activities.A Relational Mentorship Model Implementation An integration of these five dimensions of mentorship (mentor, mentee, functionalrelationship, organization, and community) to relational trust and connections is shown in Figure4. This model can be implemented through various types of mentoring mechanisms. Theeffectiveness of the mentoring plan depends on the trust relationship and the motivation of thementee to willingly engage in the growth opportunities created by the mentor. Implementing RMM as a functional mentoring process involves creating a healthymentoring relationships shown to be critical in preparing graduate students for careers [33].Functional mentoring results in both the success and satisfaction of mentees in
, most African infrastructural development works (mostly involvingengineering) are contracted to immigrant workers who deny local residents of opportunities forskill development [35].For this reason, in 2013, The African Union unveiled ‘Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want’, ablueprint to transform the African continent into a powerhouse of the future in a series of five 10-year plans geared to improve the continent’s socio-economic development [36]. The first of thesefive stage-plans involves identifying key priority areas, defining strategies and policy measures,providing actionable information to key stakeholders with measurable outcomes, and outliningstrategies required to ensure the availability of resources to achieve set goals. There remains
. in Public Policy Studies from Duke University. Her research investigates how extreme events affect overall ecosystem health, productivity, and sustainability using numerical models, geospatial data analysis, and field experiments. She is also passionate about developing and sharing inclusive teaching practices in STEM fields and received a 2020 Engineering Unleashed Fellowship from the Kern Family Foundation to support this work.Dr. Michael D. Gross, Wake Forest University Dr. Michael Gross is a Founding Faculty and Associate Professor of Engineering at Wake Forest Uni- versity and is part of the team that is planning, developing, and delivering the brand new Engineering program. The Engineering department is
the problem solving skills and the general ideas of it. … No matter what I do, I'm notgoing to be fully prepared for it going in. I'm going to have to figure things out." I mean, why notthis one?[The work in the land development job involves reviewing proposed construction plans to makesure they meet standards.] It's not really mechanical engineering and it's kind of more projectmanagement type of pace, but I kind of like that stuff. When new plan submissions come inthey'll go to [my manager] and he kind of spreads them out and assigns them to us. Whateverassignments I have, I just work at my own pace to get my stuff done. Before I approve anythingusually I just go check with another engineer quick, have them skim through it.[The process of
her Bachelor’s at WPI with a major in Computer Science and a minor in Business.Gretchen Rice, Olin College Gretchen is originally from Maine and plans to graduate from Olin College in May 2020. Outside of classes and GCSP, Gretchen is president of Olin’s A Capella group and works as a Resident Resource, a teacher’s assistant, and a tour guide.Sydney Ross, Lawrence Technological University Sydney Ross is a first-year student at Lawrence Technological University (LTU). She is majoring in Com- puter Science with a concentration in Scientific Software Development.Mr. Sebastien Zenzo Selarque, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET) Sebastien Selarque is a fifth-year Electrical Mechanical Engineering Technology student at
Informed designers learn continually as they brainstorm, plan, prototype, troubleshoot, and revise their designs. Metacognition and reflection are central in this learning. Making and explaining knowledge- Informed designers apply their understanding of driven decisions science and how things work to their designs. Working creatively to generate design Informed designers use creativity and take insights and solutions productive risks in defining problems, developing potential solutions, and improving their solutions
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
of the readings we had ormaybe a class discussion noted well who's job is it if not ours? Moving forward I plan to connectmy thoughts to the practice of research by thinking about how I can change my mind when Iconduct and write about research. Who will be reading my work? How can I make my workmore accessible to individuals who will be mass manufacturing a product I make or maybeindividuals like my parents who are just trying to look out for what is best for their children.Something I want to do the next time I read is to try to continue making these half sheet handoutsfor really interesting papers I read for my research and for my parents. This time around I tookmy time reading through the screentime paper, looking up terms or methods I
up a phone of our choice.Unfortunately, these phones did not work with our SIM cards,and we spent extra money to buy compatible phones. It is apity we were not informed; we would have planned for it andsaved our little penny. The unexpected cost incurred is notcool [Diary_21st September 2023]. iv. FoodThe food system in this place is quite different, especiallywith the presence of sugar in almost everything, unlikeNigeria, where I come from. Food with high sugar contentseems more affordable than healthier foods. Also, findingAfrican stores is challenging, and it tends to be expensivewhen you do find one. Adjusting to the local food is anotherstruggle, as the taste is different, and the food here is blandand lacks the spices we have
displaced student professional identity development related tothese intrinsic factors and their intertwined relationships with context and politics wereassociated with identity invisibility. Identity invisibility is multidimensional, but overall, in thisreview it referred to the ways higher education structures and demographics in a resettlementarea rendered displaced students “invisible,” based on their social identities, whether it was in thelack of concern for people seeking refuge in immigration laws or school planning and policies.This influence primarily impacted the types and levels of support displaced students receivedupon arrival to their resettlement institutions, but it also had to do with the invisibility ofdisplaced peoples
performingsections was observed by an independent educator who shared a few observations. The studentsdid not ask many questions, and the questions that did come up were occasionally hostile. Anexample student question in one of these sections was “Why should girls get specialscholarships? This is unfair to me as a white male, and I should get the same chances.” Whenthe students broke into groups to work on solutions and strategies to improve diversity cultureone group of male students actually made a plan to form a “white male club” that would focuson supporting their rights. This result is disappointing, but consistent with the literature onbacklash from more privileged groups during diversity dialogs [23]. In the future, the teamplans to restructure the
Engineering, Smith College, and UMass – Amherst). Their research analyzedpersistence in engineering and related STEM majors as well as career interests. The studytested the hypothesis that the primary causes of underrepresentation of women in STEMincluded women having a lower self-assessment in STEM skills compared to males, aswell as family planning and work – life balance issues. Cech et al. also established a newcategory of a self-assessed “Professional Role Confidence,” which they defined asmeasuring the personal comfort level that a qualified female feels with fitting intoengineering as a career. Men reported a significantly higher comfort level compared towomen with respect to Professional Role Confidence.The prospect that gender influences
Introduction and Chapters 1 & 2 Engineering, the main journal about LTS in engineering. Engineers Without Borders A critical document for how a leading organization in the (EWB-USA) Strategic Plan development and implementation of LTS sees its role in 2015-2020 11 the interaction between engineers and traditionally marginalized communities. EWB-USA has had a significant impact on the spread of LTS in engineering, specifically through international service projects that are
moved througheducational systems; scales are ‘envelopes of spacetime’ into which certain school-basedidentities (and not others) can be folded” (p. 309). Educational scales are consequential forstudents as they define what constitutes success and failure, or belonging vs. not fitting in; asNespor additionally notes, “scale is thus both an object and a means of power in educationalpractice” (p. 309).Nespor (2004) defines five aspects of educational scale: 1. “Scale is made through the production and circulation of artifacts: school buildings, desks, curriculum standards, textbooks, tests, plans, homework assignments, and so forth… scales can also be defined by interrupting circuits of artifacts. Pupil activities may be tightly
on Pahl and Beitz as depicted by Dubberly.54 According to this process model, “In principle, the planning and design process proceeds from the planning and clarification of the task, through the identification of the required functions, the elaboration of principle solutions, the construction of modular structures, to the final documentationFig. 1: Engineering design process of the complete product.”.53Many models55 of design
for a personaldevelopment plan; development programs for women leaders, framing said leadershipdevelopment as identity work9; emphasis on factors which contribute to work engagement (e.g.,opportunity for ongoing challenges, novel experiences and continuous learning as well as workmatched to women’s interests and background); and supporting relationships (e.g., mentors andsponsors).Fewer programs and studies appear to be available which specifically address how to preparefemale engineering students for the transition beyond the bachelor’s degree with regard to thepsychological and systemic barriers they will face. Such studies and programs for thispreparation to enter either the workforce or engineering-related graduate programs comprise
Improving math skills, (STARS) in Engineering Program. Providing community- based support system10 A Comprehensive Plan with Emphasis on Improving math skills, yes Math Preparation to Improve Retention providing community-based and Graduation Rates in Engineering support system, application Fields. of classroom concepts in industry11 Engineering Learning Communities: Improving math skills, Relationships, Results, and Retention. Providing community- based support system
thelevel they were comfortable with—beginning by expressing their ideas in gesture ordemonstration and then adding spoken or written language as they learned or needed it. The experiences of investigating, planning, building, testing, and refining bring learning beyond linguistic barriers. There are many points of entry in a unit of study. The learning in a unit involving engineering moves beyond simple labeling and completing sentence frames. It is dynamic learning and often can be used to reach a student at their exact language acquisition level. The EL teacher and I loved doing EiE together because it was a chance for students to use academic language in authentic situations. The parts of the lesson where materials are tested
, the college successfully developed andimplemented a program curriculum involving day and night classes in electrical engineering andcomputer engineering. The curriculum program consists of 11-week courses and allows aflexible schedule for students to successfully complete an ABET-accredited degree in eitherBSEE or BSCE. During 2017, CoE proudly received an ABET re-accreditation for six yearswith no required interim reports.In 2015, the University tasked the CoE to develop a strategic plan in delivering onlineundergraduate and graduate engineering courses. Starting in April 2015, the college embraced aflipped learning approach for future and online delivery of undergraduate engineering courses.One reason for adopting flipped learning concerns
Advanced placement, accelerated, or honors courses Mathematics Yes Natural Sciences Yes High school course completion Algebra 2 Completed or plan to take Calculus OR Trigonometry OR Completed or plan to take Other math beyond Algebra 2 Physics Completed or plan to take High school course grades
. Additionally, Iron Range Engineering had allmajors undertake entrepreneurial projects, resulting in the development of a business plan[12].Beyond the confines of specific majors, Loh et al. [13] discuss a second-major option forundergraduates at the National University of Singapore (NUS). This initiative allows studentsfrom any major to participate in multidisciplinary project work aimed at cultivating aninnovative and entrepreneurial mindset. At the master's level, the University of Duisburg-Essen offers a Master of Arts in Innopreneurship, designed to equip students with the skillsneeded for self-employment or innovative roles within established companies [14].Whereas the focus of our writing up to now has been on the form of innovation
7 Yearly Subtotals 9 14 23 21 24 TOTAL 91 or this particular conference paper, we are focusing on a subset of these 91 interviews comingFfrom 36 students– only engineering-based and non-STEM based interdisciplinary graduate students in the IDR program. Specifically, we focused on the 62 interviews coming from 26 interdisciplinary students whose home disciplines include civil engineering (CEE), mechanical engineering (ME), computer science (CS), industrial and systems engineering (ISE), as well as non-STEM fields including urban affairs and planning (UAP) and sociology
, or stretch, assignments are critical levers of mobility [1].Organizations and managers curate and allocate these types of assignments informally, usingthem as a means to develop leadership skills, identify people ready for promotion and the “fasttrack”, and build succession plans [2], [3]. Software engineering managers in Tobias Neely etal.’s [1] case flagged that stretch assignments need to have an element of building new skills andcapacities (stretches were routinely described as “getting out of your comfort zone”) and anelement of visibility in the organization and to managers and leaders. Career advancement forthese engineers, in other words, revolved around proving competence in novel areas that hadstrategic importance to the business
Alliance members brought with them based on their previous experiences, which ultimatelymay influence early dynamics within the Alliance as it formed, particularly as agendas were beingset and five-year plans were being created. Our two research questions for this study are:RQ1: What were the Alliance members’ prior experiences in collaborative networks that they bring into the new Alliance? 1 We use the definition of racial/ethnically underrepresented groups as defined by one of the partner organizations,which aligns with U.S. federal statute and the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering. However, as re-searchers we recognize a need to include Southeast Asians, such as Hmong Americans, who are also underrepresentedin STEM
, in turn, lead to negative outcomes, such as impacted cognitivefunctions [11] and eventual burnout [30].The associate professor, Alex – “I hate that hierarchy of mentor-mentee.” Alex identifies as aLatina scholar and Faculty of Color. For mentorship to be effective, she believes, " [b]uilding …trust is key. Then, being strategic about goals and … provid[ing] strategic advice." Alexdescribes strategic as “not just any advice, [like] ‘oh, here's this [random workshop],’ but reallylooking at it as a roadmap. You have a strategic plan of where [does the mentee] see [themself]in the next three, five years.” Alex considers a mentor someone who understands their menteeand avoids espousing generic advice: “As a senior mentor, you need to have some
women-centric conference and events: Two field trips were planned and carried out by the authors during the spring semester to this day. Both the trips were to the same regional ACM-W Celebration conference (https://women.acm.org/category/celebrations) due to its close-proximity and affordability. Spring 2021 trip was a virtual with 8 women undergraduates attended. Spring 2022 conference and trip was in-person with participation of 34 computing students where 70% were women.Thus far, the three initiatives have been funded through a few small campus fundingopportunities such as discretionary funding from departmental budgets overseen by thedepartment chair, the school-wide budget overseen by the dean, and college
policy, andenable environmental sustainability [42]. Under this model, participation where patients canco-plan, co-create, and co-evaluate new technologies to serve the goals of their communities isessential to creating more just, healthier futures. It requires building with and seeing technologynot as an end, but as one part of a greater strategy.What stops us from building with? Meritocracy, depoliticization, and objectivity inengineering educationEngineering education today is unprepared for the task to realize this community-driven,justice-based patient participation. Far too much of the instruction of engineering focuses solelyon the technical, teaching students’ how to solve complex math and science problems withsingular solutions. This
support of a senior faculty to at least have signatures in terms of support, but we did get our first grant of $135,000 to upgrade the lab. I plan on doing a little bit more of that, of bringing equipment, novel equipment.Individuals sometimes create relationships with others, due to the need to “introduce meaninginto their lives” [10, p.183]. Building on this thought, Eva, Jody, and Samantha “introducedmeaning” to their roles through the helpful connections they established with their peers therebyhelping them to find resources and support needed for their jobs. This job-crafting endeavor bythese EIF could enhance their positive identity at work [10], an area for future study. b. Building meaningful relationships with
participants.Saturation was achieved with this number of participants.All participants signed an informed consent document – the plan for respecting the privacy ofparticipants, concern for participants welfare and not placing them at risk, and treatingparticipants equitably and fairly [26].Diversity of student identity in the sample is preferred but not critical. This diversity wouldinclude demographics of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, first generation collegestudent status, age, and persons with disabilities. Also, of interest is whether the student ismarried, a parent, a veteran, an immigrant, and whether the student was Pell grant eligible. Theseare of secondary interest in data analysis.C. Participant DemographicsThe information found in Table
resources to pursue computing courses.3. *How much do you agree with the following statements? a. *Race has no impact on the work I plan to do professionally. b. *The technologies that we often use are neutral and racially unbiased. c. *University computing departments are neutral and racially unbiased. d. *Professional computing environments are neutral and racially unbiased. e. *My race advantages me in the field of computing in terms of internships and job opportunities.4. *Please note how much advantage (in terms of internships and job opportunities) do you think there is for being the following in computing: a. *A woman b. *A man c. *A non-binary person d. *A White person e. *An Asian person f. *A Black person g. *A