Ray Boeman directs SURF and the Vehicles Technology Area for the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) and is working with Ford and General Motors on two projects as part of a national revitalization of manufacturing comp...

Conducted strategic planning meetings to strengthen community partnership with the non-profit Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program (DAPCEP). Met with the executive director to discuss developing a partnership with the MSU mathematics departme...

This project is developing a database to track students participating in the Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program (DAPCEP), which is designed to increase interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). This project also assesse...

Pre-college students participating in the Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program were invited for a 2 hour per day two-day workshop at the Plant Reserach Lab. The workshop was on photosynthesis. Students were also given a tour of the lab.

A needs assessment document was sent to all the surgical specialties at the Statewide Campus System. The purpose of this assessment is to determine what educational needs the SCS may fill for member hospitals and specialties.

Held online and in person forums attended by local officials. Goal was to inform on the parameters of how American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds could be spent and better understand community needs.

The MSU EDA University Center for Regional Economic Innovation (REI) at the MSU Center for Community and Economic Development is building a new economic development ecosystem by leveraging higher education assets to support the creation and applicati...

The Enrichment Summer Program (ESP) provides three weeks of veterinary experience focused on leadership development, academic preparation, and career knowledge for undergraduate students who have selected veterinary medicine as their career choice. T...

Providing diagnostic services to veterinarians, scientists, and farmers. This includes performing tests, consultation, and the preparation of written reports.

The program provides students the opportunity to build a foundation for work and a career in an app economy. Academy students can expect to work on real-world challenges and connect with community and industry partners. The academy is designed to emp...

The following two projects facilitate a pipeline to forestry education for underrepresented students. 1) A Strategic Alliance for Building, Expanding, and Sustaining Pathways to Careers in Forestry, and 2) Seeding the Ground: Growing the Next Generat...

The Michigan Good Food Fund is a $30 million loan fund that supports good food entrepreneurs, particularly women and BIPOC owners, working to increase access to healthy food and spark economic opportunity in places that need it most. Serving low inco...

Wayne State University's Shiffman Medical Library serves as NLM National Outreach Library with the goal of disseminating trusted health care and scientific research to populations who have lacked access to and are underrepresented in medical research...

A place-based strategy uniting high school students, educators, scientists, residents, community organizations, and municipalities in southeast Michigan. As a funded project partner, GLISA is working with Michigan Sea Grant, Southeast Michigan Stewar...

The mission of the MSU Science Festival is to celebrate the many ways science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (the STEAM disciplines) touch our everyday lives and shape our future, broaden public access to informal learning environment...

This project explores robots for dementia patient caregiver dyads in home settings. A new approach is being explored to design assistive robots for people with dementia and their caregivers.

In 2019 the National Science Foundation awarded a Discovery Research for preK-12 (DRK-12) Grant to further study the Teaching Science Outdoors professional development program with 4th and 5th grade teachers from Lansing and Detroit Public Schools, B...

Guest on Frank Beckmann show talking about social media in education on WJR Detroit.

Through the support of the CREATE for STEM researchers and developers, teachers receive additional training on Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) performance expectations, the features of Project-Based Learning (PBL), and the shift to phenomena...

The goal is to enhance the ability of educators to implement the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in culturally responsive ways by using areas outside of the classroom—and to examine how this type of learning affects students from high-povert...

Shaunak Bopardikar participated in the 2020 Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program (DAPCEP)-MEEP, which places pre-college students from the Detroit area in activities designed to attract them to STEM fields. He designed an activity for grade 1...

Partnered with 150 students, faculty and staff to provide engaging hands-on activities to 350 4-8th grade girls with a goal to expose to the wide field of engineering.

The Office of College Access Initiatives: Project #1 Upward Bound of MSU To prepare college bound high school students for success in post-secondary institutions. To follow and support underrepresented youth in post-secondary institutions. Classes ...

We presented a season from Sept. to Dec. and two multi-hour live stream broadcasts in conjunction with SG Dublin and SG Atlanta, and roughly fifteen programming events, focussed on design, both as a form of control, and as a means of community empowe...

The mission of the MSU Science Festival is to celebrate the many ways science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (the STEAM disciplines) touch our everyday lives and shape our future, broaden public access to informal learning environment...