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Bevlee A. Watford
National Science Foundation
ENG/EEC
Engineering Undergraduate Enrollment
(raw data)
140000
Total Enrollment = 543,942
120000
100000
80000
60000
40000
20000
0
Data Source: Yoder, B. L. (2014). Engineering by the Numbers. American Society for Engineering Education,
Washington, DC. http://www. asee. org/papers-and-publications/publications/collegeprofiles/2013-profileengineering-statistics. pdf.
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120000
Engineering BS Enrollment Demographics
(Raw Data)
100000
Women
Hispanic
Nonresident Alien
African American
American Indian
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
80000
60000
40000
20000
0
Data Source: Yoder, B. L. (2014). Engineering by the Numbers. American Society for Engineering Education,
Washington, DC. http://www. asee. org/papers-and-publications/publications/collegeprofiles/2013profile-engineering-statistics. pdf.
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Engineering Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
(Raw Data)
25000
Total Bachelor's Degrees Awarded = 93,423
20000
15000
10000
5000
0
Data Source: Yoder, B. L. (2014). Engineering by the Numbers. American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC.
http://www. asee. org/papers-and-publications/publications/collegeprofiles/2013-profile-engineering-statistics. pdf.
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18000
Engineering Bachelor's Degrees Awarded Demogrpahics
(Raw Data)
16000
Women
Nonresident Alien
American Indian
Hispanic
African American
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
Data Source: Yoder, B. L. (2014). Engineering by the Numbers. American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC.
http://www. asee. org/papers-and-publications/publications/collegeprofiles/2013-profile-engineering-statistics. pdf.
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Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty in Engineering
(Raw Data)
7000
Total Engineering Faculty = 25,628
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
Data Source: Yoder, B. L. (2014). Engineering by the Numbers. American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC. http://www. asee.
org/papers-and-publications/publications/collegeprofiles/2013-profile-engineering-statistics. pdf.
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 Continued to
◦ second year
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78%
◦ third year

66%
◦ fourth year

61%
 Graduated in
◦ 4 years

39%
◦ 5 years

50%
◦ 6 years

53%
◦ 7 years

54%
ASEE Undergraduate Engineering
Student Retention and Time-toGraduation Survey, 2014
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Late 1970’s
◦ Minority Engineering Programs
 African American
 Hispanic/Latino/a
 American Indian
◦ Women in Engineering Programs
 SWE (1950)
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Diversity Professional Organizations
◦ SHPE (1974), NSBE (1975), MAES (1974)
◦ AISES (1977), SACNAS (1973-86)
◦ NAMEPA (1979), WEPAN (1990)
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1973 Bakke v. UC-Davis
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1996 Prop 209
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1999 MGFP NSF
2001 Grutter v. Bollinger
2002 Virginia OCR lawsuit
2014 Fisher v. UT Austin
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Generational shift
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◦ No quotas
◦ Race consideration
◦ first electoral test of affirmative
action policies in America.
◦ National Focus on increasing the # of STEM graduates
◦ Demographic changes in US population
The rapid growth rate
of underrepresented
group demographics
is undeniable.
• In Texas 70% of children
under the age of one are
minorities (2011).
• Nation-wide 50.4% of
children under the age of
1 are minorities (2011).
•
2011 was the tipping
point.
Minority: Anyone who is not single racewhite
http://www.texasmonthly.com/2012-09-01
http://www.statesman.com/news/local/in-texas-7-in-10-children-under-age-2360672.html?printArticle=y
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“bridging” the transition
from high school to college
(5 weeks)
Academic Development
◦ Chemistry, lab, intro to
engineering, precalculus
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Professional Development
◦ Leadership development,
interviewing
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Personal Development
◦ Etiquette dinner,
mentoring, team building
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Upper-class Team Leaders
5-8 freshman
◦ BEST (Black Engineering Support Teams)
◦ WEST (Women in Engineering Support
Teams)
◦ AHORA (Academic Hispanic OutReach
Alliance)
◦ GUEST (General Engineering Support
Teams)
Monthly dinners
After test socials
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Hypatia (2001), Galileo (2005)
“living, learning community”
◦ Fall Seminar
◦ Block Scheduling
◦ Leadership Development
 Academic, Community Service, Social
Committees
 Peer Mentoring
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Collaboration with College of Science
◦ DaVinci (biological and life sciences)
◦ Curie (physical and quantitative sciences)
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Leadership Opportunities
◦ Design Competitions
◦ Social Committee
◦ Publicity Committee
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12 inVenTs Leadership Team
Members
19 Galipatia Leadership Team
Members
20+2 RA’s
148 Upper Class Mentors &
Committee Members
440 Freshmen
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266 Galileans
174 Hypatians
~75 DaVinci
~40 Curie
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Total ~ 600 students
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Federal and State Agencies
◦ National Science Foundation
◦ Department of Education
◦ Department of Energy
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NSF
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Division of Engineering Education and Centers
Division of Undergraduate Education
Human Resources and Development
Other various efforts throughout the Foundation
The NSF ENG Directorate supports
fundamental research to commercialization
Emerging Frontiers in
Research and Innovation
(EFRI)
Sohi Rastegar
Program Director for
Evaluation &
Assessment
Office of the Assistant
Director
Pramod Khargonekar,
Assistant Director
Grace Wang, Dep. Asst. Dir.
Alexandra Medina-Borja
Engineering
Education and
Centers
(EEC)
Theresa Maldonado
Chemical,
Bioengineering,
Environmental,
and Transport
Systems
(CBET)
JoAnn S. Lighty
Civil,
Electrical,
Mechanical, and
Communications,
Manufacturing
and Cyber
Innovation
Systems
(CMMI)
(ECCS)
George Hazelrigg (A)
Samir El-Ghazaly
Program Director for
Strategic Operations
Cheryl Albus
Senior Advisor for
Nanotechnology
Mihail Roco
Program Director for
Diversity
Bevlee A. Watford
Industrial
Innovation and
Partnerships
(IIP)
Cheryl Albus (A)
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Foundation Priority
◦ Specific Targeted Programs
◦ Emphasis programs
◦ “Could be used” programs
ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and
Advancement of Women in Academic Science
and Engineering Careers
14-573
All
All
Alliances for Graduate Education and the
Professoriate
14-505
EHR, MPS
HRD
Broadening Participation in Engineering
14-7680
ENG
EEC
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and
Technology (CREST) and HBCU Research
14-565
Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (RISE)
EHR, ENG
HRD
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement
Program Track-3: Building Diverse
Communities
13-553
IIA
EPSC
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive
12-588
Research: Workshop Opportunities (EPS-WO)
All
All
General & Age-Related Disabilities Engineering
14-5342
(GARDE)
ENG
CBET
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Undergraduate Program
EHR
HRD
14-513
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation
(LSAMP)
12-564
EHR
HRD
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics
12-529
EHR
DUE
Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
13-603
GEO
OCE
Ocean Sciences Research Initiation Grants
13-606
GEO
OCE
Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials11-562
MPS
DMR
Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research
13-566
and Education
MPS
AST
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology
12-497
BIO
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science,
Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
14-567
EHR
HRD
Research on Education and Learning
13-604
EHR
DRL
SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
14-595
SBE
SMA
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program
14-572
EHR, GEO
HRD
EEC Program Clusters
Centers & Networks
Engineering Education Research
Engineering Workforce
Development
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All Engineering disciplines
ENG-wide roles (annual solicitations and program
descriptions):
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Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE)
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Research Experiences for Teachers
Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE)
NSF-wide roles
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CAREER
Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE)
Research in Engineering Education (REE)
Research Initiation Grants in Engineering Education (RIGEE)
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Engineering Education Research (EER) in EEC
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Research in Engineering Education (REE )
Program Description
Pathways to and through engineering
How credentials are earned and viewed
Understanding the education innovation ecosystem
Balance between technical and human
How engineering is learned
Research Initiation Grants in Engineering Education (RIGEE)
Solicitation
• Small, short term grants to build partnerships between engineering
faculty and learning scientists
• Partnership focuses on a research project
• Anticipated outcome is continuation in REE program or other
Division of Engineering Education and Centers
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All 7 directorates and the Office of International Science
and Engineering
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Proposals focus on identifying factors that are efficacious in
forming ethical STEM researchers
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What constitutes responsible or irresponsible, just or unjust
scientific practices and sociotechnical systems, and how to
best instill students with this knowledge.
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Maximum award $400,000 for 1-4 years
Proposals due Jun 17, 2014
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Division of Social and Economic Sciences
Professional Formation of Engineers
Public Values
PhD Degree
Licensure
Industry
MS Degree
Faculty
Development
Research-toPractice
Senior
“The Core”
Junior
Sophomore
Other Employment
Sectors
Community
Colleges
Freshman
Internships
Maker
Spaces
K-12
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Human Resource Development
• CAREER
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
– Supports the involvement undergraduates in ongoing
research
– Deadline for site proposals in Aug. each year
– MOU with DOD AFOSR
– Supplements
• Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in
Engineering
– Supports the active involvement of K-12 teachers and
community college faculty in engineering research to bring
knowledge of engineering and technological innovation
into their classrooms
– Deadline October
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the understanding of how a diverse engineering student
body, professional workforce, and faculty impact
engineering innovation and productivity.
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the underlying issues affecting the differential participation
rates in engineering, particularly those that can be
addressed by engineering faculty members.
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the experiences and interactions that enhance or inhibit
underrepresented groups' persistence to degree and career
interest in the professoriate.
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SSTEM
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IUSE
◦ Scholarships
◦ (1) Engaged Student Learning
◦ (2) Institutional and Community Transformation.
 (i) Exploration
 (ii) Design and Development.
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ATE
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EHR Core Research
◦ Advanced Technological Education
◦ Focus on 2 year and transition
◦ Core Research Proposals to study a foundational research
question/issue designed to inform the transformation of STEM
learning and education
◦ Capacity Building Proposals (maximum 3 years, $300,000) intended
to support groundwork necessary for advancing research within the
four core areas.
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Improve STEM Learning & Learning Environments - Improve
the knowledge base for defining, identifying, and innovating
effective undergraduate STEM education teaching and
learning
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Broaden Participation & Institutional Capacity for STEM
Learning - Increase the number and diversity of
undergraduate students
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Build the Professional STEM Workforce for Tomorrow Improve the preparation of undergraduate students
2 Tracks
Engaged Student
Learning
Design, development, and
research studies that involve
creation, exploration, or
implementation of tools, resources,
and models
Institutional and
Community
Transformation
Projects that use innovative
approaches to substantially
increase the propagation of
highly effective methods of STEM
teaching and learning in
institutions of higher education
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local
time):
Track
October 2014
Engaged Student
Learning
Exploration
Institutional and
Community
Transformation
Exploration
• up to $250K
• Deadline: 10/22/14
• up to $250K
• Deadline: 10/22/14
January 2015
Design and
Development
• Level I - up to $600K
• Level II - $600K - $2M
• Deadline: 1/13/15
Design and
Development
• up to $3M
• Deadline: 1/13/15
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National
◦ Engineering Information Foundation
◦ Sloan Foundation
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Local
◦ Dominion Power Foundation
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Corporate
◦ Exxonmobile
◦ General Electric
◦ Ford
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www.foundationcenter.org