects, share experiences and learn from each other, both inside and outside of the classroom. In addition to the tuition scholarship, the program will include academic support, mentoring and career guidance so that the student cohorts will successfully complete their degrees in four years. Graduates will find employment in the manufacturing field or enroll in graduate studies. The STEM scholars will also be given the opportunity to participate in industry visits and projects in Fall and Winter semesters, which will provide engineering experience and enrich their education with practical knowledge. The STEM scholars will receive mentoring and academic support from faculty, graduate students, alumni and practicing engineers throughout the four years of their studies in the University. The STEM scholars will also have the option of participating in the University of Michigan-Dearborn structured engineering co-op program in their junior and senior years, which will provide them with practice-oriented education and experiential learning that will help them in their career. Assessment and evaluation will provide insight into the retention benefits of student scholarships, learning communities, career development activities, and faculty mentoring/advising. Lessons learned and effective practices that emerge from the program evaluation data will be disseminated widely to the engineering education community and help enlarge the knowledge base regarding attributes and practices of successful scholarship programs of this type.