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Examining Social Ties and Networks

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David Torres, Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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status as a graduate student and expert in his area. For his part, Daren alsoarticulated this sentiment: “It’s not really an engineering kind of thing; it’s more just a[program] . . . you know, if you’re in [the program], you need to learn how to do this.” Thesefindings all suggest that program competence is distinct from technical competence and isassessed differently by team members. Clearly, the members of this team see program andtechnical competence as different kinds of resources within design work.Ethical Network The ethical network differed the most from the previous two in several ways. As anetwork-level measurement, the low density for this network indicates that individuals were notcommunicating with one another as frequently

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Engineering Faculty: Interactions, Influences and Issues

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Caitlyn R. McKinzie, University of Central Florida; Andre J Gesquiere, University of Central Florida; Sudipta Seal, University of Central Florida

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continue on tograduate school7 compared with non-participants. Male and female REU students show the samelevel of interest in continuing on to graduate school.5,8,9 Undergraduate research participantsreport their faculty mentor as being highly influential in their decision to continue on to graduateschool or in their career choice compared with non-participants.10 The primary motivation forfaculty who mentor undergraduate researchers is to have a positive impact on the careers oftalented students11.REUs provide student interns a pathway to explore their sense of “becoming a scientist” and toestablish a career identity which is often inextricably bound up with personal identity.12 Themost frequent student-reported gains of participating in a REU

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Medley of Undergraduate Programming and Pedagogies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University; Michele Miller, Campbell University

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three personas have been developed using the 2020 application pool. While thetarget personas used for the rubrics were developed using the process noted above, thesepersonas were developed using the student responses to the applications. For a more in-depthdiscussion of the method used, see our prior work [19].General Applicant Persona: Mark JohnsonMark is from North Carolina. He didn’t attend a community college before coming to thisuniversity. Both of his parents are college graduates. Mark is a second-year student in themechanical engineering concentration. Making the leap from an easy high school career to amuch more difficult undergraduate engineering career and learning how to effectively study isthe biggest academic challenge Mark has

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Chris Groscurth, University of Michigan

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program for an average of 2.8semesters. All participants were born at the end of Generation X (1961-1981)1 or at thebeginning of the Millennial Generation (1982-2002)1. Their average age was 27 years old.Because of this, they may share characteristics commonly associated with one or bothgenerations.In comparison to the population of graduate student instructors in the College of Engineering, theEGSMs in our study have taught for more semesters on average and are more likely to expressinterest in a tenure or tenure-track faculty career (Table 1). Moreover, EGSMs are as likely toexpress interest in pursuing a career in industry. Survey respondents were allowed to choosemore than one potential career path (Table 1). Table 1. Comparison of

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Mentoring, Advising, and Facilitating Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Angela Harris, Stanford University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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reported in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field). In addition, in 2011 Dr. Sheppard was named as co-PI of a national NSF innovation center (Epicenter), and leads an NSF program at Stanford on summer research experiences for high school teachers. Her industry experiences includes engineering positions at Detroit’s ”Big Three:” Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, and Chrysler Corporation. At Stanford she has served a chair of the faculty senate, and recently served as Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Helping Engineering Students Get Jobs: Views from Career Services

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Educational Research and Methods Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie P. Martin, Clemson University; Matthew K. Miller, Clemson University; Marian S. Kennedy, Clemson University

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AC 2012-3860: GRADUATE STUDENTS: INFLUENTIAL AGENTS OF SO-CIAL CAPITAL FOR ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERSDr. Julie P. Martin, Clemson University Julie P. Martin, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of engineering and science education with a joint appoint- ment in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Her research interests focus on social factors affecting the recruitment, retention, and career development of under-represented students in engineering. Trenor is a recent NSF CAREER award winner for her research entitled ”Influence of Social Capital on Under-represented Engineering Students Academic and Career Decisions.”Matthew K. Miller, Clemson University Matthew K. Miller is a Ph.D. student and

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 21: Student Grades and Feedback

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derrick James Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno; Marissa A. Tsugawa, University of Nevada, Reno; Heather Perkins, North Carolina State University; Matthew Bahnson, North Carolina State University; Cheryl Cass, SAS Institute; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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motivation, and upon reachingmajor obstacles decide to depart. For those advisors who do not recognize this lack of anidentity, this situation likely appears that the students do not have what it takes to succeed. Thissupports findings in doctoral education, where the culmination of negative experiences (studentsdeparting) was not due to a lack of skill or ability, but rather was from personal issues;conversely in the same study, faculty attributed over 50% of student attrition in doctoralprograms to the student lacking skill or ability [29].ImplicationsAs research is an important aspect of completing a graduate degree [30], our results indicate theneed for the intentional development of EGSs as researchers. One practice includes beginningresearcher

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Best Paper Finalists

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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H. Ronald Clements III, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brianna Benedict McIntyre, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sherry Chen

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Paper ID #29189”Adversary or Ally”: Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Perceptions ofFacultyMr. H. Ronald Clements III, Purdue University H. Ronald Clements is a postbaccalaureate research assistant in the STRIDE lab at Purdue University and an incumbent graduate student for Purdue’s Engineering Education department for the 2020-2021 year. He works with Dr. Allison Godwin on her NSF CAREER grant titled ”Actualizing Latent Diver- sity: Building Innovation through Engineering Students’ Identity Development,” assisting with narrative analysis and interviews and helping to understand the identity trajectories of latently

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Student Attitudes and Perceptions

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington

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above do not exhaust the possibilities for why the gap might exist, although theydo suggest possible routes for considering how to address these differences. And the evidencedoes suggest that this gap results in our women engineers being shortchanged. Data suggest thatself-confidence in a particular academic area affects whether a person will attempt or persist in a Page 14.614.12task, and may be a key to career decisions.31 While the overall confidence of women in these areas may be high, they may be disadvantaged compared to their male peers when it comes topursuing opportunities such as graduate school and engineering positions. Having

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Development as Faculty and Researcher: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Pulford, University of Washington Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching (CELT); Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Laura D Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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learning community is for new faculty and instructional staff to gettheir careers off to an efficient and productive start. It is intended to provide a culture of supportfor (primarily) teaching, and (secondarily) research and service, in a relaxing and collegialenvironment. Specific goals of the community are to help faculty 1) plan, implement and manageeffective in-class and out-of-class instruction, 2) develop and use instructional materials, 3) applyresearch-based techniques of effective instruction, 4) plan and implement evaluations ofinstruction, 5) mentor students and be mentored by senior faculty colleagues, and 6) makeeffective use of departmental, college, and campus instructional resources.Staff members from the college’s Academy for

Conference Session

Research Methods II: Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Education Research

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E Canney, Seattle University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder; Greg Rulifson P.E., University of Colorado - Boulder

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students from Civil (13), Environmental (4), Mechanical (7) andAerospace (1) Engineering were interviewed. Because the recruitment method relied onrecommendations from professors, all of the students were upperclassmen (One junior, 14 senior,and 14 graduate students) and were generally very active students in curricular and/orextracurricular activities. This was expected because the students who faculty would most likelyknow would be the most active or outgoing students. Ten of the interviewees were women and15 were men.Analysis –To relate the interviews to the survey, a rubric was developed to help identify bothwhen a person was talking about a certain dimension of the PSRDM and different degrees ofeach dimension. A preliminary rubric was created

Conference Session

Faculty Perspectives of Active Learning, Inequity, and Curricular Change

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Hadi Ali, Arizona State University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Rod D. Roscoe, Arizona State University

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Paper ID #34551Conceptualizing Faculty Adaptability in Enacting Curricular ChangeHadi Ali, Arizona State University Hadi studies the influence of the future of work on curricular innovation, with a focus on exploring the relationships between and among adaptability, risk taking and value making. In an effort to characterize engineering education as an (eco)system for creating value, Hadi’s approach integrates analytical methods of data science to address changes in systems and society. More broadly, Hadi is interested in examining how engineering innovations mobilize social and economic change. Hadi has graduate degrees

Conference Session

Life After Graduation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois, Chicago; Elnaz Douzali, University of Illinois, Chicago; Fazle Shahnawaz Muhibul Karim, University of Illinois, Chicago; Samuel Thomas Harford, University of Illinois, Chicago, PROMINENT Labs; Hereford Johnson, University of Illinois, Chicago

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reported that high student loan debt may cause frictionin a student’s ability to pursue graduate education or achieve financial independence4. A 2016survey, given to major manufacturing executives from the National Association ofManufacturers, showed that a leading indicator of the disparity of employable STEM candidatesin the manufacturing industry, is due to the failure to provide students with career coaching thatpaints an accurate picture of the many occupational opportunities for STEM-trained graduates5.This survey was discussed at the 2016 National Academic Press conference where one executiveclaimed that another solution to resolve this shortage to reinforce the concept to students thatlearning is a lifetime notion required for career

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SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 1

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen Chen, Stanford University; Krista Donaldson, Stanford University; Ozgur Eris, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; George Toye, Stanford University

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students’ undergraduate engineering experiences. Of this portfolio of methods, a keycomponent has been the survey and through the collective work of the APS, two instrumentshave emerged – the Persistence in Engineering (PIE) survey and the Academic Pathways ofPeople Learning Engineering Survey (APPLES).The Persistence in Engineering (PIE) survey was designed to identify and characterize thefundamental factors that influence students’ intentions to pursue an engineering degree over thecourse of their undergraduate career and upon graduation, to practice engineering as aprofession3, 4. First administered in Winter 2003, the PIE survey was deployed seven times from2003-2007 to approximately 160 students at four institutions (“Longitudinal Cohort

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Lauren D. Thomas, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington; Richard Brown Bankhead III, Highline Community College; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Kristine R. Csavina, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Douglas Karl Faust, Seattle Central College; Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Ken Yasuhara, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching, University of Washington

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Page 26.1323.11 potential to both create and make visible a wide range of connections—what I might call integration in time and integration in the person (phrases I arrived at after talking with Lauren). Regarding the former, I described to Lauren my hope that the reflection activity we discussed helped the learners inquestion—graduate students interested in engineering education—relate their experiences in an onlineworkshop to prior experiences and knowledge about engineering education, as well as to anticipatedexperiences in their academic careers. Ideally, learners would gain more from the online workshopexperiences by understanding them in this larger temporal context. What I am calling integration in the person is another

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan F. Campanile, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Allison Antink Meyer, Illinois Institute of Technology; Norman G. Lederman, Illinois Institute of Technology

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opportunity to their graduate students was an approach to prepare themto be future faculty advisors. The faculty members influenced the undergraduate students’ career focused preparation andresearch design and preparation knowledge by providing them with the resources to develop andtake ownership of a research project. As evidence of the faculty members influencing thestudents’ career focused preparation, “This program is a checkpoint for the students, to make thedecision about their career paths. I think we have been very successful at getting undergraduatesto become interested in engineering research and many have gone on to graduate school. About80% of my students have gone on to graduate school and many will eventually move on to eitheran

Conference Session

Data-informed Approaches to Understanding Student Experiences and Outcomes

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brittany C. Bradford, Rice University; Margaret E. Beier, Rice University; Megan McSpedon, Rice University; Michael Wolf, Rice University

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. Megan received a B.A. in English from Rice University.Prof. Michael Wolf Michael Wolf is Professor of Mathematics at Rice University as well as Faculty Director of the Rice Emerging Scholars Program, an initiative he co-founded in 2012. The Rice Emerging Scholars program is a comprehensive 2-4 year program that begins the summer before matriculation for a group of matric- ulating Rice students whose preparation for STEM is weaker than those of their peers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Examining STEM Diagnostic Exam Scores and Self-Efficacy as Predictors of Three-Year STEM Psychological and Career OutcomesAbstractIn this research-based paper, we explore the relationships

Conference Session

Social Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Urmi Ghosh-Dastidar, New York City College of Technology and the City University of New York; Diana Samaroo, New York City College of Technology and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York; Armando Dominguez Solis; Sandie Han, New York City College of Technology

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an S-STEM team member for an end-of-semesterone-to-one meeting to discuss their current academic status along with their graduate school orprofessional career goals.Mentoring also plays a crucial role for women and minority students who are significantly under-represented in academia, particularly in STEM fields [15]. When asked about the key factors inrecruiting and retaining women to careers in the trades and STEM fields, Donna Milgram [16],the executive director of the Institute for Women in Trades Technology and Science (IWITTS)identified the paucity of female role models and female mentors in STEM careers. In line withher impressions, some of our activities have been explicitly aimed to encourage and supportfemale students, such as

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Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Holsapple, University of Michigan; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Janel Sutkus, Carnegie Mellon University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Kelley Walczak, University of Michigan; Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University

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, enrollment prediction, modeling responses to institutional financial aid, and developing an integrated model of student persistence within Carnegie Mellon's six undergraduate colleges. She is currently a member of ASEE, the Association for Institutional Research, and the Association for the Study of Higher Education.Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan Cynthia Finelli, Ph.D., is Director of the Center for Research and Learning North at U-M. In addition, she actively pursues research in engineering education and assists other faculty in their scholarly projects. She also is past Chair of the Educational Research and Methods Division of ASEE and guest co-editor for a special issue of the

Conference Session

Faculty and Student Perspective on Instructional Strategies

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Roxana Maria Carbonell, University of Texas at Austin; Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin; Patricia Clayton, University of Texas at Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin

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instructors make when planning and implementing class projects in themakerspaces.ContextThis study was conducted at a large, public research university in the southwestern United States.This university boasts a large and respected engineering school with an undergraduateengineering population of approximately 6,000 students. The school of engineering is home to arecently redesigned makerspace that is available to all engineering students and faculty forcoursework, research, and personal projects. The makerspace is over 30,000 square feet and isprominently located in the newest engineering building on campus. The space is highly visiblewith floor to ceiling windows giving it a powerful presence in the school of engineering, whileproviding a warm

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Razi Nalim P.E., Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Manikanda K Rajagopal, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Robert J Helfenbein, Indiana University-IUPUI, School of Education

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“best practices” of implementing PEL projects include providing time for project development,advance notice for students to ensure clear expectations, and that projects designed to besemester long should include a variety of course concepts. One faculty member suggests that it isbest to assign the project early in the semester “so that they can get thinking on a concreteexample[s].” This additional time allows student groups to review the project concept severaltimes as a group and turn to instructors throughout the semester for clarity. Due to theassessment weight and the length of the project, student project groups are often strategicallycomposed to provide an intellectual balance. Instructors also hope to encourage peer-to-peerinstruction

Conference Session

Experiences of Diverse Students

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schar, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Beth Rieken, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Sheppard. Her work focuses on fostering mindful awareness, empathy and curiosity in engineering students. Beth completed a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2010 and a MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford in 2012.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University Samantha Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Dr. Brunhaver 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

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, University of Colorado; Alyssa Nicole Berg, University of Colorado, Boulder

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onexperiential learning and community building. This program aims to provide 1st and 2nd yearundergraduates with an authentic engineering research experience so that from an early stage intheir engineering careers they can already experience and begin participating in high-level andreal-world engineering work. Though only a single semester intervention, the program’s one-on-one pairing of undergraduate and graduate students delivers personalized attention for eachundergraduate mentee [9].Program Goals and Research QuestionsThe primary goals of this research-based mentoring program are threefold: (1) increase retentionof undergraduate students in engineering, particularly women and underrepresented minorities(URMs); (2) excite undergraduate student

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for Their Professional Practice

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kanembe Shanachilubwa, Pennsylvania State University; Megan Ellery; Gabriella M. Sallai, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

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.— AthenaDemanding advisors who lacked a robust work-life balance and failed to instill a passion for theirresearch in their graduate assistants presented participants with an undesirable career model inacademia. Participants whose advisors were yet to attain tenure exhibited the most acute disdainfor a future in academia. Students in this situation began to question their desire to becomefaculty, which caused them to reevaluate why they were pursuing a doctorate at all.The relationship participants had with their advisors formed a crucial component of theirexperience. Most participants spoke about their frustrations working with faculty memberswhom they did not perceive as being held accountable for subpar mentorship and, in some cases,exploitation of

Conference Session

Qualitative Methodologies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicki Wendy Sochacka, University of Georgia

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person to coordinate a system like healthcare in the US? In thefaculty context, how do faculty members, students, administrators, government funders, andothers come together through documentation and in person to coordinate, for example, tenurepractices? I was interested in extending this to engineering student life – how did ruling relationsinfluence the structure of undergraduate education? And did it influence engineering differentlythan the other “letters” of STEM? So I built this theory into my CAREER grant proposal, titledLearning from Small Numbers (LfSN). I grounded my argument in both engineering educationresearch and women’s studies literature, and argued that: 1. the choice of much existing engineering education research on gender

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huihui H Wang, Jacksonville University; Steven Christopher Davis, Jacksonville University; Emre Selvi, Jacksonville University; Laura C. Atkins, Jacksonville University

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through the lens of social identity theories, the social cognitivecareer theory (SCCT) [15] combining with vocational choice and personality type theories.Studies to explore engineering career pathways mainly focused on two aspects: student careerplan/choices, and early career paths after graduation [16-21]. In this project, we define careerreadiness consisting of two parts—academic readiness and career knowledge. We will givespecial attention to indicators of academic readiness and career knowledge which includesdemonstrated career interests, choice goals, and choice actions according to the study in [22, 23]and SCCT theory. We select Woofound career readiness assessment tool as the assumptions ofthis study correlate with the preference and

Conference Session

Experiences of Underrepresented Students in Engineering

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Sherry Marx, Utah State University

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majorsin higher education, engineering is a professional major (i.e., engineering bachelor’s degreeprograms prepare students for careers in the engineering profession; an engineering bachelor’sdegree is prerequisite for gaining employment as an engineer). With this understanding of theprofessional nature of engineering study, the traditional success marker of degree attainment wasconflated with the participants’ social mobility/career goal in this study. Based on the co-creatednarratives, it is clear that all participants desired to work as engineers. Moreover, 11 of 14participants indicated that degree attainment was a personal marker for success. Therefore, degreeattainment as a marker for success cannot be wholly separated from the social

Conference Session

Diffusion and Adoption of Teaching Practices

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari L. Jordan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Sarah Anne Blackowski; Heidi M Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Timothy A Wilson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Douglas Holton, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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specificcontent area, and micro-communities of practice as those reflecting collaboration of smallercohorts of STEM faculty, in-person and virtually.This study addresses the following research questions: 1) How do engineering faculty involvedin a community of practice engage in knowledge transfer? 2) How does knowledge transfer ofspecific evidence-based instructional practices occur in an engineering faculty community ofpractice?Conducted within a large research project aimed at exploring stages of pedagogical change, thiswork utilizes a qualitative methodology. Nine faculty in a first-year engineering departmentparticipated in hour-long semi-structured interviews exploring use of EBIPs and collaboration.Interviews were analyzed using thematic coding to

Conference Session

Engineering Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Dee K. Mooney, Micron Foundation; Janine Rush-Byers, Micron Technology Foundation, Inc.; Nathan Dean, Boise State University

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and learning. Nadelson brings a unique perspective of research, bridging experience with practice and theory to explore a range of interests in STEM teaching and learning.Mrs. Dee K Mooney, Micron FoundationJanine Rush-Byers, Micron Technology Foundation, Inc. Janine Rush-Byers has been with the Micron Foundation since 2006 as the university relations manager. Janine works with domestic and international universities to build strategic, long term partnerships fo- cusing on engineering programs, students and faculty members. The Foundation funds $5 million in grants annually around the world, including $2 million to universities. Janine holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Washington and

Conference Session

Faculty Development I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim L Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington

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members. They also vary with regard to how much faculty interacts withknowledgeable faculty-development professionals or are mentored in some way by colleagues.Additionally, faculty development can be differentiated by whether it is discipline specific orcampus wide, voluntary or mandatory, focused on faculty and/or graduate teaching assistants, orby the issues it is intended to address (e.g., promoting active learning, imbedding educationaltechnology, supporting student diversity). Each of these elements, and others, should beconsidered when designing a cohesive faculty development program.The design of faculty development services at CELT is grounded in an assumption that thelearner/learning-centeredness of PLC conceptions is present in the