that affects their participation in the sciences. These differences are seen aseither innate or socialized by gender or cultural norms and include goals, behaviors, and workingstyles. Conversely, the deficit model, “posits the existence of mechanisms of formal and informalexclusion of women scientists. Women as a group, according to this model, receive fewerchances and opportunities along their career paths, and for this reason they collectively haveworse career outcomes. The emphasis is on structural obstacles, legal, political and social, thatexist … in the social system of science.”13The following research is in line with the deficit model and sees the stated obstacles andresulting negative experiences as major contributors to the
, which impact the members’ ability to create authentic collaboration that will impact the social change needed to broaden participation in engineering. However, all members report cautious optimism regarding the work ahead for the Alliance.1 IntroductionIn the field of engineering education in the U.S., Black/African Americans, Hispanic Americans,American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders represent adisproportionately small number of those graduating with engineering degrees. In 2020, only20% of students seeking bachelor’s degrees, 10% of master’s degrees, and 6% of doctorates self-identified as Black/African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives,Native Hawaiians, or
as not alwaysattentive to queries. Such a disparity in experience and support may dissuade female studentsfrom pursuing an engineering profession after graduation, given the crucial opportunityinternships provide for students to learn and practice key skills for their future employment [57]. The findings of this study also suggest that the role of female supervisors in the civilengineering workplace is critical for Asian women to share their concerns about difficulties andaspire to be like them. This study found that female supervisors were particularly helpful fordeveloping career interests. Previous research suggests that in order to be inspired by a rolemodel, one must be able to identify one's future self with that role model [33
Paper ID #11490Project-based learning in a high school pre-engineering program: Findingson student achievement (RTP, Strand 3)Todd France, University of Colorado Boulder Todd France is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is part of the Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education Program and helps teach and develop curriculum at a high school STEM academy. His research focuses on pre-engineering education and project-based learning. Page 26.1265.1 c American Society for
improve their competitiveness in the market[3,4,5,6,7]. Whereas, the higher education institution may see the value-added source of grantto conduct their research. However, for a typical non-research U.S. senior design capstoneproject, the industry funding amount is usually low [20,22], like $5,000.00 or less per semesterproject. This may be one of the reasons why faculty is not too motivated to coach undergraduatesenior design project.For industry, it is common to charge client with $20,000 per single management consultant for aweek (not included airline ticket, rental car, hotel, and food) a decade ago. Obviously, anycapstone project student would not be eligible to work 50 hours a week, nevertheless, it dependson what value that one could
of accreditation andquality assurance bodies, the lack of practical and laboratory activities to train students in theappropriate skills that are required in engineering practice.Almhaidib (2013) stated that, in today's globally competitive world, the contribution ofengineering colleges in the technical development of each country is considered significant. Thisdevelopment takes place through involvement in a wide range of economic development projectsby utilizing intellectual property development and creating partnerships with industry, which alsocreates opportunities for research and students training. The author further adds: “The general philosophy of engineering education is to produce graduates with high academic standing
reliability, risk assessment, systems modeling, and probabilistic methods with social science approaches. She is a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and a 2023-2024 Mavis Future Faculty Fellow. She is a member of the NIST Center of Excellence for Community Resilience and collaborates with engineers, economists, social scientists, and planners on the development of tools to support community resilience decision-making. She has been recognized for her research at multiple international conferences with a Student Best Paper Award at ICOSSAR 2021/2022 and CERRA Student Recognition Award at ICASP 2023.Prof. Eun Jeong Cha, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Eun Jeong Cha is an associate professor in the
graduation rates [2]. Among STEM majors, genderadds another burden, with women often facing the so-called “gender grade penalty” in STEMclasses relative to their male peers [3], [4]. Computer science in particular faces a dual problemwith regard to low participation by women: recruiting and retention [5].Even as the factors of race, gender, and family income remain highly relevant for understandinguneven outcomes, an increasing body of research suggests that the problems faced by STEMstudents are much more multifaceted than assumed, particularly when trying to serve low-income, first-generation, and students and those from other historically underrepresented/historically underserved (UR/US) groups in STEM. A small team of faculty and staff at
with other fields besides electrical engineering, wearrange a tour of the School of Earth and Space Exploration. There are two major parts of thetour. The first part is a guided tour that helps students to understand the kind of stellar researchbeing performed including the collaboration between the university and NASA. The second partis a 3-D astronomy show at the theater. The movie takes the students on a journey from theEarth to outer space by introducing the planets and stars. The students have shown great interestin this tour and have said they have learned a considerable amount about space engineering aswell as what aerospace engineers do for their study and research. We broaden the students’ exposure to the allied fields of
with the WFU Program for Leadership and Character and many colleagues across the university. With inclusion being a core value, she is proud that the WFU Engineering team represents 60% female engineering faculty and 40% female students, plus 20% of students from ethnic minority groups. Her areas of expertise include engineering identity, complex problem solving across cognitive and non-cognitive domains, recruitment and retention, PBL, engineering design, learning through ser- vice, character education in engineering contexts, etc. She also conducts research in cardiovascular fluid mechanics and sustainable energy technologies. Prior to joining Wake Forest University, Olga served as a Program Director at the
participatingstudents graduated with a STEM degree. Interviews collected in this project are previouslypublished on the IEEE Engineering Technology and History Wiki (ETHW). Following the oralhistory interviews, the students write reflections to answer the following three research questions(RQ). RQ#1 is “What are the key factors that led to the success of the distinguished leaders?.”RQ#2 is “What are the crucial skills that enabled their success?.” RQ#3 is “What is the impacton my career path?”One objective of this paper is for the participating female students, who are majoring in STEMfields, to present their reflections on the three research questions. A second objective is for thestudents to describe the impact, if any, that carrying out interviews of
overcome any obstacles that they might havefaced. This is evident when looking for reasons why engineering students drop out. To nosurprise, there are a plethora of pitfalls an individual can make, with no recognition of theinstitutional hurdles that act as gatekeepers in perpetuating the current makeup of engineering as“pale and male” [62, p. 9]. As listed by industry and blogger articles, reasons that students dropout of engineering programs include: poor work ethic, inability to deal with failure, and lackingthe engineering mindset [63]. It is common talk among engineers that when trying to explain the dearth of women andPOC in engineering, meritocracy is used to justify by stating things such as “they aren’t cut outto be an engineer” or
experiences, andmove toward anti-racist pedagogy, assessments, and inclusive teaching practices.Within our department, there was a strong desire to make lasting changes to the culture andcurriculum. These efforts were driven by our graduate students with support from our faculty,and included the establishment of an Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ARDEI)Committee, collection of data through a climate survey to gauge the needs of the department’smembers, and creation of efforts to include anti-racism and social justice in the department’scurriculum and research [19]. The latter of these initiatives was both the first initiative taken inthe department and is the focus of this paper.There were few established examples for how to increase
collaborative and project-based learning to involve students and integrates storytelling as a pedagogical tool to create engaging learning experiences that enhance their understanding.Prof. Christopher John Greer, The Pennsylvania State University Christopher J. Greer is an Assistant Research Professor at The Pennsylvania State University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. He completed his Bachelors of Science in Aerospace Engineering at Penn State while leading a group of students in rocket engine development for a conceptual lunar lander. He gained hands-on experience while interning at SpaceX’s Rocket Engine Development Facility as a Ground Support Equipment Engineer developing a new test stand for SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy
Co-Leader of the Educational, Outreach and Training them for the George E. Brown Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). His research in engineering education and learning sciences explores how children learn throughTimothy M. Whalen ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: Designing multidisciplinary projects in an honors first- year course to broaden students’ conception of engineeringIntroductionEngineering is a diverse discipline that incorporates knowledge from across academia. Yet thereare certain images of engineering that have widely captured the imagination of popular culture ofwhat an engineer is; images that most closely resonate with disciplines
. Computing identity is considered a form ofdisciplinary identity [24]. The four sub-constructs that researchers use to describe computingidentity include: 1) Interest; 2) Sense of Belonging; 3) Recognition; and 4)Competence/Performance [25, 26]. Figure 1: Computing identity framework, adapted from [26]We define interest as the extent to which a student desires to actively engage with a computingsubject area, including their willingness to explore and learn about topics related to the field[25, 26]. Sense of Belonging encompasses all aspects of community spirit and support thatstudents perceive to exist for themselves as they navigate their learning experiences in computing.Recognition refers to the sense of validation and
excellence and innovation in teaching and broader faculty development programs.Prof. Elizabeth Long Lingo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Transforming the Associate-to-Full Promotion System: Wrestling with Strategic Ambiguity and Gender EquityAbstractWomen faculty remain under-represented among all academic ranks within STEM fields, andespecially at the rank of (full) Professor. While researchers have studied the underlying, systemicfactors that contribute to these outcomes, and a range of possible interventions, how reform ofthe Associate-to-Full promotion system unfolds within a STEM-intensive university remains ablack box. Drawing from
-engineering fields. Research on Engineering LLCshas focused primarily on student engagement. Two studies to examine performance and retentionfound that LLCs had little effect on first-semester grades but increased first-year retention inengineering by 2 to 12%. Unfortunately, one of these studies did not control for differences inincoming student characteristics, and another used a comparison group that differed little fromthe LLC group, possibly causing them to understate the LLC’s true effects. To improve ourunderstanding, this paper examines performance and retention in the inaugural EngineeringLLCs at a small, private non-profit, regional university in the northeastern United States.Results indicate that 82% of the Engineering LLC participants
del Mar and Concepci´on, Chile). She authored several manuscripts in the science education area, joined several research projects, participated in international conferences with oral presentations and key note lectures and serves as referee for journals, funding institutions and associations. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Investigating Gender-Based Differences in Leadership Styles among Final- Year Students in an Engineering Faculty: A Characterization StudyAbstractIn Chile, women make up the majority of higher education students, yet only 20% of engineeringgraduates are women, according to OECD data. This general masculinization affects not onlygender distribution in
the Policies and Programs That Support Them” explored the challenges that female engineering faculty faced in their careers, as well as the institutional policies and programs (i.e. family-friendly policies, diversity/equity programs, mentoring initiatives, etc.) that helped them to be successful in obtaining tenure. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Leaning into Engineering: Tenured Women Faculty and the Policies and Programs That Support ThemAbstractWhile researchers have documented the barriers that women in engineering programs face (i.e. genderbias, work/family conflict, “dual career” issues, limited access to information networks), few
students grow. He has a masters in Civil Engineering. Before Purdue, he received an Erasmus scholarship for an exchange program at the University of Jaen, Spain. He had his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.Siddhant Sanjay Joshi, Purdue University, West Lafayette Siddhant is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, West Lafayette. His research interests include understanding how GenAI can facilitate better student learning in computing and engineering education.Dr. Kirsten A. Davis, Purdue University, West Lafayette Kirsten Davis is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research explores
studies, forearthquake preparedness [16]–[18], disaster impact mitigation [19], [20], flooding policies [21],territorial risk management [22], and construction projects [23].Learning Goal and TopicsThe goal of the proposed game is to familiarize players with the community resilience-basedmulti-criteria decision-making process and its fundamental concepts including equity. The gameis designed as a cooperative board game to emphasize the feature of multi-criteria decision-making by facilitating discussion among players who would have different weights on theconsidered criteria. The multi-criteria nature can demonstrate all the different facets a structuralengineer will need to consider as they design infrastructure for communities and work to
and qualitative methods were utilized in this study. Factor Analysis (FA) was used to assess the validity of using CT scales in an HBCU environment, and to help investigate the impact of immersive technology on participants CT skill levels. The results of the FA aligned with previous research findings and provided the research team with a more refined set of CT scales for use in an HBCU environment. Semi-structured student interviews were used to gain insight into students’ perceptions and attitudes toward the incorporation of VR into an engineering curriculum, and to further explore the relationship between VR fidelity and scalability of a
University during his employment with MIT. Dr. Reid served as NSBE’s highest-ranking officer, the national chair, in 1984–85.Dr. Morgan M Hynes, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Morgan Hynes is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity and Director of the FACE Lab research group at Purdue. In his research, Hynes explores the use of engineering to integrate academic subjects in K-12 classrooms. Specific research interests include design metacognition among learners of all ages; the knowledge base for teaching K-12 STEM through engi- neering; the relationships among the attitudes, beliefs, motivation, cognitive skills, and engineering skills
hasstrengthened the integration of government, universities, research institutes, and industryenterprises. The joint participation of many stakeholders has brought a large-scale,multi-layered and comprehensive educational reform. The Outstanding Engineers Plan has avery important role as a model and guidance for higher education in cultivating talents tomeet social needs, adjusting the structure of talent cultivation, improving the quality oftalents cultivation, promoting educational reform, and enhancing graduates’ employability.One important feature of the Outstanding Engineers Plan is “in-depth participation ofindustries and companies in the whole educating and training process”. The OutstandingEngineers Plan regards school-enterprise cooperation as
, we designed the course to enable learners to learntechnical engineering skills and provide access to higher education by awarding academic creditsat the end of the program. We used a combination of remote and local staff as facilitators inaddition to technology tools for online and active learning. The overall structure of our course isset up as an active, blended, collaborative, and democratic learning space. In light of the unique educational context, we describe in this paper our course designprocess, and then we explore student artifacts, interviews, observations, and surveys to answerour three objectives. In doing so, we believe this research and application example can contributeto the literature by understanding an implemented
Paper ID #29351The Relationship between Teamwork and Innovation Outcomes in anEngineering Thermal Science Course: An Entrepreneurial MindsetSimulationMs. Thien Ngoc Y Ta, Arizona state university Thien Ta is a doctoral student of Engineering Education Systems and Design at Arizona State University. She obtained her B.S., and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering. She has taught for Cao Thang technical college for seven years in Vietnam. She is currently a graduate research associate for the Entrepreneurial Mindset initiative at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Her doctoral research focuses on
to establish the Department at Wake Downtown. In addition, the Chair must lead faculty in their mission of education, research, and service. This charge includes working with faculty and the university to develop the Department’s vision, to articulate and implement a Departmental strategic plan, and to achieve the goal of creating an innovative educational environment for engineering students. The Engineering Chair and faculty will be expected to work together toward the goal of establishing ABET accreditation soon after graduating the first class of students from the program. The Chair is also charged with promoting the Department through alumni, donor, community, and industrial engagement. The Chair will be responsible for establishing a
or engineering. The primary reason for choice ofmajor reported by 78% of first year female students (n = 39) engaged in the WISE program wasthat they were good at math or science. The second most reported reason at 70% (n = 35) wasthat they wanted to be able to get a well-paying job after graduation. Third, 54% (n = 27)reported that they liked to solve problems, and 44% (n = 22) reported that they were attracted bychallenge of a difficult curriculum. The fifth most reported reason for majoring in science orengineering at 42% (n = 21) was to use science or engineering to address social problems.Goals for participating in the WISE mentoring program. Students were asked to rank choicesindicating their reasons for voluntarily participating in
., Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, digitalversion, 1-11.Bocchini, P., Frangopol, D., Ummenhofer, T., and Zinke, T. (2013). Resilience and Sustainability of the CivilInfrastructure: Towards a Unified Approach. J. Infrastruct. Syst., 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000177 (Jul. 1, 2013).Booth, K., Cooper, D., Karandjeff, K., Large, M., Pellegrin, N., Purnell, R., Rodriguez-Kiino, D., Schiorring, E., &Willett, T. (2013). Using Student Voices to Redefine Success: What Community College Students Say Institutions,Instructors and Others Can Do to Help Them Succeed. Berkeley, CA: The Research and Planning Group for CaliforniaCommunity Colleges (The RP Group).Brewer, M.L., van Kessel, G., Sanderson, B., Naumann, F., Lane, M