of Coding for the Future: A Case Study of the megaGEMS Coding AcademyAbstractGirls in Engineering, Mathematics, and Science (GEMS) is a free after-school club and summercamp for girls interested in exploring their career in various Science, Technology, Engineering,and Mathematics (STEM) fields. GEMS is the outreach program for the Autonomous VehicleSystems Research and Education Laboratories. GEMS programs are designed to educate youngwomen about STEM by providing hands-on experiential learning in robotics, programming, andresearch [1]. GEMS is divided into two main programs: miniGEMS for rising fifth througheighth-grade middle school students, and megaGEMS for rising ninth through twelfth-grade highschool students [2]. miniGEMS
program at FIU. Her research interests are in graduate and postdoctoral education with a focus on mentorship and transitions as well as faculty development and the use of technology in engineering and computing education.Mr. Mohamed ElZomor P.E., Florida International University Dr. Mohamed ElZomor is an Assistant Professor at Florida International University (FIU), College of Engineering and Computing and teaches at the Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability. Dr. ElZomor completed his doctorate at Arizona ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Factors Driving and Impeding STEM Student’s Motivation and Success
students pursuing engineering education.Table 2An Overview of Data Sources that Excluded DisabilityQuestions Engineering and engineering Annual report Higher education The state of U.S. technology by the for The Spencer in science and science and numbers [6] Foundation [7] engineering [8] engineering [9](Q1) Is disability included as a No No No Nodemographic characteristic?(Q2) Use of language N/A N/A N/A N/A(Q3) Is a definition given for N/A N/A N/A
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authority figures visiting campuses and creatingnarratives based on conversations. By the mid-20th century, as business practices that focused onquality and efficiency gained social and economic dominance in the U.S. and statistical analysisbecame the preferred methods of evaluation, these new, competition- and ranking-orientedapproaches fit with the increased enrollment in U.S. colleges and universities (Wilbers &Brankovic, 2023). Additionally, particularly in STEM education and research, a realization thatadvances in technology, science, and engineering were crucial to national Cold War effortsrequired schools to constantly be evaluated to receive federal funding for more sophisticated andexpensive laboratories (Apple, 2019; Seeley, 1999
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Paper ID #43211Work in Progress: Grading through a Capability LensDr. Stewart Thomas, Bucknell University Stewart J. Thomas received the B.S. and M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky in 2006 and 2008, respectively, and the Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina in 2013. He has served on the organizing committee for the IEEE International Conference on RFID series since 2014, serving as the Executive Chair in 2022, with research interests in areas of low-power backscatter communications systems and IoT devices. He
Paper ID #39154Increasing Contextualized Social Awareness through MultidisciplinaryTeams in Global Service-Learning ProjectsDr. Susan J. Ely, University of Southern IndianaDr. Andrew Jason Hill, University of Southern Indiana Jason Hill is an associate professor of engineering and director of civil engineering at the University of Southern Indiana. He holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from Tennessee Technolog- ical University. His research interests include rainfall-runoff modeling, stream restoration, and wetland hydrology.Kelly Marie Sparks, University of Southern Indiana
systems design andmechanical systems design courses with the goal of disrupting the social/technical dualism presentin engineering curriculum that often discourages engineering students from learning about andparticipating in social justice issues and discussions. Using a modular four-step process the socialjustice assignments have students engage in engineering analysis while at the same timeconsidering the impacts of the engineering technology on different groups of people. The firstiteration implementing the modules in a thermal systems design course showed studentengagement in the topics, and overall, a positive experience for the both the instructor and thestudents. The next steps for this project are to incorporate social justice modules
social justice. She is the Director of Engineering+, the College of Engineering’s first year program at Oregon State University. Engineering+ [link webpage] combines three foundational engineering courses, co-curricular opportunities, career and industry development skills to enhance the success of our first year and transfer students. In addition to her 10 years in higher education, she has over 6 years of work experience as a design, process and research engineer in nuclear energy, renewable technologies, and various manufacturing facilities. In 2020, she received the OSU Breaking Barriers in Education Award, which recognizes high impact in teaching, mentoring, and advancing gender equity in higher education. She is
completed the infographic assignment. Ten different medical topics wereincluded, including maternal mortality, infant mortality, reproductive health prosthetics, chronicrenal disease, ADHD, diabetes, asthma, and healthcare for native Americans. A large majority ofthe infographics focused on racial and ethnic disparities (9 of the 11).Most survey participants felt that engineers should learn how their designs and technologies impactsociety (91%) and that engineers have a role in informing the public about the impact of theirdesign and technologies on individuals and society (96%). An open-ended question askedparticipants why challenges in health disparities are important. A major theme that arose from theresponses was that equal access to healthcare
Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad El Bosque 2 Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial, Universidad de los Andes 3 Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Computación, Universidad de los AndesAbstractScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is an approach that integrates scienceand mathematics education through the development of scientific practices, technology,engineering design, and mathematical analysis. Although governments in North American andEuropean countries have invested in promoting the study of STEM disciplines, educationalprograms for migrants have been offered for adults, and very few programs for children, which areinvisible, downplaying the
firmly aligned engineering with industry, to theGrinter report of 1955 [5] which placed science as the fulcrum on which engineering wasbalanced, to more recent reports like the Engineer of 2020 [6] that paints a more nuanced pictureof a systemically connected engineer with a wide range of skills that cross management,technology, and science. Yet social justice has never been prominent in these reports. Howeverin the 21st Century a different picture is emerging. As one author wrote in a recent book [7]: “…students are increasingly recognizing that engineering has become the path to a comfortable life, but perhaps not necessarily the path to a good one. My quiet crisis about engineering education is not one of too few engineers
institutions that pledgethemselves to ADRP’s goals of “continuous improvement” in engineering diversity and inclusionprojects. The program has given these badges to over 130 public and private engineering schoolsand continues to accept applications for Bronze, Silver, and Direct to Silver Badges with plans fora Gold tier in the future. The Bronze badge requires that: • The institution is a member of the ASEE • The Dean has signed the Diversity Pledge and is a member of the Engineering Deans Council (EDC) or Engineering Technology Council (ETC) • There are academic support programs for underrepresented students in engineering. • The institution has at least one pipeline activity with a community college (or equivalent) or high
Begum Kali is a Ph.D. candidate in the Engineering and Computing Education program at the School of Universal Computing, Construction, and Engineering Education (SUCCEED) at Florida International University (FIU). She earned her B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Kali’s research interests center on exploring the experiences of marginalized engineering students, with a particular focus on their hidden identity, mental health, and wellbeing. Her work aims to enhance inclusivity and diversity in engineering education, contributing to the larger body of research in the field.Gabriel Van Dyke, Utah State University Gabriel Van Dyke is a Graduate
architect. During her time in UTEP graduate school, she conducted research for the civil engineering (CE) department on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles technology on construction-site workers safety. She also conducted joint research for the National Science Foundation’s ASPIRE (Advancing Sustainable through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification) Engineering Research Center and the US Department of Transportation’s CAR- TEEH (Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health). She evaluated the environmental and social justice impacts of the electrified technologies (electric vehicles (EVs), EV charging stations, and electrified roadways) with a focus on underrepresented communities.Dr
work has involved studying intersectional and spatial visualization devel- opment.Sydney Free, Purdue University, West Lafayette Sydney Free is a junior in mechanical engineering at Purdue University and has been working with the DeBoer Lab within the Purdue School of Engineering Education since the Spring semester of 2022. Her work involves developing adaptable learning technologies for displaced communities.Michael Dunham, Purdue University, West Lafayette Michael Dunham is an undergraduate at Purdue majoring in Mechanical Engineering, and has worked with the DeBoer Lab in Purdue’s school of Engineering Education Research since 2022. His work has focused on the use of educational tools in engineering curricula in
Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 2001, and an M.S. in Astrodynamics from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2004. Her research interests include conceptual design, trade space software development, system-of-systems modeling, geospatial situational awareness tools, and visual analytics. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work In Progress: Implementation of a Skills Based Approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Senior Undergraduate Aerospace CapstonesAbstractIn 2019, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) updated their studentoutcome accreditation standards to specifically address team collaboration, leadership, andinclusivity. While
, science, and technology to include new forms of communication and problem solving for emerging grand challenges. A second vein of Janet’s research seeks to identify the social and cultural impacts of technological choices made by engineers in the process of designing and creating new devices and systems. Her work considers the intentional and unintentional consequences of durable struc- tures, products, architectures, and standards in engineering education, to pinpoint areas for transformative change.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the Program Assessment and Research Associate at Design Center (DC) Colorado in CUˆa C™s Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of
Paper ID #43435Anti-racism, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Database Curriculum ThroughGroup Research Projects on Historical, Social and Ethical Database RelatedTopicsDr. Ioulia Rytikova, George Mason University Ioulia Rytikova is a Professor and an Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology at George Mason University. She received a B.S./M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Automated Control Systems Engineering and Information Processing. Her research interests lie at the intersection of Data Science and Big Data Analytics, Cognitive and Learning Sciences, Educational Data Mining
, and mentoring in the white waters of academia. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 3(1):1– 13.Cech, E.A. (2014). Culture of Disengagement in Engineering Education? Science, Technology, & Human Values, 39(1), 42-72. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243913504305.Chang, R. S. 1993. “Toward an Asian American Legal Scholarship: Critical Race Theory, Post-structuralism, and Narrative Space.” California Law Review 81(5): 1241-1323.Chang, R. S. and N. Gotanda. 2007. “Afterword: The Race Question in LatCrit Theory and Asian American Jurisprudence.” Nevada Law Journal 7: 1012-1029.Contreras Aguirre, H.C., Gonzalez, E., & Banda, R. M. (2020). Latina college students’ experiences in STEM at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
overlap in their courses and share the same learning outcomes in the first- and second-year mechanics courses. This paper shares in detail the methods in which the mechanics courseswere redesigned and the influence of a women teaching team on the students. End-of-termcourse evaluations were used to assess the success of the projects as well as enhance futurecourses. This paper aims to investigate and comment through multiple cases, the ways in whichthe diversification of a teaching team at the University of Waterloo in an undergraduateengineering classroom affects both the delivery of the course material and students’ perceptionof learning.BackgroundResearch has found that the lack of diversity in science, technology, engineering and math(STEM
Paper ID #32384Examining the STEM Institution and Imagining the Beginnings of aRevolutionary Praxis Through the Queer PerspectiveMadeleine Jennings, Arizona State University Madeleine Jennings is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant at Arizona State University - Polytechnic Campus, pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education Systems and Design and a MS in Human Systems Engineering. They received a BS in Manufacturing Engineering from Texas State University - San Marcos. Madeleine’s research interests include investigating and improving the experiences of marginalized and invisible identities in engineering, such as
Purdue University, she assisted various research inDr. Cara Margherio, University of Washington Cara Margherio is the Manager of Qualitative Research at the SEIU 775 Benefits Group.Darryl Dickerson, Florida International University Dr. Darryl A. Dickerson is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Florida International University (FIU). Dr. Dickerson’s research focuses on transforming multiscale mechanobi- ological insights into biomanufacturing processes enabling the creation of personalized, fully functional engineered tissues. His research group, the Inclusive Complex Tissue Regeneration Lab (InCTRL), does this through multiscale characterization of complex tissues, fundamental studies on
Paper ID #37145Impact and Lessons Learned: Student Day at ETSU Equity and InclusionConferenceDr. Mohammad Moin Uddin, P.E., East Tennessee State University Dr. Mohammad Moin Uddin is a Professor in the Department of Engineering, Engineering Technology, and Surveying at East Tennessee State University. He holds a joint appointment as a Professor of Engi- neering and Engineering Technology Program and as a Graduate Faculty member of the Graduate School. He also serves as the Director for the TTU-ETSU Joint Engineering Program. Dr. Uddin is an exemplary engineering technology educator. He has made significant contributions
Paper ID #34275Supporting Equitable Team Experiences Using Tandem, an Online Assess-mentand Learning ToolDr. Robin Fowler, University of Michigan Robin Fowler is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She enjoys serving as a ”communication coach” to students throughout the curriculum, and she’s especially excited to work with first year and senior students, as well as engineering project teams, as they navigate the more open-ended communication decisions involved in describing the products of open-ended design scenarios. She is one of the faculty co-innovators behind Tandem.Dr
Sketch Recognition Lab and Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering. She is a member of the Center for Population and Aging, the Center for Remote Health Technologies & Systems as well as the Institute for Data Science. Hammond is a PI for over 13 million in funded research, from NSF, DARPA, Google, Microsoft, and others. Hammond holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and FTO (Finance Technology Option) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and four degrees from Columbia University: an M.S in Anthropology, an M.S. in Computer Science, a B.A. in Mathematics, and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Physics. Hammond advised 17 UG theses, 29 MS theses, and 10 Ph.D. dissertations
stimulate the transition towards electric cars [8]. Wealthy countriesand the transportation corporations they support have advanced numerous technological solutions forvehicle electrification, whether it is through more efficient EVs, ubiquitous stationary charging stations,or wireless charging roads. One such endeavor is the Advancing Sustainability through PoweredInfrastructure for Roadway Electrification (ASPIRE) Engineering Research Center (ERC), with a goal “toimprove health and quality of life for everyone by catalyzing sustainable and equitable electrificationacross the transportation industries,” through “a holistic approach to eliminate range and charging asbarriers to electric vehicle use,” [9]. This desire to electrify
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those results to the overallaverages amongst each population. This article will analyze if the separation of race, sex, anddisability in this report is suppressing or erasing the negative implications for these marginalizedgroups in STEM.Introduction The purpose of this WIP research paper is to study the impact an intersectional analysis ofdisability, race/ethnicity, and sex has on the salary of Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) professionals. For almost a century, the United States has made political,academic, and professional pushes to fill a decreasing STEM workforce. Laws have been passedand programs put in place to increase the number of STEM professionals in all areas of industryin the U.S. [1]. In parallel