discussed, and opportunities for furtherstudy will be proposed.Literature on Student Attitudes towards EngineeringResearchers have used academic measures, demographic information, and survey instruments, totry to develop an understanding of how students decide to major in engineering and thepersistence of those students in engineering programs. Most commonly, statistical procedureswere used to relate high school performance, standardized test scores, and demographicinformation to retention in engineering, or engineering GPA. For example, one study appliedlogistic regression to a database of more than 80,000 students to assess the impact of high schoolGPA, SAT scores, gender, ethnicity and citizenship affected graduation rates.1 They concludedthat
University Fullerton, the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education at Stanford University, the School of Medicine at Stanford University, and the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.Dr. Carol B. Muller, Stanford University Carol B. Muller is the Executive Director of WISE Ventures, an internal initiative at Stanford located in the Office of Faculty Development, designed to communicate, build networks, and help amplify existing and seed new and needed ventures across the Stanford campus to advance equity in science and engineer- ing. She also serves as executive director for Stanford’s Faculty Women’s Forum. A longtime university administrator, educator, and social
experience to several cornerstone design experiences which provide students with theopportunity to do several larger design projects throughout their undergraduate careers [7,8]. Anincreasing amount of technical courses have also begun leveraging design projects in addition to,or instead of, traditional end of semester evaluations in an attempt to give students differentkinds of opportunities to apply and demonstrate their engineering knowledge [9,10].While the value of design projects in engineering curricula is accepted by most institutions, theactual design of these experiences is not necessarily straightforward [11]. Designing finalprojects in a way that authentically requires students to apply their technical knowledge whilesimultaneously
the basement of the residencehalls, have faculty member presence in the dorm, and hold extra-curricular activities to promotestudent engagement and community growth. However, both LCs differ in terms of academicrequirements for admittance to the program, resources available to the participants, and programgoals.The honors LC (HC) has an interdisciplinary focus and is open to students in any major whomeet minimum academic requirements. The mission of the HC at this institution is “to foster Page 24.504.3continued intellectual growth, to cultivate a lifelong respect for learning, and to prepare studentsfor lives as leaders and change-agents”5
for the Center for Project-Based Learning at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Paula Quinn works to improve student learning in higher education by supporting faculty and staff at WPI and at other institutions to advance work on project-based learning. She believes project- based learning holds significant potential for increasing the diversity of students who succeed in college and who persist in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, and she views her work with the Center as contributing to education reform from the inside out. She holds an M.A. in Developmental Psychology from Clark University and a B.A. in Psychology from Case Western Reserve University. Her background includes working in the
for sharing their stories were favoredfor the open-ended, semi-structured interviews administered to the medium and high contactgroups. This approach was taken in order to produce a wide and rich array of personal stories.Another consideration when making group assignments was the researchers' judgment ofwhether the students were likely to stay in engineering (and the study itself) for the duration oftheir undergraduate careers. In order to achieve the goal of studying engineering studentpathways, it was important to have a large majority of participants graduate with an engineeringdegree.At the beginning of Year 2, 18 new participants were added as replacements for participants wholeft the study in the first year. All of these participants
. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster 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 earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and
The handbook for high performance virtual teams with Jill Nemiro and others.Dr. Jill Zarestky, Colorado State Univeristy Jill Zarestky, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Adult Education and Training in the School of Education at Colorado State University.Lei Xie, Texas A&M University Lei Xie is a doctoral student at Texas A&M University. He is currently majoring in Human Resource Development in the Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource Development. His research interests include conflict management, organizational learning/change, knowledge management, learning organization, and International HRD. As a second year international graduate student from the People’s Republic of
Paper ID #6639”Learning from small numbers” of underrepresented students’ stories: Dis-cussing a method to learn about institutional structure through narrativeDr. Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alice L. Pawley is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Women’s Studies Program and the Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue University. She has a B.Eng. in chemical engineering from McGill University, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering with a Ph.D. minor in women’s studies from the Uni- versity
research in engineering education in areas of sustainability, resilience and fuel cell education.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University 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 engineering students, alumni, and practicing engineers. She also conducts studies of new engineering pedagogy that help to improve student engagement and
their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster 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. She is the recipient of a 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Grant. She also was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow for her work on female empowerment in engineering which won the National Association for Research in Science Teaching 2015 Outstanding Doctoral Research Award.Jacqueline Doyle, Florida International UniversityDina Verdin, Purdue University, West Lafayette
reports on three specific themesthat have emerged from our initial analysis of two interviews with a single research subject. Assuch, our account uses a single case approach, following in the footsteps of groundbreakingscholarship such as Foor et al.’s “ethnography of the particular” which recounts the livedexperiences of one female, multi-minority student pursuing an engineering degree.10 Our dataanalysis is ongoing, and in separate publications we will report results more specificallyconcerned with boundary spanning, including types of boundaries, boundary spanning roles andactivities, and competency demands experienced by early career engineers. Our larger objectivefor this paper is to explore the utility of investigating the realities of
characterize what factors contribute tostudents’ decisions to major and persist in engineering. Addressing the professionalaspects of engineering is essential to furthering the work on engineering identity.The study has important implications for perspective engineering students, undergraduatestudents, graduate students, and professionals in engineering setting. Future work willbetter inform our understanding of the connection, if any, between affect, identity, andobserved persistence. To this end we plan to further refine our identity framework byincluding content-specific identity, professional identity, personal identity, and socialidentity across contexts and backgrounds including race, gender, major, and campusculture. Truly intersectional work
minorities)Classic Studies of Student Engagement Astin’s publication, “What matters in college?” explained that the freshman collegeexperience provides rich and critical opportunities for learning and development for teenagerstransitioning into young adulthood. He argued that these great opportunities for learning anddevelopment come with an increased level of risks (e.g., attrition) and responsibilities becausestudents must adjust to their new campus life separated from families and pre-existing supportsystems. Through his influential research exploring patterns of student academic and socialdevelopment, Astin concluded that students’ college experiences and academic outcomes areprofoundly affected by college environments. Astin’s
Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster 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. She is the recipient of a 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Grant. She also was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow for her work on female empowerment in engineering which won the National Association for Research in
, North Carolina State University Julie Simmons Ivy is a Professor in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Fitts Faculty Fellow in Health Systems Engineering. She previously spent several years on the faculty of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. She received her B.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. She also received her M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a focus on Operations Research at Georgia Tech. She is President of the Health Systems Engineering Alliance (HSEA) Board of Directors. She is an active member of the Institute of Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), Dr
education.Mr. David Reeping, Virginia Tech David Reeping is a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech and is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. He received his B.S. in Engineering Education with a Mathematics minor from Ohio Northern University. He was a Choose Ohio First scholar inducted during the 2012- 2013 school year as a promising teacher candidate in STEM. David was the recipient of the Remsburg Creativity Award for 2013 and the DeBow Freed Award for outstanding leadership as an undergraduate student (sophomore) in 2014. He is also a member of the mathematics, education, and engineering honor societies: Kappa Mu Epsilon, Kappa Delta Pi, and Tau Beta Pi respectively. He has extensive
AC 2012-3106: INTRODUCING CONTEMPORARY ISSUES TO ENGI-NEERING STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY MODULEDr. Joshua David Schwartz, Trinity University Joshua Schwartz has been an Assistant Professor with the Engineering Science Department at Trinity University since 2010. His graduate and postdoctoral studies have garnered international recognition in the area of analog microwave signal processing. In 2008 McGill University awarded him the Governor General’s Gold Medal, Canada’s highest academic award, for his doctoral thesis on the applications of a new microwave interconnect, and in 2009 he was awarded the distinguished IEEE Microwave Prize for the most significant paper contribution in an area of interest to the IEEE Microwave
your college offer courses or programs (such as speaker series)that reveal to students the range of jobs and careers within the engineering field? How arestudents encouraged to integrate a variety of experiences into informed decision making onmajoring in engineering? Do they have an accurate and sufficient understanding of the field ofengineering and their place in it? How is re-examination of their decisions to stay in engineeringsupported through advising?Pathways: What is the range of pathways that your students take through your curricula? Wheredo they find support? What organizations, faculty, student groups, and peers help studentsnavigate through the institution? Does your institution support varied pathways through theundergraduate
leftundetermined. Alternatively, it seems as though many of the male engineers rely on theirabilities more than females. Lastly, none of the students interviewed appeared to allow theirminority social identities (female/ethnic group) to interfere with their decision to major inengineering, at least consciously.ConclusionWe have come upon an under researched area of engineering that has important implicationstowards recruitment and retention. In attempting to analyze the “engineering identity” wediscovered that the foundation of that identity relies heavily on K-12 exposure via activities,personal connections, or otherwise. With increased amounts of exposure, comes a strongerbase on which to build a professional engineering identity, persistence through
intellectual growth and interest in ideas. My non-classroom interactions with engineering faculty have had a positive influence on my career goals and aspirations. Since joining the College of Engineering at this university, I have developed a close personal relationship with at least one engineering faculty member. I am not sure if I will continue my studies as an engineering major.Intellectual My interest in ideas and intellectual matters has increased since enrolling inDevelopment the College of Engineering at this university. It is important for me to graduate from college. I am confident I made the right decision in choosing
is Professor and Vice Chair of Biomedical Engineering with an affiliate appointment in Educational Psychology. Her research interests include vascular biomechanics, hemodynamics and cardiac function as well as the factors that motivate students to pursue and persist in engineering careers, with a focus on women and under-represented minorities.Wesley Collier, University of Wisconsin-Madison Wesley Collier is a graduate student in learning sciences in the Epistemic Games research group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison working on the Epistemic Network Analysis tool. He is interested in how games and simulations can be assessed using discourse analysis.Jeff Linderoth, University of Wisconsin-Madison
of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She obtained her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland, in 2010. She is also a Chartered Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). She has been working in the area of inherent occupational health studies for more than 10 years. Her research studies also include inherent safety, multi-criteria decision making, and industrial hygiene. Page 25.557.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Engineering Students' Perception on Learning through
diverse population offaculty to obtain material from the library and found that women, early career faculty, andfaculty from non-research universities are more likely to buy material from the library. Thestudy indicates that the launch of a digital library did not make a significant change on networkbehavior. In their study, they identified a core of 5 to 6% faculty members out of the wholenetwork who were not only active participants in the activities of the network but also adoptedleadership roles. Opinion leaders are considered important in the theory as they influence othersin the social system in their attitude towards adopting an innovation.The theory of diffusion uses social learning theory of Bandura as a way to describe how peoplelearn
in engineering. (Donaldson and Sheppard, 2007; Ohland et al., 2008) Page 14.631.4 22. Graduates Often Don’t Seek Employment in Engineering Today's college graduates think more about their "first job" than about a lifetime career choice. 60% of undergraduates anticipate having multiple jobs in different fields during their working life and students who complete a major in engineering are not necessarily committed to careers in engineering. Undergraduates' thoughts about career options can be swayed by a single experience such as an internship, interactions with faculty, or
; L. D. McNair. (2014). Graduate student and faculty member: An exploration of career and personal decisions. American Society of Engineering Education, Indianapolis, IN.Osterwalder, A. and Y. Pigneur. (2010). Business model generation: A handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and SonsOsterwalder, A., Y. Pigneur, G. Bernarda, A. Smith, and T. Papadakos. (2014). Value proposition design: How to create products and services customers want. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.Peer Group, “What is Design-based Research?” A PEER Tutorial for Design-based Research, Instructional Technology Ph.D. Students - The University of Georgia, November 2006. [website]. Available: http://dbr.coe.uga.edu
togeneralize from and modify some of the strategies used with non-college student populations.An iterative design of the recruitment emails was employed in order to identify the specificissues and approach would resonate with alumni, emphasizing their connections to theinstitution. The snapshot in Figure 1 represents an early draft of the initial recruitment email withcomments linking specific statements to documented research strategies for increasing responserates.Figure 1. Early version of initial recruitment emailThe final version of the initial recruitment email (in Figure 2) was addressed to each alumnus byfirst name from a senior faculty member, and included a school logo. These elements wereincluded in order to decrease the possibility of the
like and they're great people and I like studying with them. There are also a lot that I just don't particularly care for. It's weird.If a student is not able to socially integrate into the dominant culture then there is usuallyanother informal experience that allows them to persist. Some of these include exhibiting astrong academic performance, completing an internship, participating in a research project witha faculty member, or taking a leadership role in a professional student chapter. These otherinformal experiences can facilitate navigation through the social spaces and help to validatetheir engineering identity. However, students from the majority group view these as a result ofpersonal and individual preferences, not related to
advocates for change in their future careers. Hatchery Units are onecredit courses that are designed to address gaps in students’ technical knowledge identified bylocal industry, infuse ethics and social justice in the undergraduate computer science curriculum,and build communities of practice while providing a more streamlined integration experience fortransfer students to the program. Guided by Rawl’s [33] theory of social justice, the team willwork with students and faculty to create an environment that is welcoming and supportive for allundergraduate CS students and encourage graduates of the program to work to promote thesevalues as future computer science professionals. The development of these values will bepromoted by building communities
fact, the primary graduation requirements were twosignificant projects: Project #1: The Interdisciplinary Project. This project, usually completed in the junior year, asked the student to address a problem at the intersection of science and technology with societal need. Project #2: The Major Project. This project, usually completed in the senior year, is a design or research project in the student’s major area of study.Each project carries 9 credits, roughly one quarter of an academic year’s work. Each project hasa faculty advisor working closely with a small team of students (usually 2–4 but sometimes 1 ormore than 4). For the major project, the advisor is a faculty member in the appropriatediscipline. For the