Session Number 2793 Northeast Meets Northwest Women in Technology Project Nicole Hoekstra Engineering Technology Department Western Washington UniversityAbstractThe “Northeast Meets Northwest Women in Technology Project” encourages young women toconsider careers in technology and engineering by direct exposure to a complex problem inindustry. The project partnered women in high school from Washington and Massachusetts, highschool teachers, an engineer from Texas Instruments, and an engineering advisor from WesternWashington University. The
, some students ask about pursuing anElectrical Engineering (EE) or Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) degree. This gatewayled Professor Britt (one of the co-authors) to obtain separate four-year degrees in ElectronicsEngineering Technology and Electrical Engineering.AET is a proven way to increase the number students that enroll and pursue careers inengineering and engineering technology. It has attracted the attention of the academiccommunity looking to reverse enrollment declines. A scan of ASEE member institutionsshows that Ward College offers the only baccalaureate program in Audio EngineeringTechnology (AET).Our AET program has grown from five (5) students to seventy-five (75) in the eight-year life ofthe program. Fall 2002 saw an
preparation for the engineeringdemands of the urban infrastructure will need study beyond the baccalaureate degree. Ourproposal is not to minimize the academic preparation but to make it more flexible and therebyprovide an academic preparation inclusive of a broader range of careers for which (we feel) anengineering degree is appropriate.For example, current engineering programs place much emphasis on advanced mathematics,which is not required for the majority of engineering works in the urban infrastructure. This isnot to suggest that advanced mathematics should be trivialized. Rather, mathematics appropriateto an application should be required, with just as much intellectual rigor as would be found incourses of advanced mathematics. The important
member such as timemanagement, balancing career and family, adjusting to a new environment, and gaining therespect of students and colleagues. However, as a minority faculty member, additionalchallenges include lack of role models, fitting in, and gaining the respect of male students. Thesechallenges will be further outlined in the full paper.This paper explores ways to confront these challenges. A strong support system, bothprofessionally and personally, is essential. This support system comes in many forms, includingcommunity and university resources. A faculty mentorship program within the university hasbeen very valuable to junior faculty. Being a mentor to female students has also been a way toovercome these challenges. The teacher becomes
practicing and one retired professional engineers locally that are part of the SWE RegionG section. The development of the program has been a collaborative effort, with the main goalof stimulating interest in engineering as a career for K-12 female students. The accomplishmentof this goal will be through a combination of hands-on activities, pointed question and answersessions, and, most importantly, through the intimate contact with females actively working, orpursuing, careers in engineering. The effort has involved extensive meetings with participationfrom both students and professionals. These meeting have involved scrutinizing past outreachefforts that have had limited success, and developing new methods of approach.BackgroundThe pursuit for a
Session 2793 Impact of Federal Government Funding of an Internship Program at a Minority Institution Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein1, Annette George2 1 Department of Civil Engineering / 2Dean’s Office, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland 21251.Abstract:Involving students in research has been recognized as a strategic method for developing andpreparing undergraduate students to gain valuable insights into the workforce, particularly intoscience and engineering careers. Federal funding to minority institutions has proven to be one ofthe most
; Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”designing our program; and allowed us to quickly define our mission.The main focus of our program is to encourage women to study Engineering and Technologythrough the creation of an environment that helps nourish them during the completion of theirstudies and helps to retain them in their chosen fields. The program encourages students tosucceed not only academically, but personally and professionally through seminars, talks, anddiscussions with guest speakers from alumni, industry and academia. The goal is to provide ourfemale students with valuable resources, including career opportunities, and help them strengthentheir skills. A
find employment with healthcare consulting firms. Each of thesecareer paths involves the management of healthcare technology. Engineers in industry managethe development of technology from the conception to commercialization stages. Engineers inthe clinical environment manage the selection, implementation, utilization, and assessment ofhospital based technologies.Typically, new graduates with no work experience possess solid technical skills but lack trainingin business, management, and regulatory issues. Their background in product development andproject management tends to be weak, and they lack an understanding of the economic andregulatory environments of healthcare delivery. Engineers working in industry advance alongtheir career paths
students into civil engineering-relatedcareers. Funded by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Committee on EqualOpportunity Programs, the program has proved to be successful by serving to (1) expose studentsto science and engineering in a college-related environment (2) introduce it's student participantsto the study and career of civil engineering and (3) involve engineering faculty, students andprofessionals in a worthwhile community-based program.The program took place on two-consecutive Saturdays on the California State University , LosAngeles (Cal State L.A.) in late August for a total of 12 hours (6 hours each Saturday). Theprogram was free to all participants and in 1997 a stipend of $25.00 was given to students thatattended both
experience will be useful to colleagues at other institutions.Before I get into the details, however, I feel that I should provide some background aboutengineering undergraduates and the Biomedical Engineering Department at Northwestern, sincewhat is possible for us may be impractical elsewhere.Engineering students at Northwestern come from the top five percent of high school students inthe U.S., as measured by SAT scores and class rankings. They are highly motivated and havehigh expectations, anticipating that they will assume leadership roles in their careers and willingto work hard to accomplish this objective. For this reason, among others, we believe that itwould be inappropriate to straight-jacket our students with an overly rigid curriculum
Paper ID #44486Board 259: Engineering Faculty Members’ Experience of Professional Shame:Summary of Insights from Year ThreeDr. 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 academic professionals from
Paper ID #42502WIP: Piloting a Comprehensive Needs Assessment to Enhance EngineeringFaculty DevelopmentDr. Megan Patberg Morin, North Carolina State University Dr. Megan Morin (she/her) is the Associate Director for Engineering Faculty Advancement within the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University. Megan’s career path includes previous roles as a Senior Project Specialist at ASHLIN Management Group, a KEEN Program Coordinator at UNC-Chapel Hill, an Education Coordinator/Graduate Assistant for the FREEDM System Center and PowerAmerica Institute at NC State University, and a middle school teacher within
Education in Florida. Dr. Alonso has also been involved in numerous projects promoting diversity in engineering & science, including serving as the Faculty and Student Advocate Lead for the Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions (CAHSI), a men- tor for the Advancing Careers of Excellence, Tools for Success, and Windows of Opportunity scholarship programs and the director for the Summer Institute for Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (SISTEM). Dr. Alonso is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.Sarah Hug, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Sarah Hug is Research Associate at the Alliance for Technology, Learning, and Society (ATLAS) Institute, University of Colorado at
categories for enrolling in a PhDprogram: career development, lack of current job satisfaction, personal agenda, research aspolitics, and drifting in. Recently, Gill and Hoppe3 suggested five „motivational profiles‟ that canlead business professionals to doctoral studies: traditional (entry to academia), advanced entry(professional development), continuing development (professional advancement), transition(entry to a new career), and personal fulfillment (self-enhancement). Gill and Hoppe believe thatthe first two profiles may occur in early career stages, the second two profiles may occur in mid-to-late career stages, while the personal fulfillment may apply to individuals at any stage of theirlife.In the engineering field, Carpinelli, et al.4
environment.This paper describes an approach that will design new curricula based on the current trends fordeveloping commercial products that are manufactured from renewable and biodegradablematerials, and that will have a minimal environmental impact given our nation’s agriculture,economy, environment, manufacturing, and engineering resources. Through the development ofthis curriculum, students will gain a background and an appreciation of the complexity of ournation’s agricultural system as well as awareness for possible careers within theagriculture/environmental sustainability/biomaterials manufacturing engineering fields whiledeveloping their professional skills.Through this approach, we plan to generate new courses that present students with
qualified high-tech workers in New Jersey, including those whohave been historically underrepresented (such as minorities and women). Thiscomprehensive program has two major components. The Instructional component includesthe adaptation of pre-engineering curricula for use in middle and high school science andmath classrooms and the provision of summer institutes for teacher professionaldevelopment. The Outreach component involves the implementation of an “Engineering theFuture” outreach program and the formation of alliances with three groups of stakeholders:educators, counselors and parents. It will include assessments of attitudes towardsengineering and technology, a career alternative assessment, and a comprehensiveinformation campaign about
Bachelors of Arts degree in International Development Studies at UCLA, she began a successful career in banking and finance at Bank of America, Merrill Lynch. She has completed various post baccalaureate certifications through UCLA Anderson and the Harvard Business School; most recently, she completed her MPA at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and MBA at Cornell Tech. She has published in multiple academic journals including ASEE, ROPPA, and AP- PAM. Additionally, her scholarly work has been featured in Forbes magazine. She believes that research can inform diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and programs to one day have a workforce that is representative of the society it aims to
Paper ID #45304Syllabus Review Assessment: Technical Contract ReviewDr. Tracey Carbonetto, Pennsylvania State University, Allentown Professional skills continue to be found lacking in early career engineers despite efforts to improve suggested and implemented by faculty, administration, and ABET. Utilizing the early career engineering population as a source of information and specifically, feedback on the ability to meet the professional skills expectations, engineering faculty can include suggested recommendations for improve professional skills development within the undergraduate engineering curriculum
Sustainable Temple Energy and Power Scholars (STEPS) program is a $1.5 million S-STEMinitiative that offers scholarships, along with curricular and co-curricular support, to low-income,high-achieving students at Temple University. The program is designed for students majoring inElectrical and Computer Engineering. The objectives of the project are to increase enrollment oflow-income, academically talented students, to increase the retention and graduation rates ofthese students, and to support career pathways into engineering and specifically the sustainableenergy and power sector.The project is guided by Social Cognitive Career Theory [1] and the project activities arestructured to positively influence the scholars’ self-efficacy and outcome
economy [1]. The need for lifelongabout how to scale up and further support the AC market. This learning and training opportunities is growing as employeespaper explores the structure, impact, and lessons learned from find ways to adapt and respond to the rapidly changingthis initiative, highlighting its potential for improving workforce industrial landscape. Dede and Richards discuss the need for adevelopment, corporate training, and career progression. The “60 year curriculum,” in which higher education must shift topaper also examines challenges such as audience identification, serve the needs of students over the course of their lives [2].pricing models, and marketing strategies, providing insights into
ASEE-GSW in 2022, and is an NSF Career Awardee in EPMD on Energy Harvesting. He has more than 120 journal publications and over 20 patents.Dr. Pil Kang, University of New Mexico Sung aˆ CœPilˆa C Kang is an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. His academic interests include change management, change model validation, and mindset evolution. He may be reached at pilkang@unm.edu ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 1 Session XXXX Development of a Novel Graduate Pedagogy to Enhance Job Readiness in Semiconductor Education Based on Role
the collegiate setting,building their STEM identities through meeting and interacting with future professors and peers thatmay have similar career goals, allowing them to effectively create and integrate into a supportive Proceedings of the 2025 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX Copyright 2025, American Society for Engineering Education 2community system have shown that participants in these programs are twice as likely to persist andsucceed in STEM degree programs. During these programs, students are given the resources tobegin to learn how to successfully
studies from Old Dominion University in 2015. Isaac’s consultancy, HEDGE Co., focuses on working with formal and informal educators to grow the numbers of females pursuing engineering or technology careers. Additionally, she is a conferred Fellow of the Society of Women Engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Does How Pre-College Engineering and Technology Role Models See Themselves Relate to Girls' Engagement in the Fields? [Research to Practice]IntroductionSince the Equal Pay Act in 1963, female participation in engineering has increased only eightpoints, from less than 5 to 13% [1], while, in the fields of medicine, female participation
, and to Awareness Trainings related to destructive workplace behaviors presented at local high schools. Dr. Linvill is a Member of the Advisory Committee on Equity for the Office of the Vice President for Ethics and Compliance at Purdue Univer- sity. She has also served as a Mentor for the USAID Liberia Strategic Analysis Program, mentoring an early-career Liberian woman on leadership and communication skills, professional development, and networking. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Changing the conversation surrounding students’ professional skills: Makingthe case for the importance of professional skills, and more inclusive languageAbstractThe engineering education community
persistence.Psychosocial Factors Influencing Engineering PersistenceSAT math scores, ACT math scores, high school GPA, first-year college GPA and Calculus-readiness upon college entrance are not the only variables that have been identified asinfluencing engineering persistence. Some scholars have undertaken a psychosocialinvestigative approach into uncovering non-cognitive and affective factors influencingpersistence in engineering (or STEM) degree programs and careers. Students’ contextualidentities in STEM (e.g., engineering identity) are central to many of these investigationsexamining factors influencing STEM persistence [16]-[20]. In particular, several scholars havedocumented the significant, positive influence of students’ engineering identities to their
University in NJ. Data on studentadvising was collected via email inquiries over these four semesters specifically for theMechanical Engineering department. Themes were identified into queries related to courseenrollment, course grades, majors and minors, certificate programs, retention/attrition, courseadd-drop, attendance, hardships experienced, transition to newer learning platform and technicaldifficulties associated with it, graduation requirements/criteria, career/internships, ProfessionalSocieties, personal issues, health/mental issues, and Waivers. By studying the above data, theauthors hope to identify how advising changed pre-Covid and during Covid phases. Themotivation was to provide insights into which areas to focus and strengthen if
Paper ID #37276Development and First-Year Outcomes of a NSF-Funded Summer ResearchInternship Program to Engage Community College Students in EngineeringResearchDr. Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University Dr. Xiaorong Zhang is an Associate Professor in Computer Engineering in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State University (SFSU). She is the Director of the Intelligent Computing and Embedded Systems Laboratory (ICE Lab) at SFSU. She has broad research experience in human-machine interfaces, embedded systems, and engineering education. She is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award to develop the next
she spent time researching gibbons. She is continually inspired by nature and has dedicated her career to engaging students in STEM. Her current areas of focus include building climate resilience and promoting environmental stewardship through science and engineering education. She has published two children’s books to help foster early interest in science.Ethan Cayko ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Designing a Curriculum to Broaden Middle School Students’ Ideas about and Interest in EngineeringIntroductionEffectively addressing complex societal problems of the 21st century such as climate change andresource scarcity will require an extensive cadre of
-Progress) Arezoo Sadrinezhad, Lalita Oka, Kimberly Stillmaker, Lizabeth Thompson, Catalina Cardenas, Sue Rosser, Maryam Nazari, Kira AbercrombyAbstract:Mentoring interventions, particularly mentoring that incorporates networking, have beeneffective at meeting the professional needs of women and under-represented minority (URM)faculty. However, women, especially URM women, in STEM careers report feeling left out ofnetworks and thus face decreased social and administrative support. The isolation of women,especially URM women, in engineering in the California State University (CSU) System isapparent in the fact that many CSU engineering departments have only a few women faculty andno more than a single URM woman faculty. Thus
. Participantswould work on relevant funding opportunities or specific job postings. In the second year, as thecohort members progressed at different paces and paths towards their academic career goals, thewriting sessions became more informal, targeting individual needs. Weekly writing sessionscaptured writing for grants, research manuscripts, response to reviewers’ and editor’ comments,cover letters, teaching/research statements, diversity statements, patent applications and otherforms of writing as needed. During the third year, as the cohort members accepted academicpositions, the focus shifted to targeted grant writing (specifically including NSF and NIHproposals with early career focus) to increase the resilience and competitiveness ofUnderrepresented