The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $221,097 Project Grant under its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. The project aims to investigate how engineering undergraduates leverage social relationships, or "social capital," to develop professional skills such as teamwork, communication, and ethics - critical competencies for 21st century engineering careers. The mixed-methods study will survey up to 1,500 engineering students...
This $179,171 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) to the University of Georgia Research Foundation aims to reconceptualize community cultural wealth in the context of engineering design courses. The research team will conduct interviews with approximately 12-15 minoritized undergraduate engineering students to explore how their linguistic, resistant, navigational, familial, social, and aspirational capital manifests in design experiences. The...
This $100,000 two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Education and Centers division will fund research at Tufts University examining how virtual and physical laboratory modes differentially influence the development of engineering students' epistemic practices. The NSF Directorate for Engineering seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering innovation and excellence in research and education programs like the Engineering program...
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...
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 awarded a $392,226 Project Grant to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska through the STEM Education federal grant program (CFDA 47.076) to support an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site project from May 2023 to April 2026. The University will engage eight students per summer for three years in engineering education research and professional development activities. Students will investigate questions in the area of engineering education...
This Project Grant award, totaling $373,576, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076). The award aims to investigate strategies for effective teamwork in engineering education, with the goal of improving student persistence and success in engineering programs. The project will implement and assess a teamwork intervention, as well as conduct a nationwide survey and interviews with engineering...
This Project Grant award of $126,043.00, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to establish best practices for improving mentorship, learning, and engagement in undergraduate research experiences (UREs) in engineering. The primary goals are to: Implement, adapt, and study the outcomes of an existing toolkit of interventions and best practices that create structured reflection and mentoring activities within engineering UREs...
This $216,000 National Science Foundation Engineering Education and Centers project grant to Michigan State University will fund research on student virtual collaborations in preparation for digital education. Specifically, the two-year project will explore collaboration characteristics and processes of construction and civil engineering students working in virtual environments. The grantee will apply network and learning theories to collect and analyze both quantitative and qualitative data...
This $333,551 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to investigate innovative strategies for effective teamwork in engineering education. The project, awarded to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, plans to implement and assess a teamwork intervention in 10 engineering courses and conduct a nationwide survey and faculty interviews to examine the effects on student success and persistence metrics. The...