Project Grant 2236002

This $139,666 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education will fund the development of artificial intelligence-enhanced personalized adaptive learning tools to improve programming skills among engineering students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Under the grant program's Engaged Student Learning track, the awardee, Alabama A&M University, will create online learning modules, recommend personalized adaptive learning paths using deep reinforcement learning, and design a smart programming assistant using AI techniques. The tools aim to integrate personalized adaptive learning pedagogy with reinforcement learning and deep learning models to help engineering students at various difficulty levels. Upon completion in August 2026, the university intends to disseminate project results and share the tools with other institutions to help teach additional engineering courses. This award advances the goals of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education program to strengthen STEM education nationwide.