Farm to Sea: Engaging Northern Alabama and Southern Tennessee Rural Communities to Increase Participation in the Naval Defense S&T Workforce.
Abstract
The University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI), in collaboration with Alabama A&M University (AAMU) proposes to develop and implement an engineering, aerodynamic, and hypersonic workshop camp that will serve underrepresented, rural, secondary education communities in northern Alabama and southern Tennessee as well as veterans and military families from the Redstone military community. Thecamp will travel to rural schools to promote STEM educational experiences for students and develop a diverse and skilled talent pipeline for the Naval S&T workforce. This program will have the following objectives: 1) build a network of secondary education teachers in rural areas by providing train the trainer training and materials focusing on relevant naval topics, such as aerodynamics, hypersonic, and other basic engineering focus areas as appropriate, 2) provide a hands-on experience for underrepresented and rural secondary education communities using experiential learning in a short camp at their facilities, 3) demonstrate the availability of STEM careers and opportunities in the community by touring local defense industry facilities and AAMU/UTSI campuses, and 4) cultivate interest among rural and underrepresented communities to pursue military STEM careers to build a diverse, skilled talent pipeline forthe 21st-century technical workforce.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 03, 2023
- Source ID
- N000142312260
Entities
People
- Jerry Dahlberg
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Tennessee