Paper ID #43113Board 416: Understanding the Experiences of Graduate Program Directors:The Intersection of Roles, Responsibilities, and Care in Engineering GraduateEducationDr. Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University As an assistant professor of engineering education at Florida International University, Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong works and teaches at the intersection of engineering education, faculty development, and complex systems design. Alexandra completed her graduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech (PhD) and Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia (UVa).Dr. Adam Kirn
Paper ID #42724WIP: ”This is What We Learned”: Sharing the Stories of Experiences ofIndigenous-Centered, Engineering & Community Practice Graduate Programat Cal Poly HumboldtDr. Qualla Jo Ketchum, Cal Poly Humboldt Qualla Jo Ketchum (she/her/) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at Cal Poly Humboldt. She is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and her Indigeneity impacts all she does from her technical research in water resources to her pedagogical practices and educational research around identity, indigenizing engineering practice and teaching, and the structural issues impacting Indigenous engineers. Dr
engineeringeducation emerges from my own lived experiences and cultural background. I recognize that thecurrent educational system underserves many students, in particular marginalized individuals, andthat change is needed. I believe educators have the potential to be socio-political change agents,and that engineering faculty are important gatekeepers to stimulate improvements towardapproaching DEIB on a larger scale. Mindful of these beliefs and the resulting positionality, I willseek to avoid biases during the coding and reporting of the data.Survey Design and DevelopmentThis study seeks to develop a more robust approach to understanding faculty DEIB learning andevaluating faculty DEIB practices in graduate engineering research group/lab settings
adaptability is if you like adapting at work because they have good something, don’t be shy about it. Tell communication skills and can easily them, because then you’ll get more acquire what they need. stuff and learn more. Open-mindedness Early-career engineer has an easy time Being adaptable is being open to adapting at work because they are open- doing other tasks that contribute to the minded and consider multiple solutions overarching goal of the organization. to a problem. Previous experiences Prior knowledge Early-career engineer has an easy time Having acquired a solid
Paper ID #43356Working Towards GenAI Literacy: Assessing First-Year Engineering Students’Attitudes towards, Trust in, and Ethical Opinions of ChatGPTDr. Campbell R. Bego, University of Louisville Campbell Rightmyer Bego, PhD, PE, studies learning and retention in undergraduate engineering programs in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville’s Speed School of Engineering. She obtained a BS from Columbia University in Mechanical Engineering, a PE license in Mechanical Engineering from the state of New York, and an MS and PhD in Cognitive Science from the University of Louisville. Her current
Paper ID #42125Borderlands First-Generation-in-Engineering Experiences-Learning with andabout Students at the Nexus of Nation, Discipline, and Higher EducationDr. Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation and Research Consulting Dr. Sarah Hug is director of the Colorado Evaluation & Research Consulting. Dr. Hug earned her PhD in Educational Psychology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research and evaluation efforts focus on learning science, technology, engineering. She leads a social science and evaluation organization that focuses on inclusive excellence, broadening participation, and democratizing science.Raena Cota, New
arts, what links to engineering come to mind? In other words, whatexamples can you think of that engineering and the arts connect? ________________________________________________________________Q4 Have you ever collaborated with another faculty member from the College of Arts andArchitecture (or similar college at another university)? • Yes (1) • No (2)Q4.1 Please briefly describe the collaboration between you and a faculty member from theCollege of Arts and Architecture (or similar college at another university)? ________________________________________________________________Q5 Have you ever collaborated with a company/business on a project that involved the arts? • Yes (1) • No (2)Q6 Please briefly describe the
Paper ID #44482Work in Progress: Stigma of Mental Health Conditions and its Relationshipto Conditions’ Knowledge and Resource Awareness among Engineering StudentsMatilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Dr. Matilde S´anchez-Pe˜na is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo – SUNY where she leads the Diversity Assessment Research in Engineering to Catalyze the Advancement of Respect and Equity (DAREtoCARE) Lab. Her research focuses on developing cultures of care and well-being in engineering education spaces, assessing gains in institutional efforts
Paper ID #42783Application of Data Analysis and Visualization Tools for U.S. Renewable SolarEnergy Generation, Its Sustainability Benefits, and Teaching In EngineeringCurriculumMr. Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University Ben D Radhakrishnan is a Professor of Practice, currently a full time Faculty in the Department of Engineering, School of Technology and Engineering, National University, San Diego, California, USA. He is the Academic Program Director for MS Engineering Management program. He develops and teaches Engineering courses in different programs including engineering and business management schools. His research
Paper ID #41534Eye-Tracking Analysis of Problem-Solving Behavior in Design Tasks in UndergraduateEngineering: A Comparison of High and Low Spatial VisualizersDr. Muhammad Asghar, University of Cincinnati Muhammad Asghar is a Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Engineering and Computing Education at the University of Cincinnati (UC). Before coming to UC, he earned a Ph.D. in engineering education, a master’s degree in clinical psychology, a master’s degree in educational psychology, and a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems engineering. Muhammad’s research interests currently focus on students’ mental
/s11111-010-0113-1McDonald, B. & Kanske, P. (2023). Gender differences in empathy, compassion, and prosocial donations, but not theory of mind in a naturalistic social task. Sci Rep, 13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47747-9National Research Council. (1986). Engineering education and practice in the United States: Engineering undergraduate education. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.Onal, S., Nadler, J., & O’Loughlin, M. (2017). Applying theory to real-world problems: Integrating service-learning into the industrial engineering capstone design course. International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship, 12(2), 57–80. https
Paper ID #44115(Board 50/Work in Progress) A Systematic Review of Embedding Large LanguageModels in Engineering and Computing EducationDr. David Reeping, University of Cincinnati Dr. David Reeping is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Computing Education at the University of Cincinnati. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech and was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. He received his B.S. in Engineering Education with a Mathematics minor from Ohio Northern University. His main research interests include transfer student information asymmetries, threshold
institution after graduation [8], [9], [10].2.2. UMBC’s CIRTL and SEAIn pursuit of teaching and innovation excellence, UMBC joined the Center for the Integration ofResearch, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) as a member in 2016. This program, situated withinthe graduate school, constitutes a key component of the university's future faculty developmentinitiatives.The Summer Enrichment Academy (SEA), housed in UMBC’s Department of ProfessionalStudies, brings exposure to up to 500 or more middle and high school students providing collegeexperiences and opportunities in science, engineering, technology, the arts and humanities, allled by UMBC faculty, industry professionals and graduate students.This includes: • offers unique, fun, challenging and mind
objective of nurturing globally minded engineering talent, Mr.Johnson's narratives exposed students to diverse perspectives on global challenges andinternational business practices. Importantly, his focus on cultural elements provided students witha nuanced understanding of the societal context in which they would be immersed during the fieldtrip. The interactive lectures served as a catalyst for fostering cultural awareness among thestudents, preparing them for a meaningful and respectful engagement with the host culture.Furthermore, Mr. Johnson's insights inspired students to broaden their horizons, particularlyresonating with those from minority groups or those with limited exposure to overseas experiences.The lectures not only contributed to
, further cementing the importance of such experi-ences towards stronger teamwork and problem solving skills [5][10].With these educational shortcomings in mind, we decided to join the effort in providing experien-tial learning to first and second year students and become student-teachers by designing and lead-ing the Introduction to Electrical Circuit Design and Introduction to 3D Design & Fabrication FirstYear Design courses. Our motivation was to address the aforementioned issues by giving lower-division students a glimpse into professional engineering practice that we had accrued through ourdiverse experiences both inside and outside of academia and our preliminary results show we aresuccessful [9]. By working to scaffold the development of
engineering student population at some institutions [1].With these issues in mind, the research team is starting to develop an engineering orientation-style seminar for SVSM and nontraditional students. The purpose of this semester-long seminaris to support SVSM and nontraditional students in developing a community and provide bothfaculty and peer mentoring throughout the semester, as well as learning supports for studentsstarting or transitioning into an engineering degree. Supports will likely include math and writinghelp sessions, connections to faculty/industry mentors, career preparation activities, info sessionsfrom the veteran resource office, in addition to other resources identified by students. Thisseminar is being developed using a design
Paper ID #44078Engineering Learning among Black and Latinx/e/a/o Students: ConsideringLanguage and Culture to Reengineer Learning EnvironmentsDr. Greses Perez, Tufts University Greses P´ rez is the McDonnell Family Assistant Professor in Engineering Education in the Civil and e Environmental Engineering Department at Tufts University with secondary appointments in Mechanical Engineering and Education. She received her Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and Technology Design with a focus on Engineering Education from Stanford University. As an Afro-Latina engineer and learning scientist, she has dedicated her career
of usinggenerative AI for learning upon arriving at an engineering school. Therefore, when designinglearning experiences with generative AI for undergraduate engineering students, especially intheir first year, we need to be mindful of the gap that can exist between the perceptions held fromtheir K-12 education and those that engineering communities hold.Tinkering as a creative and improvisational approach to design problems has been studied asvaluable for learning engineering [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17]. It supports active and playfulexploration and constructing knowledge of materials and tools. Learning environments designedwith tinkering allow young people to have control over tools [18] and explore new paths and newpossibilities
gender.Underrepresented students, in particular, were oversampled given that they are more likely to beaffected by inequities in assessment and reporting practices.Interviews were conducted with two goals in mind: to understand how underrepresented studentsfeel about their institutions current assessment and reporting practices, as well as to betterunderstand their experience learning mathematics, a core subject/precursor to engineering. Theresearchers wanted to more broadly understand what factors dissuade students from pursuingengineering, and so were interested in both students’ identity and confidence development aswell as their experience learning math. This paper, however, focuses only on highlighting thelearnings from what students said about assessment
Paper ID #41069Student-Generated Infographics and Videos for Learning about ProfessionalObligations and the Impact of Engineering on SocietyLawrence R. Chen, McGill University Lawrence R. Chen received a BEng in electrical engineering and mathematics from McGill University and an MASc and PhD in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Toronto. He is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill University and is the Academic Lead and Faculty Scholar of the Enhancing Learning and Teaching in Engineering (ELATE) initiative in the Faculty of Engineering. His research interests
highlightedthese ethical concerns related to the use of GenAI in engineering education. Plagiarism, forexample, has become a significant concern for engineering instructors and universities (Rudolph,et al., 2023): ‘Students still, they are grade oriented. So, they only care about, oh, I need to pass, I need to score this, I need to score that. Not the, oh, I need to understand this… students will not have faced any difficulty or face any kind of stress from using this kind of tool that, in their mind, it doesn't make sense to avoid it.’ (Clint)This statement by Clint has sadly revealed the fact that some students inside our engineeringfaculties are studying engineering simply for a degree instead of getting a deeper understandingof
Paper ID #42171”I’m Not Like a Human Being”: How the Teaming Experiences of AfricanAmerican Females Reveal the Hidden Epistemologies of Engineering CultureKaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno Ms. Thomas is a doctoral student at University of Nevada, Reno in Engineering Education. Her background is in structural engineering. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from Southern Methodist University. Her research focus is in epistemology and epistemic injustice.Dr. Kelly J Cross, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Cross is currently an Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Engineering
. The studyreveals that these first-year instructors' deep understanding of subject-specific contentsignificantly influences their pedagogical approaches. The dynamic interplay between personalPCK and classroom context emerges as a crucial factor, with these instructors tailoring theirpractices to align with both their teaching styles and student needs. Moreover, these instructors'beliefs and prior experiences act as filters or amplifiers for their classroom practices. Thisresearch provides valuable insights for current and future first-year engineering instructors,guiding them on leveraging content expertise, balancing personal PCK with classroom dynamics,and being mindful of the beliefs shaping instructional practices. As engineering
broadnature of engineering (e.g., [36],[44],[46],[47]). With this in mind, the male students in our studywho took more than one sociotechnical course may have gained a better understanding of thebroader aspects of engineering, helping them to obtain a more holistic view of engineering,which leads to an increase in their sense of belonging in engineering. However, among femalestudents in our study, sense of belonging in engineering was not influenced as much by theirunderstanding of the broad nature of the field. This finding is surprising given that otherresearchers have determined that female students tend to place more importance on the socialand contextual aspects of engineering than their male peers [21]-[23],[50]. Thus, we wouldexpect that as
explicitly were. Althoughprevious research suggests that engineering doctoral students are motivated by and mindful of theircareer goals [35], we found that three of the four participants were not actively thinking about theircareer goals. In further discussions, the participants explained that their careers seemed so distantin the future that it did not make sense for them to seriously consider career goals as first-yearstudents. Although the participants were not hyper-focused on their career goals throughout theinterviews, they did experience changes in these goals. As they became more socialized inacademia, they experienced academic disenchantment [16], [17]. Mark Lankenau and Tashadisagreed with some of the mainstream teaching and
Paper ID #42860Board 114: Amplifying Resilience and Becoming Critical Advocates: ThreeBlack Engineering Students’ Experiences in a Multi-Institutional SummerCamp CollaborationDr. Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina Dr. Jae Hoon Lim is a Professor of Educational Research at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research explores the dialogical process of identity construction among students of color and examines the impact of sociocultural factors on their academic experiences. She has served as a co-PI for multiple federal grant projects, including a 1.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation
directconnection to chemical engineering topics, where the majority of participants (graduate students,post-docs, and faculty) are conducting research in related areas. These case studies providedconcrete examples of analyses of research topics with social justice in mind, ideally givingparticipants a framework for similarly analyzing their own research. Additionally, by placingparticipants in case studies with topic areas distinct from that of their research, we aimed toeliminate any preconceived notions about the topic, minimize thoughts of personal relationshipor guilt during the workshop, and maximize the value to participants. We note that a fewparticipants (6/102, 6%) indicated that they would have preferred to be in case studies related totheir own
participated in the SPARK-ENG project at the Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (CMASTE).Dr. Marnie V Jamieson, University of Alberta Marnie V. Jamieson, M. Sc., Ph.D., P.Eng. is a Teaching Professor in Chemical Process Design in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta and holds an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. She is currently the William and Elizabeth Magee Chair in Chemical Engineering Design and leads the process design teaching team. Her current research focuses on engineering design and leadership, engineering culture, the engineering graduate attributes and their intersection with sustainability, learning culture, and continuous course and
completemy case study. Clarity was brought through the help of a faculty member from anthropology,Rebecca, and my mentor from engineering/technology two. For my thesis work, I utilizedinterviews, conducted participant observation, and analyzed some co-teaching documents. Dueto the collaborative nature of this team, people bring different perspectives to discussions in bigand smaller groups. The team comprises people from liberal arts, business, and engineeringtechnology. All these different minds working together allow innovation to arise. Severalresearch team members have taken on mentoring roles, with four actively collaborating with meon my thesis. As I presented my thesis proposal to the diverse committee, comprised ofindividuals from the
Paper ID #42461Designing Good Practices for Recruitment, Admissions, and Program Structureof Engineering Outreach Programs to Increase Access for Marginalized andNon-Traditional Higher Education StudentsDr. Sonia Travaglini, Stanford University Dr. Sonia Travaglini specializes in the intersection of engineering and learning, and is an educator passionate about new technologies and collaboration. Sonia also enjoys supporting engineering outreach with local community colleges and schools.Aya Mouallem, Stanford University Aya Mouallem (she/her) is a PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. She received