-centeredinstruction, and difficulties faced by transfer students and members of underrepresented groups.Project evaluation is done by Horizon Research, Inc.Project thrusts and impactsHere we describe the project thrusts and estimate the number of faculty, graduate assistants andundergraduate students impacted. The value of these impacts on participating faculty andgraduate assistants was discussed in our earlier paper [1]. The value of these impacts onundergraduate students is described for some of the program thrusts in the next section.In designing our interventions, we have found it useful to take note of the Theory of PlannedBehavior [2], using it as a guide to design interventions that will be most likely to succeed. Ofcourse, our own experiences as
family. She said there was only one thing that she didn't like and that was when the week was over.” 7Our UTK‐TCE outreach programs for women in engineering start in middle school. Asummer camp run two NSF‐funded research centers (NIMBioS, CURENT) from 2012‐2019 exposed girls in grades 6‐8 to engineering, math, and biology in a week‐long summerday camp. The girls participated in a variety of engineering, biology, and math hands‐onprojects and activities like the engineering design process as they worked in teamsthroughout the camp to build and then test their designs. Student teams collaborated,worked together to form a beginning design, took notes after testing to
threads What is the appropriate thread content? How can the thread content be integrated into the LSMs and KIs to make the best connections to the technical content? Where are the best opportunities for integration? Professional Formation: What is state-of-the-art in defining the critical skills engineers need in order to be effective engineers? Creativity: How does one teach creativity, innovation, design, and optimization? And how do we integrate research into the LSMs to allow students to see real-world applications of anchoring concepts? Foundations: What is the value of a mathematical perspective within an engineering curriculum? How do engineers use math?Data collection and assessments What will be the assessment method for
Paper ID #21919The Redshirt in Engineering Consortium: Progress and Early InsightsProf. Eve A. Riskin P.E., University of Washington Eve Riskin received her BS degree in Electrical Engineering from M.I.T. and her graduate degrees in EE from Stanford. Since 1990, she has been in the EE Department at the University of Washington where she is now Associate Dean of Diversity and Access in the College of Engineering, Professor of Electri- cal Engineering and Director of the ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change. With ADVANCE, she works on mentoring and leadership development programs for women faculty in SEM. Her research in
eval- uation process and was recently (2016-2019), the accreditation coordinator for the school of Engineering. Her interest in engineering education emphasizes developing new classroom innovations and assessment techniques and supporting student engagement. Her research interests include broadening participation in STEM, equity and diversity, engineering ethics, online engineering pedagogy, program assessment so- lutions, transportation planning, transportation impact on quality of life issues, and bicycle access. She is a proud Morgan Alum (2011), having earned a Doctorate in Civil Engineering, with a focus on trans- portation. Dr. Petronella James earned her Doctor of Engineering (Transportation) and Masters of
, the course instructor recruited anengineering education doctoral student who was researching the Freeform environment forassistance on the project. The brainstorming blossomed into a partnership with both the facultymember and the graduate student sharing in the design, development, and implementation of theactivities. The partnership showcased the value of interdisciplinary and cross-level (faculty andgraduate students) collaborations for pedagogical innovations. In total, the instructor andgraduate student designed six active learning activities, targeting the concepts of: Poisson’s ratio,shear strain, strain in indeterminate rods, beam deflection, states of stress for combined loading,and Mohr’s circle.Theoretical FoundationsAll of the six
graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2010 with a Master in Architec- ture. After working as a researcher studying novel applications for industrial robots in custom manufac- turing processes, he joined the MIT Department of Architecture in 2011 as an instructor and eventually director of the MIT Architecture Shops. He joined the MIT New Engineering Education Transforma- tion as a lead technical instructor in 2019. Throughout his time at MIT he has focused on developing and teaching courses at the intersection of design, technology, and making, while also participating in a number of research projects focusing on new fabrication techniques. American
Paige StantonDr. Carrie J. McClelland P.E., Colorado School of Mines Carrie J McClelland is an Associate Teaching Professor at Colorado School of Mines. Carrie is a reg- istered professional engineer with a passion for teaching the next generation of engineers to be well- rounded professionals who consider the technical aspects and the broader effects of their work. Her current research interests center on pedagogical interventions in the classroom, including how to best teach technical and professional skills.Emily Sarver Emily Sarver is an Associate Professor of mining engineering, and adjunct faculty to civil and environ- mental engineering, at Virginia Tech. Her teaching and research interests center on
integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher-level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. His research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Dr. Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University Bill Brooks is a postdoctoral scholar in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineer- ing at Oregon State University. His Ph.D used written explanations to
Kwak Tanguay is a Ph.D. Candidate in Multicultural Education at the University of Washington. Her research examines how educational policy & practice, curriculum, and instruction mediate cross- racial and cross-ethnic peer relations among students, and how these peer relations shape students of color’s educational experiences, trajectories, and access to opportunities.Dr. Joyce Yen, University of Washington Joyce Yen, Ph.D., is the Director of the ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change at the University of Washington where she focuses on advancing women and underrepresented minority faculty in STEM fields and leading faculty professional development programs. Her diversity and faculty work has received over
working on her Masters in Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois. She received her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering but is now pursuing a combination of interests related to education enrichment programs for international development, creativity, and commu- nity engagement.Dr. Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Russell Korte is an assistant professor in Human Resource Development and a fellow with the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research investigates how engineering students navigate their educational experiences and how engineer- ing graduates transition into the
Engineering from Purdue University in 2015. Her primary focus is on the application of research-based teaching methods in engineering education.Dr. Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University Jennifer Cole is the Assistant Chair in Chemical and Biological Engineering in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University and the Associate Director of the Northwestern Center for Engineering Education Research. Dr. Cole’s primary teaching is in capstone and freshman design, and her research interest are in engineering design education.Dr. Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He earned his BS from Worces- ter Polytechnic
US scientists and engineers are white males even though they onlyrepresent 31.3% of the population. Women represent 50.9% of the US population yet onlyaccount for 28% of the science and engineering workforce. The situation is dire across STEMfields in academia, particularly engineering. The NSF National Center for Science andEngineering Statistics reports that in 2013, only 14.5% of tenure-line engineering faculty werewomen. Despite progress in hiring practice and promotion, white men continue to dominate toporganizational positions and “inequality regimes continue to be relatively resistant” to change1.Underrepresentation is only a part of the problem. The literature is replete with studies that showhow women are disadvantaged (and men
has worked as a practicing engineer for Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and MSC Software Corp., as well as various consulting and expert witness positions. He also held a faculty position at University of the Pacific and is an adjunct faculty member at University of Texas, Austin. He has received numerous professional awards including a NASA Post-Doctorial Fellowship, ASEE Best Paper Awards, the ASME Most Innovative Curriculum Award, the Ernest L. Boyer - International Award for Excellence in Teach- ing, the US Air Force Academy Seiler Award for Excellence in Engineering Research and the Outstanding Academy Educator Award. He has published over 100 technical articles and
engineering innovation. Graduate education must be responsive to this change and mustbuild a new type model of in-service graduate professional education which reflects thesubstantial changes and characteristics of the engineering innovation process itself, and thestages of lifelong growth, professional dimensions, and leadership responsibilities associatedwith the modern practice of creative engineering in a knowledge-based, innovation-driveneconomy. Whereas traditional research-based graduate engineering education and teaching haveresulted during the last three decades as a byproduct of the linear research-driven model ofinnovation, a new model of graduate professional education has been developed which focuseson lifelong professional education for
independent research project under thementorship of one of the Centers’ faculty. As part of the joint cohort experience, students cometogether for weekly sessions to share their research and engage in activities on various topicsrelated to professional and technical development.A unique aspect of ERCs like ASSIST and FREEDM is that they enable the individual researchexperience to be viewed as part of a focused systems vision. Each student takes ownership oftheir individual project, but also gets a real understanding of how their work fits into the broadermission of the Centers. As a cohort, the REU students share their individual progress and, as ateam, understand the impact of their work in the overall system design. This experience helpsstudents
($30M )and HHMI ($65M) at President’s College Opportunity Summit to increase retention of STEM students. – NSF partnership with GE and Intel (“Graduate 10K+”) to make progress on increase retention of computer science and engineering students – Growing effort by leading engineering deans to catalogue best practices, including a meeting with President Obama. – Commitment by over 60 companies to double the number of undergraduate STEM internships they offer, especially to early years. – Increased focus on retention in NSF’s undergraduate STEM programs Build on growing momentum• What can university leaders do? – Put undergraduate STEM education reform at the center of their capital campaign, and fund
technical workforce. To remaincurrent with advances in technology and heightened industry expectations, degree programs mustcontinuously reevaluate their curricula to ensure that graduates have the requisite skillsets andcompetencies to compete in today's – and tomorrow's – job market. Today’s students are beingtrained for jobs that did not exist even ten years ago. Indeed, many current jobs will be obsoleteten years from now. What remains unknown is how can we best prepare our students for this ever-changing job market?To address this, we have been researching best practices to produce top-tier students and foundthat continuous faculty development is key. The literature says that faculty professionaldevelopment is a part vital component of
coordinating institution, a better understanding ofprogram logistics, and new and strengthened professional relationships. We discovered a numberof challenges associated with providing intensive professional development opportunities tograduate students, including timing of experiences relative to degree progress, loss of connectionto the home research community, and financial impact, especially as it relates to travel andhousing.While a search of existing literature in professional development in higher education hasprovided best practices for existing programs, there is little to no available research highlightingbarriers that exist to offering different types of professional development opportunities tograduate student populations. These barriers
Collegehas committed to building best-in-class degree programs that grow from centers of strengthwithin the College and which strategically deliver value to the College. This strategic value isderived by creating new, stimulating opportunities for faculty to teach highly experiencedengineers, learn with them through challenging authentic project-based learning, and createspillover benefits for faculty on-campus teaching and research. Rightly viewed and applied,online learning creates genuinely new, creative opportunities for teaching and learning, ratherthan a burden of teaching more of the same.The focus on quality with which UW-Madison College of Engineering has pursued the creation,delivery and support of online learning has been recognized by
: Stories of TransitionAbstractThe need for more engineers with a broader world view has led to a call for a change in teachingstrategies in engineering. Since developing “evidence-based” teaching innovations has not beenenough to effect pervasive change in teaching practices in engineering schools, a need tounderstand how these innovations are adopted is broadly acknowledged. To aid in thisunderstanding, we interviewed 3 individuals to see how they perceived their teaching journeyand why they moved from teaching how they were taught to adopting student-centered practices.A narrative framework was used in the development of the interview questions and analysis ofthe responses. The three individuals described their initial approach to teaching with
practices bestsupport students in STEM majors to transfer to colleges and universities and how students’creativity and propensity for innovation affects students’ transfer persistence.[Portions of this paper in the review of the literature and research design have been reprintedfrom the 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 ASEE Poster Session Papers which provide preliminarymaterial for the reader.]1,2,3Motivation and overviewThere is a critical need for more students with engineering and science majors to enter into,persist, and graduate from postsecondary institutions. Increasing the diversity in engineering andscience is also a profound identified need.3 According to national statistics, the largest groups ofunderrepresented minority students in
institutional structures of support. Identifying these factorsis critical to future growth of the STEM academic workforce and may inform policy movingforward on best practices to support women who seek to advance.Next steps in the research will focus on documenting successful strategies implemented at two-year institutions focused on developing a diverse representation of academic leaders in theSTEM higher education workforce. This includes further exploration of core questionssurrounding the factors that positively impact female academic professionals' advancement andretention in STEM-related administrative and senior-ranked positions. As institutions build moreequitable conditions for women, women have greater opportunities to move into these types
. Theseresearch efforts will inform the development of the three educational outcomes of theproject—an impact playbook that translates research findings into practice use, exchanges withthe engineering education community (e.g., dean’s council, townhall discussion with associateengineering professors, and graduate engineering education webinar series), and partnershipswith Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering and College of Science to implement best practicesfound in the playbook. A detailed description of the research design can be accessed in theprevious executive summary [10].Year 2 Research Activity SummaryWithin the past year, we focused on engaging in professional development activities to buildcapacity in storytelling and research-practice
undergraduate program in Engineering that is current, vital,distinctive and consistent with the idea of engineering being a single discipline.IntroductionEngineering at Harvey Mudd College is a non-specialized multidisciplinary program, awardingan undesignated BS degree. The engineering major comprises one-third of the requirements for astudent to graduate from the college, with another third in humanities and social science, and theremaining third in a mathematics and fundamental science common core. Engineering sciencesand engineering systems courses complement the engineering design experience of the first-yearprojects course (E4) and the junior and senior year Engineering Clinic courses bringingprofessional practice to campus through industry
Elliott (Director, External Affairs)Lance Cooper (Associate Head for Graduate Programs)Julie Zilles Dr. Zilles is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. She received her B.S. in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her Ph.D. in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin Madison. In addition to research at the intersection of microbiology, agriculture, and environmental engineering, she leads the transdisciplinary Writing Across Engineering and Science(WAES) team, which is focused on promoting and adapting best practices from writing studies for STEM classes andcurricula. © American Society for Engineering
Spanish.Mrs. Marjorie Langston Langston, Hamilton Township High SchoolMegan ShepherdMadeline Mock American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Engagement in Practice: Involving Teachers in International Community Engaged Learning Projects to Enhance Their Understanding of Engineering and Intercultural AwarenessAbstract The University of Dayton and Central State University are engaged in a newcollaborative NSF Research Experience for Teachers project that has an emphasis oninternational engineering research focused on human-centered design and appropriate technologyfor developing countries. This three year project will engage 36 G6-12 in-service and pre
innovation awards, including an NSF PYI, IEEE CVPR Best Paper 2004 and U. Colorado's Innovator of the year. He is chair of the IEEE PAMI TC and in 2006 was inducted into the IEEE Golden Core. Dr. Boult's research spans computer vision, image processing, medical imaging, biometrics as well as Computer Networks and wireless sensor networks. Dr. Boult's Vision and Security Technology Lab as over $2M in research funding, with 1 postdoc, 9 graduate students and 16 paid undergraduate students. He has been the primary advisor for more than two dozen Ph.D. students; has published over 150 Papers and holds 5 patents with 8 pending. He has been involved in 3 startup companies, all
engineers do not return to graduate school or academicwork, seeing no relevance to their career path and calling into question the merit of graduateprograms. The NAE report included a recommendation that reinforces this reality: “Institutions should encourage domestic students to obtain M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.”[6]The absence of practice experienced engineers brings an unfortunate reality in depriving ouracademic and research community of an essential resource, exacting a terrible toll on America’spipeline of innovation and technology. The fallout of this evolution is that today’s research anddevelopment is conducted with a capital “R”, but a lower case “d”. Research institutions pursueR&d and go wanting for the motivation and skills for true
need to be defined in order to build the theoretical basis of the field.Fundamental to systems engineering is system design (SD). SD impacts the engineering of a system fromearly on in its life cycle. Stevens (Jain) is undertaking research that focuses on defining SD concepts.Beyond identifying the core concepts in SD, it is also necessary to explore the variety of conceptions,correct or incorrect, that students hold about SD concepts. The majority of SE programs focus on thegraduate-level and emphasize practical aspects of the field. As a result, some basic concept definitions areoften overlooked. Students have their own beliefs or perceived meaning of SE concepts that may notcorrespond to accepted views in the field.A necessary step in the