Project Grant 1153997

This $900,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support North Carolina State University in developing a low-cost augmented reality platform that integrates force sensing and visualization capabilities to enhance physics education. The project aims to create an affordable tablet-based system and complementary curriculum modules covering Newtonian mechanics and electrodynamics, targeting high school students. The goal...

The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded $331,926 under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Cincinnati and Ohio State University for a collaborative project titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ADVANCING SCIENTIFIC REASONING IN ONLINE AND IN-PERSON INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS LABS." The project aims to develop physics lab curriculum modules and assessments targeted at improving students'...

The California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) received a two-year, $210,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and test a co-curricular simulation-based approach to chemistry education for undergraduate engineering students. CSULA's corporate affiliate, CAL State La University Auxiliary Services Inc. (UAS), will provide project management and administrative services to support implementation of the Simulation-based...

The National Science Foundation awarded San Diego State University Research Foundation $849,786 under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop virtual reality-based physics learning environments. Through this three-year Project Grant running from September 2022 to August 2025, the Foundation will construct three fundamental virtual learning spaces focused on electric fields, magnetic fields, and electromagnetic waves. These interactive virtual environments will allow undergraduate...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, CFDA 47.070, provides $530,000 to The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ to develop a physical computing testbed for collaborative, problem-based learning of cyber-physical systems (CPS) concepts. The research aims to explore and characterize the key threshold concepts required for CPS mastery, integrating student-centered...

This $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education, under the STEM Education (47.076) program, supports the development of simulation-based labs and associated education research for topics in electromagnetism, waves, and optics. Trustees of Boston University will create several HTML5 computer simulations for use in introductory physics labs, along with worksheets and guided inquiry materials. They will test the effectiveness of hybrid labs...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will provide $161,977 to San Jose State University Research Foundation to modernize the introductory physics laboratories at San Jose State University. The project will secure wireless sensors and other modern equipment for the teaching laboratories, allowing students to efficiently collect data so they can focus on understanding the physics principles. An estimated 1,000 students and 20...

This $225,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education will support the Research Foundation of the City University of New York and Hostos Community College in developing and implementing a new "Doing Physics" pedagogical approach in General Physics I. The approach aims to improve student outcomes through inquiry-based science, collaborative and game-based learning, course-based undergraduate research experiences, and mentoring students to...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) provides $137,800 to Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Inc. to conduct a study on the use of software engineering practices and tools (SEPTS) by undergraduate engineering students and industry practitioners. The key objectives of the project are to: (1) assess the SEPTS currently used by students and practitioners across mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering disciplines; (2)...

The National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education and Centers awarded a $160,928 Project Grant to The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The two-year grant will support research initiation activities to understand engineering core concepts contextualized in domain-specific settings through active exploration. Specifically, the Stevens Institute of Technology will conduct collaborative research exploring how...