As of March 2025, CMSEE is working on the following projects, totaling approximately $3.9 million in grant funding:
Cultivating Artificial Intelligence Literacy through Linguistically Inclusive Integrated Elementary Curriculum via Educational Robotics
PI/Co-PIs: Deniz, Kaya, Yesilyurt, and Turgut
Collaborating Departments: UNLV CMSEE, George Mason University, Weber State University and U of South Carolina Upstate
Total: $1,000,000
Funding agency: National Science Foundation CSforAll Program
Developing Integrated Computer Science Curricula for Linguistically Diverse Classrooms in Grades 3-5
PI/Co-PIs: Deniz, Kaya, Turgut and Yesilyurt
Collaborating Departments: UNLV CMSEE, George Mason University, U of South Carolina Upstate, Weber State University
Total: $1,000,000 UNLV portion: $435,679
Funding agency: National Science Foundation CSforAll Program
Building STEM Educators for Excellence in Nevada (B-SEEN at UNLV)
PI/Co-PIs: Katie Wade-Jaimes, Micah Stohlmann, Katrina Liu, Monika Neda, and Mei Yang
Collaborating Departments: Teaching & Learning, Mathematics, and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Award amount: $1,200,000
Funding agency: National Science Foundation Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
Collaborative Research GEOPAths:IN Recruiting through location-based Curriculum and Field and Laboratory Research Experience for High School Students, Teachers and Undergraduates
PI/Co-PIs: Pamela Burnley, Tina Vo, Shichun Huang, Ganqing Jiang, and Michael Nicholl
Collaborating Departments: Geoscience and T&L
Award amount: $375,016
Funding agency: National Science Foundation IUSE Geopaths Program
NSF EPSCoR Track 1 Harnessing the Data Revolution for Fire Science (HDRFS)
PI/Co-PIs: Merryn Cole and Hasan Deniz
Collaborating Departments: Teaching & Learning Dept. and UNLV CMSEE
Award Amount: $10,000
Funding agency: Nevada System of Higher Education: NSF EPSCoR Education, Outreach & Diversity
STEM and Educator Student Partnership Project
PI/Co-PIs: Deniz, McDonald-Williams, and Gehrig
Collaborating Departments: CMSEE and Desert Research Institute
Award amount: $265,694
Funding agency: Desert Research Institute (Prime sponsor-U.S. Dept. of Education)
K-12 STEM Skill Development to Prepare Nevada's Students for Critical Materials and Other Technology Industry Careers
PI/Co-PIs: Deniz, McDonald-Williams, and Gehrig
Collaborating Departments: CMSEE and Desert Research Institute
Award amount: $140,000
Funding agency: Desert Research Institute (Prime sponsor-U.S. Dept. of Education)
Developing Hydroponics Curricula Integrated with Engineering and Computer Science
PI/Co-PIs: Brendan O’Toole, Hasan Deniz, and Tricia Braxton Perry
Collaborating Departments: Mechanical Engineering, CMSEE and Desert Research Institute
Award amount: $149,113
Funding Agencies: UNR Extension & UNLV Partnerships Program
UNLV Information Technology Workforce Talent Pipeline Project
PI/Co-PIs: Xue Xing, Ying Tao Jiang, Mei Yang, Hasan Deniz, Sebern Coleman, Jimmy Jacobson, and Craig von Collenberg
Collaborating Departments: Teaching and Learning, College of Engineering Dean’s office, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Education Dean’s office, CCSD CTE, and Codingspace,
Award amount: $298,153
Funding agency: Nevada Governor’s Office of Science, Innovation and Technology
Saturday STEM Program-Developing Computer Science Curriculum by Leveraging the Affordance of Educational Robotics for Grades 1-2
Collaborating Departments: CMSEE and UNLV Office of Academic Affairs-Early Outreach
Award Amount: $4,800
Funding Agency: UNLV Office of Academic Affairs-Early Outreach
