atmosphere is essential for graduate studentsto adjust and feel belonging in their programs –especially for minority groups and women inengineering [13]. Discrimination has been reported from these groups due to white and male-dominated environments [16]–[18]. Some papers demonstrated how rapid changes of requirementsfor doctoral students in preparing for their future career is a reason for the misalignment ofstudents’ expectations in the program [19]–[21].These personal and institutional environments have an impact on engineering graduate students’mental health [17]. Indeed, doctoral students' mental health is a growing concern [17], [22], [23],especially in how the Covid-19 pandemic affected students’ in-person attendance and participationin
groups. This observation is consistent with national trends showing underrepresentation ofLatina/o populations in STEM disciplines.[1], [2] With this motivating background, a study hasbeen undertaken to explore the social, cultural, educational, and institutional factors affectingmatriculation of undergraduate Latina engineering students into graduate engineering programsand/or industry careers. A research team was formed with four members (co-authors of thispaper) from diverse backgrounds but a common commitment toward an asset-based approachthat avoids marginalizing individuals in the research design process and by selecting respectivemethods.[3] Results of these team discussions and decisions sought balance between variousphilosophical
, Engineering Professions, Quantitative Analysis, Cluster Analysis,Graduate Education, Career Paths1 IntroductionOne often neglected aspect of engineering education is career education. Along with theaccumulation of disciplinary knowledge and skills, students also develop an identity as anengineer [34]—a sense of “who I want to become” and “what I want to do”. Career choice isarguably one of the most important decisions students make as they navigate through theirengineering education. However, senior engineering students are often found unsure about orstruggling with career decisions [34]-[36]. Moreover, while engineering schools endeavor todiversify their educational offerings to meet students’ needs of pursuing various careertrajectories
Full-time PhD student in curriculum and pedagogy program at OISE and first OISE student as classical voice musician at the Faculty of Music. Her research focuses on governance, curriculum policy and leadership. Currently, she is the Graduate Research Assistant of SSHRC Creating equitable structures in early secondary school mathematics project and researcher at Encore Lab. She is Co-President at the Canadian Committee of Graduate Students in Education of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education. She serves as President at CTL Students’ Association and Graduate Student Member at OISE Council & Research Committee. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023A Trio-Ethnography
Paper ID #38358”It is So Exhausting to Constantly Have to Explain to People”: Exploringthe Effects of Faculty Interactions on Disabled StudentsMs. Rachel Figard, Arizona State University Rachel Figard is a graduate student in Engineering Education and Systems Design and Universal Experi- ence (UX) Design at Arizona State University.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University Samantha Brunhaver, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor within The Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Her primary areas of research include engineering ca- reer pathways and decision-making
. Derrick James Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno Derrick Satterfield is a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on engineering graduate students’ experiences and motivation centered on career planning and preparation.Dr. Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of studenDr. Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University As an assistant professor of engineering education at Florida International University
. His research interests include graduate student mentorship, faculty development, mental health and well-being, teamwork and group dynamics, and the design of project-based learning classes.Dr. Karin Jensen, University of Michigan Karin Jensen, Ph.D. (she/her) is an assistant professor in biomedical engineering and engineering education research at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include mental health and wellness, engineering student career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in Progress: Design and Preliminary Results of a Survey to Explore Relationships
Paper ID #41854The Effects of COVID-19 on the Development of Expertise, Decision-Making,and Engineering IntuitionMadeline Roth, Bucknell University Madeline (Maddi) Roth is an undergraduate student with majors in Neuroscience and Psychology and a minor in Education.Miss Joselyn Elisabeth Busato, Bucknell University Joselyn Busato is an undergraduate student at Bucknell University, majoring in creative writing and biology.Dr. Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University Dr. Elif Miskioglu is an early-career engineering education scholar and educator. She holds a B.S. ˘ in Chemical Engineering (with Genetics minor) from Iowa
Paper ID #38710Linking Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Outcome Expectations,Interests, Career Goals, Self-Efficacy, Social Support, and Barriers inSingapore: A Social Cognitive Career Theory StudyMr. Tejas Gupta, Nanyang Technological University Tejas Gupta is an undergraduate student in his second year at Nanyang Technological University, majoring in mathematics. As a member of Dr. Yeter’s Research Team, Tejas is currently engaged in a study on social cognitive career theory. With a strong background in STEM education and data analysis, Tejas has gained a distinct insight into the influence of social and cognitive factors
method study that aims to explore the impacts of intergenerational familypatterns on engineering students academic and career decisions. The research setting was a large,public, predominately white (PWI) southeastern university that has a College of Engineering andComputing with six engineering programs: aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil andenvironmental, computer, electrical, and mechanical. The research study was approved by theinstitutional review board (IRB) of the university and qualified for exempt review. The researchmethod utilized in this paper was qualitative case study to “… reveal an in-depth understandingof a case or bounded system, which involves understanding an event, activity, process, or one ormore individuals” [45
scoping literature review and our own preliminary explorations of thedata collected from Reddit prior to formal analysis have left us with questions - specifically, ifstudents aren’t primarily using grades to inform and develop their learning, how are they usinggrades they’ve received as well as the anticipation of upcoming grades as they navigate theireducation? In what ways do grades motivate students’ decision-making?Expectancy Value TheoryExpectancy Value Theory (EVT) is a well-known framework that can be used to explain aperson’s motivation. The theory was an outcome of an exploration made by psychologists onachievement motivation; it emerged as researchers found that various theories of motivation areinterconnected, such that a
Jensen, Ph.D. (she/her) is an assistant professor in biomedical engineering and engineering edu- cation research at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include student mental health and wellness, engineering student career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research.Dr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, and the past editor of the Journal of Engineering Education. Her research focuses on the interactions between student motivation and their learning experiences. Her projects include studies of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and
’ personal, livedexperiences of their interactions with their faculty. In these interviews, we initially askedparticipants to narrate their life stories to give us further context and understanding of theirexperiences [14], consistent with the norms of unstructured interviews beginning with a singleplanned question [15]. We then focused more specifically on the interactions that participants hadwith faculty both inside and outside traditional class hours. In keeping with an unstructuredinterview style, we asked probing questions to uncover and further explore salient experiences ofstudent-faculty interaction. For example, after a participant offered their life story, we wouldmaybe focus on their chapters concerning their decision to major in
, University of Michigan Megan Ennis is a master’s student in aerospace engineering and a research assistant with the SHUTTLE Lab at the University of Michigan. After completing a B.S. in aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan, she spent a year at University of Cambridge for a master’s in gender studies. She returned to Michigan and is now enjoying her time as a graduate student instructor. Beyond being involved in the lab’s macroethics work, Megan’s research interest is to apply feminist theories to engineering education.Dr. Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan Aaron W. Johnson (he/him/his) is an Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department and a Core Faculty member of the Engineering
influence of cultural differences hasemerged as a prominent factor shaping their acculturation style. Curtin [12] and Glass [13] havereported that international students may have encountered more adverse experiences whencompared to their domestic students. Trice [14] explored the viewpoints of faculty members acrossfour academic departments—architecture, public health, mechanical engineering, and materialsscience and engineering—pertaining to international graduate students. A recurring observationamong faculty members was the challenge of English language proficiency. The temporaryresidence status of international students (i.e., F-1 visas), in contrast to that of domestic peers andother immigrant groups, may contribute to the different contexts
paradigms that undergird engineering education, practice, and industry [12],[14]–[17]. Typically, these explorations are concerned with the paradigms, or beliefs aboutknowledge (epistemology), the nature of being (ontology), and methodological threads inengineering education. Many scholars also study the sociocultural norms and assumptions thatexist within formative engineering spaces [18]–[22]. However, one underexplored area isengineering research more broadly. Most work examining engineering culture concerns itselfwith connections to the education and training of new engineers. Explicitly exploring the spaceof engineering research, which is often occupied by graduate students, engineering faculty, andresearch scientists, would provide critical
that graduate students who identify as neurodivergentmay experience a lack of sense of belonging, an imbalance between work demands and personallife, and the development of mental health challenges such as anxiety and burnout. The fact thatstudents’ neurodiversity is invisible to others in the graduate school environment unless theychoose to disclose it may result in a dissonance between students’ sense of self and abilities. Thestigma associated with disability labels contributes a heavy cognitive and emotional load asstudents mask neurodivergent traits and navigate decisions about disclosure of theirneurodivergence.Masking NeurodiversityIn this analysis, we found that the neurodivergent students in this study exhibited behaviorsrelated to
from the TRA,limiting their applicability to the RAA. Had the RAA been used, the investigation might havebeen able to better deconstruct the precise beliefs that comprise students’ attitudes andperceptions. For example, rather than survey items aimed at subjective norms and attitudes – themain constructs in the TRA [52], [53] – an RAA-based questionnaire would attempt to delineatebetween the many beliefs and factors pertinent to the doctoral process, like career goals,encouragement from family, friends, and faculty, and STEM identification [54].The scarcity of inquiries in engineering education research adopting the RAA may be attributedto its relative novelty or the frequent reuse of established behavioral theories within the
University Angela (Angie) Minichiello is a military veteran, licensed mechanical engineer, and associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University. Her research examines issues of access, equity, and identity in the formation of engineers and a diverse, transdisciplinary 21st century engineering workforce. Angie received an NSF CAREER award in 2021 for her work with student veterans and service members in engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Systematized Literature Review on Problem−Solving in STEMEducation Exploring the Impact of Task Complexity on Cognitive Factors and Student EngagementAbstractThe profound
information about the classes). I guess for me I had to take an extra semester because I wasn't ever told that a class that used to be offered every semester was going to change to every other semester.” (Student 7).Students may not be aware of how and where to get course-relevant information. If suchinformation is not accessed timely, it may have devastating effects on their academic career. Forexample, the above student had to take an extra semester just because some very basic courseinformation was not delivered to them when it was needed the most. The college of engineeringadministration may facilitate seminars and presentations delivering such information. Faculty, whoact as the front people for the institutions could play their role in
students overcome the common thematic challenges in graduate school,broadly categorized into subject matter learning, scholarly development, conflicting norms of challengeand support, conflicting academic and personal values, impostorism and belonging, and identity threats. Inthis study, we employ this conceptual framework as an a priori coding schema to help us understand howthese elements may manifest, or manifest differently, for very early-career graduate students, as a way tointerpret students’ perceptions on their transitions into and through graduate school. In this study, we areparticularly interested in how the challenges emerge in these first semesters, and how faculty (and byextension, departmental programming/support structures) may or
Engineering Education from Purdue University, a B.S. and a M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Universidad de las Americas, Puebla in Mexico. Rocio’s current efforts focus on engineering faculty and graduate student development, with particular emphasis on the adoption of evidence-based instructional practices.Dr. Adrienne Decker, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Adrienne Decker is a faculty member in the newly formed Department of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo. She has been studying computing education and teaching for over 15 years, and is interested in broadening participation, evaluating tDr. Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Holly
program design andthe engineering profession more broadly (section 5).2.0 Background and MotivationIn Canada and many other countries, future engineers must complete an accreditedundergraduate program on their journey towards professional licensure [8]. Engineeringprograms must develop twelve graduate attributes in students, and lifelong learning is amongthem. The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board graduate attribute definition for lifelonglearning is one’s “ability to identify and to address their own educational needs in a changingworld in ways sufficient to maintain their competence and to allow them to contribute to theadvancement of knowledge” [9]. In the United States, the ABET outcome for lifelong learning is“an ability to acquire
, adding elements of convenience andsnowball sampling to the recruitment process. For the purpose of this study, the focus was placedon students who were frequent, dedicated users of Makerspaces, rather than casual users –ideally, these students were the most likely to have developed broad and deep skills associatedwith time spent in these spaces. Current industry professionals were recruited for interviews byconvenience, snowball, and criterion sampling utilizing existing contacts at the selectedMakerspace sites (typically faculty or staff formally connected to the spaces in an advisory oradministrative role). These contacts were requested to provide lists of recent graduates – alumniwho have since transitioned into professional roles – who were
; between2000 and 2019, an average of 19.7% of first year students across the [faculty] were internationalstudents. Table 2: Demographic Characteristics of Survey Respondents Characteristic Sample [Program 1] Population n % n % Gender: man 167 63% 3228 78% Person of colour: no 138 55% unknown Sexual orientation: heterosexual 225 89% unknown Person with a disability: no 230 91% unknownDemographic questions were framed in terms of participants’ current identities andcharacteristics at the
Engineering Education at Purdue University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Exploring Teamwork Experiences in Collaborative Undergraduate Research (REU) Programs through Tuckman's Group Development TheoryAbstractBackground: Undergraduate Research Programs (URPs) provide students with opportunities toengage in authentic research experiences under the mentorship of faculty members. URPs areincreasingly recognized as an important component of undergraduate education, as they can helpstudents develop critical thinking skills, research skills, and teamwork skills. A notable initiativein this regard is the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) funded by the NationalScience Foundation (NSF) which
University (ASU). She is a qualitative researcher who primarily uses narrative research methods and is interested more broadly in inDr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University Samantha Brunhaver, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor within The Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Her primary areas of research include engineering ca- reer pathways and decision-making, undergraduate student persistence, professional engineering practice, and faculty mentorship. Brunhaver graduated with her B.S. in mechanical engineering from Northeastern University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. ©American Society
EthicsIntroductionIt is well accepted by both engineering education practitioners and researchers that developingethical engineers is critical for preparing engineering students to meet the obligations ofprofessional practice upon entering the workforce. Yet despite changing society contexts, and inan era where active changes are being seen in post-secondary engineering students (e.g., Sottileet al., 2021; Sottile, Cruz, & McLain, 2022) engineering ethics education largely looks the sameas it did a generation ago. This paper re-examines the question of engineering ethics educationwith an eye towards evaluating how students and faculty respond to relatively modernengineering ethical situations.Literature ReviewA Case for Case StudiesAs Martin, Conlon, and
curriculum expert and a learning sciences researcher investigating learning, cognition and knowing in authentic practices. She is currently an Associate Professor in the area of Curriculum Studies at the Faculty of Education in Western University in Canada.Jingyi Liu, Nanyang Technological University Jingyi Liu is a master’s student at the National Institute of Education (NIE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). She is presently working on STEM+C educational-focused projects in Dr. Yeter’s Research Team at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. With a background in educational studies, Jingyi Liu brings a unique perspective to the role of technology in education, leveraging her expertise to explore
Paper ID #37742Addressing the Needs of Hispanic/Latino(a) Students with the FlippedClassroom ModelDr. Alberto Cureg Cruz, California State University, Bakersfield Dr. Cruz is an Associate Professor of Computer Science, Principal Investigator of the Computer Per- ception Laboratory (COMPLAB), and board member of the Center for Environmental Studies (CES) at the California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB). He received a few grants from the National Science foundation and local agencies to support work in applied machine learning and engineering education.Dr. Amin Malek, California State University, Bakersfield Professor