Successful Engineering Careers,” sponsored by NSF DUE.Dr. Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Dr. Jimenez is a professor at the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department in the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (UPRM). He earned his B.S from Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, Do- minican Republic in 1986, M.S. from Univ. of Puerto Rico Mayaguez in 1991, and Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 1999. His current teaching and research interests include design, characterization, and rapid prototyping of information processing systems, embedded cyber-physical systems, and engineering education. He is the lead author of the textbook Introduction to Embedded Systems: Using Microcon
gainedsupport and insider knowledge of their department, and mentors gained communication andinterpersonal skills. Dennehy and Dasgupta’s [10] research concluded that female peer mentorsseemed to increase belonging, confidence, and motivation of female first-year mentees.Mentoring can provide different functions, commonly separated into the categories ofpsychosocial support (i.e., encouragement, counseling, role modeling) and career / instrumentalsupport (i.e., skill-building, evaluating, acknowledging achievements) [7, 8, 10]. Additionally,mentoring can be either formal (structured / intentional) or informal (developed organicallybetween the mentee and “a more experience[d] individual with whom the mentee has regularcontact” [7, p. 37
systems from inception through design, development, and production. His skills are included but not limited to operations research, analytical/statistical analysis, trade studies, new product introduction including gates and design reviews processes, risk and oppor- tunity management, reliability, availability & maintainability, and safety analysis, and complex project managementDr. Ghazal Barari, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Ghazal Barari received her PhD in mechanical engineering from University of Central Florida. Her re- search was focused on combustion modeling of promising biofuels in order to find a suitable substitute for fossil fuels. She started her career as a tenure track assistant professor in
those from underrepresented groups, not only tocomplete their undergraduate degrees, but also to pursue advanced degrees and/or careers inengineering. The detailed program objectives and expected outcomes can be found in [10].Participants spend a total of 10 weeks in the program. In the first two weeks, the students arehosted at the academic institutions, SFSU or UofSC, receiving training for the upcomingresearch activities. During this two weeks, workshops, including professional developmentworkshops such as Applying for Graduate School, Communication and Writing Skills, TheElevator Pitch, and Entrepreneurship, as well as subject related preparation workshops such asData Acquisition, Dynamics, Introduction to Programming, Introduction to Lab
, needs amore intimate image of a role model, a mentor who ignites academic inspiration on a very personal levelthroughout the undergraduate years and beyond. The multiple roles of a mentor are summarized by thesociologist Morris Zelditch of the American Council of Graduate Schools as follows: Mentors are advisors,people with career experience willing to share their knowledge; supporters, people who give emotionaland moral encouragement; tutors, people who give specific feedback on one’s performance; masters, inthe sense of employers to whom one is apprenticed; sponsors, sources of information about and aid inobtaining opportunities; models of identity, of the kind of person one should be to be an academic.”[3].Thus, a mentor is a very unique
of opening the first MESA Program in Texas [3], [4] in 2007. It was thefirst and still is the only MESA Program in Texas. From the beginning it was a center thatcontinuously promoted technical literacy and being coordinated by our Engineering Program, itwas also one of our major promoters and recruiters for students to pursue careers in STEM fieldsand particularly, in engineering. Its mission was, and still is, to help and support studentsbecome scientists, engineers, and mathematicians responding to a growing national need forqualified technical professionals.BackgroundThe term “technological literacy” refers to one's ability to use, manage, evaluate, and understandtechnology (ITEA, 2000/2002) [5]. In order to be a technologically or
. It is here that studentssometimes lose focus and cannot see that they are still headed to the career or specialization thatsparked their interest. They forget why they chose engineering in the first place, and so retentioncan be a challenge. This paper will present a course that not only addresses this issue, but alsoincorporates project-based learning and community involvement to enrich the educationexperience.BackgroundInarguably, engineering is a challenging curriculum. STEM fields have a completion rateranging from 21-54% as opposed to business at 63-71% [1]. In addition to academic challenges,notably in math [2], students need motivation and perseverance. Motivation in particular can behighly effective, and it was shown that getting
Paper ID #31454Online Professional Development for Embedding Industry Credentials inEngineering CurriculaDr. Susan J Ely, University of Southern Indiana Dr. Ely began her academic career at the community college level, after having worked as an engineer in areas of manufacturing, distribution, logistics and supply chain. Her research interests in Supply Chain Management include optimization through resiliency, lean supply chain practices and effective instruction in supply chain for career development, professional development of educators and online practices. c American Society for Engineering
also outreach to pre-college students to introduce them to science and engineering career opportunities. Ms. Marlor joined University of California, Berkeley in 2013. She has a B.S. in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Dr. Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan Dr. Cynthia Finelli is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Professor of Education, and Director and Graduate Chair for Engineering Education Research Programs at University of Michigan (U-M). Dr. Finelli is a fellow in the American Society of Engineering Education, a Deputy Editor of the Journal for Engineering Education, an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Education, and past chair of the
), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Currently she is the internal evaluator for the projects Recruiting, Retaining and Engaging Academically Talented Students from Economically Disadvantaged Groups into a Pathway to Successful Engineering Careers (PEARLS) and for Building Capacity at Collaborative Undergraduate STEM Program in Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure (RISE-UP). Both projects are funded by NSF.Dr. Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico Mayag¨uez (UPRM). She graduated with a BS in Industrial Engineering from UPRM (1983), a MSIE (1985) from Purdue
models is important in retaining STEM majors,as well as creating a sense of community and belonging among students. Providing a networkthat scaffolds not only academic achievement, but also comradery results in classmates andmentors who become lifelong connections and support systems.Setting up this kind of learning community in a classroom moves away from a lecture-basedfocus and towards discussions in small groups around exercises and activities. This is the modelauthor Raymond Landis used to teach his Chautauqua Short Course “Enhancing Student Successthrough a Model Introduction to Engineering Course,” which was supplemented by his textbook,Studying Engineering a Road Map to a Rewarding Career [1]. Over three decades of teaching,Landis found
individually in year 1. In years 2 and 3,some REU participants worked in group settings. In year 4, all REU participants worked in groupsettings while each group of REU participants were required to submit an additional team projectreport discussing the social impacts of their projects. Table 1: REU participants’ post survey results (data shown in percentage) Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4Overall experience (Excellent/Very Good/Good) 67/22/11 64/27/9 55/36/9 60/20/10*Interested in going to grad school 67/33/0 73/18/9 46/54/0 60/40/0(increased/same/decreased)Interested in research career
from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. degree in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University. Dr. Main examines student academic pathways and transitions to the workforce in science and engineering. She was a recipi- ent of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Award, the 2015 Frontiers in Education Faculty Fellow Award, and the 2019 Betty Vetter Award for Research from WEPAN. In 2017, Dr. Main received a National Science Foundation CAREER award to examine the longitudinal career pathways of engineering PhDs.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants Catherine E. Brawner is
development of profound personaltraits associated with a career [3]. However, this is not as simple as it seems as universities arenow challenged with providing non-standard curriculum offerings because as explained byPassow “engineering curricula whose graduates will thrive in practice must developcompetencies beyond the traditional emphasis on “math, science, and engineering knowledge,”and possibly beyond ABET’s eleven” [4]. As access to education increases and continues togrow throughout the nation, competition for both education and jobs is rising; thus, making itmore difficult to fill these spots.In the U.S., engineering and computing programs usually follow a 128-credit bachelor’s degreerequirement. With state legislature playing a major role
also has led multiple curricular initiative in Bioengineering and the College of Engineering on several NSF funded projects.Prof. Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Karin Jensen, Ph.D. is a Teaching Assistant Professor in bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include student mental health and wellness, engineering stu- dent career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. She was awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her research on undergraduate mental health in engineering programs. Before joining UIUC she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Sanofi Oncology in Cambridge
commended.Moving to academia from industryMoving to academia mid-career from industry is a major career change with both benefits andchallenges. First, it’s difficult to find academic institutions that appreciate and would even considerhiring an engineer from industry who has not published in an academic journal since graduate school.However, some institutions do value and require industry experience; though if published research isnot on the CV then teaching experience must be, particularly for a teaching focused campus.Once the switch has been made from industry to academia, the new professor can bring some greatpractical insight and real-life examples into the classroom. Undergraduate engineering studentsappreciate a professor who can tell them first
on student preparation. In engineering education, there is significant discussion on whatfirst year introduction content is most appropriate and useful for students in their academic andprofessional careers. In addition, how that content should be delivered is also of interest. Someengineering programs provide a conceptual framework of content to be delivered to newstudents. Other engineering programs may provide an interface platform for students to connectwith practicing professionals to learn about their future careers. Some programs provide contentthat is computational-based, which exposes first year students to relevant calculations that areused in later courses. Additionally, there are some programs that incorporate elements of
applications of mechanical engineering, while describing the science and mathbehind them. The objective of this course is to introduce engineering early career students to thevarious fields and sub-disciplines of the mechanical engineering profession. The paper describes themotivation behind creating the new course, the different components and structure of the course, aswell as provide evidence of student activities and survey data from their participation in the course. Introduction Engineering students spend the first 1-2 years taking pre-engineering classes with littleexposure to actual engineering related courses that form their conceptualization on what areengineers do in their careers. During
feel better preparedto work on real-world problems and has improved their understanding of the design process. Inaddition, the survey data shows that working on real projects helped the students learn design.IntroductionThe Jonsson School has implemented UTDesign EPICS based on the successful EPICS modelfrom Purdue University described by Coyle et al1. EPICS is a new project-based design course atThe University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) that utilizes a service-learning model, engages studentsin hands-on real-world projects early in their academic careers, and teaches them human-centereddesign thinking concepts. Through UTDesign EPICS, non-profit organizations partner withmultidisciplinary teams of UTD undergraduate students to solve technology
Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 2Outstanding Team Member, Outstanding Oral Presentation, and Outstanding Writing badges areearned by faculty review and evaluation of student work (including current and prior CATME peerevaluation). A panel of three faculty evaluate the Teamwork, Oral Presentation, and Writingperformance of current seniors across the previous three years of their academic career. Badges areawarded based on outstanding performance according to course and project rubrics which identifyexceptional skills in
is of a women-friendlyfield, as it offers lucrative jobs, high salaries, professional careers, indoor office workingenvironments, and economic independence. This paper challenges the masculinity of computingfields in the U.S. from the experience from India. IntroductionIn the United States, women are under-represented in computing fields. Science and EngineeringIndicators1 noted that in 2015, women earned a mere 18% (9,209) of bachelor’s degrees incomputer science (CS), which is less than (14,431) of what they earned in 1985. Between 2000and 2015, the proportion of master’s degrees earned by women declined in CS (33% to 31%). In2015, women earned less than one-third of the doctorates in CS. In the
indicates that it is vital for the individual URM tohave individual attitudes and experiences that aid in their retention within their STEM graduatedegree program. These personal factors were differentiated as internal motivation, identitydevelopment, perception of support, and “resilience toward stereotypes, bias, and previouslylived experiences” [1]. These factors presented themselves across several of the articlesreviewed during the analysis process.Internal MotivationQuite a few URM graduate students indicated that one of the factors of retention for them was aninternal motivation to remain in the program for their own personal reasons, which included anearly interest in science and math, a greater purpose, individual security, career
explore human, technology and society interactions to transform civil engineering education and practice with an emphasis on understanding hazard recog- nition, competencies, satisfaction, personal resilience, organizational culture, training, informal learning and social considerations. The broader impact of this work lies in achieving and sustaining safe, produc- tive, and inclusive project organizations composed of engaged, competent and diverse people. The SRL is supported by multiple research grants, including a CAREER award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Simmons is a former project director of the Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at South Carolina State University and Savannah
engineering communities as any groups that student engage induring their undergraduate career, whether formal or informal. Though students define thesegroups, during our analysis we are particularly interested in those engineering communities thatare communities of practice (e.g., they have mutual engagement, shared repertoire, and jointenterprise [6]). Engineering communities are important for engineering identity development(e.g., [7], [8], [9]). Therefore, we are examining how different student pathways may impactcommunity development in engineering students.To begin to understand the impact of community on engineering identity, we used an instrumentdeveloped by Jones, Paretti, Hein and Knott [10] to understand students’ major choice, careerchoice
and standards but welldimensioned drawings require that a designer is aware of how the part will be created as well. Ourstudents are asked to be good at dimensioning but they lack the context of how to applydimensions. This project addresses the lack of experiences that makes it very challenging for ourstudents to construct the knowledge and make this skill be recalled throughout their career. Thisproject allows us to address the problems through a virtual experience. This work providesMechanical Engineering freshman level students a real life experience of dimensioning andtolerancing in the context of machining. With machining videos that developed in this project,using proper dimensioning and tolerancing technique, students are now able to
Polytechnic InstituteMelissa Shuey, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteMarta TsyndraMakayla Wahaus, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Makayla Wahaus received her Bachelors of Science in Sustainability Studies and Applied Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2020. After completing her senior thesis, ”Community Supported Agriculture in the NY Capital Region: Pathways, Economics, and Community”, she plans to farm with a local CSA producer while navigating to her desired career path. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Student Perspectives on Navigating Engineering PathwaysLike many of the National Academy of Engineering’s consensus studies, the 2018 Pathwaysreport [1] tells
Introduce High School Students to Engineering Disciplines: Activities and Assessment Nicolas Ali Libre, Stuart Werner Baur Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyAbstractOur presentation documents and describes the educational summer camp program developed forhigh school students. The overarching broader impact goal of the Intro summer camp is tointroduce the students to various engineering disinclines and help them to make a better decisionon choosing career or disciplines they want to pursue. Several activities are designed to achievethe goals. This
. Lawrence Section Conference, 2018 Cornell University April 20-21, 2018of programs, minors and courses in nanotechnology [2]. The highly interdisciplinary andresearch based nature of the subject matter has meant that integration of nanotechnology into theengineering curriculum typically takes places at the advanced undergraduate level. Nevertheless,the inclusion of research advances into the undergraduate curriculum is widely accepted asresulting in undergraduates being more persistent, gaining intellectually and being more likely tochoose a research related field as a career [3]. Research related activities with the strongestassociation to deep learning gains are reviewing literature and interpreting findings [4]. A lowcost means of achieving
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 fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand engineering stu- dents’ identity development. She has won several awards for her
research projects and internships. Objective 1.2 Develop an applications library (real examples of STEM principles for instructional practices) as a resource for faculty to support relevant curriculum by presenting industry-relevant competencies, techniques and images that meet predetermined learning outcomes. Objective 1.3 Strengthen career pathways throughout, and partnerships between, regional higher education institutions, secondary schools, and industry partners. Activities will include the creation of advisory committees, student work-based learning activities, and job placement support. Focus will be on job placement and