2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Board 212: An Engineering/Computer Science Project with Community Service Focus

Presented at NSF Grantees Poster Session

This conference paper informs about a S-STEM (Scholarships in STEM) project awarded to the University of New Mexico (UNM) School of Engineering (SOE). This NSF project is focused on providing scholarships to students with merit who also demonstrate financial need. This particular NSF project was focused on professional development activities as well as community service projects. The community service projects were enabled by the S-STEM Scholars taking credit hours or performing paid internships. Although the NSF project is in its first two years, it has had many successful community service projects. This paper focuses on surveys and other data from the scholars' participation in this NSF project. The survey data and testimonials show that the NSF project is progressing in the right direction to achieving its original stated goals.

Authors

Prof. Tariq Khraishi University of New Mexico [biography]

Dr. Khraishi currently serves as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Mexico. His general research interests are in theoretical, computational and experimental solid mechanics and materials science. He has taught classes in Dynamics, Materials Science, Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Elasticity and Numerical Methods. For the last several years he has engaged himself in the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Ms. Kristine Denman University of New Mexico [biography]

Kristine Denman is the Director of the New Mexico Statistical Analysis Center. She has over 20 years of experience in both applied research and program evaluation, including multiple evaluation projects focused on STEM internship experiences.

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