Conference Session

ME Technical Session 1 - Enhancing Mechanical Engineering Education: From Prerequisites to Practice

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenn Campbell, University of Arkansas; EMINE SAHIN TOPALCENGIZ, Mus Alparslan University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

motivationStudent perceptions on what engineering is, what engineers do, and what the different fieldswithin engineering are matter because they may impact undergraduates’ initial decisions to majorin engineering, their desire to remain in engineering throughout their undergraduate career, andtheir decisions to pursue engineering as a career after graduation. Developing a betterunderstanding of student perceptions of engineering, and more specifically, mechanicalengineering can help educators highlight key aspects of engineering that students are not awareof and aspects that may be misunderstood, which may help broaden interest in the field ofengineering.Additionally, student perceptions on what engineering is likely change over time based oncoursework and