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. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Pilot Study of the Impacts of a Robotics Curriculum on Student’s Subject- related Identities and Understanding of EngineeringAbstractParticipation in educational robotics, tinkering, and making are common precursors to enrollment inengineering majors. Negative perceptions of robotics can inhibit some students from participating andlater, pursuing engineering studies. Additionally
design. Awareness of one’s own mental models and theissues that face the end systems user, particular when it may be a diverse population, will allowfor more universal design that does not continue to privilege the same populations andexacerbate the inequities of others [23]. Handley and Marnewick [24] augment an existingcompetency model that incorporates elements of global competencies to now include DEIprinciples. They apply it to a systems engineering graduate program and suggest modifyingmaterial content, student interactions (classroom activities) and the teaching environment(methods, practice and atmosphere) simultaneously. In this pilot study, a senior design project inIndustrial and Systems Engineering and a course in Systems Thinking
Research Center. Her research focuses on how identity, among other affective factors, influences diverse students to choose engineering and persist in engineering. She also studies how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder be- longing and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chem- ical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning to understand engineering students’ identity development. ©American Society for
& Education, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 181–200, 2022, doi: 10.1080/15348431.2019.1648269.[13] N. Choe, M. Borrego, L. Martins, A. Patrick, and C. C. Seepersad, “A Quantitative Pilot Study of Engineering Graduate Student Identity,” in 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, Columbus, Ohio: ASEE Conferences, Jun. 2017, p. 27502. doi: 10.18260/1-2--27502.[14] C. J. Faber, R. L. Kajfez, D. M. Lee, L. C. Benson, M. S. Kennedy, and E. G. Creamer, “A grounded theory model of the dynamics of undergraduate engineering students’ researcher identity and epistemic thinking,” J Res Sci Teach, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 529–560, Apr. 2022, doi: 10.1002/tea.21736.[15] L. Fleming, K. Smith, D. Williams, and L. Bliss, “Engineering
.1742-1241.2011.02659.x.[8] S. M. Van Anders, “Why the academic pipeline leaks: Fewer men than women perceive barriers to becoming professors,” Sex Roles, vol. 51, no. 9–10, pp. 511–521, Nov. 2004, doi: 10.1007/S11199-004-5461-9/METRICS.[9] R. Ysseldyk et al., “A leak in the academic pipeline: Identity and health among postdoctoral women,” Front. Psychol., vol. 10, no. JUN, p. 1297, Jun. 2019, doi: 10.3389/FPSYG.2019.01297/BIBTEX.[10] N. D. Jackson, K. I. Tyler, Y. Li, W. T. Chen, C. Liu, and R. Bhargava, “Keeping current: An update on the structure and evaluation of a program for graduate women interested in engineering Academia,” in ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
of growth mindsets than their White peers,yet they also reported lower levels of fixed mindsets [13]. Said differently, Ge et al.’s [13] cross-sectional study showed that White engineering students demonstrate a higher predispositiontowards a growth mindset and a higher predisposition towards endorsing a fixed view of theirabilities. An exploratory study aimed at understanding the relationship between students’engineering identity and mindsets longitudinally found that both a fixed and a growth mindsetwere positive predictors of identity [14]. However, the authors did acknowledge that there may bemoderating effects not considered in the model, such as course difficulty, that may also helpexplain the positive relationships [14]. The studies
multilingual writers inengineering and the potential of corpus-based writing instruction, the current study creates alanguage module in a form of tutoring intervention and assesses its effectiveness on fourmultilingual graduate students in Mechanical Engineering. Using a genre- and discipline-specific corpus consisting of 150 published empirical articles and 32 graduate students’manuscripts in Mechanical Engineering, the tutoring presents authentic and meaningful textsas linguistic reference. In so doing, the instructor can be saved from make discipline-inappropriate choices such as choosing an expression common in general academic Englishbut infrequent in Mechanical Engineering. By comparing sentence-level features betweenexpert and student writing
undergraduate research programming was thoroughly disrupted due to the COVID-19pandemic, it became evident that incoming graduate students may not have had the opportunityto fully prepare for the changes experienced in the first semester of graduate school. To ease thistransition, the Center for Nanoscale Science, a National Science Foundation Materials ResearchScience and Engineering Center (NSF-MRSEC) at Penn State University, developed theGraduate Research Experience and Transitioning to Grad School (GREaT GradS) programinitially for the summer of 2021 as a 6-week, graduate school summer foundational program forincoming students in disciplines spanning engineering, materials science, chemistry, and physics.After a successful pilot in 2021, the
has emerged as a core skill for thesuccess of new graduates and career growth. While the leadership studies field enjoys a broadliterature base, there is concern that many leadership development efforts have not demonstratedquantitatively substantive impacts on their students [9]. Some suggest this may be due to thecomplex, individual, and dynamic nature of leader development [10].IdentityOne approach that has emerged to meet the challenges of leader formation is identity (how onesees oneself, and is seen by others, in society). This approach has seen growth in the leadershipstudies field (e.g.,[3]) but is yet to be widely applied within an engineering context [11]. Thatsaid, some scholars interested in engineering leadership development have
stream at Queen’s University. Proceedings of the Canadian EngineeringEducation Association. DOI: 10.24908/pceea.v0i0.3943Tonso, K. (2006a) Teams that work: campus culture, engineer identity, and social interactions.Journal of Engineering Education 95(1): 25-37.Tonso, K. (2006b) Student engineers and engineering identity: Campus engineer identities asfigured world. Cultural Studies of Science Education 1(2): 1-35.Valverde, K.L.C and Dariotis, W.M. (2019) Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’Resistance and Renewal in the Academy. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey.Wang Y., Zhang, X., Khalkhal, F., Claussen S., and Biviano A. (2023) A quantitative analysis onteamwork behavior, disagreement, and their linkages to Students
beliefs about math, English, science, and social studies. Other research interests of hers include the formation of career aspirations, the school- to-work transition, and the differential participation in science, technology, engineering, and math fields based on social identity groups such as gender and Racial/Ethnic identity.Dr. Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University at West Lafayette Nathalie Duval-Couetil is the Director of the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, Associate Director of the Burton D. Morgan Center, and a Professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation at Purdue University. She is ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023
. After each lesson and after thelesson series, students completed a written reflection on what they had learned, totaling to fivereflections over the semester. Their responses will be explored with a thematic qualitativeanalysis to answer the research questions above. The lessons continue to be adapted to thiscontext and are being taught to all sections of the course this semester. A rollout to all incomingfirst-year engineering students is planned for the Fall of 2023, so this analysis is ongoing, and allconclusions drawn so far are from Fall of 2022 and are denoted as a WIP.Definition of EmpathyDuring a pilot study in the Fall of 2022, 59 first-year students in the honors sections of“Introduction to Engineering” at a large R1 university
Paper ID #37179Fostering Community at the Graduate Level: One University’s Student-ledApproachHaroula M. Tzamaras, Pennsylvania State University Haroula is a 3rd year PhD candidate studying human factors at Penn State and is the current president of GradWIE.Sierra HicksGabriella M. Sallai, Pennsylvania State University Gaby Sallai is currently a graduate student in the Mechanical Engineering department at Penn State. She is working under Dr. Catherine Berdanier in the Engineering Cognitive Research Laboratory (ECRL) studying the experiences of engineering graduate students. She received her Bachelor’s degree from
. Bork and J.-L. Mondisa, “Engineering graduate students’ mental health: A scoping literature review,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 111, no. 3, pp. 665–702, 2022, doi: 10.1002/jee.20465.[13] Council of Graduate Schools, “Completion and Attrition in STEM Master’s Programs: Pilot Study Findings.” Council of Graduate Schools, 2013.[14] G. C. Fleming et al., “The fallacy of ‘there are no candidates’: Institutional pathways of Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino doctorate earners,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 112, no. 1, pp. 170–194, 2023, doi: 10.1002/jee.20491.[15] E. Hocker, E. Zerbe, and C. G. P. Berdanier, “Characterizing Doctoral Engineering Student Socialization: Narratives of Mental Health
population Research, pages 1–16.McGee Banks, C. A. and Banks, J. A. (1995). Equity pedagogy: An essential component of multicultural education. Theory into practice, 34(3):152–158.Oda, S., Yamazaki, A. K., and Inoue, M. (2018). A comparative study on perceptions of cultural diversity in engineering students. In EDULEARN18 Proceedings, pages 5224–5230. IATED.Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2022). Healthy people 2020: Disparities. US department of health and human services website.Pfeifer, J. H., Masten, C. L., Borofsky, L. A., Dapretto, M., Fuligni, A. J., and Lieberman, M. D. (2009). Neural correlates of direct and reflected self-appraisals in adolescents and adults: When social perspective-taking informs self-perception
.[15] C. Poor and S. Brown, “Increasing retention of women in engineering at WSU: A model for a women’s mentoring program,” Coll. Stud. J., vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 421-428, Sept. 2013[16] P. R. Hernandez, B. Bloodhart, R. T. Barnes, A. S. Adams, S. M. Clinton, I. Pollack, E. Godfrey, M. Burt, and E. V. Fischer, “Promoting professional identity, motivation, and persistence: Benefits of an informal mentoring program for female undergraduate students,” PLoS ONE, vol. 12, no. 11, Nov. 2017, Art. no. E0187531, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187531.[17] O. Pierrakos, T. K. Beam, J. Constantz, A. Johri, and R. Anderson, “On the development of a professional identity: Engineering persisters vs engineering switchers
Paper ID #37989Board 94: Developing Support for Critical Citation Requirements forCivil and Environmental Engineering Graduate ResearchSarah Weiss, University of Maryland- College Park Sarah Weiss is a STEM and Open Science librarian at the University of Maryland - College Park. Her work includes liasonship to the Computer Science and Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies departments as well as departments in the College of Engineering. In addition she is involved the promotion of open science practices on campus. She has a MLIS as well as a bachelors of science in education from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
on social capital theory, belongingness, and engineeringrole identity. These theories shaped our data collection and analysis procedures.Social capital describes the resources that are cultivated or made available through socialnetworks. Following other scholarship in engineering education research on social capital [15]we focus on social capital at the individual level [16]. Each student brings with them a socialnetwork to their undergraduate studies, although the extent to which that network is equipped tosupport them through their engineering studies might be variable [17]. Lin distinguishes betweenthe availability, accessibility, and activation of resources in a social network [17]. The goal of theECE Discovery Studio peer leadership
collaboration isneeded. Research Questions 1) How does applying CoP principles in graduate engineering courses impact student perceptions of class effectiveness and preparation for professional engineering work? 2) How do members of traditional engineering groups perceive the contributions of members of underrepresented groups in their CoPs, and (how) do they think about and act to build psychological safety in their CoPs? 3) How do academic CoPs function? What are some best practices, heuristics, and guidelines for effective academic CoPs? MethodsThis study was conducted in a large public research university in the Southeastern United Statesand
education that contribute to student’s worseningmental health: the ubiquity of stress, professors not being sympathetic, certain exam formats, 5-year degreeprograms sold as 4-year programs, ties to the military and government, a culture of silence, and anenvironment dominated by men.Our own quantitative exploration of the relationship between engineering culture and help-seeking attitudesstarted with a pilot study of engineering undergraduates at two institutions (n=79) which helped frame thestudy discussed in this paper [42]. We found evidence of a negative correlation between student stigmaabout MHCs and help-seeking attitudes [42]. Elements of self-stigma did not correlate significantly withhelp-seeking attitudes, confirming that social-stigma
ResearchersAbstractThis pilot study explores engineering students' views on social responsibility in undergraduateresearch experiences. Participants displayed high concern for human welfare and safety butneeded more education and training to understand the importance of being socially responsiblescientists and engineers. To address this, the authors recommend incorporating a formalcurriculum to facilitate students' understanding and articulation of their views on socialresponsibility in science and engineering research. The authors provide suggested case studiesfor engineering educators to incorporate social responsibility topics into their curriculum,enabling students to learn and debate the ethical and social implications of their research,promoting critical
, Faculty Understanding, Belongingness, Thriving,Mindfulness, and Motivation. T-tests and ANOVA models are employed to analyze variations inresponses among students based on a host of demographic identifiers. Pilot results from the firstadministration of the survey include, for example, statistically significant lower reported levelsof thriving and mindfulness for students who identify as LGBTQIA+ than those who do not, aswell as far lower levels of ecosystem health overall for students who do not have access to stablehousing. Additional statistically significant results are identified on the bases of students’ gender,race/ethnicity, disability status, veteran status, undergraduate versus graduate student status,college of study, employment
as a professor oradvisor, doing activities and projects were influential in helping engineering students in majorselection [14]. Furthermore, professional development programs, such as internships, have beenshown as an effective approach to promote students’ awareness and intentions towards futurecareers [15]. Several of the elements of the internship – mentoring, research, and community-based projects – have shown to be predictors of continuing in STEM after graduation [16].MethodologyResearchers at the UNIVERSITY pilot site began with collection protocols from the originalpilot [10, 17, 18]; they modified them as needed in collaboration with UNIVERSITIES. Using adigital platform (Qualtrics), researchers at UNIVERSITY also coordinated and
Paper ID #38410Illuminating Contexts that Influence Test Usage Beliefs and Behaviorsamong Instructors of Fundamental Engineering CoursesKai Jun Chew, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityDr. Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Holly Matusovich is the Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Studies in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech and a Professor in the Department of Engineering Education where she has also served in key leadership positions. Dr. Matusovich is recognized for her research and leadership related to graduate student mentoring and faculty development. She won
department at Seattle University to study how the department culture changes can foster students’ engineering identity with the long-term goal of increasing the representation of women and minority in the field of engineering.Dr. Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington Dr. Jennifer Turns is a full professor in the Human Centered Design & Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington. Engineering education is her primary area of scholarship, and has been throughout her career. In her work, she currently focuses on the role of reflection in engineering student learning and the relationship of research and practice in engineering education. In recent years, she has been the co
and students of color.Ms. Sarah Jane (SJ) Bork, University of Michigan Sarah Jane (SJ) received her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Ohio State University in 2017, and her M.S. in Engineering Education Research from the University of Michigan in 2020. As a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education Research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Sarah is studying the mental health experiences of engineering graduate students.Kayleigh Merz, University of Michigan Kayleigh Merz (she/her) is a recent master’s graduate in Higher Education from the University of Michi- gan. She earned a B.S. in Cognitive Science from the University of Michigan, and associate degrees in Mathematics
of Engineering. This paperpresents the first-year development, implementation, and outcomes of the program with plans forfuture program improvement.First-Year Implementation of the S-SMART Summer Research Internship ProgramIn 2022, the S-SMART Summer Research Internship Program was piloted with a cohort of tenstudents participating in four research projects across three engineering disciplines - civilengineering, computer engineering, and mechanical engineering. Each project team wassupervised by at least one faculty advisor and one SFSU student peer mentor.Recruitment and Selection of Program ParticipantsThe S-SMART interns were selected through an online application process. The applicationform, created on Qualtrics, asked for information
in the Public Policy Center, and director of the Center for Research on Undergraduate Education at the University of Iowa. His research uses a social psychological lens to explore key issues in higher education, including student success, diversity and equity, admissions, rankings, and quantitative research methodology. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Systems Engineering Initiative for Student Success (SEISS) Framework for Transforming Organizational Designs Arunkumar Pennathur1*, Priyadarshini Pennathur1, Emily Blosser2, Nicholas Bowman3 1 Department of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso
of Doctoral Studies, 8(2103), 151-172. http://ijds.org/Volume8/IJDSv8p151-172Lundy- Wagner0381.pdfMayat, N., & Amosun, S. L. (2011). Perceptions of academic staff towards accommodating students with disabilities in a civil engineering undergraduate program in a university in South Africa. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 24(1), 53-59.McCall, C., Shew, A., Simmons, D. R., Paretti, M. C., & McNair, L. D. (2020b). Exploring student disability and professional identity: Navigating sociocultural expectations in U.S. undergraduate civil engineering programs. Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, 25(1), 79-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/22054952.2020.1720434McLoughlin, L. A. (2005
college inEthiopia. In those capacities, and their experiences as instructors, researchers, and departmentheads, they had an opportunity to learn about some challenges women in Ethiopia face inuniversities, especially in engineering.The two Black men research team members also have a sister who studied engineering(bachelor’s degree) and is pursuing a master’s degree in engineering. As siblings, who have closecontact with their sister to support her in her academic pursuit, they learned some of the struggleswomen in Ethiopia might face in higher education, especially in engineering departments.Further, both men know they haven't experienced the many challenges women students gothrough in engineering in Ethiopia. While some of their identities