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NSF Awards Science, Engineering, & Math (SEM) Research Grant to ASEL
The National Science Foundation has awarded the Applied Science & Engineering Laboratories of the University of Delaware and the Alfred I. duPont Institute a 3-year research grant that will address the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in science, engineering and math curricula. The goal of the project is to engage, recruit and retain individuals with disabilities in SEM educational programs so that the current underrepresentation of these individuals in both SEM educational and professional positions will be reversed.
Under the direction of Ken Barner, Ph.D., this project will launch the following programs in advancing SEM opportunities:
- Regional outreach to families, counselors, and faculty via awareness training, solutions seminars, and abilities demonstrations.
- Extracurricular SEM programs updated to allow participation by all students.
- Mentoring program based on electronic communication.
- Virtual laboratory which will minimize physical requirements and allow all students access to laboratory equipment through computerization and virtual environments.
- Dissemination of findings so that results of this project will influence other organizations to make their improved curricula accessible.
Taken together, these programs form a comprehensive model for increasing the number of individuals that will advance the fields of science, engineering, and math.
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NSF Awards Science, Engineering, & Math (SEM) Research Grant to ASEL