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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Castillo, University of California, Irvine; Brianna McIntyre, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

engineering foster or hinder belonging 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 development. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Understanding the Influence of Work-Integrated Learning Experiences on Students’ Identity Formation in EngineeringAbstractThis research paper

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Investigating Student Pathways to and through Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Louise Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno; Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Mackenzie C. Parker, University of Nevada, Reno; Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Derrick James Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Award, The Nevada Women’s Fun Woman of Achievement Award, and the UNR College of Engineering Excellence Award.Dr. Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of studenMr. Derrick James Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno Derrick Satterfield is a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on engineering graduate students’ experiences and motivation centered on career planning and preparation

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Luciana Debs, Purdue University Programs; Bhavya Rathna Kota, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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Diversity

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

by others [10]. Thereverse belongingness is alienation, social isolation, or rejection, leading to depression in thelong term [11]. Among factors that influence the sense of belonging of women to a major areidentity or being valued [12]; stereotype-free educational environment [13]; formal and informalstudent organizations supporting female students [12]; family, faculty and peer support [7]. Onthe other hand, and specific to the construction industry, many prior studies indicate thatpresence of gender stereotyping, low sense of belonging, lack of support system, and lack offemale role models factor to women opting out of construction-related studies and careers [14],[15], [16].Previous research on sense of belonging found that only when an

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Critical Conversations on Being Valued

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Emily Gwen Blosser, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

balancingwork and family [2], [8].To date, little research has examined messages present in outreach and media to understand howorganizations attempt to appeal to young women and encourage them to enter engineering giventhese gendered barriers. This article attempts to redress this omission by analyzing profiles offemale engineers from the website, Engineer Girl [4]. Engineer Girl is designed and maintainedby the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to inspire young women to become engineers.The main research questions I deal with in this paper are: 1. How do female engineers on the website describe challenges they face as engineers to potential newcomers? 2. What types of advice and career guidance do female engineers provide to young women

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Designing and Evaluating Engineering Leadership Programs

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ronald J. Bennett F.ABET, University of St. Thomas; Eugene Joseph Audette, University of St. Thomas; Elaine R. Millam, WorkWise Coaching & Consulting; Alanna K. Moravetz JD, Alanna Consulting LLC; Sheryl Niebuhr, University of St. Thomas and Sheryl Niebuhr Consulting LLC

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Engineering Leadership Development

organizational and individual career development, and adult learning, training design, and evaluation. In addition to 33 years teaching at the graduate level and serving as associate dean of the School of Education at two different times, founded and managed the university’s Career & Personal Counseling Center and related services, codesigned master’s degrees in Human Resource Development, and Learning Technology, and a doctorate in Organization Development. In addition, served as a career development consultant to several regional engineering firms, to American Express Corp, the State of Minnesota Department of Economic Security, the U.S. Department of Labor, and USAID.Dr. Elaine R. Millam, WorkWise Coaching & Consulting

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Biomedical Engineers and Professional Development - June 23rd

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cassandra Sue Ellen Jamison, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan

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Biomedical Engineering

value in leading to a career in BME, which is consistentwith outcomes-focused prior studies. Beyond that, students discussed the ability to connect howthey see themselves as a biomedical engineer and a general interest in the work and non-careerrelated opportunities available to them through their co-curriculars. While the discussion of costwas minimal in our study, time was also a factor for students’ decision to participate in co-curriculars. These additional findings indicate that students can also be motivated to participatein co-curriculars through other means than just the outcomes studied in prior co-curricularliterature.IntroductionStudent engagement in higher education settings has long been studied as a predictor for collegestudent

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mia Minnes, University of California, San Diego; Sheena Ghanbari Serslev, University of California, San Diego ; Madison Edwards

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Computing and Information Technology

student enthusiasm at the end of their internship to enhance the ensuing continuation of their academic experience.A. Introduction Demand for undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) education continues to grow,driven by persistent need for professionals with technical skills. In addition to core technical knowledge,students embarking on a career in CSE must be ready to combine theory and practice in a context wherethe underlying technology continually changes, projects are large-scale and collaborative, and professionalresponsibility and ethics-based decision-making are critical when products are adopted widely. Manystudents seek hands-on industry internship experiences to complement their in-class instruction andprepare for these

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 16: That Important Decision - Which Engineering Major?

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Blubaugh, Purdue University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

, and family members may also influence a  student’s  major  selection.  Researchers haveidentified factors, such as career prospects, personal interests, parental influence, effects ofclimate and culture, to be important. Although a few models of major choice exist, relativelylittle attention has been given to examining engineering disciplinary choice (e.g. Mechanical,Environmental, Civil, Chemical, or Industrial). Our research aims to fill this gap from a uniqueperspective—since music genre preference can represent diversity in the broad dimension ofexperiences, we explore whether there is an association between music genre preference andengineering discipline choice.Music penetrates all aspects of modern society, including academic settings

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FPD II: Hands-on Curriculum in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lacey Jane Bodnar, Texas A&M University; Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Jacqueline Q. Hodge, Texas A&M University; Travis Austin Smith, Engineering Student Services and Academic Programs; Jesus A. Orozco; Joshua Grant Corso; Cristian R. Sanchez; Jillian Kathleen Freise, Texas A&M ELLC Children's Museum; Hannah Ringler, Texas A&M University; Ivan Cortes, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

-authors.Six questions were posed to freshman students via e-mail, from the ESSAP office. Studentswere asked to provide input in the following areas, with a half page paragraph describingpositive and / or negative impacts for each question: 1. What was the impact of your interaction with other freshman engineering students working on the same projects? 2. What was the impact of your interaction with the sponsor? 3. What was the impact of your interaction with upper division engineering students or graduate students? 4. Did the team project experience have any impact on your engineering career? 5. What kind of skills did you acquire that you consider of value to your engineering career? 6. What would you change to make

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Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Walters; Keisha Walters

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

discussions, presentations, anda field trip to university research facilities to raise awareness of careers in science andengineering and the impact of these fields on quality of life. Course outcomes were assessedthrough course evaluations, interest surveys, and a concept inventory. The concept inventorywas designed to assess the students' fundamental understanding of fluid mechanics principles,and was administered both before and after the course. The interest evaluations inquired aboutthe students' interest in science and engineering, knowledge of careers and college majors, andfamiliarity with fluid mechanics and its role in society. Student responses generally indicatedthat the course was effective at increasing their awareness of science

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Undergraduate Retention Activities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Moshe Hartman; Harriet Hartman

initial surveys to subsequent surveys and other information stored by the University,such as transcripts; while names are collected to be able to link these various sources ofinformation, confidentiality is assured and protected. In the fall, students are asked about their family background, high school preparation andachievement, support by significant others for their engineering pursuit, preferred learning styles,self-confidence in themselves as students and as engineering students, perception of problems forwomen and men pursuing scientific, mathematical and engineering careers, their expectationsabout completing the major at Rowan, financial concerns, and their expectations of what a job inengineering will give them. In the spring, many of

Conference Session

Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Fu, MIT; Tahira N Reid, Purdue University; Janis P. Terpenny, Iowa State University; Deborah L. Thurston, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Judy M. Vance, Iowa State University; Susan Finger, Carnegie Mellon University; Gloria J. Wiens, University of Florida; Kazem Kazerounian, University of Connecticut; Janet Katherine Allen, University of Oklahoma; Kathy Jacobson

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Women in Engineering

teams; impacts of project choice and context; and the retention and success of under- represented students). She has 9 years of industry work experience with the General Electric Company (GE), including the completion of a 2-year corporate management program. Throughout her career, she has managed over $8 million of sponsored research and is the author of 150 peer-reviewed publications. She is a member and Fellow of IIE, a member and Fellow of ASME, and a member of ASEE, INFORMS, Alpha Pi Mu, and Tau Beta Pi. She serves as an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design and for the Engineering Economist. She has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching, in research, and for service.Dr

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Lynn Alpert; Jacqueline Isaacs

industrial seminar series for mid-career engineers on plastics and toxics use-reduction. These sessions typically last between one-day and one week, are well-attended, andare offered on-site per company request. Such ad-hoc approaches at engineering schools,however, are often scattered and somewhat serendipitous, providing neither a broad base offundamentals nor the preferred in-depth focus.This classic tension between depth and breadth in engineering education is especially vivid at theundergraduate level, given the tight four-year time frame and the lack of adequate secondaryschool preparation. The advent of nanotechnology, with its sweeping interdisciplinary horizon,has heightened the tension. Should engineering programs broaden the base of

Conference Session

Innovative Program and Curricular Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liesl Hotaling, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg; Rustam Stolkin, University of Birmingham, UK; Susan Lowes, Columbia University, Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College; James S. Bonner, Clarkson University; William David Kirkey, Clarkson University; Temitope Ojo, Clarkson University; Peiyi Lin, Columbia University, Teachers College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, that integrate fundamental STEM principles while at the same time introducingstudents to the field of sensors and sensor networks—technologies that are increasinglyimportant in all fields, but particularly in the world of environmental research.The project provides students with the opportunity to learn about science, engineering andmathematics through the design, construction, programming and testing of a student-implemented water monitoring network. The objectives are to:1) Use environmental sensors as an engaging context to teach technology, engineering,mathematics, science, and critical workforce skills;2) Encourage learners to look at a local problem and data with a global perspective.3) Promote awareness of sensor network related careers

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Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jacqueline R. Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology; Gina M. Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Maureen S. Valentine P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology; Stefi Baum, Rochester Institute of Technology; Steven LaLonde, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

AC 2011-2271: ESTABLISHING THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE OR-GANIZATIONAL REFORM AND TRANSFORMATION AT A LARGE PRI-VATE UNIVERSITY TO EXPAND THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMENFACULTYMargaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Margaret Bailey is Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Kate Gleason College of Engineer- ing at RIT and is the Founding Executive Director for the nationally recognized women in engineering program called WE@RIT. She recently accepted the role as Faculty Associate to the Provost for Female Faculty and serves as the co-chair on the President’s Commission on Women. She began her academic career as an Assistant Professor at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, being the first woman

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Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1: In the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rylan C. Chong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Dark, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dennis R. Depew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering and Public Policy

guidelines, rules, regulations, laws, procedures, standards, protocols,requirements, and so forth. To list a few response examples: a) “The general guidelines that arefollowed to handle situations”; b) “Policy are the set of rules and regulations that are followedwhile achieving a particular task…”; c) “Policy is a law that governs certain situations”; d) “Aset of standards…”; e) “A protocol that guides decision making…”; and f) “…policy isrequirements and guidelines pertaining to a subject, like a class or career”.The second major theme involved actors, with 26 participants including this theme in theirresponse. Actors minimally could be described as an entity or entities, which consist of anindividual, government, organization, business, party, or

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Mentorship, Retention, Minority Participation, and Examining the Experiences of Women

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Anthony Moore Jr., Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

, and career traineeship inaerospace-centric fields. The streamlined process of recruitment and project-based learning incollaboration with NASA and other aerospace professionals has shown to be effective in trainingthe first cohort of undergraduate and graduate students during the first year of programimplementation.During the summer of 2022, 6 NASA interns and 6 summer Research Experiences forUndergraduate (REU) students participated in the 10-week summer program with professionaldevelopment (PD) program featuring project management, career planning, RCR training,self-reflection, and technical communication. Because research shows that STEM students citepositive mentoring experiences as the most crucial factor in their retention, we developed

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johanna Acosta, Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Jacoba Ubidia, Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Miguel Andrés Guerra, Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Vanessa Guerra, University of Virginia; Cristina Gallardo, Universidad San Francisco de Quito

analysis of the students’ responses about the experience. Thegoal was to find main ideas and to be able to form groups of ideas that many of the answersencompassed to analyze all the feedback received by the students, identifying the positiveexperiences, the skills gained during the development of the activities, and the challenges that thestudents encountered when working with unified courses of the two careers. Students alsoprovided suggestions on possible improvements for the combined educational module.The learning module characteristicsThe students worked in multidisciplinary groups for four weeks, during which they learneddefinitions and identified centroids, moments of inertia, and internal forces in trusses. Typically,students met for two

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Professional Skills and Community Building in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh

www.slayte.comOutreach Projects: Towards a Structured Curricular Activity for Chemical Engineering StudentsOutreach Projects: Towards a Structured Curricular Activity for Chemical EngineeringStudentsAbstractPromotion of STEM careers in K-12 schools is essential for the sustainable progress of the world.College students from engineering careers can provide a unique contribution to this effort. Theirexperience is like the K-12 school environment. However, they have advanced knowledge andskills of their critical role in society. They can offer a realistic model for K-12 students to guidetheir career choice and to become motivated for STEM college education. In addition, collegestudents benefit from these experiences by

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Work-in-Progress Postcard Session #1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Alexander, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Michael Preuss; Breanna Bailey, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; David Hicks; Rajashekar Mogiligidda, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Nitilaksha Hiremath, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Jingbo Liu, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Lihua Zuo, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Mahesh Hosur

engineering design process; importance of mathematics,chemistry and computers in engineering; engineering mechanics; data analysis; publicsafety; ethics; professional licensure; and career searches. Content varied from material thatwould be included in freshmen engineering courses to material that introduced advanced(upper-level) engineering courses. The portion of the SBP program involving industryprofessionals as guest speakers consisted of three panel discussions and three stand-alonepresentations. The three panel discussions invited guests from different career stages asfollows: (a) early career professionals, (b) a recent winning senior design team fromComputer Science in TAMUK’s COE, and (c) seasoned engineers. Each panel had four tofive

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Student Division Technical 2: Instruction & Learning Delivery

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Amazon; Kritin Mandala; Zoë Dailey; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida; Kayli Battel; LISSA ERICKSON

this early-age exposure. A 2007 studyindicates that the “shut up and learn” approach to teaching, while widely accepted, is notnecessarily effective. In this study [8], a survey of 2,500 pupils indicates that the two mostcommon uses of class time are copying from a board or book and listening to the teacher talk forextended periods of time; whereas the two least common uses of class time are studying real-world applications and learning through experience. Scholars have observed that shifts towardshands-on and individually-engaging activities often radically change students’ perceptions oftheir place in STEM fields and their plans for future education and career paths.Many educators in STEM suggest that the best way to introduce very young

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EMD Technical Session 1: Captstone, Ethics, and Statistical Methods

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cole Shannon, South Dakota State University; Patrick Lovrien, South Dakota State University; Bret Barnett, South Dakota State University; Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University; Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University

practices.Students’ learning experiences, including benefits, challenges, and lessons learned are discussedin the paper, presenting different points of view from different disciplines.Relevance of multidisciplinary teaching for student career goals and value for their professionaldevelopment are discussed in the paper. The authors provide suggestions for improvements andadvice to instructors and peers for improving multidisciplinary learning experiences at thecollege level.IntroductionMultidisciplinary collaborations are important for several reasons. First, it improves learningand student engagement. As stated by Drake and Reid, after reviewing numerous studies,“interdisciplinary approaches can lead to increased student engagement and motivation

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Freeborn, The University of Alabama; Memorie Gosa; Debra Moehle McCallum, The University of Alabama

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

-only 1 4 1 6 (18.2%) 4 Year / PhD 6 5 10 21 (63.6%)Our REU site did not have a focus on upper-division undergraduate students (i.e., juniors,seniors) and invited applications from students in all years of study. The intent was to provideresearch opportunities to students early in their education careers. This approach was successfulwith 54% of participants from lower-divisions (freshman, sophomore) and 46% from upper-divisions (junior, senior). The detailed distribution of participants by year of study across ourprogram’s 3 years are given in Table 3. A challenge of this recruitment strategy was that cohortshad students with a

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Heydi L. Dominguez, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Vibhavari Vempala, University of Michigan; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Aileen Huang-Saad, Northeastern University; Jacob Frederick Fuher, University of Michigan

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #32286Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Entrepreneurship: A QualitativeExaminationMs. Heydi L. Dominguez, New Jersey Institute of Technology Heydi Dominguez is a fourth-year undergraduate student pursuing her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and minoring in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Her career interests include conducting research in the field of engineering education, particularly focused on en- trepreneurship and design education for engineering undergraduates. At NJIT, she is actively engaged in the Society of Women Engineers and Society of Hispanic

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sara Amani, Texas A&M University; Ebtihal Mohamed Youssef, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Rand Yehia Alagha, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Sara Hillman, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Annie Ruimi, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

on enhancing the role of women in the workplace and working on policiestoward the empowerment of women, our exploratory research study examines how attractive theengineering profession is for women in Qatar. The current paper focuses specifically on challengesthat women face during the very first step in their careers—the recruitment and hiring process.The paper employs a multi-method approach, gathering and analyzing data obtained via a surveyand interviews with engineering program alumnae who graduated from 2009 to 2020 in Qatar.When examining the challenges female participants faced during the recruitment and hiringprocess for engineering jobs in Qatar, the findings revealed that many women did not feelparticularly welcomed while trying

Collection

2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Cody Crosby; Anita Patrick; Margo Cousins; Laura Suggs; Mia Markey

careers of (3)researchers and (4) engineers. Students reported significant increases in their scientific writing skillsand tended to identify more as researchers after the program. Conversely, students noted littlechange in their ability to present in a scientific setting and reported that their identity as engineerswas not stronger. Separate focus groups with the visiting scholars and their graduate student mentorswere conducted after the program to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the current iteration ofthe REU program. Possible improvements to the REU are proposed at the end of the paper. IntroductionThe Role of REUs in Biomedical Engineering Professional DevelopmentGenerally, undergraduate

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristen Koopman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Robert S. Emmett, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

,educators and students alike--especially in the wake of an unprecedented shift to remote workduring the COVID-19 pandemic. This literature review is a first step to understand and improvevirtual internship experiences for engineering students. It aims to establish a context for furtherresearch to understand how virtual engineering internships can best achieve their intended goals,both in terms of advancing individual student careers and learning as well as supportinginstitutional goals of access and equity in engineering education. The institutional focus emergeswithin the literature and represents a fundamental commitment, as universities may considercoordination of internships for students a key “structure of opportunity” for retention and access

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CEED Paper Session 1: Using Co-Op and Internships to Improve Diversity, Retention, Learning, and Assessment

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University; Mauricio Torres, Northern Kentucky University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

position in business or industry. It allowsstudents to test and refine career plans and interests; gain experience in their field of specialtybefore they begin searching for a permanent position; and build a network of professionalcontacts from which they may draw technical and employment information.It is believed that, in order for an experience to be educational, it must possess continuity andinteraction, with each experience leading to additional opportunities for further improvement andlearning. Therefore, we believe that experiential opportunities such as co-op programs are acentral component of the educational process, particularly in the field of EngineeringTechnology.The methods involved in experiential learning emphasize that the source

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Student Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

, she is the PIC IV Chair and a frequent speaker on career opportunities in engineering, especially for women and minority students. Page 13.1287.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Thinking About Graduate SchoolAbstractLess than 18% of graduating engineers in the US go directly full-time to graduate school andvery few women and underrepresented minority students go on to graduate school. Our countryneeds more diverse researchers in engineering, and students do not realize the creative andchallenging work that they can obtain with a graduate degree. There are many reasons for thelow

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Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, College of Education; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Anne Hay, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teachers are typically required to complete only minimalcoursework in science and mathematics, which constrains their knowledge, efficacy, andconfidence for teaching STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) content.Additionally, elementary teachers, like much of the general public, have limited comprehensionabout the relationship between STEM concepts and engineering fields and the kind of work andsocietal contributions made by engineers. Yet, elementary school is a critical time in whichstudents develop foundational understanding of STEM concepts, career options, and inquirylearning.To address students’ STEM needs and limited teacher preparation, the Idaho SySTEMic Solutionresearch project was implemented by the College of Education and