-progress and one-on-one feedback has supported progression. Survey data has been collected from Ph.D. engineeringgraduate students at a major engineering school within a research university in California toinform the design of communication supports that will prepare engineering students for thesuccessful academic careers in the profession. In addition, a smaller subset of feedback fromPh.D. students was collected from students who completed the writing and academic presentingclasses. Admitedly, surveying student perceptions and likewise student course evaluations mustbe viewed with some caution. Objective measures of writing and speaking improvement aredifficult to acquire, however. We will continue to collect information on successful
Jensen, Ph.D. (she/her) is an assistant professor in biomedical engineering and engineering edu- cation research at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include student mental health and wellness, engineering student career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research.Dr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, and the past editor of the Journal of Engineering Education. Her research focuses on the interactions between student motivation and their learning experiences. Her projects include studies of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and
cannot receiveadvanced placement credit. The new COM course will replace COM 221 as the course beingmerged with EGR 201.While starting this instruction early in the students’ career is vital, the authors acknowledge thatit is insufficient to address students’ needs. Students need additional opportunities to practicewhat they have learned, to reflect on their learning, and to develop the necessary habits. To theseends, it is essential that quality learning environments be created in the courses students take intheir second and third years.To accomplish this objective, the technical writing course, COM 221, will be coordinated with asecond-year course, likely ES 202 Solid Mechanics. It is anticipated that these courses will notbe co-taught like
leadershipskills and develop their knowledge of business and markets. The project work promotes teamwork which help the students prepare for careers in industrial manufacturing andentrepreneurship by providing them with valuable prior experience in an academic setting.A study by Kujala et al. (2015), provides insights into the motivation and challenges thatstudent’s face when working on such projects. The authors conducted a case study at a Finnishuniversity of technology, where students were given the opportunity to identify and solve real-life problems using innovative approaches. The study found that students were motivated toparticipate in the course for a variety of reasons, including the opportunity to work on real-lifeproblems, to develop their
career choice [18][19]. The distinctions of knowledgeconstruction, traditions as well as academic cultures lead to the formation of disciplinarytribes with: “… their own traditions and categories of thought which provide the members ofthe field with shared concepts of theories, methods, techniques and problems” [20]. Thephysical boundaries, such as independent space, and symbolic boundaries, such as distinctknowledge bases, emanating from the disciplinary boundedness, create an “us/them” sortingmechanism among disciplinary tribes. It plays a critical role in the development ofdisciplinary identities, which means a recognition of the value of discipline, an expectation toengage in relevant work, and a desire to be accepted into the tribe
multiracialstudents to feel like they may not fit in with one racial identity, it is unknown whether multiracialstudents are fully immersed with their other racial identity(ies). Therefore, it is important tounderstand how multiracial student identity is formed, shaped, and enacted by various actorsthroughout a student’s engineering career. If faculty and administrators are unable to supportstudents holistically, including their identity development, they may be disservicing the studentsmeant to be served.Research on minority serving institutions and racial organizations have highlighted the benefitsfor providing resources to underserved students in engineering [36], [37], [38], [39]. Students ofmixed-race backgrounds may face difficulty in finding
regarding college life and their realization of their own academic and socialunpreparedness. They critically reflected on their perspectives about themselves and others. Inthis process, they became more aware of themselves and accepting and inclusive of others. Eventhough most of them considered the overall experience difficult and challenging, especiallyacademically, it is interesting to note that most of them recorded optimistic and enthusiasticstatements about their college and career journey.Apart from open-ended questions, the learning activity survey also comprised mostly positivelyinclined responses. This proves that students encountered enough transformative learningexperiences during the program. However, the study did not collect
courseis to provide students with a fundamental understanding of EMC principles to prepare them forfuture careers in industry and academia.To enhance student engagement and interest, several new teaching practices were proposed andimplemented during the fall 2022 semester. These practices included making real-worldconnections to the course materials, using concept maps to depict the connections between high-level concepts and lower-level facts, incorporating cartoon pictures into the classroom to add asense of humor, and a gamified approach in the form of a Jeopardy-style game. These approachesare adopted to help students reinforce their knowledge and gain a stronger understanding of EMCconcepts.The emphasis of this paper will be on improving the
attention and supportfrom their peers. Peer mentorship can also promote design leadership among senior students withstudent-led projects, encourage collaboration and teamwork, provide mentorship and guidance,and offer opportunities for students to present their work and receive feedback. This can helpsenior students develop the confidence, skills, and knowledge they need to become influentialdesign leaders. Design leadership [5] is crucial for preparing students for their future careers. Inthe professional world, designers are expected to take leadership roles on projects and workcollaboratively with clients, stakeholders, and team members. By developing leadership skills inSchool, students are better equipped to succeed in their careers and make
learned from year 1Abstract—An abundance of literature demonstrates that women’s and minorities’ sense ofbelonging, or lack thereof, influences their academic performance and persistence in STEMeducation and careers. To address this problem, we developed and piloted a holistic, socio-culturally responsive peer-mentoring program—with funding from the National ScienceFoundation—that provided a multidimensional (i.e., academic, institutional, and social) supportsystem for first-year engineering students, particularly Hispanic/LatinX/XicanX studentsinclusive of their intersectionalities (HLX+). The purpose of this pilot program, Promoviendo elÉxito Estudiantil a través de un Sistema de Apoyo (PromESA), is to increase HLX+ students’sense of belonging
homogeneous intentions geared toward studentsuccess. Some of these programs focus on increasing undergraduate internships [3] or onunderstanding career options [4], while others aim to increase student success in first-yearprograms [5] and improve student retention [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]. All these categories have variouslevels of mentorship tailored to meet the primary needs of the respective program. For example,an industry mentor might provide career guidance while a faculty mentor could advise ondegrees paths and options for graduate work. More recent programs have focused on peermentoring, especially for first year programs concerned with increasing retention rates [11, 12],but which are also applied to higher level academics and teaching related
2014, received the College of Engineering Graduate Student Mentor Award in 2018, and was inducted into the Virginia Tech Academy of Faculty Leadership in 2020. Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 19 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award, with her share of funding being nearly $3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 34 journal publications, and more than 80 conference papers. She is recognized for her research and teaching, including Dean’s Awards for Outstanding New Faculty, Outstanding Teacher Award, and a Faculty Fellow. Dr. Matusovich has served the Educational Research and Methods (ERM) division of ASEE in many capacities over the past 10+ years including serving as Chair from 2017
course, the more disciplinaryknowledge and concepts the student is assumed to have mastered. But while faculty use grades toprovide feedback to students regarding knowledge accumulation within a curriculum, they alsohold implications for the ways students experience school. For example, grades influence thenumber of scholarships and types of financial assistance offered to students, with higher gradesyielding more financial support. They are used to determine eligibility for entrance into certainacademic and sports programs, and in some instances, can qualify or disqualify students fromcertain co-op, internship, and other career development opportunities.However, approaches, philosophies, and policies toward grading can vary drastically
. It is also core to the understanding of numerous probability distributions instatistics, hence, fundamental knowledge of this concept is crucial for a successful career inscience, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The proposed experiment will ease thecomplexities involved in the learning of calculus students by using experimental centric pedagogy(ECP), which entails providing simple yet relevant experiments that would boost the students’interest in this field. The concepts of differentiation and integration would be practicallydemonstrated to students using Hooke’s law, velocity, acceleration with respect to time, and rulerexperiment. The project would employ readily available utilities to demonstrate integration anddifferentiation
. His career experiences include industrial consulting and managing an outreach center. His research interests include Distance education qual ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: An Analysis of the Existence of Metrics for University/Industry CollaborationIntroduction:Partnerships between universities and commercial enterprises have become relatively commonand take a variety of forms. From traditional research projects at universities that yield data andknowledge businesses and industries can then use to improve processes and practice, to morespecific training and development programs that focus on building particular skills for
at the University of Alabama, Dr. Jalili led a significant increase in external research awards and enrollment as well as the creation of the Alabama Initiative on Manufacturing Development and Education (Alabama IMaDE®), designed to better prepare future highly skilled workers through a convergence of education, research and service. The Alabama Initiative has guided multiple research projects in the core areas of automation, human-robot collaboration/integration and augmentation and has partnered with numerous outreach programs to promote new career paths for middle and high school students in the region.Dr. Daniel J. Fonseca, University of Alabama ©American Society for Engineering
betterequipped to determine their academic and career goals and how they will need to work toachieve them. In advising sessions, faculty can suggest minor degrees, internships, and additionalspecialized skills which can help students in reaching their career goals. Additionally, studentscan get tips and advice on many common problems students face like study skills, timemanagement skills, and communication skills. Moreover, professors may be able to suggest on-campus resources that students can take advantage of, like counseling, tutoring, financial aid, anddisability accommodations. For professors to be able to provide students the one-on-one timeneeded for this support in an advising session, the advising process needs to be as automated
students discussed challenges in theirprograms. Undergraduate prioritization of internships and securing employment post-graduationhas encouraged the library to collaborate more closely with campus Career Services to provideprogramming targeting resume builders and research practices outside the academy. Graduatestudents’ experience as teaching assistants was associated with a great deal of anxiety – both dueto lack of confidence with course content, as well as time management concerns. Instructors relyheavily on teaching assistant’s availability, and many teaching assistants are not discouragedfrom working more than their contracted hours. These reports indicate a substantial gap insupport for first year graduate students in SoE. We
advances, we movetowards a new industrial landscape where engineers face increasingly complex problems. Forengineering students of the 21st century to thrive in their future careers, it is crucial forinterdisciplinary education to equip them with the necessary tools and support required to solveproblems effectively and think more comprehensively. CT and the engineering way of thinkingenhance conceptualization and critical thinking skills, and their processes complement eachother. Thus, promoting CT in engineering education is essential. However, research on theinterpretation and development of CT is conducted to a limited extent at the undergraduate level.A semi-structured interview protocol was developed to gather insights on the five main
M.Eng. degree in Industrial Engineering/Human Factors and Ergonomics and a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Dr. Ashour was the inaugural re- cipient of William and Wendy Korb Early Career Professorship in Industrial Engineering in 2016. Dr. Ashour’s research areas include data-driven decision-making, modeling and simulation, data analytics, immersive technologies, and process improvement. He contributed to research directed to improve design and engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A Comparison of an Integrated Nonlinear Storytelling and Simulation
research, ethical issues, problem-solving skills, andinterpersonal competencies such as collaboration were among the top competencies thatemployers sought when hiring new employees in the civil engineering and constructionprofessions [21].Construction engineering students require hands-on experience to improve these competenciesnecessary for their future careers. Although College graduates often overestimate their abilities,yet employers report a lack of basic soft skills, including communication, critical thinking, andproblem-solving, among this group of potential job candidates [15]. A significant proportion ofindustry managers perceive the communication skills of engineering graduates to be inadequate[6]. Collaborative learning is a process
potential variability incomponent and material sources. This provided a chance to discuss with students how suchsetbacks should be handled, as they are bound to occur at some points in their careers. Anotherlearning point was that reliable 3D printing is not assured or automatic, and there are parametersassociated with it that must be determined, sometimes by trial and error. For example, using PLAat 20 percent infill often led to parts that did not perform well; however, 60 percent infillprovided much better performance. A more detailed analysis of the written comments that mayinclude coding is planned but has not been executed.Faculty Reflection and EvaluationA primary goal for this class is to prepare students for their senior design class
engineering programs and professionals in theengineering workforce do not accurately represent the general population. For example, despitemaking up 50 percent of the population, women represented only 24 percent of engineeringbachelor’s degrees conferred in 2021 [1]. Furthermore, although 12.1 percent of the USpopulation is Black only 4.7 percent of engineering bachelor’s degrees conferred were to Blackstudents. Research suggests that earlier exposure in K-12 programs to STEM active learningexperiences encourages greater participation in STEM amongst women and UnderrepresentedMinority (URM) students [2], [3]. As such, it is vital that K-12 districts introduce students to andinterest students in STEM fields and careers. An effective strategy
often a disconnect between academia and the real world concerning the development offuture engineers. Faculty and engineering supervisors alike, hope to prepare engineering graduatesby teaching the fundamental mechanics and theorems that underly engineering analysis and howto apply them to create successful designs. Ultimately, in the real world where graduates spendtheir careers, a mentoring model is typically used in which an engineering supervisor will oversee,advise, and correct a new engineering hire to help him/her learn the profession. However, inacademia, high-stakes, high-pressure, individual assessments are often the norm with little to nopath to redemption, leading graduating students confused on exactly how engineers are formed.With
. She directs the Research, Academics and Mentoring Pathways (RAMP) to Success program that aims to estab- lish successful pathways to graduate school and interdisciplinary careers for new engineering undergrad- uates. Dr. Chandra’s research interests include design of data-driven stochastic models for applications in acoustics, communication networks and predictive analytics in education, model-based systems engi- neering and communications network traffic and performance modeling. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Setting the Stage for Co-Creation: Using Workshops to ScaffoldInterdisciplinary Research, Collaboration, and Community BuildingSetting the Stage for Co-Creation
technology,’‘unfamiliarity with green buildings and materials,’ ‘inappropriate scheduling, ‘and ‘poorworkmanship’” [4]. Consequently, it is possible to question undergraduate architecturecourses and whether they are properly preparing students for their professional performance.Similarly, it is required for architecture students to develop academic skills. Academic skillshave an interdisciplinary characteristic. Nevertheless, architecture students need them due tothe nature of their career which cannot be completely classified as an art or science subject.Even though design it at the center of their focus, it is linked to plastic and technical aspects,which conform architecture. Hence, diverse study techniques must be adopted by the studentsto
intervention in entrepreneurial thinking increase the originality and quality of projects in an open-ideation forum (e.g. ENGR 350)? Instructors for the ENGR 350 course will be interviewed to assess differentiation of FLiTE-influenced projects versus those of the general student population. 3. Does the FLiTE program promote diversity in the regional technology-entrepreneurial workforce, particularly among native Appalachian students, who are typically underrepresented in STEM fields? FLiTE scholars will be interviewed over the course of the program to assess their perceptions of the program’s influence on their degree satisfaction and career path. Where possible, FLiTE program participants will be tracked post
Seattle, WA. Dr. Jarrett combines her practical experience and love of teaching to create welcoming classroom environments tailored to preparing stu- dents for their future careers and inspiring them to be lifelong learners. She is passionate about making engineering education and the engineering industry more innovative and more inclusive. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Creating Inclusive Classrooms: Work Developed during the ASEE Year of Impact on Racial Equity (YIRE)BackgroundThe ASEE Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI) specified 2021–2022 as theYear of Impact on Racial Equity (YIRE). The inspiration and objectives for this work has
engineeringundergraduate training in a clinically relevant design experience. Students earn four credits forsuccessful completion of this course. This course prepares students for a real-world designproblem, with an emphasis on the development, evaluation, and recommendation of alternativesolutions subject to realistic constraints that include considerations of effective teamwork andtechnical communication, patents, quality controls, human factors, FDA regulation,professionalism, and ethics with an emphasis on preparing students for careers in bioengineering.Each year 85-95 students enroll in the course. Students assemble into project teams based ontechnical interests and skills.Capstone Design Course, Bioengineering 575 – Master of EngineeringThis capstone
nongovernmental organizations sothat those entities seek engineering insights when setting their global infrastructure policies [6].The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Vision 2030 states that “whatmechanical engineers do, and how they do it, are changing due to global issues, expansion of thediscipline’s boundaries, increased professional expectations, and technological innovation.Future engineers will need outstanding communication and people skills, business sense, a globalperspective, and an unparalleled understanding of our environment [7].” Additionally, the reportnotes that both industry supervisors and early career engineers emphasize that professional skillsshould be integrated throughout the curriculum, and broaden the skill set