Paper ID #37187Work in Progress: Practically Present: Developing a novelapproach to remote laboratory learning and engagementthrough LabMateEileen Johnson Eileen Johnson received her bachelor’s and MS in bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She previously worked in tissue engineering and genetic engineering throughout her education. During her undergraduate career, she worked with Dr. Brendan Harley developing biomaterial implants for craniomaxillofacial defects and injuries. In graduate school, she worked with Dr. Pablo Perez-Pinera working on new genetic engineering tools. There
the quality ofteaching from an instructor. These evaluations are often used for consideration of tenure,compensation, employment decisions, and teaching awards, among other career milestones.However, a variety of literature indicates that student evaluations of teaching may not be anaccurate indication of teaching effectiveness [1], [2]. In particular, student biases about factorssuch as gender, race, and age can all affect their evaluations [3]–[5]. In this Work-in-progressarticle, we introduce a backwards design approach to re-evaluate the use and goals of courseevaluations from multiple stakeholders including faculty, administrators, and students. Thesegoals are then used to redefine the types of questions needed in course evaluation
Paper ID #38379Discrimination & Identity: How Engineering GraduateStudents Navigate Pathways to PersistenceElan C HopeAdam Kirn (Associate Professor) TBDMatthew Bahnson Postdoc in Engineering Education at Penn State with Catherine Berdanier.Derrick Satterfield Derrick Satterfield is a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on engineering graduate students' experiences and motivation centered on career planning and preparation.Anitra Rochelle AlexanderAlexis BriggsLaila Allam © American Society for Engineering Education
Shew Associate Professor, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Virginia TechMarie C. Paretti (Professor) Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she is Associate Director of the Virginia Tech Center for Coastal Studies and Education Director of the interdisciplinary Disaster Resilience and Risk Management graduate program. She received a B.S. in chemical engineering and an M.A. in English from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on communication and collaboration, design education, and identity (including race, gender, class, and other demographic identities) in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER
engineering students who participate in sponsored programs. According to Ortega-Alvarez et al. [1], three common challenges that most early-career engineering faculty face arebalancing the demands of research, teaching, and other professional obligations; lack of time tocope with personal and professional responsibilities; and setting realistic goals and expectationsfor individual accomplishments. The difficulties can be more pronounced for internationalstudents, especially those who return to their home countries. Khanal and Gaulee [2] describethis readjustment as reverse culture shock. Arthur [3] recognizes that international students oftenneed coping strategies to manage the re-entry transition after their academic studies arecompleted. She
scholars graduating with a STEM degree who completed the program and with$1.76 million dispersed directly to scholarships. To-date, without NSF funding, the programcontinues to exist with university funds to support the scholarships.In the current paper, the authors summarize the implementation of new activities, lessonslearned, and the evolvement of these three grants. Emphasis will be given to describe responsivechanges made after the second grant activity incorporated in the third iteration of the grant, andlessons taken from the third award activity. Topics of this paper include additional featuresimplemented in order to foster better diversity in the program and career readiness, observationsabout student motivation as a result of grant
curriculumrevision and enhancement. This paper summarizes five years of research output, emphasizing theimpactful findings and dissemination products for ASEE community members, as well asopportunities for further research.Motivating RationaleManufacturing is often perceived as an unappealing profession; however, it is diverse in people,technology, and experiences. Many critiques are based on outdated stereotypes: a 2016 surveyrevealed that 40% of parents did not see manufacturing as a good-paying employment choice fortheir children; 50% did not see manufacturing as an exciting, challenging, or engaging career [1].Even more troubling is the underrepresentation of women and minorities in manufacturing. Thisunderrepresentation is even more dramatic in rural
staff collaborates with university-wide programs topromote STEM education and contribute to the university’s quality enhancement plan (QEP). Thepaper shares details regarding faculty and student involvement, the development of preparatorycourses, institution-wide resources, and student outcomes from the project with the academiccommunity.IntroductionThe STEM Center at SHSU seeks to increase the number and quality of STEM graduates byestablishing a strong foundation for learning using innovative teaching practices, supportingstudents in finding research and internship opportunities, and building lifelong skills needed foradvancement and leadership in STEM careers. In 2012, the President’s Council of Advisors onScience and Technology (PCAST
math score of 25. Twentystudents each summer were selected to begin the program in the following fall based on theprogram criteria as well as on answers to essay questions submitted through a programapplication. Although it was not a requirement for acceptance, almost all participants were alsofirst-generation students (neither parent had earned a college degree).The Endeavour S-STEM Program was designed specifically to increase the engagement levelsand thereby retention and graduation rates of low-income STEM students by creating a classcohort of entering freshmen and providing them with financial support, technical projectopportunities, career guidance, outreach activities, and research opportunities. The program isfunded through a grant
approximately 2:1,illustrating an ongoing challenge of gender diversity on the campus. Currently over 1,100 deafand hard-of-hearing (DHH) students enrich the community in unique ways, the majority enrolledwithin NTID.The 2008 NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (IT) Catalyst award, “Establishing theFoundation for Future Organizational Reform at RIT” (EFFORT@RIT, #0811076), aimed toidentify career advancement barriers for RIT women faculty. A faculty climate survey [15]conducted as part of the project, in conjunction with objective data review and benchmarking,identified barriers in career navigation, climate, and flexibility in work/life management balance[16, 17]. The NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation project awarded in 2012
COVID-19 affect your capstone project? Strongly agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly disagree N/A 5 4 3 2 1 02. Briefly state the impact on your capstone experience due to COVID-19.3. Do you think this capstone has been beneficial to your current or future career? Strongly agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly disagree N/A 5 4 3 2 1 04. Briefly state the impact and/or influence of this capstone project related to your current orfuture career.5. Did this capstone project enhance your
beneficial towards nurturing academicdevelopment and clarifying career options post-graduation [7], [8]. In a survey conducted by theNational Science Foundation (NSF), 88% of its respondents, which held undergraduate researchpositions, reported significant growth in structuring and conducting a research project, 83%expressed greater confidence in research and professional abilities, and 73% attested awareness ofa graduate school environment [3], [4], [9]. These undergraduate research opportunities, accordingto Hurtado et al. [2], have further facilitated the decision of its participants to pursue STEM careersand Ph.D. studies post-graduation [14]. It is further reported that partaking in undergraduateresearch opportunities is considered an effective
and awareness of the impact of climate change on their careerpath.Section 1: BackgroundThe University of Wisconsin-Stout holds the values of polytechnic education, based on the“Wisconsin Idea” – a long tradition that embraces the principle that education should influencepeople’s lives beyond the classroom. We strive to provide students with a learning environmentthat addresses current issues affecting their career path, and raises awareness of how theirknowledge, creative ideas, and communication skills will impact the world we live in. In thisspirit, cross-disciplinary faculty at the university of Wisconsin-Stout engaged studentsin developing a renewable energy system for a local building site. Students learned about thedesign process
degree in Physics from Indiana University in Bloomington and a BS in Engineering Physics at UIUC.Karin Jensen Karin Jensen, Ph.D. is a Teaching Associate Professor in bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include student mental health and wellness, engineering student career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. She was awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her research on undergraduate mental health in engineering programs. Before joining UIUC she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Sanofi Oncology in Cambridge, MA. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering from Cornell University
teaching assistant. Currently, he is an aerospace acoustics and vibrations engineer, while simultaneously pursuing his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comThe Challenge of Challenges: Virtual Engineering Design Challenges During the COVID19 Pandemic (Evaluation)IntroductionEngineering design competitions for K-12 students have been a consistent recruitment strategyfor many universities. Most of these activities also serve as a learning experience for students asthey consider future career paths. In the recent past, a number of these competitions andexperiences have involved
Industry 4.0, the FourthIndustrial Revolution and COVID-19 are creating a new sense of urgency to drive collaborationbetween industry and education.In 2022, academic institutions offer three paths to prospective engineering students, whichstudents qualify for via standardized testing;Path 1) 4-year bachelor degrees with “R1” research focus: typically following on to postgraduatedegrees and careers in research or academia.Path 2) 2-year associate degree (community college): typically leading to a career based on atechnical skill or trade.Path 3) 4-year bachelor degree with industry focus: typically leading to careers in technical-based industriesThis paper presents a new approach to the “third path,” the industry-based bachelor degrees. Thenew
, behaviors, and attributes that a society, at any given time,considers appropriate for men and women, as per the definition ventured by UN Women.Thus, any generalizations made according to gender attributes are what is known as genderstereotypes. For example, engineering is a career for men, or women are not good at maths.This leads to discrimination and gender inequalities that bear a direct toll on society.In recent years, gender equality has become increasingly important on the world agenda. TheUN, within its 17 Sustainable Development Goals includes one which is exclusive dedicatedto gender equality (Goal 5). In addition, each of its goals addresses gender perspective fromdifferent areas or disciplines, in a transversal manner. Gender equality
community has grown through hosting events that provide information andresources about professional career opportunities, technical workshops, mentoring programs, andparticipation in research groups. AHIC has also initiated several long-term initiatives, such aspeer-teaching for introductory computer science courses. AHIC’s promotion of career-guidanceevents (where company representatives and alumni provide advice for currently enrolled students)proved to be an effective strategy for recruiting members. The organization has also hostedseminars and workshops educating first-year students on new computing skills and theopportunities that a computer science and computer engineering degree can provide.Figure 1: The percentage of Hispanic students in
Literature ReviewEngineering has persistently been composed of predominantly white men [4]. As a result, whitemen define a masculine culture of engineering [1], [2], [5]–[12]. The culture is oftenunwelcoming and creates issues for Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) such asnepotism, cultural mismatch, perceptions of under-qualification, lack of peers, lack of overallworkplace diversity and lack of support for minoritized people [13]–[16]. Throughoutundergraduate education, many engineering students are introduced to these workplace culturesvia internships. Internships are important because they strongly influence career decisions andopportunities [17].Internships and cooperative education programs are valuable for engineering students [18
Paper ID #38149Work in Progress: An Early Analysis of How LanguageCultivates Inclusive Engineering Culture for Black Students,Faculty, and StaffKarin Jensen Karin Jensen, Ph.D. is a Teaching Associate Professor in bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include student mental health and wellness, engineering student career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. She was awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her research on undergraduate mental health in engineering programs. Before joining UIUC she
Paper ID #38251Cybersecurity for Everybody - A Multi-Tier Approach toCyber Security Education, Training, and Awareness in theUndergraduate CurriculumNikunja Swain (Professor and Chair) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Cybersecurity for Everybody - A Multi-Tier Approach to Cyber Security Education, Training, and Awareness in the Undergraduate Curriculum.AbstractAlmost every career encompasses some form of security and today’s students must be introduced tovarious aspects of security to be effective in their career and daily lives. South Carolina State University(SC
important step in the career development of engineering andengineering education faculty. However, access to engineering graduate school is inequitable dueto several structural and institutional barriers that negatively impact students with marginalizedidentities. These barriers include, but are not limited to, admissions criteria that implicitly favorWhite men from backgrounds of substantial educational and financial privilege [1], unspokenWhite patriarchal norms regarding who belongs in engineering graduate education [2]–[4], andchilly institutional climates where students face alienation, micro- and macro-aggressions, andlack of institutional support [5]–[7]. While prior work has called attention to the barriers thataffect marginalized students
”, “Diversity Efforts” and “Faculty Endowed Recognition” awards. Her career spans local and international borders and have included roles in educational research, program administration, higher education accreditation and K-12 teaching. Dr Benjamin's research agenda explores issues related to minoritized student experiences, doctoral-level program quality, and engineering education. She is constantly envisioning novel ways to promote educational equity and consistently applies an educational quality lens to her scholarship.Kristin L Schaefer (PhD Student) Kristin Luthringer Schaefer is a licensed professional engineer (PE) and a licensed secondary teacher (grades 6-12), both in Texas, as well as the owner of her own
their experiences in some levels of detail so thatwe get to see how the grant changed the life and career of some very deserving Students.2. RMSE program The importance of mechatronics as a relevant and vital area of expertise has become widelyacknowledged by both academia and industry, as was stated in [4]. In the same article, it waseven suggested that perhaps all mechanical engineers should be mechatronic engineers. Theauthor of another article with the attention-getting but perhaps overstated title “The end of theM.E.?” [5] has, in a similar vein, implied that the traditional Mechanical Engineering programneeds to be revitalized. That jobs based on just the use of these traditional skills are more likelyto be outsourced is a directly
explores the experiences of early-career Black engineers and engineering students engaged in leadership. She received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and her M.S. in Human Systems Engineering from Arizona State University. Before starting her graduate studies, she worked in industry in operations as a manager. Katreena is committed to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusivity and hopes that her work will impact the culture and environment of the engineering education ecosystem. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com “Is This Good For Me?": Exploring the Experiences of Black
impact of thecultural backgrounds on early-career engineering faculty members’ perceptions andunderstanding of creativity and (2) the selection of creativity-fostering methods in instruction.The use of “(inter)national” within the title of this essay is intended to represent two ways ofcomparing and contrasting: (1) faculty that were born in the same continent or similar culture,which is expressed through emphasizing the prefix inter- within parentheses, as well as (2)faculty living and working in a country different from their country (or culture) ofupbringing, expressed through the term international. Our research questions include:⚫ How do early-career engineering faculty members’ perceptions of creativity vary across their
related to what was covered in class that day. The thirdquestion was consistent week-to-week and served as a general means to collect broad feedbackand insight from students. Both the second and third questions were short answer, meaning thatresponses were typically a sentence or two long. The data being used from these surveys comesfrom the second question of the exit surveys from six weeks of class wherein students wereasked to reflect on the semester project. The six specific questions can be found below: 1. Have you ever made a connection between the musical instrument project and your experiences with engineering and other engineering coursework? If so, what? (Week 6) 2. Would you consider an engineering career in the arts? Did you
Paper ID #38229Parental perspectives: Examining caregiver experiences andperceptions of growth and learning within an out-of-schoolelementary engineering programPeter N. Knox (Doctoral Candidate) Postdoctoral Fellow University of VermontKelli Paul Dr. Kelli Paul is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Research on Learning and Technology at Indiana University where her research focuses on the development of STEM interests, identity, and career aspirations in children and adolescents.Jungsun Kim (Research Scientist)Jing YangSawsan WerfelliAmber Simpson (Assistant Professor) Amber Simpson is a Assistant
-integrated learning experiences andteaching material through collaborative and digitally supported STEMlabs. In the following,we present the reasoning behind the project, its organizational and methodological approach,as well as the first phases of establishing virtual STEMlabs in the Northern region of Denmark.We discuss preliminary findings, potentials, and challenges related to the ongoing developmentof regional collaborative learning communities for teachers across disciplinary and institutionalboundaries to facilitate change and diversity in the local K-12 system and support pre-collegestudents’ interest in engineering and STEM-related educations and career paths, in particularwomen and minorities.The LabSTEM North projectTo identify crucial
Powered by www.slayte.com An Empirical Study of Programming Languages Specified in Engineering Job PostingsAbstractAdvancements in information technology have driven a demand for computer literacy and agrowing need for engineers to develop computer programming skills. Given the shift in demandfor these skills in engineering, educators must assess the learning outcomes of current curriculaand the selection of programming language utilized to develop students’ foundational knowledgeof programming in order to prepare students for their future careers. One way to approach thiscourse content decision is to teach based on industry needs. The purpose of this study was toidentify the programming languages desired by