SMART Program in national news: IEEE article
Award-Winning Maine Partnership: A Model for Boosting STEM Literacy
“Awesome” has been called the word most Americans use to describe almost everything these days. More traditionally, it’s also a term for defining something that’s outstanding or extraordinary. Either way, “awesome” is an apt description for the STEM literacy program that is part of a unique, hands-on collaboration between the University of Maine (UMaine) and Bangor High School. The partnership is the work of IEEE Senior Member Mohamad Musavi, associate dean of UMaine’s College of Engineering and Cary James, the head of Bangor High’s science, technology and engineering department. Last year, IEEE-USA honored the two men with its prestigious 2014 IEEE-USA K-12 STEM Literacy Educator-Engineer Partnership Award for creating SMART—the acronym for Stormwater Management Research Team. See more…
