*Academic Consortium to Cultivate Engineering and Science Opportunities
PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES TO INCREASE HISPANIC GRAD STEM STUDENTS
Challenge
The number of domestic Latina/o/x PhD graduates in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields is half what it should be considering our country’s demographics. This disparity limits our ability to solve the complex problems that face the world.
Opportunity
By strengthening the connections between regional non-doctoral, private academic institutions (NPIs) and R1 (doctoral/very high research activity) Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs - FIU and UCF) and an emerging R1 HSI (USF), ACCESO aims to increase the number of Latina/o/x graduate students who will enter the STEM workforce.
Leveraging STEM resources available through the Florida Consortium of Metropolitan Research Universities (FCMRU) and regional NPIs that are member institutions of the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), ACCESO is a pilot project to develop a graduate pathway for undergraduate students in STEM.
Students from CIC institutions will have opportunities to engage in ongoing summer research activities at the FCMRU, attend a multidisciplinary/multicultural national STEM conference, and prepare to enter graduate school.
SUPPORTED RESEARCH UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCES (REUs)
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ASSET: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Advanced Secured Sensor Enabling
Principal Investigator: Dr. Niki Pissinou
Department/Center: Computer Science
Sloan Targeted Disciplines: Computer Science
Understanding Coastal Ecosystems - From the Everglades to the Coral Reefs
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Rita Teutonico
Department/Center: College of Arts and Sciences and Education
Sloan Targeted Disciplines:
Environmental Sciences
Cell Met (Cellular Metamaterials)
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Arvind Agarwal
Department/Center:
Mechanical and Material Engineering
Sloan Targeted Disciplines: Engineering
PATHS-UP (Precise Advanced Technologies and Health Systems for Underserved Populations)
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Jessica Ramella
Department/Center: Biomedical Engineering
Sloan Targeted Disciplines: Engineering
Advanced Technologies for Hypersonic, Propulsive, Energetic and Reusable Platforms (HYPER)
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Ali P. Gordon
Department/Center:
Aerospace Engineering
Sloan Targeted Disciplines:
Engineering
Engineering and Nanoscience of Materials and Device Applications in Biotechnology and Medicine
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Andre Gesquiere
Department/Center:
Materials Science
Sloan Targeted Disciplines: Chemistry, Engineering
Conservation, Restoration, and Communication
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Linda Walters
Department/Center:
Biology
Sloan Targeted Disciplines:
Biology, Marine Science
Research for Undergraduates in Computer Vision
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Mubarak Shah
Department/Center:
Computer Science
Sloan Targeted Disciplines: Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics
Preparing the Next Generation of Scholars through Community GIS and Citizen Science
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Timothy Hawthorne
Department/Center: Sociology
Sloan Targeted Disciplines:
Earth Science
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Philip Van Beynen
Department/Center: Geosciences
Sloan Targeted Disciplines:
Engineering
REU Site on Ubiquitous Sensing
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Yu Sun
Department/Center:
Computer Science & Engineering
Sloan Targeted Disciplines:
Computer Science, Engineering
Applied Physics at the University of South Florida
Principal Investigator:
Dr. David Rabson
Department/Center: Physics
Sloan Targeted Disciplines: Physics
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Jennifer Collins
Department/Center: Geosciences
Sloan Targeted Disciplines:
Earth Sciences
REU in Functional Materials and Manufacturing at University of South Florida
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Venkat Bhethanabotla
Department/Center:
Materials and Manufacturing Institute
Sloan Targeted Disciplines:
Chemistry, Engineering