applicationsIntroductionMachining and manufacturing are essential skills that engineering students learn during theirundergraduate education to prepare them for their future careers in academia or industry.Because of the unique circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, biomedical engineering(BME) educators have been challenged with developing modified curricula to accommodaterestrictions or prohibitions on in-person courses. The UC Davis BME introductory machiningand manufacturing course has traditionally employed a hands-on approach to teach students thenecessary skills needed to apply to the prototyping of their senior design projects. However, dueto prohibitions on in-person instruction, the BME machining course underwent significantredesign to enable an entirely
what, you know, what that entails. And like that it wasn’t really a career Iwanted to pursue. And she constantly told me, you know, like this is what you kind of limityourself to if you don’t pursue education.” Similarly, Melissa was motivated by her mother’sexpectation of upward mobility: “She never went to college, so she didn’t have anyunderstanding of what it entailed. But she just said that, in order for you to make money, youhave to get a degree, like, so that you don’t, like, be low-income like us. You have to get adegree.”The primary way that aspirational capital contributed to persistence in STEM was through itsmanifestation as encouragement/motivation/commitment. Students described the ongoing role oftheir family in helping them stay
out how to work around these. No complaining, no hand wringing, just solutions.”The e4usa pilot year teachers experienced this same disruption while teaching the e4usacurriculum in March, during the second semester of the 2019-2020 AY. The e4usa programemphasizes the “for us all” component, offering all high school students an opportunity toexplore and discover what engineering is all about. This authentic project-based curriculumemphasizes the inclusion of diverse groups of students who may not have considered engineeringas a viable career path. Although the seven-unit curriculum was intentionally designed toimmerse students in four unique threads [4]; discover engineering, engineering in society,engineering professional skills and
amplify the voices and work of students, educators, and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) overall and support continued educational innovation within engineering at these in- stitutions. Specifically, she focuses on (1) educational and professional development of graduate students and faculty, (2) critical transitions in education and career pathways, and (3) design as central to educa- tional and global change.Dr. Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee at Knoxville Courtney is a Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer in the Cook Grand Challenge Engineering Honors Program at the University of Tennessee. She completed her Ph.D. in Engineering & Science Education at Clemson University. Prior to her Ph.D
Criminal Justice Policy from the University of Guelph and is an MLIS candidate at the University of Western Ontario (August 2021). Her research interests include social constructionism, interdisciplinary applications of critical social theory, and information seeking and evaluation.Chimdindu Ohaegbu, University of Waterloo Chimdindu Ohaegbu is an undergraduate chemical engineering student at the University of Waterloo. She is a member of Waterloo iGEM, the University of Waterloo’s synthetic biology design team. Her research and career interests include engineering education and biotechnology.Mr. Hamza Z. Butt, University of Waterloo Hamza Butt is an honours legal studies student at the University of Waterloo. His other
mobilization of activists against marginalizing forces,such as the International Women’s Strike on March 8, 2017 [19]. However, revolutionary timecan take the form of daydreaming about a queered future on company time or pushing againstinstitutional norms which bar marginalized groups such as the GRSM community fromengineering institutions.This qualitative study utilizes the stories of four GRSM individuals who are currently or whoused to be pursuing an education/career in STEM. Using aspects of queer theory, Foucauldiananalysis, and revolutionary time, this study aims to answer the following research questions:What is the nature of the GRSM experience with power and privilege within the STEMinstitution? How do GRSM individuals imagine a revolutionary
detection and estimation for applications in target tracking and physical layer communications. Her work on target detection and tracking is funded by the Office of Naval Research. Dr. Nelson is a 2010 recipient of the NSF CAREER Award. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and the IEEE Signal Processing, Communications, and Education Societies.Dr. Yutao Zhong, George Mason UniversityDr. Mark Huntington Snyder, George Mason UniversityProf. Elizabeth L. White, George Mason University Dr. Elizabeth White is an associate chair and associate professor of Computer Science and a member of the C4I center at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. She has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of
, exploring the tenets (materials, electrical, and structural) of the BMEprogram at her institution and the career trajectories of BME graduates. When she realized that theBME program’s tenets did not align with her interests, she began considering MechanicalEngineering because she thought the program would provide her with various opportunities as astudent and future engineer aspiring to work in industry. Initially, she thought as a MechanicalEngineering student she would be able to take “classes that would be applicable to BiomedicalEngineering or Biomechanics,” however, later on, she realized later that the MechanicalEngineering program would not have provided flexibility within the plan of study “because of therigor in the mechanical engineering
critical formational period and yet often neglected in student successinitiatives [1-3]. The sophomore year is a defining moment in the college career, and also a timethat is filled with uncertainty and a sense of losing support students had in their freshmen year [2,4-6]. We recognized the need for students to strengthen their motivation, resolve, and capabilityto persevere through the challenges that tend to hit them particularly hard when they reach theirfirst engineering courses, typically in their sophomore year. We hypothesized that servicelearning projects during the students’ freshman-to-sophomore transition would address theseneeds and thus build engineering identity and improve their academic performance in theirsophomore year
Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania. He studies nanotribology, nanomechanics, and scanning probes. He is a recipient of the ASME Newkirk Award, a R&D 100 award, and a NSF CAREER Award. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Physical Society, the Materials Research Society, the AVS, and the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers. He holds 6 patents and has authored over 190 peer-reviewed publications. Previously, he was a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his B.Sc. (University of Toronto, 1991) and his Ph.D. (University of California at Berkeley, 1997) in Physics, and was a postdoctoral researcher at Sandia
of opportunity to utilize their skills in projects involving thelife sciences and medical field, yet the misconception that this is not the case is prevalent amongstlower-division undergraduates. It is often seen that potential chemical engineering students whoare interested in careers in medicine take a pre-medical route or switch to bioengineering as amajor. Core classes such as transport phenomena and separations in the chemical engineeringcurriculum, though, teach students a number of invaluable concepts and fundamentals that can beapplied to projects involving the life sciences.To address the misconceptions of chemical engineering as a major and its importance in themedical field, we propose to use a hands-on, interactive learning tool
, where 1 represents “not at all” and 5represents “very much”. It was found that 93.3% (14/15) of the respondents agreed that the eventincreased their creativity and discussion of COVID-19 healthcare problems, and 80.0% (12/15)agreed that it led to an innovative solution to a relevant COVID-19 problem. Lastly, 53.3%(8/15) of the respondents agreed that the event was helpful in their current career path. However,although only approximately half of the participants believed it was helpful in their future careerpath, all of the participants were interested in attending the event if it was offered in the future.After following the seven teams that continued the project through the senior design programs, itwas found that three teams were invited to
transition totheir careers. Students setting out for college campuses, getting out of the comfort of the familyfor the first time in life is itself a giant leap in their maturing. Then the experiential learningcoming from open discussions, making deep, meaningful connections, and dispute managementin classes and dorms all significantly contribute to shaping them as responsible future citizens.Students learn not only from the faculty but from their peers. They learn about themselves, theiridentities, their interest, their character, school pride, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence,and a whole host of things. However, even with all its benefits, this residential experience is notaccessible to all groups of students due to its high price tag
, service, and career advancement) and provideholistic faculty support in areas such as time management, work-life topics, and well-being [1].From the context of the CTL, the intentional alignment of programs, in which the relationshipsbetween goals and activities of different faculty development programs are considered, helps toidentify strategic approaches to advancing the CTL’s goals. At the same time, from the contextof faculty members, participating in exercises that encourage the consideration of an issue fromboth big picture and granular perspectives and the connections between the factors that impactthe issue can help foster reflection and make visible the role of faculty members in the issue.The objectives of this paper are to 1) present a
failure mechanisms at the micro-scale. In 1998 he received a NSF CAREER award to study thermal barrier coatings and was later active in studying dura- bility of solid oxide fuel cell materials. After one year at the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics in Holzkirchen, Germany, in July of 2015, Dr. Walter joined the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. At UCI Dr. Walter teaches regular MAE classes and helps to manage the senior projects program.Prof. Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine Natascha Trellinger Buswell is an assistant professor of teaching in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of
undergrad courses throughout his undergrad- uate and graduate student career. His research interests include manufacturing systems optimization and production management as well as engineering education.Prof. Kevin R. Cook, Montana State University Kevin Cook is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Montana State University with primary teaching responsibilities supporting the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program. He also serves as the Curriculum Coordinator of the Mechanical and Industrial Engi- neering Department, supporting curricular activities of the MET, Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Management Systems Engineering programs. Mr. Cook holds a B.S. degree in
raisethe academic success level, guide students through their career path, as well as being a beneficial © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Conferencefactor for the university/campus and those associated. Interaction among the associated membersplay a vital role in the overall operation of universities across the nation.In UML model, a system can be described with various types of diagrams from different leveland aspects of views. This leveled structures document the system in a set of systematicpredefined diagrams – class diagrams, state diagrams, use case diagrams, sequence diagrams,activity diagrams, and so on. Use Case Diagrams describes the sequence
the scienceprofessions, researchers have identified an enduring strong association of science as a disciplinefor men [4]. This association of gender and career field also impacts young people before theycommit to a career path: middle schoolers have parroted the assumption that engineering is acareer for men [8].The Media and Women in STEMThese disciplinary norms and perceptions are reflected in the ways in which, and if, women inSTEM are portrayed in art, media, and popular culture around the world [3, 7, 9, 10, 11]. Themedia reflects the truth of underrepresentation in STEM [7, 10]. Of the 391 most popular STEM-themed YouTube channels, only 32 hosts presented themselves as female [9]. In acomprehensive study of entertainment media
withsmaller sections that focused on active learning have also been shown to increase students’retention and certainty [10].In connection with Social Cognitive Career Theory, many elements of first-year engineeringcourses are also directed towards self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and personal goals, andthese courses are proven to increase major certainty by a statistically significant amount [11],[12]. Furthermore, labs, projects, and a close relationship with their professor help studentsselect a major [11]. The retention rate of students within a specific major increased when thatstudent was taught by a professor with the same degree as their intended major for their FYEintroduction course, as well as when students attended 2 or more
end in mind.Disinterestedness in any work or effort as originating in a sincere intention of service to thework itself, freeing man for genuine creativity to fulfill what the work itself demands. It is avirtue that entails not being dominated by one’s own interests such as pay, career advancement,or any other interest apart from doing high quality work. [12]Truthfulness includes “the love of the truth and the will that truth should be recognized andaccepted,” noting also that tact and kindness are necessary ingredients and that there are certaincontexts where the whole truth should not be divulged. The practice of truthfulness as a virtueentails making good on promises already made even in the face of confusion, temptation,adversity, or the
Institute of Technology in Chicago. Dr. Rahman has worked as a chemical engineer at a urea fertilizer factory, after which he pursued a career as a software developer in the securities industry. He worked for 13 years at the Chicago Stock Exchange developing real-time trading software. Since receiving his Ph.D. in the year 2000, Dr. Rahman pursued a career as an educator and taught at Illinois Tech, University of West Georgia, and finally at Clayton State University. Dr. Rahman is passionate about teaching and cares about student learning. His research interests include computation linguistics, bioinformatics, and computer science education. American c
common for engineering courses to contain team-based projects ranging fromfirst-year Introduction to Engineering courses to Senior Design/Capstone courses. However,students’ experiences in teams vary greatly and when un-facilitated within large courses,students may have negative experiences which impact their future learning. To overcome thisissue, a new course: Applications in Project Management in Biomedical Engineering wasdeveloped at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. This course is student-led where upper-class students serve as project managers (PMs) to first-year student teams in Introduction toBiomedical Engineering who are conducting semester long design projects. The upper-classstudents learn about a promising career in
’ conveyanceof what is known, as well as the deeper development of knowledge by students, a practice knownin the literature as ‘communication to learn.’ Therefore, isolating students’ learning professionalcommunication skills from the material they will need to communicate as professionals.As some of the most challenging and rewarding career opportunities for our students hinge onstudents’ abilities to critically apply and communicate the material they learn and to be able towork across geographic and field boundaries, we must work towards ways to engage them incourse material in richer ways. Interdisciplinary team teaching offers one promising approach foraccomplishing the integration of technical engineering skills development and communicationskills
class named “Actuators and SensorsApplication in Robotics” in the department of MET at the New York City College of Technologyin which there are three levels of robotics classes 15,16. In this class, the students are assumed tolearn the applications of popular sensors and actuators and study wireless communication devicesand protocols. Then, they can synthesize the knowledge of fundamental STEM, the introductionlevel of robotics, and design to develop a complicated project. As discussed above, the classmainly focuses on how to understand the theories through practical applications indirectly insteadof how to deliver the theories directly. The educational aim specializes in robotics technology toprepare for career-based classes and laboratories
broader impact of the research programto date will also be discussed.Out-of-Class Intervention ActivitiesInterview with the DeanAdapted from work at the University of Michigan [5], first-year engineering students attend alive (either in-person or virtual) interview with the Dean of the College of Engineeringmoderated by an engineering faculty member or administrator. In this interview, the dean isasked questions about their career, some of the teams in which they have participated, the valueof diversity on teams, and how implicit bias can affect a team and their product. This activity isdirectly related to our second goal: appreciate how diversity strengthens engineering andcomputer science.The purpose of this interview is to have an
about leaving: Why undergraduates leave the sciences,” Contemp. Sociol., 1997, doi: 10.2307/2655673.[15] A. Battle and A. Wigfield, “College women’s value orientations toward family, career, and graduate school,” J. Vocat. Behav., vol. 62, pp. 56–75, 2003, doi: 10.1016/S0001- 8791(02)00037-4.[16] J. L. Meece and D. P. Courtney, “Gender differences in students’ perceptions: Consequences for achievement-related choices.,” in Student perceptions in the classroom, D. H. Schunk and J. L. Meece, Eds. New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 1992, pp. 209–228.[17] M. Inzlicht and T. Ben-Zeev, “A threatening intellectual environment: Why females are susceptible to experiencing problem-solving
-CSR Dis- tinguished Service Award, the 2013 IEEE ComSoc MMTC Outstanding Leadership Award, and the NSF American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #33720 CAREER Award in 2010. He is a co-recipient of the 2021 IEEE Communications Society Outstanding Pa- per Award, the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2020 Jack Neubauer Memorial Award, the 2018 IEEE ComSoc MMTC Best Journal Paper Award, the 2017 IEEE MMTC Best Conference Paper Award, IEEE SECON 2017 Best Demo Award, Best Paper Awards from IEEE GLOBECOM 2019, IEEE GLOBECOM 2016, IEEE GLOBECOM
strategize this way. Pre-tenure faculty or graduate students would not be wise to contact some track coordinatorsbecause, depending on the conference, this can get early-career scholars blackballed or labeled as“difficult,” especially white women and scholars of color. Similarly, early-career scholars cannotalways risk withdrawing a paper that has been accepted for publication simply because thereviewer doesn’t accept their methodological or linguistic choices.Second, the power of the reject in most cases (as in this one) is that it is a coalitional move—thepurpose of a reveal is to seek out others who might be willing to work with you to replace unjustbehaviors, procedures, etc. In this case, the lead author was able to reveal directly to
relationships with theirpeers, near-peer counselors and tutors, and faculty and staff within their college. Small cohortsizes and highly structured programing have given the AT&T Summer Bridge Program areputation for being an intensive and immersive pre-engineering experience. Alumni of theprogram report greater confidence in their preparedness for their transition to life on campus andthe engineering curriculum, as well as greater familiarity with engineering majors, expectations,and career paths [1,2].In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Oklahoma suspended on-campusprograms and instruction during the summer 2020. Therefore, program designers decided totransition the engineering Summer Bridge Program to an online format. The
the stereotypes experienced.This study has limitations that should be noted and used to provide future studies with researchdirection. First, this data has been collected through self-report measures. Despite the datacoming directly from the source (the individual), there is still a risk of the participant choosingnot to explicitly report all experiences. Additionally, this data was collected from various pointsin students’ academic careers, which could influence their perspective and experiences. Futureresearch would benefit from data collect via methods other than self-reporting, as well as anextended timeline of data collection (possibly following students through all years of theirundergraduate career).ConclusionThe engineering workforce