Paper ID #41805Board #444 - Professional Practice Experiences of Collegiate Rising ScholarsStudents—A Work-in-ProgressMs. Grace Lynn Baldwin Kan-uge Grace Baldwin, joined the Rising Scholar NSF S-STEM program in the Summer of 2017 as a Graduate Research Assistant. She completed her Bachelor of Science, Master’s, and Docterate of Philosophy at Purdue University in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE).Dr. Carol S. Stwalley, Purdue University Dr. Carol S. Stwalley, PE joined the Minority Engineering Program team in the fall of 2007 as Recruitment and Retention Analyst. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
read and approved by all named authors and that there160 are no other persons who satisfied the criteria for authorship but are not listed. We further confirm161 that the order of authors listed in the manuscript has been approved by all of us. Thanks for the162 support from the National Science Foundation (NSF S-STEM #2029907; NSF Implementation163 Project #2306341). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this164 material are those of the authors.165166 References167 [1] E. Rivers, “Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and168 engineering”, National Science Foundation, 2017.169 [2] S. Livingstone, & M. Bovill, “Children and their changing media environment: A170
knowledge of the content presented during the course.4.2 Student Attitudes Toward STEM (S-STEM) SurveyThe Student Attitudes Toward STEM (S-STEM) Survey was used to answer the project's second researchquestion. This survey was developed at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation – College ofEducation North Carolina University [18] to collect and interpret information about students’ attitudestoward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects, postsecondary pathways, andcareer interests. This instrument is free to access and modify for educational use and can be adapted tolocal conditions as long as the source is cited.Given that the audience of the course is Spanish-speaking, the project used, translated, and adapted aversion
Paper ID #41536Influential Factors in the Adoption of Wearable and Environmental IoT-EnabledSmart Devices and Application to Cognitive-Affective Engineering DesignDr. Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida Dr. Lisa Massi is the Accreditation and Program Approval Specialist for the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Her primary responsibilities are accreditation, assessment, and data administration. She has been Co-PI on two NSF-funded S-STEM grants, and program evaluator for three NSF-funded REUs at UCF. Dr. Massi has served in leadership roles as Board Chair for the
understanding of the components, that is, each organization’s culture andpriorities, and how – or if – they align for the success of the collaborative [4]. When cultures andpriorities are taken for granted, ambiguous, or interpreted differently by individuals acrossorganizations, misunderstandings or differential experiences can lead to issues arising in MTS.This is further compounded by individual team member’s experiences within the sameorganization [5].Project BackgroundWe created a multisector MTS to develop and implement a project funded by the NationalScience Foundation’s (NSF’s) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics (S-STEM) program titled “Improving Access to Career and EducationalDevelopment (I-ACED) for Talented, Low
Education, Educational Research Methods, Multidisciplinary Engineering, Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies, and Systems Engineering Divisions. He also volunteers as a Program Evaluator for ABET accreditation in the EAC and ETAC. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Leveraging Innovation and Optimizing Nurturing in STEM:Engineering identities in low-income students across their first year of college (NSF S-STEM #2130022)Leveraging Innovation and Optimizing Nurturing in STEM (NSF S-STEM #2130022, knownlocally as LION STEM Scholars) is a program developed to serve low-income undergraduateEngineering students at Penn State Berks, a regional campus of the
afterexposure to the lesson. The second exit ticket was a prompt based on the lesson content. The aim of thisexit ticket was to ensure key points were retained from the lesson. Evaluation surveys were administered at the beginning and end of the 2023 UACI camp iteration.Surveys were adapted from the Utilizing the Student Attitudes Toward STEM (S-STEM) Survey (FridayInstitute for Education Innovation, 2012), which asks students to provide information about their attitudestoward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects, postsecondary pathways, and careerinterests. Two versions of the STEM survey were used with the UACI camp participants: one for 4-5thgraders, and one for 6-12th graders. Surveys used for this study also included
Paper ID #41807Board 377: Rising Scholars Graduation Rates and Project Closure DataMs. Grace Lynn Baldwin Kan-uge Grace Baldwin, joined the Rising Scholar NSF S-STEM program in the Summer of 2017 as a Graduate Research Assistant. She completed her Bachelor of Science, Master’s, and Docterate of Philosophy at Purdue University in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE).Dr. Carol S Stwalley P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Carol S. Stwalley, PE joined the Minority Engineering Program team in the fall of 2007 as Recruitment and Retention Analyst. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Biological
Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)program can stimulate engineering identity development among students, particularly thoseunder financial constraints [15]. The role of academic institutions in this process has also beendemonstrated in the literature by highlighting the potential of STEM enrichment programs insteering students toward graduate programs in science [16]. The literature underscores that theseprograms are not merely avenues for academic support but can significantly influence studentperformance, degree completion, and even graduate enrollment. Laanan et al. focused on thedimension of “transfer student capital” and presented a nuanced viewpoint on the experiences ofstudents transitioning from
researchshould explore how to best support student peer mentors in their role in ways that help breakdown the cultural stereotypes that pervade the profession while supporting student agency andlearning in the space.Acknowledgement – This material is based upon work supported by the National ScienceFoundation S-STEM program under Grant No. 1834139. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] K. Sheridan, E. Halverson, B. Litts, L. Brahms, L. Jacobs-Priebe and T. Owens, "Learning in the making: A comparative case study of three makerspaces.," Harvard Educational Review, vol. 84, no. 4505-531
program because of a betterscholarship opportunity at a different school. The 22 students currently in the program are on-track for graduation with overall average GPA of 3.51. All the 22 active students in the 2cohorts have been successfully placed in at least one internship experience and also participate ina diverse range of student activities and organizations. It is noteworthy that 3 ECS Scholars wereinvited and participated in 2023 S-STEM scholars meeting. A survey administered in Fall 2023show a high level of satisfaction with the program.Description of EAB’s Navigate PlatformNavigate is a comprehensive technology platform designed to support student success in highereducation institutions. Its primary goal is to improve outcomes for
-12 organizations to incorporate engineering practices in classrooms as they incorporate Next Generation Science Standards into their curriculum. Pat has served as co-PI on NSF S-STEM and STEP grants. Pat is currently serving as the chair for the Washington Council on Engineering and Related Technical Education (WCERTE). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Preparing Early Engineers through Context, Connections, and CommunityAbstractThis NSF-IUSE project began in fall 2022 and features cross-disciplinary collaboration betweenfaculty in engineering, math, history, English, and physics to design, pilot, and assess a newlearning community approach to welcome precalculus level students
. References[1] Excelencia in Education (2023a). “Hispanic–serving institutions (HSIs): 2021–22,” 2023.[Online]. Available: https://www.edexcelencia.org/media/2105[2] A. M. Núñez, J. Rivera, J. Valdez, and V. B. Olivo. “Centering Hispanic-serving institutions’strategies to develop talent in computing fields,” Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technologyand Society, vol., 4, no. 1, pp. 1-20, 2021.[3] E. J. López, V. Basile, M. Landa-Posas, K. Ortega, and A. Ramírez. “Latinx students’ senseof familismo in undergraduate science and engineering,” The Review of Higher Education, vol.43, no. 1, pp. 85-111, 2019.[4] J. Morales-Chicas, M. Gomez, M. Gussman, and C. Kouyoumdjian. “A cultural wealthapproach to understanding Latin@s’ STEM mentee and mentor
Michigan State University and MIT. Her research interests include pre-college engineering education, teacher education, and equity in education. She is currently on NSF S-STEM, RET, and Noyce grants.Donna Taylor, STEM Education Center at WPI Donna serves as the Associate Director of Professional Development (PD) with the STEM Education Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). In her role, she develops PD experiences for STEM educators on topics such as high-quality integrated STEM and the storyline model of teaching and learning science. She has been involved in education for more than 20 years, including 15 years of classroom experience, teaching science and STEM to students in grades 5-12. She holds National
. Second, we were challenged by the requirement that we must focus on educationalresearch, rather than the practical concerns of improving the “student professional formationexperience,” such as, for example, improving and expanding course offerings, student successstrategies, and transfer policies. We were, however, fortunate enough to have one of the Co-PIsfrom our partner university who was trained as an engineering education researcher through anNSF Research Initiation in Engineer Formation (RIEF) grant and had experience working onresearch on an S-STEM grant. She now serves as the primary engineering education researcheron the RED project, in conjunction with expert advice on research methodology and analysisfrom one of the consultants for
the introductory course, inwhich the faculty member was energetic and showed interest in supporting student learning.Since that first course, Ernesto noted a change in faculty support–in fact, in CS1 Ernesto was toldto find help outside of class because the faculty member was not able to assist in his learningbeyond class time. Ernesto described finding friends as a source of support based on his experience in the S-STEM program–this sense of community flourished in his third year as a student at theuniversity. He considers his own introverted nature and his self-consciousness about his Englishas possible factors that impacted his sociability in the department early in his schooling. Ernestoviews the department as one that can, at
may not be meeting those challenges.MethodsContext: This research was conducted at a single large research intensive (RH-VH) public universitylocated in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, as part of an NSF Funded S-STEM program. S-STEM programs are intended to support low-income students in their trajectories to and through school.While most funded SSTEM programs in the United States are aimed at undergraduate student support, thisSSTEM is unique in that it supports low income Master’s students to obtain thesis-based MS degrees.Students in the program are supported financially, have substantial professional development programming,regular mentorship meetings with faculty affiliated with the program, and peer/near-peer mentoring. At
. doi:10.3389/fcomm.2021.606445[7] K. Vance, S. Kulturel-Konak, and A. Konak, “Assessing teamwork skills and knowledge,” 2014 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, Mar. 2014. doi:10.1109/isecon.2014.6891052[8] K.-Y. Lin et al., “Design of an assessment system for collaborative problem solving in STEM Education,” Journal of Computers in Education, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 301–322, Jul. 2015. doi:10.1007/s40692-015-0038-x[9] T. Brown and M. Ahmadian, “Improving students’ soft skills through a NSF-supported S- STEM scholarship program,” 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings. doi:10.18260/1-2--20614[10] N. Satchakett and A. Thana, “Stem education project-based learning activities impacting on
, Computing, and Applied Sciences at Clemson University. His work focuses on how technology supports knowledge building and transfer in a range of learning environments. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Examining the motivations and experiences of transfer students participating in an undergraduate research courseAbstractIn this paper, we use both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine transfer student’s in ascholarship program to better understand their university experiences and what drives them tosucceed. The Student Pathways in Engineering and Computing for Transfers (SPECTRA)program is an NSF S-STEM (Award#1834081) that aims to aid students in their transfer fromtwo
empower faculty mentors, strengthen mentoring relationships, and foster a moresupportive and enriching learning environment for undergraduate engineering students.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant S-STEM-2030894. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. ReferencesAnafarta, A., & Apaydin, C. (2016). The effect of faculty mentoring on career success and career satisfaction. International Education Studies, 9(6), 22. https://doi.org/10.5539/ies.v9n6p22AuCoin, D. J., & Wright
Interest Group (SIG) Democratic Citizenship in Education of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) from 2016 to 2018. She has taught high school mathematics and holds a clear renewable teaching certificate in mathematics in the state of Georgia. She currently serves as a Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of a National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM grant.Carlos Sac Mendoza, University of the District of Columbia ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Developing Lafayette Park Minecraft World to Broaden Participation in ComputingAbstract. In this project, we developed Lafayette Park World, a Minecraft Education game andprogramming
is professor and Director in the School of Engineering + Technology at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC. He earned his bachelors degree from the University of Texas at Austin, masters degree from Penn State, and PhD from Georgia Tech, all in Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Stone combines 9 years of industry experience at General Electric with his 22 years teaching in Engineering to pursue his interests in Lean Six Sigma and outdoor gear design and testing. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Fostering Leaders in Technology Entrepreneurship (FLiTE): Second Year ProgressThe NSF S-STEM-funded program titled Fostering Leaders in Technology
Paper ID #41350Board 382: Social and Cultural Activities Integrated into International ResearchExperiences for an Undergraduates Program in the Czech RepublicDr. Todd Jeffrey Freeborn, The University of Alabama Todd Freeborn, PhD, is an associate professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Alabama with an active interest in engineering education. He has been the PI of multiple education/research focused grants from the REU, RET, IRES, DUE, and S-STEM programs of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Beyond the education focused efforts, his research explores techniques to
an NSF S-STEM grant.Two computer engineering students worked on this project for one semester. The objective ofthis project was to design a smart wireless sprinkler system to be used in residential and smallbusinesses. A wireless sensor network was designed and used throughout a lawn that tookperiodic moisture measurements and sent the data to the sprinkler control system, so that the unitcan make informed decision about what areas of a lawn need to be watered. The system that wasdesigned can be easily retrofitted into any existing sprinkler system. The top-level view of thesystem for their design is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Top Level View of the System [24]To design the smart wireless sprinkler system
Paper ID #41558Board 285: First-Year Electrical and Computer Engineering UndergraduatePerformance at Identifying Ethical Concerns in IEEE Case StudiesDr. Todd Freeborn, The University of Alabama Todd Freeborn, PhD, is an associate professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Alabama. Through NSF funding, he has coordinated REU Sites for engineering students to explore renewable resources and speech pathology. He is also the coordinator for an NSF S-STEM program to prepare students for gateway courses across different disciplines of engineering to support and retain students in
used in this study.References[1] R. Harichandran, N.O. Erdil, and S. Gillespie, “College-Wide First Year and Career Mentorship Programs,” in Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, June 2022. https://peer.asee.org/41342[2] S. Alqudah et al., “S-STEM engaged engineering scholars: Insights from year 1,” in Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Virtual, June 2020. https://strategy.asee.org/35171[3] H. Darabi et al., “An integrated program for recruitment, retention, and graduation of academically talented low-income engineering students,” in Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Virtual, June 2020. https://peer.asee.org/34133[4] C. B. Muller, “The
Engineering and Computing (SPECTRA) program is an NSFScholarship in STEM (S-STEM)(Award # 1834081) based out of Clemson University in SouthCarolina. The SPECTRA program focuses on aiding transfer students interested in anEngineering or Computing degree by offering scholarships, opportunity to form cohorts, andaccess to professional skill-building programs. The goals of SPECTRA are as follows: (1) to provide scholarship opportunities to low-income students who wish to pursue engineering or computing at Clemson (2) to build cohorts of transfer students to support their transition into Clemson while also allowing for the Advisors for Cohorted Engineers (ACE) Fellows program to aid in the
, California, USA.Prof. Dominic J. Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College Dom Dal Bello is Professor of Engineering at Allan Hancock College (AHC), a California community college between UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. At AHC, he is Department Chair of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty Advisor of MESA (the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Program), and Principal/Co-Principal Investigator of several National Science Foundation projects (S-STEM, LSAMP, IUSE). In ASEE, he is chair of the Two-Year College Division, and Vice-Chair/Community Colleges of the Pacific Southwest Section. He received the Outstanding Teaching Award for the ASEE/PSW Section in 2022. ©American Society for