Targeted Infusion Project: Integrative Makers Course and Laboratory for STEM Undergraduates

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科生计划（HBCU-UP）通过有针对性的输液项目支持开发，实施和基于证据的创新模式和方法的研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以追求STEM研究生课程和/或职业。为了使STEM学习有目的和充实，这个HBCU-UP TIP项目旨在为塔斯基吉大学的STEM大三和大四学生提供与行业实践相一致的经验，通过一个新的和新颖的创客课程和相关的创客实验室（MC ML）称为“在创客空间进行综合STEM研究”。MC ML旨在为学生提供STEM劳动力准备或研究生院准备所需的行业经验。 MC ML的新奇在于其“Makerspace”框架，这是一个专门的物理区域，来自不同STEM学科的学生将聚集在一起，在先进的多学科领域开展合作实践研究项目，如纳米复合材料，生物材料，智能材料和计算建模。该计划的干预措施包括：（1）MC ML的建立，（2）使用“通过讲座和制作学习”，多学科教师团队将演讲，指导学生和监督专门的MSE重点主题的项目，（3）增加夏季研究实习机会，（4）研究生入学考试（GRE）准备，以及（5）研究生研究奖学金计划和STEM相关劳动力的研讨会。作为HBCU，塔斯基吉是教育和准备少数民族学生干职业的领导者。MC ML的成功将有助于增加STEM技术劳动力的多样性。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。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. To make STEM learning purposeful and fulfilling, this HBCU-UP TIP project aims to provide STEM juniors and seniors at Tuskegee University with experiences that are aligned with industry practices through a new and novel Makers Course and associated Makers Laboratory (MC&ML) called "Conducting Integrative STEM Research in a Makerspace". The MC&ML is designed to provide students with industry-like experiences needed STEM workforce readiness or graduate school preparation. The novelty of the MC&ML lies in its framework of the "Makerspace", a dedicated physical area where students from different STEM disciplines will convene for work on collaborative hands-on research projects in advanced multidisciplinary fields such as nanocomposites, biomaterials, smart materials, and computation modeling. The program interventions include: (1) the establishment of the MC&ML, (2) the use of "Learning through lectures and making" whereby teams of multidisciplinary faculty will lecture, mentor students and supervise projects on dedicated MSE-focused topics, (3) increased summer research internships opportunities, (4) Graduate Record Examination (GRE) preparation, and (5) Workshops for the Graduate Research Fellowship Programs and STEM-Related Workforce. As an HBCU, Tuskegee is a leader in educating and preparing minority students for STEM careers. The success of the MC&ML will contribute to increasing diversity in the STEM technology workforce.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.