| NSF Org: |
DUE Division Of Undergraduate Education |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | August 8, 2010 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | July 21, 2014 |
| Award Number: | 1003789 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Gul Kremer
DUE Division Of Undergraduate Education EDU Directorate for STEM Education |
| Start Date: | August 15, 2010 |
| End Date: | July 31, 2015 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $501,820.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $501,820.00 |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
CARR 176 KM 0.3 SAN JUAN PR US 00928 (787)751-0178 |
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CARR 176 KM 0.3 SAN JUAN PR US 00928 |
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| NSF Program(s): |
Advanced Tech Education Prog, EPSCoR Co-Funding |
| Primary Program Source: |
04001011DB NSF Education & Human Resource |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.076 |
ABSTRACT
This project establishes a partnership between the Universidad Metropolitana (UMET), the Institutos Tecnologicos de Puerto Rico (ITPR) and representatives from businesses in Puerto Rico with a need for employees with 2-year and 4-year technical degrees in instrumentation, automation and control. The project is improving the science and mathematics education on two campuses of ITPR in order to produce more qualified instrumentation technicians for local industry and to facilitate the matriculation of ITPR graduates to four-year programs at UMET. The laboratory facilities on two ITPR campuses are being upgraded and the faculty are receiving professional development in math and science content and modern pedagogical techniques. UMET is implementing a new bachelors of science degree in instrumentation, automation and control. The curriculum of the new degree is being developed in conjunction with ITPR and includes articulation agreements. The new degree makes extensive use of a state-of-the-art instrumentation and process control laboratory. The project includes rigorous formative and summative evaluation plans with both qualitative and quantitative components coordinated by an independent evaluator. The project results are being disseminated through conference and journal publications with a targeted effort to reach other Hispanic serving institutions.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
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The broad goal of this project was to strenghten the instrumentation technician pipeline through a seamless transfer program, professional development for STEM and instrumentation faculty, and industry internships. This was completed through a partnership between Universidad Metropolitana (UMET), a four-year private institution, and the Institutos Tecnologicos de Puerto Rico (ITPR), a two-year public institution. This project had completed most of its goals that included strenthening and revitlizing the STEM curriculum of the Engineering Technology in Instrumentation Program at the ITPRs, expanding the preparation of ITPR faculty to address current knowledge, skills and competencies needed in instrumentation, providing work-based experiences for ITPR faculty and students through summer industrial internships, and by designing and implementing a new Bachelor in Science in Instrumentation, Automation and Control at UMET and its corresponding Instrumentation and Physics Laboratory. From now on the Bachelor Degree will be part of the assessment of student learning component of the School of Science an Technology to assess its progress reaching the competencies its students must master.
This project had produced an unprecedented relationship in which a science bachelor degree was developed and built upon the knowledge obtained by the students that have completed an associate degree in Engineering Technology in Instrumentation. The bachelor complements the education of the associate degree alumni to entice critical thinking and problem-solving skills. This academic program provides scientists from underserved groups with a set of skills that allow them to be successful in the globalized work environment in which the disappearance of boundaries and the integration of communication and technological advances are required for a technical workforce that is skilled and adaptable.
Last Modified: 10/30/2015
Modified by: Karen Gonzalez
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