to examine the culture for women and underrepresented minorities in 22 engineering colleges nationwide. She also directs the external eval- uation for the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). In addition to her lead- ership in the office, Dr. Litzler is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and a Board Member of Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). Her research interests include the educational climate for students in science and engineering and gender and race stratification in education and the workforce.Ms. Cate Samuelson, University of Washington Cate Samuelson is a Doctoral Candidate in Education and Leadership Policy Studies at the University
for another major; that he did not believe I would succeed in this program. Forthe next few weeks, I visited different departments on campus searching for something I would like to do.None of them interested me enough to make the switch. So I went back to the Chair and told him that Iwas going to try and stick it out. He suggested that I consider an Engineering Technology degree instead.But since I would still need to take the same core courses as the Chemical Engineering curricula, I told himthat I may as well go for the real thing. The Chairman of the Department then made a statement that wouldstick with me for the rest of my life. He said, “OK, but I would recommend that you not get an engineeringjob when you graduate because we would not
native of Dayton, OH and a graduate of Dayton Public Schools. Dr. Long’s research interests include: (a) technology use, (b) diversity and inclusion, and (c) retention and success, with a particular focus on students in STEM fields. He has conducted and published research with the Movement Lab and Center for Higher Education Enterprise at OSU. Dr. Long has taught undergraduates in the First-Year Engineering Program and Department of Mechan- ical Engineering at OSU and served as a facilitator for both the University Center for the Advance- ment of Teaching and Young Scholars Program at OSU. Furthermore, he has worked in industry at Toyota and has a high record of service with organizations such as the American Society
Natasha focused on the ease with which engineers conquer the math and sciences --“Ithink an engineer is someone who uses science, math, technology and stuff to solveproblems”(Rogue). Natasha pointed out the tinkering nature of engineers by describing hercolleagues as men that are “[…] at home playing with Raspberry Pi [a small, inexpensivecomputer, namely used by programming hobbyists] and building Ham radios.” They often spokeof these traits as if they were not traits that they possessed themselves, but they acknowledgedthem as traits of “true” engineers. “I don’t relish in wanting to tinker with something that’sbroke. That’s, I feel, like a trait of engineers that I don’t possess” (Natasha).Personal. When the women described how they saw
one US patent and led the effort to establish a new BS degree program in Computer Engineering at Howard University.Mr. Leotis Parrish, North Carolina A&T State UniversityDr. Marcia F Williams, North Carolina A&T State University Marcia Williams is the Director of STEM/Sponsored Programs in the College of Engineering at North Page 24.483.1 Carolina A&T State University, and has more than 20 years of experience in organizational development, strategic planning, proposal development, and grants implementation and administration. Marcia earned a B.S. in Industrial Technology from North Carolina A
Paper ID #19338Impact of Engineering Ambassador Program on Academic Attainment of Mi-nority Students in EngineeringDr. Mohsen Mosleh, Howard University Dr. M. Mosleh is a Professor of mechanical engineering at Howard University, a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and an author and inventor. His research area is surface and interface science and engineering with a focus on energy and manufacturing applications. Dr. Mosleh received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has extensively published in journals and conferences and produced patents. He is also the
initiative, 25 engineering faculty members actually implemented S-Linto at least one of their courses during the 04-05 academic year and 34 faculty in 05-06. In2005-06 over the two semesters an average of 700 undergraduate students participated in S-Lprojects in 52 courses, some with required S-L projects and others elective. This wide variety ofcourses included, for example, a first year introduction to engineering with 300 students,kinematics, soil mechanics, heat transfer, engineering ethics, electronics, plastics design, strengthof materials, and a senior EE capstone course on assistive technology with 70 students.Community partners included the Lowell National Historical Park, many local rehabilitationclinics, a local food bank, the City
%, but the number ofengineers that US colleges and universities send into the workforce annually has stayed the sameat around 120,000. The increase requested is 8.33% in engineering degrees. “By contrast,roughly 1 million engineers a year graduate from universities in India and China. This educationdisparity threatens to slow our economic recovery, stunts our long-term competitiveness, andleaves technology firms in a skills crisis.”1It is well known that about 40% of students enrolled in science, technology, engineering andmathematics leave their major after the first year. Less than 50% of the students who start inthese majors actually complete their degree. Although this percentage is about the same as theattrition for non-technical majors
as a social experience particularly in terms of gender and race among underrepresented college students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). He has presented his scholarship at research conferences organized by the American Educational Research Association, Association for the Study of Higher Education, and Out in STEM Incorporated. Luis holds professional experience in various STEM student support initiatives at Rutgers University including the STEM Talent Expansion Program, Upward Bound Math-Science, and Project Advancing Graduate Edu- cation. He is a certified K-12 mathematics teacher in New Jersey with a Master’s degree in Mathematics Education and Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from
Institute of Technology (Ireland).Mr. Tiago R Forin, Rowan University Tiago Forin is a PhD candidate in Engineering Education and researcher at Purdue University affiliated with XRoads Research Group, the Global Engineering Program and the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Effectiveness. He received a Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Florida State University and a Master’s degree in environmental engineering from Purdue University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Disability and Engineering: A Case of “Othering”?The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (2009) defines disability as (A) “a physical ormental impairment that substantially limits one or more major
engineering structures - Field trip to an engineering companyA list of engineering departments that that participated in offering activities follows: - Aerospace Engineering - Biological & Agricultural Engineering - Computer Science & Engineering Page 22.1183.4 - Nuclear Engineering - Biomedical Engineering - Petroleum Engineering - Industrial Systems Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Civil Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Eng Technology & Industrial DistributionHighlights of the 2009 STEW included hands-on design projects, flight simulation
% (Engineering Workforce Commission, 2001)In an effort to address the underdevelopment of our engineering talent pool, it must become animportant national priority to tap into the large pool of potential human resources in the U.S. Itis imperative to increase the numbers of Women, African Americans, Hispanics and AmericanIndians who follow STEM educational pathways in high school, major in science, math andengineering in college, continue on to pursue graduate degrees in these disciplines andeventually enter the science and engineering workforce as researchers, academicians andpractitioners. The exigencies of diversity which are economic and technological, as well as,social and moral cannot be ignored as the demographic population shift that is
University of Technology and large scale educational research at Twente University. Before coming to City College, she was a Research Associate in IBM research, performing organizational and usability studies.Dr. Joseph Barba, City College of the City University of New YorkDr. Margaret Krudysz, City College of the City University of New YorkProf. Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York Ardie D. Walser is a professor of electrical engineering and the Associate Dean of the Grove School of Engineering at the City College of New York of the City University of New York. Walser is a former Divi- sion Chair of the Minorities in Engineering Division (MIND) of the American Association of Engineering Education
experiences; 2) experience the engineeringdesign process using a software program and applying mathematics and science principles; 3)engage in teamwork activities that integrate software and hardware knowledge to build andprogram Lego robots; 4) Participate in a field trip and talk to engineers on the job; and 5) Engagein a question and answer panel session where professional engineers describe their experiencesand expectations of new hires. The papers will present statistics and evaluation results of the twoworkshops.Keywords: Engineering, Enrichment, Higher Education, MinoritiesIntroductionThe summer enrichment program offers high school and middle school students the opportunityto participate in hands-on science, technology, engineering, and
of engineering, we must first convince them oftheir opportunity to solve significant social, medical, and technological problems, and by doingso, to define the future. That message, delivered by age, race, and gender appropriate, Page 14.1014.18enthusiastic young people, will be heard!REFERENCES1 National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies.(2008). Changing the Conversation: Messages forImproving Public Understanding of Engineering. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., p. 212 ibid., p.22.3 Rhodes, J.E. and Jason, LA. (1988) Preventing Substance Abuse Among Children and Adolescents. Elmsford,NY. Pergamon Press.4
trip included a visit to the University Army ROTC programwhere the Lt. Colonel Commander asked the laboratory Colonel if the laboratory couldaccommodate a one or two week laboratory experience for some junior ROTC cadets(Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, STEM, majors) as they traveledfrom the university to summer ROTC training at an Army installation (Engineer School,etc.). This arrangement was finalized and that began a partnership where up to fourjunior year ROTC cadets visited the laboratory for two weeks each summer. Thissummer ROTC experience continued for approximately a decade.Subsequent recruitment visits (led by the civilian laboratory Director) of 1987, 1988,1989, and 1990 met with more limited success. One to three
President of the Student Government Association, and a member of the MSU chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers. Active in community outreach, he is also President of SMOOTH, an innovative student organization fostering Black male achievement and collaboration across disciplines, backgrounds and cultures.Dr. Keyanoush Sadeghipour, Temple University Keya Sadeghipour is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering and serves as the Dean of the College of Engineering since 2003. He is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Technology, UK which is now the University of Manchester. He has been involved in receiving over $7 M funding from various
Paper ID #23814Effects of Research and Internship Experiences on Engineering Task Self-Efficacy on Engineering Students Through an Intersectional LensAbisola Coretta Kusimo, Stanford University - Mechanical Engineering Dept. Abisola Kusimo received her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with minors in Rhetoric Com- munication, Engineering Leadership Development, and Technology Entrepreneurship from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2015. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Stanford with a focus on Addi- tive Manufacturing in highly-constrained environments and is a National GEM Ph.D. Fellow, American
, students were asked to report the extent to which they agreed with a numberof statements related to motivation. The six motivation constructs and associated items are shown inTable 1.Table 1. Motivation constructs on the APPLE survey.1. Motivation (Financial)Engineers are well paid.Engineers make more money than most other professionals.An engineering degree will guarantee me a job when I graduate.2. Motivation (Parental Influence)My parents would disapprove if I chose a major other than engineering.My parents want me to be an engineer.3. Motivation (Social Good)Technology plays an important role in solving society’s problems.Engineers have contributed greatly to fixing problems in the world.Engineering skills can be used for the good of society.4
, as well as conceptual models for framework of evaluation.References1. The Preparing Future Faculty Program: Overview. [cited 2017 February 11]; Availablefrom: http://www.preparing-faculty.org/#about.2. Connolly MR, Savoy JN, Barger SS, editors. Future-faculty Professional DevelopmentPrograms for Doctoral Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: AnExploratory Classification Scheme. Annual Meeting of the American Educational ResearchAssociation; 2010.3. Who's Involved in PFF. [cited 2017 February 11]; Available from:http://www.preparing-faculty.org/PFFWeb.History.htm.4. Tapia R. Hiring and developing minority faculty at research universities. Commun ACM.2010;53(3):33-5.5. Leggon CB. Diversifying
fundamental engineering skill areas, we are able toimprove interest, excitement and pursuit of engineering as a plan of study and career in newways. This effect is particularly needed among historically under-represented populations inengineering.IntroductionIn the current engineering environment we are faced with several distinct problems with respectto the future development of our workforce. One is that students graduating from our K-12school system, although excellent in recall of fact, are not technologically literate in the broadestsense of the term1. (Note, that this does not mean that US students are not technically capable.Technological literacy equips an individual to confront life situations and enables them toidentify the technological
AC 2009-2316: WHY AREN’T THERE MORE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIESIN ENGINEERING?Ali Mehrabian, University of Central FloridaWalter Buchanan, Texas A&M University Page 14.1373.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Why Aren’t There More Students with Disabilities in Engineering?IntroductionStudents with physical disabilities are underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics). According to the NSF (National Science Foundation)1,“a higher percentage of students with disabilities than of those without disabilities dropout of high school. Among students who were eighth graders in 1988, 10 percent of thosewith disabilities and 6 percent
Paper ID #14616WIECE: Women Undergraduates in Electrical and Computer EngineeringSummer Research ProgramDr. Jinhui Wang, North Dakota State University Dr. Jinhui Wang has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing at North Dakota State University (NDSU), since Aug. 2014. His research interests include low-power, high-performance, and variation-tolerant integrated circuit design, 3D IC and EDA methodologies, and thermal issue solution in VLSI. He has more than 80 publications and 6 patents in the emerging semicon- ductor technologies. Dr. Wang has been with the editorial board of
AC 2010-2029: ENHANCEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOME AND RETENTIONOF MINORITY STUDENTS IN ENGINEERINGShowkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University Dr. Showkat Chowdhury is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, AL. Dr. Chowdhury has extensive background in teaching undergraduate and graduate students in Mechanical Engineering, and performing research in the fields of Nano-composites, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat & Mass Transfer and Combustion. Previously, he worked as a Professor at Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) and at University of Brighton, U.K. He also worked in the Research Division of Corning
mission. SEI at Texas A&M’s Spacecraft Technology Center is an exclusive partnershipwith NASA focused on preparing engineering students for a career in the space industry.Throughout the school year, SEI students participate in hands-on projects and practical trainingin various fields of engineering. This is a unique opportunity, as a first-year student at TexasA&M, to work on projects to aid NASA in developing technology for the International SpaceStation (ISS), Space Shuttle, or human exploration of the solar system.Engineering Academic Programs OfficeThe Engineering Academic Programs Office (EAPO), in the Dwight Look College ofEngineering, handles all undergraduate and graduate academic business for the College ofEngineering. In
Paper ID #17131Engaging Pre-college Minority Students at a Technical Engineering ResearchConferenceTizoc Cruz-Gonzalez, University of Michigan Tizoc Cruz-Gonzalez is a Ph.D candidate in mechanical engineering focusing on design with smart ma- terials at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on model-based design of dielectric elastomer devices. He received his Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After re- ceiving his degree, Tizoc worked for five years as an aerospace engineer and as a Presidential Campaign Field Organizer in 2008. Ultimately, Tizoc desires to expand his
interested in research regarding underrepresentation of minority groups in Science, Technology, Engi- neering, and Mathematics (STEM), especially the use of culturally responsive practices in engineering education. He is particularly interested in the use of comprehension strategy instruction in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms; physical and digital manipulatives and their application in engineer- ing courses; engineering identity; engineering literacies and critical literacies; cultures of engineering; retention, recruitment, and outreach for underrepresented minorities in STEM.Dr. Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University Dr. Villanueva is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department and an
communications and signal processing. Funded and published numerous times. Page 25.1127.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Retaining Minority Students in Engineering: Undergraduate Research in Partnership with NASAAbstractRetaining underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) is an essential step for increasing graduation rates and for meeting the demand fordiversified and qualified STEM graduates. This demand has increased dramatically in recentyears, especially with the retirement of baby boomers [1]. Therefore, the nation is
Rowan for eigh- teen years. Dr. Farrell has contributed to engineering education through her work in inductive pedagogy, spatial skills, and inclusion and diversity. She has been honored by the American Society of Engineer- ing Education with several teaching awards such as the 2004 National Outstanding Teaching Medal and the 2005 Quinn Award for experiential learning, and she was 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar in Engineering Education at Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland)tephanie Farrell is Professor and Founding Chair of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University (USA) and was 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar in Engineering Education at Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland).Mr. Tiago R. Forin, Rowan
forces, only 5500 African American who had Ph.D. degree inScience, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (SMET) were employed in the SMETfield. Only 5.6% of the enrollment in SMET of graduate schools were African American,Hispanic American and Native American (AAHANA) students. There is an urgent need totrain minority students in SMET field [1]. Historically Black Colleges and Universities(HBCUs) are the primary source of African-American scientists in the US, and HBCUparticipation in training of students in SMET field is critical.To respond to these critical needs, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Mathematics,Information and Computational Sciences (MICS) division created an Alliance forComputational Science Collaboration in 1997