in graduateschool [15]– [4], very few scholars in engineering education research have characterizedstudents' expectations of graduate school and how these expectations do not align with their livedexperiences. Previous work has neglected the impact of misalignments between expectations andexperiences on students' ability to persist, except for Zerbe and Sallai's paper [17]. They foundmisalignments in students' expectations on the psychological level, such as feelings of malaise,the anticipation of being overworked, and the expectation of not having a work-life balance.However, less attention was paid to sociological or policy expectations or misalignments.The present work builds on our group's ongoing exploration of graduate attrition. In
University of Toronto, Canada. Her current area of research work includes nonlinear analysis of bio- signals and fluid dynamics. Dr. Nayak is also involved in education research at Tuskegee University.Dr. Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University Dr. Akasheh has been with the Mechanical Engineering Department at Tuskegee University since 2008. His primary interest is in the area of solid mechanics and manufacturing as well as the integration of best practices in engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A PROTOCOL Based Blended Model for Fluid Mechanics Instruction ABSTRACT A personalized and media-rich learning framework called
design and en- trepreneurship courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, focusing on front-end design processes.Dr. Diane L. Peters, Kettering University Dr. Peters is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. Her engineering education research focuses on returning students in graduate education - those who practice in industry for a substantial period of time before returning to school for a graduate degree. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Challenges and Benefits of Applied Experience as an Engineering Returner in a PhD ProgramI. IntroductionThis research paper describes the experiences of returning
by emphasing the need for Synergetic Configuration across the curriculumKey words: Synergy: Variety: Synergetic Configuration: Foundation students:Graduate Students 1. Introduction & BackgroundBased upon the pedagogically focused aspects of the RVS model of Engineering Education [1]and following an Action Research approach [2] the Great Expectations Project set out toidentify and find solutions to the issues around the ‘academic transition’ into university fortwo very different cohorts of students; those who enter university without the required pre-requisite qualifications and are therefore required to enrol upon a pre-undergraduate level‘conversion’ programme in general engineering; and students who, having graduated with aBachelor’s
feel like I need to be helping others be successful. So, I think my role has been one of trying to facilitate the success of others. For example, at Washington State, I attempted to help younger faculty be accepted for doing this kind of work. Networking them with one another, being an advocate for them, helping them with grant proposals, and so on. So they who had the potential to go much further than I, if they could get the training off to a good start, I could have much more impact by doing that.”Intellectual support, teaching: In addition to supporting colleagues’ research efforts, individualintellectual support can also focus more on teaching or practice. For example, David Voltmerrecalled that he was a “champion of a certain
Engineering from Alfred Univer- sity, and received his M.S. and Ph.D., both from Tufts University, in Chemistry and Engineering Education respectively. His research investigates the development of new classroom innovations, assessment tech- niques, and identifying new ways to empirically understand how engineering students and educators learn. He currently serves as the Graduate Program Chair for the Engineering Education Systems and Design Ph.D. program. He is also the immediate past chair of the Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN) and an associate editor for the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). Prior to joining ASU he was a graduate student research assistant at the Tufts’ Center for
andFigure 1. Design brief for soft robot design curriculum including gripper demonstration sketch.empirical testing done by building a small part of the gripper—just one gripper finger instead ofthe complete gripper. These process help students discover design variables and processvariables [21]. The design process proceeds as students reflect on design and process decisionsmade and how these choices subsequently impacted the performance of their soft robot fingers.After two iterations of finger design and fabrication, students combine their literature findingsand empirical discoveries in a decision matrix to evaluate the best design for their gripper.Students select an approach and design, fabricate their gripper, and test their gripper
emerge show how students conceptualize what isvaluable to the academic community. Last, our data set studies 50 documents, and—althoughthis is a large corpus for deep qualitative research—it cannot be intended to be generalizable.However, we do feel that the findings from this work add insight into the ways in whichbeginning graduate students are socialized as miniature stewards of their academic disciplinesfrom early stages—even from undergraduate experiences, which has important implicationsin theory and practice for graduate programs in preventing attrition from graduate school.ResultsAcross the corpus of personal statements, being an engineer appeared to overlap with eachparticipant’s sense of professional identity so long as it represented
and focuses on systems integration. And IS fulfills an organizationalneed, but mostly from the management side.Of the five computing disciplines, computer engineering is the least closely related to IT. SE issmall in size nationwide and BYU doesn’t even have an SE program. For these reasons, this studyfocused on CS, IS, and IT.1.1 Research questions • How strong is the correlation between AC−CE and AE−RO, and major GPA among CS, IS, and IT students? • How strong is the correlation between AC−CE and AE−RO, and student satisfaction among CS, IS, and IT students? • Is there a correlation between major GPA and student satisfaction? • What is the best multiple regression model to fit these correlations?1.2
Evaluation from Virginia Tech. Her research and scholarship are focused on exploring the implementation of mixed methods, qualitative, and arts-informed research designs in studies examining issues of social justice and educational equity. Currently, she is on a research team examining the impacts of an out-of-school STEM summer program for racially underrepresented youth.Dr. Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Tech Homero Murzi is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education at Vir- ginia Tech. He holds degrees in Industrial Engineering (BS, MS), Master of Business Administration (MBA) and in Engineering Education (PhD). His research focuses on contemporary and inclusive ped- agogical
Paper ID #34067The Politics of Citation Practices in Engineering Education: A CitationAnalysis of IntersectionalityDr. Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo Kristen R. Moore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at University at Buffalo. Her research focuses primarily on technical communication and issues of equity, inclusion, and social justice. She is the author of Technical Communication After the Social Justice Turn: Building Coalitions for Action (2019), in addition to a range of articles. She has received a number of awards for her research, including the Joenk Award for the best article
and has resulted in many publications (see https://sites.google.com/view/chenderson). He is a Fulbright Scholar and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Dr. Henderson is the senior editor for the journal ”Physical Review Physics Education Research” and has served on two National Academy of Sciences Committees: Under- graduate Physics Education Research and Implementation, and Developing Indicators for Undergraduate STEM Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018A systematic literature review on improving success of UG woman engineering students in the USIntroduction Over the past three decades, women in the Unites States
, Alabama. Dr. Glenn returned to Huntsville after starting school at Alabama A&M years ago. He is now leading the college through its expansion to prepare students and researchers to meet the global needs of the 21st century. Dr. Glenn is also the President and Executive Director of the newly formed Alabama A&M Research, Innovation, Science and Engineering (AAMU-RISE) Foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to create new opportunities for the region in research and development. Prior to coming to A&M he was the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. He holds several patents and is internationally recognized for research in rf communications and
engineering and science at Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. John came to SLA through the Philadelphia Teaching Residency Program as a Noyce Scholar. Prior to teaching, John spent a few decades as an entrepreneur, co-founding WAM Systems, a global provider of supply chain planning and optimization solutions to large manufacturers. Before WAM, he designed spacecraft at GE for many years. John holds engineering degrees from Penn State and Villanova. When not teaching science and engineering, John can be found playing jazz clarinet, practicing yoga, or inventing oddities in his workshop.Jessica S. Ward, Drexel University Jessica Ward serves as the Director of Operations for the DragonsTeach program. She previously
inverted sections with those in control sections (i.e., traditional coursemodel). Treatment and control students completed the same measures (e.g., content assessmentsand student attitude surveys) and faculty members, who taught in both conditions, alsocompleted reflection papers related to their experiences. The guiding research questions for thestudy and an overview of the assessment measures are shown in Table 1 below (more details onassessment measures are included in a subsequent section of this paper). In the final year of thestudy, the researchers designed what they felt were “best practices” for the inverted model in allsections of their courses and the same outcome measures were used.Table1.EvaluationQuestionsandOutcomeMeasures
University-Kingsville Dr. Abdelrahman is currently the Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies and a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University Kingsville. Dr. Abdelrahman has a diverse educational and research background. His research expertise is in the design of intelligent measurement systems, sensor fusion and control systems. He has been active in research with over 80 papers published in refereed journals and conferences. He has been the principal investigator on several major research projects on industrial applications of sensing and Control with focus on Energy Efficiency. He is a senior member of IEEE, ISA, and a member of ASEE.Dr. David Ramirez, Texas A&M University
. The NSF S-STEM Scholarship is an excellentprogram, and I would highly recommend it to any student.ConclusionThere are numerous ways to measure success in a particular program: retention, graduation,increased GPA. One metric that we have observed is the increase in undergraduate researchactivity. Undergraduate research, as considered by George Kuh, is a high impact practice, whichgives undergraduate students the skills needed in the workforce and supports STEM gains [19,20]. Practices such as this and others, integrated in our NSF S-STEM program, are proving to beeffective in retaining students in their respective degree majors through graduation. Students areengaged by the variety of seminars, speakers, workshops, field trips, one-to-one end
. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 The impact of department diversity on student persistence and success in engineeringAbstract Engineering education continues to see lower representation and graduation rates fromtraditionally minoritized student populations. Research on minoritized student successemphasizes the importance of developing a sense of belonging; however, this can be difficult forunderrepresented and minoritized students who do not see many others like them in their classes.Under these circumstances, students from underrepresented populations can feel like they do notbelong in engineering, particularly at U.S. institutions with predominantly
wherever I am. (Hannah) Research helps innovate and it helps people and I think that's where my passion comes in is because that's the one thing that I have always wanted to do is help people and make sure that they are the best they can be because [of] what I have done. (Parker)The desired outcomes were often described as a balance between something the participants willenjoy, something that contributes to society, and something more practical such as earning aliving. To either get a job, or something, to help sustain the lifestyle that I want. Like, if it pays ... The goal is to ... I don't care how much money I get, as long as it's enough for me to live, and do things
Paper ID #22223Influences on Variability of Perceptions of Behavior on Student EngineeringProject TeamsEmily Miller, University of Virginia Emily Miller is a graduate student in Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia. She has previously worked for the National Integrated Cyber Education and Research Center and as a researcher at the University of Virginia, Olin College of Engineering and Ohio State. Her research interests include motivation, expertise recognition, and teamwork.Prof. Reid Bailey, University of Virginia Reid Bailey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Systems and
Paper ID #33888Examining the Impact of Interpersonal Interactions on Course-levelPersistence Intentions Among Online Undergraduate Engineering StudentsJaveed Kittur, Arizona State University Javeed Kittur is currently a doctoral student (Engineering Education Systems and Design) at Arizona State University, USA. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Master’s degree in Power Systems from India in 2011 and 2014 respectively. He has worked with Tata Consultancy Services as Assistant Systems Engineer from 2011-2012, India. He has worked as an Assistant Professor (2014 to 2018) in the
, Virginia Tech My research interests include examining ways to improve engineering educational environments to facil- itate student success, especially among underrepresented groups. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Exploring Factors Influencing the Continued Interest in a Computer Science MajorAbstract: For this research paper, our study used a qualitative approach to better understandfactors that impact the retention of students in computer science majors and minors at VirginiaTech, a large research university, and whether there were differences by gender. With increasingindustry demand for graduates with computer science degrees, it is important
case and the practices of these institutions in supportingprospective Black students as they explore and apply to graduate school. Furthermore, it isimportant to highlight not just how HBCUs have made their impact and strides in educationalsuccess, but also the underlying mechanisms that detail why HBCUs are able to produce suchcases of excellence in STEM. Therefore, this paper details the development of a surveyinstrument designed to uncover success metrics of Black students that majored in engineeringand computer science programs at HBCUs and have successfully transitioned into, or completed,graduate school. Survey development was built around the aims to 1) advance the contemporarytelling of the HBCU undergraduate experience as a pillar for
of identities while comparing thestrength of students’ engineering identity.Current Research and Data CollectionThis work is part of a larger mixed-methods study in which we are examining the experiences ofengineering graduate students in the context of identity and motivation frameworks. We willutilize data from a large national survey of engineering graduate students to demonstrateexamples of meaningful disaggregation of demographic groups. Demographic information iscollected in accordance with best practices to collect a comprehensive range of demographic data[22]. The survey instrument, which contains Likert-type measures of graduate students’future-time perspectives, identity-based motivations, identities, and academic experiences
practice to enhance learning. This is appropriate as action research isconsistent with engineering design. As with design, action research is a nonlinear,systematic process that requires reflection [20]. Involving students as participants and byengaging in transparent communication with them regarding the process and goals willserve to enhance student learning. By undertaking this work through action researchinvestigators and participants engage in opportunities for discernment and discoverythrough a shared set of experiences and goals [19]. Since action research is undertaken inan atheoretical framework, making sense of results may require subsequent work andquestion-specific theoretical frames. This process, when appropriately approached
sense of global citizenship totake hold in a student's life in both present and future behaviors.MethodsThis research is part of a larger study funded by the National Science Foundation invested indeveloping curriculum tools to teach sustainability more effectively as an integrated part ofcoursework from sophomore to senior year in engineering and other science majors. This largerstudy is currently in its third year and operates on the principle that certain majors/disciplineshave unique psychographic characteristics that influence the manner in which they engage insustainability topics and that best practice instruction methods for engineering students are likelyto differ from those in other disciplines.The institution involved in this study
Paper ID #25276Using Topological Data Analysis in Social Science Research: Unpacking De-cisions and Opportunities for a New MethodDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette 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 fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and
Lafayette 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 fos- ter 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 approaches to learning, to understand engineering stu- dents
Creamer [17] found that relationships formed with peers and thedegree of respect and support received during engineering-based group activities plays animportant role in shaping engineering goals for female students. Furthermore, they foundthat these types of interactions, peer-to-peer and student-to-faculty, tends to have both ashort- and long-term impact on interest in engineering as a major and a career.While the literature on women in engineering education is rather extensive, thescholarship on the experiences of female engineering students in makerspace-basedprogramming, particularly on participation in engineering design activities, is practicallynon-existent. To address this gap in the research, we developed and implemented animmersive
. Putting theory into practice, she teaches a service-learning course at UCSC wherein interdisciplinary teams of students work in an layered apprenticeship model with community mentors to design and implement sustainable solutions to water, energy, waste, transportation and social challenges using ”green technology”. Dr. Ball has worked as a research fellow with two NSF Centers for Learning and Teaching and most recently on several NSF projects that focus the integration of engineering and social science to support the advancement of experiential learning for sustainability in higher education.Linnea Kristina Beckett, University of California - Santa Cruz Linnea Beckett is a PhD Candidate in Education at the University of