HSI Pilot Project: Enhancing Undergraduate Engineering Education Using an Integrated Additive Manufacturing Approach

HSI 试点项目：利用集成增材制造方法加强本科工程教育

• 批准号: 2224801
• 负责人: Omar Movil
• 金额: $ 19.98万
• 依托单位: Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2224801&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: HSI; Pilot; Project; Enhancing; Undergraduate

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this Track 1 project aims to develop a variety of educational resources based on additive manufacturing (AM), which is the process of using 3D printers and related technologies to create objects layer-by-layer. This project aims to engage students at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR) in new AM courses and experiences and address the growing need for a skilled AM workforce. Like many institutions, PUPR looks to: (1) increase persistence rates among its engineering students; (2) develop capacity for teaching in emerging technologies to enhance the quality of engineering education; (3) incorporate engaging and student-centered pedagogies; and (4) foster a culture of interdisciplinary education on campus. In order to address these challenging goals, PUPR will develop new curricular content that integrates project-based learning (PBL) to enhance student engagement and promote important workforce skills. The resources to be developed through this project are: (1) AM modules integrated into engineering fundamental courses; (2) faculty professional development in PBL pedagogy and AM; and (3) a new, interdisciplinary AM course. As part of the project activities, students will be tasked with interdisciplinary team projects to be developed in a hybrid working environment that combines remote and in-person manufacturing tasks. The anticipated outcomes of this project include increases in positive student outcomes, enhanced student preparation for AM-infused careers, engaging new courses, and and expanded community of PBL practitioners at PUPR. The main goal of this pilot project is to expand high impact practices and on campus opportunities based on AM to promote student’s persistence and success. The objectives of this project are to: (1) increase faculty capacity for incorporating AM and PBL; (2) foster an interdisciplinary culture on campus; and (3) expand participation of students in AM experiences in order to strengthen student engagement, self-efficacy, identity, and engineering skills. It is expected that the project's activities will increase the persistence and success of students participating in the project. The project team will deploy multiple quantitative and qualitative assessment tools (pre- and post-surveys, interviews, student tests and rubrics) that will allow the project to explore the impacts and effectiveness of the proposed activities. It is expected that the resources developed through this project will help promote AM education in Puerto Rico, since there is no local higher education institution offering specialized courses in this field. Also, materials and generated evidence will be disseminated broadly, through social media, websites, educational journals, and conferences. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education, broaden participation in STEM, and build capacity at HSIs. Achieving these aims, given the diverse nature and context of HSIs, requires innovative approaches that incentivize institutional and community transformation and promote fundamental research (i) on engaged student learning, (ii) about what it takes to diversify and increase participation in STEM effectively, and (iii) that improves our understanding of how to build institutional capacity, more generally, at HSIs.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.

在改善本科STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI计划）的支持下，该轨道1项目旨在开发基于增材制造（AM）的各种教育资源，增材制造是使用3D打印机和相关技术逐层创建对象的过程。该项目旨在让波多黎各理工大学（PUPR）的学生参与新的AM课程和经验，并解决对熟练AM劳动力日益增长的需求。像许多机构一样，PUPR希望：（1）提高工程专业学生的持续率;（2）发展新兴技术的教学能力，以提高工程教育的质量;（3）采用引人入胜和以学生为中心的教学法;（4）培养校园跨学科教育的文化。为了解决这些具有挑战性的目标，PUPR将开发新的课程内容，整合基于项目的学习（PBL），以提高学生的参与度和促进重要的劳动力技能。通过这个项目开发的资源是：（1）AM模块集成到工程基础课程;（2）教师在PBL教学法和AM专业发展;（3）一个新的，跨学科的AM课程。作为项目活动的一部分，学生将负责跨学科团队项目，该项目将在混合工作环境中开发，该环境将远程和亲自制造任务相结合。该项目的预期成果包括积极的学生成果的增加，增强了学生对AM注入职业的准备，参与新课程，并扩大了PUPR的PBL从业者社区。这个试点项目的主要目标是扩大高影响力的做法，并在校园的机会，以促进学生的坚持和成功的基础上上午。该项目的目标是：（1）提高教师纳入AM和PBL的能力;（2）在校园内培养跨学科文化;（3）扩大学生参与AM体验，以加强学生的参与度，自我效能，身份和工程技能。预计该项目的活动将提高参与该项目的学生的持久性和成功率。项目小组将部署多种定量和定性评估工具（调查前和调查后、访谈、学生测试和题目），使项目能够探讨拟议活动的影响和效力。预计通过该项目开发的资源将有助于促进波多黎各的上午教育，因为当地没有高等教育机构提供这一领域的专门课程。此外，材料和生成的证据将通过社交媒体、网站、教育期刊和会议广泛传播。HSI计划旨在加强本科STEM教育，扩大STEM的参与，并建立HSI的能力。实现这些目标，鉴于HSIs的多样性和背景，需要创新的方法，激励机构和社区转型，促进基础研究（i）参与学生学习，（ii）关于如何有效地多样化和增加STEM的参与，以及（iii）提高我们对如何建立机构能力的理解，更普遍地说，该奖项反映了NSF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。