robots with applications in new drug design. The other aspect of her research is engineering education.Sr. Mary Ann Jacobs Ed.D., Manhattan College Mary Ann Jacobs, scc is an assistant professor in the School of Education. She prepares secondary teacher candidates in all content areas through her courses in secondary pedagogy. Her areas of interest include STEM education, brain compatible strategies, and action research in the classroom.Ms. Alexandra Emma Lehnes, Manhattan College Alexandra Lehnes is a graduate student planning on graduating in 2017 from Manhattan College with a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a certificate in aerospace and propulsion. She is also the coordinator of the Engineering STAR Center and
has served the USAF as a developmental test engineer responsible for planning and executing complex weapon system test and evaluation. He is a member of IEEE and the Tau Beta Pi honor society. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Tips and Tricks for a More Effective You: Lessons Learned From a USAFA CadetIntroduction: Established as a means of preparing students to serve as officers in the Air Force, theUnited States Air Force Academy (USAFA) focuses on developing well-rounded leaders whoare charged with excelling in a military environment. This objective is achieved by focusingon the idea of a well-rounded person, as cadets are
planning to work onmembers [2] so Girl Scouts may be a way to introduce engineering badges will be recruited. Middle school wasmany girls to engineering who may not have been chosen due to the importance of this time for students whootherwise exposed to the engineering field. are planning a STEM career in middle school are more likely Actively supporting identity development to graduate with an engineering or science degree [5]RESEARCH QUESTION
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Participatory Action Research Model that ultimatelyends with continual program enhancement. The structure of the initiative is not only based on the detailsof the schedule but also on the feedback of the participants. The lack of URMs in the college provokedan idea from personal experiences at other minority events. With the use of a systematic onlinedocument review of current weekend outreach programs, a plan of action was developed, and effectiveprogram designs were synthesized.Based on the systematic review of similar programs, the current plan is to implement a program inFebruary of 2020 that will target about 30 participants. Mentees will be able to connect with multipleorganizations such as the VEX robotics club, the National Society of Black
member expanding on the pre-workshop materials, then attendees shared theirperspectives in discussion groups while SDEI members served as moderators and note-takers.This paper provides a model for other student groups of the planning, structure, content, andoutcomes of an Unlearning Series. Responses from participant surveys conducted at the close ofthe summer and group reflections amongst SDEI committee leaders are also presented. Thisfeedback has been translated into lessons learned presented at the conclusion of this paper.IntroductionIntegrating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) topics in university coursework intended toprepare future planners, designers, and builders has proven to be a challenge. Faculty membersin these fields base
tandem to achieve thechapter’s established goals. Figure 1 – ASEE-UPRM OrganizationOur main objective is to work with educational institutions and industries to improve engineeringeducation and promote student academic development and leadership skills. A secondary goal isto provide unique outreach experiences to high school students from around the island to increasetheir interest in pursuing a degree in STEM fields.1 To complete these goals, a series of activitieshave been designed, planned, and executed through the academic year.Members of the student chapter (all undergraduate engineering students) under the guidance ofour academic counselor have established an ambitious plan for this academic year. Because
-term. You can set goals for your personal andprofessional life. Your goals can have varying complexity and time frames as well. Take sometime to think about your professional and personal goals; they will serve as a guide throughoutyour time in graduate school. Tracy 1 provides seven steps that are helpful for setting andachieving goals: 1. “Decide exactly what you want” 2. “Write it down” 3. “Set a deadline on your goal; set subdeadlines if necessary” 4. “Make a list of everything that you can think of that you are going to have to do to achieve your goal” 5. “Organize the list into a plan” 6. “Take action on your plan immediately” 7. “Resolve to do something every single day that moves you toward your major goal”As an
major with a high level of one-on-one advising. However, a high degree of flexibility also contributes. In the LSE program,iterative revision and recreation of an individualized curriculum and career plan are understoodas signs of success rather than failure or deviation. Students are encouraged to understand anddesign their major as a “whole-person technical degree” that does not require them to pass, toassimilate, to compartmentalize, or to conform to stereotypes. We suggest that this holisticflexibility may disrupt barriers such as impostor syndrome by positioning the student not asimpostor but as designer and creator – even when enrolled in technical courses in which thesex/gender ratio is skewed male. Lessons learned from “liberal studies
Immediate Past-President of WEPAN, was PI on Tech’s NSF ADVANCE grant, a member of the mathematical and statistical so- cieties Joint Committee on Women, and advises a variety of women and girl-serving STEM projects and organizations. She is a past Vice President of ASEE and current Chair of the ASEE Long Range Planning Committee.Dr. Kim LaScola Needy P.E., University of Arkansas Kim LaScola Needy is Dean of the Graduate School and International Education at the University of Arkansas. Prior to this appointment she was Department Head and 21st Century Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engi- neering from the University of Pittsburgh
practices in science.Dr. Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Julia M. Williams is Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assess- ment & Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her research areas include technical communication, assessment, accreditation, and the development of change management strategies for fac- ulty and staff. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Engineering Education, International Journal of Engineering Education, IEEE Transaction on Professional Communication, and Technical Communi- cation Quarterly, among others.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Assistant Professor and Assistant
areprovided novel lesson plans and materials for two hands-on activities that can be used in their K-12 classrooms. Graduate students from eleven engineering and science departments collaborate todevelop these materials and ensure they meet the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).Teachers earn continuing education credits for attending. REACT is an opportunity not only forteachers to learn about the cutting-edge research happening at University of Michigan, but alsoserves as a professional development tool for graduate students, giving them the opportunity towork on science communication skills as well as participate in curricula development. Theprogram has also developed a unique funding model, where university professors and departmentssponsor
more difficultto determine how direct to be when assigning tasks: “with some people, I'm like, ‘Hey, you have to do this’ and like I feel comfortable saying that but like, when it's like people you don't know sometimes it like, I feel like it hinders your efficiency because you're like, ‘well, I don't want to seem like I'm being too pushy about it.’”Pam found that her lack of connection with her teammates made her uncomfortable delegatingroles, and she stated that this discomfort could have hindered their project.Many of the participants noted that knowing their teammates would have been or was beneficialin delegating tasks. The planning behind task delegation using knowledge of their teammates hadan impact on the
spring quarter events.January and March events were in person and attendance was not recorded (orange star).Our biggest challenge following the shelter-in-place orders was to adjust a larger event originallyplanned for April: a half-day symposium entitled "Teaching to Engage the Multi-PerspectiveClassroom", centered around themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our planned formatconsisted of 2 talks followed by a lightning talk session with 4 speakers that would segue into apanel. It was already clear in April, after just one month working virtually, that “Zoom fatigue”was a very real phenomenon, now well-documented as the particularly exhausting nature ofvideo calls [7,8]. Therefore, a full-day event would not be a preferable format. We
” says about the “I”) develops identity and can explain their What narratives do superstar elementary past and future actions [5]. teachers of engineering construct about their Figure 2: Model for Conceptualizing Teacher Professional Identity BIBLIOGRAPHY engineering teacher professional identity? RESEARCH PLAN 1 National Academy of Engineering, Building Capacity for
the design andmachined the horse-shoes, culminating in the completion of the project by welding the createdparts together. The female participants for the welding project were given time to design and drawout their plans. They then were given a class on set up of the MIG welding machines and giventime to practice welding on coupons. After they felt sufficiently comfortable with their skills, thestudents began to shape the horseshoes under the guidance of a technician. The technicians wereallowed to alter the students designs, if they felt welding would be too complicated. The studentsthen welded the pieces together creating a completed design to take home. The bolt and nutmachining project was more time intensive and thus design was not part
mentors, who were critically involved in both the planningand execution of each of the following areas: BSC orientation, the development of onlinesupporting resources, Tech Friday workshops, tutoring, and the organization of a yearly STEMchallenge.It is important to note that all the events and services provided by BSC are run by the studentmentors. The faculty in charge of the program provide the resources needed and ensure that theprogram is producing valuable results. We, the BSC student mentors, plan the events, decide onTech Friday topics, manage the website and event registrations, develop activities for our STEMchallenge, and write all documents used in our activities, including this paper. We, the BSCmentors, will describe below the
. This mentoring and counselling helps us as we individually create and advancecareer pathways. Also, the Jr. Chapter representative helps coordinate a build calendar with theJr. Board, in order to plan ahead for any activities or events throughout the semester incollaboration with their high school and community events. Advisors President MAES VP SHPE VP VPE- VPE-Jr. Secretary VP Internal Treasurer Historian Webmaster Corporate Chapters Jr. Chapter Jr. Chapter Jr. Chapter Jr. Chapter Jr. Chapter
written, semester after semester. This is both great, and bad. These othernon-writing activities are fantastic and probably more effectual at changing the system most days. Butgraduate student funding eventually dries up, graduate students are not equally listened to and creditedwhen they take on service and activist roles, and graduate school is frankly a difficult place with highworkload and low pay that you don’t want to stay forever. Figuring out what you need to do to get out ofhere (i.e., how to get the writing done) is not the whole game, but it’s one part of it.So, take some time and map out what your strengths and weaknesses are. Be honest with yourself aboutit. Start to work out some plans for how to combat those weaknesses. How will
disciplines for increased professional and social collaborativeopportunities. Due to both the large number of members and committees, WISE is currently ableto support one event a week. These events may be small, such as our Friday Coffee and WellnessChat (with topics on how to ask for help and identifying your communication style), or largerevents which have career development programming applicable to the whole membership.Best PracticesEvents that have had both high turnout (greater than 20% of the organization) and high feedbackscores include workshops on creating an individual development plan, improving publicspeaking with theatrical improvisation, and fellowship opportunities with examples fromsuccessful applicants and peer review of
, whois a senior faculty member, this mentoring program has been evolved and expanded over many years upto a point where it has become a very effective and helpful system for both the incoming and the outgoingundergraduate students [7].School of Engineering, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR), Puerto RicoSeven (7) fulltime faculty members offer mentoring. Each mentor is assigned certain number of studentsand receives compensation for up to two (2) credit hours per semester. Students with eighty (80) or moreapproved credit hours are assigned a mentor for discussing their career plans, progress in the academicprograms, optimal or alternative choices for course selection, and so on [8]. In addition, the office ofStudent Development and
is "planningthe learning experience" through which instructors plan their instructional activities.A. Curricular PrioritiesAccording to Wiggins & McTighe (2005) the first stage of Backward Design is identifying thedesired results that are organized based on their priorities in the following three categories:1. Enduring outcomesAs described by Wiggins & McTighe (2005) this portion of the curricular priorities encompassesthe content and "big ideas that have enduring value beyond the classroom" as well as "reside inthe heart of discipline” and also those that “require uncoverage and offer potential for studentsengagement". Based on the research findings as explained by Condoor et al. (2008); Steif andDollar (2005) the main output of
students commented:“usually after class on Mondays, Tuesday, Wednesdays, and Fridays, I'm in there [in class] for agood two hours maybe for the whole day. And then I just go home and study for four hoursstraight”-ReedOn the other hand, some students didn’t plan when to study, or schedule it, but rather completedit between completing other tasks and seemed to be completing studying between other tasks,without necessarily dedicating a clear time slot: “I would take whatever time I had during the dayto study outside of class”-Hoa. Other students completed their studying between classes, forexample: “I have a break, and classes don't start till 12:30, so usually I'll do some mathhomework or something in that time.”-JenniferTime in Labs and LecturesWe
. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Appendix B Classroom Schedule for the Intervention Topic Day Class ScheduleIntroduction/ Setup 1 • Introduce project, overview/ purpose, show clubhouse • Consent/assent forms 2 • Pre-Questionnaires • Smart Homes (architecture, trends, needs) • Brainstorming Ideas- what could my clubhouse look like? Architecture / 3 • What’s the process of creating a building from start to finish? Construction • What are blueprints? • Scaling activity • Floor Plans
. 2. Watersheds and their functions Activity in google earth 3. Controlling water/ power development Dam construction 4. Fluid mechanics; pumps, open channels Non-Newtonian Project flow 5. Water treatment Water treatment filtering project Page 26.1505.5 6. Water system park Creation of a water parkTable 3: CBI Challenges for other Developed Courses.Developed Course CBI Challenge 1. Nanotechnology Develop a new multi-million dollar idea using nanotechnology (research plan, technical publication, patent
asynchronous model is easier to implement because it doesn’t requireas much effort and planning. Because the transition to online learning was so sudden, it makessense that professors looked toward implementing an asynchronous model, but students reallystruggled with this course design. Only 4 of the 22 interviewees stated that they preferredasynchronous learning in the online environment.Tara is a graduate from Ohio State University who majored in food, agricultural, & biologicalengineering. She was taking six classes during the spring 2020 semester, two of which wereengineering classes that both shifted to complete asynchronous delivery methods. She constantlyfelt like she was behind in her courses and she described how completing the
statements were added tothe Q Concourse on a separate tab in the Excel file and the following items were tracked: anoverall statement identification number, an identification number by source, its main topic, andits sub-topic. Table 1 depicts this structure as a recommended Q Concourse template withexample statements. Table 1: Q Concourse Template with Example ID Source ID Statement Topic Sub-Topic Source 1 1 I have a specific plan Career Career Insight Day & for achieving my Motivation Allen career goal. (2003) [36
at Wright College who do not participate in co-curricular activitiesC) Wright College alumni who are currently at 4-year institutionsD) Wright College alumni who graduated from a 4-year and are already in the workforce orgraduate program 3. Data Collection through different organizationsDifferent organizations will also contribute to data collection by providing the researchers withstudent attendance and participation in their organization-sponsored events. All data collectedwill be correlated to self-efficacy and student success. 4. AnalysisAll data collected will be deposited and managed according to the Data Management Plan of theNSF-HSI project. The data will also be analyzed while correlation studies are evaluated usingMicrosoft
to the Dean for Strategic Plan Implementation at Virginia Tech. He is also Director of Research of the Academy for Global Engineering at Virginia Tech and is affiliate faculty with the Higher Education Program. His research tends to be at the macro-scale, focused on a systems-level perspective of how engineering education can become more effective, efficient, and inclusive, tends to leverage large-scale institutional, state, or national data sets, and considers the intersection between policy and organizational contexts. He has B.S., M.S., and M.U.E.P. degrees from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in Higher Education from Pennsylvania State University.Mr. Kazuki Hori, Virginia Tech Kazuki Hori is a doctoral
experiences, previously described [27]. Future plans include using the survey inaddition to semi-structured interviews with students to better understand their attitudes and senseof belonging. The study will be expanded to include students in other engineering sciencecourses at both universities that discuss engineering problems and engineering within asociotechnical context and comparing their feelings of belonging with students in similar courseswhere engineering problems are defined more narrowly. Another avenue for future research isinvestigating the learning environments of various courses and how those environments affectstudents, especially students from underrepresented groups.ConclusionFindings of this preliminary study suggest that using a