holistic narrative of theirpersonal and career experiences [6]. The criteria for admissions rely upon academic transcripts,references, résumé, short essays, and a 30-minute virtual interview.Our holistic application process is designed to eliminate biases typically found in admissionsprocesses. Applicants write short essays related to their computing goals, backgrounds andexperiences, and time commitment to the program. Our admissions goal is to take intoconsideration the students’ full experience, including their academic history, work experience,and how our program could support their plans to broaden participation in computing.Application interviews allow students to determine if our program is a good fit for their goals,learn about our
incoming graduate students and advanced undergraduates in BME orrelated disciplines including life science. The wide range of quantitative background of BMEstudents is the main factor that sets this course apart from machine learning courses traditionallytaught in other engineering and computer science programs. A significant proportion of incomingBME Masters students intend to use our BME program as a vehicle to enhance their preparationfor future careers as data scientists in the biomedical industry. With this target group in mind,this course has no prerequisite and a paramount goal of this course is to provide students anappreciation of knowing the “why” and not just the “how” in biomedical data analytics. Thecourse objectives (LOs) are
, or even anundergraduate engineering degree, since the aim therein might be to prepare students for a rangeof possible careers, and not just in profit-driven industry. However, if we consider students (manyforeign and self-funded) in engineering master’s programs, especially in fields like computerscience and industrial engineering, the goal very often is industry. Hence, while we leave a fullargument on the merits of the alignment problem for a future paper and other authors, wemaintain that the motivation to formulate, evaluate and present partial solutions to, the alignmentproblem (if found to be acute) is a worthwhile pedagogical task. It also has practical goals,allowing engineering programs in universities to justify their value in a
Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Work in progress: Creating micromoments to develop a student’s entrepreneurial mindsetIntroductionEngineering programs aim to prepare students for their careers. This includes training students tobe innovative and to adapt to fast-changing professional environments. To address this aim,many programs adopt pedagogical approaches that promote inquiry and use skill-based learning,such as entrepreneurial minded learning (EML). With the framework that was developed by theKern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) [1], EML promotes curiosity, connections,and creating value strategies, known as the 3C’s. EML encourages
Agricultural Education and throughout his career he hasconcentrated on curriculum development and professional training of youth, young adults, andeducators. Doug Ullrich has an EdD in Agricultural Education and has worked in past with manycurricula development and educational grants from NIFA, Texas Education Agency, etc. AshleyMorgan-Olvera is with the Texas Invasive Species Institute (TISI) located at SHSU. Throughouther ten years with TISI, she has developed invasive species education & outreach programs andworkshops to engage K-12 students through USDA-APHIS funding. Their website is beingutilized as an additional platform to disseminate information on our Agricultural BiosecurityCurriculum and interactive invasive species modules developed
. program offeredin the Florida State College System as well as pursue a B.S. EngineeringTechnology degree that also leads to a Professional Engineers License. Tomaintain this rewarding ET career path, the Florida Advanced TechnologicalEducation Center (FLATE) with support from the Florida Department of Education,the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Standards andTechnology, NIST, supported Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) interactsdirectly with manufacturers, college technical faculty, and college upperadministration to assure the ET degree program focus is manufacturing industryimpact within each college service region.IntroductionA recently completed National Science Advanced Technological Education
an early-career engineering education scholar and educator. I hold a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (with Genetics minor) from Iowa State University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University. My early Ph.D. work focused on the development of bacterial biosensors capable of screening pesticides for specifically targeting the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. As a result, my diverse background also includes experience in infectious disease and epidemiology, providing crucial exposure to the broader context of engineering problems and their subsequent solutions. These diverse experiences and a growing passion for improving engineering education prompted me to change career
the engineering design process and design thinking into STEM education and works with K-12 educators to increase teacher capacity in classroom engineering education. She also teaches a first-year Engineering Projects course at CU. Prior to pursuing a career in higher education, Jennifer taught middle school science for 15 years and she received a Teacher of the Year community award and guided her students to numerous state and national sustainable project awards, including the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge. After transitioning from the classroom, she joined the CU Cooperative Institute for Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Education & Outreach Program as a Curriculum Development and Program Manager where
) throughout Malaysian Higher Institutions, and International Institutions such as in Indonesia, Korea, India, China, Turkey, Morocco, Qatar, South Africa, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Throughout his career he received several awards such as Global Engineering Education Award 2021, teaching excellent awards, excellent service awards, best paper awards, and gold medals in innovative practices in higher education. He has published several books and more than 130 papers in journals and conference proceedings.Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof Professor Dr. Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof is the President of the Society of Engineering Education Malaysia, the founding Director of the Centre for Engineering Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She is
’ experience working on NSF grants. During her time as Project Manager for CREATE, Mrs. Temple coordinated three successful international projects funded through NSF to explore the renewable energy achievements in Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Virgin Islands and Germany. Mrs. Temple started her career in the private sector in accounting and finance before coming to College of the Canyons. Mrs. Temple earned her B.A. in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations at California State University Bakersfield and a M.A. in Strategic Communications from National University. In addition to her grant administration duties, Mrs. Temple is an Instructor in Communication Studies at College of the Canyons in
is student motivation. Although motivation isa product arising from several factors, grades play an important role when students decideto continue their professional careers [3].Although online education was already an educational offer in several institutions, theCovid-19 pandemic accelerated some processes. Institutions focused on educationalmodalities such as maintaining in-class teaching with social distancing, creating hybridmodels, or moving to online instruction [4]. Online instruction has been the lifeline forinstitutions to continue their training processes in this context. Furthermore, there has beenno historical precedent for such an absolute and total closure of educational facilities inmultiple countries worldwide, as occurred
Paper ID #37828The Roles of Friendship Among First-Year EngineeringStudents and Upper-Level Project Manager Students onStudent RetentionNa'imah White Na'imah White is an undergraduate Psychology student at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Her career interests lie in Industrial/Organizational Psychology; therefore, she partnered with Dr. Li from the Department of Biomedical Engineering this year to evaluate interventions applied to a first-year engineering course to assess underlying factors that impact retention. This experience was valuable to not only gain experience in the discipline she wants to pursue
mechanical linkage between breast cancer and diabetes. Dr. Griggs joined Penn State in the summer of 2019 as an Assistant Teaching Professor, Director of the Multicultural Engineering Program and Director of the Clark Scholars Program. In this role, Dr. Griggs drives initiatives to improve the recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups pursuing degrees in engineering and strives to foster a welcoming environment that celebrates culture and inclusion. Her passion lies in mentoring through meaningful career discussions and helping students gain confidence as well as succeed in their chosen degree fields.Carmen Mariana Vanderhoof Assistant Research Professor (Science Education)Catherine L. Cohan (Assistant Research
impact dimensions (BIOL251)Implementation in Electrical Engineering courses: Of all the dimensions, the responses of theEENG 323 students registered the highest average in the engagement dimension for questionnumber 1for the statement of being actively engaged with the VR lesson (Fig. 11a). The studentsalso indicated that they were highly satisfied with the content explanation (Q#1, effectivenessdimension, Fig. 11a) of the VR lesson. The lowest average was for the statement regardingcontrol of learning with VR (Q#8, effectiveness dimension, Fig. 11a). Of all the questions in theimpact dimensions, the average responses of the students were the highest for question number 8which is about their interest in STEM career (Q#8, Fig. 11b) followed by
Graduate Program in Systems Engineering of the UANL, and her second master’s degree in Materials and Manufacturing in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (INME) in the UPRM. Yareni commitment for an inclusive and diverse community in the campus led her to serve as Spokesperson in the International University Community at UPRM. Yareni has worked as an Instructor of engineering courses, as Graphics Engineering and Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, in the Department of General Engineering of at UPRM. She has worked as an instructor of the Biosensors and Biological Geometric Design courses, and as a research assistant in the Biocompatible Materials Research Group at UANL. Her professional career includes also being a
to advances intechnology including in infrastructure, storage, and analytical tools and techniques[1][2][3]. Thedemand for the data science field can be seen in various industries including retail, health care,finance and in all areas of economy and society [3]. Data science careers are the top careers inthe U.S. across many disciplines[3]. It is predicted that this demand will continue to increase inthe near future [2][3]. The rise in demand for data science technology has created a demand forgraduates who have the skill set needed to support the data science field [1][2][3]. To meet thisdemand in the data science industry, many colleges are revising current programs or developingnew programs geared for the data science industry[1][2]. A
Paper ID #38303US Engineering Employment During the COVID-19PandemicHolden Diethorn Holden Diethorn is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) with research interests in labor economics and the economics of science and innovation. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from SUNY Albany in 2020. His current work focuses on topics related to the STEM workforce including analyses of the returns to postdoctoral training, the impact of immigration policy on the career paths of foreign-born STEM doctorates, and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the STEM labor market.James Creese Davis
Grant Funding and Mentoring OpportunitiesAbstractThe National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) program hasgrant funding opportunities available to support CTE and STEM technician programdevelopment. NSF-ATE grant funding opportunities are intended to help educators develop orimprove their 2-year technician programs. Proposals may focus on program, curriculum, andeducational materials development, program improvement, faculty professional development,teacher preparation, career pathways, outreach activities, undergraduate research experiences,internships, apprenticeships, and more. Partnerships with universities, colleges, and 7-12institutions in support of workforce development are encouraged. Industry partnerships
Paper ID #36915Developing an Integrated Environmental EngineeringCurriculumCraig R Woolard (Professor and Head)Catherine M Kirkland Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering Montana State University Center for Biofilm Engineering (CBE) Energy Research Institute (ERI) Montana Engineering Education Research Center (MEERC)Kathryn Plymesser (Assistant Professor) Dr. Plymesser hold a B.S. (Case Western Reserve University ’01) and Ph.D. (MSU ’14) degrees in Civil Engineering. She began her academic career at Montana State University – Billings with a teaching and research tenure-track appointment. Dr. Plymesser
approach.Project-based learning is a student-centered approach that uses a constructivist method of teachingwhere the students are actively involved in the learning process [5].The study detailed in this paper is part of a larger, ongoing study. The goal of this larger study isto determine if project-based learning influences a student’s engineering self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is defined as a person’s perceived ability to perform a task [6]. The researcher’sexpectation is that a more hands-on experience through project-based learning will lead to animproved self-efficacy among the students which will better prepare them for a career aftergraduation. Studies have shown that improved self-efficacy can influence a person’s performance,intrinsic interest
future computer engineering curricula. Such curricula should meet the standards oftoday yet look forward to adapting to the guidelines of tomorrow, which are embodied by theIEEE/ACM Computing Curricula 2020 Paradigms for Global Computing Education.IntroductionAt our institution, like many others worldwide, it has been over a decade since we havereimagined and redesigned our engineering curricula. Since then, we have ensured andconfirmed compliance with accreditation agencies [1], perfected the delivery of courses, andassessed learning outcomes to ensure that our graduates can be successful in all the differentstages of their careers. The problem is that in the last ten years, the careers that await ourgraduates have changed fundamentally such
learning (PBL) can effectively foster their capability to deal with open-endedtechnical problems in their future careers. Additionally, the interactive nature of such methodscan facilitate knowledge retention of emerging and effective sustainability concepts. This studyhighlights how the PBL technique can develop soft skills during sustainability education toArchitecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) students at a minority-serving institution asan effort to promote professional skills of underrepresented groups, i.e., women of color,Latinos/Hispanics in a classroom. This study designed and implemented a PBL activity in across-listed Sustainable Approach to Construction course which introduced the students to: (1)sustainable infrastructure
curriculum development team to create innovative programs that address the needs of students and teachers in the K-12 community. Current projects include the NSF funded BIRDEE (Biologically Inspired Design for Engineering Education) curriculum, STEM-ID, and K-12 InVenture Prize. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, she had a successful career in marketing communications for Delta Air Lines, and has spent the past 14 years as an educator. Varnedoe graduated with a B.S. from Florida State University, an MBA from Stetson University, and an Ed. S. from Kennesaw State University in Instructional Technology.Michael Helms (Dr.) Dr. Michael Helms is a Senior Research Scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is also Co
after struggling in asingle course or exam, believing that they would continue to struggle in future courses and not perform atthe levels required (Seymour & Hunter, 2019). These students often still met the requirements for theirprograms but felt as though they did not belong in their STEM program due to their beliefs about their 4abilities (Seymour & Hunter, 2019). In a report by Cabell (2021), it was shown that students with a highercareer search self-efficacy were more likely to persist in an engineering major. This report illustrates thatif a student has a lower career search self-efficacy, they may believe that they are being excluded fromengineering because they do not fit the
asked questions like why they arepursuing engineering as a career and how their current educational trajectory or pathway is goingto prepare them to become working engineers within the profession. The faculty and staff thenexplain why this unique program exists and how it accelerates a pathway to thrive as a workingengineer in industry. This sets the stage for participants to begin looking for ways that their goalsalign with the values of the program throughout the rest of the event.Food and games are also great examples of how this social event allows participants to networkwith faculty, staff, current students, and other participants from around the country. Local smallbusinesses provide catering for most of the events while the faculty and
receive mentoring assistance from many people at any one point in time, includingsenior colleagues, peers, family, and community members [7]. The developmental networkperspective mentor model identifies two key dimensions in its typology: (1) the diversity ofindividuals' developmental networks and (2) the strength of the developmental relationships thatmake up these networks. The two major types of support within these dimensions include: (1)career support, such as exposure and visibility, sponsorship, and protection, and (2) psychosocialsupport, such as friendship, counseling, acceptance, and confirmation, and sharing beyond work[7].Multifaceted university mentor programs have been successfully created at the university facultylevel to improve
Paper ID #38076Data Acquisition for Collegiate Hybrid and Solid Rocketry -An Undergraduate Research ExperienceSanjay Jayaram (Associate Professor)Hunter Michael PritzlaffAndrew Stack Andrew Stack is a junior at Saint Louis University studying mechical engineering. He is involved in FSAE and is looking forward to starting a career in the aerospace industy. Currently an intern at Boeing in St. Louis as a tooling engineering working on a variety of military aircrafts. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com
, inclusive, and supportive academy.The main features of this NRT – the main goal of which is to generate an innovative model forSTEM graduate student training by identifying and implementing the most effective tools for thetraining of STEM professionals – have been described in a previous publication [1]. A morerecent manuscript has described the first three interventions within this NRT, namely, anonboarding and orientation event, a career exploration symposium, and a multidisciplinaryintroductory course, along with the assessment and outcomes of each of these interventions [2].In this and future contributions, we intend to continue showcasing data from the NRT, focusingon the evaluation of its constituent parts. Against this backdrop, this
me in the sciences, technology, engineering &you. Very much like me mathematics is thrilling. • To what extent do you intend to pursue a STEM- related career that may include research?Perception of how one aligns with characteristics of the entrepreneurial mindsetWe think that there may be a Not at all like me • A person who accepts uncertainty and riskrelationship between success in Not like me when he or she thinks it may lead to a bigSTEM-related majors and A little like me payoff or
Engineering Education and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and STEM Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Borrego is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and a Senior Associate Editor for Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. She previously served as Deputy Editor for Journal of Engineering Education, a Program Director at the National Science Foundation, on the board of the American Society for Engineering Education, and as an associate dean and director of interdisciplinary graduate programs. Her research awards include U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and two outstanding