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Rochelle Williams; Sherri Frizell; Felecia Nave; Audie Thompson

Using Experiential and Collaborative Learning to promote Careers in Engineering Rochelle Williams2, Sherri Frizell1, Felecia Nave1,2 and Audie Thompson1 1 Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, 2Academic Affairs, Prairie View A&M University 700 University Drive, Prairie View, TX, 77446, USA E-mail: akthompson@pvamu.edu, ssfrizell@pvamu.edu, rlwilliams@pvamu.edu, fmnave@pvamu.edu Abstract build core skills in math during the critical summer months This paper discusses the design of the Girls Accelerating [7].and Learning STEM (G.A.L.S.) one-week residential In an effort to increase the number of

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Julia N. Savoy; Mia K. Markey; H. Grady Rylander III

E-mail: mia.markey@utexas.edu; rylander@mail.utexas.edu Abstract has focused on the supervisor’s impact through in academic Excellent relationships between predoctoral students and advising, skill development, and career developmentfaculty supervisors can lay the foundation for a satisfying mentoring [10]. Despite the important role supervisors candegree program and productive future. Contrarily, poor play, one study found that as much as 36% of doctoralrelationships can frustrate both students and supervisors. students receive no career advice, and another 20% receiveWe examined mentoring experiences focused on career less than they

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Pranav A. Bhounsule; Ahmad Taha; Sebastian Nugruho

8th grade girls from science and engineering careers. In this paper, we report oneconomically disadvantaged families. The overall objective an outreach camp that we organized, results of the pre- andof the camp was motivating the young girls to consider post-camp surveys, and provide suggestions for futurepursuing a career in engineering and sciences. The main camps.focus of the camp were hands-on labs using LEGOMindstorms EV3 kit. Students learned about programming, The overall motive of the outreach program is to create ansensors, motors and put their skills to test by creating a awareness about controls and robotics to motivate youngmobile robot that

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Hai-Chao Han; Hung-da Wan; Xiaodu Wang

Development of a Personalized Quantitative Faculty Annual Evaluation System Hai-Chao Han, Hung-da Wan, Xiaodu Wang Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA E-mail: hchan@utsa.edu Abstract Based on college and department goals and needs as well Faculty annual evaluation is critical for faculty career as faculty professional development needs, we selected keydevelopment and department success. Our department activity measures for the area of teaching, research, anddeveloped a quantitative faculty evaluation metrics system

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Okan Caglayan; Sreedevi Ande P.E.; Erik Coronado; Max Martinez; Samuel Handowski

presentations emphasized the following skills/attributes that students need in order to be successful in college and career:1. Introduction  Time management – class attendance, planning, Soon-to-be high school graduates from around the class assignmentsworld apply to the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW)  Networking and communication – soft skills,for their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and

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Chaoyi Wang; Michael Frye; Sreerenjini Nair

previous interests in STEM during the middle school years. Makingexposure and a coherent course sequence to increase some changes to STEM curriculum and STEM pedagogiespreparedness and sustain interest in STEM careers. may help girls better develop their STEM identity.8 Another issue of STEM education is the inequitable Based on the issues and gender differentiation indiscipline attention.1 The disciplines of STEM education STEM education, Dr. Frye and Dr. Nair began to hosthighly emphasize on science and neglect engineering and MiniGEMS camp since 2015. The camp targeted at girlscomputer programming educations in elementary school only and aimed to

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Margo Cousins; Brandi DeMont; Laura Suggs; Mia K. Markey

richresearch, regardless of their funding source, we sought to mentorship environment provides students with an in-depthfacilitate their identification with a larger, diverse student introduction to a career as a researcher and can thereforecohort. Criteria across the programs introduced challenges have a large impact on their identity as a scientist early into establishing a shared community, such as subsets of their undergraduate career, allowing them the time toAffiliated Scholars entering the summer program with adequately prepare for successful admission to andexisting social relationships. We will discuss specific completion of a graduate degree program. [2] By blendingchallenges and

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Timothy Urban; Margaret Baguio

directorate. how to interpret NASA satellite and mission data while working• Providing secondary students with authentic NASA with scientists and engineers in their chosen area of work. Projects mission-based opportunities that build STEM and their descriptions that were offered in 2017 include: knowledge, skills, and career awareness through a • Aerospace Engineering – This project will advance high nationally competitive High School Summer Intern quality STEM education by using NASA’s unique program that challenges students to conduct research capabilities. Exploration is a key driver in learning and from data supplied by

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Matt Leonard; Joseph Morgan; Jeremy P. Coffelt

could be constructed from As depicted in Figure 1, the Digital Systems Teaching 3D-printed parts and other mechanical and electronicand Research (DSTR – pronounced “Disaster”) Robot is a components which can be purchased at a local hardwarefour-wheeled, articulated-leg suspension mobile platform store or from numerous on-line sources. The primary focusthat can operate in a tele-operate or autonomous mode. The of the DSTR Robot is to be an experiential educationsuspension is a unique aspect of the robot and allows the manipulative that motivates and inspires secondary andmobile platform to “walk” over obstacles it encounters. This college level students to pursue STEM-based careers,feature

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Jafar F. Al-Sharab; Curtis Desselles; Robert Dalling; Mauricio Escobar; Ariell Shield; Hoa Nguyen; McKenzie Cutrer; Will Heitman

person and is related toSTEM makers club, which combines Northwestern State the change and growth of that person. However KolbUniversity (NSU) and The Louisiana School for Math, (1984) thinks that experiential learning is like a four-stageScience, and the Arts (LSMSA). The main objective of this process. The four-stages of experiential learning is:Makers Club is to make students excited about STEM and Concrete Experience (Doing), Reflection (Observing),to increase the number of students who are interested in Abstract Conceptualization (Thinking), and ActiveSTEM related careers. The newly founded club (NSU- Experiment (Planning). Some of the key principles ofLSMSA Makers Club) emphasizes

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Matthew Alexander

, and awareness of professional registrationserving institution present unique challenges for are non-technical professional skills that engineersprofessional skill development. Students in the Chemical graduating with a bachelor’s degree should be equippedProcess Design II and III course sequence in chemical with upon embarking upon a professional career inengineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville are industry. At Texas A&M University-Kingsvilleintroduced repeatedly to the importance of communication (TAMUK), discussion and assessment for these skills isskills, and the topics of professional engineering licensure woven in with technical instruction in the two-course seniorand

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Steve E. Watkins; Nancy M. Ostin

Nu (IEEE-HKN), the honor society of the Institute ofinstitution does not necessarily mean that the chapter is Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), are given.effectively serving the host department(s) and itsengineering students. This paper describes commonalities 2. Engineering Honor Societiesamong engineering honor societies, the possible roles of an 2.1 History of American Honor Societieshonor society within an engineering department, and some The industrial revolutions prior to 1900 led to the growthbest practices for effective honor society chapters. Specific of engineering careers. Various professional societies inexamples from the operation of IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu engineering were formed

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Sarah Seraj; June Young Park; Michael Pieratt

, safety and well-being ofpeople and have ethical implications. Some may even move hundreds of people. Hence, engineers must hold their moralto a career of political advocacy and policy-making. and ethical principles to the highest prerogative. TheHowever, most engineering curricula have a strongly Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technologytechnical focus and do not require students to think critically (ABET) require that accredited engineering programsabout ethical issues related to engineering. To bridge this (2016-2017) prepare students to design systems,gap, we developed a classroom-based town hall meeting components or processes within “realistic constraints suchactivity

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John R. Clegg; Kenneth R. Diller

. first author was also present, and participated in dialogues ranging from the class work to career plans, summer travel,Students find open-ended challenge problems engaging, generic complaints, current events, and the rain in England (ormotivating, and interesting. The real-world applicability and lack thereof). Students had the opportunity to discuss theirthe collaborative and creative nature of their solution also suits respective backgrounds, interests, goals, aspirations

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Jitendra Tate; Craig Hanks; Harold Stern; Walt Trybula

still-new Ingram School of under the guidance of an advisory council made up ofEngineering. During work on an NSF funded grant, nanotechnology experts from academia and industry.we were able to infuse ethics related modules in 13 One important goal of the project was to recruit,different courses, across three colleges and at all engage, prepare, and encourage students fromlevels of undergraduate study. Three members of our traditionally underrepresented groups into careers inteam (Hanks, Tate, Trybula) were PIs or Senior Science and Engineering. In our third year we revisedPersonnel on the NSF grant project, and the fourth the curricula in the introductory course to

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Walter W. Buchanan

was not theprograms should be called “Applied Engineering.” case with all companies and so there was a need for more “hands-on” graduates. As a result four-year engineering technology programs came on line and the first one1. Introduction accredited by ABET was at Brigham Young University inThe author’s career focus for many years has been in 1967. [2] Other followed quickly such as at the Universityengineering technology. It may be of interest on how he of Houston in 1968 and Purdue University in 1969. At thebecame interested in

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Tony McClary; Jacqueline A. Zeiber; Patricia Sullivan; Steven Stochaj

degreesengineering discipline. Completing the program also led to and careers in STEM.improvements in self-efficacy and increased interest in thefield of engineering. This paper will discuss the process for 2. Methodsdeveloping design challenges for assessment of self- 2.1 The Outreach Program [1]efficacy, assessment tools, and outcomes from the program NM PREP is a two-week program that takes place at Newdelivery. Mexico State University (NMSU). Throughout the program, students are introduced to the various engineering disciplines offered at the collegiate

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Viktor N_ssi; Ana Goulart

analyzers, vector signal generators,arbitrary waveform generators, and signal analyzers, which However, there are two practical challenges that professorswill help their engineering and/or research careers. face to keep the experiential learning relevant in their courses. One is to keep their wireless course – lecture and laboratory - up-to-date with current wireless technologies.1. Introduction The other is the cost of laboratory equipment, because higher frequency ranges mean higher costs. For example

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Stephany Coffman-Wolph; Kimberlyn Gray; Marcia Pool

multiple STEM disciplines, measures to be used (including pre- and post-surveys andbut those who develop these skills perform better within assessment of student performance).their STEM courses. The authors hypothesize that introduc-tion of these skills within a first-year computer sciencecourse will benefit a student’s successful completion of a 1. IntroductionSTEM degree and their future STEM career [1]. The goal Problem solving skills have been shown to be extremelyof this research is to integrate fundamental problem-solving important for successfully completing a degree in a STEMskills into the

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David Ewing

collaborative learning environment focusing on solvingyear engineering class using the Student-Centered Active problems in contrast to traditional lecture styles. Also,Learning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogies student group interaction and student to instructor(SCALE-Up) method to specifically address engineering interaction increase in order to foster more individualizedstudent retention by encouraging student persistence and attention. This method, along with other active learningsuccess throughout their academic career. Since UTA strategies, has also been shown to increase success rates forenjoys a very diverse student population with varying all students

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Margo Cousins; Daniel Puperi

Interest, and Outcome Expectations for Career Although this survey did not confirm low engagement Development in Academic Medicine. J. Career Assess.,directly due to a lack of participating in the survey, the 24(1). pp. 182–196.authors consider it worth further investigation on whether [4] Kirby, J. R., Knapper, C., Lamon, P., and Egnatoff, W.or not students who join BME FIGs have a higher interest J. (2010). Development of a scale to measure lifelongin engaging with their peers and the department activities in learning. International Journal of Lifelong Education,general, and how that may or may not correlate to their 29(3), pp. 291-302. DOI: 10.1080/02601371003700584later success in the

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Christine Julien

computing as a career trajectory (e.g., interest in the course simply saying the desired color. material, encouragement by others), and their preconceptions • An extension of our Bluetooth socket program to use the about computer science and programming (e.g., their Android device as a game controller for a Simon video perspective on their own abilities, their understanding of what game that runs on the Raspberry Pi. a software engineer does, etc.). The survey is based heavily Design. With their problem definition in hand, the students upon the Engineering and Computer Science STEMare asked to create a design for their project. They sketch a

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Talal D. Gamadi; Bethany Disque; Marshal Watson; Lloyd Heinze

. Students should be prepared for a summer internship in the oil industry. Furthermore, Students can make an Figure 1 shows an example of two maps or loops. informed decision on whether a petroleum engineering career is for them or change majors before they invest too much time in the program. Evidence of Better response from senior surveys, and Improvement better student performance in design courses. Students are better prepared for a summer internship in the oil industry after covering the basics of petroleum engineering fundamentals. Industry

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Jorge Leon; Angie Hill Price; Mathew Kuttolamadom

design, advanced manufacturing processes andskills in engineering project and personnel supervision and materials, and smart production systems,management. None of the identified “similar” programs in (2) Develop practical solutions for complexTexas provide integrated manufacturing and mechanical manufacturing or mechanical problems present inengineering education. industry, and Further, within the Texas A&M University System, all (3) Apply engineering project supervision and personnelmasters in engineering technology programs, except for management skills for careers in manufacturing,West Texas A&M University, are

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Daniel Puperi

biomedical engineering (BME) department at the design of a drug-delivery device by encapsulating allura redUniversity of Texas at Austin, a first-year “Introduction to dye (a proxy for a drug or small molecule) in spherical alginateBiomedical Engineering” course has been an important beads and analyzed the results to calculate the diffusioncomponent of the strategy to help students envision what a coefficient, D, between the allura red and the alginate.BME education and career would

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Myles Sloan; Chung Hyun Goh; Fredericka Brown

their engineering education rather than only the appreciate senior design teams for supporting this work,traditional learning environment, then the student would be specifically for Mr. Luke Trueheart, Mr. Chris Luman, Mr.an engineer at the start of their career with a dramaticallydifferent skill set from a student that graduates without this David Dobbs, Mr. John Horton, and Mr. Jared Haney.experience. Proceedings of the 2018 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference The University of Texas at Austin April 4-6, 2018 References[1] What is

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Julio Alonso; Jesus Vargas; Daniel Li; Abraham Elizarraras; Tony Hoang; Khanh Vu; J. Patterson; Mohammad Palwala; Marco Maldonado; Masaki Isago; Mark Aranda; Lan Trinh; Tu Huynh; Tie Nguyen; Bao Ly; Jiao Huang; Heidar Malki; Xiaojing Yuan

program expansion and technical competency and career aspiration:building construction in support of academic, research, 1) Conduct customer discovery by collecting data andstudent service all resulted in a shortage of campus parking, analyze the need from students -- to reveal effective incentiveespecially those near the destination buildings (classroom mechanisms that encourage bicycling on campus;building, library, gym, etc.). Other aggregating factors 2) Explore and determine the process and factors forinclude limited shuttle service and transit stops; as well as location identification of bike share stations (BSSs) andcampus expansion to adjacent energy research park. The provide a set

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Colby Ryan; Alexis Crandall; Mitch Martinez; David Kennedy; Kristian Ecolango; Jay Porter; Joseph Morgan

comparison. To students in programs around the better prepared for the workforce when their world, Capstone signifies the culmination of all of the coursework includes meaningful experiences that are information they have learned throughout their coursework: applicable to their future careers. it’s the final test in which a student can prove they are • Real-world learning environments: While one ready to graduate and meet real world industry [2]. Several can lecture on the processes involved in product graduates have stated that a challenging Capstone project development, project management, interfacing with made them feel more confident once