Shore. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Envisioning Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education: Creating a Coalition including two public HBCUs and a public Research 1 University to Make It HappenAbstractTwo public HBCUs and a public Research 1 University established a coalition to developpathways to STEM M.S. and Ph.D. programs among Black, Latinx, and Native Americanstudents. Through a mixed-methods research project, the team: (1) identified Faculty Championsto support and advocate for the students; (2) developed a Memorandum of Understanding forSTEM programs between the institutions to facilitate sustained effort by our coalition; and (3)identified Pilot
Paper ID #41298Technological Infrastructure Equity for Minority Serving Institutions in ConstructionEducationDr. Rachel Mosier, Oklahoma State University Dr. Rachel Mosier is an Associate Professor at Oklahoma State University, with a background in structural engineering and project management. Dr. Mosier has received regional and international teaching awards through the Associated Schools of Construction. Her research interests focus on engineering education.Dr. Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University Dr. Sanjeev Adhikari is faculty from Kennesaw State University. Previously he was faculty at Morehead State University
, the visualizations notonly illuminated racial disparities but also underscored the need for social change. Furthermore,his visualizations showcased the connection between visualization and the public's response.DuBois's works demonstrate that properly presented data can affect audiences’ opinions, evokeemotions, raise awareness, and prompt action. His work shows that understanding the public'sresponse to data allows for effective visualization techniques and demonstrates the necessity formore creative visualizations in modern fields to inspire change. A selection of DuBois’svisualizations is shown below. W.E.B DuBois Visualizations for the 1900 Paris World’s Fair [4]This project bridges fields of data science, engineering
Paper ID #41079Innovative Mobility Program Series for Asian Students’ Equitable LearningOpportunities Through Interdisciplinary MethodologiesMr. Hiroyuki Ishizaki, Shibaura Institute of Technology Hiroyuki Ishizaki is a Visiting Professor at Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), a leading Japanese engineering school. His research interests include multidisciplinary teaching and learning, cross-cultural competence, collaborative online international (COIL), technopreneurship, and project/problem-based learning methods. As a Director of the Malaysia Office, he has been expatriated in Malaysia since 2014 and leading the
many students without mentors or overtaxwomen and URM faculty. There is a need for institutions to educate faculty, staff, and studentsabout cultural competency and awareness of stereotypes and biases, both conscious andunconscious (Walden et al., 2018). From our collective perspective as STEM educationresearchers and promoters of student success, any individual with mentoring responsibilities oran inclination to support URM students should have access to critically reviewed informationand quality training in evidence-based mentoring best practices. To that end, we have developeda vision for our project: All mentors will be skilled, confident, and motivated to support thesuccess of protégés from all backgrounds, particularly students from
to support environmental advocacy.Finance: Students use NLP to analyze financial documentation, news, and social media, extracting insightsthat predict market trends. This integration of NLP into financial analysis shows students how data-drivenstrategies can be implemented in real-world financial markets.Legal Document Analysis: In this module, students explore the use of NLP within the legal industry byengaging in projects that analyze and summarize legal documents, or by developing models capable ofpredicting outcomes based on past legal decisions. These activities highlight how NLP can be employed tostreamline legal workflows and enhance the efficacy of legal operations.Customer Service Optimization: This case study involves the
-REU), which provides intensivementorship and research opportunities to over 20 undergraduate engineering students. TheGCSP-REU specifically targets students from marginalized populations and those without priorresearch experience; thus catalyzing their future successes [1]. The ECHS aligns with similar principles, focusing on holistic education to address the NAEGrand Challenges. It is dedicated to developing URM students by integrating project-basedlearning, problem-based inquiry, project management, and research skill into its curriculum. TheECHS and GCSP share core values and objectives, making their partnership a strategic effort toincrease participation in engineering higher education and provide students with the supportnecessary for
prepares learners for the complexities of the modern world.2.2 Strengthening Practical Application of KnowledgeTraditional education provides a strong theoretical foundation, but students often struggle toconnect abstract concepts to real-world applications, particularly in STEM fields [5].Foundational knowledge is essential, yet integrating hands-on learning, internships, and project-based activities reinforces understanding and prepares students for practical challenges.Experiential learning offers students direct engagement with real-world problems, bridging thegap between theoretical knowledge and practical application. This approach, when integratedwith structured traditional methodologies, enhances student comprehension and retention
. Students’ attrition occurs most frequently in the first and secondyear of their academic programs; in fact, more than 60 percent of dropouts occur in these years.These rates are especially troubling for undergraduate STEM students from historicallymarginalized communities. Several factors play a significant role in STEM undergraduatestudents’ attrition, such as poor-quality teaching and advising, curriculum difficulty, lack ofbelonging, lack of interaction between students and faculty, financial difficulties, and lack ofhands-on project activities. The goals of this paper are to (1) identify the main factors that hinderundergraduate STEM students’ interest, success, and perseverance, particularly those frommarginalized communities, which
IKC Value rubric was used to code thestudent reflections. The results of the study demonstrated that living in the learning communityand studying the concepts of intercultural competence while interacting with students of diversebackgrounds allowed the students to develop interculturally. Also, engaging students in guidedreflection helped them to reflect on the intercultural skills that they developed through constantinteraction with peers that requires efficient communication among the team members. Similarly,in another study by Swartz et al. [13], students were challenged to collaborate internationally withstudents from three different countries during a 6-week project to increase their interculturalcompetency. The results of the study
Paper ID #38769City University of New York Louis Stokes Alliance For MinorityParticipation: Perceptions, Performance and EvaluationsDr. Claude Brathwaite, City University of New York, City College Dr. Claude Brathwaite currently serves as the Director of Student Resources and Services at the City Col- lege Grove School of Engineering, utilizing a model of High Impact Practices and Engagement (HIPE). Dr. Brathwaite previously served as the Project Administrator and later Executive Director of the NYC Louis Stokes Alliance. He has also served as the Deputy Director of the City College Black Studies Pro- gram, the Director of
, computing access in high school, computing access in college, pronouns,unconscious bias, ableist language, and mental health.Figure 1. Screenshots from whiteboard-style videos included in Byte-sized DEI-JThe videos have been shared on YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram through the AiiCEaccounts (@IdentityInCS). Throughout, the team has collected information on likes, shares, andother content engagement (see Table 1 below). Analytics indicate that the videos were viewed byprofessors, software developers, engineers, students, project managers, founders, and businessstrategists.Table 1. Analytics from Social Media Accounts Ep 1 Ep 2 Ep 3 Ep 4 Ep 5 Ep 6 Ep 7 YouTube Views 130
success. A program website was developed (https://www.sdsmt.edu/first-generation/) to house program information and the scholarship application. Application to theSD-FIRST program required a complete application form, a letter of recommendation from amath or science instructor (high school or college level), an essay discussing the applicant’sinterest in science and engineering, career goals, and school, community, and other activities thatdemonstrate leadership potential, and a completed FAFSA. The program was advertised throughseveral venues: media outlets, communication with accepted first-generation students, andpromotion through local high schools. The project team also participated in two “Go To Mines”recruitment events to educate and
communities increases satisfaction and overall success[1]. Our project focuses on three facets of building communities: cultural responsiveness,drawing on family support and connectedness, and building student cohorts [2, 3, 4]. Culturalresponsiveness, which includes building community and a sense of belonging, has shown tobenefit students in many areas, such as satisfaction and academic success. Culturalresponsiveness benefits students and families from all backgrounds, including all socioeconomicbackgrounds, geographic communities, ability groups, genders, religions, etc., by 1) promotinginstructional practices that accommodate and affirm student differences; 2) prioritizing students’academic development; 3) building educational environments that
about therole that these faculty can play in advocating for themselves towards work justice while beingsupported structurally in doing so. The purpose of this paper is to share how a structural mentoring hub for BIPOCxcontingent faculty in engineering was conceived and designed. While the mentoring hub is yet tobegin, the authors believe that sharing their conception process, that led to an NSF-funded project,can better support others to create similar types of initiatives at their home institutions. The 1mentoring hub, called Raíces (or roots in Spanish) Institute for Transformative Advocacy (RITA;Figure 1) is anticipated to start later
of giving agency to students to offerfeedback to each other throughout the life of a project. However, it can be hard to abstractindividual contributions to team progress in project-based learning. The more complex theproject, the more functions the team performs, resulting in overlapping roles andresponsibilities [25]. A key factor here is allowing sufficient time between assessments forfeedback to be implemented, allowing members the chance to revise their strategies [16].Some of these challenges can be addressed through the use of templates, such as IDEALS[26], that provides a comprehensive assessment schema for team activities. The involvementof facilitators and teachers also needs to be considered, particularly the amount ofintervention
[2].However, a limited number of projects have evaluated the effectiveness of different recruitmentmethods on recruiting underrepresented students [3]. Gender-fair languages and changes onrecruitment materials have been suggested to reduce male bias in recruitment [4]. Other studiessuggested the importance of family influences such as family socioeconomic status (SES) andparental involvement in the recruitment [5]. Alston et.al assessed student recruitment practicesemployed by Agriculture colleges in the U. S. and identified effective methods [6]. However,they did not identify which methods are more effective in recruiting underrepresented students.At a large land-grant university in the Appalachian region, a program named the Academy
% within two years of the NSF-HSI project. Doris founded six student chapters of national organizations including the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE), the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and nine times Outstanding Chapter Awardee, the American Chemical Society-Wright College Chapter. Doris promotes collaboration between K-12 schools, other community colleges, 4-year institutions, non-profit organizations, and industries. Doris’ current research is to design and implement practices that develop Community of Practice (CoP), Professional Identity, and Self-Efficacy to increase diversity in Engineering
develop the skills and writing habits to complete doctorate degrees in engineering. Across all of her research avenues, Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 12 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award with her share of funding be ingnearly $2.3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 21 journal publications and more than 70 conference papers. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty, an Outstanding Teacher Award and a Faculty Fellow Award. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, an M.S. in Materials Science from the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University.Dr. Stephanie G
with a background in infrastructure design and management, and project management. Her consulting experience spanned eight years and included extensive work with the US military in Japan, Korea, and Hawaii. In 2008 Elizabeth shifted the focus of her career to education and academia, later receiving her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and Sustainable Water Resources. Her work highlights a commitment to undergraduate engineering education and its improvement through best teaching practices. Her research efforts target ways to support and encourage diversity among students and how to create an inclusive learning environment. Professional interests include undergraduate research opportunities, service learning, STEM outreach
Paper ID #33737Partnerships and Pedagogies for Introducing Neuroethics to SecondarySTEM Classrooms [Poster]Dr. Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington Kristen Clapper Bergsman is a learning scientist, STEM program manager, and curriculum designer. She is the Engineering Education Research Manager at the Center for Neurotechnology at the University of Washington and the Curriculum Design Project Lead at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Dr. Bergsman owns Laughing Crow Curriculum, a consulting firm offering support in STEM curriculum design and publication. Previously, she was a graduate researcher at the
- bethke-wendellDr. Ethan E Danahy, Tufts University Ethan Danahy is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department Computer Science at Tufts Univer- sity outside of Boston MA, having received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science in 2000 and 2002, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2007, all from Tufts. Additionally, he acts as the Engineering Research Program Director at the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO), where he manages educational technology development projects while researching innovative and interactive techniques for assisting teachers with performing engineering education and communicat- ing robotics concepts to students spanning the K-12 through
address topics related to engineeringand could be delivered in a 4-week format for credit. Additionally, the final for the course wasbased on a presentation of the student’s Rube Goldberg design project tying it all togetherThe ESBP also exposes students to courses and materials that they will see in engineering.Participants receive two-week crash courses with faculty from our Chemistry and Mathdepartments. In the two-week crash course, faculty review material, quiz students, host labsessions, and administer an exam. The courses move very quickly, but allowed the students tounderstand the transition that will occur from high school to college. In addition to these courses,students participate in a Student Success Seminar with the FYE director
Exploring the Influence of Team Gender Composition During Conceptual Brainstorming AbstractDesign activities represent an important aspect of an undergraduate engineering education andpreliminary and conceptual phases can have substantial downstream impacts on decision making.To improve engineering design outcomes for students it is vital that initial stages of designactivities are conducted in ways that promote equity and address issues of power and privilege.While the influence of team gender composition has been studied in engineering design project-based settings, most work has investigated these phenomena over the course of a semester oracademic year. As a result, relatively less is
of participants’ drawings. While this paper focuses on our effortsto expand our codebook using CRT, the larger project aims to connect research to practice byproviding insight on children's perceptions of engineering and the types of engineering messagesthat might be present in informal programs and school environments. This work also highlightshow practitioners might create an inclusive environment for elementary-aged children during thiscritical time.MotivationBeyond the interests of the nation’s economic and technological competitiveness, broadeningparticipation in STEM is an essential issue of equity and social justice. Diversifying STEM iscritically influenced through experiences that allow young people to engage in STEM for “afuture
the Dissertation Institute, a one-week workshop each summer funded by NSF, to help underrepresented students develop the skills and writing habits to complete doctorate degrees in engineering. Across all of her research avenues, Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 12 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award with her share of funding be ingnearly $2.3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 21 journal publications and more than 70 conference papers. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty, an Outstanding Teacher Award and a Faculty Fellow Award. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, an M.S. in Materials Science
Paper ID #33761Work in Progress: Suitability of Spatial Visualization Training forRemote LearningDr. Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego Van Den Einde is a Teaching Professor in Structural Engineering at UC San Diego and the President of eGrove Education, Inc. She incorporates education innovations into courses (Peer Instruction, Project- based learning), prepares next generation faculty, advises student organizations, hears cases of academic misconduct, is responsible for ABET, and is committed to fostering a supportive environment for di- verse students. Her research focuses on engagement strategies
metacognition and problem solving.Dr. Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University Anastasia Rynearson is an Assistant Professor at Campbell University in the School of Engineering. She has worked on the PictureSTEM project as a graduate student and Postdoctoral Research Assistant through INSPIRE in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received a PhD from Purdue University in Engineering Education and a B.S. and M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her teaching experience includes outreach activities at various age levels as well as a position as Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Kanazawa Technical College. Her current research
TechnologyBuilding. The goal of this research is to estimate each PV module’s degradation rate and comparethe changes of the efficiencies over seven years in New York’s climate. Knowing how each typeof PV module degrades will provide crucial information to potential solar power users in NewYork.KeywordsResearch, Renewable energy, Solar PV efficiencyIntroductionAs part of the state’s NY-Sun initiative, use of solar power in New York State has grown 575%from 2012 to 2015 according to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority(NYSERDA).1 Growth of solar power in New York City is even more remarkable. There are morethan 5,300 solar power installation projects across the five boroughs in 2016 in comparison with186 projects in 2011 and the
University in the Industrial and Man- ufacturing Systems Engineering Department. He graduated in 1999 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a PhD. in Industrial Engineering in the Human Factors Program. His research interests focus on human factors, human-computer interaction, and adaptive systems that enable people to be effective in the complex and often stressful environments found in aviation, military, robotic, and space applications. His teaching methods include team projects and the application of team-based learning methods into the classroom.Cassandra DoriusJane Rongerude PhD, Department of Community and Regional Planning, Iowa State University Jane Rongerude is an assistant professor in the