-performing field leaders outclassed the other field leaders in Performance criteria related totechnical, leadership and communication, and overall job performance skills. The findings of thisstudy can be used to devise strategic talent development initiatives and training targeted towardsthe development of traits associated with top performers in potential high-performing workers forbetter results.Skill Sets, Workforce Development, Talent Retention, Specialty TradesINTRODUCTIONOne of the most vital resources in construction is people. The entire construction process from theproject inception to planning and execution is hinged on the responsibilities and inputs of theproject stakeholders. The expertise of the project team members is also a factor
) professional development, and 4) personal well-being. Thefirst seminar area, social engagement, is important for first-year students, as belonging to acommunity is critical for developing a sense of belonging and institutional fit [15]. Intentionallybuilding community is particularly important for the persistence of first-generation andunderrepresented racial minorities in the PWI context where they have limited opportunities toengage with diverse peers [6], [16]. The second seminar theme, academic success, supportsstudents’ transition to college and the navigation of the engineering curriculum. These seminarsexpose students to time management skills, course enrollment and degree planning resources,and opportunities to engage with engineering faculty
Paper ID #35557Combining Forces: Putting Equity to WorkDr. Fatima Alleyne, University of California, Berkeley Fatima Alleyne, Ph.D., is the director of Community Engagement and Inclusive Practices in the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley. She brings her passion and love for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and education into her work to develop programs that promote equity; foster a positive, inclusive culture; and increase access and opportunities to those who have historically been underrep- resented in STEM. She also leads a strategic planning and data-driven process to guide programs and
concept of Problem Framing which is core tothe practice of engineering design. Figure 3 also provides an explanation of each component ofthe sample EPM. All 60 of the EPMs can be accessed for free athttps://www.p12engineering.org/epm. While these EPMs can indicate how to scaffold learningacross different depths of student understanding from basic to advanced, it is important to notethat learning experiences should be shaped according to the individualities of students and theircommunities. That said, the remaining sections of this paper will further describe how the EPMscan be used to plan instructional materials and develop/align P-12 engineering programs/courses.Figure 3. Engineering Performance Matrix Example and Explanation.Developing
modes, it alsoinvolves funding for more conventional infrastructures including roads, bridges, airports, ports,rail, and transportation. Additionally, it includes $1 billion to "reconnect communities,"primarily black and low-income neighborhoods that were divided by previously built highwaysand infrastructure developments, and $21 billion for the environmental cleanup of hazardouswaste sites [2]. According to Biden's plan, $20 billion would be allocated to fund neighborhood-driven initiatives to move motorways and regenerate urban cores, along with more equitableplans for multimodal infrastructure or sustainable green space [3]. Such equitable and sustainableproject plans will require the team members to be equipped with proper knowledge and
once a year. The program is facilitated by Olin andUNC faculty and staff and has a basis of entrepreneurial-minded learning in its facilitation [1].The second annual in-person retreat will take place in summer 2023 with activities designed tohelp guide new institutions through the development stages of their programming. The schoolsparticipating in the EMERGE program range from those in the early planning stages for anengineering program to those that have launched programs recently to those that have moreestablished programs, including several who have received ABET accreditation. Recognizingthat starting, and then maintaining, a healthy, entrepreneurially minded engineering program is amulti-year process with numerous challenges, the EMERGE
includes $21 billion for environmental clean-up of hazardous waste sites and $1billion to reconnect Black and low-income neighborhoods that were divided by past highwayconstruction and infrastructure development [2]. Biden’s plan proposes $20 billion to supportrelocating highways and revitalizing urban cores, with more equitable designs for multimodalinfrastructure or greenspace. It is worth noting that more than two dozen U.S. cities have alreadyconsidered or implemented similar plans to ensure equitable infrastructure systems [3].Therefore, there will be a need for future engineering and construction workforces to work onsustainable infrastructure projects, thus it is critical to equip them with the required knowledgeand skills that can help
understand the impacts of informaleducation experiences, it is important to research outside of the classroom. While research intothese experiences is expanding, conducting research outside of the classroom setting presents itsown unique set of challenges. The authors on this paper have all conducted STEM research andassessment in a variety of informal learning settings including youth organizations, scienceresource centers, community outreach programs, and museums across different age groups. Inthis paper, we discuss some of the challenges present in informal learning settings along with tipsfor how to plan for and overcome issues that will inevitably arise. We also highlight the uniquebenefits of working outside of a traditional classroom. By
approach to develop a bold and ambitious strategicstudents helps each member reach their greatest potential. We plan. The completed plan was unanimously endorsed by theseek to maximize the value of our graduates’ contributions to Board of Trustees in February 2020.global society and their effectiveness as future leaders. [6] The plan established four strategic focus areas – Inclusive Excellence, High Value Learning, a Transformative StudentB. Size and Programs Experience, and Next Generation Partnerships. Within each Wentworth has approximately 4000 students who are pre- of these focus areas, the
provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment,establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives." Therefore, engineering schools must preparestudents with teamwork skills and incorporate teamwork as a significant part of their engineeringcurricula (ABET, 2021).Team participation is typically evaluated through peer evaluations or through instructorobservation of individual team members. Several tools have been developed to assess individualperformance, such as the Team Effectiveness Questionnaire (TEQ) or the ComprehensiveAssessment of Team Member Effectiveness (CATME). These assessment tools are based onself-reflections or peer evaluations. However, the efficacy of these tools has been questioned.At the University of
and a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. His research interests include geotechnical engineering, column-supported embankments, and engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Work in Progress: Developing a Foundational Engineering Course to Improve Students’ Sense of Belonging and Increase DiversityAbstractThis work in progress paper addresses the national imperative to promote involvement inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields across all ethnicities, races,genders, and economic backgrounds. The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) developeda Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Plan in 2021, which includes an objective
from this pilot work, although limited, indicate IwD canimprove spatial visualization skills through exposure to the curriculum. This paper includesresults from two pilot studies and discusses plans for expanding the scope of this work in thefuture, including expanding the intervention to include CAD instruction, in partnership withSiemens, to develop a STEM career pathway for IwD. Introduction Historically, students with disabilities have been excluded from high quality education inscience, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). In the past two decades, however, advanceshave been made to include students in these fields with learning disabilities and those withcognitive differences such as
Graduate Teaching Assistant and a Graduate Research Assistant.Dr. Tremayne O’Brian Waller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Tremayne O. Waller (Ph.D., Virginia Tech) is the Director of Graduate Student Programs at Virginia Tech in the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED). Dr. Waller is responsible for developing and implementing evidence-based strategic priorities for recruiting and retention of underrep- resented students in College of Engineering graduate programs. He is working with faculty, staff and students to implement a strategic plan for graduate student success. Dr. Waller was the Interim Director for the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI) and Director
, religion, and class). First, she shares thereview. Then, she offers this analysis: Y’all this is supposed to be an equity and inclusion track—that’s why we put this work in there. I know I am the one who wanted to present this work here, but honestly, I don’t know if we want to expose our participants’ stories to this kind of audience. Heck, I don’t know if I want to expose you to this kind of audience.The coalition jumps in and affirms the injustice and then comes up with a plan.Here, the first reveal becomes a reject.Reject: To agree in coalition that something needs to **change or be done differently** and tomake a plan.In this case, the coalition came up with a two-prong plan: (1) Reveal – Since the
program and plans to pursue further educational and career opportunities involving human-centered design, product development, and global health.Frank J. Marsik, University of Michigan Frank Marsik is the Faculty Director of First Year Student Engagement in Undergraduate Education within the University of Michigan, College of Engineering. He received his PhD from the University of Michi- gan. In addition to serving as the primary instructor for ”Engineering 110: Design Your Engineering American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #34818Experience”, he also teaches a
less concerned about personally working toimprove how computer science is taught. On the post-post-survey (n=11), a minority (36%) ofthe K-12 teachers’ responses ‘strongly agree’ or ‘agree’ that they were concerned to improvehow to teach computer science.Figure 5Teacher responses on survey question #9: “I am concerned about working to improve how CS istaught.” Each set of 3 bars from left to right represent pre, post, and post-post survey responsesrespectively.Both question items indicate that K-12 teachers tend to be concerned, at least to some degree,about teaching computer science. Potentially because of the micro-credential PD which includedsample resources such as lesson plans, flashcards, and unplugged activities these concernsdecreased
a program uses to popularize its product, its plan will fail if the productdoes not connect with the stakeholders’ interests and needs. By creating tools to explore thescience of music, LTW connects with the children and educators' innate interest in music, andthe schools’ need for hands-on, engaging science activities. There are several other reportedexperiences connecting music with STEM. Most of them have required heavy support fromSTEM professionals [1]–[6] and consequently have not gone beyond a few implementations,whereas some others requiring less training have become more popular [7], [8]. Given theinherent interest in music on the part of both educators and students, I think it is possible toenvision a much larger and broader
and college levels: Institution and college normative documents.Our selection of normative documents at the institutional and college-level is adapted fromWilliam (2013), who argues that diversity planning initiatives tend to take on a normative roleand are regarded as a change-making tool. William (2013) suggests that mission and visionstatements, diversity plans, diversity reports, and academic and strategic plans can provide aholistic representation of the normative values, beliefs, and ideologies espoused by an institutionof higher education, in addition to also delineating strategies for achieving them [19]. Withinengineering education, Cross, Lee, Gaskins, and Jones (2018) have taken a similar approach foranalyzing diversity initiatives
toinclude the student-teacher in course planning before the semester begins, to provide guidance inpreparing and teaching a major portion of at least five classes, and to support participation in gradingand responding to student work. The student-teacher participates in all aspects of course planning,lesson planning, and student assessments with opportunities for reflective self-assessment andstructured feedback from faculty and student-teacher peers from lesson observations. Thispresentation will provide perspectives on the teaching practicum experience of a student-teacher,supervising faculty mentor, and students in a sophomore-level computational fundamentals ofbiomedical engineering design laboratory course. The student-teacher and supervising
the students,. The first part of the survey askedquestions such as “The activity helped me work better in groups”, “The activity helped increasemy understanding of engineering design process” and more. These questions requested a Likertscale response from 1-5 (1- poor, 5- excellent). The second part of the survey focused on whetherstudents were able to improve/learn/explore themselves. Figure 1 summarizes the studentresponses. FIGURE 1 SUMMARY OF STUDENT RESPONSE (ACTIVITY HELPED ME IMPROVE…) [21]General Advice for Planning the Activity: 1. Two minutes is a very short time for students to be able to make a strong pitch in first attempt. A mock rehearsal in the week before the
organize andteach paired sections of Technology, English, and Communication courses. All 3 classroominstructors in each set of sections work together within the Integrated First-Year Experience,which ultimately aims to tie essential skills and concepts from the humanities and STEM fieldsto realistic global problems and contexts. The program was implemented for more than 500 first-year students in each academic year (2015–16 and 2016–17). Our research responds to questionsabout the potential for integrated courses to improve students’ conceptual learning andengagement with the university, and about the most effective ways for instructors andadministrators to plan, support, and implement this kind of integration. We demonstrate thepotential for
and Stiffness of Engineering Systems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 What’s Shaking with SESMC? A Work in Progress Update on an NSF S-STEM ProjectAbstractScholarships in Engineering, Science, Mathematics and Computer Science (SESMC,“Seismic”) is an NSF S-STEM project at Allan Hancock College (AHC), a community college inSanta Maria, California. In 2012, SESMC was funded at $599,929 for five-years. SESMC’s finalyear will be 2017–18.This work will present the current status of the project. As planned, 12 scholars would be in thefirst cohort, and 24 in each of the following three years, for 84 total annual awards. Awards arebased on equal parts academic
-learning communities for engineeringundergraduates at Virginia Tech. These living-learning communities were created to providesocial and academic support for first-year female and male engineering students. Combined,these learning communities now support over 600 students, the majority of whom are enrolled intheir first-year of college. This also includes a large support team of upperclassmen students (i.e.,sophomores, juniors, and seniors) who serve as mentors and committee members.PurposeThe work presented here is part of a multi-year plan to impact every student involved in either ofthe living-learning communities. In this paper, we describe the work to date, which includes ourcollaboration with faculty in the field of sociology to develop the
obtained through focus groups and surveys. These findings are noteworthybecause scholarship students in this program are graduated at a 95% rate and 50% of themcontinue right on to graduate school. These rates are much higher than the usual 70% graduaterate for upper division transfer students and the less than 15% who go right on to graduateschool.Sustainability is also addressed, including how the academic and professional developmentcourse is now offered to all transfer students through the Dean’s Office. Future plans for theprogram as the grant monies come to a close are addressed.IntroductionIn 2002, Arizona State University (ASU) was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM scholarship award (# 0123146) for upper division
event, werecritical to its design and implementation. A one-credit, pass/fail course withapproximately 40 students from a wide variety of majors focused on the design andconstruction of the musical instruments. Students in this class were also required todevelop lesson plans for the small group sessions. Students in a senior-level ElectricalEngineering audio technology course developed, together with the faculty member, aseries of demonstrations for the museum-like portion of the event.There is currently a growing interest in K-12 programs that integrate STEM educationwith the Arts, commonly known by the acronym STEAM.1, 2, 6, 9, 10 Even as the nationadvocates for advances in K-12 STEM education to spur greater employment andeconomic
course offerings, physics-major requirements, and electives offered from twomajor categories of institution: national universities without graduate programs in physics andnational liberal arts colleges.The reorientation in the program included modifying and extending course offerings, and addinga new “track” for students, allowing them to choose a concentration within the physics majorbased on their future plans. These changes were designed to provide students with increasedknowledge of physics and technical, scientific, and academic skills required to achieve success inlater academic programs or in technical fields in the workforce. The skills targeted were selectedbased on national trends in employment of physics degree recipients.We present
. This is assuming only 1 in 10 students wish to pursue a BS degree online. All indicationsare that there is a much higher percentage of adult students who are planning to pursue a B.S.degree. Further, addressing this market contributes to supporting a technology-based workforcesought by the State. That goal is to provide a continued path for developing an increasinglycompetent and highly trained technology-based workforce. Page 12.416.4 When considering a fluctuation rate of 8% in undergraduate distance education semestercredit hours, the projected expected growth pattern ranges from a 27% to 48% increase in SCHwithin the next consecutive
individuals to be successful in their profession, they must ‘fit’ well within the framework oftheir chosen organizations. Such a fit requires an analysis of self. This course opens with such ananalysis. Students are first introduced to the concept that their view of themselves is not,necessarily, the same as the view of others toward them. There are always three distinct, butpossibly differing views: who we are, who we think we are, and who others think we are. Afterconsiderable discussion, students are asked to categorize themselves as Changers, Doers,Floaters, or Non-Doers as members of the global society that they plan to serve. These categoriesare not prioritized and are discussed in a forum related to the overall needs of society and are
interests are unsteady hydrodynamics and aerodynamics, vortex dynamics, bio-fluid mechanics, and pulsed-jet propulsion.Alice Kendrick, Southern Methodist University Alice Kendrick is professor of advertising in the Temerlin Advertising Institute at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Her research in advertising account planning, message content, and educational issues has appeared in journals including Journal of Advertising Research, Journal of Services Marketing, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Journal of Advertising Education and Southwest Mass Communication Review. Her commentary and results of her work have also been featured in The Wall Street Journal
improvement plan for a specific professional skill. We propose that this is anauthentic way to demonstrate achievement of the ABET professional skills outcomes.Literature SearchTraditional methods of educating engineers have come under considerable criticism in the pasttwo decades. Studies have found shortcomings in what was once the standard engineeringcurriculum. In 1994, a report released by the American Society for Engineering Education(ASEE) explained that, in addition to engineering fundamentals, an “understanding of thesocietal context of engineering” should be taught to students1. Explaining the role of engineeringas an “integral process of societal change” had been put forward previously in a paper thatencouraged educators to create an