larger data set, ademographically diverse set of 20 African American engineering students were sampled toaddress the research questions: How does self-defined success relate to academic performance ofsuccessful African American engineering students? What demographic factors contribute to howsuccess is defined?Responses were thematically categorized, numerically analyzed, and viewed through the lensesof social-cognitive and goal theories to more easily interpret the influence of differentiatingfactors in students’ definitions of personal success. The majority of engineering students’definitions centered on graduating college, overall happiness, career, family, or money, and mostdefinitions contained multiple themes. Though there was no apparent
most faculty affairs, including recruitment, hiring and retention, promotion and tenure, awards, climate and diversity, and dual career issues. Professor Kokini’s research activities include the study of thermal fracture mechanisms and design of high-temperature advanced materials such as monolithic, precracked and functionally graded ceramic thermal barrier coatings. He also works on interdisciplinary research related to the biomechanical behavior of soft tissue implant materials and the biomicromechanics of ECM-cell interactions under the application of mechanical loads. He served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Thermal Stresses (1995-1998). He was the Vice
Technology Brian is the Associate Director for the Center on Access Technology at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), where he is often involved in various projects related to accessibility such as MUSEAI, Automatic Speech Recgnition, VisualSync and bilingual storybook apps to name a few. He is also an Associate Professor as the lead faculty in the Mobile Application Development program, and the Principle Investigator (PI) for the NSF ATE RoadMAPPS to Careers grant.Byron Behm, Rochester Institute of Technology Byron Behm is a project coordinator/sign language interpreter for the Center on Access Technology at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. His goal is to combine his passions for inclusive
training may influence reaction to somatic and emotional states. For thisresearch, we posit that undergraduate research and internship experiences may provide moreopportunities for these four sources of self-efficacy, particularly for URM women.Measuring Engineering Task Self-EfficacyEngineering task self-efficacy (ETSE) was assessed with a 5-item self-report measure for anETSE Instrument which is defined as an individual’s belief in their ability to successfullyperform technical engineering tasks. The technical engineering tasks probed by the survey weremotivated by engineering and career outcomes in previous work [5]. The process of adapting theitems and selecting a representative five-item set from a more exhaustive list using factoranalysis is
. This is an alliance of NC State, NC A&T State University, and UNC Charlotte.Dr. Yvette Maria Huet, UNC Charlotte Yvette Huet is Director of the ADVANCE Faculty Affairs and Diversity Office, a Professor of Kinesi- ology at UNC Charlotte and PI on the NSF AGEP-NC Alliance grant . She graduated with bachelor’s degrees in Microbiology and Human Biology from the University of Kansas and a Ph.D. with Honors in Physiology from the University of Kansas, Medical Center. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at Monsanto Company in Chesterfield, MO she began her academic career at UNC Charlotte. where she was tenured and went on to be a Full Professor in the Biology Department at UNC Charlotte. She was the Faculty
in, and complete STEM under- graduate and graduate degrees. Dr. Williams has been instrumental in garnering over $8 million in grants to support undergraduate research and interdisciplinary outreach programs, and has facilitated faculty-led research experiences on campus and at Argonne, Brookhaven, and Lawrence L. Livermore national labo- ratories.She is a Councilor in the Undergraduate Research Program Directors Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research,and member of the CUR Broadening Participation Task Force. She also serves on advisory boards for the NSF Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP), the NIH Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program, the NSF
enrolling in graduate orprofessional schools.5,6Many researchers have explored potential causes for minority student underrepresentation in theSTEM disciplines. Issues such as preparedness deficiencies, stereotype threats, familial orsocietal expectations, or low esteem have been presented as potential reasons for low interest,aspiration, admission, retention, and persistence in STEM of ethnic minority students.7-14Diminished pursuit of graduate studies for URM students were thought to be largely related tofinancial hardship post baccalaureate; however, further research has shown that URMs in STEMalso may not see graduate or professional schools as significantly beneficial to career aspirationsand interest.15Undergraduate research programs have
; however,DuBois spoke specifically of college educated Blacks’ responsibility towards those with fewerresources, which has not been often empirically studied regarding the motivations of Blackundergraduates to persist in STEM majors. Although there has been some debate about whomDuBois regarded as the Talented Tenth and exactly what he charged them with, DuBois spoke ofeducated Blacks sacrificing their personal desires in order to increase the overall well-being oftheir entire race in the United States. In the simplest terms, this charge is now antiquated;however, Blacks are still less likely to attend and graduate from a college or university and areless likely to obtain financially stable careers than their White counterparts. The need
Level Coursework Skills Experience (GPA) Experience Student1 JR 3 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2 pt 3 pt Student2 SR 2 pt 1 pt 3 pt 2 pt 2 pt Student3 SR 2 pt 2 pt 3 pt 2 pt 3 pt Student4 JR 2 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 2 pt Student5 SR 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 ptSummarized in Table 6 are short-term career goals for the five undergraduate students, asunderstood before and after
1787, it is associated with the United Methodist Church, and offers three Associate degrees toits graduates: Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Science in Business.The school has an enrollment of approximately 700 students, including 70% African American.Due to very limited advanced research opportunities for minorities in HBCUs, there is a scarcityof underrepresented minority engineers and scientists pursuing successful research careers inSTEM. A serious national shortage of well-trained underrepresented minority engineers andscientists exits. Well-trained underrepresented minority engineers and scientists can conductindependent engineering research, can focus research on the disproportionate lack of
these fields, to summer enrichmentprograms, scholarships, fellowships, research opportunities, awards, leadership programs, andcareer advancement programs. This survey organizes these opportunities and resources,specially targeting those of particular interest to engineering students and engineering facultythroughout the lifecycle of their career, and provides links to internet sites containing furtherdetails. An analysis is done of possible areas of need not covered adequately by existingresources.Engineering Professional Societies and Engineering Education Related SitesProfessional societies for engineers provide scholarships, fellowships, awards, conferences,competitions, publications, and resources for students, parents, educators and
to support their academic and social transition to college. To achieve thesegoals, the course curriculum emphasized career exploration, collaboration with peers, writtenreflections, and diversity and global learning opportunities.We identified with Yosso’s theory of “navigational capital,” which captures the knowledge andskills of underrepresented or underprivileged students that enable them to navigate institutionsand communities where a dominant culture prevails 27. Rather than taking a deficit approach (i.e.minority students need to be fixed), this study focuses on cultivating the strengths and assets offirst-generation and URM students to guide them toward success in engineering. In addition tosupporting these students, this course and
lifecycle of their career, and provides links to internet sites containing furtherdetails. An analysis is done of possible areas of need not covered adequately by existingresources.Engineering Professional Societies and Engineering Education Related SitesProfessional societies for engineers provide scholarships, fellowships, awards, conferences,competitions, publications, and resources for students, parents, educators and professionalengineers. Table 1 shows a listing of engineering professional societies. The computer scienceand engineering technologies societies are included in this table because the computer scienceand engineering technology programs are often housed in the college of engineering. The tablealso includes architecture, because
theengineering and technology disciplines. This paper provides more than 500 links.IntroductionMany minority students and minority faculty do not take full advantage of the myriad ofprograms designed to promote their participation in engineering and technology disciplinesbecause they may not be aware of these opportunities, nor of how and where to apply.Opportunities range from programs designed to promote student interest in these fields, tosummer enrichment programs, scholarships, fellowships, research opportunities, awards,leadership programs, and career advancement programs. This survey organizes theseopportunities and resources, specially targeting those of particular interest to engineeringstudents and engineering faculty, and provides links to
perception of littleopportunities for advancement. Conversely, a positive workplace climate also helps to explainwhy women stay in the engineering workforce.3,5For women in engineering careers, those who persist were found in one study to possess highlevels of self efficacy, to describe themselves in terms of their identity as an engineer, and to bemotivated by the innovations and challenges afforded by engineering. This study also reasonedthat those who persist possess an ability to adapt and thrive “despite working in a male-dominated culture characterized by difficulties associated with the workplace, includingdiscrimination”. In contrast to this, women who left the engineering profession were “less likelyto recognize options in navigating the
math (STEM). A three year license was secured with MentorNetwhich allows the university to register and match A&T Alumni with undergraduate students inthe program. The intent of the program is to develop a mechanism which advances theUniversity’s retention objectives by: 1. Providing the opportunity for students to be matched with working professionals that can assist with time management, career counseling and other life skills that will enable them to be successful as a student and future employee. 2. Providing the opportunity for students to connect with A&T alumni with similar backgrounds. 3. Creating a pipeline of future engineers that will mentor undergraduate students at
career. This paper describes the efforts and results for actively recruitingminorities and women to an undergraduate electrical and computer engineering programat a Historically Black University. It also describes a series of activities aimed towardproducing leaders for tomorrow in industry and academia. Such recruitment of womenand minorities is critical to the country's efforts to increase the number of engineeringprofessionals, and is a priority at many institutions.IntroductionFor decades, one of the top priorities for America’s higher education leaders has been toraise the number of students enrolling in college [1,2,3]. The second priority has been tograduate students that are competent in their field of study. These priorities are
) more than 15 years ago that perked his interest in joining theengineering professoriate. ITM is still running to this day and it is by far the largest gathering ofracial/ethnic minority PhD scholars who are interested in faculty careers in academia, includingmany McNair Scholars. A closer examination of the 2019 ITM roster reveals that only 36 of the113 R1 schools studied in this paper sent college representatives to this important gathering. Thisdoes not inspire confidence about the commitment of the engineering professoriate to movebeyond symbolic gestures and addressing this disparity.Much has been written about strategies and practices that can promote a more robust applicantpool and a fairer selection process [4]. Lessons can be learned
clear image of what a career in engineering is about. On otherhand, some effective (short-term) methods that can be used for attracting and retaining femaleand minorities in engineering include having minority and female faculty members to visit highschools to give presentations and motivate students to go into the engineering fields, offersummer opportunities for high schools students to work with faculty, and to implementrecruitment policies that identify minorities to be accepted into the engineering programs, etc.In the next sections we describe the particular efforts that have been implemented for attractingand retaining female and minority students and the description of the activities.Problem IdentificationWe investigated the race and
June 27 Careers with a Science Bachelor’s Degree July 11 Do’s and Don’ts of a Scientific Talk July 18 Careers at a National Laboratory July 25 How to Make a Scientific Poster August 1 Technical Resumes 101Workshops were conducted from noon to 1pm on Tuesdays with attendance required. Note, earlyworkshops in the series were directed at educating students about graduate school with laterworkshops providing exposure to divers careers in science and tips on how to enhanceprofessionalism in conduct and presentations. The counterpart to the weekly Tuesday workshopswas weekly seminars on Thursdays. Seminars were also held from noon to 1PM with
implementation of the LST program, set-up a state- of-the-art instrumentation laboratory, architected the new degree program, and helped to place a large number of Deaf/HH individuals into careers in the chemical sciences. For his advocacy for diversifying STEM fields, Dr. Pagano has been honored as a recipient of the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Stanley C. Israel Award, the ACS/Dreyfus Foundation’s National Award: Encouraging Underrepresented Students into the Chemical Sciences, and U.S. Professor of the Year Award by Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018
from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of engineering doctoral students for careers in academia and industry and the development of engineering education assessment tools. She is a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career (CA- REER) award winner and is a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Hispanic Professional Engineers. Walter holds a B.A. degree in English literature from Montclair State College and a M.A. degree in higher education administration from New York University. The mission of NACME is to ensure American resilience in a ”flat” world by leading and supporting the national effort to expand U.S. capability by increasing the number of successful African American, American Indian, and Latino women and men in science, tech- nology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers. For the past 37 years, NACME has established a legacy of leadership and service in its dual role of changing lives through its involvement in K-12 and higher education, and its ability to change America through
corporate partners throughout theyear to provide peer mentoring at the schools, on-campus college experiences, and fun scienceand math events to excite students about higher education and careers in science and engineeringfields.PROMES has only a small fulltime staff, so we have developed a unique framework to maximizeour financial and human resources. This framework reflects a partnership between our programoffice and five multidisciplinary student engineering societies who also have engineeringoutreach goals. Program staffers serve as university advisors for all five organizations whichinclude the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers(SHPE), National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Society of Mexican
Outreach Coordinator for Cal Poly’s College of Engineering in 2008-2009, Teana helped develop the EPIC - Engineering Possibilities in College - summer camp for high school students. Now in its 5th year, the EPIC program continues to draw underrepresented students to its program, which educates and inspires students to pursue careers in engineering. Page 22.658.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Evolving a Summer Engineering Camp through AssessmentBackgroundEPIC (Engineering Possibilities in College) is a one-week summer program for high schoolstudents (entering 9th-12th
involved diverse aspects such as planning and scheduling, purchasing, performingcalculations and analysis, coordinating logistics, and design reviews. They were mentored byfaculty advisors. In addition, several minority students were engaged in undergraduate researchutilizing cutting edge technology, which also provided them financial support. Another surveyconducted shows that, these research/project experiences have brought excitement in theirlearning process, had a tremendous impact on their careers, motivated the minority students tobecome successful engineers, improved their learning outcome and self-confidence, preparedthem to join the national engineering workforce and improve diversity, and even motivatedsome of them to pursue graduate
: Word cloud visualization of the college-level challenges faced by the participantsIn addition to a word frequency query, a coding analysis was performed on the responses toquestion M1 from the matching survey to distill this qualitative information. In doing so, fourinductive codes were generated by the researcher while reading and sorting the data: academics,path uncertainty, personal and social struggles, and time balance. The “academics” code wasused to label any struggles related to coursework, such as low grades, dropping courses, or poorstudy habits. The “path uncertainty” code broadly labels any lack of clarity in students’ academicor career trajectory in engineering, such as being unsure about their major or having troublefinding an
Adrienne Minerick is the Associate Dean for Research & Innovation in the College of Engineering and Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development at Michigan Tech. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and B.S. from Michigan Tech. Adrienne’s research interests include elec- trokinetics, predominantly dielectrophoretic characterizations of cells, and the development of biomedical microdevices. She earned a NSF CAREER award and was nominated for Michigan Professor of the Year in 2014. Research within her Medical micro-Device Engineering Research Laboratory (M.D. – ERL) also inspires the development of Desktop Experiment Modules (DEMos) for use in chemical engineer- ing classrooms or as
women’s and LGBTQ+ individuals’opportunities for co-constructing positive gender and engineering identities. 11Such marginalizing influences of the technical/social dualism brought Faulkner to posit that theheterosexist ideology underpinning the dualism must be destabilized in order to broadenopportunities in engineering for women and gender-nonconforming populations includingmembers of the LGBTQ+ community. 11 Despite this call for challenging such heterosexism,much research drawing on Faulkner’s 2000 article minimally disrupts the mapping fromtechnical/social to heteronormative masculinity/femininity in exploring engineering as agendered discipline and career. 11,12 Only a small subset of this research examines gender issuesin relation to
Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He began his professional career as a Technical Business Consultant. Dr. Biswas’s research interest is in the area of supply chain management, lean production systems, simulation, inventory control, operations research, and information systems.Dr. Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas Dr. Rohitha Goonatilake, professor of mathematics, received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Kent State University, in Kent, OH in Fall 1997, three masters in the areas of applied mathematics, mathemat- ics, and actuarial sciences, and a bachelor’s in mathematics/science. He joined TAMIU in the Summer of 1999 and has completed 14+ years of service for