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 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 students’ identity devel- opment. She is the recipient of a 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty
in the INSPIRE Institute at Purdue University. Dr. Moore’s research is centered on the integration of STEM concepts in K-12 and postsecondary classrooms in order to help students make connections among the STEM disciplines and achieve deep understanding. Her work focuses on defining STEM integration and investigating its power for student learning. Tamara Moore received an NSF Early CAREER award in 2010 and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2012. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 STEM Content in Elementary School Students’ Evidence-Based Reasoning Discussions (Fundamental)Introduction and backgroundScience
transportation organizations, workforce advocates, and educational institutions; the Research Experience for Teachers program at MSU on Innovative Transportation Systems; and the National Transportation Safety Career Pathways Initiative.Prof. Irina Karapetyants, Russian University of Transport Dr. Irina Karapetyants serves as the Director of the Institute of International Transport Communications at the Russian University of Transport (RUT). She additionally leads a special Training Resource Center for Accessible Transportation that was established by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation at RUT. Dr. Karapetyants’ research interests include international transport systems, innovations in edu- cation
been recognized as resources for mathematics learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in a Summer Intervention Program (Research) IntroductionStructured informal (out-of-school) programming has been growing rapidly over the past twodecades, especially in the form of after-school science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) programs [1] and STEM intervention summer programs [2]. These structured out-of-school STEM learning experiences have been shown to play an important role in supportingSTEM engagement and learning [3], including developing children’s exposure to STEM basedexperiences and career
Asia and South Pacific DAC). He served as the program chair of the FPGA’18 and the general chair of the FPGA’19 conference. He has received a US National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award.Prof. Susan Mantell, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Susan Mantell is the James J. Ryan Professor and Head of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Prof. Mantell received her BS and PhD degrees from Stanford University, and her MS degree from Northeastern. Her research investigates the interrelationship between polymer morphology and mechanical performance. Prof. Mantell is the recipient of several research and teaching awards including the National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award and the
Michelle M. Camacho is Professor of Sociology at the University of San Diego. She began her career at UC San Diego in 1999 as a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for US Mexican Studies, and later as a UC Faculty Fellow in Ethnic Studies. In 2015-16, she returned to UC San Diego as a fellow of the American Council on Education. As a bilingual/bicultural Latina, Camacho has 30 years of experience in higher ed- ucation advocating for underrepresented groups and first generation college students. For over a decade, her work on institutional transformation has received funding from the National Science Foundation to examine and address inequities in higher education, specifically as they relate to Science, Technology
Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. His research and teaching interests include wearable computing, electronic textiles, and interdisciplinary design teams for pervasive computing. In 2006 he was selected for the National Science Foundation’s Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for his research in e-textile-based wearable computing.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as co-Director of the VT Engineering Communication Center (VTECC) and CATALYST Fellow at the Institute for Creativity, Arts
the summer camp.Nanotechnology Summer CampThe nanotechnology summer camp was initiated in Summer 2014 and was offered again inSummer 2015. The camp is weeklong (Monday through Friday 9AM-4PM) and is open byapplication to high school juniors and seniors. The students have the option to be residential ornon-residential. Enrollment data showed that 5 out of the 16 participants are from out of state(31%). The goals of the camp are: (1) to stimulate the students’ interest in the area ofnanotechnology, (2) to educate students (and parents) about the opportunities for industrial andresearch careers in this field, and (3) to attract students to the minor in nanotechnology whichwas recently launched at Lawrence Tech. During the five days of the summer
to the real world and their future engineering careers. Afterbrainstorming a number of ideas, the faculty instructor approached the local Habitat forHumanity (HfH) affiliate and asked them if they would be willing to collaborate. This choicemade sense because HfH is active in the local community, and they are seeking to deepenpartnerships with the university and university students. At the time, the local HfH affiliate wasfocusing their efforts on rebuilding homes in a nearby community that had experienceddevastating floods two years before. They invited the students to work on one of their projectswhich involved reconstruction of a home that had been completely destroyed, pictured in Figure1. In addition, the local HfH communications and
with demonstrated financial need who are pursuing associate, baccalaureate, [or] graduate degrees in STEM and enter the STEM workforce or graduate study; ● implement and study models, effective practices, and/or strategies that contribute to understanding of factors of supportive curricular and co- curricular activities that affect recruitment, retention, student success, academic/career pathways, and/or degree attainment (including student transfer) in STEM of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need; and ● contribute to the implementation and sustainability of effective curricular and co
directors, who then alternate years. • We have been pleased we have been able to provide some financial assistance for students, since these programs are expensive. We have found that donors like to support these programs. Many of them have “lived this experience” in their professional careers and are anxious to provide support for what they feel is “the real world.” • We have also faced some challenges. One challenge was unexpected and more physical in nature—three faculty developed blood clots (two while abroad) directly related, we think, to sitting down for long periods of time while flying. One faculty member suffered a heart attack while in China. Fortunately we had two faculty directors on
affiliated with science, technology, engineering and mathematics.This attraction was also pronounced in the female sample. Over 79 percent of the participantsintended on starting their future career in this sector as a result of the rewarding experiencesthey had had in the Lab. 6. DiscussionThe main aim of the study was to evaluate the status of the courses offered to students usingexperiments. Our results clearly indicate the positive effects that the various experiments hadon participants during their visit, which in turn is seen to affect the participants’ desire tostudy STEM fields in the future. The visits have had positive impacts on students and haveaffected their future career plans.Over the past couple of years, a great deal of effort has
navigate anxiety and culture shock that mayaccompany undertaking a new endeavor in an unfamiliar place. Additionally, the advisor canhelp students network by making new contacts and gaining exposure to other faculty, advancedstudents, and members of their broader professional community.6,7 The advisor-advisee relationship is complex and life-changing; one’s advisor can help togenerate ideas about and support for postgraduate career choices, and help influence students’professional identity.8 In fields like engineering, where the academic advisor may also serve as astudent’s research supervisor,8 the advisor-advisee relationship includes myriad power dynamics.As a result, the advising relationship could have positive and/or negative effects
overalleffectiveness of using robotics in engineering education4.Finally, longitudinal tracking of student progress in the upcoming few years should be evaluated,which would provide data to directly assess the long-term outcome of the program. Forexample, three of the juniors who participated in the research projects have applied for top pre-college research programs. Although their status was not actively tracked, they requestedreference letters from both faculty members. Ultimately, what is of interest is whether thestudents gain an appreciation and greater understanding of the STEM disciplines and how thatmanifests itself by participating students electing to pursue a career in STEM fields. This can betracked by the percentage of students enrolled in STEM
Paper ID #13509An Analysis of Engineering Credits in ABET Accredited Engineering Man-agement ProgramsDr. Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University Paul J. Kauffmann is Professor Emeritus and past Chair in the Department of Engineering at East Car- olina University. His industry career included positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr. Kauffmann received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and is a registered Profes- sional Engineer in Virginia and North Carolina.Dr. John Vail Farr
research fields with the last fifteen years in higher education. Natalia is currently an Institutional Research Analyst at Cabrillo College and for the past seven years has worked on the following grants and programs: USDE Title III STEM grant, the Academy for College Excellence program, the Career Technology Education program, the NSF EA- GER Engineering Abroad grant, and the NSF S-STEM grant. Natalia is passionate about education and enjoys being part of research projects that promote student success.Brandon Faria, Cabrillo College Brandon Faria is a mechanical engineering student at Cabrillo College. He was part of Cabrillo College’s first Engineering Abroad Program during to 2014-15 academic year. He has worked on
learning and help develop new understanding, knowledge, and skills. Thestudents get ample opportunity to develop theoretical understanding, by means of hands-onlearning, and apply the knowledge to designing, building, modeling, simulation, andexperimental testing of real-world engineering problems. It has been found, based on industryfeedback, that with the involvement in multidisciplinary and real-world projects, studentsdemonstrate increased readiness for career in the industry. Students have also shown increasedinterest to graduate degrees.The paper also describes the strategies to retain, recruit, and train lower level students for themultidisciplinary project, which is expected to continue for several years into the future withfunding support
foundthere were some differences between those working in community policing environments andthose who did not. Police involved in community policing tended to be Problem Solvers.Ausburn and Brown (2006) studied career and technical education students and found that mostwere Engagers.28 To date there have not been any studies to determine the ATLAS-definedlearning strategy preferences of engineers, the occupational group of interest here.Verbal-Visual PreferenceA major dimension of learning or cognitive style with implications for instructional design is theverbalizer-visualizer dimension.29,30 Unfortunately, there is no consensus on terminology for thisdimension as it has been called a cognitive style, a learning style, and a learning preference
women and underrepresented minorities. He received his M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech and his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in Vir- ginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 8 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using
production and retention of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) talent is currently a major threat to the country2. In fact, to address heightened concern regarding the United States’ global position, several national efforts have been implemented to increase the number and diversity of students pursuing degrees and entering STEM careers. In 2012, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology announced that by 2022, the country would need 1 million more STEM professionals than projected to be produced18. One critical asset to reaching this capacity lies in the cultivation of competent, adaptable engineers prepared
Paper ID #11847Using Humor to Create a Positive Learning EnvironmentProf. Ralph Ocon, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology) Page 26.1667.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Using Humor to Create a Positive Learning EnvironmentAbstractHow to enhance student learning is a critical issue in academia. Throughout the author’sacademic career, teaching effectiveness has always been an on-going challenge.Consequently, he has experimented with different teaching techniques and approaches.The author’s
to emphasizemeasures related to having political power as matters of importance13. The disparity between thevalues of an institution and that of an individual can make it difficult to promote integration ofthe two entities. Thus, failure to adapt to the mainstream collegiate culture may have detrimentaloutcomes for a first-generation student and influence their ultimate success.A bachelor’s degree is the surest path to higher socioeconomic status and for a first-generationstudent to earn a comparable salary as their continuing-generation peers14. The field ofengineering is a growing sector of the economy that offers some of the best paid careers in theUnited States, which makes it a desirable degree for a lot of students15. However, it is
American Society for Engineering Education.Dr. Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University Dr. Peter Rogers, Professor of Practice Engineering Education Innovation Center The Ohio State Univer- sity Columbus, OH 43210 Rogers.693@osu.edu Rogers joined the university in October, 2008 bringing with him 35 years of industrial experience. His career includes senior leadership roles in engineering, sales, and manufacturing developing products us- ing multidisciplinary teams to convert customer needs to commercially viable products and services. He brings this experience to the university where he leads the effort in developing experiential, multidisci- plinary learning. Rogers co-led the development of an ABET approved
Paper ID #14185An Integrated Curriculum Design for Teaching Flying Qualities Flight Test-ingDr. M. Christopher Cotting, United States Air Force Test Pilot School Dr. Chris Cotting is the Master Instructor of Flying Qualities at the United States Air Force Test Pilot School. During his professional career he has also worked for the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and the Lockheed Martin Skunkworks. He has worked on numerous experimental aircraft projects in- cluding the X-43A and X-43C, X-35, and X-33. He has a BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering from Mississippi State University, and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from
asmuch as many of his friends. Simply put, his “resilience” appears to stem largely from his desireto graduate from a school of great renown and because others are able to do it, not necessarilybecause of his passion for the major or desire to pursue a STEM career. He is not necessarily“bouncing back” as much as wading through setbacks without addressing the academicchallenges he’s facing. This combination of factors and lower classman status may putEmmanuel in a particularly precarious position with regard to whether he does in fact persist andbounce back from setbacks in his major and build the confidence necessary to successfullypursue his STEM degree.DiscussionOverall, interviews exploring the experiences of Black undergraduates in
Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulderinaugurated a flexible, customizable and design-focused multidisciplinary undergraduateengineering degree program, built on a common engineering core, with a hands-on engineeringdesign focus throughout all four years. Predicated upon the belief that students know what is bestto meet their own career and personal interest needs, the curriculum branches out so studentschoose many courses to pursue their individual passions. Different than the traditional restrictiveengineering curricular models that act as barriers to student migration into engineering programs,the curricular flexibility and choice in the Engineering Plus (e+) program makes transferring intothe program more navigable
only five cost items and these were consideredcohesive, no cost subcategories were isolated.Table 3. Subcategories of Value and Expectancy Items Construct Sub-category n Example item Using this strategy/tool fosters positive value for students 8 Value student attitudes towards learning. value for self 3 Using this strategy/tool aids my career. My students lack the skills necessary to based on students 5
students from the U.S. participated in a twoweek residential engineering leadership camp, entitled Setting Up Collegiates for Careers in Engineering through Social Support (SUCCESS) alongside 30 Liberian undergraduate female engineering students from three Liberian universities (Stella Maris Polytechnic, University of Liberia, St. Clements University College). The camp was held in Kakata, Liberia, West Africa and carried out by 5 U.S. graduate students. The camp was structured in a workshop format with an average of three workshops a day. The workshops included academic and professional skills sessions covering topics related to graduate school application process, personal statement writing, leadership development, crosscultural communication
’ perception of how much they learneddramatically shifted towards the above average and well above average categories after theimplementation of the 3D technology project. Another set of questions in which the majority of the students agree on their perceivedlearning is shown in Figure 6 for the first year and Figure 8 for year two. In this set of questions theagreement of the students was higher than 60% and lower than 70% for year one and between 80%and 82.6% for year two. Here we can see that the 3D technology project had a high impact in theareas of time management, engineering career awareness and planning, research methods andtechniques, critical thinking concepts, and unit systems and conversions. From previous research wehave confirmed
Paper ID #14607Twelve Years of Growth and Success at Douglas L. Jamerson ElementarySchool Center for Mathematics and EngineeringDr. Marilyn Barger, Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence Dr. Marilyn Barger is the Principal Investigator and Executive Director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education, funded by the National Science Founda- tion and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida as its region and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into technical career pathways