acquisition of knowledge and habits of mind; opportunitiesto put these into practice; a developing sense of competence and progress; motivation to be in, asense of belonging to, or self-identification with the field; and information about stages,requirements, and opportunities. This study aims to improve the active learning and engagementof the students in their STEM gateway course by integrating the evidence-based teachingpedagogies, thereby pave the pathway for students to move toward their success in their futurestudies and careers. The rest of the paper is structured as follows: Section 2 provides a briefintroduction to the evidence-based teaching pedagogical methodologies that have been adoptedin this study. Section 3 describes the
a comprehensive set of measuresdesigned to quantify student participants’ individual differences in innovative capacity andbehavior. Drawing from seminal works on creativity and contemporary innovation inventories, theintent of the survey is to capture pre- and post-intervention levels of student innovation. In concertwith quantitative measures that have demonstrated good validity and reliability, the surveyincludes qualitative measures aimed at understanding students’ idiosyncratic conceptualization ofinnovation, and its relationship to their career aspirations.The survey was administered to undergraduate students. Three potential innovation styles (as anoutcome, a process, and a mindset) are tested before and after program intervention
students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #29196earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity,which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand engineering stu-dents
earlierdecision. He stated that I always knew I wanted to get a graduate degree… I knew I was going to get a graduate degree eventually… I knew I wanted to continue education. If anything it probably hastened my decision to realize I didn’t want a career in the Army.In contrast, Maryanne felt that her work as a civilian Navy employee did have an impact on herdecision to go to graduate school. As she described it, Through my work, it’s one of those things where the more you learn the more you realize you don’t know anything. The more I learned at work I was like, “I need to learn more, because I don’t know a lot of this stuff.” I considered going back to grad school for a few years… I think as those years
schemes. Lugmayr also asserts that acreative laboratory requires the support from university, and the administration with providingresources. It also requires personal commitment, motivation and risk taking. The AERO lab housesseveral computers and provide specialized disciplinary software. Some of these are also availableto students remotely. Lee and Mehta [3] discuss the method for establishing a remote lab in whichstudents learn how to develop and deploy computer based applications that connect to databaseservers. The AERO lab provides opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in researchearly in their academic careers. Bedell and Bedell [4] argue that engaging students in research is auniquely rewarding experience for undergraduates
Paper ID #29424Evaluating a new second-year introduction to chemical engineering designcourse using concept mappingMatheus Oliveira Cassol, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Matheus is an undergraduate student in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The University of British Columbia. His work focuses on improving engineering education using technol- ogy and innovative analysis methods. Matheus’ goal is to follow a research career, using engineering knowledge to move society towards a greener future.Dr. Jonathan Verrett, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Jonathan Verrett is an Instructor in
program accepted applications from undergraduatestudents nationwide. Students participated in the program from two-year, four-year and moreresearch-intensive schools. This program builds on a program hosted for three years, previous tothis, at the University of North Dakota. Assessment of participant learning has been a key focusof both programs. The current program focuses on research in the cybersecurity of cyber-physical systems.REU programs are designed to introduce undergraduate students to the research environment toallow them to determine if they are interested in research as a career. Providing undergraduateswith this opportunity allows them to determine whether they want to pursue graduate educationto prepare for a career in a research
Penn State University. Particular current areas of collaboration include STEM teacher development, immersive technologies, engineering education and evaluation. In addition, Dr. Jackson teaches a course in Penn State’s Higher Education Department.Dr. John Jongho Park, Penn State University Dr. Park is an assistant research professor in the Engineering Leadership Program at Penn State Uni- versity. There is four interrelated areas of inquiry characterize Dr. Park’s scholarship: psychological attributes, professional identity development, group processes, and engineering leadership development. Particularly, he examines how possible future-self influences engineering students’ learning, academic motivation, and career
develop a an efficient model for STEM career education. Thomas has been active in professional associations such as the School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA-Past Executive Director and the Council for Elementary Children International (CESI-Retiring President). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Garden TOOLS: Engaging elementary students in technology-rich agricultural engineering projects in outdoor learning spacesAbstractAs demand for food and energy continues to grow, so, too, does the importance ofunderstanding agricultural systems and technologies. There is a need to prepare ascience-literate citizenry capable of making informed decisions related to food, energy,and
Paper ID #29170Pre and Post Tenure: Perceptions of Requirements and Impediments forChemical Engineering FacultyDr. Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University Dr. Elif Miskio˘glu is an early-career engineering education scholar and educator. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (with Genetics minor) from Iowa State University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University. Her early Ph.D. work focused on the development of bacterial biosensors capable of screening pesticides for specifically targeting the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. As a result, her diverse background also includes
of programming may each be most relevant for different types of careers,but BME programs generally do not know what careers their students will have, and with acrowded curriculum, choices have to be made about what type of computing course(s) to require.In some cases this decision is made for all programs by the engineering school, but more than60% of universities give BME the responsibility of deciding on fundamental programmingcourses, and additional applications courses are at the discretion of the department. The data may be useful in several ways. They show a diversity of approaches, withMATLAB, CAD, and modeling being the most prevalent courses. In general, they allow aprogram to judge whether it is in the mainstream of BME
these quickly developing requirements comes an expectation of employeeexperience and skill sets. For individuals seeking a career in mechanical engineering, movingforward with the tools necessary for success in this continuously evolving world begins withhigher education. This paper is the first of a three-part series to report on the progress of BoiseState University’s Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Department’s mission to implementa revolutionized curriculum in their academic program. This paper will describe theestablishment of goals and processes used to design a curriculum that will provideundergraduates with an effective foundation for the future. Integrating a change of thismagnitude necessitated consideration of a multitude of
, Singapore, respectively. In 2006, she resigned from her faculty job and came to Connecticut for family reunion. Throughout her academic career in Australia and Singapore, she had developed a very strong interest in learning psychology and educational measurement. She then opted for a second Ph.D. in Ed- ucational Psychology, specialized in Psychometrics at University of Connecticut. She earned her second Ph.D. in 2010. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Student and Faculty Perceptions of Integrated E-learning Modules Aimed at Developing an Entrepreneurial MindsetAbstractTraditional engineering curricula are often packed with predetermined credits limiting
encourage them to pursue STEAM careers. One particularly effective approach isthrough hands-on learning and “making,” since children often have a natural affinity fortinkering and learn well through active involvement in meaningful activities [1]. Hands-on,project-based learning has been shown to get more students engaged with STEAM and help themlearn key skills for the future [2]. However, most STEAM education programs target students inupper-middle or high school [3]. Bustamante et. al write, “Since engineering education hastraditionally not been part of the general K–12 education experience (i.e., the beginning ofprimary school (age 5) through the end of secondary school (age 18)), early childhood educatorshave minimal background in engineering
investigating the intersec- tion of education and career path with cultural identity and is developing strategies to inform programming and policies that facilitate recruitment and retention of underrepresented populations in academia. In 2012 Dr. Zurn-Birkhimer was presented with an Outstanding Alumni Award from the Department of Earth, At- mospheric, and Planetary Sciences and in 2019 the College of Science Distinguished Alumni Award at Purdue University. Dr. Zurn-Birkhimer earned her B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science from Purdue University. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He obtained a Ph.D. in Robotics at the School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology. His broad research interests are in visual perception for robotic manipulation, with a focus on deep learning for object grasping and assembly manipulation, soft manipulation, object pose estimation, visual tracking, and active perception.Frances Wood, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Frances is an experienced student services professional with a background in teaching, careers guidance, academic advising and strategic program management particularly with science students in pre-higher ed- ucation (UK) and higher education sectors (USA) (following on
experienced in their career. The overall goal is to have teachers and their perceptions as a starting point in anunder-researched phenomenon, and to determine a basis for both, in depth and extensive,research on “troublemakers” including student and/ or parent views on “troublemaking”behavior. Literature ReviewFactors Causing Student Misbehaviors Previous researchers have studied what factors may or lead to students’ troublemakingbehaviors at school or in the classroom. A large-sample study indicated that sex, race, age,peer bonding, students’ trust in school rules, school involvement, and school effort had asignificant impact on student misconduct (Welsh et al., 1999). More specifically, Lee andSondra
as far west as Southern California to as far east as Pennsylvania.Dr. Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus SHAWN JORDAN, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of En- gineering at Arizona State University. He teaches context-centered electrical engineering and embedded systems design courses, and studies the use of context and storytelling in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI on several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER
Paper ID #29008Work In Progress: Improving student engagement in undergraduatebioinformatics through research contributionsDr. Jessica Dare Kaufman, Endicott College Jessica Kaufman began her engineering career as a chemical engineering major at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. After graduation, she worked as a process engineer, primarily in food and pharmaceuticals. Her work in biopharmaceuticals inspired her to earn a doctorate in Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. Since 2008, Jessica has worked at Endicott College and taught a wide range of biotechnology and bioengineering courses. Her
in providing students with experiences akin to those of aprofessional engineer. Multidisciplinary student teams, with faculty guidance as needed, showimprovement in interpersonal skills and cohesive teamwork over time [3]. Additionally, suchprojects garner positive student feedback [5]. When the instructors are also multidisciplinary, andtake the time to reflect on their own teamwork as educators teaching these affective skills, theoutcomes for student learning and overall performance in a project improve year-to-year [6].Many avenues exist for learning and practicing interpersonal affective skills throughout astudent’s educational career [7]. Experiences range from pre-college summer camps taught bymultidisciplinary engineering faculty [8
SemesterEngineering CourseIntroductionSpatial visualization skills are linked to success in chemistry, computer science, engineering, andmathematics [1,2]. Studies found that females, independent of racial and ethnic background,consistently lag behind males in measures of spatial skills[3]. Brus et al. found that femalestudents entering an engineering program report less confidence than male students in threecategories: career choice, scientific preparation, and their preparation of using graphical tools[1].The combination of a lack of confidence upon entry into an engineering program and low spatialvisualization skills, in comparison to male peers, may hurt retention efforts in the case of femaleengineering students[1,2]. Studies also found that students
-efficacy describes a student’s beliefs abouthis or her ability to attain educational goals [4]. A systematic review of research examining therelationship between academic self-efficacy and academic performance showed that academicself-efficacy is not only an important predictor of performance among college students, but alsoinfluences emotions about learning [5]. The concept of academic self-efficacy may be particularly consequential to efforts aimedat retaining students within a given area of study. Retention of STEM majors is especiallyimportant in modern American society, as technology-related careers employ millions ofAmericans [6]. Nevertheless, despite the importance and appeal of these fields, retentioncontinues to be a challenge in
Paper ID #31299You had me at ”undergraduate research”: how one institution achievedincredible results in the first year of a formal program to placefreshmen (and sophomores) in research labs, while helping students chipaway at the cost of collegeSusan Elaine Benzel, Colorado State University Susan E. Benzel, PMP Scott Scholars Program Coordinator Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering Colorado State University Susan earned her Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University, and after a 30-year career in high-tech working for Hewlett Packard (HP)/Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), she
. Although this is a preliminarystudy, we hope to continue increasing the involvement within the program as the Council furtherdevelops the community of GC Scholars at XXXXX. For continuation of this study, we areinterested in tracking the effect of the student council on the outcome and development of GCScholars in the following key areas: the quantity and quality of applicants to the Program,engagement from Scholars in GC-specific activities, and post-graduation pursuit of careers in theGrand Challenges. Beginning in fall 2020, we will track these areas in order to monitor the effectof the student council on the success within the Program.Although this is a qualitative study as opposed to an analysis across GCSPs at multipleuniversities, the
was collected from eight undergraduate engineering students’sophomore, junior, and senior year, and data were analyzed in order to observe how engineeringstudents’ functional aptitude has progressed throughout a design-oriented undergraduateengineering curriculum with multiple points of exposure to functional thinking. Results showthat students’ competency with function does not improve as they progress throughout theirundergraduate career. That being said students did demonstrate some degree of systems thinkingin this study, but the growth of those skills over time remains ambiguous as FunSkill and its’corresponding scoring instruments were not explicitly generated to capture students’ systemsaptitude. Results from FunSkill are discussed and
andelectromagnetics, and at least one engineering chemistry course. Finally, all freshman take threetwo-hour engineering courses that are designed to prepare students with a diverse set of skills aswell as to ensure that they can make the best possible decision when choosing engineeringmajors. From an extra-curricular standpoint, the students are given multiple opportunities to learnabout the different engineering disciplines and how they relate to different industry sectors. Infact, many students fall into the trap of directly relating their desire for a specific engineeringmajor to the industry sector that is really driving their interest. For example, a student may havean interest in a career with NASA so they immediately gravitate to aerospace
years each of industry and teaching experience. Her dissertation focus is on understanding the dynamic workplace interactions including values and behaviors of engineers and the influence on job satisfaction and persistence.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Samantha Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Fulton Schools of Engineering Poly- technic School. Dr. Brunhaver recently joined Arizona State after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She also has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. Dr. Brunhaver’s research examines the career decision-making and professional identity formation of
ofcommunication.Geographic LocationAll members were dispersed geographically across the United States. Two members werelocated in California, one at University of North Dakota, two at North Dakota State University,and one in Massachusetts. Geographic barriers not only created a physical separation but also anadded time constraint to host meetings [5]. These factors were concerns for the instructionalteam of the course.Educational ExperienceThe different education levels and experiences were identified as a barrier to communication dueto aspects such as power dynamics, work-distribution, and career goals [6]. Two members wereundergraduate students, one was a master’s student, and three were doctoral students.Cultural BackgroundIt was important to consider the
or develop these attitudes.This discussion led to identification and clustering of all the concepts under 24 uniquecategories that define EM.Step 4: Knowledge Gap IdentificationAs noted in the work by Zappe, educators can be influenced by their own career experienceand belief about entrepreneurship when seeking to define EM [11]. The researchers whoconducted the previous steps represent different disciplinary and career backgrounds. A thirdresearcher, with a different disciplinary background, reviewed existing literature thatdescribed EM and identified gaps in the categories and concept lists. These new conceptswere placed under a relevant category from Step 3. The first two columns in Table 3 show theconcepts considered “behaviors” after
attributes of various aspects of identity must • In what ways does being of low socio-economic status affect engineering undergraduate be considered concurrently [12]. students throughout their college careers?In capitalist countries, the paradox of education becomes apparent as education is viewed as thevessel that brings people out of poverty, but, at the same time, education is viewed as fuel for the