instructor of the NDSU Pre-Engineering Education Collaboration (PEEC) during their sum- mer camps. Throughout her Ph.D. work and professional career she has focused on serving underrepre- sented populations through summer camps targeting Native American high school students, working with New American populations locally to engage them with the outdoors, and developing curriculum for sum- mer camps at regional tribal colleges. In the future, she will be working with faculty and local hospitals to develop a distance education curriculum to better meeting the needs of the NDSCS Emergency Medical Services program as they look to better serve students abroad.Ms. Megan Even, ND EPSCoRDaniel John Luecke, North Dakota State
career in Engineering and Engineering Technology. Theshort time available to each program presents unique challenges in giving the students ameaningful experience in each discipline represented in the program. This paper presents thesechallenges and how the program has addressed them, as well as the continual processimprovement being undertaken by the faculty to keep the program engaging for the students.Additionally this paper highlights the retention rate changes in the college as a result of thisprogram.IntroductionRetention of engineering students has become a major undertaking for most institutions withengineering programs. Much of this retention effort is taking place at the freshmen level, wheredropout rates have been the highest
the beginning of theiracademic careers at the university. The mentors assigned to the project-based section of thefreshman orientation class have specific roles depending on which professor is teaching thecourse. Most mentors are asked to act as a “technical teaching assistant” to help students learnnew software or master basic engineering concepts needed to successfully implement a project’sdesign.Table I shows the course schedule for both the FEOC and TEOC and includes additional detailsunder the weeks where specially designed mentor activities are performed. Some of theseactivities were created to help students focus on the importance of planning a successfulacademic career, while others emphasized the dedication required to complete the
AC 2010-869: USING COMPUTER MODELING PROBLEMS FORUNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATIONSteven Gordon, The Ohio State University Page 15.1321.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using Computer Modeling Problems for Undergraduate Engineering EducationAbstractModeling and simulation can be used to implement inquiry-based learning in engineeringcourses that actively involve students in the learning process, improve their problem-solvingskills, and encourage them to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) disciplines. This approach was used in the creation of a thirteen dayworkshop for college credit for high
Career Fair and student placement related activities. Creating a link between his courses and industry experts and mentors is one of his signature activities.Dr. Sez Atamturktur Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Dr. Sez Atamturktur is the Harry and Arlene Schell Professor and Department Head of Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. Previously, she served as Associate Vice President for Research Development and Provost’s Distinguished Professor at Clemson University. Dr. Atamturktur’s research, which focuses on uncertainty quantification in scientific computing, has been documented in over 100 peer-reviewed publications in some of the finest engineering science journals and proceedings
profession. Course enrollments range from 300 to 400 students annually.Over seven years (Classes of 2005 through 2011, referring to the expected four-year graduationyear of the entering first-year class), students have participated in in-class surveys three timesduring the course of the year: at the beginning and the end of the fall semester, and at the end ofthe spring semester. The survey questions related to, among other things, demographics, priorexperiences, interests and future career goals. We analyzed the aggregate responses of thesestudent cohorts for statistically significant differences, and evaluated the data in progressiveregression models to predict student retention into the sophomore year (as determined by astudent’s self-selection
, career track surveys, project-based learning, afield trip and peer-to-peer supervising and learning. Especially, we are exploring the studentlearning outcomes of interdisciplinary projects when we mix students from ME and EE in thesame team. Several surveys are given to students and teaching assistants through the semester toexplore students’ outcomes and feedback about diverse activities. Results show that studentsprefer learning and working cross the fields. They do not just learn the basics of ME and EE butalso gain a lot of soft skills from different activities. We find such a course gives freshmenespecially those who do not know what EE is a better idea about EE. A couple of studentsdecided to transfer to the EE major or be double majored
Engineering award due to her efforts to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of under-represented students in engineering.Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University BARBARA BOGUE is Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Women in Engineering. She is Co-Director of AWE and AWISE. Her research interests include recruitment and retention of women in engineering, assessment and career development.Chia-Lin Tsai, University of MissouriFleur Gooden, Virginia Tech FLEUR N. GOODEN is a graduate assistant in the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She received her B.S. in Computer Science and
academic career in 1987 as an Assistant Professor in mechanical engineering at Bucknell University and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1992 and Professor in 2002. In 2003, he became Associate Dean of the College of Engineering. He received in 2003 Bucknell's Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles on the dynamics and control of robotic systems. His research interests include multibody dynamics, nonlinear control, mechanical design, systems thinking, and engineering management education. Page 11.1031.1© American
Risk Reduction Branch for the Galveston District of the Army Corps of Engineers. Prior to that, she served as an Associate Teaching Professor and was the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences (CEEES) at the University of Notre Dame for 11 years. Dr. Kerr was the recipient of the Cathy F. Pieronek Women in Engineer Impact Award in 2020, and in 2018, Dr. Kerr was the recipient of the Dockweiler Advising Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising which is awarded to faculty who demonstrate a sustained commitment to undergraduates through outstanding mentoring, academic advising, or career counseling. Her research interests include
of research (increasing retention ofengineering students) by developing a tool that uses existing validated assessments to support astudent’s ability to self-assess their engineering academic career. This tool will serve first- andsecond-year students. The aims of the study focused on the following: 1. To define a UMBC student’s (Third, Fourth and Fifth year) successful Engineering State of Mind. This was essential to the creation of the Engineering State of Mind Instrument (ESMI) giving students indirect peer mentoring opportunities through online profiles. 2. Determine the common themes of Freshman Engineering students Engineering State of Mind and the attitudes and perceptions of the different population groups of the
engineeringdegree, and whether a student have chosen an engineering discipline to pursue. Several surveysadministered at strategic time points during the semester were used to track level of interest inpursuing engineering and to identify key events that can be consider as precursors to leavingengineering. Reflection essays were also employed to understand how the first semesterexperience affects student’s perception of engineering as a career of choice.An analysis of entrance surveys indicated a high level of interest in pursuing an engineeringdegree in most students surveyed. Key events, such as their first calculus test, triggeredindecision in some of the students. Early results identified a group of students at risk of leavingengineering during the
Getting Students on the Right Track: Exit Surveys and Levels of Awareness in First Year Engineering StudentsAbstractThe goals of a first year engineering program are to both provide students with a soundacademic preparation for engineering study, and to allow them to explore variousengineering disciplines. Through academic advising and career counseling, our programhelps students discover the career path that is right for them. We find that about 30% ofstudents choose to leave engineering by the end of their first year of study. Thesestudents voluntarily complete an Exit Survey, which includes questions on their level ofcertainty upon entering the program, people with whom the decision to leave
lack anunderstanding of what an engineering career entails [14, 15]. Thus, to increase the number anddiversity of students choosing STEM careers, it is important to develop pipelines for students tointroduce them to STEM careers before college and to increase their confidence in STEM-relatedskills.Programs to address STEM skills, self-confidence, or understanding of STEM careers havetargeted various time frames throughout the STEM pipeline, including high school [16, 17],summer bridge programs for high school to college [14, 18, 19], co-curricular support in college[20, 21], and 2-year to 4-year college bridge programs [13]. The majority of summer bridgeprograms target students already accepted to a college for an intensive summer program
Urbana-Champaign I am an undergraduate student at the Grainger College of Engineering studying electrical engineering interested in soft robotics.Mr. Javi Cardenas, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign I am currently a junior in electrical engineering, graduating in May 2023. I hold a paid research position for the Grainger College of Engineering working with professor Dr. Golecki. I am interested in pursuing a career in health technology and I see myself working with medical devices in the future.Sara Xochilt Lamer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Sara Lamer (she/her) is a junior studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. She is an ARISE scholar in the
factors such as potentialfor societal contribution, personal academic interests, perceived job prospects, and their decisionbefore they entered the engineering program. However, Myers (2016) found that students felt afirst-year engineering course which included lectures and/or activities designed to exposestudents to engineering majors did influence their plans for a future engineering discipline. Astudy by Chamberlain, Benson, and Crockett (2008) found that core passions, the appeal of non-engineering courses and professions, a General Engineering course exposing students toengineering majors, and career interest surveys were significant factors in first-year studentsleaving engineering.Description of the StudyMichigan Technological University
engineering graduates have the skills to be successful in the workplace (e.g., [1]-[2]).These courses act as a foundation on which build the rest of a student’ educational experienceand seek to, as recommended by the National Academy of Science, “introduce the “essence” ofengineering early in their undergraduate careers” [1, p. 2]. One widely adopted practice fromthese proposed changes is that of First-Year Engineering (FYE) courses, with nearly 60% ofengineering programs adopting a FYE course by 2013 [3]. Due to each institution’s uniquehistory, structures and needs, FYE programs across the country vary with regards to theircontent[4] and structure[3]. Additionally, there is some variation in timing of FYE courses, astransfer students are often
expectations. By examining theirexpectations, and subsequent perceptions, it is possible to prepare them for a rewarding andsuccessful college classroom experience. This paper examines the use of a service quality modelto predict and enhance student efficacy and performance. Results indicate that the differencebetween students' expectations and perceptions (gap score) was significantly related to theiracademic, team, and career efficacy. Additionally, the change in efficacy over the semester wassignificantly related to student satisfaction. This paper examines the causes for these results indetail, and discusses the implications of the results on course design and first year students.IntroductionThe importance of student motivation, mechanisms for
allowed in a given engineering program or department. The engineering program hasfirst-year to sophomore retention that is over 80%, and sophomore to graduation rates above 90%.The current study sought to understand the program experiences that were part of a two-semester coursesequence, which includes a targeted module for the selection of an engineering major, shown in Figure 1.The discernment module formally begins in week 6 of the semester with 8 seventy-five minute classsessions dedicated to understanding engineering majors, careers, and opportunities at the university andafter graduation. During this module, students gain exposure to the engineering departments available atthe university through a series of required events. In order to make
Engineering at Rowan University, aNorth-Eastern public university, to switch from entirely faculty-led advising to a dual system,where a professional advisor assists first-year students with course registration while facultycontinue to provide career related guidance. In addition, the Introduction to Engineering coursetaken by all engineering first-year students is used to support the advising program. The goal ofthis paper is to describe the dual system and assess it using surveys and observations of theprofessional advisor.BackgroundA recent national survey of members of the National Academic Advising Association(NACADA) can be used to get a sense of the current state of higher education academic advisingin the US.1 Mandatory advising was reported
commercialize residential scale waste-to-energy biomass processor systems. Page 24.613.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 First-Year Student Persistence and Retention Influenced by Early Exposure to Engineering Practitioners Co-Teaching Entry-Level Courses: A Four-Year Indirect AssessmentAbstractThe engineering education literature lacks long-term studies on persistence and retention impactsrealized by teaching first-year engineering students about possible post-graduate career optionsvia exposure to practicing engineers. At the University of North Texas (UNT
course, focusing on how the incorporation of choice supports the courselearning goals. This analysis will provide insight into how choice may be leveraged withinfirst-year engineering courses to foster self-authorship, decision-making, and the development ofa Personal Action Plan.ENGR 110: Design your Engineering Experience is an introductory, two-credit elective coursethat serves the first-year engineering class at the University of Michigan. The design of thisintroductory course helps foster student autonomy as students explore the breadth ofopportunities available to engineers in both their education and careers. Students learn anengineering design process as a mechanism for making personal and academic decisions, andthrough a scaffolded
Paper ID #11891A First-Year Attrition Survey: Why Do They Say They Are Still Leaving?Mr. Jeff Johnson, LeTourneau University Jeff Johnson is an Assistant Professor at LeTourneau University. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology from LeTourneau in 1994 then proceeded to spend 16 years in industry focusing on machine and civil design as well as project management. In 2010 he began his teaching career at his alma mater to share his experiences with engineering and technology students. He earned a masters in Engineering Project Management from Eastern Michigan University in 2014. He is currently a co-PI on
Enrichment Program for incoming engineering freshmen and, in the past, the HEARD (Higher Education Awareness Response in Delaware) Project, a college awareness program, funded by the Department of Education through Philadelphia GEAR UP for College Network. Globally in the College, he manages academic programs and policies that impact the careers of all engineering students at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Dean Vaughan is focused on enhancing the College’s student/faculty interface by fostering c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #16743 successful academic and
Psychology from Roosevelt University. Moving to Charlotte in 1995, Ms. Thurman continued to work in the IT and Engineering recruiting field and then made a career change in 1999 to work in Higher Ed. She has worked for over 20 years at UNC Charlotte and currently serves as the Director for Student Professional Development and Employer Relations for the William States Lee College of Engineering. In March 2010, Ms. Thurman was appointed by the governor (and reappointed American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #29193in 2015) to serve on the NC Board of Examiners for
, and 6) strong articulation agreements with regionalfour-year institutions. These elements focus on student success in transitioning from high schoolto college, student success in engineering education at Itasca and the four-year transferinstitution, and ultimately success in the engineering career. Funding for the six key elements ofthe program is a 50/50 combination of institutional money and grant and foundation support. Itasca Engineering Successful Program Prepare for Engineer and
to Engineering with ChristianWorldview. In EGR101, students formed teams and worked on various engineering projects. Inthe beginning of October, about a month into their freshman year, these engineering studentswere already able to present their Nao robot projects to the public at events such as the Scienceand Technology Education Partnership (STEP) conference, and Long Night of Arts andInnovation of Riverside. Thousands of people showed up at these events and our engineeringstudents had the opportunity to share their passion in engineering, encouraged the children towork hard on their math and science, and made them aware that STEM field career can be funusing the example of designing robots and programming them. More importantly, the
Assistant Dean for Inclusive Excellence, she leads the Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center, overseeing efforts to attract and prepare students for the rigors of engineering study and careers, and to improve student performance and graduation rates. Appointed in January 2014, Miller comes to CU-Boulder from the National Science Foundation, where she worked in STEM education as a American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow. Sarah believes that every child deserves an excellent education. She has worked in inner-city public schools, both as a teacher and as an administrator, and in the admissions office of Amherst College, where she earned a B.A. in Chemistry. She holds a PhD
or science, and the last essay required a counter argument on social and technicalissues suitable for publishing in a college newspaper.The AnalysisThe methods for determining how well the objectives were met consisted of the evaluations ofstudent’s course work described above and the administration of pre-class and post-classsurveys. In the pre-class survey, students were required to explain their career goals and theamount of social media they used. In the post-class survey given at the end of the semester, (SeeTable 1) students were asked if their current career and academic goals had changed, if any ofthe articles read in class influenced their views towards their career and science, and if the studyof social media changed any of their
Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2006. He was a TMS Young Leader International Scholar in 2008, received the NSF/CAREER award in 2009, the Xerox Award for Faculty Research at Illinois in 2011, the AIME Robert Lansing Hardy Award in 2014, co-chaired the 2011 Physical Metallurgy Gordon Research conference, and became a Willett Faculty Scholar at Illinois in 2015. His research focuses on defects in materials using density-functional theory, and novel techniques to understand problems in mechanical behavior and transport.Prof. Kelly Ritter, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignP. Scott Carney, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign P. Scott Carney is a Professor in the