Outcomes of the S-STEM Scholarship Program in Our Institution in the Past Three Years

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dc.contributor.authorZhu, Liang
dc.contributor.authorEggleton, Charles
dc.contributor.authorTopoleski, L.D. Timmie
dc.contributor.authorMa, Ronghui
dc.contributor.authorMadan, Deepa
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-17T15:09:40Z
dc.date.available2021-08-17T15:09:40Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-26
dc.description2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Accessen_US
dc.description.abstractOur institution was awarded an S-STEM grant in 2018 to continue to provide scholarships and educational opportunities to low-income and talented undergraduate mechanical engineering students. Since then, 44 undergraduate students with diverse backgrounds in Mechanical Engineering department have been awarded the scholarships. In addition to financial support, the S-STEM scholars are connected to individual faculty mentors and provided with opportunities of internships, research-related experiences, and community building activities. The large and diverse applicant pool allowed us to award 22-27 scholarships to students each year, exceeding the targeted annual number of 20 scholarships. Academic records demonstrate that all the proposed benchmarks have been exceeded, especially in the retention rate (91%), diversity of student population, research experience/internship participation (55%), and percentage of our scholars enrolled in graduate school after their graduation (29%). All are higher than that in the regular student population in our department. The results suggested that faculty and peer mentoring, proactive research-related activities, engagement in internship, and interaction with faculty and their peers might contribute positively to the success of the scholars in our program. Some of the cost-effective program activities have been implemented in our undergraduate program, and could be adapted by engineering programs in other institutions. With continuous commitment by faculty members and department/college recognition, the positive impact of the program could be sustained via merging into existing undergraduate program.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by an NSF S-STEM grant (DUE–1742170).en_US
dc.description.urihttps://peer.asee.org/outcomes-of-the-s-stem-scholarship-program-in-our-institution-in-the-past-three-yearsen_US
dc.format.extent9 pagesen_US
dc.genreconference papers and proceedingsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2m572-hafa
dc.identifier.citationZhu, Liang et al.; Outcomes of the S-STEM Scholarship Program in Our Institution in the Past Three Years; 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, 26 July, 2021; https://peer.asee.org/outcomes-of-the-s-stem-scholarship-program-in-our-institution-in-the-past-three-yearsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/22495
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Society for Engineering Educationen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Mechanical Engineering Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.rights©2021 American Society for Engineering Education.
dc.titleOutcomes of the S-STEM Scholarship Program in Our Institution in the Past Three Yearsen_US
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dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8104-423Xen_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0061-2715en_US

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