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Student Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abigail Clark, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Student

planning to work onmembers [2] so Girl Scouts may be a way to introduce engineering badges will be recruited. Middle school wasmany girls to engineering who may not have been chosen due to the importance of this time for students whootherwise exposed to the engineering field. are planning a STEM career in middle school are more likely Actively supporting identity development to graduate with an engineering or science degree [5]RESEARCH QUESTION

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Track: Pre-college - Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Malle R Schilling, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

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Diversity, Pre-College

neither interested or uninterested in learning more about engineering. O I am somewhat uninterested in learning more about engineering. O I am very uninterested in learning more about engineering. 6. How interested are you in pursuing an education and/or a career in engineering? O I am very interested in pursuing an education and/or a career in engineering. O I am somewhat interested in pursuing an education and/or a career in engineering. O I am neither interested or uninterested in pursuing an education and/or a career in engineering. O I am somewhat uninterested in pursuing an education and/or a career in engineering. O I am very uninterested in pursuing an education and/or a career in engineering. 7. Have

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 16

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jacqueline A. Zeiber, New Mexico State University; Tamara Elise Stimatze, New Mexico State University; Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Steven J. Stochaj, New Mexico State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

evaluation measures were altered every1 The challenge of increasing diversity in STEM has been with us for more than two decades. Despite effort andtime, little has been achieved in changing the representation in STEM. The paradigm that exposure to STEMgenerates STEM degrees and drives the STEM workforce does not appear to work. Exposure to STEM is necessary,but it is not sufficient to diversify the STEM workforce. The PREP program focuses on activities that will increaseSTEM self-efficacy, STEM career awareness, and grit. This was accomplished by including activities led byyear. The modality of collecting data also changed throughout the years (paper and pencil,SurveyMonkey, Google Forms, and REDCap7,8) As such, it should be noted the remainder

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NSF Grantees: First Year Programming (2)

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alark Joshi, University of San Francisco; Gian Bruno; Xornam Apedoe, University of San Francisco; Sophie Engle, University of San Francisco; Sami Rollins, University of San Francisco; Matthew Malensek, University of San Francisco

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

our department’s student organizations, and tutors from the peer tutoring center in our department. The program was open to other incoming local freshmen as well. This helped students in our program make connections with other incoming students. Based on the evaluation of the Early Arrival program, students found the introduction to the major requirements, hands-on sessions on Python and Unix, and a discussion of potential career paths for CS majors as the most useful sessions. Index Terms Community-Engaged Learning, Mentoring, Alumni Involvement, Retention I. I NTRODUCTION

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3 - Co-op Recruitment and Factors Affecting Success

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amy Huynh, University of California, Irvine; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad, Ford Motor Company; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

professional workplace and gain insights into possible future careers. Tooptimize the benefits gained from internship programs for both students and companies, it isimportant to understand the specific motivations of interns in order to inform the design ofeffective programs, guidelines, and environments.In this study, two cohorts of interns in 2017 (N=115) and 2018 (N=155) at a large globalengineering company in the automotive industry completed exit surveys about their summerinternship experiences. These surveys focused on innovation and engineering task self-efficacymeasures as well as additional variables related to innovation interests and outcomes,postgraduate career goals and other influencing factors. The results were analyzed andinterpreted

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sinéad C Mac Namara, Syracuse University; Anne E Rauh, Syracuse University; Michelle M Blum, Syracuse University; Natalie Russo, Syracuse University; Melissa A Green, Syracuse University; Shikha Nangia, Syracuse University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, optimizing service commitments, achieving work-life balance, and developing andexecuting institution- and position-specific strategies for career advancement. The paper willreflect on the outcomes and the role of the group as a critical strategy to foster a supportive workenvironment.Introduction and Literature ReviewDespite efforts to increase the number of women in STEM fields in general and in academiamore specifically, there is still a large gender imbalance. While women are more likely than everto enter most STEM fields at the undergraduate level[2], the number of women who go intoacademic positions and then climb the academic ranks is rather dismal. As reported by Smith[3],a 2014 NSF report focused on R1 institutions, found that there were 38

Conference Session

The D/M/A of CE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Emmanuelle Reynaud, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Ella Willard-Schmoe, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Community Engagement Division

in Engineering Service-LearningAbstractAttracting and retaining women in engineering is critical in the USA today. While women arecoming to college in overrepresented numbers, they are not represented equally to men inengineering majors. Though a university can only have limited impact on the attrition of womenin the engineering workforce, we can (and must!) work to improve recruitment and retention andto graduate women with adequate preparation for an engineering career. An increasing numberof engineering programs are integrating service-learning (S-L) into their curricula.For the past eight years of one S-L program, students in a college of engineering have beenwidely surveyed at the beginning of their studies and at the end of each

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad; Jerry Samples

Session 2375 Challenges and Opportunities in Visiting and Tenure Track Positions Maher M. Murad, Jerry Samples University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractThere are challenges and opportunities in both visiting and tenure track positions. Many facultymembers start their teaching career in visiting positions and end up in the tenure stream. In thatcase the faculty member would be faced with somewhat different set of challenges andopportunities, the subject of this paper. The transition from a visiting position to tenure-trackposition is a process. For this process to succeed, it

Conference Session

Technological Literacy - Courses, Educational and Accreditation Standards

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

concept of teaching technological literacythroughout the curriculum. Page 15.1193.2IntroductionFirst year courses are an integral part of many engineering and engineering technology degreeprograms. These courses serve to introduce newly declared majors to careers in engineering andtechnology. A student taking such a course should come away with a foundation of knowledgeabout engineering and technology, about the different engineering disciplines, the work involved,and career prospects to be able to make an informed decision on whether they should pursuesuch a degree or not and what discipline would be the best match to their talents and

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch

American Manufacturing” that therewill be a projected need for 10 million new skilled workers by 2020. They believe that “A long-term manufacturing employment and skill crisis is developing, one with ominous implicationsfor the economy and national security.” Given the significant job losses in manufacturing, it isbecoming increasingly difficult to attract a new generation of young people into advancedtechnological education programs, which would prepare them for high skill; high wage jobs(National Association of Manufacturers). Manufacturing is severely challenged by old negativeimages about the factory floor and an education and training system that does not promoteengineering and technology careers. New strategic alliances between education and

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Faux; Meredith Knight; Brian Gravel; Christine Cunningham

andteaching skills. This paper will investigate further the following hypothesis: Participating in atime-intensive outreach program, where Fellows are teaching science, math, and engineeringconcepts, helps engineering graduate students to understand public school environments, developbetter communication skills, and hone their career plans. Page 10.883.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionThe state of STEM education in U.S. public schools could benefit greatly from the deep

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Faculty Development II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Bates

. Page 10.345.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationII. Key Issues for Faculty SuccessFaculty success is typically defined by the basic requirements for tenure: teaching, research, andservice. These boil down to the ability to 1) create engaging courses where students learn therequired content as well as skills that will help them successfully navigate their own careers, 2)write successful proposals and guide students through the research process, and 3) participate incommittees and advise students without reducing the completion of the first two activities.While the weights placed on these

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi; Dan Dimitriu

determined to remain competitive in a global, technology-based economy, there has to be a concentrated effort to convince more students to prepare forcareers in engineering and technology.All engineering programs have trouble recruiting and retaining students in the engineering field.Large attrition rates are experienced during the freshman year largely due to the fact that studentsdo not develop a strong affinity to the engineering profession. This situation calls fordevelopment of new introductory coursework that will help students develop long termmotivation to pursue engineering careers. At the same time, students need to understand theeffort required to learn the skills required to successfully complete an engineering degree andprepare them for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tricia Berry

Session 2793 WE@UT – A Residential Recruitment Program for Women in Engineering Tricia S. Berry The University of Texas at AustinAbstractThe Women in Engineering at The University of Texas (WE@UT) program, a two-day in-depthresidential program, is designed to increase participant knowledge and understanding ofengineering and technology through hands-on, technology-based team projects so well informedand solid educational and career decisions are made. The objectives of this program are (1) toencourage young women to explore engineering as a career

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ed Clausen; Carolyne E. Garcia

planning tool for students in both assessing strengths and weaknesses in both theiracademic and professional careers. Table 1. Documentation for Criterion 3 Outcomes Outcomes Documentation a b c d e f g h i j k Quantitative metrics, including transcripts, X X X X X X X X scores of FE, MCAT, GRE Job Offers/Alumni Career History X X X X X X Performance in Capstone Design courses X X X X X X X X Employer Satisfaction

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Curricula and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allan T. Kirkpatrick P.E., Colorado State University; Scott Danielson P.E., Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Thomas Perry P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Mechanical Engineering

Vision 2030 Task Force investigated the currentstate of mechanical engineering education and practice within industry through assessment ofrecent literature addressing the shape and content of engineering and engineering technologyeducation, through conducting workshops among stakeholders at key conferences andgatherings, and by extensive surveys of industry supervisors and early career engineers. As aresult, the Task Force has formally recommended, and begun to advocate for, specific actions tostrengthen the following seven aspects of undergraduate mechanical engineering educationcurricula: creating curricula that inspire innovation and creativity, increasing curricularflexibility, offering more authentic practice-based engineering experiences

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Taylor; Robert Green; Lesia Crumpton-Young; A. Bennett; Teresa Sappington

Session 3453 Quest: A Program to Reach Academically Talented Students Robert A. Green, Robert P. Taylor, Teresa B. Sappington, Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, A. Wayne Bennett Mississippi State UniversityAbstractStudents who score high on standardized tests, have excellent high school grades, and haveexhibited qualities of leadership are recruited by some of the best programs in the nation and arepresented with many career options. Reaching out to these students and getting or keeping theminterested in engineering is critical for the long-term benefit of the engineering

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Bogaty

internship guidelines for sending faculty back into industry.DACUM was used to address two of them – faculty development and curriculumdevelopment. DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) is a process used by companies and collegesaround the world to quickly, accurately describe specific occupations. A DACUM chartlists duties of the job, tasks, which you must be able to perform in order to do the job, andgeneral education skills that are prerequisite to effective job performance. Unlikeconventional job analysis methods, DACUM relies on panels of expert workers, definedas employees currently performing the job, to define each job – and they do it in twodays. For technological careers, accurate, current materials that explain to prospectivestudents

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabina Anne Schill, Colorado School of Mines

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

: This paper presents an example of the progress made in a five-year NSF IUSE-funded project on repairing the reputation of the teaching profession to address teacher shortagesin STEM disciplines. This paper focuses on an undergraduate student-facing presentationdeveloped by Get the Facts Out (GFO) used for teacher recruitment with the goal of examiningthe effectiveness of the presentation at impacting students’ perceptions of teaching. Thepresentation was designed to address common misconceptions about the teaching profession thatwere preventing many students from exploring teaching as a career path.Methods/Assessment: In 2021 and 2022, GFO conducted effectiveness studies on thepresentation in a first-year chemistry course at Colorado School of

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 11

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Stransky, Rowan University; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

improveretention, researchers have applied asset-based perspectives to studying retention of marginalizedstudents. This approach often emphasizes the role of social capital [1], [11] and socializers [12]–[14] as primary drivers of motivation to pursue STEM education and careers. This present paperbegins to unpack the unique relationship between socializers and the decision students atminority serving institutions (MSIs) make to pursue STEM. We report on the experiences ofstudents gathered using qualitative methods and examined through the lens of expectancy valuetheoretical framework.Theoretical Framework: Expectancy-ValueMotivation to pursue a career in STEM can be modeled through Eccles et al.'s Expectancy-Valuetheory (EV) [15]. EV establishes a direct

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Tufenkjian

companies. Sixth, the resources and expertise available at the University’s Career Centerwould be used as much as possible.The flowchart shown as Exhibit 1 illustrates the sequencing of activities from beginning to endalong two parallel tracks: (1) company track and, (2) student track. The activities are describedbelow in more detail according to the numbering shown on the far right-hand side of the flowchart.Activity 1: Solicit/Select Companies - This step involved soliciting and selecting the host companies to participate in the program. Background information (such as anticipated intern duties, compensation rate, start date, etc.) was collected from the companies

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Wilson Head; Julie A. Phillips

engineering and technology,and discusses their successes and their challenges. While the challenges women face today donot relate to “ghosts”, they still create roadblocks that women must recognize and overcome.IntroductionWhen young women are considering career choices, they sometimes have the false impressionthat women cannot advance in careers in engineering and technology as successfully as mencan. These impressions may result from the lack of information about women who have beensuccessful and how they succeeded. Literary research documents that women in all fields stillencounter many challenges on their way to success. This fact may be even more true in themale dominated fields of engineering and technology. However, many women have

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlie P. Edmonson; Joseph A. Untener

Session 2647 AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY GRADUATES CHARLIE P. EDMONSON, JOSEPH A. UNTENER The University of DaytonABSTRACTGraduates of Engineering Technology Programs continue to perform at high levels of employersatisfaction in very diverse positions. This paper describes a study performed by The Universityof Dayton Engineering Technology Department of graduates between the years of 1992 - 1996.This study addresses salary levels, satisfaction of graduates with the Engineering TechnologyProgram, academic preparation, and career mobility

Conference Session

Mentoring First Year Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University; Chia-Lin Tsai, University of Missouri; Fleur Gooden, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

Engineering award due to her efforts to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of under-represented students in engineering.Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University BARBARA BOGUE is Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Women in Engineering. She is Co-Director of AWE and AWISE. Her research interests include recruitment and retention of women in engineering, assessment and career development.Chia-Lin Tsai, University of MissouriFleur Gooden, Virginia Tech FLEUR N. GOODEN is a graduate assistant in the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She received her B.S. in Computer Science and

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Carol Davis, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Liaison. In that position, she is helping to create a pathway for American Indian high school and tribal college students into STEM careers through STEM camps and Sunday Academies. She also supports the ND EPSCoR/Tribal College research capacity building effort at the five North Dakota Tribal Colleges. Page 22.120.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Unique University-Tribal College Collaboration to Strengthen Native American Pathways to STEM EducationAbstractThe authors and some of their colleagues have been engaged in strengthening the STEMeducation

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Robinson

class all affect the number of AP classes offered in high schools.I. IntroductionA problem with many high schools is that challenging courses are not offered, especially inmathematics and the sciences. In its final report of 2001, The National Commission on theHigh School Senior Year urged states to offer challenging alternatives to the traditionalhigh school senior year. The report said that not enough high schools are preparingstudents for college and careers and that while 70 percent of today’s high school graduatesgo on to some form of postsecondary education, only one-half of those who enroll at four-year institutions leave with a degree. The main reason cited was that they were notprepared for the rigors of college academics in high

Conference Session

Track 4: Technical Session 2: PWE: An Inclusive Summer "Bootcamp" for First year students

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Serita W Acker Mrs., Clemson University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

: Incoming FreshmenPEER/WISE Experience Mission Give incoming freshman a Increase retention of students in Encourage students to pursue theirglimpse of what their freshman engineering by easing their transition from Masters or PhD following year will be like. high school into college. undergraduate graduation.PWE Justification• The bridge from high school to college demands intentional critical care for students (Raines, 2012; Stole-McAllister, 2011) • Career Exploration • Comfortability• Widely used to address inequitable educational opportunities that impact student achievement (Kitchen, Sandler, &

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 6

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lin Chase, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

ProgramsAbstractBackground: This research paper extends previously reported results in which we demonstratedthat students in project-based engineering programs report less self-reported stress anddepression, stronger personal vision of an engineering career, more positive perceptions ofdepartment caring and diversity, and greater pride in their department than those the studentpopulation in Jensen and Cross’s study of engineering stress culture. No statistically differentdifferences were found for reported anxiety or engineering identity.Purpose: We examine how these reported measures of engineering stress culture change over timeas students participate in entirely project-based engineering and computer science programs. Weseek to establish a baseline of measured

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Matthew T. Siniawski; Adam R. Carberry; Nazmul Ula

Work In Progress: Stepping Back and Letting Students Take the Lead – Student-led Projects for a First-Year Introduction to Engineering Course Matthew T. Siniawski1, Adam R. Carberry2, Nazmul Ula1 1 - Loyola Marymount University / 2 - Arizona State UniversityAbstractA first-year introduction to engineering course was redesigned to encourage active learningthrough a project-based pedagogy. A major goal of this approach was to improve students’engagement, learning, and interest in pursuing an engineering career. Student teams participatedin four unique engineering projects throughout the course. Each project varied the degree towhich the instructor

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Gad J. Selig

the MS in Technology Management degreeprogram, out of a total of 360 graduates in the entire School of Engineering at the University ofBridgeport. The Technology Management program was the smallest program in the School ofEngineering, which also awarded graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineeringand Computer Science and Engineering.At that time, we conducted a review of the TM program and made recommendations to transform thedegree into a modern, relevant and growth oriented program with the following goals: • Attract new career oriented graduate students and develop future industry and technology leaders adept at managing technology dependent organizations, technological change, and skilled in