science identity, STEM education, and participation in online communities.Mrs. Marissa A. Tsugawa-Nieves, University of Nevada, Reno Marissa Tsugawa is a graduate research assistant studying at the University of Nevada, Reno in the PRiDE Research Group. She is currently working towards a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. She expects to graduate May of 2019. Her research interests include student development of identity and motivation in graduate engineering environments and understanding creativity in engineering design processes.Ms. Jessica Nicole Chestnut, North Carolina State UniversityBlanca Miller, University of Nevada, Reno Blanca Miller is a Computer Science & Engineering Graduate Student at the University of
, particularly as related to innovation, pro- fessional identity development, engineering culture, and supporting the recruitment and persistence of underrepresented students within engineering.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton (2003) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Edu- cation from Purdue University (2008). Her research focuses on strategies for design innovations through divergent and convergent thinking as well as through deep needs and community assessments using design ethnography, and translating those strategies to design tools and education. She teaches
Tech. He currently serves as the Director of Programs for the Graduate Student Assembly and is the founding president of the Graduate Engineering Mechanics Society, both at Virginia Tech.Ms. Amy L. Hermundstad, Virginia Tech Amy Hermundstad is a doctoral student and Graduate Research Assistant at Virginia Tech. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University and is currently pursuing an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Her research interests include the professional development of engineering students through out-of-class activities.Michael Stewart, Virginia Tech Michael Stewart (Ph.D. candidate, Third Lab, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, Dept
University of Dayton (2003) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Edu- cation from Purdue University (2008). Her research focuses on strategies for design innovations through divergent and convergent thinking as well as through deep needs and community assessments using design ethnography, and translating those strategies to design tools and education. She teaches design and en- trepreneurship courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, focusing on front-end design processes.Ms. Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan Erika Mosyjowski is a PhD student in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan. She also earned a Master’s in Higher Education at Michigan and a Bachelor’s in
literacy; student life; learning communities; and professional development. She has worked on projects whose funding sources have included the National Science Foundation, the Institute of Education Sciences, and the U.S. Department of Education.Prof. John Bergendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute John Bergendahl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He has six years experience as a practicing engineer in industry, and holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering, an M.S. in environmental engineering, and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering; all from the University of Connecticut. His recent research efforts are primarily directed at investigating
Business School. He served as director of this program from 2007 – 2014. His research inter- ests are in heterogeneous catalysis, materials characterization and nanomaterials synthesis. His research group has pioneered the development of electron microscopy tools for the study of catalysts. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Jigsaws & Parleys: Strategies for engaging sophomore level students as a learning communityAbstractEarly chemical engineering coursework provides an important foundation in topics such asenergy and material balances. A common pedagogical approach to these topics includesproviding engineering analysis problems with basic context and a single
.) about themselves were the factors that wouldcontribute other than the FYE foundation course. Teamwork and communication wereagain mentioned mostly as being helpful in other courses or largely through extra-curricular engineering projects (e.g., civil engineering canoe, mechanical engineeringrace car, the aerospace engineering model airplane or the multi-disciplinary or inter-departmental satellite, etc.). 35% 30% Female(%) 25% Male(%) 20% Total(%) 15% 10% 5% 0%Figure 4. Other factors impacting development of student's successful
ofbusiness cycles. The views of the graduates have, by and large, been similar to thoseof the author and to views of some faculty members in Region’s colleges; and areconsonant with developing a more responsive educational environment.It is interesting to note that the evolution of engineering education in the Region haspassed through three consecutive stages. Stage one: the stage of founding andestablishment, lasted nearly a decade, and characterized mainly by adopting andtransferring a North American model of engineering education to the Region. Expats,at the time, were entrusted with the tasks of the transfer, and were guided primarilyby agreed-upon guidelines. Stage two: is the search for an identity stage. This is theperiod when nationals, who
critical design pedagogy, and the ways in which the pedagogy and underlying studio environment inform the development of de- sign thinking, particularly in relation to critique and professional identity formation. His work crosses multiple disciplines, including engineering education, instructional design and technology, design theory and education, and human-computer interaction.Dr. Marisa Exter, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Marisa Exter is an Assistant Professor of Learning Design and Technology in the College of Education at Purdue University. Dr. Exter’s research aims to provide recommendations to improve or enhance university-level design and technology programs (such as Instructional
response.They also complete a truss building exercise. The second lab option offered through aninterdisciplinary pairing with architecture is a tour of a space habitat that was developed as aprototype for The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). And, the thirdoffering highlights the lighting portion of architectural engineering with a tour and demonstrationof the lighting dome – counting natural lumens.Although participation in NLD is positive outreach for the STEM community, it has yet toproduce a student at the school of architecture. However, the numbers are small and it is onlyoffered for a few hours, once a year. Also, students are required to attend as a high school groupso the interest is varied.WONDERtorium:The local children’s
and chapters, her research centers on the intersections of career, change, leadership, and resilience. Fellow and past president of the International Communication Association, she has received numerous awards for her research, teaching/mentoring, and engagement. She has worked on Purdue- ADVANCE initiatives for institutional change, the Transforming Lives Building Global Communities (TLBGC) team in Ghana through EPICS, and individual engineering ethical development and team ethical climate scales as well as everyday negotiations of ethics in design through NSF funding as Co-PI. [Email: buzzanel@purdue.edu]Dr. Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Andrew O. Brightman serves
undergraduate STEM education. Core values of thenetwork include promoting student leadership, developing supportive learning communities, and engaging studentsin authentic STEM practices. areas for growth and supporting students along that growth process. Adopting a growth mindset has also been shown to improve persistence through challenges.24 2. Valuing a broad set of metrics of success from day one - often, engineering design courses overtly reward the building of a successful end product. Instead, we wanted LAs to have an expansive notion of what counts as “success” in the Design Course, including aspects such as engaging in authentic design thinking, pursuing a creative but risky idea, and having a
overcomes the barriers of STEM identity and belonging in the “culture of STEM” through the STEM program activities, i.e. STEM industry visits, undergraduate research opportunities, and tutoring sessions. We report graduation and transfer rates of both groups participating in the STEM program. Institution The STEM program sits in the two-year college of a diverse, multi-campus urban research university in metropolitan Atlanta. The college is the major provider of associate degrees and student transfer opportunities in Georgia and a gateway to higher education, easing students’ entry into college-level study. With a student population of more than 21,000 students, representing all ages and backgrounds, the college serves the largest number of dual
rates and the likelihood ofcontinued research participation and higher education. A new initiative at the University of Texasat Austin (UT Austin), the Freshman Introduction to Research in Engineering (FIRE) program,offers a select group of first-year students with an opportunity to participate in semester-long,faculty-sponsored mechanical engineering research and development projects. In addition to theirresearch, students attend bi-monthly lectures that introduce them to various topics in mechanicalengineering and current research in the field, the successes (and roadblocks) in engineeringresearch and how to overcome them, and career opportunities in engineering. An end of semesterposter session allows students to showcase their research
engineering profession, and through this coursework, to learn frameworks for analysis: a policy or an economic framework, for example. These courses are also open to (and popular with) nonmajors, leading to interdisciplinary discussions and project teams. The curriculum builds to a unique capstone experience (e.g. Rossmann and Sanford Bernhardt, 2015).Engineering students at Lafayette College also take approximately one-third of theircourses outside STEM subjects, in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Thesedistribution requirements introduce engineering students to alternate “ways of knowing,”comprising a liberal education. However, these requirements are not necessarilyintegrative; they may provide opportunities for
createdthat reinforced our unified intention to establish an academically successful system forunderrepresented students (Louie, Parker, & Myers, 2015).We also highlight the outcomes and lessons learned in creating and administering a novel accessprogram, called the Engineering GoldShirt Program (GS), for next-tier students (T. Ennis et al.,2010). We acknowledge our initial and fallacious thinking that these students required additional“boosting” to be able to achieve success in their engineering education. This paper presentsresults from our research that raised awareness of the ways assuming GS students would needadditional remedial coursework hindered their identity development as capable engineers. Wealso demonstrate how deficit ideologies
of the draft objectives among program faculty and back-and-forth with the board, theProgram Educational Objectives were set as follows: (note the sub-bullets represent additionalguidance from the board members) The Energy Engineering program focuses on producing graduates who possess: 1. The necessary skills to be a valued individual and team contributor in a professional environment. a. To prepare students to meet this objective, the program should develop students with adaptability, client focus, integrity, ability to lead and motivate others, conflict management, ability to give and receive constructive criticism, and effective communication
professionally, and developed teamwork, problem solving, communication, and presentationskills which are highly valued in today’s educational system and industry.Improving math skills, Introduction of hands-on work into classroom, Providing community-based support system: Erickson-Ludwig et al.19 described a summer bridge program orientedtoward women and minority students entering engineering at the College of Engineering atDrexel University to improve success and retention. The College of Engineering hosted a “pre-orientation” program that familiarized students with the engineering curriculum and preparedthem to succeed in their freshman year through community building and social activities.Program participants showed significant positive outcomes in
Learning Sciences, University of New Mexico. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Progress toward lofty goals: a meta-synthesis of the state of research on K-12 engineering education (Fundamental)AbstractThis paper synthesizes literature on formal and informal engineering education in K-12 settings.We focus on outcomes related to (1) developing interest and/or identities in engineering,including in (2) engineering careers, (3) recruitment of increased numbers of students, (4)learning and achievement of science, technology, and mathematics content/practices, (5) learningand achievement of engineering content/practices, (6) understanding the nature of engineering,and (7) broadening
-enhancing first-year curriculum, which includes Self-Management and Leadership, First-Year Engineering Projects (design), Engineering Explorations through Physics, and mathematics courses. The classes are designed to immerse students in authentic engineering practices from the start of the undergraduate experience, and have evolved to feature an asset-based, capacity-building mindset instead of assuming that students are deficient or lacking in preparation and thus require remediation to succeed. Retention: GS includes an intentional focus on fostering learning communities and supporting students’ identity development as engineers and full members of a community that cares about them as whole people. Multiple methods and
Maryland College Park.Dr. Patricia Ordonez, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Hashtag #ThinkBigDiversity: Social Media Hacking Activities as Hybridized Mentoring Mechanisms for Underrepresented Minorities in STEMIn the spirit of “hack-a-thons” that build solutions to develop tools or fill gaps in knowledge, weleveraged resources from the National Science Foundation’s Alliances for Graduate Educationand the Professoriate (AGEP), NSF ADVANCE, and NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for MinorityParticipation’s Bridge to the Doctorate (LSAMP-BD) programs to co-develop “hacking diversityin STEM” events for underrepresented minorities
his tenure from 27% in 2012 to 37% this year. Bruk completed a master’s degree in engineering management at George Washington University in 2007. In 2016, he earned a Ph.D. in the Minority and Urban Education Unit of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. His dissertation research focuses on factors that facilitate transfer among Black engineering community college students.Ms. Felicia James Onuma A Phi Beta Kappa graduate, Felicia received her bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a minor in Social Policy from the Johns Hopkins University. During her undergraduate years, Felicia accrued a vast amount of experiences. To name a few, she taught English in Denmark, served as an Admissions Representative
participating in the summertransition program. The Meyerhoff program is similar to the M-Engin program in that it focuseson improving self-efficacy through social and academic integration. It also offers, as does M-Engin, programmatic elements that include skill development, motivational support and intrusiveadvising. The Meyerhoff study36 found these program elements were linked to student’s self-efficacy and therefore persistence in achieving a STEM degree and pursuing graduate study.Maton et al.37 also concluded that a sense of community contributed to a salient science identityand research self-efficacy. The intentional and ongoing efforts of the M-Engin program to builda student community throughout the summer program might similarly affect self
quantitativestudy results, which were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), ledto the development of open-ended, structured questions for two qualitative focus groups thatwere conducted in March 2016. Qualitative data were analyzed using line-by-line hand-codingand NVivo software. Anonymity of all participants was maintained.IntroductionIn 2005, a congressional report addressed growing concern over the United States’ diminishedglobal standing in mathematics, science, and innovation (National Academies of Science,Engineering, & Medicine [NASEM], 2005). Rising Above the Gathering Storm prompted anationwide effort to implement the committee's recommendations for improving science literacyacross K-16 educational settings. In
Engineering Through a Humanistic Lens” in Engineering Studies 2015 and ”A Game-Based Approach to Information Literacy and Engi- neering in Context” (with Laura Hanlan) in Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference 2015. A classroom game she developed with students and colleagues at WPI, ”Humanitarian Engineering Past and Present: Worcester’s Sewage Problem at the Turn of the Twentieth Century” was chosen by the Na- tional Academy of Engineering as an ”Exemplary Engineering Ethics Activity” that prepares students for ”ethical practice, research, or leadership in engineering.”Ms. Laura A. Robinson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lead Research & Instruction LibrarianProf. John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester
every engineering graduate will work foran international development or other NGO.Instead, we propose that educators should strive to prepare students for a wide variety ofpersonal and professional pathways, yet with the goal of enabling them to become truly globalengineers capable of navigating ethical issues in diverse job roles and national/cultural contexts.Thus, engineering educators from the four different approaches to engineering ethics in theglobal context need more communication, collaboration, and coordination among themselves, ashow to educate a globally professional and responsible engineer is a very real and daunting issuethat has received much less attention than other topics in the field of engineering education.References 1
encounters with the Other. (This is most obvious in her latest new course, A Global State of Mind.) Whatever the subject, her courses are grounded in accountability–to the text, to oneself, and to one’s fellows.Ms. Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder Robyn Sandekian is the Managing Director of the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Com- munities (MCEDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder). She joined the Engineering for Developing Communities Program (now known as the Mortenson Center) in spring 2004, just as the first EDC graduate track was approved. With MCEDC, her main duties have included student advising and academic program development. Recently, she co-developed the
attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr
. Besser, a licensed engineer, was a design engineer with HNTB-CA, where she worked on seismic retrofits and new design of high profile transportation structures.Ms. Alison Haugh, University of St. Thomas Alison Haugh is a recent graduate from the University of St.Thomas with degrees in Elementary Edu- cation, STEM Education, and a focus in Engineering Education. Her undergraduate research with the Playful Learning Lab focused on expanding quality engineering education with an eye to under-served populations, including students with disabilities, emphasizing learning through play. Alison was the Lead STEPS (Science, Technology, and Engineering Preview program) curriculum constructor and continues to be an off-site
on education and workforce development in engineering and science fields. Previous and current clients include the American Chemical Society, the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, California Institute of Technology, the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at California State University Fullerton, the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education at Stanford University, the School of Medicine at Stanford University, and the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.Beth Rieken, Stanford University Beth Rieken is a PhD Candidate at Stanford University in the Mechanical Engineering Department. She is in the Designing Education Lab advised by Prof. Sheri