2006-564: PLANNING FOR DIVERSITY AT ALL LEVELSDonna Reese, Mississippi State University Donna S. Reese. Professor Reese is currently the Associate Dean for Academics and Administration for the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University and a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. She has been on the faculty at MSU for 17 years. She may be reached via email at dreese@engr.msstate.edu.Tommy Stevenson, Mississippi State University Tommy Stevenson is currently the Assistant Dean for Diversity and Student Development for the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Missisisippi State University. He may be contacted via email at tommy@engr.msstate.edu
Paper ID #17326Understanding How the 4.0 Guaranteed Plan WorksDr. Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University MARY R.ANDERSON-ROWLAND is the PI of an NSF STEP grant to work with five non-metropolitan community colleges to produce more engineers, especially female and underrepresented minority engineers. She also directs an Academic Success and Professional Development program, with an emphasis on transfer students. An Associate Professor in Computing, Informatics, and Systems Design Engineering, she was the Associate Dean of Student Affairs in the Ira A. Fulton Schools
AC 2009-2113: A PLAN TO IMPROVE STUDENT PREPARATION ANDENGAGEMENT IN ENGINEERINGQiang Le, Hampton UniversityEric Sheppard, Hampton University Page 14.85.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A plan to improve student preparation and engagement in engineeringAbstractAs in many engineering programs, the programs at the School of Engineering and Technologyare concerned with improving our recruitment and retention, and have targeted action in twoareas: pre-college programs (impacting recruitment) and the freshman introduction toengineering course (impacting retention) as part of our strategic plan for improvement. Inspiredby a
: Planning and Implementation (Experience)AbstractThis paper discusses the transition of an established residential Summer Bridge Program to avirtual learning experience due to the COVID-19 restrictions of summer 2020. The program aimsto increase retention of first-year engineering students through a curriculum focused on academicreadiness in math and chemistry, professional development, familiarity with campus andavailable resources, and a broad-based knowledge of engineering fields and the engineeringdesign process. Outside of the curriculum, participants build community and a sense ofbelonging with social, professional development, and philanthropic programming. With theconstraints of remote instruction, math readiness and community building were
AC 2009-1311: SUPPLEMENTAL TEACHING AIDS AND QUALITYENHANCEMENT PLAN FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM ATALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITYAmir Mobasher, Alabama A&M UniversityMohamed Seif, Alabama A&M UniversityKenneth Fernandez, NASA Marshall Space Flight CenterShowkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University Page 14.1099.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Supplemental Teaching Aids and Quality Enhancement Plan for a Mechanical Engineering Program at Alabama A&M UniversityABSTRACTMost mechanical engineering majors experience difficulties in their major courses like Statics,Dynamics, and Strength of Materials. It seems appropriate to increase the
on a detailed timemanagement schedule and the activities that go with it using Donna Johnson’s 4.0 Plan. Thepresentation of the process, the student assignments, the students’ reactions, and the results of ayear of this program will be discussed. The success of the program is very dependent on thecommitment of the student to the 4.0 Plan. Dramatic results have occurred with students whowere resolved to raise their GPA. Lessons learned and an evaluation of the program will also bediscussed in this paper.I. IntroductionIn fall 2003, the first class of National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME)academic scholars was held in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering. These 21 minorityentering freshmen students had this
students. One effective tool has been anonline degree planning software used by students and faculty. These tools have been successfullyimplemented in different programs in the same minority serving institution. The use of thesetools has allowed the faculty to concentrate on other important aspects of the student academicadvisement. This paper will also describe in detail the use of these tools in a comprehensiveacademic advisement process and its impact at an engineering program serving mainly minoritystudents. The mandatory academic advisement has positively impacted student access, retention,and graduation. Students meet at least once a semester with an assigned engineering facultymember. Faculty monitor and advise students in areas such as
Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1994, and a Master’s in Business Administration from Arizona State University in 2000.Anna Tanguma, Science Foundation Arizona Anna Tanguma brings 10 years of STEM strategic planning and program management experience in higher education environments and initiatives. Anna has a history of promoting and increasing enroll- ment in the programs she manages, as well as developing collaborative relationships with corporate and c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Paper ID #23780community members. Anna has provided successful direction to federally
Paper ID #34427Work in Progress: Building Career Goals and Boosting Self-efficacy inEngineering StudentsDr. Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico Mayag¨uez (UPRM). She graduated with a BS in Industrial Engineering from UPRM (1983), a MSIE (1985) from Purdue University, and a PhD in Industrial Engineering (1996) from The Pennsylvania State University. Her teaching and research interests include: Discrete Event Simulation, Facilities Planning, Material Handling Systems, Women in Academia in
engineering applications. Many students have difficulty connecting math and sciencecourses to common phenomena seen all around and to future careers. This problem is furtheraggravated on Indian reservations in North Dakota because of their isolated locations anddistance from industries. The authors developed a weekend academic program, “SundayAcademy”, carried out on four North Dakota Indian reservations, to stimulate Native Americanstudents’ interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), to attract toengineering programs, and to engage high school teachers and tribal college instructors in theprocess of developing engineering and applied science lesson plans. The academy consisted of aseries of one-day academic sessions
adepartmental diversity plan to build these insights into departmental practices and procedures.This paper will explore the process of developing the departmental initiatives and diversity plansas well as report on some initiatives and plans developed. The benefits and drawbacks of theapproach are discussed along with best practices identified to this point.IntroductionOf doctorate degrees granted in STEM disciplines in the U.S. for the past ten years, African-American and Hispanic/Latinx students make up only 2.7% and 3.3%, respectively [1]. After aSTEM student has been in a program for two years or more, the URM doctoral student attritionrate is nearly 50%, with completion rates varying by discipline and ethnicity [2]. In engineering,for example, the
Page 12.147.4meaningfully in career fairs and to present themselves well in interviews. The major change in the programming of the NACME project occurred in January 2005, when the Guaranteed 4.0 Plan by Donna O. Johnson9 was introduced to the NACME students.10 In Fall 2005 the first new freshmen class was presented with the Plan. The results of this 4.0 Plan were dramatic with the freshmen with a significantly improved first semester GPA.10 At the center of this program is a detailed time management plan. A Check List for the Detailed Time Management Schedule was developed and reported, as well as the assignments that support the 4.0 Plan.10, 11 II. The NACME Program The spring semester program for the freshmen has been reported10 and
Paper ID #33553Reflecting on 10 years of Centralized Engineering Student DiversityInitiatives (Experience)Ms. Lisa Trahan, University of California, San Diego Lisa Trahan joined UC San Diego’s IDEA Engineering Student Center in 2018 as Director of Strategic Initiatives and Assessment. Ms. Trahan leads planning and development of new student success initiatives and programs within the Center. She provides expertise to assess, improve, and evaluate the impact of the Center’s programs on student retention and success. Previously, Ms. Trahan was a Research and Evaluation Associate at The Lawrence Hall of Science, UC
scholarshipadvertisement on the web is open to all students. With the special efforts made to encourageminority students to apply, the program remains predominantly underrepresented minority.The NACME Program is based on the belief that just giving a scholarship to a student withunmet financial need is not enough to retain and to graduate a student in engineering. During thefirst freshmen semester, the NACME students are required to enroll in a two-hour AcademicSuccess class. This class has been detailed in other papers9-15 and includes the 4.0 Plan systemfor learning16; a textbook on survival in engineering17; video tapes18; representatives from CareerServices and an engineering student research program, individual student presentations; a visitby officers of
a brief plan to make improvements.This plan is then implemented in the next team experience which may be later in the samecourse, or in a subsequent semester. Feedback, improvement plans, and closing-the-loopevaluations are all compiled in a web-based portfolio which grows with each subsequentexperience so that by graduation each student has a rich record of leadership experiences withsuccesses, challenges, and improvements neatly documented. This process of continuous-improvement efforts tied to periodic feedback mimics the professional practice of regularperformance evaluations.The entire process is student-driven so that it adds very little to faculty work load. Studentengagement and their efforts to implement goals can be assessed from
potentialsin STEM fields. Analysis of mentee responses to the P.E.S. provided very promising evidence ofthe effectiveness of the DREAM program. Questions 10 and 12 on the P.E.S. ask, “How muchmath do you plan to take in high school,” and “How much physics do you plan to take in highschool,” respectively. In spring 2009, the number of mentees planning on taking a greaternumber of years of math and physics increased from the initial survey to the final survey, whilethe number planning on taking the minimum number of years of math and physics dropped. Thisdirectly shows that DREAM has been effective in stressing the importance of taking math andscience courses for success in higher education, specifically in the STEM fields. It also showsthat DREAM has
is inspired by the use of projectmanagement (PM) tools from operations research.A complex project requires two phases, planning and execution. The planning phase establishesa series of major tasks and continues breaking them into smaller parts. The next step identifiesdependencies among the tasks creating the critical path where the two major constraints are timeand resources required. The Critical Path Method (CPM) is used to identify the vital chain ofevents to finish a project. The Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) weredeveloped to expand CPM capabilities. The innovation included a probabilistic model using best,worst, and expected times to complete each task. Therefore, PERT produces an estimatedcompletion time of the
designated faculty should closely monitors thestudents’ performance. In a typical outreach program, students are quickly introduced toan interesting research project and asked to perform a variety of tasks and activitiessimilar to the ones assigned to any regular graduate students. They include literaturesearch and review, organization and selection of research ideas and results, anddevelopment and implementation of a research plan. Students are highly encouraged tobe self-reliant, innovative, highly motivated, organized and methodical which arenecessary characteristics of any successful graduate student in graduate school. In thepaper, a specific case study is presented, which discusses the importance of assessing thestudents abilities and skills
wereobtained. The complete design of the project was done by a Project Team comprising faculty,staff, and students were actively involved in the project drawings and administration. The scopewas to design and construct the following: one Tennis Court, two Basketball Courts, oneVolleyball Court, a Soccer Field, a Service Road and Walkway, a Services (Multi-Purpose)Building, sieving of the whole site, and the installation of adequate site drainage. The designincluded a Sediment and Erosion Plan, Stormwater and Drainage considerations and obtaining ofpermits for site grading and construction. The Center received an initial funding of $340,000from HUD and $130,000 from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. To date, totaladditional funds amounting
science students.The paper includes a brief description of these successful programs and how they encourage andsupport the students to do well academically as well as broaden their general knowledge aboutengineering, including resumes, internships, research, networking, portfolios, career planning,graduate school, industry (through industry speakers with graduate degrees), and academia.This paper details the Fall 09 semester program and the end of the semester evaluation. Thisstudy includes 79 current students in the programs. The evaluation completed by these studentsmeasures how well the program covered the topics of graduate school, research, networking,engineering careers, portfolios, engineering contributions, communication skills, and study
activities were scheduled on Monday thru Friday from8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Award of certifications were presented on the last day, Friday, July 22,2011. As for the subject matter in the profession, two sessions accomplished a very importantportion of the program. One was on “Engineering design projects using AutoCAD” and the otherwas “Lego robot session” followed by “Lego robot competition for the participants”. Winners ofthe competition were recognized.Program planning included first, seeking adequate collaboration from local schools, UnitedIndependent School District (UISD), Laredo Independent School District (LISD), and other areaeducational academies. A website was developed to provide details about the program, includingapplication material. A
of the program scholarship.The difference between an Honors College and the Academic Success Program is that we do notprimarily seek only the top academic students. Although we welcome top students, the minimumcriteria for receiving a scholarship is as follows: Minimum 3.0 GPA Full-time engineering or computer science major U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Resident, or refugee Unmet financial need as defined by FAFSAIn addition, we focus on females and underrepresented minority students. We have maintained aprogram representation of about 60% female and/or underrepresented minority students.1The ASAP class is based on the “Guaranteed 4.0 Plan” by Donna O. Johnson.2 Basic to this planis a detailed time management system
. Kenneth A. Bright, University of Delaware, College of EngineeringDr. Rachel Davidson, University of Delaware Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Dean for Diversity, College of Engi- neering Core Faculty Member, Disaster Research Center University of Delaware Newark, DE c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Engineering (verb) Diversity: Using the Engineering Design Process to Develop and Implement a Strategic Plan of Action for Undergraduate Diversity at the Institution LevelJenni M. Buckley, PhD1; Amy Trauth-Nare, PhD2; Kenneth Bright, BA1; Michael Vaughan, PhD1; Rachel Davidson, PhD1 1
recruitmore female students to the STEM fields by showing them the emerging and multidisciplinaryaspects.Our collaboration with the local high school started in Fall 2014 by offering their students a year-long robotics workshop. Our objective is to utilize the robotics workshop to introduce STEMconcepts to high school students, and encourage them to be interested in an engineering andscience career. A sequence of workshop topics were given to introduce the fundamentals ofrobotics science and the basic components of a robotics system, including hardware, software,programming, sensors, and control. The students would gain intensive experience working withthe robots. In addition to introducing the fundamentals, we planned to prepare the students withthe
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, there is an imperative need for engineering faculty to adapt newinstructional strategies that can help students to effectively regulate their learning motivation,strategies, and efforts, particularly at their early learning stages.Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) has been research subject and educational practice in the contextof Educational Psychology. SRL involves self-monitoring and self-correction of threecomponents of learning: motivation, behavior, and cognition. It refers to active learning guidedby three important aspects of learning: (1) motivation to learn; (2) metacognition (awareness ofone’s knowledge and beliefs); and (3) strategic action (planning, evaluating, and acting). Oneimportant aspect in SRL is to regulate the learners
accounts of the racist history andfoundation of US engineering programs but rather focus our attention on what has been done, isbeing done, and should be done to undo racist anti-Black policies and practices within USengineering programs. For example, the graphic in Figure 2 provides concrete steps on how to become an anti-racist individual. Within higher education, DEI-focused strategic plans have been developed at institutionssuch as the University of California, Berkeley in 2009, MIT in 2010,the University of Michiganin 2016, the University of Toledo in 2016, the University of Wyoming in 2017, and theUniversity of Colorado, Boulder in 2019, to name a few [11]-[17]. Existing strategic plansinvolving DEI provided us with example templates
AC 2008-1469: FEEDBACK THROUGH CRITICAL INDICATORS OF STUDENTPERFORMANCE: CONTRIBUTING TO THE ASSESSMENT OF HIGH SCHOOLEDUCATIONDavid Gonzalez-Barreto, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez GONZÁLEZ-BARRETO, DAVID R., PhD. He is Professor of Industrial Engineering and Coordinator of Institutional Research of the Office of Institutional Research and Planning of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. He is interested in institutional research, specifically in the areas of admissions, student access for underrepresented groups and student success.Antonio Gonzalez-Quevedo, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez GONZÁLEZ-QUEVEDO, ANTONIO A., PhD. He is Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the
likely to have taken advanced placement courses, and had lower grade pointaverages and lower SAT scores (NCES 1999d). Among 1998 college freshmen,students with disabilities were more likely than those without to have earned Cs and Dsin high school. They were less likely to have met the recommended years of high schoolstudy in mathematics, biological sciences, and physical sciences; and to have spent moretime between high school graduation and entry into college (Henderson 1999). Theopportunity to study, conduct research, and establish a career in these fields is a reachablegoal for students regardless of physical ability.It is the goal of this paper to present some discussions and plans of action for providinglong-term opportunities for
degree were 18% and 10% respectively,compared with 34% of Caucasians3. In addition, the graduation rate for African-Americans andHispanics in Engineering has remained at 11% over the last ten years1. Underrepresentedminority students are also less likely than other ethnic groups to be enrolled in researchinstitutions and instead, a high percentage of them (47%) enroll in two-year institutions. Theintentions of first-year undergraduate students to major in S&E3 are equally alarming. Although9% of these students planned to major in engineering in 2004, only 2%-5% had plans to major inComputer Science. At the graduate level, enrollment in S&E has declined since 2003 mainly as aconsequence of the decline observed in foreign students