disparities, revealing that the global representation of female STEM students stands at amere 35%, plummeting to 28% for doctoral students [3]. In regions such as South Asia,Sub-Saharan Africa, and West Asia, one in five researchers in STEM are women [3].According to Werz, Schmitt, Borowski, Wilkesmann, & Isenhardt [4], relatively few womendecide to pursue STEM degrees in higher education, and even fewer enter the workforce inthese fields, of which a tiny fraction manage to attain that middle or higher management statuspositions. For example, in the Netherlands, approximately 24% of STEM graduates arewomen, of which 71% opt for a career outside STEM; as a result, only 13% of STEM workersare women – putting the Netherlands at the bottom of
, and they continued without specific length restrictions as long asstudents provided feedback on the questions. We analyzed the transcripts from the focus groupsusing an inductive approach to coding the data to uncover themes. Preliminary results suggest thatstudents discussed the following themes: educational outlooks, class applications, culturalinteraction and exchanges, cultural intelligence, career outlooks, skill development, and advice toother students. Our draft paper discusses preliminary results by comparing and contrasting the No-COIL, COIL, and COIL+ student responses.Keywords: Collaborative Online International Learning, COIL, Short-term study abroadprograms, Faculty led study abroad, Focus groups, Undergraduate engineering
ranging from academics, NSF PIs, in- dustry leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals to students or high-schoolers starting out with Computer Sciences, helping them strategize and broaden participation, as well as explore, understand, and apply emerging technologies. Sreyoshi is committed to broadening participation among underrepresented mi- norities in engineering and serves as a Senator at the Society of Women Engineers. She is also part of the Advisory Board at the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech and serves as an Advisor to the leadership at Sisters in STEM. Sreyoshi frequently collaborates on several National Science Foundation projects in the engineering education realm, researching engineering career
, the study seeks to identify the factorscontributing to the gender imbalance and propose strategies to address the issue effectively.More specifically, the study addresses the following two research questions: 1. According to women faculty, what factors contribute to persistent gender disparity in engineering faculty in Ethiopian engineering colleges? 2. What strategies and interventions can be implemented to address the persistent gender disparity in engineering faculty and women's career advancement in engineering fields?This study's significance lies in informing Ethiopian policy and decision-makers within thehigher education systems. Highlighting the gender disparities among the engineering faculty atBule Hora University
abroad for other disciplines such as business, education, medicine, andsocial work [36], [37], [38], [39], [40].Multinational companies consider global competency skills important for engineers andemphasize the need for engineers to communicate cross-culturally [41]. While career-focusedexperiences abroad for engineers were mentioned by employers as being the most effective wayto nurture globally competent engineers [20], the gap in literature of internships abroad forengineering students is commensurate with the lack of programming in this area as most of theinternational programs at the university level remain academic in nature.Internship abroad programs offer a rich training ground for college students to gain valuableinternational and
motivational aspects might also be crucial determinants for determining theperformance and perseverance of engineering students [3].Many engineering students in Bangladesh are primarily motivated by their own aspirations.Increased self-efficacy is mainly congruent with the idea of greater ambition. When studentsbelieve in their ability to complete a particular activity or objective, they are driven to act inways that increase the likelihood of success [1]. Often, students are motivated to succeed inengineering by their passion and attitude [11]. In addition, a solid foundation in disciplines suchas mathematics, physics, and science inspires students to pursue higher education in engineeringto pursue a career in various sophisticated and intriguing
acres about 20 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh. In 2002, following approval by thestate Department of Education, the college became Robert Morris University. From a School ofAccountancy with 26 students, Robert Morris University has grown to an enrollment of over3,400 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students. Robert Morris University’s mission is tobe the gateway to engaged, productive, and successful careers and lives. True to its heritage ofprofessional education and applied instruction, Robert Morris University builds knowledge,skills, and citizenship and prepares students to lead with integrity and compassion in a diverseand rapidly changing world. Robert Morris University is a nationally ranked university thatcombines academic
no actual improvement in pedagogicalcompetencies, and the introduction of new knowledge, skills, and competencies into practicalpedagogical activity does not occur.The disadvantage of the existing massified systems becomes obvious: the lack of anindependent preliminary assessment of the educators’ performance and their motivation thatallows them to identify the missing professional competencies or those requiring improvement.There are few opportunities to build up an individual trajectory for professional developmenttaking into account previous background, experience, and professional and personal interests,and the existing are seldom tailored to include all the diversity requirements.Also, handling these issues of career development at the
, competency development, and understanding the experiences of traditionally marginalized engineering students from an asset-based perspective. Homero’s goal is to develop engineering education practices that value the capital that tra- ditionally marginalized students, bring into the field, and to train graduate students and faculty members with the tool to promote effective and inclusive learning environments and mentorship practices. Homero has been recognized as a Diggs Teaching Scholar, a Graduate Academy for Teaching Excellence Fellow, a Global Perspectives Fellow, a Diversity Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, and was inducted into the Bouchet Honor Society. Homero serves as the
Awards. These awards are offered toprofessionals, artists, and people from academics at any career level. However, some awards maybe for certain types of scholars and are limited to specific career levels. In general, some awardsallow you to select the country and/or host institution while others do not permit that. Similarly,some awards require you to have a letter of support from the host institution at the time ofapplication. For the Fulbright Scholar award, there are three different categories: Teaching,Research, and Teaching-Research. The research award consists of activities related to research thatincludes scientific research, practice-based research, etc. The research work can be applied andcan take place in a laboratory, field, or an
more international students come to the U.S. for their education andemployment after graduation because they realize many benefits of American education, notablyhigher education. The benefits of studying in the U.S. for International Students include [2]: • Academic excellence • Diverse programs • Flexibility in choosing subjects • Best for research programs • Supporting environment for international students • Advancement in technology • Diverse cultures • Career opportunitiesTherefore, international students are motivated to come to the U.S. for their college studies,especially their graduate studies.Benefits for International StudentsIn addition to the benefits for international students, many students from India
awareness, audience awareness,and collaborative teamwork and leadership, as specified in ABET criteria 2, 3, and 5,respectively. Effective EC pedagogy and industry partnerships can be an effective andmeasurable approach to supporting these criteria.IntroductionInternational approaches to developing Engineering Communication (EC) skills include carefulassays of industry needs, employer expectations, and a continuous cycle of building career-relevant course content [1]. Researchers studying STEM student employability in East Asiahighlight written and visual communication modes as key opportunities for curriculardevelopment. Not surprisingly, whether internationally or centered in a US context, multi-modalcommunication is identified by both students
States through a series of vignettes. Thevignettes were meant to capture the experiences during the several transitional points thatinternational women of color often go through, for example, their first experience of studying ata US institution, their entry in the United States, then completion of their degree, deciding to goin academia, industry or other career path, immigration challenges, etc. Those stories will workas a first stepping stone so that those women can be retained within the workforce and mentoredeffectively, and their well being are also taken care of.2. Guiding FrameworkTransnational Feminism [6] is used here to frame the global cultural contexts of internationalwomen’s experiences within the US-based engineering education
). Throughout her engineering career, she has tried to integrate global engineering into her work. Most recently, she spent the final year of her PhD at the University of Cape Town, integrating her benchtop cardiovascular research into computational models. In 2018-2019, she spent a year living and working in Tanzania, in East Africa through the Fulbright US Scholar program, teaching and conducting clinical research. Now at UD, her scholarship work includes embedding global engineering opportunities into the engineering curriculum through study abroad programs, new courses, serving as an advisor for UD’s Engineers Without Borders, and hosting global design workshops. ©American Society for Engineering
, Civil Engineering,Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Ethno-Botany. From 2009 until the onset ofthe covid-19 pandemic, a total of sixty-one US students participated in the Colombia basedprograms, with twenty in Cali at Uni Del Valle and forty-one in Cartagena at Uni Cartagena andUniversity of San Buenaventura Cartagena. The paper will cover the inception and developmentof both project sites, the different approaches to Global Engagement, the best practices,outcomes, program duplication, career outcomes of participants, and post covid-19 opportunities.Introduction - U.S. Students Studying AbroadThe integration of a Study Abroad/International Research internship at the undergraduate andgraduate level is increasingly being seen as a
and UP students.Benefits include, 1) allowing students to target jobs with a sustainability focus, which is acurrently in-demand career path, 2) offering students both regional and international perspectiveson civil engineering, sustainability, and culture among others, and 3) providing access tointernational experts in the field of built environment sustainability.1.2.2 University and Departmental/Faculty perspectiveA graduate program also allows for some of the following benefits to the universities and thedepartment/faculty such as, 1) increased student enrollment, which has been steadily decliningsince the onset of the COVID pandemic, 2) heightened program relevancy [12], 3) strengtheningof the international partnership, 4) advancement of
Sloan Indigenous Graduate Engineering Scholars and is passionate about increasing the diversity and representation of fu- ture engineering faculty.Stephen Mark McBride, Purdue University Stephen McBride is the Assistant Director of Graduate Student Success for the College of Engineering. With a strong background in leadership development and career preparation, he received many of the highest honors in the National 4-H and National FFA Organizations. During his year of service as the Na- tional FFA Southern Region Vice President, Stephen was trained as a professional facilitator and keynote speaker while representing the National FFA Organization on his visits to more than 30 states and Japan. He is passionate
Christi’s Ridges to Reefs program (R2R). The firstoffered an introduction to research in collaboration with universities in the Yucatan while thesecond considered ecology of river and coral reef systems in Belize with programming offeredon land and at the Mesoamerican Coral Reef. Pre- and post-participation surveys regarding priorexperience, research skills, a variety of potential impacts, graduate school, and learning wereconducted with participants. Comparison of the pre- and post-participation submissions indicatedparticipants found the offerings valuable for learning about concepts related to their major andspecific topics in the sciences, learning about research, themselves, history and culture, refiningeducation and career plans, developing
]. Understanding the divisions of culturein engineering education gives us the ability to understand how students interact withtheir fellow students and authority figures such as professors or deans, how they learnand understand within their respective discipline, how they develop the necessary skillsto apply in their careers, and how they operate across disciplinary boundaries [9].However, these skills that are sought to be understood may be affected due to factorsexternal to the academic responsibility on the part of educational institutions [10]. Inrecent years the pandemic Covid-19, has revolutionized many aspects of the world atlarge, among these, education [11]. Due to various restrictions, remote or onlineeducation was a drastic change adopted by
through the continuingprofessional education of university teaching staff.In short, thinking about the way of teaching has been the product of research andexperiences that show the need to focus on training to scale up or improve student retentionpractices and inter-and transdisciplinary views of the specificity of a field in relation towhat surrounds it.We have varied antecedents in Latin America that show that in recent times, engineeringhas had little growth because these careers are perceived as very long and difficult, addingto the fact that the initial years have become more difficult for those who join these careers[21]. Therefore, thinking about teaching would give us the possibility of providing areflective look at the practice that
full time careers averaging $60,000 up to $200,000 annually. Exit Survey and 5 Year Program Review Rover Alumni Responses Questions Did the technical skills learned help prepare 100% you for work in the industry? Do you feel like the interpersonal/teamwork 97% skills learned prepared you for the workplace? Was the Rover a talking point in your 100% interview process to be hired? If so, do you feel like being a part of the Rover helped you in acquiring your job? Table 1: Rover Project Exit Survey [5]Table 1 displays the outstanding
widelyrecognized, as is the emphasis on study abroad to build these abilities. Traditionally, studyabroad programs have been viewed as playing a significant role in preparing students forinternational careers. How program participants perceive the development of globalcompetencies through the lens of Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory is limited in the literature.A qualitative research study the Pennsylvania State University employed participant interviewsto identify the components of the Como, Italy Cross-cultural Engagement and TechnicalPresentation faculty-led study abroad program for engineering students that were most relevantto developing global competencies. In addition, the factors that helped and hindered theacquisition of this skillset were
nongovernmental organizations sothat those entities seek engineering insights when setting their global infrastructure policies [6].The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Vision 2030 states that “whatmechanical engineers do, and how they do it, are changing due to global issues, expansion of thediscipline’s boundaries, increased professional expectations, and technological innovation.Future engineers will need outstanding communication and people skills, business sense, a globalperspective, and an unparalleled understanding of our environment [7].” Additionally, the reportnotes that both industry supervisors and early career engineers emphasize that professional skillsshould be integrated throughout the curriculum, and broaden the skill set
further refining existing processes and making recommendations as deemed necessaryPerry [7].The contribution of international students to U.S. colleges and universities encompasses valuableintellectual, cultural, and economic dimensions [8]. Many institutions boasting significantinternational student enrollments offer specialized support services aimed at facilitating socialintegration, academic progress, and linguistic proficiency, thereby enhancing retention rates andfostering student engagement [7][8]. Commonly provided support services include academicadvising, language instruction, career guidance, and mental health assistance. Research indicatesthat international students frequently encounter difficulties related to cultural adaptation
Qatar.Dr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University Shane Brown is an associate professor and Associate School Head in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. His research interests include conceptual change and situated cognition. He received the NSF CAREER award in ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Personal Epistemology of Middle Eastern Graduate Students at Oregon State University: Beliefs about Source of KnowledgeIntroductionEducation is an essential aspect of a human's life to achieve better ways of living facilitated byfinancial stability, self-dependency, and social equality. However, standardizing education forevery individual is
finding himself, coming to terms with his engineering identity. So, I like to tell people that when I went to Germany, I had no idea what I wanted to do as an engineer. Going through my one year in Germany I walked out of there knowing exactly what I want to do. […] the biggest positive I got of going abroad was figuring out what I want to do as a career in my engineering field […]. It was the research what, like, sparked it. JD, originally reserved and not used to advocating for himself, then developed theconfidence to ask his internship supervisor whether he could work on a project related to hisnewly found area of interest: “At Siemens, I asked my boss, if it was possible for me to do somehardware tests
in Brazil and focused on advances in sustainable energy paired with traditional engineering curricula. In the future, Chaney hopes to pursue a career in biotechnology with a strong emphasis on sustainable, renewable, and clean energy.Aidan J. Kane, Northeastern UniversityDr. Courtney A. Pfluger, Northeastern University Dr. Courtney Pfluger received her PhD at Northeastern University in 2011 and began as an Assistant Teaching Professor in First-year Engineering Program at Northeastern where she redesigned the curricu- lum and developed courses with sustainability and clean water themes. In 2017, she moved to ChE Department where she has taught core courses and redesigned the Capstone design course. She has also
students and faculty members with the tools to promote effective and inclusive learning environments and mentorship practices. Homero aspires to change discourses around broadening participation in engineering and promoting action to change. Homero has been recognized as a Diggs Teaching Scholar, a Graduate Academy for Teaching Excellence Fellow, a Global Perspectives Fellow, a Diversity Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, and was inducted into the Bouchet Honor Society. Homero serves as the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Chair for the Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI), the Program Chair for the ASEE Faculty Development Division, and the Vice Chair
preparing teachers for education careers. The subsequent years continue todevelop the students’ knowledge in both their electrical engineering discipline as well as educationalpedagogy. Table 1. ENS Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s degree curriculum Semester 1 Semester 2Year 1 Communications and Citizenship Information Science Fundamentals of Science Mathematical Simulation Mathematical Sciences Fluid Mechanics and General Chemistry Engineering Design 1 Electricity and Magnetism
been recognized as a Diggs Teaching Scholar, a Graduate Academy for Teaching Excellence Fellow, a Global Perspectives Fellow, a Diversity Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, and was inducted into the Bouchet Honor Society. Homero serves as the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Chair for the Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI), the Program Chair for the ASEE Faculty Development Division, and the Vice Chair for the Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Comparison of student global perspectives pre and post-COVID for a study abroad