between peers -The course helped students identify -The course provided a strong which areas of BME they were/were not introduction to basic engineering interested in concepts BME Career -While hearing about faculty research -The course activities kept students was nice, the course could benefit from interested due to their relevance to talking about career paths/opportunities BME when entering the workforce -Students enjoyed random group -Students related the group project assignments because it introduced them to their future careers as engineers
to students interested inSTEM careers at SCSU especially in Information Systems, Computer Science, and ComputerEngineering. SCSU-STEM enhanced the ability of underrepresented, academically talented andfinancially needy students to complete high-quality computing or engineering degree programand aimed at strengthening the STEM workforce and its leadership. It provided a significantchange in the award recipient lives, retain in their disciplines and graduate on time. The SCSU-STEM scholars were recruited at the junior level including transfer students. Full-time facultymentors provided academic advising. Scholars participated in research and senior design projectswith peer and graduate assistant support. They also completed internships
Department of Environmental, Occupational and Agricultural Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She has published over 95 peer-reviewed journal papers and book chapters, was awarded an NSF CAREER award in 2012, and in 2015 was a member of a team receiving the Grand Prize for University Research from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. Dr. Bartelt-Hunt teaches an introductory course in environmental engineering as well as environmental engineering chemistry and solid waste management and has received university and national awards recognizing her teaching. She served as graduate chair in the Department of Civil Engineering from 2013-2016 and in 2014, was named a R. Vernon McBroom
that the issue for engineering education is more ofrecruitment than retention. Further, Godwin et al.32 advised that efforts to recruit women shouldnot solely focus on building physics, math, or engineering identities but should also emphasizetheir empowerment in changing their world through engineering.Insight 2: Women students rely on their family members for choosing their careers Many authors have highlighted the influence of high school teachers on students’ careerchoices and preparation for the choices29,30,26,33, it appears that women students also rely on theirparents and other family members for making the choices34.Insight 3: The K12 system must help women students to develop social capital and navigationalcapital The K
STEM Students (SAMS)program seeks to attract local, highly motivated, needy students that demonstrate an aptitude forSTEM careers, while focusing on under-represented minorities in STEM disciplines.GoalsThe SAMS program provides up to 120 scholarships for academically talented full-time STEMstudents who have a demonstrated financial need. The program allows students to successfullygraduate and/or transfer to 4-year institutions in STEM fields. The program has a five-yearduration, and is now completing its third year. The objectives of the program are to: 1) retain atleast 75% of the scholars for the duration of the grant; 2) have 50% of the scholars beunderrepresented minorities (URMs) or women in STEM disciplines; 3) have the scholars
his appoint- ment at UIUC in August 2012. His research interests lie in materials science, molecular simulation, and machine learning, with particular directions in accelerated sampling using deep and manifold learning, and the design of antiviral vaccines, antimicrobial peptides, and self-assembling colloids and peptides. He is the recipient of a 2017 UIUC College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research, 2016 AIChE CoMSEF Young Investigator Award for Modeling & Simulation, 2015 ACS OpenEye Out- standing Junior Faculty Award, 2014 NSF CAREER Award, 2014 ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator, and was named the Institution of Chemical Engineers North America 2013 Young Chemical Engineer of the
internships’ impact on engineering self-efficacy and commitmentto an engineering career, academic goals and interest in research, career goals, and engagementwith professionals from academia and industry. Best practices and lessons learned are shared,along with recommendations for colleges looking to replicate the program.1. Overview of ASPIRES Program at Cañada CollegeCañada College, located in the San Francisco Bay Area, is a Hispanic-serving communitycollege, and is one of three colleges in the San Mateo Community College District. During the2015-16 academic year, Cañada College enrolled 10,075 unique students. The student body isgenuinely multi-cultural with Hispanic students as the largest single group at 45.2%; whitestudents comprise 26.8
conducted research into heavy metals concentrations in plants and soils on Pine Ridge Reservation and ethnographic research on Rosebud Reservation. That reservation research is part of an ongoing National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored Pre-Engineering Education Collabora- tive led by Oglala Lakota College (a tribal college) in cooperation with South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and SDSU. She has recently served as a principal investigator for a South Dakota Space Grant Consortium project designed to create interest in STEM education and careers among high school girls at Flandreau Indian School. She has publications in peer-reviewed regional conference proceedings and international journals and has recently
engineering.IntroductionDespite gender similarities in mathematics and science achievement, women continue to beunderrepresented in STEM education and careers [1]-[3]. Of the 108,969 bachelor’s degrees inengineering awarded in 2013-2014, 20,031 (18.4%) were awarded to women [4]. Between 2000and 2013, the proportion of science and engineering bachelor’s degrees in all fields awarded towomen remained mostly flat with declines in computer science (10%), mathematics and statistics(5%), physics (3%), and engineering (1%) [5]. Some researchers reported retention rates inscience and engineering in the U.S. have been disproportionately high for women [1], [6], whileothers have pointed out the attrition rates for women were consistent with those in other majors[7]. Research has
efforts that support students in their STEM education and career pathways pursuits. Prior to Science Foundation Arizona, Ms. VanIngen-Dunn served as President of CVID Consulting, build- ing on years of experience as engineer and project manager in human crashworthiness and safety design, development and testing, working for contractors in commuter rail, aerospace and defense industries. VanIngen-Dunn has an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a BSE degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa. She serves on the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering Advisory Board, the YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix Board of Directors, and the Maricopa Community College Workforce
design teams and professional engineering societies, has been shown topromote engineering identity development, graduate school intentions, and plans to pursueengineering careers after graduation.In this work we posit that it is not simply differences in SES that separate highly involved,successful students in engineering from their less involved, less successful counterparts. Insteadwe postulate that such differences inform students’ socialization into engineering and, as a result,their patterns of co-curricular participation. Weidman defines socialization as “the process bywhich individuals acquire the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that make them more or lesseffective members of their society” [5]. In this study, we hypothesize that an
) Institute”. A certified coach, Grant consults and empowers STEM individuals at all levels in the academy towards excellence in career and professional development. Her workshops on mentoring and academic career development for NSF ADVANCE programs at Purdue, Cornell, Texas A&M, University of Toledo, UVA, Prairie View A&M, and the ADVANCE Annual PI meetings pro- mote STEM faculty development while providing diverse role models for students. She has mentored and empowered hundreds of faculty, students and postdocs.Dr. M. Claire Horner-Devine, University of Washington and Counterspace Consulting Dr. Claire Horner-Devine is the co-founder and co-director of three, federally funded, national programs (BRAINS, WEBS
-socioeconomic students as an often understudied population. Justin has served as the ASEE Student Division Co-Program Chair and is a current Director of Special Projects for the Educational Research & Methods Division.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. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical
other disciplines, my understanding of the other profession (OT for ENGR, ENGR for OT) involved in this collaboration has changed. (n=5) Not at all A little Somewhat Significantly A lot 1 0 0 3 1 The interdisciplinary meetings were effective in shaping the final project design (n=5) Not at all A little Somewhat Significantly A lot 0 1 0 1 3Student’s perceptions on their likelihood to pursue similar collaborative projects in theirprofessional careers are shown in Table 2. While 4 students
will benefit his/her academic career, why the applicant should be considered for this program, and what is his/her 5 year plan including academic studies and professional career.Applications are reviewed using a review matrix by a committee in the College of Engineering.Students who accept the SPURS scholarship must graduate from their respective degree programwithin 3 years from receiving the scholarship. Students will remain in the program as long ashe/she is a full-time engineering student and maintains a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher.Students must participate in at least two SPURS Workshops each semester, meets with theirfaculty mentor at least two times a semester and COE academic advisor, and career counselor atleast once
State UniversityProf. Paul Kelter, North Dakota State University Paul Kelter’s 38-year career has focused on the integration and transfer of knowledge among students and teachers at all educational levels. He was the inaugural director of the Science Outreach Office at the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh in the late 1980’s through early 1990’s. Many of the programs he instituted via external funding are still part of that office. He was the co-PI on the successful, long-term Operation Chemistry literacy program for all levels of teachers, and parlayed that national program into grant-funded summer and year-round workshops in Wisconsin, Nebraska, and North Carolina over a 15- year period. During his 7-year tenure at
discussed are some aspects ofengineering education and relevant trends in alumni giving.Keywords: alumni, voluntarism, training, ABET, laboratory, collaboration, experiential learning 1. IntroductionCal Poly is a predominantly undergraduate institution widely recognized for its excellentengineering programs. With an enrollment of over 5,800 undergraduate students and 280graduate students, the College of Engineering is a major supplier of engineering talent inCalifornia. As most of our baccalaureate recipients begin their careers in industry and do notpursue graduate degrees, our programs strive to keep a curriculum aligned with industrialpractice.Both the structure and the content of the curriculum determine the alignment. Typically, acurriculum
) advantage. As apreliminary study, students were asked: 1. Which types of problems (Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blank or Handwritten) are best for which area of study (Math, Physics, and Engineering)? 2. To what degree did you find online homework helpful? 3. Which types of problems will help in your career?ResultsResults (Fig. 1 below) indicate that students overwhelmingly feel hand written homework is bestsuited for the Engineering discipline (over 90%). Furthermore, 57-60% of these same studentsindicate that this type of solution is appropriate in the Math and Physics disciplines, so moststudents do see value in traditional homework methods. So why are faculty using onlinehomework problems in these classes? One reason
students to discuss the common “unwritten rules” ofresearch, as presented by their peers (who are actively performing research). As a result, theybegan their research careers with a better understanding of how and where to start and stayorganized. This workshop also benefitted new students’ labs, because it centralized andoutsourced the training of new graduate students. As a result, more time became available forlab-specific training by lab managers.Participating as a facilitator in this workshop presents a unique opportunity for graduate studentswho aspire to an academic career. Others have noted that completion of a Ph.D. itself does notnecessarily develop teaching and mentorship skills 9, therefore students could benefit from extrateaching
, besides a confirmation and/or an invigorated intent to pursue advanced studyand a career in STEM fields. Altogether, the experience and lessons learned from year-one hasprovided invaluable perception for imparting a broader impact through this NSF-REU site.Background & MotivationMetrology, the science of measurement, and (non-destructive) inspection transcends scales,materials, and disciplines; yet, rarely are its salient aspects emphasized. For instance, is italarming that a significant number of graduating seniors in engineering are oblivious to errorsand uncertainty in measurement, gauge repeatability/reproducibility, fits/tolerances, etc., suchthat they are perplexed as to why a computer-aided design (CAD) model of a 2” diametercylinder
Engineering from Purdue University. Prior to attending UT, she worked as a chemical engineer for an industrial gas company.Dr. Maura Borrego, University of Texas, Austin Maura Borrego is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and STEM Education at the University of Texas at Austin. She previously served as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation, on the board of the American Society for Engineering Education, and as an associate dean and director of interdisciplinary graduate programs. Her research awards include U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and two outstanding publication awards from the American Educational Research
a member of the University Research Council before pursuing doctoral studies. Prior to joining ADDU in 2008, Ms. Soledad was a Senior Team Lead for Accenture, where she worked on and managed systems maintenance and enhancement projects.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Associate Professor in Virginia 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
College of Engineering Student Success Strategic Plan. In developing thestrategic plan four organizing themes emerged: messaging, structural, support, and community.Table 1 provides details of the strategic plan themes.B. Strategy DetailsThe structure chosen to improve student experiences and performance in the college includedelements as given above in Table 1. Details are provided below.B.1. Messaging ThemeThis theme concerns how the college messages about engineering to various audiences. Thisincludes the type of work engineers do, studying engineering, preparing for careers inengineering, the nature of engineering work and its impact, and how engineers intersect withothers in society to drive progress and prosperity. In this regard, the 2008
majors, including Electrical and Computer Engineering students. Multiple factors contribute to retention issues, such as poor teaching and advising, the difficulty of the engineering curriculum, and lack of motivation resulting from poor connections to the engineering community. Statistics indicate a large drop in the continuation rate between the first and third years among Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) students. As students encounter increasing course difficulty in the early stages of their programs, they often lack motivation to persist because they have weak connections to their majors and potential careers in STEM. The Summer Interdisciplinary Team
professional development on negotiation skills,a glimpse of the life and career of ECE faculty members, information on different types ofschools, tips on how to prepare for a successful academic position interview, and opportunitiesfor networking with over 300 department heads and 40 peers. In response to a post-workshopsurvey, students reported that they particularly valued the networking opportunities withdepartment heads and peers provided by this unique opportunity to bring students and chairstogether at the ECEDHA conference. Participants’ interest in postdoc and faculty positionsincreased after the workshop with more of an increase in interest in faculty positions. Those whoresponded to a second survey six months later reported that they
engineering. Among the courses, we identify differences in the extent to which theclasses of students: 1) improved in defining CSR and identifying historical trends in itsdevelopment; 2) broadened their understanding of stakeholders to include oppositional groups;3) believed that CSR would be relevant to their careers as engineers; and 4) considered thattraining in CSR had enhanced their interest in engineering ethics more broadly. We offerpreliminary thoughts on the main causes of those differences, including course content andcontext, instructor background, and length and depth of the CSR modules. Finally, we concludeby tying our research back to the existing work on engineering students’ attitudes and learningabout social responsibility to
art facilities.One of the more effective ways to increase knowledge about science, technology, engineering,and math (STEM) careers is to increase the knowledge of teachers. As part of a National ScienceFoundation Advanced Technological Education project, a group of high school teachers wasoffered the opportunity to work in advanced manufacturing labs with engineering faculty. Theseprojects included additive manufacturing (AM) of ceramics, surface characterization of AMmetal parts, and surface alteration. The teachers were tasked with developing lesson plans whichincorporated the advanced manufacturing concepts that they had learned.As part of the assessment of the program, teachers were given pre- and post- research experiencesurveys
Paper ID #21673Normative and Non-Normative Engineering Student Experiences in Navigat-ing the Cultures of EngineeringMr. Derrick James Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno Derrick Satterfield is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education and Chemical Engineering at the Uni- versity of Nevada, Reno. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in May 2017, and plans to pursue a career in academia in the future. His research interests are in graduate student attrition rates within academia, engineering identity development and the factors that influence decision making on persistence.Ms. Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue
continuing education initiatives for the Center; grant writing, program development and management; and conducting outreach to K-12 students. She additionally manages the West Region Transportation Workforce Center (WRTWC), a resource center serving a ten- state regional network of transportation organizations, workforce advocates, and educational institutions to communicate best practices, catalyze new strategic partnerships, and leverage resources to enhance the transportation workforce at all levels. In that capacity, she also serves as the Associate Director for the National Transportation Safety Career Pathways Initiative, part of a national consortium supported by the Federal Highway Administration to develop career
infrastructure. In this study, survey find-ings were used to address the following research questions: 1. What are civil engineering students’ views on: a. The most and least important infrastructure components? b. Impact of infrastructure revitalization on their future careers? c. Current condition of the infrastructure? d. Willingness to consider non-traditional solutions to infrastructure challenges? 2. Are there regional differences in students’ views of infrastructure (comparing students in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West)? 3. Are there gender differences in students’ views of infrastructure? 4. How do students’ views of infrastructure change as they progress through civil engineer