{"id":79213,"date":"2018-05-04T14:16:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T00:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=79213"},"modified":"2021-04-08T16:13:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T02:13:03","slug":"hawaii-engaged-stem-pathways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/04\/hawaii-engaged-stem-pathways\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA<\/abbr> grant establishes STEM<\/abbr> pathways for underserved students"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Participants from the 2017 HESTEMP<\/abbr> conference. (Photo courtesy of HESTEMP<\/abbr>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s College of Engineering<\/a> was among three national universities selected in 2015 by NASA<\/abbr> to strengthen curriculum and curricular pathways in science, technology engineering and mathematics (STEM<\/abbr>), and attract, retain and support the success of underrepresented students in their degree programs. The cooperative agreement award for the three-year project that began in 2015, called Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s Engaged STEM<\/abbr> Pathways<\/a> (HESTEMP<\/abbr>), totals $499,534. <\/p>\n

HESTEMP<\/abbr> aims to establish engaged and sustainable educational pathways for Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s underrepresented and underserved high school students to help them pursue and achieve advanced STEM<\/abbr> degrees. This effort focuses on involving students of Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Micronesian and Filipino backgrounds. HESTEMP<\/abbr>\u2019s three NASA<\/abbr>-prioritized key projects focus on volcanic aerosols, ocean color and small satellite technology. <\/p>\n

Activities have been conducted on Oʻahu<\/span> and Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island, in partnerships with Wai\u0101kea High School, Moanalua High School, Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College, UH<\/abbr> Hilo, UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Space Flight Laboratory as well as NASA<\/abbr> Ames Research Center. Organizers have also extended the project to Kauaʻi<\/span> and have plans to expand to Maui. <\/p>\n

The HESTEMP<\/abbr> team consists of Dilmurat Azimov<\/strong>, principal investigator and assistant professor of mechanical engineering; Myhraliza Aala<\/strong>, College of Engineering STEM<\/abbr> marketing and public affairs officer; Karen Selph<\/strong> and Steve Howell<\/strong>, Department of Oceanography; and Eric Pilger<\/strong>, Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Space Flight Laboratory. <\/p>\n

Project progress<\/h2>\n

Since HESTEMP<\/abbr>\u2019s inception two years ago, the number of students (high school, community college and university students combined) involved has increased from 10-12 to more than 100 and the number of key projects has increased from 3 to 10. The project has also increased the number of mentors from 1 to 5 and the number of schools and community colleges involved has increased from 3 to over 9. <\/p>\n

One of HESTEMP<\/abbr>\u2019s key projects, unmanned aerial systems, has advanced to become a stand-alone NASA<\/abbr>-funded project, with extended geography covering not only the Hawaiian islands, but also all Central Pacific Islands. <\/p>\n

Seven UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa and UH<\/abbr> Hilo undergraduate students have been awarded fully paid NASA<\/abbr> summer internships to be conducted at the NASA<\/abbr> Ames Research Center. Four undergraduate students have matriculated to graduate school at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa to pursue advanced degrees in STEM<\/abbr>. <\/p>\n

NASA<\/abbr> Johnson Space Center has also become a new project collaborator with significant contributions in terms of funds, consultations and internships. <\/p>\n

HESTEMP<\/abbr> conference<\/h2>\n

The second annual HESTEMP<\/abbr> conference will be held on May 5, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m., at Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Institute of Geophysics room 110. There will be engaging student presentations ranging from atmospheric aerosol studies, unmanned aerial systems, advancements in space technologies and ocean color studies. Individuals from NASA<\/abbr> Ames Research Center will give a talk on their work and how to become involved in the program. <\/p>\n

For additional information on HESTEMP<\/abbr>, email Dilmurat Azimov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The cooperative agreement award for the three-year project that began in 2015, called Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s Engaged STEM Pathways (HESTEMP<\/abbr>), totals $499,534.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[179,1480,1466,313,9],"class_list":["post-79213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-engineering","tag-manoa-academic-innovation-engaged-learning","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-stem","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79213"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93320,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79213\/revisions\/93320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}