This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support a multi-year effort by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to build expertise and conduct research on troubleshooting competencies in engineering education. The $350,000 award will fund the development of a practical, low-cost "troubleshooting learning environment" to investigate key skills and psychological constructs involved in structured and diagrammatic troubleshooting. The project aims to generate new knowledge about effective approaches for teaching troubleshooting to engineering students. Planned activities include qualitative data collection on industry troubleshooting needs, development of the learning environment, and dissemination of findings through workshops and conference presentations. The grant reflects NSF's objective to build STEM education research capacity and will involve sub-awards to support the research efforts.
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