meetings and discussions intwo field sites. The online participant-observations continued through July 2021. In August2021, the research associate left the university and our research team. One of the co-PIs, whowas at the same university as the PI and the AP Lab, was designated to resume the in-personobservations of the AP Lab.Positionality of the participant-observersThe two field sites in our study were observed by two participant-observers (PO1 at MHR andAP Lab, and PO2 at AP Lab). Both PO1 and PO2 shared demographic and experientialcharacteristics that enabled them to fit in as participant-observers. The observers wereresearchers and had extensive knowledge about and practice with the process of scientificinquiry. In their early careers, both
engineering students to make informed academic and career choices in their late adolescence and early adulthood. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Stigma of mental health conditions within engineering culture and its relationto help-seeking attitudes: Insights from the first year of a longitudinal study 1. IntroductionColleges and universities are trying to keep pace with the increasing mental health needs of students.However, it has been documented that students’ attitudes towards seeking help are still a barrier to the useof available resources, and such attitudes vary across student subpopulations, with engineering studentsbeing less likely to seek help for mental health conditions (MHCs) than
in Japan and Malaysia and found that greaterethics integration in engineering curriculum correlated more positively to students attitudetowards ethics and their educational objectives for ethics being attained. We observed similaradvantages to having greater ethics exposure in our curriculum.Students found that the access to engineering-related ethics education within the engineeringcurriculum was limited, and the existing philosophy and ethics courses were interesting andexposed them to thought-provoking material. Still, students struggled to relate their philosophyand theology education to their careers in the engineering industry. In our work, we have foundthat dialogue drives expanding of the mind. A lot of the discussion, even on
that prepare early learners to become problem solvers in the computer science and engineering domains, skills that are necessary to meet future industry requirements. To address this gap, this paper proposes a framework and models to help educators identify available CT experiences to incorporate them into their lessons. The framework includes nine pedagogical experiences: (1) Unplugged, (2) Tinkering, (3) Making, (4) Remixing, (5) Robotics+, (6) Engineering, (7) Coding, (8) Dataying, and (9) Artificial Intelligence (AI).IntroductionThe growth of computational careers worldwide means that students of all ages, includingchildren in early childhood, must be consistently exposed to various problem
the Hokie Supervisor Spotlight Award in 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
use, e.g., using abusivelanguage to describe an instructor [17]. In addition to the personal harm done to instructors, biascan derail the careers of minority-group instructors as course evaluations often play an large rolein determining tenure and promotion [18, 19]. Our case study builds on the well-establishednotion of bias in student evaluations, and we investigate how much bias exists in writtenevaluations and whether that bias changed when courses switched to virtual format in 2020.3 Methods3.1 Data CollectionOur new data set, henceforth CCE for “COVID-19 Course Evaluations,” comes from a publicuniversity in the U.S. Midwest. The university’s registrar provided 23,882 course evaluationsfrom the College of Engineering collected over six
Sentiment Analysis to Evaluate First-year Engineering Students Teamwork Textual Feedback. 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.Amelink, C. T., & Creamer, E. G. (2010). Gender Differences in Elements of the Undergraduate Experience that Influence Satisfaction with the Engineering Major and the Intent to Pursue Engineering as a Career. Journal of Engineering Education, 99(1), 81–92. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2010.tb01044.xArco-Tirado, J. L., Fernández-Martín, F. D., & Fernández-Balboa, J.-M. (2011). The impact of a peer-tutoring program on quality standards in higher education. Higher Education, 62, 773–788.Asghar, A. (2010). Reciprocal peer coaching and its use as a
Sloan Research Fellowship, an NSF CAREER award, and numerous teaching and research awards from the University of Illinois.Jason Xia, University of Illinois at Urbana - ChampaignEliot Wong RobsonTue DoAidan Tzur GlickmanZhuofan JiaEric JinJiwon LeePatrick LinSteven PanSamuel RuggerioTomoko Sakurayama, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignAndrew YinYael Gertner, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr Gertner joined the Computer Science Department at the University of Illinois in 2020 as a Teaching Assistant Professor. She received her B.S. and MEng in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, and Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania. She was a Beckman Fellow at the
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semester.These statistics become concerning when examining the racial and gender factors related to STEMdegree attainment. Though progress has been made, a considerable gap remains betweenunderrepresented groups such as Black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts inattaining STEM degrees. According to data provided by National Science Board, from 2000 and2015, the number of science and engineering degrees awarded to Hispanic students has increasedfrom 7% to 13% compared to 61% awarded white students [29]. These minor trends significantlyimpact the professional and career trajectories of students, but limit the diversification of theSTEM workforce. For example, according to Pew Research Center Black and Hispanic groupscontinue to be
programs positioned the engineer’s role as a leader orcollaborator. Programs with an “engineering for” orientation framed leadership and collaborationskills in transactional or extractive terms - that the purpose of learning how to lead or collaboratewas to reap the greatest success for your career or your employer. This approach was commonlyfound in the international or global engineering minors, which emphasized “competency” and“effectiveness” as the goals, which would facilitate successful cross-cultural negotiation ormanagement. On the other hand, leadership or collaboration for “engineering with” relied moreon language that understood the goal to be co-development and mutuality. For example, whereother minors described the goal as solving
improved to support student mental health,reduce attrition rates, and bridge the gender and ethno-racial gaps in graduation rates, makingdoctoral education a more viable career path for engineers.Identity development in engineering doctoral students Research on identity development in engineering students has primarily focused onundergraduates, and only a handful have considered identity development in graduate students[1], [2], [3], [4]. Because engineering graduate students, and especially doctoral students, oftenmatriculate with professional experience, researchers have assumed that graduate students enterdoctoral programs with a ready-made professional identity as engineers. However, training indoctoral engineering programs requires
Architectureand Marine Engineering (NAME). Many first-year students express an interest in the NAMEmajor yet do not have a good understanding of the major or the larger discipline. This manifestsitself in disappointing retention numbers, with roughly half of the students leaving the majorafter the first year. This project aimed to not only provide an opportunity for experientiallearning on an actual boat, but also provided faculty mentoring on the profession, career paths,etc., with the goal of increasing retention within the major.Another project goal is to encourage community building within the NAME major. Engaging ina major-specific project such as this naturally encourages individual interactions. Additionally,lab instructors encourage teamwork
careers: Leaky pipeline or gender filter?” Gender and Education, 17(4), pp. 369–386, 2005.[2] R. Suresh, “The relationship between barrier courses and persistence in engineering.” Journal of College Student Retention, 8(2), pp. 215–39, 2006/2007.[3] T. Armstrong, Neurodiversity: A Concept Whose Time Has Come. Da Capo Press. 2010. p. 3.[4] T. Armstrong “The Myth of the Normal Brain: Embracing Neurodiversity.” AMA J Ethics.17(4): pp. 348-352, 2015. doi:10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.4.msoc1-1504.[5] C. L. Taylor, A. Esmaili Zaghi, J. C. Kaufman, S. M. Reis, and J. S. Renzulli, “Divergent thinking and academic performance of students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder characteristics in engineering
for error. However, this fear was tempered to some degree for Joris knowing thatresponsibility would be shared since engineers work in teams. Joris explained, It also kind of scares me, not really scares me because I know that for the career path I want to pursue I know that I want to design in groups, so it's not going to be my own personal responsibility. I'll still share that responsibility with some people, I assume.Joris perceived that teamwork and distributed responsibility lessened the fear he felt. However,him using the language “I assume” implies that he is not entirely sure of the reality of working asan engineer.StressTwo of the participants described feeling stressed about their future responsibility as
a Distributed Implementation of the Entrepreneurial Mindset in an Experimental Projects CapstoneIntroductionCapstone course sequences are notorious for being too much work for too little reward. That isespecially true when the capstone sequence is an experimental projects capstone, requiringstudents to learn new knowledge in the discipline as well as learning about computer simulationand running experimental equipment. As an instructor, the goal is to have the students learn asmuch as possible to better prepare them for their careers as engineers. In addition to the standardknowledge and skillset that entails, another aspect that is vital to their success is their mindset.BackgroundEntrepreneurial MindsetThe Kern Entrepreneurial
motivated students to read andunderstand the ASTM standards disregarding the class size and topics.I. IntroductionUnderstanding engineering codes and standards are undoubtedly essential for success in anengineering career. Engineering curricula need adequate training to prepare students to remember,understand, and apply these professional standards. Based on the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy [1],Remembering, Understanding, and Applying are lower-order thinking skills that then help developcritical thinking skills. The laboratory course design strategy discussed in this paper is the secondquarter of a four-level senior mechanical engineering laboratory course developed to enhancestudents' higher-order thinking skills [2].Engineers are known to be hands
individualsunderstand the factors that contribute to disparities in STEM fields and to develop strategies foraddressing these disparities.Figure 1: The GEAR modelThe GEAR model consists of four key elements: advocacy, equity, results, and sustainability.Advocacy refers to the efforts to raise awareness and support for addressing disparities in STEMeducation and the workforce. Equity refers to the development of policies and practices thatpromote fairness and provide equal opportunities for all individuals, regardless of theirbackground or identity. Results refer to the outcomes that are achieved as a result of these efforts,such as increased diversity in STEM fields and improved educational and career outcomes forunderrepresented groups. Sustainability refers
project is very open-ended in nature. A key learning goal forCDC is that students develop a systematic approach to engineering design (ILO 5), a crucialcomponent of which is dealing with high levels of uncertainty. This uncertainty arises whenthere is not one clear solution to the problem at hand. Although this situation is the norm for aprofessional engineer, it is quite foreign to our students at this stage in their careers. Byencountering such an open-ended design problem, teams are forced to take a methodical reviewof possible approaches and make evaluations based on design criteria if they are to be successful.Finally, the CDC design project is a twelve-week, semester-long endeavor and thus must be ofsufficient scope to engage and challenge
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perceived by students as immediately relevant to their roles andidentities as engineers, resulting in decisions based on functional outputs but also entailinginterpretive flexibility and inherent contingency. We believe such approaches can produceeducational interventions that capture advanced conceptualizations of sociotechnical integration,while still being accessible to engineering students and interested faculty alike.AcknowledgementsThe authors thank our interviewees for sharing their time and expertise with us for this project,and we acknowledge their career-long commitments to engineering educational transformation.We thank our colleagues in the Engineering, Design, and Society Department for supporting andproviding focused feedback on our
Paper ID #39294Someone Like You: Theorizing LGBTQ Participation in Engineering throughNetwork Homophily and State AuthenticityDr. Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University, Bozeman Bryce E. Hughes is an Associate Professor in Adult and Higher Education at Montana State University. His research interests encompass diversity and equity in engineering education, with a focus on LGBTQ students. He was recently awarded an NSF CAREER grant to study the experiences of LGBTQ under- graduates in STEM fields. He holds a Ph.D. in education from the University of California, Los Angeles, an M.A. in student development administration
Question statement PP1 I am confident that I want a career in Aerospace Engineering. PP2 The material in AERO 201 is interesting to me. PP3 The material in AERO 201 is difficult for me.Participants were then directed to one of two online surveys containing the two exam-formatproblems, depending on the first letter of their double letter code. Only the first problem differedbetween the two groups; the control (A) group received the gliding aircraft problem, while theexperimental (B) group received the sailboat problem. After completing the first problem,participants proceeded to the second problem, which was common between both groups andfeatured a climbing aircraft. Participants were instructed to
undergraduates as they transition from student to professional.Dr. Laine Schrewe, University at Buffalo Laine Schrewe has been an engineering instructor for Tolles Career and Technical Center with a satellite classroom in Jonathan Alder High School (Plain City, Ohio) for eight years. Before becoming a teacher, Laine was an engine design engineer for Honda R&D.Dr. Scott M. Ferguson, North Carolina State University at Raleigh Dr. Scott Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at NC State University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Understanding Expert Perceptions of PBL Integration in Introductory Aerospace Engineering Courses
relationshipsbetween time management, self-efficacy, course load, and academic performance. Students in thefully remote course reported better time management and self efficacy than students in the hybridcourse, and there were significant relationships between time management, self efficacy, andacademic performance in both course formats.IntroductionWhile online classes have been widely available for a few decades [1], the COVID-19 pandemicforced college students who had selected in-person engineering instruction into online or hybridclasses. These learning environment changes led to shifts in students’ time management behavior.Because undergraduate engineering programs are career-centric, helping future graduates developskills like time management before
objectives” [1]. Additionally, literature from Industrial and Organizational(I/O) Psychology has highlighted the relationship between effective conflict management andteam performance [2], [3]. Helping students effectively manage conflict and establish inclusiveteam environments are important skills that are essential for their ability to work on teams intheir future careers. However, the literature suggests that many engineering instructors havelimited training and confidence to facilitate learning experiences that help students developteamwork and conflict management skills [4], [5]. One way to help students develop and practiceconflict management skills in the classroom is through scenario-based learning. Conflictscenarios have been used in prior
exposing them at anearly stage in their career on the problem-solving skills they must develop to get their designaccepted by owners, who are measuring success partially through conformance to their self-identified budget(s). In addition, this opens an avenue for curriculums to expose students to leanconstruction methods, thereby embracing cost controls while reducing waste in construction. Ashift into these educational models can provide tools for the students to achieving value for theirclients while getting their designs built.Cost Projection Tool Development to Facilitate Cost Projection for Design Students Design students need to learn cost projection as part of the design process in order to helpthem prepare to adapt to the changing
engineering education as it supports diversity of ideas,allows students to critically evaluate their work, identify areas for improvement, and develop adeeper understanding of the concepts they are learning [1], [2]. It encourages students to takeownership of their learning. It fosters a growth-mindset, where students are proactive in seekingout opportunities for growth and development. This self-motivated approach to learning preparesstudents for lifelong learning and is essential for success in their careers as engineers. Forinstructors, reflection is equally important as it provides valuable insights into the learningprocess of students. It helps instructors to assess the effectiveness of their teaching methods,identify areas for improvement, and
between authentic engineering learning and student engagement [35],professional identity or learning interest [36] , student-perceived learning outcomes [37], reasonableassumptions and problem-solving abilities [32], engineering learning self-efficacy [38] and so on.RESEARCH PURPOSEThe current study was situated in the engineering learning in communities of practice. Communities ofpractice were seen as an effectively collaborative learning situations with a group of learners sharingprofessional knowledge and common career enthusiasm. In our previous study, we found community ofpractice is an important engineering learning context and engineering learning happening in communitiesof practice usually focused on solving the authentic engineering
manufacturing for inquiry-based learning activity models and demonstrations. He plans on pursuing a fu- ture career in engineering education at the high school level. Outside of academics, Richard is a lead for Triton Robotics at UC San Diego, helping design and manufacture their competition robots for the annual RoboMaster competition. His hobbies also include spending time with friends, cooking new recipes, and creating artwork using spray paint.Trevor Keoki OshiroEdward Zhou Yang Yu, University of California, San Diego Edward Yu is currently an aerospace engineering undergraduate student interested in structural optimiza- tion of load-bearing structures, particularly in relation to rockets and space-flight