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New Mexico Space Grant Consortium – 2014-2017
National Council of Space Grant Directors’ Spring Meeting
Arlington, VA
March 2-4, 2017
Nader Vadiee, Ph.D.
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI)
Table of Contents
1- A Short Bio
2 - About SIPI
2-SIPI STEM Programs
3-SIPI Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs
4-VIP ROSE STEMS Mentoring
5- Seven Pillars of Research Experience for TCU’s
6-Seven World Models
6- I-C-MARS VIP ROSE STEMS Projects 2
A short BioNader Vadiee, PhD represents SIPI in the areas of engineering and engineering technology, student outreach, recruitment,
education, and research.
He served SIPI as educational program coordinator from August 1994 to July 1998. He has rejoined SIPI as engineering
faculty and engineering programs coordinator since August 2004.
He has more than thirty five years of experience in STEM education, academia and industry and has conducted research,
solicited funds, designed, supervised, and offered courses in electrical engineering and computer engineering.
Dr. Vadiee served as project director of the highly successful undergraduate research program, NASA PURSUE, NASA
MURED PAIR Program, at the University of New Mexico. Funded for 4 years at $500k /year, approximately 125
undergraduate and graduate research and educational projects were sponsored. SIPI was a partner school under NASA
PURSUE program.
Dr. Nader Vadiee, SIPI engineering programs coordinator had an appointment with the UNM department of electrical and
computer engineering as a research associate professor for 1998 – 2005.
He was selected by the Carnegie Foundation as the 2009 New Mexico Professor of the Year. He is the 2015 AICF Faculty
of the Year.
Nader Vadiee also serves as on the New Mexico Math and Science Advisory Council (MSAC).
NASA Office Education has awarded the SIPI Engineering Program a three-year grant of
$783,000 to build a “ Information Technology Experiences using Simulated Tele-science Robotics Exploration of Mars”
project. 3
SIPI Overview
SIPI is an accredited national Indian community college with
students from over 100 Native Nations.
Approximately 450-550 students
Located in Albuquerque, NM
USDA Land Grant Institution since 1994
SIPI Mission Statement
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute is a National Indian
Community College that prepares Native American students to be
productive life-long learners as tribal members in an ever-changing
global environment. As a land grant institution, SIPI partners with
tribes, employers, and other organizations with a stake in Indian
education. An enduring commitment to student success is the hallmark
of SIPI’s operations.
National Community College
Federally funded
More than 100 tribes represented
Open Enrollment
Average age 27-28
70% entering with a math and science of 8th grade level
First generation college
Priority of community functions and responsibilities
Social, cultural, and financial challenges
NASA, NSF, DoE, DoD, and AIHEC
Have Assisted SIPI in
Developing STEM Programs InfrastructureNew Science and Technology Building opened Fall of 2003 74,000
sq. ft. with office, laboratory and classroom facilities
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Vertically Integrated Pyramid (VIP) Approach to Research, Outreach, and Student Education (ROSE) in Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Math. (STEM):
The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (Albuquerque, N.M.) employs paid student internships not only to retain students majoring in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), but also to encourage students in developmental courses to stay in college and pursue STEM careers.
Students are linked to each other as well as graduate students, instructors, and industry professionals via the Vertically Integrated Pyramid (VIP) Model that SIPI’s Department of Advanced Technical Education has crafted to build the relationships and the sense of community that are important to Native Americans.
For their paid work on engineering-related projects, SIPI student interns are usually under the direction of graduate or post-doctoral students who also serve as mentors. Increasingly, the graduate students are SIPI alumni who are enrolled at nearby universities.
Integrated laboratory stations,
CADD tools, and project design and
implementation shop
Integrated Outreach, Education, and
Research for Lab. facility utilization
One the largest Pre-engineering programs
among TCU’s-75 students .
The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute's (SIPI)
renewable energy program seeks to establish renewable energy technology hardware on and around the campus, which will supplement and create the educational resources to teach
renewable energy courses at its campus. Under the program, SIPI will design, install, operate, and
maintain photovoltaic, wind and solar hot water systems to be located at the SIPI campus and educate and train Native
American students in renewable energy technology.
Renewable Energy I
Renewable Energy II
1 - Wind Turbine Design – Vertical and Horizontal Axis – Argonne National Lab. – Indian Energy Program-National Championship for SIPI team. Indian Energy Program-Dept. of Ed. FIPSE grant.
2 - Biofuel Technology- Alga to Bio-diesel Process - Argonne National Lab. – Indian Energy Program – National Championship for SIPI
3 – Energy Audit for the existing building on the SIPI campus, Solar City Bus Stop, Mobile Lab. Trailer –DOE/ AIHEC and Dept of Ed. Grants.
4 – Jemez Pueblo Solar Power Plant – Feasibility Study- AIREI –DOE/ AIHEC grant
5 – Jemez Pueblo Hot Springs Utilization- Feasibility Study – NSF/AISES Grant
6 – Solar Tracker based on GPS information – NM EPSCOR
7 – Watershed Visualization Table – NM EPSCOR
8 – Photo Luminance System Design and LED Technology – University of New Mexico sub-award and AIREI/AIHEC grant
9 – Smart Lighting Design for the Engineering ICMARS lab. – UNM NSF CHTM center and AIREI/AIHEC grant
10 – Solar Decathlon – SIPI-UNM Collaboration
Seven Pillars of Research Experience for
Undergraduates
1- Understanding the Relevance of Math, Physical and Social Sciences, and
Computational tools to Engineering and Engineering Technology Research
and Development
2 – Acquiring Soft Skills, creative and critical thinking, life-long learners,
teamwork, time and resource management, communication, etc.
3 – Exposing to Career and Professional Opportunities
4 – Mentoring and Tutoring opportunities, VIP structure
5 – Learning New and Cutting Edge Research and Development in the Field
6 – Cross-disciplinary team projects
7 – Community-based Research and Development (Renewable Energy,
Sustainability, Construction Engineering, Mars Yard, Summer TCU
Engineering Institute, etc.
Venues and Vehicles for Delivering Project-based Instruction
Intro. to CADD- ENGR 101
Intro. Computer Information Systems-CIS 101
Intro. To GIT- GIT 101
Intro. To Electronics-ET 101
Computing Tools for Engineering– ENGR 110
Intro. to Engineering and Design-ENGR 105
Engineering Internship-ENGR 280
Engineering Design Project- ENGR 285
Special Topics Course- ENGR 290
Community-based Research ProjectsThe SIPI sub-award is designed to build the "capacity for engineering education and research experience on the
"Renewable Energy Technology" at SIPI and other tribal; colleges through SIPI dissemination of information and
summer "Tribal Colleges Faculty Professional Development" Institute.
Diabetics Diagnosis and Management Technology
Jemez Mega Solar Power Studies
The NAU university partnership provides support for SIPI engineering courses: ENGR 105, ENGR 280, ENGR
285, and ENGR 290, described briefly in the following:
SIPI Supports Dream Catcher STEM Program - 2012
A team of SIPI students from the engineering programs, offers the " “Engineering” & Design" workshop for the
2012 Sandia National Labs Dream Catcher Science Program. The “Engineering & Design” workshop is comprised
of Hands on activities on Microsystems Education, Robotics, and CNC machines .
Energy Audit of the SIPI Student Union Building , Smart Lighting Project
SIPI-AISES-NSF Jemez Pueblo Geo-Thermal Outreach and Education
SIPI Solar House Design
UNM-DOR SOLAR DECATHELON Project
SIPI Engineering Programs invited to join UNM and ASU for the 2013 Solar Decathlon Competitions . UNM and
ASU have recently been selected as one of the 20 teams to participate in Solar Decathlon 2013. SIPI students will to
work with UNM and ASU teams on incorporating some of the Native American heritage into the design work
SIPI Educational Mobile Robot Platform/NASA TCU ELO Project
Tribal high schools and colleges can use the SIPI RoadRunner 3.0 platform to teach C, MATLAB, LabView
computer programming, robotics, computer networks, microcontrollers, microprocessors, sensor technology and
etc.
http://engr220.pbworks.com/w/page/33355467/Roadrunner%203%20Training%20Manual
ENGR-SIPI / Roadrunner 3 Training Manual
Some of the Key Best Practices
1 - Safety Net Certificate Programs
2 – Multiple-Exit and Multiple-Entry Point
3 – 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 Curriculum Structure
4 – Four Capstone courses:
a - Intro to Engineering Sciences and Design,
b – Design Project,
c – Internship,
d – Special Topics Course
Major Universities and Institutions
Of Higher Education Partnerships
UNM, NMT, NMSU, RPI, NAU, UNT, U of A, ASU, CNM, SFCC, Ten. Tech
List of the Public Institution Partners:
NM MASC, NMHED, NASA, DoD, AFSOR, AFRL, NSF,
USPTO, NM EPSCOR, UNM ASERT, NM AMP,
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE
\AND HISTORY, SNL. ARGONE NATIONAL LAB.
LAWERANCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB.
List of the Private Institutions,
DMA, WOLFRAM ALPHA,AIHEC, SACNAS, AISES, NIEA
K-12 Schools
BIE SCHOOLS, NATIVE AMERICAN SERVING HS,
Tribal Schools
SKC, DINE, NWIC, and 11 colleges members of the TCU Engineering Programs Working
Group
1 – Fair, Equitable, and win-win Partnerships
2 – Capacity building on SIPI campus
3 – Sharing Resources among TCU’s
4 – Sustainability
SIGN UP NOW !Fall 2014 Trimester !
ENGR 105Introduction to Engineering and Design
Instructor: Dr. Nader VadieePre-requisite: Your interest in
Engineering or Robotics !
Bio-Diesel Project
Indian Energy Program
Argonne National Lab.
STEM curriculum designed for tribal colleges and universities need to
have the following features:
1 – Enrichment Year
2 – Multiple entry and exit points with certification
3 – Distance Learning Component
4 – Project-based and hands-on courses front-loaded
5 – Down, across, and up articulation. 4-year, high-school, and other
tribal colleges.
6 – Summer research opportunities
7 – Inclusion of Internship, Design Project, and Special Topics course.
8 – CADCAM, GIS/GPS, IT Essentials,
9 – Tele-presence and tele-operated laboratories, distance learning.
10 – Community work and VIP model.
11- Sufficient budget and time for institutionalization- 10 years, $10M
12- Computational tools, Materials Science, Renewable Energy, and
Engineering Ethics
13- Educating the administrators and policy makers!
14- ABET accreditation, is it needed?
15- Small business and entrepreneurship, 2 + 1 and 3 + 2 programs
16 - ROSE STEM for Life!
17 – Strategic planning for grants and soft funds.
18 – Introduction to Engineering and Design Course – Upfront
19 – Students Research Experience teams: O&R, I&D, and I&D teams
20 - Indigenous science and technology courses
1 – VIP ROSE STEMS Project Teams, small VIP support communities
2 – Problem –Based Learning (PBL) STEM Projects
3 – Community-based STEM Projects and Community-based recruitment
4 – 2 + 1 Entrepreneurial STEM Projects
5 – Safety net Programs
6 – 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 STEM Programs Structures
7 – Special Topic STEM Courses
8 – Teaching Math as a Second Language
9 – 3’M’s are new 3 R’s !
10 – Math WORD Problems and Story Tellers
11 – Mobile Robots are STEM Education on a Plate Program!
12 – Simulated Mars Exploration Experience for IT Professionals!
13- VIP ROSE STEM Ambassadors
14 – ABC’s of ATE
15 – STEM Education Corps
16 – Holistic Multi-modal Models Approach in Teaching Math and Science
17 – Integration of the URE and the curricula
18 – Problem-Based Learning, Math and Science subjects on
demand
19 – Total Product Development Process-From Drafting Board
to Recycling
20 – Technology-based small Business Development
Seven Different World Models
1 - Linguistic (Natural Language) or Words
Ex. : X is inversely proportional to Y, X is larger than twice the Y plus five
.
2 – Numerical, Look-up Tables, Data Bases, statistical
3 – Graphical, Animation, Video, and Multi-media
4 – Analytical , Logical, Mathematical Model
X= 1/Y , X > 2Y + 5
5 – Computational, Computer Simulation, Games
6 – Physical , Experimental, Analog Simulation
7 – Intuitional, Mental
STEM Learning Center
STEM Teaching and Learning Centers:
1 – Traditional Math Class ( Teams of Students)
2 – Computer Lab.
3 – Laboratory
4 – Shop
Goal:
1 – Conceptual Learning
2 – Critical Thinking
3 – Creative Problem Solving
4 – Life-long learning
VIP ROSE STEMS Teams
Research and Development◦ Mobile Robots Platforms◦ Intelligent Cooperative Multi-Agent Robotic Systems ◦ Mars Yard Team◦ Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources
Student Education and Outreach◦ Roadrunner Curriculum◦ Electronics Design Lab.◦ Senior Design Projects◦ I-C-MARS Curriculum
Documentation and Information Dissemination
Partnerships and Sustainability
Autonomous Vehicles, NAVCaR, ROV-E
UAV and Drones for Remote Sensing
Rocket Launch
PL System
Virtual Reality
Advanced Manufacturing
Smart Lighting
Micro-greens
Augmented Reality Sand Box
Mars Yard
Motion Capture Systems
1 - Project Team A:
Development of the SIPI Educational Mobile Robot and RPI Mobile Studio Kits for Research, Outreach and
Students Education – SIPI Road-Runner Series.
Faculty Advisor/mentors: Dr. Nader Vadiee, Mr. Mike Majedi
Mentors: Jonathon West, Zach Netzer
2 - Project Team B
Development of the SIPI Educational Wind Tunnel Test-bed and integration of the RPI Mobile Studio Boards
Faculty Advisor/mentors: Dr. Nader Vadiee, Dr. Riccardo Bevilacqua, Daniele Gallardo,
Mentors: Jonathon West, Kevin Blackhorse, Zach Netzer, Wendi Cole
3 - Project Team C Exploring Bio-Engineering Systems Modeling and Simulation .
Faculty Advisor/mentors: Dr. Jaime Juarez, Dr. Jennifer Pascal, Dr. Nader Vadiee
4 - Project Team D Jemez Pueblo Mega Solar Power Plant Studies-DOE Project.
Faculty Advisor/Mentors: Dr. Nader Vadiee, Dr. Mehrdad Khatibi (NAU
Mentors: Mr. Jonathon West, Matthew Collins, Tomzak Billie
5 - Project Team E: The pulse of the Bosque: Design an environmental monitoring system and Integration of the
RPI Mobile Studio Board.
Faculty mentor: Dr. Mark Stone (UNM) , Dr. Nader Vadiee,
Mentors: UNM Student mentors: Colin Byrne, Jeffrey Samson, Rafael Perea, and Sophie Stauffer.
VIP ROSE STEM Research Experience Projects
Fall 2013- Summer 2014
(students enrolled in the ENGR 105 and ENGR 290)
To engage student interest in STEM subjects by having them build Mars Rovers and learn to program and operate Mars Rovers in Mars-yards that we have constructed and are constructing on the SIPI campus
To teach students the math and physics required to build and operate the rovers
To enable students to program and operate the Mars Rovers from their current classrooms
2 “Mars Yards” where students can remotely
operate rovers to design and test new software
and hardware
Internet connected for worldwide access
Physical and simulated environments
400 ft2 Operating area for simple rovers and for
testing of new main yard rovers
sipi-i-c-mars.org
2500 ft2 Landscaped Warehouse
Used to teach students to program Mars Rovers for
more realistic complete missions
Exterior Decoration of the
SIPI Mars Laboratory
We are building a replica of Gale Crater on Mars in
the Mars Laboratory
Picture of Gale Crater from NASA Photo Archives
The SIPI Large Mars-Yard with Rovers
Objective: introduce students to robotics and programming by building and operating simple RoadRunner Rovers
Paper Being Presented at IEEE Integrated Stem Education
Conference in March 2017.
• SIPI Student Mentors Brandon Ray and Tomczak Billie with the Large Mars Rover that they built
• ENGR290 Classes and ENGR285 Projects covering:• Programming
• C++• Robot Operating System• Python• Javascript/HTML/PHP
• Sensors• Motors and actuators• 3D CAD and Printing• Landscaping and construction
We have 30 graduated students in the Pre-Engineering
program since 2006
2016 – the largest graduating class in Pre-Engineering thatSIPI has ever experienced
Spring/Summer 2015 Spring/Summer 2016
AS Pre-Engineering / CADD
Certificate Enrollment43 / 35 38 / 39
AS Pre-Engineering / CADD
Certificate Graduation6 9
The program is fully funded through the NASA TCU-ELO Grant
The program includes curricula, Mechanism Guidebooks (teacher and student editions), and Lesson Outlines culminating in Challenges for each unit (Grades 9-12)◦ Compliant with NM Common Core and NextGen Standards
Includes funding for our partner schools for technology and supplies
SIPI graduates and students available to work with your teachers and students as they implement the program
Curricular Resources available on our web site:
https://sites.google.com/site/sipimodules/
A team of high school students, from the Bernalillo High School, in
company of their science teacher, Ms. Katrina Lake, joined us for on
Friday February 5th, 2016, to attend a training on the SIPI NASA I-C-
MARS Project home-made Educational RoadRunner Mobile Robot
Platform, RoadRunner 4.0. Bernalillo High School is a partner K-12
school with our NASA TCU ELO ( SIPI I-C-MARS ) Project.
During Spring 2016, Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 NASA
Scientists will conduct interactive Knowledge Capture
sessions with SIPI and SIPI’s Partner Schools. Partner
schools can either:
◦ Bus their students to the SIPI Campus for these
presentations, or
◦ We will deliver the program by computer link to their
classrooms
BHS Students at the Fall 2015
NASA Knowledge Capture Event
Brandon Ray and Tomczak Billie, SIPI Engineering Programs alumni
and SIPI I-C-MARS Project teaching assistants, attended the
DISCOVER STEM Week event held at the National Museum of
Nuclear Science and History, on February 4th, 2016.
SIPI team demonstrated remote operation of Mars RoadRunner Mini-
rovers located in the SIPI Mini-Mars-Yard via the Internet. Students
were able to take control of one of our two rovers and navigate
through the Mini-Mars-Yard web link. There also were "missions" for
the students to complete using the tools on the web interface for the
Mini-Mars-Yard.
SIPI's Autonomous Vehicles Research and Development Group:
Several students and faculty teams at the pre-engineering program at
the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) are currently
engaged with several projects focused on modeling, simulation,
development, testing and evaluation of un-manned and autonomous
vehicles. Some of the projects are as follows:
SIPI Autonomous Vehicles Research and Development Group:
- Mars Rovers ( SIPI NASA TCU ELO and NCAT-UTSA-SIPI
TECHLAV Project)
- Mars Exploration using UAV ( NASA TCU ELO – Project )
- Rockets with Science Payloads ( NASA New Mexico space Grant
Project)
- Swarmies ( The University of New Mexico - NASA Swarmathon and
Traffic control and transportation management for autonomous
automobiles Projects)
http://youtu.be/kjSD6DWk0OM
Bernalillo High School Student Participation in STEM Classes as a Result of the NASA TCU-ELO Grant
External evaluation indicates thatstudents are more engaged and enthusiastic about learning STEM subjects and more motivated to attend class (March, 2016)
Fall 2014 Fall 2015
Bernalillo High School12
(Pre-Program Launch)
48
(36 Completed the Course)
Additional High Schools
Fall 2016
◦ Native American Community Academy (Albuquerque)
◦ Zuni and Twin Buttes High Schools (Zuni, NM)
Spring 2017
◦ Wallatowa High Charter School (Jemez, NM)
External evaluation of student impact– Spring
2017
JSC Summer Interns – 2016
◦ SIPI Remote Summer Interns
Roshonda Shurley – Cinda Chullen’s Space Suit Team
Levi Albert – Scott Askew’s Robotics Team
Stanton Lance – Space Suit Outreach Team
◦ NMSU Full-Time Summer Intern
Macklin Begaye – NMSU Junior
NCAS Workshops
◦ Two SIPI students Sam Smith and Bernadette
Quintana were accepted to the NASA Aerospace
Academy for the Summer 2016 and hope to
qualify for invitation to one of the NCAS
workshops at JSC in the Fall
NASA REU Intern
◦ Kory Menke from Durham Tech (NC) spent the summer at SIPI working on the Swarmathon Project and developing a miniaturized mass spectrometer for our Rovers
Over the past year, NMSU has focused ondesigning and fabricating mechanisms forour Rovers
Twenty-seven students in an NMSU Kinematics class participated in this effort
November 2015 - Dr. Edwin "Zack" Crues, JSC - “Modeling
and Simulation Technologies by the NASA Exploration
Systems Simulations (NExSyS)
Missions for the Human Exploration of Mars' Moon Phobos”
February 2016 - John Baker, JPL – “How are the NASA Mars
Robotics Missions Designed and Operated?”
June 2016 - Dan Harrison, JSC Robotics (Ret.) - “I Didn't
Know I Couldn't Do That!”
October 2016 – Horton Newsome, PhD
On April 20-21, SIPI’s NASA Swarmathon team - five SIPI
students and one faculty -attended the first NASA
Swarmathon Challenge at Kennedy Space Center
The team took 3rd Place as the only tribal college!
The team has been invited to compete in 2017
Four SIPI students and one faculty participated in the NASA
RockOn Workshop, on Wallops Island, VA from June 18-25
The team successfully completed all of the steps building their
rocket payload and integrated all systems checks
They are continuing this work at SIPI and plan to compete in
the First Nations Lunch in Wisconsin, Spring 2017
Culinary Arts – Tenzing
Calsoyas - growing food in
space
Technical Writing Classes
assist with Documentation
Natural Resource students
worked with UAVs to assist
site restoration efforts on the
Isleta Pottery Mound
Red Cabbage Microgreens
September 25-27, 2016
Sunday – Community/ Family
Day – Jemez Pueblo
Monday – Middle School, High
School Day
Tuesday – Education Directors
Day
Achievements in acquiring support, in kind and hard funding for the project
Achievements in acquiring support, in kind and hard funding for the project
External Advisory BoardNMSGC Grant – Will Fund 20 more Student Mentors Fall 2016
AIHEC AIREI for Smart Lighting Demo Project
UNM ASERT Program
NM NASA EPSCOR Student Launch Program
AFRL and NM EPSCOR
TECHLAV Grant – With UTEP and NCA&T – DOD Funded
RockOn Workshop – Wallops Island, VA
UNM “Swarmathon” – Funded by NASA
KRQE broadcasted a news story on SIPI and UNM NASA Swarmathon program, on May 8, 2016. Please visit the following link:
http://krqe.com/2016/05/08/unm-partners-with-nasa-for-national-robotics-competition/
Please also visit the following link for a great story by the Indian Country Today-Media Network on the SIPI I-C-MARS Project ( NASA TCU ELO) :
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/05/25/mars-new-mexico-sipi-students-transform-desert-martian-landscape-164511
You may also share the following links to our educational materials:
https://sites.google.com/site/sipimodules/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Southwestern-Indian-Polytechnic-Institute-SIPI-Engineering-Programs/339779393318?ref=ts
http://scme-nm.net/scme_2009/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=35&Itemid=56
https://www.facebook.com/Swarmathon/videos/1198224376857072/
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