Enhanced Engineering Education for Underserved Communities of the San Joaquin Valley

该项目将通过支持加州州立大学弗雷斯诺分校、拉美裔服务机构和亚裔美国太平洋岛民服务机构中表现出经济需求的优秀低收入家庭学生的保留和毕业，为全国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做出贡献。在为期6年的时间里，该项目将为31名攻读电气、计算机、土木、地理信息学或机械工程学士学位的全日制学生提供奖学金。第一年的学生将根据他们完成学位的需要获得4年和5年的奖学金。该项目将整合多种基于证据的高影响力实践（HIPs），以支持学生的学业成功。这项资助的主要方面是：a)重点支持和记录有才华的、低收入的、主要是第一代和少数族裔大学生的进步；b)莱尔斯工程学院三个系之间的合作；c)重点关注基于项目的学习，即让学生研究与社区服务有关的现实世界的工程问题。该项目的总体目标是提高有经济需求的低收入、高成就本科生的STEM学位完成率。该项目的目的是提高低收入家庭学生的表现和成果，缩小这些学生与高收入家庭学生之间的差距。该计划旨在支持学生批判性思维和解决问题的能力的发展，并促进创造力，创新和服务社会。该项目的研究计划将监测几个因素，包括学生对自己作为工程师的看法、他们的STEM自我效能感、他们的工程身份、他们感知到的障碍和担忧，以及支持他们学习、参与和成功的指导的有效性。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STEM工作者的教育，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。

This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at California State University-Fresno, a Hispanic-Serving Institution and Asian-American Pacific Islander Serving Institution. Over its 6-year duration, this project will fund scholarships to 31 unique full-time students who are pursuing bachelor’s degrees in electrical, computer, civil, geomatics, or mechanical engineering. First year students will receive 4-year and 5-year scholarships depending on their needs for degree completion. This project will integrate multiple evidence-based high-impact practices (HIPs) to support student academic success. The main aspects of this grant are: a) a focus on supporting and documenting the progress of talented, low-income, primarily first-generation and minority college students, b) collaboration among three departments in the Lyles College of Engineering, and c) a focus on project-based learning, which involves students working on real-world engineering problems, linked to community service.The overall goal of this project is to increase STEM degree completion for low-income, high-achieving undergraduates with demonstrated financial need. The aim of this project is to boost the performance and outcomes of talented low-income students to close the gap between those students and their higher-income peers. The program is designed to support student development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and promote creativity, innovation, and service to society. The project’s research plan will monitor several factors, including students’ perception of themselves as engineers, their STEM self-efficacy, their engineering identity, their perceived barriers and concerns, and the effectiveness of mentoring to support their learning, engagement, and success. 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 STEM workers, 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.