Scholars in Engineering, SiE

该项目正在发起一个电气、土木和工业工程领域的本科生和研究生学者社区，专注于学术成就并支持S-STEM项目的目标。该项目解决了留住有经济需要的工程学学生的重大挑战。工程学学者计划的目标是1)培养早期学士和硕士学生的学术卓越，2)提高学生留校率和学位完成率，3)加强工程学院的学生留学生和支持计划，4)改善研究生院或职业生涯的准备和安置。该项目涉及两个队列，每个队列大约11名本科生，以及五个队列，每个队列大约四个研究生。正在通过学术监督、指导、专业发展和社区建设活动来培养学生社区。目前正在鼓励两种导师关系：研究生和本科生之间的同行导师关系，以及教职员工和研究生之间的分层导师关系，以支持社区建设、鼓励学术卓越和增加职业准备。除了经济需要和公民身份标准，其他选择因素还包括学业成绩、动机和微积分I入学(本科生)。智力价值：这一提议的智力价值有两个方面。首先，本科生和研究生的发展，以及研究生和教职员工的导师关系可以促进学生的智力发展。其次，该项目有助于培养出在各自学科领域打好基础，并为在研究生学习和其他领域取得成功做好准备的毕业生。更广泛的影响：这些策略可以显著提高学生在工程领域的留存率，从而增加工程劳动力。更广泛地说，这种方法是其他工程学院的最佳实践模式。

This project is initiating a community of undergraduate and graduate scholars in electrical, civil and industrial engineering that is focused on academic achievement and supports the goals of the S-STEM program. The project addresses the significant challenge of retention of students with financial need in engineering. The goals of the Scholars in Engineering program are to 1) cultivate a focus on academic excellence in early-stage bachelor's and master's students, 2) improve student retention and degree completion, 3) enhance student retention and support programs in the school of engineering, 4) improve graduate school or career preparation and placement. The program involves two cohorts of approximately 11 undergraduates each and five cohorts of about four graduate students each. The student community is being cultivated through academic monitoring, mentoring, professional development and community building activities. Two kinds of mentoring relationships are being encouraged: peer mentoring between the graduate and undergraduate students and hierarchical mentoring between faculty and graduate students to support community building, encourage academic excellence and increase career preparation. In addition to financial need and citizenship criteria, other selection factors include academic performance, motivation, and calculus I enrollment (undergraduates). Intellectual Merit: The intellectual merit of this proposal is two-fold. First, the development of an undergraduate-graduate student, and a graduate student-faculty mentorship relationship can improve the intellectual development of students. Second, the project helps to produce graduates who are well grounded in their disciplines and better prepared for success in graduate studies and beyond. Broader Impact: The strategies can substantially improve student retention in engineering fields, thereby increasing the engineering work force. More broadly, the approach is a best-practice model for other engineering schools.