critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”Dr. Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston (CoE & CoT) Dr. Jerrod A. Henderson (”Dr. J”) is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Cullen College of Engi- neering at the University of Houston. He joined the University of Houston after six years as a chemical engineering faculty member at the University of Illinois. He has dedicated his career to increasing the number of students who are in the pipeline to pursue STEM careers. He believes that exposing students to STEM early will have a lasting impact upon their lives and academic pursuits. He is the co-founder of the St. Elmo Brady STEM Academy (SEBA). SEBA is an educational
toaddress the glaring underrepresentation of girls and women in STEM—science, technology, engineering,and mathematics—fields. Motivated by the critical imperative of better understanding and addressing thegender biases that inhere early on in the STEM pipeline, this initiative aims to provide innovative trainingand support to young women in STEM as they transition through high school and college to successfultechnology careers. This initiative is distinct from traditional pipeline projects because it does not focuson the technical skills and education of STEM. Instead, the project takes an interdisciplinary approach toSTEM education, infusing students’ technical training with leadership training through a lens of genderinequality—bringing together
Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 10 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using motivation and related frameworks to study student engagement in learning, recruitment and retention in engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections of motivation and learning strategies.Dr. Gary R. Kirk, School of Public & International Affairs, Virginia TechDr. Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia
elective for allengineering students. The course successfully implements reflection practices to measureattainment of civic learning outcomes, which are essential to true service-learning courses. Arubric measures student achievement of course technical outcomes. Improved team performancedemonstrates effectiveness of the university mentors. The mentoring has a demonstrable effecton youth attitudes toward STEM education and careers. The course and mentoring resulted in85% retention of existing youth team members, plus addition of new youth from 3 additionalhigh schools, expanding the reach of the robotics team in the community. The course has alsoresulted in the university hosting a district competition, increasing STEM visibility to the
engagement continuum is to sparknew initiatives across the educational ecosystem.Generally speaking, the steady production of diverse STEM graduates is accomplished through adependable pipeline of diverse student cohorts who are competent and prepared for STEMeducation at 2- and 4-year institutions. When done effectively, STEM pipeline developmentconnects higher education, families, K-12 educators, community organizations, and industrypartners as well as provides a spectrum of meaningful experiences towards skill developmentand career preparation. In addition to strengthening the connectivity among partners, a successfulSTEM pipeline brings with it a multiplier effect that overflows into other aspects of communitybuilding, so it has essentially a
Shannon is Associate Teaching Professor of Biological Sciences at Missouri University of Sci- ence and Technology. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology with Honors from the University of North Carolina and her PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology from the Harvard Medical School. She has been active in biology education research since early in her career. She was a fellow in the Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education (SPIRE) as a Postdoc at UNC. In the SPIRE program Dr. Shannon was introduced to the fellowship of teaching and learning. In 2013, she participated in the American Society for Microbiology Biology Scholars Program Research Residency. During her research residency, she
will be performed at the end of the semester as part of an overallassessment of the new EPICS program on campus.Benefits to CommunityWhat do you think are the benefits of the partnership with the student design team are forRapid City?By partnering, we have the advantage of their expertise in areas where we would be spendingadditional city funds to get the same services accomplished. This also provides a way for thestudents to work outside the school environment to solve problems they may encounter in theirfuture careers or studies.This can only strengthen the relationship between the City and SD Mines. The City also profitsfrom the team’s focus on providing an evaluation and strategy to make the city administrationbuilding more efficient. The
Paper ID #23444Outreach Potential of Displaying Research Artifacts in Art MuseumsDr. Larry L. Howell, Brigham Young University Larry L Howell is an Associate Dean and Professor at Brigham Young University (BYU). He received his B.S. degree from BYU and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University. Prior to joining BYU in 1994 he was a visiting professor at Purdue University, a finite element analysis consultant for Engineering Methods, Inc., and an engineer on the design of the YF-22 (the prototype for the U.S. Air Force F-22 Rap- tor). He is a Fellow of ASME, the recipient of the ASME Machine Design Award, NSF Career
big data techniques and tools to investigate the role of so- cial media in engaging public and under-represented communities towards STEM education and informal learning.Dr. Aditya Johri, George Mason University Aditya Johri is Associate Professor in the department of Information Sciences & Technology. Dr. Johri studies the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for learning and knowledge shar- ing, with a focus on cognition in informal environments. He also examine the role of ICT in supporting distributed work among globally dispersed workers and in furthering social development in emerging economies. He received the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Early Career Award in 2009. He is co
on 1) collaboration with peers; 2) active learning and exploration.There are many reasons to create a multidisciplinary environment. Previous literature shows thatmultidisciplinary team experiences simulate real world work environments, prepare (especiallyengineering) students for their future careers [10], enhance students’ moral development [11],multicultural competence, and civic engagement [12]. For engineering majors, “an ability tofunction on multidisciplinary teams” was listed by The Accreditation Board of Engineering andTechnology (ABET) as one of its desired educational outcomes [13]. A multidisciplinaryservice-learning approach has been used in computer-related academic programs as well todesign for social change [14] and software
quality of life of the communities. Finally, the risks, challenges, and problemsevidenced by the community are exposed as well as the opportunities that can be used by thePEAMA in the future. The main results highlight the community's feeling of perceiving theuniversity and the PEAMA program as a key player in the territory, beyond just the academicdimension, the community's interest in increasing the careers offered by the program, alsoexpresses the need for the community to be informed about the projects developed inside theUniversity.Keywords: Humanitarian Engineering, Sustainability, Community Development, SustainableHuman Development, 1. IntroductionHigher quality education in Colombia has historically been concentrated in big
endeavor. The Corner is located on Fifth Avenue where five (5) consecutiveblocks on this main thoroughfare have been dubbed the "Corridor of Innovation".The Corner is described on the Penn State New Kensington (PSNK) web site as: “The Corner Launchbox program and coworking space concepts were made possible in part by a seed grant of $150,000 from Invent Penn State, a Commonwealth-wide initiative to spur economic development, job creation and student career success, and a partnership with Westmoreland County. Penn State New Kensington used the grant to create a unique model that melds entrepreneurship, coworking space and community-driven economic development to revitalize the city. The result is the first
. Kitsantas, “The effect of a horseshoe crab citizen science program on middle school student science performance and STEM career motivation,” School Science and Mathematics, vol. 114, pp. 302–311, 2014.7. I. Azjen, Attitudes, Personality and Behavior. Chicago, IL: Dorsey, 1988.8. I. Azjen, “The theory of planned behavior,” Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, vol. 50, pp. 179–211, 1991.9. J. A. Maxwell, Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2013.10. D. Harper, D. “Talking about pictures: A case for photo elicitation,” Visual Studies, vol. 17, pp. 13–26, 2002.11. S. R. Brookfield, “Using critical incidents to explore learners’ assumptions,” in Fostering Critical
engage instakeholder engagement activities provides students with knowledge and skills that will benefitthem in their future careers as engineering professionals.IntroductionIn the United States, the growth of programs in the past two decades such as HumanitarianEngineering (HE) and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) reflects student interest inunderstanding the challenges facing communities in the developing world and applyingengineering principles to address these challenges. There have also been efforts in academia andindustry, in collaboration with organizations like EWB, to define a global engineer, whoacknowledges that his or her expertise is critical to sustainable development efforts and who“takes into account socioeconomic realities and
the solution, but in accompanying the studentin finding a proposal that is consistent with the challenge presented. This requires that theteacher has certain strengths, abilities and methodologic preferences. On the other side, notbeing a traditional educational approach, students are not familiar with these dynamics whichcan generate uncertainty on the process. Furthermore, for a learning method to work, it must beappropriated by the students and it must be suitable on the topic that is being thought; CBL canbe very effective for certain students or areas, but possibly not for everybody, nor for a wholeuniversity career [5].This means that the process must be mediated from a co-creation perspective where thecommunity has an active role
]. Community partnerships continue to grow with a waiting list of partners and ahigh rate of partner retention that point to success of the program. A study of alumni showedthat participation in the program benefited graduates in their careers in industry [11]. Thenumber of people who have been impacted in the 22 years of the programs exceeds 3 millionpeople. The university consortium continues to increase nearly doubling over the last four yearsto 46. The K12 adaptation of the EPICS has grown to schools in 17 U.S. states. Challengesremain and are a challenge every year with the program. However the successes and value-added to the university has the administration planning for further expansion.References[1] E. Tsang, Projects that Matter: Concepts
Paper ID #21602Engagement in Practice: CAE Education via Service-LearningDr. David C. Che, Mount Vernon Nazarene University Dr. Che had worked in the industry for eleven years (8 years with General Motors in Michigan and 3 years with Stafast in Ohio) before beginning a fulltime teaching career. He first taught at Geneva Col- lege in Pennsylvania for 7 years and then at Anderson University in Indiana for one year before joining Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He is now Chair and Professor of Engineer- ing at MVNU. His research interests include CAD/CAM/CAE, automotive engineering, manufacturing
», Rural Educ., vol. 33, pp. 9-22, 2012. [9] J. A. Galosy y N. M. Gillespie, «Community, Inquiry, Leadership: Exploring Early Career Opportunities That Support STEM Teacher Growth and Sustainability», Clear. House A J. Educ. Strateg. Issues Ideas, vol. 86, n.o 6, pp. 207-215, 2013. [10] K. Schneider, «Engagement in practice: Community-engaged scholarship to address local food insecurity», ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. Conf. Proc., vol. 2017- June, 2017. 8
requirements to be a project client?• When/Where do meetings take place?• What makes a good project?Students then met with the teachers at the campus to develop requirements and gain backgroundinformation. Additionally, they attended class in order to better understand the needs of theteachers. At the last meeting they presented to projects to the class and also were able toencourage students to consider careers in engineering. Through this client relationship welearned the following lessons:1. Cooperation in developing problem statements and managing expectations is beneficial. Had we not met with teachers before students did, some disappointment might have occurred. Luckily we were able to curb the expectations of the workload that students
4 4 0 50% 8 0 0 100%Students develop the capacity to work with the community 4 3 1 50% 8 0 0 100%Students gain experience relevant to professional careers 6 0 1 86% 7 0 1 88%Students learn core engineering skills 8 0 0 100% 8 0 0 100%Students work on projects that are needed in the community 3 3 2 38% 1 0 7 88%Student - CooperativeStudents learn professional skills (i.e. team building, communication