planned before the pandemic, the changes in oursupport systems and the focus of our team due to the pandemic were necessary items to considerin our research. This led us to include COVID-19 specific interview questions, and the resultsfrom these questions are discussed in their section within the results.4. Participants For this study, we interviewed 8 participants in various academic standings enrolled inengineering programs at a mid-Atlantic US university. The participants comprise 4 female and 4male students who hail from 6 different countries. Table 1 provides information on the studentsinterviewed with their home country, grade, and involvement. TABLE I PARTICIPANT BACKGROUND
countriesthat are positioned as high in one dimension and low in the other. For example, whileinternational students in the U.S. cultural orientation could be high, a country that is high on thepower distance continuum could also be low on the uncertain avoidance continuum.SamplingThe sampling procedure for this study was nonprobability, convenience sampling. A non-probability, convenience sampling involves seeking volunteers from a specific population for thestudy and using those who are readily available as the sample [26]. This study met the samplingcriteria as it sought volunteers from the population of undergraduate engineering students at asingle Research 1 university in the Mid-Atlantic of the U.S. There was no random selection orrandom
Education, 2021Exploring the Evolution of Engineering Students’ Feelings of Inclusion in Their Collegeand the Broader Scientific Community.AbstractThis complete research paper discusses how students’ feelings of inclusion change throughouttheir undergraduate career. Student responses acquired through focus groups and one-on-oneinterviews were examined to determine how included the students felt in their engineeringcollege and also the broader scientific community.A small group of non-calculus ready engineering students enrolled in a large land grantinstitution in the Mid-Atlantic region consented to participate in the study. The student cohortparticipated in an NSF S-STEM funded program aimed at fostering a sense of inclusion inengineering by
multi- ple ASEE conferences. His work placed third in the 2019 Annual Conference Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section student poster competition and also placed third in the 2020 Annual Conference Spring ASEE Northeast Section student paper competition. His research for the 2021 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Con- ference was conducted while he was a student at SUNY New Paltz. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A Pilot Interdisciplinary Robotics Mentorship Project to Study Engineering Soft Skills DevelopmentAbstractAs the complexity and diversity of general engineering practices continues to increase, it isbecoming apparent
Paper ID #35674Summer Engineering Education Program: Formal-Informal ModelDr. Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University Maryland Suzanne Keilson is a faculty member at Loyola University Maryland. Her background and degrees are in Applied Physics and her research interests include signal processing, biomedical and materials engi- neering, design and STEM education. She has served in administrative positions and has taught for the past twenty years, including in special cross-disciplinary first year programs. She is a frequent presenter at a variety of conferences and venues, is an active member of ASEE, the Mid-Atlantic section
research approach includes a combination of an- alytical models, micro-simulations and empirical analysis of transportation data. He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, over 50 refereed conference proceedings, and numerous research reports to sponsors. He has worked on research contracts valued at more than $5 million, sponsored by the Penn- sylvania, Washington State, Montana and South Dakota Departments of Transportation, US Department of Transportation (via the Mineta National Transit Research Consortium and the Mid-Atlantic Universi- ties Transportation Center), Federal Highway Administration, National Cooperative Highway Research Program and National Science Foundation. Dr. Gayah currently
#28352Dr. John J. Lesko, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Jack serves as the Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies in VT’s College of Engineering, Professor of Engineering Mechanics, and is a cofounder of PowerHub Systems. Through this startup experience, Jack has initiated problem based learning pilot programs enabled through interdisciplinary experiences, in engineering education and entrepreneurial training (e.g. The StartUp Class). Jack is also a Co-PI for the NSF I-Corps Mid Atlantic Regional Node (DC I-Corps) and is an instructor for both the Na- tional and Regional training programs guiding technical professionals through the Lean Startup approach. Jack serves on the Executive
-conduct/responsible-conduct-research-training/annual- review-ethics-case-studies. Accessed February 202017. RH Allen, W Tam, AA Shoukas, “Empowering Biomedical Engineering Undergraduates to Help Teach Design,” Proceedings of the 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS San Francisco, CA, USA, September 1-5, 2004 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.proxy1.library.jhu.edu/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=14044318. E Haase, “Enhancing the Freshman Experience with Upperclassmen Lab Managers: a Win- Win situation,” Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland. https://strategy.asee.org/2925519. J Dunleavey, J Hickey, EB Haase, “Improving Biomedical Engineering
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aspects of computing. Only in computer & info science is the fraction of advanced degrees earned bywomen higher than BS degrees. Biology and biomedicine are the only fields wherewomen students are in the majority, even at MS and PhD levels. Engineering/tech isparticularly male-dominated, followed closely by computer & info science, and thesefields account for higher-paying STEM jobs. Even though the focus in this section is on the US higher-education scene, itmight help to cite data from other advanced countries for comparison. Canadian figuresare similar (~34% of STEM degrees go to women), while the 53% figure for theEuropean Union is much better, although even for EU the percentage drops to ~19% inhigher-paying categories
kinds of organizational changes are needed at the institutional level to betterincorporate students both into their university and the organizational change process, students’perceptions of their own position and role must be known and understood. The purpose of thisqualitative investigation is to investigate how first- and second-year engineering students at alarge public Mid-Atlantic university describe their position and role within their university andprogram. Data for this study are drawn from semi-structured interviews conducted with tenstudents in Chemical Engineering. This selection of students from each of the first two years oftheir undergraduate careers provides a means for comparing how students’ views vary as theygather more
Communications SystemsCourse”, ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, Washington, District ofColumbia, 2018[13] Recktenwald, Gerald W., and David E. Hall. "Using Arduino as a platform forprogramming, design and measurement in a freshman engineering course." Proceedings of theAmerican Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. 2011.[14] Sullivan, Gerald, and J. M. Hardin. "Revitalization of an Intro to ME Course Using anArduino-Controlled Potato Cannon." ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans,Louisiana. http://dx. doi. org/10.18260. 2016.[15] Belfadel, Djedjiga, et al. "Use of the Arduino Platform in Fundamentals of Engineering.",Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference
‘minority’ made them more attuned toexclusionary course experiences for other minority identities.Study ObjectivesThe National Science Foundation’s Revolutionizing Engineering and computer scienceDepartments (RED) grant was awarded to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Departmentat midsized mid-Atlantic university in 2016. The RED grant has worked to broaden access andimprove the climate of inclusion for underrepresented and underserved engineering students. In2016 and 2018, the RED research team distributed climate surveys to all engineering students.While extensive research has been done on gender and sexual minority students’ perceptions ofbelongingness in engineering, fewer studies have examined their perceptions of the
Paper ID #33885Relationship Between Guided Interactive Activities and Self-concept inEngineering StudentsDr. Ing. Giannina Costa, Universidad Andres Bello Doctor en tecnolog´ıa de informaci´on Universidad Atlantic International University, Magister en Inform´atica de la Universidad Andr´es Bello de Chile, Ingeniero Inform´atica de la Universidad T´ecnica Federico Santa Mar´ıa de Chile. Experiencia docente de m´as de 12 a˜nos, realizando diversas asignaturas del a´ rea de la In- genier´ıa de Software, inteligencia de negocios, metodolog´ıas a´ giles en las carreras de Pre grado, Advance y Mag´ıster de la Universidad Andr
per year. All include at least a full-year of senior design; one has a 4-semester designsequence that begins in students’ junior year. Finally, all use a course coordinator coupled withindividual faculty and/or industry mentors for each team. Team sizes are generally 4-6 students.The sites are also geographically diverse (northeast, mid-Atlantic, mountain west, and southwest)and include both public and private institutions.SamplingParticipants were recruited through a combination of in-person or video presentations from amember of the research team and emails sent through the capstone courses. Potential participantscompleted a screening survey. Our target was 20 participants per year from each ME programand 10 participants per year from the
)Relationships Beliefs around the right way for people to relate to each other within engineeringRelationship to the Environment How engineering education interacts with broader systems (i.e., university, higher education, engineering profession, national context)MethodsThis paper presents a single pilot case study, where a mechanical engineering department is acase and students are subunits of that case [13]. We draw on hour-long interviews with threemechanical engineering students at a U.S. university in the mid-Atlantic region. This universityshifted all courses online in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
discussionmoderators/note-takers; including SDEI student co-chairs) and the committee’s faculty advisor.Each of the five hour-long sessions listed in Table 2 consisted of a brief lecture followed bygroup discussion to inform and uncover truths about the built environment as it contributes to orhinders social justice. This section of the paper details the process of carrying out the workshops.Advertising and Registration: The Unlearning Series was advertised to all students, faculty, staff,and administration across the college through the SDEI Instagram account [5], an emailinvitation from the CAED Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, reminder emails from facultyrepresentatives on the FSDEI committee to their home departments, and word-of-mouth.Advertisements
instrument which has already been cross-validated with numerous data fromcollege-students [2], [3]. In this study paired t-tests and repeated measures ANOVA wasimplemented to compare students’ scores at three different points in time: pre-course,post-course and post-trip. Details of the data collection, survey and data analysis are provided inthe following sections.SamplingThe RSAP program in this study is located at a large R1 university in the Mid-Atlantic region.The participants are first year engineering students in their second semester and are part of thegeneral first-year engineering program in the university. The RSAP program includes asemester-long on campus-course followed by a two-week module in different internationaltracks. The
diversity At first, the assessment showed a disproportionate number of projects were located inurban areas and connected to specific school districts and city administrations, see Figure 2.There were only seven projects that focused on rural school districts, while 21 projects wereconnected to urban school districts. The projects grouped as both urban and rural were all state-wide initiatives where the project outcomes affected both large cities and rural regions. Taken atface value, this depicts a higher concentration of projects located in urban areas where internetconnectivity is generally more accessible. The financial geography shows that these projectstarget major US cities with concentrations in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, as well
: Washington Aqueduct,D.C. Water and Sewer Authority, Environmental Protection Agency Mid-Atlantic RegionalOffice, and D.C. Department of Health. The semester-long activities, team exercise centeredaround a book and individual project on a real-world ethical situation with the integration oflistening exercises and ethical theory were among other influential components.The course in fact provided and continues to provide various opportunities for emotionalengagement and imaginative understanding of ethical reasoning even though developingimagination is not one of the major objectives of the course. As one of the students noted in thesurvey, we administered in 2020, “I think moral imagination is the unspoken ultimate objectiveof the class.”Reimagining
engineers are mostly likely tohave this attitude in the results section.MethodsThis section describes our process for classifying engineers according to their acculturationattitudes, as determined by their acculturation preferences, and exploring differences in theseattitudes based on their personal and job characteristics.Participants: Data for this study was collected as part of a larger research project administered inFall 2019 [46]. Nearly twelve thousand alumni who earned engineering degrees from a large,public university in the southwestern U.S. within the past 15 years were invited to participate inan online survey via an initial invitation email and two reminder emails sent over the course of atwo-week period. All participants had the