LSMCE 2014Antonio A. Garcia, Ph.D.

Foundation Professor of BioengineeringAssociate Director, HRCArizona State University

How LSAMP is changing the STEM Degree Program.

The view from “out west”

Keys to WAESO LSAMP Faculty Paradigm

Spe partum (Latin for Create Hope)

WAESO is a facilitator, faculty are the creators

Communication is more than words

Develop students from year one and you will soon have graduate students to recruit

Keys to WAESO LSAMP Student Paradigm

Positive attitude/work to improve skills

Take the initiative/learn to learn

Peer study groups

Get involved in research now!

Stay on course to graduate!

ACTIVE STUDENTS THAT CREATE AND

EXPERIMENT WHILE LEARNING

http://openwetware.org/

wiki/Courses

The power of diversity!

Peer Study Groups

Turning the tables: Erika Camacho, an assistant mathematics professor on the West campus, was a student of Jaime Escalante, a Los Angeles high school algebra teacher who was the inspiration for the 1988 movie “Stand and Deliver.” (Photo by Kyle Thompson)

Learn to learn

Mario Zamora left his hometown of Houston to attend ASU on a full-ride scholarship. Although Zamora comes from a family of doctors he went to school and obtained a degree in biomedical engineering program and saw a new window into STEM.

ASU undergraduate student Martha Camacho organizes insect specimens and adds information to a digital database.

Get Involved in Research

MOVING RESEARCH OUT OF THE LAB AND

INTO THE WORLD

2007 MGE@MSA Student Research Conference/Louisiana Reunion Kamal Barley – WAESO Bridge Fellowship Student

2007 MGE@MSA Student Research Conference /Louisiana Reunion

EPICS team 33 Buckets faced stiff competition as one of five finalists—and just two undergraduate teams—in the worldwide Dell Social Innovation Challenge. On Tuesday night, winners were announced and graduate student teams Essmart took first place, Humanure took second and Nanoly took third. Going into the competition, 33 Buckets was the top undergraduate team in the United States out of over 1,700 entries.

Get Involved in Research

2007 MGE@MSA Student Research Conference

CHANGING THE PROFESSOR INTO A

MOTIVATOR

Positivity

President Barack Obama greets recipients of the 2011 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring in the Oval Office on Dec. 12. Among those being recognized was Arizona State University Regents’ Professor Carlos Castillo-Chavez, fourth in line from left, for the work done by the Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute.

Photo by: Pete Souza/White House

http://mtbi.asu.edu

Let’s go METS!

https://mets.engineering.asu.eduCollaboration with Prof. Mary Anderson-Rowland

HURRICANE KATRINA

Louisiana Reunion 2006

Louisiana Reunion 2006

Louisiana Reunion 2006

Louisiana Reunion 2006

2007 MGE@MSA Student Research Conference /Louisiana Reunion

Outcomes…Outcomes….Outcomes…

Creative young people

Faculty as Mentors/Leaders

Stimulating higher education enviornment

Community of scholars

Graduation rates increasing

Societal impact of LSAMP clearly felt

Stay on course -> Graduate!

Resplendent in their hard hats, Cynthia Karina Botello (left) and Briselda Guerrero, graduates of the Del E. Webb School of Construction, chat while waiting for the Hispanic Convocation to begin.

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