Congratulations to Our Winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Idea Competition for the Symposium on Imagining the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education. The 25 winners were chosen from 160 entries received. An additional 25 entries have been awarded honorable mention.
Entrants submitted a statement of video addressing some aspect of the symposium's focus: What should undergraduate STEM education look like in 2040 and beyond to meet the needs of students, science, and society? What should we do now to prepare?
Entries were evaluated based on their potential to contribute to and advance discussion at the symposium as well as originality and future orientation. Winning submissions proposed new ideas for thinking about the future of undergraduate STEM education and addressed a situation (a change in the students, faculty/instructors, technology, workforce, environment, society) that does not currently exist.
Winning submissions and honorable mentions will be featured in the Symposium taking place November 12, 13, and 19, 2020.
To view the winning submissions, click here.
Thank you to all who participated in the competition.
Winners of the Idea Competition
Kelsey Bickett, Florida State University
Toward 2040 and a Science of Being
Eric Brechner, University of Washington, Bothell
Educating searchers
Paul Andrew Burke, Texas A&M University
The Democratization and Future Ubiquity of STEM Education
Sakereh Carter and Sacoby Wilson, University of Maryland, College Park
Critical STEM for Environmental Health and Social Justice
Kai Jun Chew and Holly Matusovich, Virginia Tech
Exam-less Engineering Education: A Provocative Thought Experiment on the Current State of Learning Assessment
Michael Dennin, University of California, Irvine
Alexandre Gomes de Siqueira, University of Florida
Masoud Gheisari, University of Florida
Benjamin Lok, University of Florida
Eliminating Institutional Racism in Undergraduate STEM Education
Ricardo Eiris, Michigan Technological University
CampusXR: Where Real and Virtual Education Blends
Sarah C R Elgin , Washington University in St Louis
Laura K Reed, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Sam Donovan, University of Pittsburgh
Teach science by engaging students in doing science: Fully Realizing the Current Opportunities
Roni Ellington, Glenda Prime, Tracy Rone, and Vanessa Dodo-Seriki,
Morgan State University
Undergraduate STEM Education Re-imagined: Transcending Boundaries, Forwarding Inclusion, Making the Invisible Visible
Erica Hernandez, Bowie State University
Student-parent Undergraduate Research Experience for 2040 STEM Readiness
John Jordan, Syracuse University
Monty Alger, Pennsylvania State University
Darrell Velegol, Pennsylvania State University
James Ferri, Virginia Commonwealth University
STEM 2040 – Beyond the Industrial Paradigm
David Devraj Kumar, Florida Atlantic University
Undergraduates STEM Education: Students Leading the Way
Eli Laird, Southern Methodist University
Hub-Based Education
Holly Matusovich and Kai Jun Chew, Virginia Tech
Putting Equity at the Front: A Choose Your Own Adventure Approach to Engineering Education
Jason Meyers, Krista Ingram, Ken Belanger, Sylvia Jimenez Bolanos, Michael Hay,
Ahmet Ay, Rebecca Metzler, and Jason Keith, Colgate University
Developing an Interdisciplinary Introductory STEM Curriculum Integrating Computational and Mathematical Processes
Rebecca Nugent and Philipp Burckhardt, Carnegie Mellon
Personalized Learning Environments for Student-Centric STEM
Luke Oaks, Texas A&M University / Bray International, Inc.
The Future Product-Offering of Higher Education: Technical Mentorship and Professional Development
Antonio Perez, Procter & Gamble
Towards A Better Future - Improving STEM Education Through New Accreditation Standards
Bala Ram, North Carolina A&T State University
Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education in 2040
Yadilette Rivera-Colón and Gina Semprebon, Bay Path University
Teaching in an Inclusive, Global, Digital Society
David Song, Stanford University
The Future
Meena Thiyagarajah, Kent Crippen, and Hitomi Yamaguchi Greenslet
University of Florida
Athena—An Adaptive Socially Conscious AI Mentor for your Future STEM Selves
Monica Van, University of California, San Diego
AWE: Alternative Worlds Experiment
David Vaughn and Bridget Trogden, Clemson University
STEM Education by 2040: Change the Ecosystem, Impact the World
Jessica Vitiritti, Stanford University
EdTech
Honorable Mentions
Sara Amani and Muhammad Danyal Imam, Texas A&M University
A Humanitarian Approach to STEM Education
Ann E. Austin, Michigan State University
The Future of Undergraduate STEM Education: Inclusive, Flexible, Collaborative, Innovative
Yu Bai, California State University, Fullerton
Yusheng (Christopher) Liu, University of Missouri-Kansas City
An AI-Driven Personalized Learning System (APLES) in Undergraduate STEM Education: Implications for Minority Students
Haider Ali Bhatti, University of California, Berkeley
STEM research as a framework to reimagine undergraduate STEM education using the TrI Model
Matthew L. Bolton, University at Buffalo
Humanistic Engineering: A Transformative Agenda for a Better Future
Sheryl Burgstahler, University of Washington
Make STEM Education Inclusive of Students with Disabilities
Christina Chong, James Dent, and Taniea Sym, Curtin University
Opportunities in STEM in Higher Education
Ben Davies, West Virginia University
Automated Theorem Provers and the instruction of proof-based mathematics
John Estrada and Myriam Changoluisa, Purdue University Northwest
A Futuristic Vision of STEM Education
Benjamin Fine, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Jory Denny, University of Richmond
Reimagining a Liberal Arts Education for a STEM Future
Layal Hakim, University of Exeter
Collaboratively Personalizing STEM Education through a Virtual Gaming Environment
Olivia Harrison , Curtin University
Broadening STEM Education to Accommodate Employability and Job Flexibility
Paul Kim, UC Berkeley
Work Smarter: More Coding in STEM Education
Donna Llewellyn and Jillana Finnegan, Boise State University
Ed Coyle, Kitty Vogt, and Julie Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology
Silo-free Campuses Through Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP)
Robert D. Mathieu, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Ann Austin, Michigan State University
A Vision for the STEM Faculty of 2040
Kathryn McGill, University of Florida
Improving Diversity in STEM through Community College Partner Programs
Tatiana Melguizo and Elise Swanson, University of Southern California
To Increase Participation in STEM, Don’t Focus on STEM: Re-Imagining Undergraduate Education to Increase Racial Diversity and Student Success in STEM
Pranav Mohan, Purdue University
Cindy Belardo, Menstrual Mates LLC
Imperative Curriculum for 2040
Derrick Nero, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Engaging Undergraduates with STEM
Victor Piercey, Ferris State University
Catherine Buell, Fitchburg State University
Rochelle Tractenberg, Georgetown University
Integrated Ethics in Mathematics: Strengthening the STEM Curriculum with Ethical Reasoning
Vicente Talanquer, University of Arizona
Reinventing Higher Education
John Tharakan, Charles Verharen, and George Middendorf, Howard University
Coupling Ethical Research to Community Engagement for Responsive and Impactful UG STEM Education to 2040
David Ucko, Museums + More LLC
Personalized Undergraduate & Lifelong Learning STEM Center
Madhvi Venkatesh, Harvard Medical School
Personalized Transdisciplinary Education
Mia Wright, Multispecies Care Coordinator
The Hero Habitat Theory
