engineering graduate school: why they may beinterested, what are the benefits, what it is like to be a graduate student, and how they shouldprepare.We also bring in external speakers to lead professional-development workshops. Examplesinclude one on using social media to build your professional identity and expand opportunities;an AWIS (Association for Women in Science) workshop on work-life satisfaction; and aleadership workshop for STEM graduate students, focusing on communications and negotiations.These external workshops are among our most expensive activities, but they are well worth it.Registration tends to fill quickly, which indicates an ongoing need for this type of information.Post-event surveys of participants indicate a high level of
’ Perceptions of Belonging through the Lens of Social IdentityAbstractResearch shows that students who feel that they belong in an engineering department are morelikely to develop a strong engineering identity and become situated in the engineeringcommunity. Perceptions of an unwelcoming academic culture are particularly detrimental forstudents from populations that are currently underrepresented. Additional research investigatingstudents’ perceptions of engineering culture, engineering identity, and their own sense ofbelonging is needed. This study explored undergraduate engineering students’ perceptions oftheir sense of belonging in their engineering program, particularly as these related to their socialidentities. It
details. Beth has her Master’s of Science degree in Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology and her Bachelor’s of Architecture degree from Ball State University. Additionally, she continues to practice architecture through her own company, Muse Design. She enjoys the synergistic relationship between her role as a professor and her role as an architect, and believes that this hybrid provides real world practicality into the classroom on a daily basis.Mrs. Kathryn Elizabeth Roche, c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Fostering Civic Identity in Architectural Technology Students through the Evaluation of Critical Reflection in Service Learning
Paper ID #21193CAREER: Actualizing Latent Diversity: Building Innovation through Engi-neering Students’ Identity DevelopmentDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in
communication education, engineering student identity and learning motivation, narrative structure in technical communication, and the improvisatory skills of educators.Jiahui Tan, University of California, DavisMichael Raymond Gonzalez, University of California, Davis Michael works as a research assistant at UC Davis’s Center for Educational Effectiveness (CEE), focusing on projects involving engineering students’ motivations around writing. To support this work, Michael applies and utilizes the skills he learned through his time as an English tutor, and his BA coursework in English, with an emphasis in literature, criticism, and theory. In addition to the work he does at CEE, Michael’s passion for education, pedagogy and
curriculum development and teaching through Peer Designed Instruction.Mr. Nathan Hyungsok Choe, University of Texas, Austin Nathan (Hyungsok) Choe is a doctoral student in STEM education at UT Austin. His research focuses on the development of engineering identity in graduate school and underrepresented group. Nathan holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering from Illinois Tech. He also worked as an engineer at LG electronics mobile communication company.Ms. Maya Denton, University of Texas, Austin Maya Denton is a STEM Education master’s student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her B.S. in Chemical
interests include student development of identity and motivation in graduate engineering environments and understanding creativity in engineering design processes.Dr. Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His re- search focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing
include advanced coursework within thesemajors (Computer Engineering Technical & Elective Class List; Bachelor’s DegreeRequirements).The Precursor of Performance for Recognition Recognition from others as an engineer is a key part of developing an engineeringidentity. A self-study report for Software Engineering lists peer-recognized expertise as the firstattribute that the program expects from graduates (Software Engineering Self-Study Report). In aquestionnaire for software engineering alumni, the program assesses the attainment of aproductive career through students’ ability to name examples of recognition such as professionalawards or recognitions, leadership positions in the creation of a successful product, or a lead rolein peer
Communications at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.Dr. Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel Robert Rabb is an associate professor and the Mechanical Engineering Program Director at The Citadel. He previously taught mechanical engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Military Academy and his M.S.E. and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. His research and teaching interests are in mechatronics, regenerative power, and multidisciplinary engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Reaching and Including Veteran Students in the
thatsalient STEM identity development can contribute to persistence in these fields. Promotingengagement in mentoring opportunities, like summer camps, could aid in increasing andsustaining URM STEM majors.IntroductionIn order for the nation to continue its prominence in a global market, many scholars have deemedthe need to increase the participation of underrepresented minorities (URM) in engineering andother STEM related fields imperative1. This push to increase the participation of URM haslaunched efforts at the K-12 through graduate level2-8. Within the K-12 space the nationalacademies have deemed the need for equity and diversity in science and engineering a priorityfor the nation, labeling it a “democratic ideal worthy of focused attention”9
University in the Department of Chemical and Biolog- ical Engineering since 2007. She is particularly interested in retention of underrepresented groups in engineering and first-year engineering programs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 WIP: Building the Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Community by Involving Capstone Design Students in Undergraduate CoursesAbstract:Motivated by efforts to retain, prepare, and create a sense of community among engineeringstudents, aspects of a Senior Design Capstone course in the Department of Chemical andBiological Engineering at Montana State University were integrated into freshman- throughjunior-level courses over the course of two years. In the
from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 I Never Played the “Girl Card”: Experiences and Identity Intersections of Women Student Veterans in EngineeringAbstractTo improve opportunities for women student veterans in engineering (WSVE), our qualitativestudy contributes to the body of knowledge about women SVEs and female gender identity inengineering. Our exploratory research presents information about WSVEs’ pathways intoengineering and begins to unpack the factors related to WSVEs’ gender, military and engineeringidentities.The research was guided by three main questions:1. Why do WSVEs
measured by college entranceexaminations. Upon completion of high school, a smaller percentage of Black and Hispanicmales are ready for college and they earn fewer college degrees than their white counterparts.According to a 2015 report [2], the number of college degree holders among Black and Hispanicmales varies from 12% to 21%, versus 38% for white men. Nationally, initiatives are underwayto develop the STEM pipeline through out-of-school time activities via partnerships betweenhigher education, school districts and community organizations [3].Figure 1: Black and Hispanics are underrepresented in the science and engineering workforce compared to their representation in the general
Paper ID #241002018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29STEM Success Stories: Strategies for women and minorities to thrive, notjust survive, in engineeringDr. Carlotta A Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Carlotta A. Berry is an associate professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She is the director of the multidisciplinary minor in robotics and co-director of the Rose building undergraduate diversity scholarship and professional development program. She has been the
Experiencing Disability in Undergraduate Civil Engineering Education: An Initial Examination of the Intersection of Disability and Professional IdentitiesAbstractWhile recent calls throughout the engineering education community have focused on increasingdiversity and broadening participation in STEM, these conversations typically center on race andgender with little to no work addressing disability. But research in higher education broadlysuggests that cognitive, physical, and learning disabilities can markedly impact the ways inwhich students perceive and experience school, develop professional identities, and move intothe engineering workforce. To address this gap, we build on emerging conversations that explorethe
when faculty would contact the Global Outreach and ExtendedEducation (GOEE) group to set up the lecture capture portion of their course. Group membersbegan sharing the college’s vision for the future of online education. Over the semesters, interestbegan to build and several faculty started reaching out to discover more about what could bedone to make their courses more online friendly.The initial course to go through the DFO process was Materials Science & Engineering (MSE)598: Concepts in Materials Science. Planning began in the latter part of Fall 2016 and continuedinto the Spring of 2017 when the actual development of digital assets and the building of thecourse in the LMS. The first iteration of the course under this new process was
are over 100 full-time and part-time faculty and more than 1,100undergraduate and graduate students. In addition to rigorous technical educations where theory isbalanced with hands-on, laboratory-based work, our students experience emphasis on leadership,teamwork, and oral and written communication.All engineering and computer science students participate in a year-long senior design project which issponsored by local industry. Teams of students mentored by a faculty member and a liaison engineersolve real-world engineering problems. Students design, build and test their own solution, writeproposals and reports, and present the result to their sponsors. By bridging the gap between academiaand industry, the senior design project prepares
Paper ID #23158Supporting Diversity in Teams Through Asset MappingDr. Jamie Gomez R, University of New Mexico Jamie Gomez, Ph.D., is a Lecturer Title III in the department of Chemical & Biological Engineering (CBE) at the University of New Mexico. She is a co- Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Professional Formation of Engineers: Research Initiation in Engineering For- mation (PFE: RIEF) for the project- Using Digital Badging and Design Challenge Modules to Develop Professional Identity. She is a member of the department’s ABET and Undergraduate Curriculum Com- mittee, as
National Academies Press, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.17226/24821 [2] C. R. Johnston, D. J. Caswell, and G. M. Armitage, “Developing environmental awareness in engineers through Engineers Without Borders and sustainable design projects,” International Journal of Environmental Studies, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 501–506, Aug. 2007. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207230701382198 [3] N. Dukhan, M. R. Schumack, and J. J. Daniels, “Implementation of service-learning in engineering and its impact on students’ attitudes and identity,” European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 21–31, Mar. 2008. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/03043790701746132 [4] A. Bielefeldt, K. Paterson
, her research interests include engineering education, particularly as related to systems thinking, organizational cultures, professional identity development, and supporting the success and ideas of underrepresented students within engineering.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton (2003) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Edu- cation from Purdue University (2008). Her research focuses on strategies for design innovations through divergent and convergent thinking as well as through deep needs and community assessments using design ethnography, and
of EngineeringIntroductionIn the summer of 2016, the Boise State University Computer Science (BSU CS) department was arecipient of a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the program titled`Revolutionizing Engineering Departments` (RED).1 In our proposal, we documented our very uniqueposition as a well-established computer science department that has just expanded the number oftenured and tenure-track faculty nearly two-fold, that has an excellent relationship with area industriesthat commonly employ BSU CS graduates, and a strong desire to increase enrollment and retention ofstudents who are members of traditionally underrepresented groups in Computer Science education andComputer Science professions. With a nod to the
programs tend to focus on leadership asa set of skills or experiences bolted onto a traditional engineering education with limited formalevidence of the impact these experiences have on student development.The purpose of this study is to test the effect of experiences engineering students have in leadershiproles on their perceived gains in leadership skills, using a national dataset. The framework guidingthis study is a model for engineering leadership identity constructed from Lave and Wenger’scommunities of practice model and Komives et al.’s model for leadership identity development(LID) which recognizes that the engineering formation process is, at its core, an identitydevelopment process. Engineering leadership is theorized to develop from
solutions and end of term survey Practice professional Developed: prior course work (MTE100), warm-up problems communication (graphical, Assessed: warm-up problems, written assignment post-event, written, and oral) end of term surveyThe robotic manipulators were built using kits of pre-fabricated components (Tetrix Prime kits,and off the shelf pneumatics components). The groups then went through the engineering designprocess, by developing initial designs, and iterating through them to achieve their final goal.The warm-up problems drew on knowledge from each of their 1A courses. These problems werethe early steps in manipulator design, such as determining the forward kinematics of a knownconfiguration. The
identify theircultural capital from which to develop their future possible selves as engineers. Throughout thefirst two years, students will be mentored to foster their engineering identity while focusing onsupport for transition to college. Support for transition to college includes encouragement andhelp to form peer learning study groups, study habit workshops, note-taking methods, timemanagement, and financial aid-education. Support for engineering identity development in year1, include opportunities to meet industry professionals, visits to industry sites to learn first-handwhat engineering workplaces look like, engage with engineering leaders through a speakerseries, and attend recurring choice-based 2-hour technical and soft skills building
Paper ID #24085Faculty Ways of Knowing, Valuing, and Assessing Leadership in the Under-graduate Engineering CurriculumDr. Cassandra J. Groen, Virginia Tech Dr. Cassandra Groen is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Engineering Education and the Myers-Lawson School of Construction at Virginia Tech. Her primary research interests include pro- fessional identity formation in undergraduate civil engineering students, grounded theory methods, and theory development. Her current work includes the exploration of professional identity formation in civil engineering students who experience disabilities and the ways in
Practical Guide. John Wiley & Sons, 2016.[26] J. R. Aaron, W. C. McDowell, and A. O. Herdman, “The Effects of a Team Charter on Student Team Behaviors,” J. Educ. Bus., Jan. 2014.[27] D. C. Davis and R. R. Ulseth, “Building Student Capacity for High Performance Teamwork,” presented at the 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2013, p. 23.260.1-23.260.26.[28] M. Koretsky, “Back to the Future: Learning Chemical Engineering through Engagement in Disciplinary Practices.” ConocoPhillips Lectureship in Chemical Engineering Education, Stillwater, OK, 2017.[29] M. W. Ohland et al., “The Comprehensive Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness: Development of a Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale for Self- and Peer Evaluation
Paper ID #21792Engaging Underrepresented Students in Engineering through Targeted andThematic Summer Camp Content (Work in Progress, Diversity)Amy L Warren, University of Arkansas College of Engineering Amy is the Assistant Director of Outreach and Summer Programs at the University of Arkansas College of Engineering. Prior to taking this position, she was the program coordinator for BGREEN (Building a Grass Roots Environmental Education Network) and a NSF GK-12 Graduate STEM Fellow at the Uni- versity of Missouri. She is currently completing her PhD in Biological Anthropology at the University of Missouri with a research
, presentation, and business skills; and inspire their students, through examples of real-world applications, to pursue careers in STEM and create technology ventures.3. Assess program activities and disseminate outcomes.As elaborated below, PBL, engineering research, and entrepreneurship and industry experiencesare purposefully integrated in this PD program so that educators can link classroom teaching andlearning in STEM disciplines with real-world STEM practices.To develop a technically literate workforce, educators must not only teach STEM knowledge butalso address students’ question: “Why do I need to know this?” Engagement of industry in PD canallow teachers to inform students about job opportunities based on their own experiences. Such
, interpersonal interactions, organizations, and institutional change. There areexceptions, perhaps even increasingly so; these “exceptional” courses may be seen as part of alarger movement in engineering education to integrate ethics, human-centered design, leadershipdevelopment and community-based project work—considerations of people, in other words—into more traditional technical coursework [2] - [5].At the center of this paper is one such course newly offered at Stanford in the winter term of2017. The name of the course was ENGR 311C/FEMGEN311C Expanding Engineering Limits(EEL): Culture, Diversity, and Gender. The course was developed to address a curricular gap inthe school of engineering: the absence of an engineering-based formal learning
within biomedical engineering, she was elected Fellow in the Biomedical Engineering Society and the American Society of Engineering Educa- tion. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Tracking Skills Development and Self-Efficacy in a New First-Year Engineering Design CourseAbstract This evidence-based practice paper describes the development and implementation ofsurveys and a focus group to understand the impact of a new first-year engineering design course.With the intent of adding a practical design experience for first-year students, the EngineeringDesign and Communication course was introduced as a pilot program in the fall of 2017 at