The Southern Illinois Energy Scholarships is an S-STEM program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) funded by the National Science Foundation. This project supports talented community college transfer students with demonstrated financial need and an interest in the energy field to complete a STEM degree and enter the energy workforce. This is a 5 years grant supporting 43 scholars while earning baccalaureate degrees at SIUC.
Objectives of this program include providing scholarships that average $7,000 for each of two years for each scholar, developing a mentoring and support network, and providing enrichment activities and educational experiences related to energy systems and challenges.
This paper reports activities and findings in the third year of the project that include recruitment and accomplishments of 30 scholars. We also present results of on-going analyses of the effectiveness of program components on scholars’ outcomes.
Professor Harackiewicz is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her Ph.D. is from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research and teaching interests are in electromagnetics, antennas, senior design, and experiential inter- and multi- disciplinary learning.
Lizette R. Chevalier is currently the Associate Dean of Academic Programs at Southern Illinois University. She is also a professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Omer Elsanusi earned his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Khartoum, Sudan in August 2009. He has been awarded the M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in September 2012. He has since gained experience in buildings engineering systems.
Omer is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Engineering Science at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Since his Bachelor’s degree, his research interest has been towards Renewable Energy processes especially solar energy utilization and storage. He is also a research assistant in the NSF SI Energy Scholarship Program.
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