NSF-funded projects, Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (NSF:RED) ”Beyond Accommodation: Leveraging Neurodiversity for Engineering Innovation” and Innovations in Graduate Education (NSF:IGE) ”Encouraging the Participation of Neurodiverse Students in STEM Graduate Programs to Radically Enhance the Creativity of the Professional Workforce”. As a graduate researcher, she is conducting qualitative research related to the experiences of neurodiverse graduate students in STEM fields. Previously, she spent eight years as a K-12 teacher in Connecticut, where she maintained a focus on providing a varied learning environment and differentiated instruction for all types of learners. She is currently pursuing a doctoral
consistent with the bifurcation suggested in theGrinter Report. The rationale for this recommendation includes a ‘flattening of the engineeringhierarchy’ and the development of a ‘legitimized and equal pathway to engineering careers formany African Americans’ [8].Rebranding ET as applied engineering in an attempt to ‘elevate’ its position in the engineeringhierarchy does not address the systemic issues and racial inequities that contribute to the racialstratification of the engineering profession. In this project, we aim to not only understand thereasons Black students choose ET in college and the potential ramifications of this choice onthe attainment of their career goals, but also to contribute to the dismantling of the racialinequities that
Paper ID #43697Cultivating a Budding Engineer: A Marginalized Female High Schooler’sJourney Towards an Engineering Career (Fundamental)Dr. Cristina Diordieva, Nanyang Technological University Cristina Diordieva is the Project Coordinator for the World MOON Project. Previously, she served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Imperial College London (LKCMedicine) and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Cristina is a co-author of a report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Switzerland. Her research focuses on inclusivity in STEM, educational technology, massive open online courses (MOOCs), and
ofinterdisciplinarity and stakeholder engagement. We will close with both a section on “lessonslearned” throughout this process, as well as a section on the “deliverables” that have emergedfrom this process thus far. These ‘deliverables’ tie to benefits that, we believe, will enhancecareer preparation for students.theories of interdisciplinaritySeveral theories could have supported our work on developing a program in SocialEntrepreneurship. We are aware of the literature suggesting that theories of community-engagement (Tekic et al., 2022; Wallerstein et al. 2020), and even collaborative building () couldhave been used to guide this project. However, the development of this project was madepossible by a grant from funders who have a particular interest in
. He obtained his MS and Ph.D. degrees from the Rice University in 1997 and 1999, respectively. He currently serves as the Associate Chair for the Mechanical Engineering department at UTRGV. Among his research interests are engineering education, materials, stress and thermal finite element analysis, dynamic response analysis.Dr. Javier Ortega, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Dr. Javier A. Ortega is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). His research interests include Tribology, Lubrication, Biomaterials, Additive Manufacturing, and Engineering Education. Dr. Ortega has been involved in different research projects, including
. Literature Review We conducted a literature review to better understand the role of CSR in the larger context of ethicseducation, what limitations may exist to the effectiveness of CSR in engineering education, and whattechniques are commonly used already in teaching similar forms of ethics education. We also looked forresearch similar to our own to help determine limitations of our project, and possibly compare findings.The importance of teaching engineering ethics, communication, teamwork, and CSR at an undergraduateeducation level has been identified as important for engineer’s success in the workplace after graduation[6], [9]-[11]. ABET has stipulated that students graduating from accredited engineering programs areexpected to have “an
them to positive careeroutcomes.Building from synergistic resources we developed and presented at the ASEE annual meeting in2023, we seek to connect these findings to continued resource development for engineeringstudents and faculty. With tools and worksheets created on the basis of this and related research,our aim is to equip soon-to-be-professionals, and their mentors and teachers, with insights toadvocate for better and more equitable workplace practice.2.0 Background of the Study2.1 Stretch assignments: Definition and dimensionsIn a larger employment context where workers, especially technical knowledge workers, areexpected to manage their own ‘portfolio careers’ and are increasingly commodified as the sum oftheir projects, developmental
project teams in planning and development, through external evaluation, and as publication support. Most of his workDr. David Hicks David Hicks is an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Before joining TAMU-K he served as Associate Professor and Department Head at Aalborg University in Esbjerg, Denmark. He has also held positions in research labs in the U.S. as well as Europe, and spent time as a researcher in the software industry.Dr. Breanna Michelle Weir Bailey P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville I am a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. I currently serve as the chair for the Department of Civil and
awards, leadership awards, teaching and mentoring awards, and a PECASE in 2012. She is strongly involved in Purdue’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Her research group’s diverse projects and group members are described at pawleyresearch.org. Email: apawley@purdue.edu ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 On faculty responsibility for increasing students’ sense of support in the classroom: lessons from I-MATTER about Black and Brown studentsAbstractTeaching engineering students how to work in teams is necessary, important, and hard to do well.Minoritized students experience forms of marginalization from their
Paper ID #37342Talking Tech: How Language Variety in Engineering Curriculum InstructionCan Ease Delivery and Engage StudentsIngrid Scheel, Oregon State University Ingrid Scheel is a Project Instructor at Oregon State University. She works to teach from an integrated sociotechnical perspective in engineering science and design courses. Her focus is systems engineering and program management. Scheel has experience in small business strategic planning and risk assessment, designing and deploying fiber optic sensors and sensing systems, prototype development, instrumentation, data acquisition and analysis, and reporting
whileincorporating the various frameworks and traditions of inclusive teachings. For example, weleaned heavily on UDL and culturally responsive teaching principles and frameworks tosupport our sections on pedagogy and content and leveraged design justice principles tosupport our section on engaging students in design.MethodologyPositionality StatementThe objective of this positionality statement is to acknowledge and disclose our worldviewsand influences as authors relating to inclusive teaching and learning. The first authoridentifies as an Asian female and an engineering education researcher. Her experiences as aminority and an international student spurred her interest to work on research projects andinitiatives that improve ethics, diversity, and
diminishment of students’ desire to do good in the world.Students’ interest in public welfare considerations of engineering work decreased over the courseof their education. Bielefeldt [40] performed a detailed study of a related phenomenon: “sociallymotivated students leaving engineering at disproportionately higher rates,” a particular concernsince societal and caring motivations have gendered and ethnoracial variations. Bydecontextualizing engineering knowledge in the curriculum, engineering education pushes outstudents motivated to use engineering for social good.When students are encouraged to work on local or global community-based projects, their sense(reinforced by their educators) that social and cultural contexts are irrelevant to – or, at
project management and implementation. She holds a BASc in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto and an MSc in Management, specializing in Operations Management, from the University of Bath. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Penalized for Excellence: The Invisible Hand of Career Track StratificationAbstractInequities persist in the engineering profession despite nearly four decades of diversity and inclusionefforts. In this paper, we propose an institutional mechanism to explain this persistence—career trackstratification. When engineering educators and researchers frame engineers’ careers as personal journeys,we implicitly characterize
, Aeromechanics II Laboratory, a one-creditlab course for the aerospace engineering students. However, we were unable to confirm theeducational effectiveness of VLs since we implemented VLs without the Scholarship ofTeaching Learning (SoTL) research activities. Therefore, in Fall 2019, we initiated the SoTLresearch project on the implementation of the AAE 20401 VLs. Since we wanted to pursue theexcellence in VLs by creating the innovative virtualized lab of the existing hands-on labs, weused the Backward Course Design Model to analyze and characterize the course context, content,assessment, and pedagogy of the course so that we can integrate VLs into the existing labcoursework smoothly. However, no matter what aspect of VLs we choose to implement or
on computer-based tutoring environments for mathematics education that rely heavily on students’ own comprehension processes for self-evaluation and self-directed learning (so-called unintelligent tutoring systems). Prof. Nathan has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, given more than 120 presen- tations at professional meetings, and has secured over $25M in research funds to investigate and improve STEM learning, reasoning and instruction. Among his projects, Dr. Nathan directed the IERI-funded STAAR Project, which studied the transition from arithmetic to algebraic reasoning, served as Co-PI for the NSF-funded AWAKEN Project, which documented how people learn and use engineering, and cur- rently co
work, she developed and validated a new interdisci- plinary assessment in the context of carbon cycling for high school and college students using Item Re- sponse Theory. She is also interested in developing robotics-embedded curricula and teaching practices in a reform-oriented approach. Currently, a primary focus of her work at New York University is to guide the development of new lessons and instructional practices for a professional development program under a DR K-12 research project funded by NSF.Dr. Vikram Kapila, New York University Vikram Kapila is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (NYU Tandon), where he directs a Mechatronics, Controls, and Robotics Laboratory, a
a foreign culture and language—to wit, American culture and English language.) a suitable technical elective. This echoes the original GEC, but the GEM’s electives must explicitly combine technical and non-technical aspects of engineering. a global experience typically involving an international study or work project. This was an option associated with the original IEC, and proposed as the post-graduate goal of the GEC, but now it is an integrated and essential requirement for the new Minor. a new gateway course to give GEM students a common focus. This course orients students towards the program’s definition of global engineering. It encourages students to gain cultural awareness, not
- grams. She has numerous chapters, articles, and papers on technology-supported teaching and learning as well as systems-change stages pertaining to technology adoption.Dr. Kathy Ann Gullie Ph.D., Evaluation Consortium University at Albany/SUNY Dr. Kathy Gullie has extensive experience as a Senior Evaluator and Research Associate through the Eval- uation Consortium at the University at Albany/SUNY. She is currently the principal investigator in several educational grants including an NSF engineering grant supporting Historically Black University and Col- leges; ”Building Learning Communities to Improve Student Achievement: Albany City School District” , and ”Educational Leadership Program Enhancement Project at Syracuse
Page 26.616.2more as a metaphor for conveying students’ experience of disappointment than to insinuatemalicious intent.(i)In K-12 engineering programs, the overwhelming curricular emphasis is on engaging, design-based classroom activities: open-ended, hands-on projects requiring creative synthesis acrossmultiple domains of knowledge on the part of the student.1 In university engineering programs,students confront an educational philosophy that can be characterized as exclusionary and builtupon a “fundamentals first” approach to learning:2 analytically rigorous, rote learning of basicprinciples in math and science (e.g., calculus, chemistry, physics) followed by engineeringsciences (e.g. statics, fluid dynamics) followed by engineering analysis
which improve the efficiencyof delivery of course content while maximizing value-added student activities where interactionswith the instructor and TAs are prized. These techniques include a “flipped classroom” model, on-line video instructional materials, efficient content modularization and customizability, automatedfeedback, integrated assessment mechanisms and team-based in-class activities. A high proportionof class time is structured to support creative project work where students appropriate CAD skillsby applying them to creative problem solving. It is the opinion of the authors that this blendedlearning methodology has the potential to provide a just-in-time delivery of instruction which canbe customized to meet an individual student’s
and Professional Communication, both from NMSU. She is currently a Ph.D. student in the NMSU Rhetoric and Professional Communication program.Dr. Ricardo B. Jacquez, New Mexico State University Ricardo B. Jacquez, Ph.D, PE, is Regents Professor of Civil Engineering and Dean of Engineering at New Mexico State University. For the past 21 years he has served as the principal investigator and project director for the Louis Stokes New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation. Page 26.1576.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015The Summer Undergraduate Research Bridge
engineering pedagogy.Dr. Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University Dr. Nadia Kellam is Associate Professor in the Polytechnic Engineering Program at Arizona State Uni- versity. Prior to this position, she was an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia, where she was co-director of the interdisciplinary engineering education research Collaborative Lounge for Un- derstanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER). In her research, she is interested in understanding how engineering students develop their professional identity, the role of emo- tion in student learning, and synergistic learning. A recent research project uncovers the narratives of exemplary engineering faculty who have
Education, Tsinghua University. He is interested in higher education ad- ministration as well as engineering education. Now his research interest focuses on the quality assurance in higher education, particularly quality assurance in engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Experiences, Issues and Reflections of School-Enterprise Joint Training in Chinese Mainland under the Vision of PETOE Strategy: An Empirical Study Based on Small-N CasesAbstractThe Plan for Educating and Training Outstanding Engineers Plan (PETOE) is one of themajor reform projects initiated by the Ministry of Education of China, as well as one of themajor initiatives to
colleges; and primarily white and Hispanic serving institutions are alsoincluded in the student data set. A subject selection matrix was employed to also maintain somedegree of balance within our sample with regards to gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomicbackground, with the project PIs helping to secure additional interviews to round outdemographic variation. We currently have N=29 interviews completed, and their mapping to thelarger project and the basic demographics of our sample are described in Table 1 & 2,respectively. Table 1: Institutional Profile of Faculty/Admin vs. Student Data Faculty/Admin Student Data
Riddle Aeronautical UniversityKatrina Robertson, Embry Riddle Aeronautical UniversityTrey Talko, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Small Shifts: New Methods for Improving Communication Experiences for Women in Early Engineering Courses Abstract: This paper outlines methods and initial data from an educational intervention based on previous research published at ASEE. Students in introductory engineering courses face challenges communicating and integrating their ideas in team projects. Often these challenges with team communication fall along gendered lines, where women students experience marginalization in team settings. This paper builds from previous research in the field of engineering education which integrated
, their rolesshift toward broader responsibilities, necessitating different skillsets. Despite these findings, theauthors define lifelong learning narrowly as the ability to seek knowledge when gaps arerecognized and do not connect their findings to an underlying need for effective lifelong learningorientations.Lutz and Paretti [26] have highlighted similar learning challenges faced by graduates as theytransition to the workplace. While engineering jobs focus on technical problems, learning occurswhen graduates adapt to new contexts and align complementary skills (such as communicationand project management) with their workplace. Preparing graduates to direct their lifelonglearning capabilities towards technical, social, and cultural challenges
todescribe the job titles and roles for biomedical engineers working to develop a new medical device.The average number of codes, each representing a unique job title or role in industry, generallyincreased from cohorts 1 to 4, where students in cohorts 1, 2, 3, and 4 named on average 0.28 ±0.18, 0.43 ± 0.15, 0.69 ± 0.14, and 0.91 ± 0.02 codes, respectively (Figure 1B). Research anddesign engineer was the most named job title/role by students across cohorts; however,project/program manager, manufacturing engineer, design quality engineer, and clinical fieldspecialist were also named, albeit at a lower frequency (Appendix D, Table 7). Importantly, manystudents in cohort 1 (82%) and cohort 2 (83%) specifically reported in their survey responses they
Paper ID #44241Model-Based System Engineering Applied to Designing Engineering Labs toDynamically Adapt to Industry Trends - Case in Point: The Mechatronics,Robotics and Control LabPallavi Singh, University of South Florida Pallavi Singh received a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College (GNDEC), Bidar, in 2016 and a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, in 2019. Pallavi worked as a data science engineer, embedded system engineer, computer vision engineer, system engineer, project manager, and systems
Engineering at the University of California, Davis. Dr. White has been a faculty member at UC Davis since 2015, and he teaches process design and economics, process safety, bioseparations, and senior laboratory courses. He has helped lead the creation of the CHEM E CAD and Industrial Automation club at UC Davis, and he has sought to develop authentic, project-based learning experiences for his students in his courses. Dr. White also serves as the accreditation lead for the chemical engineering program at UC Davis. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Impact of The Design of Coffee, A General Education Chemical Engineering Course, on Students’ Decisions to Major in STEM
Society (STS) joined forces with the Chair of the Engineering Department atLoyola University Maryland (LUM) to radically transform the university’s introductoryengineering course. The former contributor arrived at the project having spent several yearsexperimenting in the classroom with various pedagogical strategies intended to historicize forengineering students the political, social, and economic context in which they (and those whocame before them) have lived, learned, and worked. That the complementary interests and skillsof a recent STS PhD and a seasoned Electrical Engineer would converge on the same problem(i.e., How to place engineering in context?) and at the same moment in time (i.e., mid-2022) maybe fortuitous. More likely, though, it