The University of Florida (UF) was awarded a $398,172 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to implement an equity-focused, evidence-based proactive advising approach in mechanical and aerospace engineering. The project aims to improve student persistence and commitment to the engineering profession by providing personalized, data-driven guidance and support services tailored to each student's unique strengths, needs, and goals. The proactive...
The University of Florida received a $313,342 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on April 1, 2021 to enhance teacher and student understanding of engineering in K-5 bilingual programs. The project has a completion date of June 30, 2022. The grant was awarded under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), which supports development of a diverse and well-prepared STEM workforce. Under the grant, the University of Florida will develop and introduce workshop sessions for...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $352,085 to the University of Florida to explore the professional development and career retention of early-career women of color in engineering. The project will use qualitative methods and narrative inquiry to follow the stories of these women, tracing their professional journeys and identifying the strategies they use to navigate the cultural and professional challenges in the...
This two-year, $199,286 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Education and Centers Division, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will fund research at Florida Institute of Technology investigating the connection between undergraduate engineering students' data proficiency, motivation, and engineering identity development. A mixed-methods approach will be used, including interviews of student cohorts over the two years to understand how engagement with data...
San Francisco State University received a $199,919 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education and Centers under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will fund research from July 2021 through June 2023 to understand how teamwork experiences impact engineering identity development among diverse students. As part of its mission to improve engineering research and education quality and foster innovation, the NSF Engineering...
The University of Florida was awarded a $290,549 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop diverse fairness measures for emerging infrastructure systems. The three-year award beginning July 1, 2023 will support research to advance a framework for designing quantitative fairness evaluations that account for conflicting stakeholder interests and operational dynamics in emerging technologies like shared electric scooter systems. The project...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant, awarded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $107,022 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. to conduct a qualitative research study exploring how multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary undergraduate engineering education impacts students' career choice processes and decision-making. The research team will interview engineering students in both multi-disciplinary and single-disciplinary programs at a large...
The University of Florida was awarded a $297,955 project grant from the National Science Foundation under the Office of International Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.079) to support the EAGER INTERNATIONAL TYPE II: INCLUSIVENESS AND DIVERSITY AS BUILDING BLOCKS OF RESILIENT INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH TEAMS IN THE AGE OF COVID-19 project. The project aims to enable inclusive and diverse international research teams to advance scientific discovery and contribute to the...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $188,901 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. to examine how electrical and computer engineering (ECE) students view their family backgrounds and life experiences as contributing to their success in engineering. The research team will conduct 25-30 interviews with ECE students, faculty, staff, and administrators to compare their perspectives on the value of...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $645,000 Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research. This 3-year award, running from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, aims to study the role of actuation and sensing in how undulatory swimmers (like fish) change their swimming speed and acceleration. The project will use an interdisciplinary approach combining computational modeling, robotic testing, and biological...