University WISE@OU NSF ADVANCE Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination (PAID) grant. She is also in charge of faculty mentoring in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at OU. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Enriching the REU experience through student-led outreach activitiesIntroductionThe benefits of undergraduate student experiences are well known. Students participating inresearch experience for undergraduates (REU) programs report increased skills and self-confidence, a greater sense of empowerment as learners and more motivation to pursue science orengineering careers and graduate degrees [1-8]. REU programs
future of modern medical treatment. Advances in tissueengineering, computational protein design, and high-throughput bioanalyticaltechniques across academia and industry motivate the need to develop curriculathat provides opportunities for students to interact and design early in theirundergraduate careers. To meet this need, we created two new junior-level courses:Molecular Engineering (BME305L) and Cellular Engineering (BME306L) thatwere offered in the Fall and Spring of 2022, respectively. We have emphasizedstudent-centered experimental and laboratory practice as the backbone of thesecourses to prepare students for authentic research experiences in any industry.Molecular Engineering integrates computational and experimental learningoutcomes
power, and multidisciplinary engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Developing Engineer Systems Competencies with a Nexus of Engineering, Law, and PolicyThe scope and expectations of the engineering profession are changing swiftly to keep pace withtechnological and social advancements. Economic and global issues, innovations, expansion ofdiscipline boundaries, and increased professional responsibilities are transforming whatengineers do, especially as they progress in their careers. Contemporary engineering challengesand solutions are often multi‐disciplinary in nature and require systems thinking in problemformulation and results. The need is apparent for
year) was modified to try to promote more audience participation.IntroductionUndergraduate research is a high impact practice where studies in traditional learningenvironments show gains in disciplinary knowledge and skills [1], [2], persistence [3], [4], STEMidentity and attitudes [5], [6], [7], transferable skills [8], [9], and career ambition [10]. Onlinestudents have a strong interest in participating in undergraduate research [11], [12], and onlinefaculty have shown to have comparable levels of interest in regards to mentoring undergraduateresearch as residential faculty [13]. To help address some of the unique challenges for onlinestudents to participate in undergraduate research, the authors developed the Research ScholarsProgram at
implementing plannedprograms due to the Covid-19 pandemic, three cohorts of low-income students have beenrecruited and supported by scholarships valued at up to $10,000 per year. In addition toscholarship support, various other support mechanisms have been implemented including aweek-long summer bridge program for incoming students, a peer mentoring program, a textbooklending library, faculty mentoring, and various collaborative programs involving career speakers,design challenges, and professional development opportunities. With the first cohort of studentsnow entering their senior year and several community college students having already transferredto the university, this paper discusses the recruitment and retention of scholars, details ofprogram
Paper ID #38553WIP Striving towards Equitable Team Dynamics in First-Year EngineeringDesignDr. Evelyn Walters, Temple University Associate Professor of InstructionCory Budischak, Temple University Cory is a teacher and researcher who strives to reduce the harmful effects of energy production and use. Teaching has always been his central passion. He started as a group tutor in college, which led him to his full time career as an Assistant Professor ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: Striving towards Equitable Team Dynamics in First-Year
.091engineering research.I feel included by people who conduct .688 .187 -.031engineering research.My parents and relatives see me as someone who .747 .156 .249can become an engineering researcher.My teachers and mentors see me as someone .840 .149 .168who can become an engineering researcher.My friends see me as someone who can become .761 .135 .256an engineering researcher.Doing research aligns with your cultural values. .175 .058 .923A career in research with your cultural values. .209 .039 .916Use academic literature to understand an .170 .833 .124engineering research project.Generate an engineering
equitable workplaces in colleges and universities. Her more recent research on learning analytics and pedagogy pro- motes new data-driven evidence to promote changes in pedagogy, instructional practice, and leadership decision-making. Jaime puts her research into practice as an academic administrator supporting faculty and college-level change. As an administrator, she is responsible for supporting faculty governance and developing new faculty career development and workload programs and policy. Jaime also leads all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts for the college. She is a member of the Philadelphia 2022 HER Leadership Institute. Jaime’s work is widely published in peer-reviewed journal articles
experiences for veterans to motivate them tocontinue to graduate school or pursue a career in Naval STEM research. A mentor program wasimplemented to provide research faculty mentors, Navy engineering mentors and an expandedmentor network to support the student veterans. The program is well received at bothuniversities and has demonstrated a positive impact on the undergraduate student veterans.Several program challenges are presented along with methods used to overcome those challengesto provide a better experience for both the veteran students and faculty mentors.IntroductionThis paper discusses the development and execution of a multi-year veteran research exchangeprogram between the University of Tennessee and the University of North Carolina at
participating students take courses and conduct research at different campuses. Bridge tothe Doctorate Scholars are also offered the opportunity to integrate an International ResearchExperience into their training during their stay in the program. Program design, best practices,and operation and comparisons to other diversity programs and national data will be presentedalong with the career outcomes of the over 100 participants. Of the 33% in engineering (of these97% completed the MS degree). To date over 50% of the NYC LSAMP Scholars havecompleted their Doctoral degrees.IntroductionThe NSF supported New York City Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NYCLSAMP) in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) has spearheaded
, speaking, listening; managing process; adapting approach to circumstances; persuading and influencing others) 3. Teams and Groups a. Coordination, cooperation, collaboration b. Multidisciplinary teams, knowledge integration c. Negotiation and conflict management d. Relationship between individual capabilities and group functioning 4. Identity and Culture a. Duality/sociotechnical differentiation (technical/nontechnical; either/both; simplistic/complex; deterministic/contingency) b. Stage of career/role in organization c. “Typical/average engineer” as leader/entrepreneur (norm vs. exceptional)4.3 Topic Models Tables 2-4 display the
community created.1 Introduction“I'm mid-career, I'm seen as someone who knows things, who should be doing, officialmentoring, that type of thing. And I [think to myself], "Oh, please don't make me do this”… I'mpositioned as somebody who knows things or somebody who could be supportive or somebodywho can... I want to be those things. But if it's seen as more of a professional capacity, [I feel],‘My life is a lesson of what not to do’.”We see in this quote, someone who struggles with the complexities of navigating a mid-careerprofessional academic journey; a journey that can be fraught with dead ends, wrong turns, andhard-earned lessons. Irrespective of the challenges, formal mentoring for academics at this stageof their career can be sparse
appreciate the lens through whichURM students are viewing the world around them with a tendency to overestimate their culturalcompetence and less awareness of racial bias. Mentors are less aware that URM students mighthave faced a significant amount of racial bias leading up to their graduate career. Most majoritymentors are not aware of the differences pertaining to the influence of family on themselves andthe URM students, and that many URM students are not getting the same parental support forfurther education that the faculty received. Undervalue of URM educational experience. Implicit bias about the quality of HBCUeducation and majority faculty’s lack of appreciation for the social and academic adjustmentsthat URMs are making when
graduate education, faculty hiring, and the pathway to an academic career. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Lessons Learned: Faculty Search Committees’ Attitudes Towards and Against Rubrics Gabriella Coloyan Fleming, Maura BorregoIntroduction Faculty search committees are the gatekeepers to the next generation of tenure-trackfaculty [1]. The tenure-track faculty search process typically follows similar steps: 1)development and marketing of the position, 2) narrowing the candidate pool from all applicantsto a “long list” for first-round interview (often, on the phone or a video call), 3) conducting first-round interviews, 4
Paper ID #38713A Physical Computing Professional Development Study: ExaminingDifferences in Male and Female Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Computing(Evaluation, Diversity)Dr. Tyler S. Love, University of Maryland Eastern Shore Dr. Love is a Professor of Technology and Engineering Education, and Director of Graduate Studies in Career and Technology Education for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore at the Baltimore Mu- seum of Industry. He earned his master’s and Ph.D. in Integrative STEM Education from Virginia Tech. His bachelors degree is in Technology Education from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He
Biomedical Engineering at Ohio State allows studentsto take up to 4 courses called career electives intended to give a student a choice to buildspecific skills for their desired career path. This industry-classroom course was approved tobe one of the professional elective courses giving the students an incentive to take it. Theonly requirement for this course was being admitted to the BME major and wanting to takethe course. As part of the course, the company also reimbursed students for any requiredtraining and paid them at a rate of $10/hr. The course learning objectives (LOs) are: • Students will be able to: o LO1: Develop a solution to industry challenges by understanding patient needs, business priorities, and design
flipped model I had been using forthese lessons.So, what was I to do with the class time? Another idea that I had gleaned from conversationswith students was that they didn’t remember much from their computer science Introduction toComputing courses because it seemed impractical. “Hello, world” and other programs they hadbeen asked to write were not related to what they saw as their future career. My goal, therefore,was to demonstrate relevance to my students. Thus, each problem they were asked to solveneeded to relate to chemical engineering. This was made more challenging by the fact that thestudents had very limited knowledge of what chemical engineering was at the time they weretaking this course. My plan was to demonstrate a variety of
. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Broadening participation in engineering and STEM workforce development through unconventional community partnershipsAbstractWhile enrolled in a university, many students desire a way to secure employment in the indus-try of their major. How does the student actively secure their potential job? The typical answerwould be by procuring an internship. Traditionally, internships can be secured by students apply-ing for formal internship programs, or even by arranging an internship through the career centerat their respective universities. However, there are internships that are obtained by non-traditionalmeans. There are times when opportunities arise in the most unlikely circumstances
No Choice but to Succeed: Persistence and Graduation Determinants of First-Generation STEM StudentsBen WeihrauchDr. Ben Weihrauch serves as Senior Director of Professional Student Development in the College ofEngineering & Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. Ben leads the College’s ProReadyinitiative, which is CU Engineering’s commitment to the career and professional development success ofstudents. Ben has been a scholar-practitioner in higher education for 20+ years across the studentlifecycle, including admissions and advising, career services, employer relations, and programmanagement.“No Choice but to Succeed”: Persistence and Graduation Determinants of First-Generation STEM
conduct research on Smart Energy Management Systems in High-Rise Buildings. During her industry career, she designed and procured the electrical, mechanical and HVAC systems for large commercial, residential and industrial buildings. She established the BS EE, BS CpE and MS EE Concentrations in Power Engineering at GMU. She supports energy-related projects and initiatives at GMU, and collaborates with a multidisciplinary team on research projects in the areas of smart grid, power system protection and cybersecurity, Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) and grid modernization.Mr. Matthew Gardner, ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section
Paper ID #36496Intersectionality: Professional identity formation and the success ofwomen of color in higher education STEM disciplinesDr. Saundra Johnson Austin, University of South Florida Dr. Saundra Johnson Austin has dedicated her career to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belong- ing of elementary, middle, and high school students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers. Her research is grounded in the effective implementation of STEM cur- ricula in urban middle schools. She has published and presented on STEM education and organizational change. Dr. Johnson Austin
Paper ID #39918Board 417: Understanding Capstone Design Activity Engagement inMechanical EngineeringElliott Clement, Oregon State UniversitySarah OmanDr. James L. Huff, Harding University Dr. James Huff is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Honors College Faculty Fellow at Harding University. He conducts transdisciplinary research on identity that lies at the nexus of applied psychology and engineering education. A recipient of the NSF CAREER grant (No. 2045392) and the director of the Beyond Professional Identity (BPI) lab, Dr. Huff has mentored numerous undergraduate students, doctoral students, and
for the College of Engineering dropped from 86% to 73% over thissame period. This suggests that the CREATE program has successfully mitigated potentialnegative impacts that remote instruction and other pandemic-related impacts may have had onstudent success.Theme seminars and support services: CREATE has contributed to development of scholars asengineers via the information they have learned at the theme seminars that are required of theCREATE scholars. Based on faculty mentor meeting reports, all the scholars seem happy with theprogram and the support services provided. They felt that CREATE has been offering themopportunities that will make them successful in their degree attainment and career goals. Over thefour years of running this
students on activities thattake place in our college of engineering. Results are shown in Figure 3. As not all studentsparticipated in all activities, the responses were limited. Academic success seminar (n=17) Student organizations (n=26) Career services and workshops (n=23) Internship (n=19) Research experience (n=13) 0 1 2 3 4 Academic success Professional development Figure 3. Transfer students’ perceptions of the importance of various activities on their academic success and
. She holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Engineering a Transfer Friendly Experience with Alternative Pathways to ExcellenceAbstract:The Alternative Pathways to Excellence (APEX) program is an NSF funded S-STEM Track 2project that seeks to strengthen efforts to recruit and retain STEM transfer students by integratingfinancial, academic, and practical supports.The APEX program provides student support services, formal and informal mentoring, curricularand co-curricular supports, and cohort building activities all formulated to create accessiblepathways into engineering careers for a population
NationalAssociation of Manufacturers found the inability to attract and retain a quality workforce as thetop business challenge, cited by 72.9% of respondents [6].Manufacturers are worried about their futures. The industry is dealing with a severe shortage ofworkers equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to function in advanced manufacturingworkplaces. Thankfully, this NASA-funded project provides more opportunities to preparestudents to enter the manufacturing career and excel with adequate competencies fosteringhands-on, simulation, and experiential learning through problem-solving. It also providestraining opportunities for professional development to other faculty and industry certification toindustry workers to acquire newer skills to advance in
is gaining work experience. Other perceived benefits include developing a competitive edgein the job market, networking, and career exploration. Not surprisingly, due to the constraints ofstudent budgets and tuition costs, earning money during the co-op was also a significantperceived benefit. Studies also found the primary student reason for participating in a co-op wasto improve future employment opportunities. In addition to these perceived benefits, studentswho did participate in co-op opportunities earned a higher grade point average and had a highergraduation rate when compared to students who did not participate in a co-op experience [1] [4].Industry BenefitsRecruitment appears to be the overall reason that industry partners
EquityIn late 2018, a group of individuals on campus met to discuss that the culture on campus neededto be changed to be more supportive and inclusive for all faculty. As is often the trajectory ofsuch meetings, the group discussed developing a proposal to support their ideas; in this case, thatmeant an submission to NSF ADVANCE Program.The NSF ADVANCE Program has been providing funding for over 20 years to institutions insupport of faculty gender equity. Per the NSF website, The goal of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) ADVANCE program is to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers, thereby contributing to the development of a more diverse science and engineering workforce
Copyright ©2023, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 335Students’ opinions on how the Mechanical Engineering program prepared them to perform intheir current career are neutral/somewhat related in 49.95% of the answers in Fall 2020, 30% and62.50% in Spring 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters, respectively (Figure 5). Fig. 5. Students' opinions on how well prepared they are for their careers.Mechanical engineering graduates work in construction, energy, automotive, food production,materials, medicine, sales, transportation, etc. [1] what makes it one of the most diverse of theengineering disciplines and encompasses the utilities
potentially be bridged in education because of some of thesenew technologies like VR.” [2] Proceedings of the 2023 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2023, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 515Educational TechnologyAlthough many companies are embracing the metaverse, few intrinsically focus on the educational integrationpotential. The grant team selected the company Eduporium whose technology provided opportunity for AfricanAmerican students and other people of underrepresented populations to enter STEM careers in general andengineering and other