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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Assistance for Transfer Improvement and Excellence

机械和航空航天工程援助，促进传输改进和卓越

基本信息

批准号：
1742533
负责人：
Kunning Xu
金额：
$ 99.99万
依托单位：
University of Alabama in Huntsville
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：
2018-01-15 至 2023-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1742533&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Mechanical Aerospace Engineering Assistance Transfer

项目摘要

With funding from the National Science Foundation's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program, the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Assistance for Transfer Improvement and Excellence (MATRIX) project will provide support to low-income students with demonstrated financial need and academic promise to succeed in STEM disciplines at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). The project is funding 64 scholarships over five years for students who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. This project will improve the performance, retention, and graduation rate for financially disadvantaged transfer students in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. Transfer students are often a forgotten group because of the focus on first-time full-time (FTFT) student cohorts for university statistics and comparisons. Many merit-based aid opportunities for FTFT students exist, but such opportunities are rare for transfer students. Thus, many transfer students take part-time jobs to cover the cost of education, which reduces their time for study. Unlike FTFT students who are well socialized into the campus and the services available, transfer students often do not know what campus services exist, and lack the academic and social assistance to adjust their new environment. These and other factors contribute to the lower average GPA and graduate rates of transfer students compared to FTFT students at UAH and around the country. To address this discrepancy, this project seeks to better acclimate transfer students to UAH and provides full tuition for two consecutive years to reduce or eliminate the need for part-time jobs, allow students to focus on academic and social activities, and support building a community. In addition, this project will partner with local Huntsville engineering companies to provide hands-on research experiences, mentoring, and industry opportunities for transfer students.The goal of the MATRIX program is to improve the performance, retention, and graduation rate for financially disadvantaged transfer students in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at UAH. MATRIX scholars will be fully supported financially for up to two consecutive years beginning with their first fall semester at UAH. During the first week of their first semester, the students will participate in an "Enter the MATRIX" orientation program. The first MATRIX year focuses on community building and undergraduate research. The second MATRIX year focuses on professional development, networking, and internships. Specific objectives of the program include improving academic performance, retention, and graduation rates of MATRIX students, improving the use of campus academic support services, creating specific transfer student cohorts to assist with campus acclimation, and providing research opportunities and professional development activities for students. One of the major aspects of this program is the partnership with local engineering companies to provide professional development, networking, and internship opportunities for the MATRIX scholars. The internships will provide hands-on experience in engineering to help students obtain employment post-graduation. Once students are accepted to the MATRIX program, they must demonstrate continued satisfactory progress in their degree program, research activities, and attend program activities to retain their scholarships.

从国家科学基金会的科学，技术，工程和数学奖学金（S-STEM）计划的资助下，机械和航空航天工程援助转让改进和卓越（MATRIX）项目将提供支持，以证明经济需要和学术承诺的低收入学生在亨茨维尔（UAH）的亚拉巴马大学的STEM学科取得成功。该项目在五年内为攻读机械和航空航天工程学士学位的学生提供64个奖学金。该项目将提高机械和航空航天工程系经济困难的转学生的成绩，保留率和毕业率。转学生往往是一个被遗忘的群体，因为大学统计和比较的重点是第一次全日制（FTFT）学生群体。FTFT学生有许多基于成绩的援助机会，但转学生很少有这种机会。因此，许多转校生做兼职来支付教育费用，这减少了他们的学习时间。不像FTFT学生谁是良好的社会化到校园和可用的服务，转学生往往不知道什么校园服务存在，缺乏学术和社会援助，以适应他们的新环境。这些和其他因素导致转学生的平均GPA和毕业率低于UAH和全国各地的FTFT学生。为了解决这一差异，该项目旨在更好地适应转学到UAH的学生，并连续两年提供全额学费，以减少或消除兼职工作的需要，让学生专注于学术和社会活动，并支持建立社区。此外，该项目还将与亨茨维尔当地的工程公司合作，为转学生提供实践研究经验、指导和行业机会。MATRIX项目的目标是提高UAH机械与航空航天工程系经济困难的转学生的表现、保留率和毕业率。矩阵学者将在财政上得到充分支持，连续两年，从他们在UAH的第一个秋季学期开始。在第一学期的第一周，学生将参加“进入矩阵”的方向计划。第一个矩阵年侧重于社区建设和本科研究。第二个矩阵年的重点是专业发展，网络和实习。该计划的具体目标包括提高学习成绩，保留和毕业率的矩阵学生，改善校园学术支持服务的使用，创建特定的转学生群体，以协助校园适应，并为学生提供研究机会和专业发展活动。该计划的主要方面之一是与当地工程公司合作，为MATRIX学者提供专业发展，网络和实习机会。实习将提供工程方面的实践经验，以帮助学生毕业后就业。一旦学生被录取到矩阵程序，他们必须证明在他们的学位课程，研究活动，并参加计划活动，以保留他们的奖学金持续令人满意的进展。