The University Of Central Florida Steam Program: Where Engineering Education And Art Meet

Keywords

Art education; Engineering education; STEAM; STEM

Abstract

ICubed is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project housed at the University of Central Florida aimed at increasing participation in STEM fields through coordination and institutional integration. The University of Central Florida Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (UCF STEAM) is a component of ICubed. As a part of this program, UCF STEM faculty and undergraduate researchers work collaboratively with faculty and students in the College of Arts and Humanities to create science-inspired art based on the STEM researcher's explanations of scientific concepts and possibilities. Since the program's inception in 2010, over 700 University of Central Florida faculty and students have participated in the STEAM program with a large majority coming from engineering fields. An evaluation of the program over the last six years demonstrates that by encouraging strong post-secondary cross-disciplinary collaborations, the UCF STEAM program has enlightened UCF's undergraduate engineering students in a manner that not only leads to greater recognition of the interdependencies of right-and left-brain directed skills but also has helped to improve learning and communication skills. This paper highlights UCF engineering STEAM activities and lends a discussion to the educational impact of such a program.

Publication Date

11-28-2016

Publication Title

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volume

2016-November

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2016.7757414

Socpus ID

85006817333 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85006817333

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