teaching strategies for K-12 STEM educators integrating engineering design and the development of engineering skills of K-12 learners. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Becoming in Action: An Autoethnography of My Professional Identity Development During the Rising Engineering Education Faculty Experience (Research)AbstractOn the road to obtaining a graduate degree in engineering education, graduate students havelimited opportunities to develop a comprehensive toolbox required for a future career as anengineering education faculty member. The current professional development trajectory focuseson acquiring technical knowledge through required courses and research
Paper ID #29977Student Perspectives on Navigating Engineering PathwaysDr. Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Atsushi Akera is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY). He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in the History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania. His current research is on the history of engineering education reform in the United States (1945-present). He is a the current Chair of the ASEE Ad Hoc Committee on Interdivisional Cooperation; Chair of the International Network for
Revolutionizing Engineering Departments grant ”Additive Innova- tion: An Educational Ecosystem of Making and Risk Taking.” He was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014, and received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Obama in 2017. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Understanding the perspectives of empathy among engineering faculty membersAbstractIn higher education, studies have shown that teacher empathy can lead to better student learningoutcomes, diverse and inclusive learning environments, as well as less teacher burnout. Inengineering education, research on
Electrical Engineering (EE) and the M.S. and Ph.D. in EE from Stanford University. She is currently Professor and Chair of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her research focuses on the study and promotion of diversity in engineering including student pathways and inclusive teaching. She is Co-Director of the National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI). Her research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Lord is among the first to study Latinos in engineering and coauthored The Bor- derlands of Education: Latinas in Engineering. Dr. Lord is a Fellow of the IEEE and ASEE and is active in the engineering education community including serving as General Co-Chair of the Frontiers
curricula effectively. Mentorship programs can rely on this basestructure to give students the options and resources to find a mentor that is best suited for theiracademic and research needs.References[1] D. Lopatto, “The Essential Features of Undergraduate Research Faculty Responses,” Counc. Undergrad. Res. Q., no. March, pp. 139–142, 2003.[2] “Mentoring Workshop Series - CEAT - Session 2 - Reading_1996.” .[3] L. Benson et al., “Assessing students’ researcher identity and epistemic cognition,” ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. Conf. Proc., vol. 2017-June, 2017.[4] J. K. Petrella and A. P. Jung, “2_Research 2008_Benefits,” vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 91–95.[5] T. D. Allen, L. T. Eby, and E. Lentz, “Mentorship behaviors and mentorship quality