Paper ID #38233Work in Progress: Recommendations for Early Career Faculty to Engage inInterdisciplinary STEAM CollaborationsDr. Renee M. Desing, Oregon State University Dr. Renee Desing is a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University in the School of Civil and Construc- tion Engineering. Her research interests include diversity, equity, inclusion in the engineering classrooms and workplaces. Dr. Desing graduated from Ohio State with her Ph.D. in Engineering Education, and also holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Paper ID #44356Effective Strategies for New Faculty from the Perspective of an AssistantProfessor in the Early-Career StageDr. Yuzhang Zang, Western Washington University Yuzhang Zang is currently an assistant professor in the department of Engineering and Design at Western Washington University since Fall 2022. She was a visiting assistant professor at Valparaiso University from Aug 2021 to May 2022. Yuzhang received her Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng.) in Electromagnetic Field & Wireless Technology Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in 2014, Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering at
innovative capacity of science, business and economics.Consequently, the declared aim of current activities by various initiatives and institutions istherefore to promote a sustained interest in technical careers and to increase the number of personswho acquire appropriate qualifications. Although many of these initiatives have already beenworking on this for two decades or more, the offers to promote technical career choices have notyet been sufficient to really prevent a shortage of academically trained engineers.To discuss this challenge, this paper first describes the today’s situation of recruiting young talentsfor engineering together with interdependencies and determinants of the individual decision-making process that has to be
Stevens Institute of Technology and his Masters and PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has served in numerous positions throughout his career at NJIT, including Director for the Computer Engineering Program, Executive Director of the Center for Pre-College Programs, and Associate Director of the In- stitute for Teaching Excellence. He has been designated a Master Teacher at NJIT. His research interests focus on engineering education at the pre-college and undergraduate levels. He is the author of the text- book Computer Systems Organization and Architecture and the upcoming open textbook An Animated Introduction to Digital Logic Design. ©American Society for Engineering Education
another” [4]. Empathetic capacity allows engineers to understand the consumers orbusiness partners who are impacted by their designs, respond to the needs of communities, andcommunicate effectively. During the last two decades, many articles have been publishedpushing for more empathy in engineering [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]. Some argue “that empathy…enables students to develop a nuanced critical understanding of the multiple perspectives whichcharacterize contemporary engineering problems” [10]. Facilitating an environment for studentsto develop empathetic skills allows them to more holistically understand the problems they willencounter in their careers. Literature also suggests that “empathy can support effectivecommunication and collaboration
Arboleda, University of Miami Diana Arboleda, PhD, is a structural engineering Lecturer at the University of Miami, Florida. She re- ceived her B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Miami in 1988 and after a full career as a software engineer in corporate America she returDr. Aaron Heller, University of Miami Aaron Heller is a clinical psychologist and an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Miami having received a B.A. in Psychology from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. His work focuses on understanding the relevance of real-world, naturalistic mood dynamics to psychiatric disease and psychological wellbeing.Ali Ghahremaninezhad
context in engineering design, and the use of reflection to support learning.Soraya Grace BararDr. Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington Dr. Jennifer Turns is a full professor in the Human Centered Design & Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington. Engineering education is her primary area of scholarship, and has been throughout her career. In her work, she currently focuses on the role of reflection in engineering student learning and the relationship of research and practice in engineering education. In recent years, she has been the co-director of the Consortium to Promote Reflection in Engineering Education (CPREE, funded by the Helmsley Charitable Trust), a member
instructor adaptability at the 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Following the completion of her undergraduate education, Hayden will be pursuing her master’s degree in structural engineering at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. She then hopes to pursue a PhD in engineering education.Grace Panther, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Dr. Grace Panther is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln where she conducts discipline-based education research. Her research interests include faculty change, 3D spatial visualization, gender inclusive teamwork, and studying authentic engineering practice. Dr. Panther was awarded an NSF CAREER
itself — a key macro-objective of the course. Indications of this appear in suchcomments as: I really enjoyed it! Definitely an engineering discipline for me to think about possibly exploring! I didn't think I would be good at geotech but I'm glad I took the class because I love it and can see myself doing geotech as part of my career. I know so much about soil now! I go around thinking about all the soils I step on, what type they are, how saturated they are, how strong they are, and how they would drain or consolidate. Especially at the barn because it’s so muddy, I’m trying to think of ways to drain it better. Maybe installing wick drains would help
in their courses. As in any teaching-learning process, one of the main actors isthe teachers [8]. They may require specific skills and training to achieve a successfulexperience. Additionally, for instructors, this educational format can provide benefits such asenhancing their career portfolio or resume, expanding their professional community, andexchanging teaching practices and feedback [9]. In this line, it is clear that a definition of theinstructor's profile is required since the courses with the COIL strategy are relatively new.Moreover, no formal faculty training programs include founding techniques to design courseswith faculty of different universities, developing evaluation techniques for acquiringknowledge, and the correct
Obispo and is the Director of the HVAC&R Program. His research interest are HVAC&R applications. Dr. Peuker’s educational research focuses on increasing student retention and success in engineering. He has given talks and workshops nationally on the subject and facilitates faculty learning communities and is the co-author of ”Studying Engineering – A Road Map to a Rewarding Career”. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Integrating Ethics into Engineering Education: A Case-Based Learning ApproachAbstract:This paper introduces an innovative method for infusing ethics into senior design capstonecourses within engineering education
graduate students most of whom havecompleted an undergraduate engineering degree requiring the completion of a capstone teamdesign project. This experience can be pivotal in the transition from the role and identity of anengineering student to that of an engineer in training [20]. Metacognitive skills and experiencesfacilitate student development as students reflect on their experiences and make sense of it.Metacognitive skills and experience play a pivotal role in the liminal space where identitytransitions occur. GTAs have made a transition from undergraduate engineering student toengineer in training, engineer and/or graduate student depending on their career arc. Irrespectiveof their stage of engineering identity development, they are in the
proficiency in roboticstasks, such as programming robotic arms and troubleshooting errors. These findings align withthose of Ortega and Ruiz [10], who highlighted the collaborative potential of VR in EngineeringEducation. Their study showed that virtual environments enabled students to work together oncomplex Engineering problems, fostering teamwork and problem-solving skills.Despite these promising outcomes, the adoption of VR in Engineering Education remainsuneven. Most research focuses on specific applications without exploring broader integrationsacross entire curricula. Furthermore, limited attention has been given to evaluating the long-termimpacts of VR on students’ professional readiness and career outcomes. 2.3. Regional Context and
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courses; conscientiousness showed significant positiverelationships with all five of the online course impression factors, while agreeableness andopenness had positive relationships with value to career [6]. Of the demographic variables, workexperience was significant for all online course impression factors except for online coursepreference [6]. In Rivers, 2021 [13], the author examined the role of personality traits and onlineacademic self-efficacy in acceptance, actual use, and achievement in online learning [13]. Thestudy defined personality as “dimensions of individual differences in tendencies to showconsistent patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions,” and to measure specific personality traits,the study used the five-factor