aredisproportionately negative impacts for traditionally underrepresented students (i.e., Black,Hispanic, and Native American and/or Alaska Native individuals [4]) who often experienceadditional challenges that threaten their persistence and completion of their engineering degree.Representation issues within STEM and the associated challenges for students of color are oftenfurther exacerbated within predominantly white institutions (PWIs) [5], [6].Despite the fact that faculty are often more invested in scholarship than teaching [7], qualityinstruction is critical for the successful transfer of knowledge and achievement of studentlearning outcomes, degree completion, and a career in the profession. While engineeringeducation scholarship offers numerous
groups with faculty, and one focus group withgraduate teaching assistants. Faculty were divided into two focus groups: those teaching junior-level and those teaching senior-level core courses. Topics covered during the focus groupsincluded the awareness of Evidence-Based Instructional Practices (EBIPs) and their use in theclassroom [3], [4], how participants felt that the curriculum could be enhanced to better supportstudents, career discovery, and their perception of the current diversity and inclusion in thedepartment. As the focus of this WIP is on faculty perspective, we will present student focusgroup perspectives in future work.Results from the focus groups indicated that faculty felt that the department as a “whole is lessthan the sum of
Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. His research interests are engineering education, diversity, equity, inclusion, and retention of underrepresented minority groups. Luis will research how diverse human talents contribute to our profession’s social and global relevance.Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University Catherine G.P. Berdanier is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. She earned her B.S. in Chemistry from The University of South Dakota, her M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and her PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her research expertise lies in characterizing graduate-level attrition, persistence, and career
explore and cultivate a positiverelationship between digital technology and daily life, which in turn has the potential to benefitindividuals' health and well-being.While technology-life balance has been traditionally focused on promoting work-life balance inindividuals whose careers involve extensive digital technology usage [2]-[5], the ability tobalance digital technology and daily life is an essential skill needed to navigate the complexitiesof modern society. Current research on the topic has investigated the impact of digitaltechnology on society, public life, and individual behaviors and experiences; notablyphysiological and psychological health [2], [3], [6]-[21].However, there is a lack of comprehensive information and education on
efficiency andeffectiveness of their projects.3. Construction VisualizationDrones have emerged as a revolutionary tool in education, particularly for construction-relatedcourses. One of the critical benefits of drones is that they can be utilized to create constructionsimulations and virtual reality experiences. This allows students to virtually explore and interactwith construction sites and projects, providing them with a hands-on experience that is bothimmersive and engaging. By using drones to create virtual environments, students can betterunderstand construction processes and management techniques and develop practical skills thatwill be useful in their future careers.4. Construction OperationsDrones are proving to be a valuable tool in the
respectively. These three platforms enable increased accessibility due to educational,corporate, and other career institutions usually already having access to PCs, and most globalindividuals have access to smartphones.There is a focus on mathematics and sciences within higher education video games, with biologybeing the most common category (see Figure 1). This leaves a need for more available gamesoutside of these disciplines. A lacking spread of disciplines across EVGs could lead toeducational gaps, potentially putting students of respective disciplines behind their peers of othermajors/professions.DiscussionWhile EVG developers do not generally have the production time constraints that manyestablished game development companies face, we
exploration, and urban design [2], [3]. FLL Challenge participation hassignificant, positive short-term impacts on students’ development of 21st Century problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills, which are highly valued in professionalengineering disciplines and communities of practice [3], [4], [5]. There is compellingevidence that FLL Challenge participation influences students’ future engagement inengineering and computer science college education and careers; however, there is a gap inthe literature regarding effective pedagogical strategies to support students’ knowledgeconstruction and skill development during the competition learning experience [3], [4].Research conducted in pre-college classroom learning environments suggests
University.References[1] Career Cornerstone Center, “Mechanical engineering, the field,” Accessed February 2, 2024.[Online]. Available: https://www.careercornerstone.org/mecheng/mefield.htm.[2] Brian Yoder, “Engineering by the numbers: ASEE retention and time-to-graduationbenchmarks for undergraduate engineering schools, departments and programs.” AmericanSociety for Engineering Education. Washington, DC. 2016.[3] Vincent Tinto, “Through the eyes of students,” Journal of College Student Retention:Research, Theory and Practice, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 254–269, 2017. doi:10.1177/1521025115621917[4] Vincent Tinto, “Reflections on student persistence,” Student Success, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 1-8,July 2017. doi.org/10.5204/ssj.v8i2.376[5] R. M. O'Hara, C. Bolding, J. H
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 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
PolyPomona). Identifying the CSFs is essential as sociocultural, academic, and environmental factorssignificantly affect transfer students' academic performance. The author composed a series ofquestions that fall into sociocultural, academic, and environmental factors (this survey wasapproved by the CPP IRB 23-003). A total of 41 transfer students responded to the survey, andthe author identified CSFs for transfer students as 1) a sense of belonging, 2) networking withfaculty, staff, and peers, and 3) advising for career development and available resources from theuniversity. The identified factors should be addressed when the university develops a newprogram for transfer students.IntroductionThe State of California, which has the most extensive
totransfer their developing ethical reasoning skills to situations outside the classroom and into theirengineering careers [14]. The inclusion of reflective elements, such as prompts for introspectionand feedback mechanisms, would further enhance this learning process. Participants would beencouraged to articulate and reflect on their decision-making rationale, offering valuable insightsinto their thought processes and ethical perspectives. Additionally, the digital infrastructure ofthis game-based tool would allow for the collection of detailed data on student interactions,decisions, and reasoning processes within the game. This data could include metrics such asdecision times, choice patterns, and pathways taken through the game’s narrative
, 2016.[6] M. Caplan and E. Oropeza, "The STEAM Conference: An Event to Promote Youth to Explore STEAM related Fields and Potential Careers," in 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL, 2019.[7] J. Klar, "Mentoring Teachers in STEAM Improves Likelihood of Application," 2018.[8] D. Rufo, "STEAM with a capital A: Learning frenzy," The STEAM Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 25, 2013.[9] G. Šmitienė and K. Kesylė, "Opportunities for the use of STEAM projects in primary years classes: the points of view of international baccalaureate teachers," Regional formation and development studies: journal of social sciences, vol. 2, pp. 198-205, 2022.[10] Niche.com Inc., "Niche," 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.niche.com/?ref
engineering as a career field andthe term project. They are shown examples of successful bio-inspired designs and encouraged tobrainstorm potential solutions/designs independently before being assigned teams. An instructorfrom the library also visits during this week to show searching capabilities through ourinstitutional library. The week concludes with 7-10 minute presentations where the students arechallenged to prove that they have identified a problem and that their bio-inspiration cangenerate a potential solution.Week 2Prototype design and experimentation. During this week, students are educated on the differentvariable types (control, independent, and dependent) and different research study design types.During class time, students are
et al., ‘Assisting students with high-incidence disabilities to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics’, Interv. Sch. Clin., vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 47–54, 2012.[14] K. A. Mack et al., ‘Maintaining the Accessibility Ecosystem: a Multi-Stakeholder Analysis of Accessibility in Higher Education’, in Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, 2023, pp. 1–6.[15] A. Phillips et al., ‘Online disability accommodations: Faculty experiences at one public university.’, J. Postsecond. Educ. Disabil., vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 331–344, 2012.[16] M. Tamjeed et al., ‘Understanding disability services toward improving graduate student support’, in
of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2019.[5] R. Korte, S. Brunhaver, and S. M. Zehr, "The socialization of STEM professionals into STEM careers: A study of newly hired engineers," Advances in Developing Human Resources, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 92-113, 2019.[6] C. J. Finelli and J. E. Froyd, "Improving Student Learning in Undergraduate Engineering Education by Improving Teaching and Assessment," Advances in Engineering Education, 2019.[7] N. T. Buswell, "The Purpose of a PhD in Engineering: Where Does Teaching Fit In?," Studies in Engineering, 2021, doi: 10.21061/see.8.[8] N. M. Hewitt and E. Seymour, "A long, discouraging climb," ASEE Prism, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 24
United States Military Academy in 1982. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He taught at The United States Military Academy during his 25 year military career. After retiring form the military he has taught at the University of Texas at Tyler and The Citadel, where he was the Dean of Engineering for 10 years.Dr. William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel William J. Davis is Dept. Head & D. Graham Copeland Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Construction Engineering at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. His academic experience includes: transportation infrastructure planning and design, infrastruct
) Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee provided the list of CFD-relatedconcepts and different approaches to introduce CFD into a undergraduate engineeringcurriculum [1]. Integrating CFD topics into a fluid mechanics course is a suitable approach tobenefit engineering students in general, while a separate CFD course is more appropriate toengineering students who are interested in CFD research or careers. [2] and [3] designed separateundergraduate CFD courses and provided the detailed information on course contents andassigned projects. There are a number of studies that integrated CFD topics into theirundergraduate fluid mechanics courses to increase students understanding of flow behaviors( [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]). In the present study, the
activities based on time or what they thought may be easiest, studentswere encouraged to select activities that allowed them to grow their CAD skillset. This is alsowhy they were asked to reflect on what they learned, not just present a final product.To help students reflect on their EM experience there were in class activities that discussed theoverall idea of EM, growth mindset, and the importance of character spread throughout thequarter. The goal of focusing on EM, specifically on persisting through failure, was to encouragestudents who are still very early in their engineering career to push past failures and understandthat no everything may come easily during their engineering education.Student ExperienceStudents were given a brief survey at
documentation, developer support,and reliability than older options, however these may not be barriers depending on the coursescope and goals. With that said, there may be courses that are better served by other softwareentirely. ROS mastery requires significant time and energy apart from that required to mas-ter robotics and other STEM concepts. However if a student aspires to a career in roboticsresearch and development, ROS mastery is likely well worth the initial investment.References [1] K. Scott and T. Foote, “2022 ROS Metrics Report,” Available at http://download.ros. org/downloads/metrics/metrics-report-2022-07.pdf (2024/02/07). [2] T. M. Santos, D. G. S. Favoreto, M. M. d. O. Carneiro, M. F. Pinto, A. R. Zachi, J. A. Gouvea, A. Manh
studies allow students to actively learn byencouraging critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making just as they would in a realscenario. Creating case studies follows the 9-step problem design process as outlined by Hung[12]. Table III presents a framework for creating and scaling case studies for use in engineeringeducation. This framework aims to universally cater to and facilitate students with differentneeds and skill levels in learning. Through systematic implementation of case studies, educatorscan effectively integrate troubleshooting skills into their engineering curriculums, preparingstudents for real-world challenges in their future careers. Table III. Framework for Engineering Case Study Creation and Scaling expanding the 9
Paper ID #43363Promoting Transfer Students’ Success through Articulation Agreements: AnEmpirical Case Study in Mechanical EngineeringAnna-Lena Dicke, University of California, Irvine Dr. Dicke is an Associate Project Scientist within the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine. In her research, she aims to understand how students’ motivation and interest in the STEM fields can be fostered to secure their educational persistence and long-term career success. Trying to bridge the gap between theory and practice, she is currently involved in an NSF-funded project aimed at fostering the persistence and
,requires students to identify gaps in their current understanding, plan how they can address thosegaps, conduct research, and interpret their findings to solve a given problem. Prior research hasidentified a host of benefits associated with the PBL approach, many of which were alsoobserved in research on the original implementation of the curriculum [1, 13, 14, 15]. The focuson the middle school grade band is supported by prior research identifying this time period ascritical for promoting engagement with math and science, as well as developing career interest inengineering [8]. Research has suggested that middle school grades present a key period forpromoting interest and awareness, as “it is during the junior high (middle) school age that
, listening to and participating inclass discussion, group project work, and using the FBD app; among those who did not use theapp, women reported fewer gains in self-efficacy than men after these controls.Implications: Each year, more than 600,000 students enter engineering programs in the UnitedStates. These students plan to master a challenging skill set that requires them to understand howto model and analyze real world problems. Frustrating core course experiences can dissuadestudents from continuing to pursue an engineering degree and subsequent career. These findingsprovide emerging evidence that gamifying learning can be useful for all students taking statics,but particularly for women.Keywords: statics, women, self-efficacy, content mastery
Obispo and is the Director of the HVAC&R Program. His research interest are HVAC&R applications. Dr. Peuker’s educational research focuses on increasing student retention and success in engineering. He has given talks and workshops nationally on the subject and facilitates faculty learning communities and is the co-author of ”Studying Engineering – A Road Map to a Rewarding Career”. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Integrating Ethics into Engineering Education: A Case-Based Learning ApproachAbstract:This paper introduces an innovative method for infusing ethics into senior design capstonecourses within engineering education
careers. Remarkably, 3 students expressed post-lab interest in furthering research in the form of carry out independent study with a researchprofessor, each in a distinct direction. Notably, during the winter semester, one student delvedinto the energy storage application of graphene oxide, while another focused on understandingthe influence of New York humidity variation on the structure and permeability of grapheneoxide membranes. In the spring semester, one student explored the sensing application ofgraphene oxide, while another delved into understanding the self-assembly behavior ofgraphene oxide sheets when forming membranes. The latter student not only advanced researchbut also created an education kit connecting the assembly process with
Press, 2005, pp. 317–334[8] E. Syafitri et al. “Implementation of PBL (project-based learning) model through a STEM approach (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) on students’ critical thinking skill in junior high school.” AIP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 2659. Melville: American Institute of Physics, 2022.[9] M. E. Beier, M. H. Kim, A. Saterbak, V. Leautaud, S. Bishnoi, J. M. Gilberto, “The effect of authentic project-based learning on attitudes and career aspirations in STEM,” Journal of Research in Science Teaching, vol. 56, pp. 3-23, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://doi- org.ezproxy.rice.edu/10.1002/tea.21465. [Accessed Jan. 25, 2024].[10] A. Bandura, “Self-efficacy: toward a
Paper ID #43463Methodology to implement project-based learning (PBL) within the contextof Operations Management.Dr. Mahesh Kumar Pallikonda, Austin Peay State University Dr. Mahesh Kumar Pallikonda is a faculty member in the Department of Engineering technology at Austin Peay State University (APSU). Prior to his academic career, he gained valuable industry experience in roles ranging from New Product Development to Process Control. He holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cleveland State University, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the National Institute of
. By analyzingqualitative data from weekly blog post reflections and student interviews, this work aims to unpackthe complex ways global competencies are cultivated among undergraduate and graduateengineering students with varying degrees of prior research experience. The findings of thisresearch are expected to inform future engineering education practices, providing valuable insightsfor educators, policymakers, and institutions aiming to enhance the global competencies of theirstudents through international research collaborations.IntroductionGlobal competence has increasingly become a key differentiator in engineering, significantlyinfluencing an engineer’s employability and career progression [1], [2], [3], [4]. However, workingwith
mobility.The consortium will actively work to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups inmultiple disciplines, with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) being central to the consortium’smission. Graduate and undergraduate students conducting research will collaborate with industrystakeholders, not only gaining real-world experience, but being encouraged to think criticallyfrom multiple disciplinary perspectives and to raise important societal concerns.Partnering with existing university outreach programs will be used to attract students to researchprojects, expand internship programs, and organize activities for secondary-school students tofoster early interest in STEM careers, with attention to underrepresented minorities and
within education for historically excluded individuals, with a particular focus on women in engineering and computing and STEM education at HBCUs. Additionally, Dr. Fletcher is researching economic equity, and the impact of finances on students’ success and academic persistence. She is a 2022 recipient of the NSF Early CAREER award and has received several awards at the institutional and national levels. Prior to academia, Dr. Fletcher served as the Director of Pre-college for the National Society of Black Engineers and worked for two Fortune 500 companies. You can follow Dr. Fletcher on Twitter @trinalfletcher and LinkedIn.Madiha Qasim, North Carolina State UniversityDestiny M Washington, Florida International