Scholarships for Robotics and Mechatronics Systems Engineering

为了应对日益增长的对需要接受多学科产品创新培训的工程师的需求，底特律大学仁慈大学(UDM)推出了一个新的本科学位课程，名为“机器人与机电系统工程”。这个S-STEM项目的目标是吸引有才华的学生，特别是女性和少数民族，进入这个新的项目，并通过财政援助、指导、改善学生支持和留住学生的努力，增加接受跨学科工程培训的工程学毕业生的数量。长期战略包括几个部分：(A)与学院已经赞助的广泛的大学前项目合作，以提高学生对工程学科的兴趣；(B)与高中合作，以启发和认可科学和技术(第一)机器人竞赛团队和社区学院，以吸引更多的学生进入工程学科，以及(C)为注册这个新学位项目的合格和经济困难的学生提供奖学金和学术支持。该项目有一个积极的保留计划，包括：为S-STEM学者提供强有力的学术支持，提供全面的、有重点的和基于群体的咨询；在大多数班级进行分组注册，以帮助发展集团内的同志情谊；根据需要辅导数学和其他具有挑战性的科目；让所有S-STEM学生参加为期一年的行业付费合作经验；来自校友和行业领袖的大学顾问委员会指导；年度实地考察和网络活动，以发展与潜在雇主的专业关系和对职业的洞察。该项目将有助于加深对早期队列形成和指导对大学成功影响的理解，通过扩大合作社计划与特定的行业合作伙伴形成更紧密的联系，并通过以证据为基础的学术干预技术改善UDM的学生支持结构。该项目还将帮助建立一个新学位项目的坚定的校友团队，他们将使该项目为未来几代工程师提供更强大的支持。该项目的成果将在教育会议上公布，如美国工程教育学会年会和工程教育前沿会议。

In order to address the increasing demand for engineers who need to be trained for multi-disciplinary product innovation, University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) launched a new undergraduate degree program entitled "Robotics and Mechatronic Systems Engineering." The objectives of this proposed S-STEM project is to attract talented students, particularly women and minorities, into this new program and increase the number of engineering graduates trained in interdisciplinary engineering through financial help, mentoring, improved student support, and retention efforts. The long-term strategy includes several components: (a) working with the extensive pre-college program that the college already sponsors to increase the interest of students in engineering disciplines, (b) working with high schools, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics Competition teams and community colleges to attract more students into engineering disciplines, and (c) provide scholarships and academic support to qualified and financially challenged students who enroll in this new degree program.The project has an aggressive retention plan including: strong academic support for the S-STEM scholars with comprehensive, focused, and cohort-based advising; cohort-based registration in most classes to help develop camaraderie within the group; tutoring in math and other challenging subjects, as needed; participation of all S-STEM students in a one-year paid co-op experience in industry; mentoring from alumni and industry leaders on the college advisory board; annual field trips and networking events to develop professional relationships with potential employers and develop career insights. This project will help develop the understanding of the effect of early cohort formation and mentoring on college success, enable formation of closer ties with specific industrial partners through the expansion of the co-op program, and improve the student support structure at UDM through evidence-based techniques of academic intervention. This project will also help establish a committed group of alumni from the new degree program who will make the program stronger for future generations of engineers. The results from this program will be presented at educational conferences such as American Society for Engineering Education Annual conference and the Frontiers in Engineering Education conference.