ManagerHassan Bazzi ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Promoting STEM Education through the Preparation of Multicultural National Robotics Teams in Qatar (Evaluation)AbstractIn recent years, university outreach programs have increased as an effective method of impartinga comprehensive perspective into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)careers and disciplines to school students. Different models of STEM education exist and theimplementation of educational robotics to pre-college students has been deemed impactful ininfluencing the students’ interest in STEM fields. This is due to the accessibility of educationalrobotics as well providing an engaging, hands-on method of
projects focused on broadening participation and success in STEM academia. Her research centers on creating inclusive higher education policies and practices that advance faculty careers and student success.Dr. Jennifer TygretAnneke BruwerDr. Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute Comas Lamar Haynes is a Principal Research Engineer / faculty member of the Georgia Tech Research In- stitute and Joint Faculty Appointee at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research includes modeling steady state and transient behavior of advanced energy systems, inclusive of their thermal management, and the characterization and optimization of novel cycles. He has advised graduate and undergradu- ate research assistants
undergraduate students from different backgrounds (i.e., Black, Latinx, andIndigenous). For example, Strayhorn et al. [7] and Tolbert Smith [15] found that Black studentsare subjected to looks and messaging that suggest they will not succeed in engineering and otherSTEM-related careers. Similarly, McGee [8] found that Black men students were oftenstereotyped as being more suited for careers outside of STEM and their success in STEMcoursework was attributed to them either being extremely intelligent or garnered throughcheating, which hindered some students’ ability to develop an affinity for their STEM discipline.Similarly, Black and Latinx students have reported feelings of isolation and loneliness which canalso negatively impact their academic
institutions will be presented.IntroductionVirtual mentoring is not a new practice, it has been in existence for over 20 years [5], [6] [7], [8],[9]. The online setting can seamlessly connect undergraduate students across the country withmentors, and the GradTrack program was initially started in 2021 during the COVID-19pandemic. Virtual mentoring has also been shown to increase sense of community, STEMachievement, career self-efficacy, and drive to persist in mentors and mentees [10].The GradTrack mentoring structure is a scalable group and peer mentoring model, with 2graduate student mentors from Purdue with 5-7 URM undergraduate student mentees fromacross the United States and Puerto Rico joined in a mentoring circle. The second iteration of
do what on campus whenthey need things. One way to remedy this as identified by a dean, was for better onboarding processes. Asstated, “Better onboarding of contingent faculty would be beneficial both for the quality ofteaching and for career advancement of contingent faculty. By providing better onboardingprocesses, contingent faculty could feel more empowered to self-advocate by knowing the waysand means to obtain items they need and voice their concerns to people that can create change. Recommendations from the deans included: • Allowing senior lecturer faculty to opt-in for a service role • Provide more opportunities to support professional development among contingent faculty
engineeringstudents at two Midwest universities, the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and theUniversity of Illinois at Chicago. The goal is to gain a comprehensive understanding of theinformation sources and decision-making strategies used by these students, with the hope ofimproving the major selection process for all students.Theoretical FrameworkThe study is rooted in the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), which posits that students'evolving career interests are shaped by their self-efficacy expectations. This theory has beensupported by multiple research studies, which have established a positive correlation betweenself-efficacy and career interests. [2][3][4]. SCCT asserts that self-efficacy acts as a driving forcefor career choice.To
the context of career goals. Biomedical engineeringundergraduates are often drawn to clinical practice rather than to careers in engineering – 54%according to one study [1]. This implies an equivalent self-concept among BME majors asclinicians and as engineers. Indeed, this has been shown to be the case in previous work [2].These data sets were small, however, and they left unknown how malleable self-concept may beover the course of a single semester, for different groups, or in different learning environments.We performed a multi-year study of BME students’ career self-concept as engineers and asclinicians. The goal was to determine (a) if career self-concept, either in the absolute sense or inits change over time, differed by demographic
Entrepreneurship (CMTE) at the University of Toronto. She also currently sits as the President of the Board for BrainSTEM Alliance and is the Executive Director of Work Integrated Learning at the Calgary Economic Development.Dr. Qin Liu, University of Toronto, Canada Dr. Qin Liu is a Senior Research Associate with the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice (known as ISTEP), Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada. Her research areas include engineering student experiences and outcomes, including competency development and educational / career pathways, and scholarship of teaching and learning.Joanna Meihui Li, University of Toronto, Canada Joanna Li is an
. SUCCESSbrings together people, programs, knowledge, and resources to provide CS education and career counselingto students in these middle schools. RPPs are a novel method that uses research in local educational contextsto increase access to CS in areas that typically lack necessary resources. The SUCESS RPP is creating aCS course sequence that satisfies a West Virginia (WV) middle school career exploration requirement andsupports districts in implementing CS education in their schools, thereby expanding CS opportunities forrural students. Core RPP members are West Virginia University (WVU) Center for Excellence in STEMEducation (CE-STEM), West Virginia University Beckley campus (WVU-B), the Raleigh County SchoolDistrict, the West Virginia Department
lack of student engagement in the process of planning their curriculum and registeringfor classes. Students enter advising mee?ngs without looking at the course schedulebeforehand or expec?ng their advisors to create a schedule for them. How do we encouragestudents to be more proac?ve in this process? What addi?onal informa?on or tools do theyneed to take ownership of their academic and professional futures?We hypothesized that students need more informa?on around the alignment of their courseswith their career objec?ves to engage more fully in registra?on and curriculum planning a partof the main role of academic advising. In the Fall 2022 advising period, we administered asurvey to Engineering and Computer Science students at a mid-sized
Committee (2020- ).Elizabeth Friedman, The University of Illinois, Chicago ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Master's Individual Development Plans as an Essential Tool in Workforce DevelopmentAbstract:The recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Report on Graduate STEMEducation for the 21st Century recommends two broad and especially compelling career-relatedactions for STEM master's degree programs: (1) the creation of Individual Development Plans(IDPs) and (2) the provision of Career Exploration opportunities. However, while IDPs havebecome more prevalent in PhD and Postdoctoral programs, they are not at all common inengineering and science master's
, Auburn University - Samuel Ginn College of Engineering Jessica Bowers serves as the Manager for Career Development Content and Strategy in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering (SGCOE) at Auburn University. In August 2018, Jessica joined the SGCOE to support the launch of the Office of Career Development and Corporate Relations (CDCR), charged with providing career development and graduation outcome support for 6,300 undergraduate and graduate engineering students. She provided leadership and strategic direction for establishment of CDCR career development and coaching services; leading recruitment, staffing, and operation of the career coaching team to provide one-on-one career coaching, workshops and programs
nationa ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Evaluation of a Work-Integrated Learning Program for Undergraduate STEM Outreach InstructorsThis paper describes and evaluates a comprehensive work-integrated learning program,developed and delivered by Actua, a Canadian National STEM organization. The programprovides instructors with a variety of opportunities to improve their skills, career readiness, andtheir employer connections and networks. The program consisted of four sets of activities: (1) Aset of skills-focused training modules to prepare participants for their more immediate STEMoutreach work and longer-term work readiness; (2) Industry-Led Activities andMicro
contributed to inefficiencies in the freight system. Theongoing driver shortage is a top critical issue according to annual industry reports [1]. Manycomplex factors such as lack of awareness of the trucking profession, misinformed publicperception of the truck driver profession, technological advances in freight and driver retirementare some of the leading causes of this driver shortage [2]. Recruitment and workforce retention inthe freight transportation industry, fed through career pathways in civil engineering, are criticalfor the industry to thrive [2].The truck driver shortage can be addressed in part through specialized and engaging workforceoutreach activities. Such outreach efforts are devoted to early mentoring and recruitment toattract a
Engineering and Computing at National University in San Diego, California. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Using Artificial Intelligence in Academia to Help Students Choose Their Engineering ProgramAbstractIt is important to find an area of focus that is related to a career path that aligns with engineeringstudents’ abilities, technical background, and long-term goals. Due to the array of availablespecializations in industry categories, selecting the best fit for their interests is a big challenge forengineering students. For example, the computer science category includes informationtechnology, programming languages, software engineering, networks, etc. Most
skillsrequired to compete for a position. This research project explores how undergraduate mechanicalengineering students develop an understanding of how their coursework and extracurricularactivities give preparation for a career trajectory in the automotive industry. Freshmen enrolledin the undergraduate mechanical engineering degree are required to complete an Introduction toMechanical Engineering course, ME110. The course is designed to be an introduction to themechanical engineering profession and overviews engineering fundamentals, CAD basics,professional development, and other related skills. An initial assignment these freshmencomplete in this class is to imagine their future career and the steps that they will need to take toachieve it by way
engineering, this CAREERproject specifically focuses on rural, Appalachian communities and students, populations whichare underrepresented in higher education broadly but engineering careers specifically [1], [2].Engaging students in opportunities to explore engineering and related career pathways beforethey graduate from high school is important not only for educational access, but also foreconomic resilience in these communities. The Appalachian Regional Commission [3] describesthe need to engage youth more deeply in their communities and their education, as well as theneed to invest in workforce development in various industries.However, addressing these needs can be challenging given more broad systemic factors. Forexample, with the introduction
engagement. To address this issueand make engineering a more inclusive and accessible field for everyone, regardless of gender orbackground, it is crucial to increase the representation of women in the field and provide themwith the necessary support and empowerment to succeed [5]. Generally, women from diverse regions across the globe, particularly those in STEM fieldssuch as engineering, face various challenges, including math anxiety, gender stereotypes, andfinancial barriers [6]. In addition, students pursuing careers in science also face similar challenges[7]. Thus, math anxiety can be a significant internal obstacle for women in engineering, as it canerode their self-assurance and motivation to pursue careers in this field [6
(EPT), the 2018 CT Women of Innovation Award in the Postsecondary Academic Innovation & Leadership Category, the 2012 New England Board of Higher Education Excellence Award for the State of CT and most recently, the 2020 HI TEC Innovative Program of the Year Award and the 2021 ITEEA Special Recognition Award. In 2014, she was invited to the White House College Opportunity Summit recognizing leaders like Karen for their commitment to STEM education. She also serves on numerous local and national boards including the Epsilon Pi Tau Honor Society, Hartford High’s Pathway for Engineering and Green Technology, and the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System. ©American Society
Technology, only 25% of engineering degrees, includingBachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D., were awarded to women in US institutions [1]. Theunderrepresentation of women in engineering may be due to a lack of diversity when recruitingstudents, as well as the fact that women have higher attrition rates than their men peers, so-called“the leaky pipeline” [2, 3, 4].Many studies have attempted to understand this high attrition rate of women students inengineering careers. Some suggest that women students have fewer opportunities to develop theirengineering interests or chances to be recognized as engineers compared with their mencounterparts [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. Others note that women students face additional professionaldevaluation and chilly climates in
engagement in STEM education and careers.Amy Hurst, New York University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023The Impact of Participating in an Afterschool Professional Training Program on Youth Employees (RTP)1. IntroductionAfterschool STEM training programs for youth provide valuable opportunities to learn hands-on,real-world technical and social skills and develop STEM career interests [2,21]. However, manyyouths, especially in urban contexts, face financial pressures and may instead take afterschooljobs in non-technical fields such as food service or retail [5,30]. Paid out-of-schooltime (OST)professional training programs that can offer youth learning experiences while earning an
engineering leadership (EL) developmentexplicit, and thus teachable, by pairing memorable career events with leadership learningprocesses. More specifically, we use Lave and Wenger’s situated learning theory to investigatehow career-embedded proud moments contribute to engineers’ leadership development. Ourteam identified four types of proud moments along with corresponding leadership lessons in thecareer history narratives of 29 senior engineers. This four-part proud moment typology—honingprofessional dexterity, mobilizing teams, realizing values, and driving excellence—illustratesfour distinct ways that engineers can and do institutionalize leadership in their respectiveworkplaces. This finding suggests that proud moments are not only personally
careers in the industries developingsustainable resources, has been explored. To maximize the high-level behavior and sustainabilitycompetencies, a pedagogical system with a comprehensive pool of interventions has also beendeveloped and implemented in a senior-level mechanical engineering course. In this paper, wereport the initial survey data and details of the intervention strategies, which are intended todevelop scalable educational approaches and guidelines for building high-level environmentalbehavior in the next-generation diverse renewable energy workforce. I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND The US sustainable industry experienced significant expansion in recent years because ofincreased attention and
careerplacement [2]. Experiential learning is thought to result in a change in judgment, knowledge, orskills, or the development of professional competencies and identity [1]. The Global State of theArt in Engineering Education report [3] identified experiential learning opportunities as a keypedagogical feature of engineering education. Perhaps this emphasis stems from experientialeducation’s alignment with engineering design education efforts [4], its potential to support thedevelopment of professional competencies [5], [6], or its ability to produce more innovative,career-ready engineers [7]. Within engineering education, experiential learning opportunities caninclude participation in engineering design and competition teams, study abroad
standards forcivil engineering licensure, consequently, many perceive the CEBOK only as an “academicexercise” that does not pertain to civil engineering practice outside formal education. With thethird edition – the CEBOK3 – this could not be further from the truth.The third edition of The Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (CEBOK3) [1], published in2019, goes beyond formal education to define the complete set of knowledge, skills, andattitudes (KSAs) that all civil engineers should first attain and then maintain to serve inresponsible charge of civil engineering services.The CEBOK3 should be a powerful tool to guide students, academics, early-career engineers,managers, principals, and owners as the roadmap to prepare themselves and their
University (FIU), College of Engineering and Computing and teaches at the Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustain- ability. Dr. ElZomor completed his doctorate at Arizona ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Investigating the Need for Forensic Engineering Graduate Program to Meet the Growing Workforce Demand AbstractForensic engineering is a growing career choice in the civil engineering discipline for theevaluation of structural failures and poor structural performance of houses damaged in a naturaldisaster, deteriorating infrastructure, and maintenance of the built
Paper ID #38236Characterizing Perceptions of Engineering Intuition Based on Experienceand GenderMadeline Roth, Bucknell University Madeline (Maddi) Roth is an undergraduate student with majors in Neuroscience and Psychology and a minor in Education.Dr. Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University Dr. Elif Miskioglu is an early-career engineering education scholar and educator. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (with Genetics minor) from Iowa State University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University. Her early Ph.D. work focused on the development of bacterial biosensors capable of
amongbiomedical engineering (BME) students have increasingly been incorporated in undergraduatebiomedical engineering curricula. This pilot study presents and assesses a clinical immersionframework for biomedical engineering undergraduate students with experienced nurses. Welaunched a summer clinical immersion program utilizing a “Student Experience Educational”Program offered by a not-for-profit healthcare organization.I. Introduction:The goals of this pilot study are to present a new clinical immersion framework for biomedicalengineering students and to assess the effects of this framework on the certainty of participatingstudents in their career aspirations, technology-driven problem-solving skills, engineering designself-efficacy, empathy, and