Project Grant 2432015

This $189,568 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to transform engineering education by leveraging "meaningful failure" as a learning approach. The research, conducted by the University of Georgia Research Foundation, involves using biometric data, classroom observations, and psychosocial assessments to develop personalized learning strategies and pedagogical tools that help students learn from failure experiences. The project aims to create inclusive and equitable engineering education environments that can adapt to diverse student needs, ultimately developing a workforce prepared to address complex engineering challenges. Key products of this 2-year project include identifying real-time failure profile signals, understanding how learners' responses to failure are individualized, and determining necessary changes in pedagogy and assessment to support personalized learning from failure.