Development and Implementation of an Intensive Short Course, Seminar, and Mentoring for Introducing Undergraduates to Research in Engineering

工程材料科学(57)这个项目的重点是让学生更多地参与跨工程学科的活跃的本科生研究活动，主要是在一年级和二年级。这是通过制定一个分两个阶段的计划来实现的。第一个方面是密集的夏令营，提供广泛适用于科学和工程的研究技能和技术的基本信息。在成功完成为期一周的暑期项目后，学生们进入了项目的第二阶段，这是一个在学年期间为学生和校园教师配对的辅导和研讨会项目。来自四个工程学科的教职员工参加了夏令营和学年计划。每年最多有20名学生参加该项目。该项目正在创造新的教学策略，同时为几个工程项目的核心教员提供机会，以一种独特的教育形式发展专业知识，这在大学里是不常见的。该计划正在通过一个对照小组进行评估，以评估可衡量的结果，其中包括增加学生对研究的参与和对工程学的保留。

Engineering - Materials Science (57)This project is focused on increasing student involvement in active undergraduate research activities across engineering disciplines, primarily in the freshmen and sophomore years. This is being done by developing a two stage program. The first aspect is an intensive summer camp to provide basic information about research skills and techniques that are broadly applicable to science and engineering. After successfully completing the week-long summer program, students enter the second stage of the program; a mentoring and seminar program during the school year to pair students with faculty on campus. Faculty members from four engineering disciplines are participating in both the camp and school year programs. Up to 20 students per year are participating in the program. The program is creating new teaching strategies while providing a core group of faculty from several engineering programs an opportunity to develop expertise in a unique format of education not commonly carried out at universities. The program is being evaluated via a control group to assess measurable outcomes that include increased student participation in research and retention in engineering.