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NSF CAREER award supports computer scientist’s ongoing quest to achieve digital equity

Posted by Eliza Romero on June 28, 2022

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Five-year COMET project will focus on crowdsourcing measurements of broadband coverage among rural, low-income and tribal populations

Despite a number of federally funded efforts to increase access to information and telecommunication (ICT) infrastructure across the U.S., studies show that rural communities—especially low-income households in tribal areas—are persistently excluded from access to the essential services and opportunities delivered via ICT. By not having equal… Read more

Filed Under: College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Using the Force: Force microscopy research nets Ph.D. student a scholarship—and a job—with DOD

Posted by Eliza Romero on June 6, 2022

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Jorge Muñoz, a Ph.D. student in NAU’s Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, recently received the U.S. Department of Defense’s SMART Scholarship, which provides tuition and all education-related expenses, a stipend, research and mentoring opportunities. Muñoz also will work for the DOD after he graduates. It means, instead of worrying about finding a… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications - ¡MIRA!, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science

S-STEM initiative encourages students from underrepresented populations to enter Engineering, Computer Science fields

Posted by Heather Tate on May 26, 2022

Constantin Ciocanel talking to a student on a lab$1.49 million NSF award emphasizes scholarships as well as mentorship to ensure success

The workforce across northern Arizona and the Southwest will need a growing number of engineering and computer science professionals who can develop advanced solutions addressing water supply shortages, increasing access to renewable energy, enhancing… Read more

Filed Under: College of Education, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of STEM, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

New initiative encourages students from underrepresented populations to enter engineering, computer science fields

Posted by Eliza Romero on

Mechanical Engineer explaining information with hands

Department of Mechanical Engineering and School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems has been awarded $1.49 million in funding to increase the graduation rate of students in engineering and computer science 

The workforce throughout northern Arizona and the Southwest will need a growing number of engineering and computer science professionals who can… Read more

Filed Under: College of Education, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of STEM, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, STEM

Paleoclimatologists awarded private funding to continue studying effects of dust and drought on climate change in the Four Corners region

Posted by Heather Tate on April 7, 2022

Team will deploy drones and weather balloons to chase dust storms and track the flow of dust into the atmosphere

Nicholas McKay and students in fieldAtmospheric dust plays a key role in Earth’s climate system. While it can have a positive impact, such as fertilizing the soils, dust can also have a negative impact on… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, School of Earth and Sustainability

Catalyzing systemic change: Team will use $1.3 million in funding to reduce racial disparities in STEM graduate programs

Posted by Heather Tate on March 7, 2022

Partnership between NAU-Flagstaff, NAU-Yuma and Diné College will address educational inequities on an institutional level

Catherine Propper and RISe student working in the labAccording to the National Center for Education Statistics, only 10 percent of all M.S. degrees were awarded to Latinx students between 2015-16, and a stunningly low 1 percent to Indigenous students. The… Read more

Filed Under: College of Arts and Letters, College of Education, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Educational Leadership, Department of English, School of Forestry, STEM

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