members hold [28, 30].Epistemology relates to the justifications, warrants, or rationale that support decisions or actionswithin the community about what knowledge is true[28, 30]. There are “things to know, ways ofknowing them, and ways of finding about them” [31], especially in design and engineering.“Epistemic frame theory suggest that learning to solve complex science, technology,engineering, and math (STEM) problems from being part of a community of practice” [32]. In this exercise, we defined a summer college preparatory engineering and design class asa community of practice where students were performing authentic tasks in which they coulddevelop or expand an epistemic frame. We focused on the interactions that occurred
faculty mentoring, as both can work togetherto provide a more complete mentoring experience. For example, students who may not want todiscuss certain personal issues with a faculty member may be more open with their peer mentor.Finally, research mentoring is provided though a three-hour workshop certifying the students as“Ready For Research,” and requiring the students to volunteer for and present a poster at theUniversity of Cincinnati’s Undergraduate Research Conference held each year in April. FSSPScholars who participate in a faculty-led research project are encouraged to present their work atthe conference, and others are guided to present a poster reflecting their freshman-year FSSPexperience at the conference.Pathway to Graduate School
strategies such as increasethe workload, maintain workload, and prove the aggressor wrong also seem to be more appealingto undergraduate students (100 of the 142 indirect advocating strategy responses). In the followingexample a first-year student used two avoidance strategies: ignore the aggressor and rise: “Ignored them and moved on” P280Several undergraduate students also selected the approach to the situation based on the aggressor.These participants were willing to use advocating strategies when the aggressor was a peer andwere inclined to use avoidance strategies when the aggressor was an authority figure. On the otherhand, none of the graduate students mention using these decision criteria.Engineering majorThe analysis did not find
students overcome the common thematic challenges in graduate school,broadly categorized into subject matter learning, scholarly development, conflicting norms of challengeand support, conflicting academic and personal values, impostorism and belonging, and identity threats. Inthis study, we employ this conceptual framework as an a priori coding schema to help us understand howthese elements may manifest, or manifest differently, for very early-career graduate students, as a way tointerpret students’ perceptions on their transitions into and through graduate school. In this study, we areparticularly interested in how the challenges emerge in these first semesters, and how faculty (and byextension, departmental programming/support structures) may or
education; learning in the workplace; curricular and pedagogical development; and the preparation of professionals for social justice goals.Naeun Cheon, University of WashingtonMs. Elba Camila Moise, University of WashingtonDr. Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington Professor of Learning Sciences & Human Development c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Investigating Student Perceptions of an Engineering Department’s Climate: The Role of Peer RelationsDiversity in engineering remains low despite decades of rhetoric and efforts to broadenparticipation and retention. Social and cultural groups historically underrepresented in STEMeducation and careers
for Wright State’s engineering college: to develop a first semester course experiencethat addresses the inability of first year engineering students to successfully advance quicklyenough through the traditional calculus sequence, resulting in unacceptably high attrition [3].Like at Wright State, the Engineering Math course is centered on hands-on lab experiences,emphasizing an application-oriented, active approach to studying math topics subsequentlyapplied in core engineering courses. Taught by engineering faculty, course topics includeexamples from physics, engineering mechanics, electric circuits, and programming. A goal of thecourse is for students to demonstrate their prowess in applying mathematics knowledge, so thatthey can begin to
engineering careers and curriculum is well-known. ABET lists“an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create acollaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives” as astudent outcome in its outcomes-based assessment of engineering curricula [1]. Early careerengineers often describe effective teamwork and interpersonal skills as the most importantcompetencies in their jobs [2, 3]. The formation of teams can significantly affect how well a teamworks together, and team formation and function have been studied in engineering curriculum fordecades [4–6]. Previous research has shown that teams are more effective when instructors createthe teams considering students
the Journal of Engineering Education, and associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Education. Dr. Finelli studies the academic success of students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), social justice attitudes in engineering, and faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices. She also led a project to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education research, and she was part of a team that studied ethical decision-making in engineering students. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: Understanding How International Graduate Students in Engineering Fit into American Culture through the Lens of Gender Pronouns: A Pilot StudyAbstractInternational
, learning, motivation, and other concepts underpin many diversity efforts and are tied to positive outcomes, there are minimal examples available in the literature that purely explore the theories from the perspective of Black women and their identity in the context of STEM. Womanism, a theoretical perspective grounded in the experiences of Black women across the diaspora has the opportunity to inform STEM education efforts that focus on Black women in an exciting and informative way. Presently, there is a gap between this critical, yet often absent social science theory and STEM education research and practice. Through the experiences of eight Black women in STEM disciplines at various levels (e.g. current students, graduates, or working
Paper ID #42641Board 230: Contextualized Scaffolding for Engineering Faculty to Facilitatethe Adoption of EBIPsDr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University Shane Brown is aprofessor and Associate School Head in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. His research interests include conceptual change and situated cognition. He received the NSF CAREER that initiated his work studying engineering student and practitioners understanding and use of engineering concepts.Dr. Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Prateek Shekhar is an Assistant Professor – Engineering Education
studying Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society in ASU’s College of Global Futures. She practices Socio-technical Integration Research as an embedded social scientist who collaboratively works with technologists (STEM students, STEM faculty, and Tech Com- panies) to increase reflexive learning during technology development and implementation to pro-actively consider the impact of technology decisions on local communities and society at large. This work creates spaces and processes to explore technology innovation and its consequences in an open, inclusive and timely way.Mara Lopez, Arizona State University Dr. Mara Lopez is a full-time Research
theory paper discusses the role of ICC as a tool for faculty who advise internationalstudents and will focus on STEM fields. This article consists of three sections: a literaturereview of the experiences of international graduate students and faculty perspectives onworking with international students, a review of the ICC framework, and an exploration of acase method for teaching. 2. Literature review a. What do graduate international students say about studying abroad?International students choose to pursue their graduate studies in the United States for a varietyof reasons. Han and Appelbaum surveyed domestic and international graduate studentsenrolled in STEM disciplines at the ten U.S. institutions with the largest number
faculty were the insights of senior faculty in navigating many of theobstacles that could be encountered along the way. “It's helpful to sometimes be reminded ofhere's how you need to approach things,” said Gabriel, an assistant professor who had onlyrecently transitioned from the role of graduate student to faculty member. To answer RQ-2 about NFLC’s role in faculty development, the majority of facultymembers perceived the outcomes of NFLC as positive: new and enhanced relationships withcolleagues, a deeper understanding of the university and departmental structures and systems,and encouragement and support from the College. Faculty members often mentioned the opportunity to build relationships with othercolleagues as an ideal aspect
. Eric plans to retire in 5 years.For each of the individuals above, indicate below ONE responsibility you recommend for them. Each person mustbe recommended to only one of the following responsibilities. Place the person’s first initial (A-E) next to yourrecommendations. ____ Advise incoming graduate students to help them find an advisor in their research area. ____ Act as Department Co-Chair for the upcoming academic year with a full professor. The Department Chair will be on sabbatical. ____ Be the faculty sponsor for the student chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). ____ Work with professors from the Materials Science Department on an NSF research project focusing on materials processing and
departments of computer science and engineering. Her interests focus on broadening participation in computer science and engineering through the exploration of: 1) race, gender, and identity; 2) discipline-based education research (with a focus on computer science and computer engineering courses) in order to inform pedagogical practices that garner interest and retain women and minorities in computer-related engineering fields.Prof. Zahra Hazari, Florida International University Zahra Hazari is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning and the STEM Trans- formation Institute as well as an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Physics. Dr. Hazari’s research focuses on reforming physics
laboratories, and industry partners. Initiallycreated to empower junior faculty to connect with funding agencies, industry associated programdirectors and researchers, Faculty Development created a paradigm shift in the program whenmid- and senior-career and non-tenure track faculty expressed strong interest in participating.Trips were then also tailored to mid- and senior-career and non-tenure track faculty to stimulatenew energy and opportunities and broaden current research development. The program has beeninstrumental in achieving connections for all faculty resulting in new proposals, invitations toserve on panels, new collaborations and opportunities for their graduate students. An addedoutcome of group travel has been the enhancement of cross
California San Diego & San Diego StateUniversity3 Associate Teaching Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California Irvine4 Teaching Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of California San Diego5 Associate Teaching Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California Santa Cruz 2 AbstractLatine and Hispanic engineering students rarely see a faculty member whose background mirrorstheir own. The NSF AGEP (Alliances for Graduate Education and The Professoriate) HiringInterventions for Representation and Equity (HIRE) project
can be developed such as increasing the importance of teaching in tenure criteria andproviding additional (internal) research dollars for those with high-marks in their teachingevaluations. Indeed, internal seed money for educational research may be the right catalyst toencourage a faculty member to explore an educational research topic (as opposed to submitting a Page 26.1596.6proposal to DUE of NSF as their initial foray into the educational research arena).Another interesting option might be the introduction of more flexible career paths that allowfaculty members at certain career stages to choose between a research-focused track, a
previously served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University and was a faculty member and administrator at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Her research interests include: Teamwork, International Collaborations, Fac- ulty Development, Quality Control/Management and Broadening Participation. She is an honor graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, where she earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering, in 1988. In 1991 she was awarded the Master of Engineering degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. She received her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1998. She is the recipient
an online platform overnight, placing an additional workload on facultyacclimating to new methodologies and technology associated with online delivery. Manycolleges and universities were also faced with financial concerns, a consequence of diminishedenrollment, having to reduce overall budgets impacting the availability of resources. Now thatthe immediate danger has subsided, colleges, universities, and their faculty members are left withthe residual effects of the pandemic and are seeking to understand the new norm and better waysto serve faculty, staff, and students moving forward.PurposeThe purpose of this study was to understand the motivational factors important to engineeringand technology faculty in an urban campus setting and to
aculture focused on wellness should encourage this kind of learning rather than shame it.Diminishing the power of shame could contribute to an environment that participants commonlydescribed as cultivating wellness, like Jane outlined, “something where students feel as if theycan be vulnerable with everyone.” Vulnerability and Communication between members of thecommunity is characterized by open dialogue without judgement or fear of retribution. One wayto have these productive and positive interactions is by actively being vulnerable with everyone,even (or especially) when one person holds more power than the other, such as faculty and staffdo with students. For example, Jason imagined a situation where their students are comfortablewith
as nonevidence.In terms of direct evidence, Trent provided one example. Specifically, he used his own personalexperience as being a person of color as an analogy to what women might experience inengineering (see 3 in Table 2): “You know, leveraging lived experience, if I sit here long enough, I can identify points of discrimination inequity. Looking for another word...bias...ironically, effectively along each point of my professional journey.”Because Trent used his personal experience to draw an analogy between the experiences ofwomen and people of color, we categorized this piece of evidence as direct evidence.6.1.2. FlynnOur second participant, Flynn, is a white male engineering faculty member. In the interview
in college based on their perceptionsof payoff (e.g., salary, preferred location). There is robust evidence that Associate’s degrees andvocational certificates yield extra earnings compared with high school graduation [24]. Still,there is need to study how students form perceptions of the less tangible benefits and costs ofhigher education, like ability to become an active member of the community, or establish alifelong career pathway. Though Human capital theory is this study’s core theory of action, theresearchers recognize that students’ interest in entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship in theirrural communities leads us to consider the intertwining of human and social capital, as inBourdieu’s concept of habitus. According to Bourdieu
does. But there is every reason tobelieve that introducing a higher level of professionalism would enable young facultyto create and sustain a more powerful form of engineering education for the Region.The author draws on his own experience in the Region, as a faculty member and anadministrator, and looks forward to a new paradigm in engineering education thatwill lead to widespread reform, to ensure the vitality and currency of engineeringeducation in the Arab Gulf Region.Some Benchmarks of Engineering Education in the Arab Gulf RegionIn most Middle East countries we witness an increase in the numbers of: engineeringcolleges, students, and engineering graduates. This trend has continued for decadesand has exceeded expectations. But
program design andthe engineering profession more broadly (section 5).2.0 Background and MotivationIn Canada and many other countries, future engineers must complete an accreditedundergraduate program on their journey towards professional licensure [8]. Engineeringprograms must develop twelve graduate attributes in students, and lifelong learning is amongthem. The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board graduate attribute definition for lifelonglearning is one’s “ability to identify and to address their own educational needs in a changingworld in ways sufficient to maintain their competence and to allow them to contribute to theadvancement of knowledge” [9]. In the United States, the ABET outcome for lifelong learning is“an ability to acquire
are equallyimportant in creating an inclusive environment where womxn’s careers can flourish as much astheir male counterparts.R4: I ground my goals for gender equity in engineering for the next 130 years in my undergraduateand graduate mentorship experiences with faculty members as a Latina woman in STEM. As acollege student, I found support and encouragement to attend graduate school from male andfemale faculty mentors alike. I did not perceive any type of discrimination from the faculty,regardless of gender. It is well-established in the literature that female faculty in STEM supportwomen more than their male faculty [13]. Still, I must confess my most salient mentorshipexperiences and support came from male faculty. I found additional
centers on effective faculty mentoring practices, broadening participation in higher education, and the educational attainment and schooling experiences of Mexican descent youth in the mid-20th century.Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Cooksey, University of Colorado Colorado Springs Sarah Cooksey is a Ph.D. graduate from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She currently works at UCCS as a Research Assistant and Lecturer in the department of Leadership, Research, and Foundations and on a grant with the National Science Foundation trying to understand the career decision making process of underrepresented minorities in STEM fields. Sarah is a special education teacher in the state of Colorado, whose specific research
graduates, co-op activities, and potential development ofcollaborative research programs. Unfortunately, adjuncts are marginalized by the academicsystems in place today; and their contributions to the academic process are undervalued. Next,the paper reports on the success story of an adjunct, a practitioner with good credentials, who“teamed-up” with a “full-time” faculty, in an attempt to bring the practice to 4 thyear students in ageotechnical/ foundation engineering class. The success achieved in meeting course objectives,as a result of practitioner’s role, was attributed, in large measure, to proper planning andcoordination that preceded course delivery. Plus, the willingness, experience and abilities of theadjunct in addressing the practice in
possess an ‘entrepreneurial mindset’. Considering the significant financial and time investments involved in the creation ofentrepreneurship programs, institutional funding competitions, and accelerator programs, it isnotable that there are no in-depth, qualitative studies that explore the entrepreneurshipexperiences students have because of these programs. In general, there is very little research onthe personal impacts of these experiences including how they can affect an engineering student’sattitudes, behaviors, career goals, or personal competence (Duval-Coetil, Reed-Rhoads, &Haghighi, 2011). There is also no consensus on what developing an ‘entrepreneurial mindset’means. This study builds off current literature in addressing these
graduates to fill these new jobs.There is currently a large gap in the number of K-12 level teachers available in the area of careerand technical education. One possible solution to this problem may come from a specificsegment of the workforce, veterans. This paper will provide an overview of different challengesthat many veterans are facing after joining career switcher programs for future teachers.IntroductionDigital transformation is leading to a shift in many current jobs. Cybersecurity has become partof any virtual job [1], which became quite clear during the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemicalso led to more openings for cybersecurity professionals, as well as a huge growth of thatspecific industry sector since there was a large rise in the