interdisciplinary understanding to balance the triadic tension I felt between myidentities as an engineer, researcher, and educator.Stevens, O’Connor, Garrison, Jocuns, and Amos3 describe identity as “a double-sided process ofpositioning ourselves and being positioned by others” (p. 357). My sense of identity refers to theway I see myself and the way others see me, in the engineering education context. Applying aninterdisciplinary understanding to position myself both within engineering and education, Iidentify myself as an educational engineer4,5,6: designing products, processes and systems tooptimize student learning. Finding my sense of identity as an educational engineer has led me tonew growth and understanding in my engineering education research and
graduate students and hidden curriculum in engineering.Dr. Diana Chen, University of San Diego Dr. Diana A. Chen is an Assistant Professor of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. She joined the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering in 2016. Her research interests are in areas of sustainable design, including biomimicry and adaptability in structural, city, and regional applications. Additionally, her scholarship includes topics such as curriculum development, contextualization of fundamental engi- neering sciences and integrating social justice into engineering education. She earned her MS and PhD in Civil Engineering from Clemson University, and her BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College
post-secondary level. Page 26.824.5Crede, Borrego, and McNair20 suggested graduate engineers anticipating a career in academiajoin a CoP with engineering faculty in order to learn how to balance teaching, research, and life.In this study graduate engineers research with faculty and teach with secondary science teachers. Philosophical Orientation Pragmatism positions itself, appropriately, between Teachers post-positivism and interpretivism along the Mentorship
. The Integrative GraduateEducation Research and Traineeship on Magnetic and Nanostructured Materials (IGERT-MNM)is a collaboration between Purdue University, Cornell University, and Norfolk State Universityto train interdisciplinary science and engineering doctoral students for future roles as leaders inthe materials science and engineering fields. As part of this socialization into future careers,students proceed through a variety of modules. This paper specifically covers student learning ina pedagogy module, which introduces students to best practices in teaching and learning.Graduate student reflections on the development of high-school level student and teacher scienceand engineering activities were analyzed via thematic coding methods in
. During theirparticipation in the mentoring program, undergraduates are assessed via pre- and post- surveys togauge several dimensions of their engineering identity and confidence. Additionally,undergraduates respond to biweekly reflective questions to give researchers a qualitative flavorof their experiences in the mentoring program. Graduate mentors similarly respond to severalreflective questions about their experiences during their participation in the program andcomplete pre- and post- assessments.This paper presents the qualitative data collected from graduate student mentors during the firsttwo years of program implementation. Graduate student responses have been examined in thecontext of each individual mentoring partnership to understand
decisions. Our results also show that despite a perceived lack of autonomy, some GTAscontinue to act autonomously when faced with decision-making in the classroom. These resultscan help inform faculty as they seek to support GTAs in the GTAs‟ teaching responsibilities.IntroductionFor many years, graduate students have served as laboratory assistants and graders forundergraduate engineering courses. Due to recent efforts to increase hands-on activities inengineering education, many institutions are now also employing graduate teaching assistants(GTAs) as course instructors and lecturers 1-3. While researchers have studied GTAs in thehumanities and physical sciences, little is known about GTA experiences in engineering. Thepurpose of this study is to
AC 2012-5183: EASING INTO ENGINEERING EDUCATION: AN ORIEN-TATION PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTSStephanie Cutler, Virginia TechWalter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech Walter Lee is a Graduate Assistant and doctoral student in engineering education at Virginia Tech. His pri- mary research interests focus on diversity and student retention. He earned a B.S. in industrial engineering from Clemson University.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa McNair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Her research includes interdisciplinary collaboration, communication studies, identity theory, and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include
second case, an abuse deterrentformulation was developed to reduce the likelihood of patients crushing a tabletformulation for snorting or injecting [33]. This example was further empathized withpublic data on disparities regarding prescription pain relief overdose deaths between menand women [34]. The focus for the third case was on women and birthing people fromBlack and Latinx communities. People from Black and Latinx communities facedisparities in unplanned pregnancies compared to White and Asian counterparts despitethe availability and implementation of long-acting contraceptives [35]. After the newcontent was introduced, students were then surveyed after the HD and SDOH module andevaluated for awareness, interest, relevance, familiarity
at Virginia Tech. Paper presented at the 36th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, San Diego, CA.5 Nicklow, J. W., Marikunte, S. S., & Chevalier, L. R. (2007). Balancing pedagogical and professional practice skills in the training of graduate teaching assistants. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 133(2), 89-94.6 Kajfez, R. L. & McNair, L. D. (2014). Graduate student identity: A balancing act between roles. Paper presented at the 121th American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN.7 Guba, E. G. (1981). Criteria for assessing the trustworthiness of naturalistic inquiries, Educational Communication
Education, Purdue University. In his graduate work he is exploring the systems of conceptual and social challenges associated with educa- tional change for the development of undergraduate engineering education. Before joining the doctoral program he worked for nine years in a faculty development role at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. He received his M.S. in Civil Engineering from KFUPM and also has earned an MPBL degree from Aalborg University, Denmark.Mel Chua, Purdue UniversityDr. Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University Linda Vanasupa has been a professor of materials engineering at the California Polytechnic State Univer- sity since 1991. She also serves as co
emerging professionals within the disciplinarycontext of civil engineering. From this study, a grounded theory of professional identitynegotiation emerged from 32 interviews with undergraduate students in civil engineering. Asdepicted in Groen’s GT model, students begin to perceive and position themselves asprofessionals within the civil engineering discipline through a process of definition negotiation[6]. During this process, students negotiate their constructed definitions of self (e.g., gender,disability, family background, etc.) with those of the profession (e.g., nature of engineeringwork, roles of civil engineering in society, ethics, etc.). As this iterative negotiation processcontinues, students form a professional identity and advance
important ones • Incorporating planned recreation and personal time into your schedule • Being on time for classes, meetings, practices, appointments, etc... • Maintaining a balance between your athletic, academic, and personal life • And, trying to complete at least one major task per dayThe idea is that by incorporating these suggested strategies into their lives, students may make amore efficient use of their time. The interviewed students’ actual use of many of these strategieswill be discussed in the Finding and Discussion sections.Application of Propositional Logic to Expectancy-Value TheoryIn an effort to facilitate a framework for concurrent motivated actions, this work introduces theconcept of propositional logic to the
. Her current re- search interests focus on technology in engineering education, human computer interaction, educational data mining, and scientific visualization.Mrs. Rachel Louis Kajfez, Virginia Tech Rachel Louis Kajfez is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University where she specialized in construction. Currently, Rachel is a Dean’s Teaching Fellow, is a Departmental Ambassador, and is actively involved in ASEE. Her current research interests include graduate student motivation and identity development
SummariesAfter a brief lecture presentation to introduce each DEI topic, members of the SDEI committeemoderated conversations between participants (faculty, staff, administration, and students) inbreakout rooms. The subsections below list action items related to DEI concerns in the builtenvironment industry, in the local community, and at the university that arose throughoutdiscussions between participants during sessions two through five of the Summer UnlearningSeries. As a note, the (#)’s following each bullet point indicates the associated SummerUnlearning Series session based upon numbering in Table 2.Designing the Built Environment • Exceed existing accessibility standards in Americans with Disabilities Act (4) • Cultivate relationships with
Programs In a review of the development and characteristics of future faculty preparationprograms2, it is pointed out that they can provide a smooth transition between graduate schooland faculty positions. These programs evolved from TA training programs that proliferatedbetween 1960 and 1990. Establishment of the Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program in 1993formed a base for a sustained national initiative to transform doctoral education. The PFFprogram has three core features3 of 1) addressing the full scope of faculty roles andresponsibilities, 2) students have multiple mentors and receive reflective feedback and 3) bothare addressed in the context of a cluster of institutions typically involving a doctoral degree-granting institution
Paper ID #11811Into the Pipeline: A freshman student’s experiences of stories told about en-gineeringMr. Michael BrewerDr. Nicola Sochacka, University of Georgia Dr. Nicki Sochacka received her doctorate in Engineering Epistemologies from the University of Queens- land, Australia, in 2011. She is currently a member of the CLUSTER research group at the University of Georgia where she holds a research and teaching position. Nicki’s areas of research interest include: STEAM (STEM + Art) education, diversity, interpretive research quality, the role of empathy in engineer- ing education and practice, and student reflection.Dr
successful interactions and learning outcomes.1-3 One important challenge centers onthe interactions between students from groups negatively stereotyped as poor performers inengineering (e.g., women and under-represented racial minorities) and others. A body of researchin psychology indicates that students from these marginalized groups may have qualitativelydifferent group work experiences compared to others, which may contribute to their self-selection from engineering and thus their group’s under-representation in engineering fields.Recent research suggests that the negative experiences of people from marginalized groups onengineering student design teams can influence many factors that contribute to persistence andsuccess, such as development of