Developing Pathways to Diversify the Profession of Engineered Materials

开发工程材料专业多元化的途径

• 批准号: 1833854
• 负责人: Dwayne Arola
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-03-15 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1833854&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; Pathways; Diversify; Profession; Engineered

This five-year project aims to contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers and technicians. It will do so by providing scholarships and educational opportunities to approximately 80 students who transfer from a community college in Washington to the University of Washington. These Scholars will pursue bachelor's degrees in "materials-intensive" engineering fields, including Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. This project involves a partnership between the University of Washington and four community colleges in the greater Seattle region: Edmonds Community College, Everett Community College, Green River Community College, and Seattle Central Community College. Transfer students from these colleges will be selected to receive two-year scholarships to complete their bachelor's degrees at the University of Washington. These graduates will be eligible for an additional one-year scholarship to pursue a master's degree. The project aims to support community college students with enrichment activities that are predicted to an increase their successful completion of degrees in materials-intensive engineering fields. The specific goals of the project are to: i) double the number of transfer students who apply for admission to the materials-intensive departments; ii) increase the number of students from underrepresented groups in the materials-intensive departments; and iii) upon graduation, successfully place the Scholars in full-time STEM employment, graduate school, or an international experience. The program will implement a blend of new and proven practices to achieve its goals. Programming highlights include an advising outreach program brought from the University of Washington to the community colleges, a student mentor ladder that spans from regional high school students to graduates who were supported by the project, and a choice of experiential activities involving engagement of the Scholars in faculty research projects, industrial internships, and/or an international exchange experience at Tohoku University in Japan. The program will also integrate academic and professional development activities to build community and promote the Scholars' academic and personal growth. Using a mixed-methods approach that includes surveys, focus groups and institutional data, the program's research study aims to identify the factors that influence community college students to pursue and complete bachelor's and, potentially, master's degrees in materials-intensive fields. Additionally, the study aims to determine the impact of the project elements on student self-efficacy, achievement levels, and professional identity. The efforts of this program have the potential to substantially impact the materials-intensive departments at the University of Washington and to yield a model that is broadly applicable, both across the State of Washington and nationally. This project is funded by NSF's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future scientists, engineers, and technicians, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个为期五年的项目旨在满足国家对受过良好教育的科学家、数学家、工程师和技术人员的需求。它将为大约80名从华盛顿社区学院转到华盛顿大学的学生提供奖学金和教育机会。这些学者将攻读“材料密集型”工程领域的学士学位，包括化学工程、材料科学与工程和机械工程。该项目涉及华盛顿大学与大西雅图地区的四所社区学院之间的合作伙伴关系：埃德蒙兹社区学院、埃弗雷特社区学院、绿河社区学院和西雅图中央社区学院。这些学院的转校生将被挑选出来，获得为期两年的奖学金，在华盛顿大学完成学士学位。这些毕业生将有资格获得额外的一年奖学金，以攻读硕士学位。该项目旨在为社区大学学生提供丰富的活动，预计将增加他们成功完成材料密集型工程领域的学位。该项目的具体目标是：i)将申请入读材料密集型部门的转学生数量增加一倍；Ii)增加材料密集型部门中代表性不足群体的学生人数；iii)毕业后，成功地将学者安置在全职STEM工作，研究生院或国际经验中。该计划将实施新的和经过验证的实践的混合，以实现其目标。项目亮点包括从华盛顿大学带到社区学院的咨询外展项目，从地区高中生到项目支持的毕业生的学生导师阶梯，以及包括学者参与教师研究项目，工业实习和/或日本东北大学国际交流经验在内的体验活动的选择。该计划还将整合学术和专业发展活动，以建立社区，促进学者的学术和个人成长。该项目的研究采用混合方法，包括调查、焦点小组和机构数据，旨在确定影响社区大学生在材料密集型领域攻读和完成学士学位以及潜在的硕士学位的因素。此外，本研究旨在确定项目要素对学生自我效能感、成就水平和职业认同的影响。这个项目的努力有可能对华盛顿大学的材料密集型部门产生重大影响，并产生一个广泛适用于整个华盛顿州和全国的模式。该项目由美国国家科学基金会的科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金项目资助，旨在增加有经济需求的低收入学术天才学生在STEM领域获得学位的人数。它还旨在改善未来科学家、工程师和技术人员的教育，并为低收入学生提供有关学业成功、留校、转学、毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Additive Manufacturing with Continuous Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Yarn

• DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112411
• 发表时间: 2023-10
• 期刊: Materials & Design
• 作者: Colin Marquis;Renjie Song;Sarah Waddell;Andy Luong;Dwayne Arola

Strength and its Variability in 3D Printing of Polymer Composites with Continuous Fibers

• DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111505
• 发表时间: 2022-12
• 期刊: Materials & Design
• 作者: M. Parker;N. Ezeokeke;R. Matsuzaki;D. Arola