for first-year studentsinfluence the cultivation of teamwork skills. According to the survey results, 94% of theparticipants found team projects with other in-class collaborative activities to be the mostbeneficial in developing teamwork skills and a significant number of students attributed theirteam success to how effectively they distributed the tasks among team members.Therefore, this study aims to contribute to the broader research on teamwork assessments byproviding an understanding of team dynamics and interdisciplinary learning in the context ofteam-based computational modeling projects. The study explores how BiomedicalEngineering graduate students utilize their model-based reasoning skills through effectivecollaboration and social
Paper ID #41767Preparing Students for Successful Industrial Collaborations in Engineering(Work in progress)Mr. Chun Kit Chan, The University of Hong Kong Mr. Ryan Chun Kit Chan is a Senior Technical Assistant in the Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing, Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong after graduation. Before graduation, Ryan served as an undergraduate research assistant in Innovation Wing and has involved in the design and implementation of a world-record-holding robotic fish. Ryan received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hong Kong. Ryan’s research focuses on robotic
collaborative work between researchers with expertise inmental health and those from other disciplines (such as STEM disciplines) in order to appropriatelycommunicate contextualized findings about mental health.Based on our findings, out of 616 filtered publications focused on graduate students' mental health,23 publications were literature reviews. However, among those, none focused explicitly on theexperiences of marginalized students in STEM. This finding here underscores one benefit of thestructured approach for identifying articles as part of a formal scoping literature process:highlighting areas yet to be explored. The review process revealed an opportunity for greatermethodological diversity in mental health research among graduate students
from the first-year cohort were contacted directly withthe mentorship opportunity. Many of the mentors from the first-year cohort continued theirparticipation in the Fellowship in the second year. Other University faculty and graduate studentswho were known to be conducting water resource related research by members of the GrandChallenges team were contacted personally to notify them of the opportunity for mentorship.Strategies for student recruitment into the Fellowship included printed advertisements, in-personpresentations, and targeted outreach through department email listservs. The printedadvertisement included information on who was eligible to apply with links to the onlineapplication, presented as both a QR code and a web link. The
in high school computer science programs; she is also co-editor of the SIGCSE Bulletin.Jordan Williamson Jordan Williamson graduated with a BA in English from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests center on minority experiences in the American Education System. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Engineering Summer Bridge Programs: A Systematic Literature ReviewAbstractIntroduction: Engineering programs continue to struggle with attracting and retaining studentsfrom underrepresented groups. A variety of programs seek to improve equity in engineeringprograms, including summer bridge programs, which involve students transitioning in
graduate students totrain as interdisciplinary thinkers and produce innovative interdisciplinary research. This papermay also be a guide to current and future NRT programs to help them pursue elements of thetraineeship that are most effective.IntroductionAcademic departments often work in silos, thus giving fewer opportunities for graduate studentsand faculty from different departments to interact and for graduate students to gain the skillsneeded to do interdisciplinary research. Interdisciplinary research and collaboration have severalbenefits such as addressing complex research questions and social problems and having a moreproductive team [1] [2]. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded interdisciplinarytraining at the graduate
environment require students to be equipped with a practicalunderstanding that often goes beyond the in-class knowledge. To that end, many universities haveactively collaborated with the industry, developed internship course in their curriculum, and evenmade internship a prerequisite for graduation. Internships programs in construction has been explored by a plethora of existing studies.These studies can mainly be categorized into three topics: introduction of the internship classstructure in a specific program, analysis of the role of internships on students learning, andevaluation of the effectiveness and outcomes of internship programs. For example, [2] provided athorough introduction of the internship program developed by the Building
researches structures that contribute to underrepresentation in STEM majors and is currently a Graduate Assistant for the UBelong Collaborative.Dr. Allison Godwin, Cornell University Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University. 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 belonging and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and
majors at Beijing Institute of Technology areestablished through a “dual mentor system”, with academic mentors and mentors from externalsocial practice departments jointly participating in guiding students. Senior technical personnelfrom enterprises and universities with rich practical experience and teaching guidance form amentor team, with on campus mentors taking the lead, and off campus mentors assistingstudents in practical project research, courses and papers in some engineering majors. Dividedby professional title level, both leaders and teachers participate in the construction of this course;According to the organizational form, the Graduate School has established a courseconstruction group for Engineering Ethics, and the rich teaching
, particularly for international students. He aims to help students improve intercultural competency and teamwork competency by interventions, counseling, pedagogy, and tool selection to promote DEI. In addition, he also works on many research-to-practice projects to enhance educational technology usage in engineering classrooms and educational research. Siqing also works as the technical development and support manager at the CATME research group. He served as the ASEE Purdue Student Chapter President from 2022-2023, the Program Chair of ASEE Student Division, and Purdue ENE Graduate Committee Junior Chair.Dr. Moses Olayemi, University of Oklahoma Moses Olayemi is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Pathways at the
-academia partnership in the area of Software Verification and Validation. In his current role he serves as the University’s Sponsored Research Officer, manages research grant applications/awards, supervises all international programs, and teaches undergraduate software engineering and graduate engineering management courses. Dr. Acharya plays an important role in international students recruitment at his University.Jennifer Creamer, Robert Morris University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Opening the Doors for International Students - Are we Ready? AbstractHigher Education Institutions in the United States are facing the effects of the
Paper ID #42713Developing an AI and Engineering Design Hybrid-Remote Summer CampProgram for Underrepresented Students (Evaluation)Alvin Talmadge Hughes IV, University of Florida Alvin (TJ) Hughes is a graduate of the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering and a minor in Engineering Innovation. He has interests in additive manufacturing, materials analysis, and data analytics. He is the Data Science/AI curriculum lead for the EQuIPD grant at the University of Florida currently manages teams working on Python Professional Development for teachers interested in Data Science, as
academic and professional futures.3. Course Design and ObjectivesThis course is a small component of a Title V project, the City Tech STEM SuccessCollaborative, funded by the US Department of Education, aimed at enhancing retention,graduation rates, and workforce readiness among Hispanic and low-income students interested inSTEM fields. The project emphasizes the early academic support and integration of academicresources to foster career awareness, engagement, multidisciplinary collaboration, hands-onproblem-solving, and alignment with current industry practices. This initiative aims to streamlinethe educational journey, minimizing time to degree completion and reducing the accrual of non-contributory credits.Course objectivesThe 'Exploring
diverse spectrum of knowledge,including fostering flexible modes of thinking, qualitatively demonstrated enhanced creativityand collaboration within design teams. Additionally, they reported developing a deeperunderstanding of themselves and cultivating more profound purposes.Building on this trajectory, this paper explores the implications of the HE pedagogy onengineering design education, examining its role in preparing students for engagement in designpractices, and considering what may motivate their deeper understanding of design. It provideshistorical context underscoring the pivotal role of design in engineering education and advocatesfor a more holistic approach to design methodologies. The research also investigates whetherexpanding
various aspects such asstudent recruitment, funding allocation, and public perception [3]. It is crucial for a university toinvestigate retention to understand the reasons behind student departures. Retention rates amongcollege students are frequently employed as a metric for gauging institutional accountability andsuccess. Moreover, these rates are increasingly utilized as a basis for allocating resources.Gaining insights into the factors that influence college student retention has become imperativefor institutions of higher education. The ongoing issue of low graduation rates among students inengineering programs remains a significant cause for concern within the higher educationlandscape. Many students drop out early in their undergraduate
, the proposed research has the potential to broaden participationin STEM by increasing engagement, retention, and graduation of underrepresented minorities.Second, in building SocioTechnical Learning capacity, the research will also contribute to newapproaches for community centered solutions that leverage cultural assets of underrepresentedstudents and consider alternative knowledges in collaborative technology design, development,and implementation. As students graduate and enter the workforce, they carry with them thecapacity to respond to human and societal dimensions of technology in daily practices.3. Conceptual FrameworkThe literature characterizes multiple separate flavors of social learning and techno-centriclearning in the context of
scholarly journals, we used this natural experiment to spurour exploration of this population’s information seeking behaviors. Would this change in accessimpact the way this community found, accessed, or ultimately used scholarly literature? Wouldthey even notice? The purpose of this research study was to gain a more nuanced understandingof engineering faculty and graduate students’ information seeking behaviors to better understandtheir current practices and needs.Exploring these questions has implications for engineering librarians’ collection developmentand instruction choices. It also has implications for the way access points like link resolvers ormessages about navigating back to a library’s subscription-based resources are designed
Paper ID #41099Text Mining Analysis for Assessing Washington Accord Graduate AttributeProfiles through Techno-Socio Project-Based Learning ProgramMr. Hiroyuki Ishizaki, Shibaura Institute of Technology Hiroyuki Ishizaki is a Visiting Professor at Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), a leading Japanese engineering school. His research interests include multidisciplinary teaching and learning, cross-cultural competence, collaborative online international (COIL), technopreneurship, and project/problem-based learning methods. As a Director of the Malaysia Office, he has been expatriated in Malaysia since 2014 and leading
development [18-20].Research on student engagement has been rooted in a well-established field of inquiry on howpostsecondary students’ experiences affect their learning and development [21-24]. The generalconclusion of this body of literature is correlational, that is, the greater the students’ engagementin curricular and co-curricular activities on campus, the greater their level of cognitive andpsychosocial development. For this reason, student engagement has been well recognized as apredictor of student learning and an important factor of student success [5, 25, 26]. The positivecorrelation between student engagement and learning outcomes has been reported extensively inhigher education literature. For example, a study that used multi
Paper ID #43928Promoting Equity and Cognitive Growth: The Influence of an AuthenticLearning Assignment on Engineering Problem-Solving SkillsDr. Boni Frances Yraguen, Vanderbilt University Boni Yraguen is an Instructional Consultant with the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching. Boni is passionate about engineering education. She has led and participated in various educational studies on the impact of student reflections, authentic learning assignments, the use of technology in the classroom, and graduate education.Elisa Koolman, University of Texas at Austin Elisa is a Ph. D. student at the University of Texas at Austin. They
participating in studies on technologies for disability, overlookingtheir much-needed insight, and treating them as unequal engineering partners in the design andresearch processes [2]. Another literature survey focused on ASEE publications noted that therewas a significant lack of research focusing on disability as an identity and on the experiences ofstudents with disabilities in engineering education [3].Several works have explored the stigma, social exclusion, systemic marginalization, devaluation,and feelings of “otherness” experienced by students with disabilities in engineering education[4], [5]. These consequences were attributed to a variety of reasons, including the lack of rolemodels with disabilities, educators’ misconceptions about the
computer science. The comprehensive goal of this NSF project is to explore when and to whichdegrees these imbalances are greatest and how the imbalances may influence students’opportunities to enter and paths throughout CS undergraduate programs. This poster/paper willpresent a portion of our findings obtained during a pilot qualitative study related to strategiesand support for overcoming obstacles through a variety of actions (policies, programs, pedagogy,culture) toward student success. This paper/poster will focus on the following research question:What are the strategies, structures, and scholarly attributes that support student experiences asper student’s lived experience?We designed the pilot study to validate our study instrument, namely
has been successful in obtaining funding and publishing for various research projects. She’s also the founder and advisor of the first ASEE student chapter in Puerto Rico at UPRM. Currently, she serves as Academic Senator and Faculty Representative at the Administrative Board at UPRM. Her research interests include investigating students’ understanding of difficult concepts in engineering sciences, especially for underrepresented populations (Hispanic students). She has studied the effectiveness of engineering concept inventories (Statics Concept Inventory - CATS and the Thermal and Transport Concept Inventory - TTCI) for diagnostic assessment and cultural differences among bilingual students. She has also
, Miami.Dr. 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). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Proposing a Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy Research Framework in Sub- Saharan African STEM Education: A Paradigm Shift from Deficit to Asset- Based PerspectivesAbstractResearch shows that
outcomes, international students in engineering, and cognitive sciences. She holds a B.S. in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering and an M.S. in Geological Sciences.Dr. Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan Dr. Cynthia Finelli is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Professor of Education, and Director and Graduate Chair of the Engineering Education Research Program at University of Michigan (U-M). Dr. Finelli is a fellow in the American ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024WIP: The Role of Classroom Teaching Practices on the Academic Success ofEngineering College Students with ADHDAbstractAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurological
Paper ID #43149Identifying Curriculum Factors that Facilitate Lifelong Learning in AlumniCareer Trajectories: Stage 3 of a Sequential Mixed-Methods StudyNikita Dawe, University of Toronto PhD student in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, Collaborative Specialization in Engineering Education.Amy Bilton, University of TorontoMs. Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto Lisa Romkey serves as Associate Professor, Teaching and Associate Director, ISTEP (Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice) at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on
need for longitudinal studies and for exploring the transition to college. Other recommendations include collaborating and communicating between researchers, clinicians, and educators and developing/testing interventions such as ADHD coaching and psychosocial support strategies.Study 3Study 3 involves in-depth interviews with STEM college students with ADHD to gain a more in-depth understanding of our results and better understand the role classroom teaching practicesplay in the academic success of engineering students with ADHD. It aims to answer thefollowing questions: (1) How do engineering college students who have ADHD perceive howtraditional lecture-based courses influence their collegiate experiences (academic adjustment,classroom
notconsidered by current literature. For instance, research could involve Indigenousunderrepresented populations from the American continent to explore nuanced factors that impactcollege choice. Socioeconomic factors, representativeness, public policies, geographic location,access to pre-college education resources, or even segregation or racism from others with accessto educational resources influence in different or similar ways to marginalized populations fromthe Andes or Mesoamerica. Studying college choice among aboriginal populations may not onlybe within this continent but also expand its exploration to other locations from Africa or Oceania.The reason is that non-representative populations may be affected by similar variables, whereinternal
likelihood of last-minute, hurriedteamwork. Additionally, the entire class exhibited a perfect 100% on-time submission rate forgroup-written assignments. Finally, students found teamwork more enjoyable with this method ofsubmission. When surveyed, students' opinions of teamwork improved by an average of 1 point(on a 5-point scale). This mixed methods, IRB approved study, highlights the potential benefits ofincorporating individual portions in team assignments, paving the way for improved opinions onteamwork, promotion of accountability, and time management skills among students. Introduction This study explores a fresh approach to promote accountability and encourage individualparticipation in the
injury [5-8]. A variety of mental conditions arealso variously included under the umbrella of ND, including anxiety and depression [5]. Someresearch explores specific conditions, while other research has included ND students under theterm ‘non-visible disabilities’ [9] The underdiagnosis of conditions like ADHD among femaleshas been documented [10-11], so individuals may identify as ND without a formal medicaldiagnosis. Mirfin-Veitch et al. [6] state that “neurodiversity is not a diagnosis, rather it is a broadterm used to encompass a wide range of specific, non-specific, hidden and/or undetermineddiagnoses” (p. ii). The framing for this study aligns with this definition.Neurodivergent students may differ from their NT peers in various