Retention Strategies for Engineering and Computer Science High Impact Practices (HIP) during first year in college Raman Unnikrishnan and Victor H. Delgado College of Engineering and Computer Science Hye Sun Moon and Edward Sullivan Office of Institutional Research & Analytical Studies California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831 AbstractThe High Tech Education working group of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness(Jobs Council) concluded that an increase in the number of U.S. engineering and computerscience graduates
preparation of engineering graduate students for future careers.Mr. Ekembu Kevin Tanyi, Norfolk State University E. Kevin Tanyi started his career in Oldenburg in East Friesland, Germany. There he earned his bachelor degree in engineering physics with a focus in medical physics and finished with honors. During a four- year sabbatical, he worked as a Call Center Agent and finally as a Web-programmer/ designer. Returning to his field, he pursued a Professional Science Master degree in applied physics at Towson University. There he carried out research in the fabrication and characterization (AFM, XRD, and four-point probe resistivity measurements) of colossal magneto resistant perovskite thin films. He also embarked on a
graduating students to pursue and achieve theirperceived success.This is a Research Paper and Evidence-Based Practice Paper to explore how graduatingundergraduate engineering students conceive of career and personal success. Through aqualitative review of “vision plans” students create to map to their first 5 to 10 years post-graduation plans, we have categorized areas for success that include themes of production,experience, character and relationships. Through in-class exercises in a senior year (non-capstone) course on professional orientation and a freshmen class orienting students to college,30 students used exercises and assignments that have them use design thinking, networking, andinformational interviews to better identify and understand
the potential for technology andproduct development and commercialization.Strategic Market Assessment for New Technologies (SMA) was developed to integrate many ofthese goals in one setting, utilizing a graduate level course and inter-disciplinary format. Thecourse was designed to allow science/medical, engineering, and business graduate students towork in inter-disciplinary teams, in conjunction with university investigators. This would occurunder the direction and supervision of business, engineering and science/medical faculty withsignificant professional experience as practitioners, academicians, and entrepreneurs in theirrespective fields.SMA introduces the student and investigator faculty teams to intellectual property (IP
Page 25.786.3on projects involving real-world customers, students viewed the instructor and teachingassistants as the most important customers. The primary project goal from the students’ perspective was on getting a good grade. Dannels4 argues that students are therefore learning tobe students and not professionals. Donald15 notes that in engineering education there is “acontinual tug-of-war between the theoretical and the professional.” (p. 63) Students often feelthat theory is emphasized over practice and wish for more practical hands-on learningexperiences. Because of a perceived lack of practical experience, some graduates find thetransition to professional practice to be a shocking experience.Missing from previous literature are studies
Paper ID #15572Re-designing Design: A Technology-enhanced Graduate-level Biomedical De-sign CourseDr. Katherine E Reuther, Columbia University Katherine E. Reuther, Ph.D., is a Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University and the Assistant Director of the Columbia-Coulter Translational Research Partnership. She is is working on developing new instructional tools and programs to enhance graduate education in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. She has spearheaded the development of a graduate-level Biomedical Design program that covers all aspects of the design process, including needs identification
Luis Obispo. He has held leadership roles in Cal Poly’s Structural Engineering Association of California (SEAOC)/Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) student chapter and the National Student Organization of the Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI NSO). Additionally, he has assisted with Cal Poly’s Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition team, AEI Student Design Competition team, and post-earthquake disaster relief with Structural Engi- neering Students for Humanity (SESH). After graduation, he seeks to practice structural engineering in the United States and pursue disaster relief outside of work.Mr. Michael James Deigert, California Polytechnic State
inexpensive, provides renewable energy through precise building design, and may becoupled with solar panels to achieve maximum energy efficiency.The previously mentioned topics will be addressed to exemplify why solar power is the bestchoice for sustainable, renewable energy in developing countries. The purpose of this is tosupport the future implementation of innovative, applied research projects within the engineeringand engineering technology disciplines of international universities. This paper includes anexample of a model program for student participation in hands-on, competitive research projectsusing solar energy. An increase in the number of students who are learning this necessarytechnology and its practical applications helps to ensure a
of engineering culture that act as barriers to LGBTQ equality.As recommended by Woodford et al. [45], the program offers an incremental design withsuccessive trainings to address audiences with varying levels of knowledge and awareness. Thecontent of the Safe Zone workshops are tailored for an Engineering/STEM audience byincorporating the findings from our research on LGBTQ in Engineering. This is done by variousmeans such as direct presentation of quantitative results, case studies about experiences ofLGBTQ individuals in STEM, and activities exploring how STEM culture impacts LGBTQindividuals. Upon completion of Safe Zone training, graduates receive a Safe Zone sticker todisplay in their workplace. This simple symbol of LGBTQ
this NRT, namely, an onboarding and orientation event, a career explorationsymposium, and a multidisciplinary introductory course. In addition, the assessment of each ofthese interventions – as well as the outcomes thereof – are presented and discussed.2. Existing literature and contributions of this report to the latter2.1. Graduate student onboarding and orientationThe existing literature includes several reports that focus on the onboarding and orientation ofgraduate students [2-6]. These reports target the orientation of graduate students at the university,college, and/or department levels [2-5] or the onboarding of graduate students in research groups[6]. Notably, these publications discuss a number of best practices and make
in teaching programming to undergraduate and post-graduate students. She was awarded the Monash Vice Chancellor’s Award for Team-based Educational Development (2002) and School of Com- puter Science and Software Engineering Excellence Awards (2002 and 2003). Page 25.855.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Investigating Teacher’s Approaches to their Teaching Practice Abstract This report develops and analyses the reliability and validity of a Swedish transla- tion of the Trigwell and Prosser Approaches to Teaching
conceptual knowledge and change for intro- ductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on NSF projects in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect conceptual change and associated impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and per- sistence. The other is on the factors that promote persistence and success in retention of undergraduate students in engineering. He was a coauthor for best paper award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013.Prof. Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University Robert J. Culbertson is an Associate Professor of Physics. Currently, he teaches introductory mechanics
engineers.Faculties need to not only focus on helping students acquire technical skills, but also set theexample themselves and provide opportunities for their students to gain internationalexperience33. The incorporation of global elements will likely require a review and modificationof existing curricula to make sure that it is comprehensive, coherent and accessible to allstudents30.Study OverviewThe primary purpose of this study was to determine if multinational companies considered globalcompetence an important skill in mechanical engineering graduates when making hiringdecisions. The following research questions were utilized to address this purpose:1. Is global competence considered by hiring managers at multinational firms in their hiring practices
with program faculty. Finally, students created portfolios and individualdevelopment plans which would be expected to support their career development, but studentsreported that these requirements were more onerous than helpful. The D3EM program serves asan example of how impactful programs can be designed to encourage students to explore avariety of potential future career pathways, particularly beyond tenure-track faculty positions.Implications from the findings include the continued implementation of such programs andsustained efforts to change the conversation about PhD careers that reflect the job market andgraduate student interests.Introduction In the past decade, graduate engineering education has emerged as a research
Paper ID #14604Recommended Practices for Managing Large, Multi-Site Engineering Edu-cation Research Data Collection ProjectsDr. Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas - Austin Maura Borrego is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin. She previously served as a Program Director at the National Science Foun- dation and an associate dean and director of interdisciplinary graduate programs. Her research awards include U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and two
Schools at Penn State University as a STEM Education Outreach Specialist. Amber works with STEM researchers on the broader impacts component of NSF grants in order to develop and implement K-12 teacher professional development workshops centered on the practices of scientists and engineers. Amber also works to develop relationships with Pennsylvania school divisions to better support science education and enhance professional development opportunities for teachers.Gabe Knowles, Center for Science and the Schools, Penn State University Gabe Knowles joined the Center for Science and the Schools at Penn State University as a STEM Ed- ucation Outreach Specialist in 2018. His role with CSATS is to collaborate with Penn
Paper ID #37345The Intersection of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy andEngineering Design in Secondary STEM (Research toPractice)Mariam Manuel Dr. Mariam Manuel is an Instructional Assistant Professor/Master Teacher for teachHOUSTON, a secondary STEM teacher preparation program in the Department of Mathematics at University of Houston. In addition to preservice STEM teacher education courses, Dr. Manuel teaches Physics for Middle School Teachers and has authored/taught graduate level coursework in Engineering Design Education, for the UH STEM Master’s program. Dr. Manuel serves on multiple grants and actively publishes and
, Stanford University Dr. Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Be- sides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford Univer- sity, she conducts research on engineering education and work-practices, and applied finite element anal- ysis. From 1999-2008 she served as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, leading the Foundation’s engineering study (as reported in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field). In addition, in 2003 Dr. Sheppard was named co-principal investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to form the Center for the Advancement of
Paper ID #19227Construction Research Fundamentals Course to Support Graduate StudentBuilt Environment Thesis and Dissertation Research and WritingMr. Mark Shaurette, Purdue University, West Lafayette Mark Shaurette has a MS in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in Technology from Purdue University. He is currently an associate professor at Purdue University, was a 2012 Fulbright Scholar in Ireland, and has work experience that includes 30+ years of senior construction management practice as well as work as a research engineer for the National Association of Home Builders Research
the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. He received his B.S. from the U.St. Military Academy, M.Phil. in engineering from the University of Cambridge, and M.S. in civil engineering from Stanford University. His research interests include sustainable design, construction, infrastructure systems, and engineering education.Lt. Col. Steven D. Hart, U.S. Military Academy Steve Hart is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with more than 23 years of service in both command and staff positions in Iraq, Kuwait, Panama, Germany, Korea, and the United States. He is currently assigned as the ERDC Engineering Fellow and Director of Infrastructure Studies in the Center for Innovation and Engineering
feel like I need to be helping others be successful. So, I think my role has been one of trying to facilitate the success of others. For example, at Washington State, I attempted to help younger faculty be accepted for doing this kind of work. Networking them with one another, being an advocate for them, helping them with grant proposals, and so on. So they who had the potential to go much further than I, if they could get the training off to a good start, I could have much more impact by doing that.”Intellectual support, teaching: In addition to supporting colleagues’ research efforts, individualintellectual support can also focus more on teaching or practice. For example, David Voltmerrecalled that he was a “champion of a certain
., Orr, M. K., and Ohland, M. W. (2014). The Accidental Engineer. American Society for Engineering Education (under review). Indianapolis, IN. Page 24.32.6Impact on engineering educationProviding the taxonomy developed by the research teach has the potential for impact on bothresearch and practice. Xingyu Chen’s related dissertation research will expand knowledge of thefield.The project team intends to collaborate with Ken Reid at Ohio Northern University on a proposalto study the impact of specific introductory course elements on retention in engineering and inmajor. Dr. Reid and his team have developed a classification scheme for the
that examine the impact of developing systems of care and transforming practices on health care access and utilization, delivery and quality of care, and health outcomes. Third, she assesses the effect of social determinants of health on access to care and pa- tient outcomes. She evaluates the effectiveness of interventions designed to attenuate the effect of social determinants on patient outcomes. She has 15 years of experience leading research teams; designing and implementing research and evaluation; developing protocols for surveys, interviews, and focus groups; collecting and analyzing qualitative data, and programming advanced statistical analyses of quantitative data using Stata. She has served as principal
practices for undergraduate engineering, very little classroom research has been accomplished at the graduate level, especially confounded by the interdisciplinary nature of AM. Similarly, while design thinking research is well established as a topic of specialty in engineering education, the EER community has yet to apply rigorous design thinking methods to Additive manufacturing, only beginning to be explored. A recent experiment from Prabhu et al [11] explored the characteristics of DFAM education on the cognitive essence of student’s creativity. The study used possible combinations of no, restrictive, and dual DFAM principles and concluded that students learning the overall aspects of DFAM improve
on engineering education and work-practices, and applied finite element analysis. From 1999-2008 she served as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, leading the Foundation’s engineering study (as reported in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field). In addition, in 2011 Dr. Sheppard was named as co-PI of a national NSF innovation center (Epicenter), and leads an NSF program at Stanford on summer research experiences for high school teachers. Her industry experiences includes engineering positions at Detroit’s ”Big Three:” Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, and Chrysler Corporation. At Stanford she has served a chair of the faculty senate, and
within BME432 – Lab on a Chip, which introduces students to the theory and application of microfluidicsystems in medicine and biology. Once the project had been described to the students on the firstday of the course, all subsequent lectures were designed to deliver content required for eachstage of the device development process, including concept generation, design, fabrication, andtesting. In order to assess the impact of the project on student interest and attitudes toward theLab on a Chip research field, pre- and post-course surveys were developed and administered.The results from the surveys showed increased student-reported knowledge, confidence indeveloping devices, and level of interest in pursuing further studies, training, and careers
AC 2012-5600: BEST PAPER PIC V: M-OUTREACH FOR ENGINEERINGCONTINUING EDUCATION: A MODEL FOR UNIVERSITY-COMPANYCOLLABORATIONDr. Gale Tenen Spak, New Jersey Institute of Technology Page 25.257.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012AC 2011-448: M-OUTREACH FOR ENGINEERING CONTINUING EDU-CATION: A MODEL FOR UNIVERSITY-COMPANY COLLABORATIONGale Tenen Spak, Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology Gale Tenen Spak is Associate Vice President of Continuing and Distance Education at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey. She has extensive experience in the area of professional workforce development
a Program Director at the National Science Foundation, on the board of the American Society for Engineering Education, and as an associate dean and director of interdisciplinary graduate programs. Her research awards include U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and two outstanding publication awards from the American Educational Research Association for her journal articles. Dr. Borrego is Deputy Editor for Journal of Engineering Education. All of Dr. Borrego’s degrees are in Materials Science and Engineering. Her M.S. and Ph.D. are from Stanford University, and her B.S. is from University of Wisconsin-Madison.Dr. Meagan R. Kendall
Education Design Principles to Broaden Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. San Diego, CA: BEST, February 2004. Available: http://www.bestworkforce.org/sites/default/files/research/downloads/Bridge%20for%20A ll%20Higher%20Ed%20report.pdf [Accessed March 3, 2019].[8] W. C. Lee and H. M. Matusovich, “A Model of Co-Curricular Support for Undergraduate Engineering Students,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 105, no. 3, pp. 406–430, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20123[9] M. Anderson-Rowland and C. Ruben, (2008). “Academic achievement and retention in a minority engineering program” in Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008. https
who are totally untrained in team research and often openly antagonistic to industrially relevant research. • The goal of the ERC education programs is to develop a team-based, research- inspired, and industrial practice-oriented culture for the education of graduate and undergraduate students that will produce engineering leaders for the future.We propose that our program is directed at doing exactly that – creating an Page 11.331.10interdisciplinary, team-oriented PhD program in which students will design theinnovative, sustainability related products needed for the future.6. AcknowledgementsThis research is being supported