opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] Bailey, M., Baum, S., Mason, S., Mozrall, J., & Valentine, M. (2009, October). RIT EFFORT_Career_Life_Survey. Establishing the Foundation for Future Organizational Reform and Transformation: ADVANCE EFFORT@RIT. https://www.rit.edu/nsfadvance/sites/rit.edu.nsfadvance/files/docs/faculty%20career%20life %20survey.pdf[2] Bailey, M., Marchetti, C., DeBartolo, E., Mozrall, J., Williams, G., Mason, S., Valentine, M., Baum, S., & LaLonde, S. (2011). Establishing the foundation for future organizational reform and transformation at a
is a paradox of knowingwhat exactly wholly “Scientific” and “Non-Scientific” is and where everyone’s teaching,learning, and research practices lie on this spectrum. Deciding on important technological andpedagogical/philosophical underpinnings for “Indigenizing the curriculum” may help situate therole of AI more transparently and equitably. Using AI programs to thematize the perspectivesand experiences of individuals, groups, and organizations, and using them as a starting point toaddress Indigenous-related concerns in the curriculum may also be useful.References[1] M. Fee, “The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Canadian Literature,” 2012.[2] M. Belarde-Lewis, S. Cote-Meek, M. Parkhurst, N. A. D., Duarte, M. Dutta
“effectivelydisrupt the systematic categorization of alternative neurological and cognitiveembodiment(s)”and “offers an emancipatory lens for representing and embodying neurologicaldifferences beyond traditional special education’s deficit-based discourses and practices.”C. INCLUDE ProjectThe INCLUDE project funded by the Revolutionizing Engineering Departments program of theNational Science Foundation has been established to transform department-wide practices andcreate an inclusive learning environment that empowers the diversity of learners present ininstitutions of higher education. This project aims to develop and refine a range of interventionstargeted towards multiple aspects of academic life, from recruitment to career development. TheINCLUDE team
Asian women in 2013, whereas approximately8% were Asian men [19]. Moreover, a recent report by the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsindicated that the number of Asian women professionals were four times fewer than the numberof Asian men in the construction industry in 2022 [20]. Although the two industries are slightlydifferent, these statistics imply that Asian women's experiences cannot be understood simply asinheriting Asian’s privileges. Asian women face a number of challenges when completing their engineering programs.There are few female leaders in civil engineering [21] and even fewer Asian women leaders.Since there are so few Asian women leaders in civil engineering, it is difficult for prospectivecivil engineering students and
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expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and donot necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.REFERENCES[1] E. O. McGee, “Interrogating Structural Racism in STEM Higher Education,” EducationalResearcher, vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 633–644, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.3102/0013189X20972718.[2] Y. A. Rankin, J. O. Thomas, and S. Erete, “Real Talk: Saturated Sites of Violence in CSEducation,” in Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer ScienceEducation, Virtual Event USA: ACM, Mar. 2021, pp. 802–808. doi: 10.1145/3408877.3432432.[3] E. W. Huff et al., “Going Through a Process of Whitening: Student Experiences WithinComputer Science Education,” in Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium onComputer
., examining the nuance in January and Srihari’s disability identities whenconsidering engineering and US cultural stigma regarding mental health disabilities). Bydeveloping a greater understanding of the ways student narratives intersect with their culturalformation as engineers, we can contribute to an engineering education culture that not onlyaccepts, but invites students to freely and simultaneously construct their personal andprofessional identities.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under AwardNumbers 2114241 and 2114242. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions, or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National
past chair of the Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN) and a deputy editor for the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). Prior to joining ASU he was a graduate research assistant at the Tufts’ Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Examining the Unique Experiences of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students in a Pre-College Engineering CourseIntroduction Very little research on transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) students inengineering has been undertaken to better understand the experiences of this underrepresentedand largely ignored population. Pawley et al. 's [1] review of published articles in
interactions. After analyzingthe results of Phase 2, we have been constructing a series of narratives to present findings fromboth Phases related to pertinent themes.The participants in this study included seven individuals who were enrolled in STEM programsseeking a master’s and/or doctoral degree(s) at universities with varying levels of research2 Multidimensionality is an analytical framework for understanding how the interdependentsystems of oppression and privilege interconnect, compound, conflict, and overlap in a person’sexperience afforded by the convergence and divergence of the individuals’ socio-culturalcategorizations, capital, and community cultural wealth.3 AFAB is an acronym used in the queer community to describe people who were
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askedparticipants to describe ways to improve entrepreneurship education programs, with specificattention to women faculty experiences.Table 1. Description of Participants Participant Race and Gender Discipline STEM Entrepreneurship Positionality Education Programming Participation Status (Yes/No) Dr. J Black woman (she/her) Engineering No Dr. Sh Black woman Engineering No (she/they) Dr. C Black woman (she/her) Engineering No Dr. W Black woman (she/her) Engineering Yes Dr. S Black
assessments will be needed to validate these initial findings.Future WorkThe authors plan to deliver a second iteration of the class with updated curricula based onstudents’ recommendations and instructors’ experiences.ReferencesAbr`amoff, M. D., Roehrenbeck, C., Trujillo, S., Goldstein, J., Graves, A. S., Repka, M. X., and Silva III, E. [U+FFFD]2022). A reimbursement framework for artificial intelligence in healthcare. NPJ digital medicine, 5(1):72.American Association of Colleges and Universities (2022). Value rubrics - global learning.Bielefeldt, A. R. and Canney, N. E. (2016). Changes in the social responsibility attitudes of engineering students over time. Science and engineering ethics, 22:1535–1551.Braveman, P., Arkin, E., Orleans, T
Batanero etal.’s platform [13]. A different approach towards circuit diagrams is the work by Zapirain et al.[19], which presents an open source algorithm integrated in a tool compatible with Open Office.This algorithm applies digital image processing and computer vision techniques to any schematiccircuit included in the document. The algorithm also provides an intelligent and automatictextual description of both the sequence of electronic components and their position in theschematic in order to make it accessible to students with BVI. The work was done for electronicsengineering, but this device could be used for any engineering student taking a circuits course.Graphs are an essential part of computer science and materials science education. A
in class greatly improved their ability to comprehend course material. Moreover, thestudents gained a stronger understanding of engineering in general, while developing self-confidence needed to excel in engineering related fields. Others felt valued by being treated asstudents in top tier institutions, while a few mentioned the rigor of the course is needed to ensurethe quality of education. These results were also reflected in student responses from the tier-oneinstitution.REFERENCES[1] Alon, S., 2007. The influence of financial aid in leveling group differences in graduating fromElite institutions. Economics of Education Review 26, (3), in press.[2] Bidwell, C. E., & Kasarda, J. D. (1980). Conceptualizing and measuring the effects of
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domain. We captured how marginalizing narrativescan hinder one’s developing a strong practice-linked identity. We plan to make furthercontributions by suggesting how the design of learning environments can facilitate students’(re)negotiation with their practice-linked identities.References [1] National Academy of Engineering, Diversity in Engineering: Managing the Workforce of the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2002. [2] S. Secules, “Making the familiar strange: An ethnographic scholarship of integration contextualizing engineering educational culture as masculine and competitive,” Engineering Studies, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 196–216, 2019. [3] J. Trevelyan, “Reconstructing engineering from practice,” Engineering
academic major. Further research is necessary to determine ifreceiving social support while reporting a lower sense of belonging is enough to improvestudents’ persistence and graduation rates in engineering programs, particularly for HLX+students.References[1] National Science Board, “Science and Engineering Indicators 2012,” National Science Foundation (NSB 12-01), Arlington, VA, 2012.[2] S. Cheryan, V. C. Plaut, P. G. Davies, and C. M. Steele, “Ambient belonging: How stereotypical cues impact gender participation in computer science,” J. Pers. Soc. Psychol., vol. 97, no. 6, pp. 1045–1060, Dec. 2009, doi: 10.1037/a0016239.[3] C. Good, A. Rattan, and C. S. Dweck, “Why do women opt out? Sense of belonging and women’s representation in
, and what you think a more positive interaction might have looked like.Participants in this study were LAs who consented to have their responses used as part of thisanalysis. Table 2 details the participants involved in this study. Fifty responses were analyzed.Table 2. Participant information. Private Public Number of LAs 24 26 Discipline(s) Chemistry, Biology, Chemical, Biological, and Chemical and Biological Environmental Engineering Engineering, Mechanical
Director of Mississippi Stateˆa C™s Building Construction Science (BCS) program. Dr. Ford has 15 years of industrial experience including corporate work, and 16 years of teaching experience at the post-secondary level. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Teamwork Perception in Engineering Programs through the Lens of Gender and Race Raheleh Miralami, Saeed Rokooei, Tonya Stone, George FordAbstract Teamwork skills are increasingly gaining importance in graduates’ qualifications in engineering programs. The interconnected systems of the workflow of engineering products and projects necessitate certain technical and managerial
and undergraduates. Webrainstorm how engineering educators can build deeper understanding of these organizationalprocesses into everyday classes and programs. We consider the need for more research onworkplace practices that frame and stratify early-career engineers’ experiences, and moretranslation of those findings to day-to-day “toolkits” for new engineers.1. IntroductionEngineering students, especially those without internship, co-op, or industry job experience buteven those with that experience, may have limited knowledge about workplace procedureinvolving management, reporting, and advancement. Brunhaver et al.’s [1] findings suggest thatfew recent engineering graduates report having knowledge of organizational practices at thepoint of
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, interest, and capability of faculty to teach a course.That said, even when a more diverse instructional team is assigned to teach a course, there arechallenges to be overcome which may prohibit instructors from trying new teaching methods orcourse structures.The first challenge to changing teaching methods and course structures is a two-pronged issue:there is an expectation and momentum towards keeping things the same as years past, as well asthe large amount of work to overturn the traditional teaching methods. In each of the examplesthat were given in this paper, the instructor(s) invested no small amount of effort in revising thecourse(s) to suit their designs. The time and energy required to do these revisions is not alwaysavailable to faculty
timepoints: beginning of Batch 1’s firstsemester (September 2022), end of Batch 1’s first semester (December 2022), and start of Batch2’s first semester (January 2023). They will be referred to as pre-survey (2022), post-survey(2022), and pre-survey (2023) in this paper, respectively. Note that the data from Batch 1includes both Engineering and Non-Engineering students, as all students were required to takethe Principles of Design course, whereas data from Batch 2 only includes Engineering students,as their survey was administered as part of the Introduction to Engineering course. Based on anintention to not overburden the students, each construct was captured using a set of three to sixquestions, hence a total of nine to thirteen Likert scale
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individual interview transcripts that occurred following the Qsortactivity, and individual interview transcripts (when applicable) that occurred as part of the annualresearch data collection for the NSF program. Participants from this study participate as S-STEMscholars in a collaborative National Science Foundation (NSF) grant serving students from twofour-year institutions in the same state. One institution (Institution A) is described on theCarnegie classification structure as a “Four-Year, Full-Time, Selective, Lower Transfer-In”institution. The institution is predominantly male (more than 70% male) and white, though itsinstitutional enrollment of Hispanics reach approximately 30%. The enrollment diversity of thecomputer science department is
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race and racial discrimination with computing department 0.932 faculty and/or staff who: - Do not have the same racial identity as me. I am comfortable discussing topics related to race and racial discrimination with computing department 0.689 faculty and/or staff who: - Have the same racial identity as me. Factor 7: Personal advantage(s)/pressure based on race (α = 0.437) I feel like people assume my performance in class reflects my racial group. 0.584 How much do you agree with the following statement: “My race advantages me in the field of 0.542 computing in terms of internships and job opportunities.” I feel like I must suppress aspects of myself to be successful in my computing department