Paper ID #32502Assessing Emphasized Engineering Practices and Their Alignment withEngineers’ Personal ValuesDr. Erika A. Mosyjowski, University of Michigan Erika Mosyjowski is a research fellow and lecturer focusing on engineering education at the University of Michigan. She earned a B.A. in sociology and psychology from Case Western Reserve University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Michigan. Her research interests include cultural beliefs about what engineers do and who they are, students’ career thinking and trajectories, and ways to effectively facilitate more diverse, inclusive, and
Paper ID #33847CAREER: Learning from Students’ Identity Trajectories to ActualizeLatent DiversityDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clem- son University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and
Engineering at NC A&T State University. As a faculty member, he played a significant role in the implementation of a PhD in Industrial & Systems Engineering. Dr. Ram served as the PI for a cross-disciplinary Research Experience for Undergraduates site sponsored by NSF. He is currently the PI for an NSF project on Innovation in Graduate Education. Dr. Ram is an evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021AbstractThe Graduate Research Identity Development program (GRID) is an initiative in the College ofEngineering at North Carolina A&T State University, sponsored by the National Science
Engineers (PECASE), a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and two outstand- ing publication awards from the American Educational Research Association for her journal articles. All of Dr. Borrego’s degrees are in Materials Science and Engineering. Her M.S. and Ph.D. are from Stanford University, and her B.S. is from University of Wisconsin-Madison. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Applying Research on Reducing Student Resistance to Active Learning Through Faculty Development: Project UpdateAbstract This paper provides an update on our research study about active learning in highereducation science, technology, engineering
, and a graduate degree in Educational Leadership from the University of San Francisco. She is committed to creating equitable and accessible public institutions of higher education, including inclusive environments for underrepresented students in STEM.Dr. Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Amelink is Associate Vice Provost for Learning Systems Innovation at Virginia Tech. She is also an affiliate faculty member in the Departments of Engineering Education and Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Virginia Tech. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Pandemic Pivots: The Successful
two years. Since her appointment in 2014 she has been exploring active learning, peer instruction, team-based, hands-on, application-based techniques in her classes to fully engage her students. She was selected as a UIC Teaching Scholar for Spring 2017, named as an American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) ”35 under 35” winner in the education category for 2017 and named as American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) ”20 under 40” awardee for 2018. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Reporting the Progress and Latest Status of an Ongoing S-STEM Project: An Integrated Program for Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation of
Professor in Higher Education Counseling/Student Affairs at Califor- nia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He is Lead Principal Investigator for the NSF-funded California State University Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Alliance for Diversity and Strengths of STEM Faculty: A Culturally-Informed Strengths-Based Approach to Advance Early-Career Faculty Success. Dr. Almeida is also Co-Principal Investigator for the NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (S-STEM) grant, Engineering Neighbors: Gaining Access Growing Engineers (ENGAGE). Dr. Almeida’s graduate training is in Urban Education Policy – Higher Education from the University of Southern
MIDFIELD research project on engineering education; she has served as a Co-PI on three research projects, including one on transfer students and another on student veterans in engineering.Dr. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants
your undergraduate career that influenced you to pursue an advanced degree?All interviews were recorded and transcribed. Each participant was given a pseudonym (whichare also used in the findings section).Data AnalysisFor this study, an interpretive phenomenological (IPA) approach was used as this is a qualitativeinquiry to discover the lived experiences of several individuals (i.e., Black Males) experiencing aphenomenon (e.g., graduate students in engineering, Black males with advanced degrees) [20],[21]. This method is iterative and ongoing. Two members of the research team independentlyreviewed transcripts. Portions of transcript text that gave insights into experiences of participantswere identified as examples of coding. After reviewing 5
Improve Student Engagement and Enhance the Curriculum of Engineering EducationAbstractIn February of 2019, the authors convened a workshop to explore ways to improve student engagement inengineering education. The two-day workshop assembled an uncommon range of stakeholders includingprofessional engineers, engineering faculty, psychologists, anthropologists, pedagogy and educationalscientists, students, curriculum developers, entrepreneurial evangelists, members of the diplomaticcommunity and representatives of industry. Collectively we sought to share existing approaches toimproving student engagement in order to discern what works and what does not. Uncovering strategies toimprove student engagement has meant
small group sessions with students andemail between faculty mentors and scholars was used to improve communication. Additionally,six seminars were held with follow up discussions and student reflections. While the averagenumber of program activities in which students participated increased somewhat, the program teamwas concerned that these program-specific activities were having limited reach and impact. During the grant period, loss of the team’s clinical faculty member led to a reevaluation ofthe program structure, specifically the role of the cohort facilitator. In the academic year 2018/2019the program team made the decision to hire a graduate student to serve as the coordinator ofactivities and primary point of contact for students
-evaluative outcomes. Bandura hypothesizes that outcome expectations are determined by self-efficacy beliefs, as people will expect positive outcomes for activities that they possess strongself-efficacy. Sheu and colleagues’ meta-analysis of 104 STEM studies found that the foursources explained 42% of the variance in outcome expectations [5].Engineering Career Success and Social CognitionsPrior studies confirm the relationship between self-efficacy beliefs and decisions aroundpursuing or persisting in careers such as in engineering [14,15]. The importance of self-efficacyis reinforced for success in engineering. Thus, attending to the development of students’ self-efficacy and outcome expectations may support engineering student’s persistence in the
attitudestoward their diagnosis and requests for support can have a direct impact on their academicsuccess [14], [21]. In other words, when students perceive that faculty are more supportive andopen to discussing their learning needs, these students are more likely to succeed academically.To address this need, I-Course instructors provide an inclusion statement that directly addressesneurodiversity, acknowledges strengths and challenges, and invites students to communicatewith the instructor about these strengths and challenges. The statement may be provided orally,in writing as part of the syllabus, or in both formats. Rather than simply provide a standardstatement, faculty are encouraged to personalize this statement. Model inclusion statements
students in STEM college programs, with an emphasis on building skills essentialfor college success or creating a sense of belonging among historically marginalized groups ofstudents. [25] [26] [27] The goal of this project was to explore the potential of a valuesintervention to make such progams even more effective in recruiting, not just retaining, studentinterest in STEM. Research suggests that Black students may be more likely than white studentsin general to value social and collaborative features of careers. [4] Low-income and first-generation students are also more like to value helping others through their chosen careers. [7]Therefore, goal congruity interventions, specifically an altruistic framing strategy, may beespecially effective at
anengineering program. Cultivating a culture of doing engineering can result in graduates who notonly are prepared technically and professionally with a practical, realistic understanding of whatit is to be an engineer, but also who identify with and are committed to the engineeringprofession.ObjectiveThe project’s objective is to develop a mechanical engineering program where students andfaculty are immersed in a culture of doing engineering with practicing engineers from industrythat in turn fosters students’ engineering identities. The culture of a program plays a significantrole in effective, innovative STEM education [25], [26]. The culture of “Engineering withEngineers” is being built through the interactions of students, faculty, and industry
Air Traffic Manage- ment (NextGen). In addition to his university position, he has served as Visiting Research Associate at the Federal Avi- ation Administration, Faculty Fellow at NASA Goddard Flight Research Center, and Software Quality Assurance Manager at Carrier Corporations. He also contributed to the Software and System Engi- neering profession by serving as an author for Graduate Software Engineering Reference Curriculum (GSwE2009), Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE), Systems Engineer- ing Body of Knowledge (SEBoK), and subject matter expert for IEEE Certified Software Development Associate (CSDA) training material. He is senior member of IEEE.Dr. James J. Pembridge, Embry