Paper ID #47750Postdoctoral Affairs Offices: Too Much To Do, Too Little Institutional SupportDr. Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Kentucky Dr. Sylvia Mendez is a Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky. She earned a PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Kansas, a MS in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Colorado State University, and a BA in Economics from Washington State University. Dr. Mendez is engaged in several National Science Foundation-sponsored collaborative research projects focused on broadening participation in STEM
readings oninclusive educational theories (e.g., culturally relevant pedagogy [25]) and reflective assignments(e.g., journal entries and curriculum development projects). By integrating these reflectivepractices, TAs explore sociotechnical systems within the classroom and address thesociotechnical gap by acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary to teach responsible DSeducation. The course includes a variety of assignments that complement in-person discussion;in this study, we focus on responses to surveys and weekly journals.Researcher PositionalityAs researchers, we acknowledge that our positionality, shaped by our backgrounds, experiences,and institutional roles, directly informs our approach to this work. This research is conducted bya team
while conducting focus groups, women weremore interested in the communal aspects of engineering, so communal goals was included as asubcode of attainment value to further assess this pattern. The theory accounts for many internalmotivators but few external motivators, so a third main code External Values was included. Twoexternal values were proposed as subcodes: projects/hands on experiences and recognition fromfamily, friends, and teachers. The first author completed an initial coding with these codes andsubcodes and discussed with the team. After discussion, some slight modifications were made to the codes. Rather thanincluding External Values, which did not have any coded statements, the research team agreedthat Extrinsic Validation
, students with lowerbelonging tend to hold lower self-efficacy beliefs [63], [64] and face systemic barriers to successin engineering [63], [73], [74], [91].MethodsThe analyses presented here are a part of a larger research project investigating the effects of apsychosocial belonging intervention designed to address inequities in student outcomes. Studentsin a first-year engineering fundamentals course completed surveys before and after an ecologicalbelonging intervention. The ecological belonging intervention is focused on supporting BLIstudents in engineering through narratives developed to address common areas of challenge forearly career engineering students. This intervention aims to normalize typical college struggle inthe target course and
Thermodynamics I, Statics, Intro to Engineering Design Third Thermodynamics II, Fluid Mechanics, Statistics, Elastic Bodies, Kinematics, Elements of Machine Design, Control Systems, Materials, Manufacturing, Dynamics, Measurements Fourth Heat Transfer, Engineering Design I, Engineering Design II, Thermal Fluids, Kinematic and Machine DesignB. Data CollectionThe syllabi analyzed for this project were collected directly from the engineering department.Most syllabi were available through the department due to the ABET re-accreditation process,which this university was undergoing during the time of data collection. In instances where thedepartment did not have the syllabi, course instructors
Paper ID #47537Work in Progress: Evaluating Identified Engineering Needs through BMEStudent Debriefing Sessions after Clinical ImmersionDr. Sharon Miller, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Sharon Miller, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. She received a BS degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Purdue University and MS and PhD degrees in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Her educational efforts focus on biomedical engineering discipline-based educational research, including design self-efficacy, project-based
included evening social programming [12], engineering projects [9],[15], and a living learning community (LLC) [4], [10]. Interestingly, Nicklow, et. al., found thattheir LLC developed organically in the first year with people living together on their own, andthey intentionally formed it the second year based on first year results [10].Ongoing SupportMany of these programs only lasted through the summer and did not have ongoing support forthe students into their first year. In one program, students were put into a forced cohort to helpthem stay motivated and earn a high GPA [7]. Some other programs did form study groups fromtheir LLCs [4], [10]. While some programs offered support in other areas, many didn’t offer anystudy support extending into
work on similar homework problems to reinforce the learning. A lab exercise isassigned to translate the theory into practice by implementing the FFT algorithm on amicrocontroller. Students later apply the FFT algorithm and see it in action in an application-oriented project involving speech analysis and a real time spectrum analyzer. Despite theusefulness of the FFT algorithm in spectral analysis, students have trouble understanding thebutterfly structure in the algorithm and they find it especially difficult to translate and implementthe algorithm in software in the lab exercise.Taking advantage of the advances in computer and web technologies, an interactive visualizationapplication of a C Implementation of Decimation-In-Time Fast Fourier
on engineering identity development, career pathways, and integrating computational and AI-based methods in engineering education. He has been actively involved in developing and assessing engineering courses, including project-based learning initiatives.Chanyee HongHyeyeon Lim ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Work in Progress: Exploring Biomedical Engineering Students’ Perceptionsof Large Language Model in Academic SettingsIntroductionIn Work in Progress (WIP) study, we are particularly interested in how engineering studentsperceive utility value and self-efficacy in using LLM for their engineering studies. Previousresearch has shown that self-efficacy is closely linked to academic
Paper ID #48491WIP: A Call to Action: Developing A Leadership Program that SupportsAcademic Caregivers Using the Kotter Change ModelDr. Megan Morin, North Carolina State University at Raleigh Megan Morin, Ph.D. (she/her) is the Associate Director in the Office of Faculty Development and Success at North Carolina State University’s College of Engineering. Her career began as a middle school teacher in the North Carolina Wake County Public School System. Following that, she took on roles such as the KEEN Program Coordinator at UNC-Chapel Hill and Senior Project Specialist at ASHLIN Management Group. In her current position
collected from both the controlled and experimental (VR) groups: 1. The build speed and quality of physical circuits using the 7408 IC in step 5. 2. The knowledge retention of IC 7408 six weeks after the VR exercise. 3. Self-reported survey with quantitative and qualitative feedback and comments.Project OutlookThe student-inspired project is currently at the minimum viable product (MVP) stage, meaningthe key assets (e.g., the AND Gate, the switches, the room) and scripts (e.g., how the assets willbehave according to event triggers) are functional but not perfect. Before putting the VRenvironment to the field test, iterative pilot tests will be necessary for debugging and usabilityimprovement. We also plan to make the environment tetherless
and expansion of students' Funds of Identity.Participants were not typically enrolled in formal coursework. Their acquisition of technicalknowledge was thus dependent on informal learning structures: advisor interactions, self-directedstudy, and peer mentorship. This independence produced both growth and anxiety. Elizabethnoted, “I was working on two different projects. My advisor would give me goals, but not how toget there. It took me weeks to feel like I had any control over my actions.” This absence ofscaffolding mirrored American expectations of research maturity but clashed with the guidedinstruction more common in Colombian undergraduate settings. Consequently, students’ abilityto adapt was linked to their capacity to interpret
engineering students. Currently, Zain’s research focuses on his Ph.D. dissertation, where he investigates the role of cognitive and motivational factors in problem-solving and cognitive engagement among engineering students. His work aims to enhance understanding of how these factors impact student learning and success in engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Routine vs. Non-Adaptive Learning: Examining the Impact of Metacognitive Knowledge and Self-Regulation on Problem-SolvingAbstractThis study presents findings from a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project aimedat exploring how students apply monitoring and evaluation (ME) processes in
researchers to lead technological projects that can be transferred and applied in the industrialfield. The quality of its professors and researchers is fundamental to the success of a high-impacttechnological transfer, as highlighted by Lall [11] in his analysis of the development of technologicalcapabilities in countries.Finally, entrepreneurship indicators measure the university's capacity to generate technologicalcompanies. This includes institutional support for the creation of startups and spin-offs throughincubators. Therefore, we evaluate the number of startups and spin-offs created, which reflects thecapacity to commercialize technologies and innovations. These indicators are key to promotinginnovation, as described by Powers [12].Analysis of
formation. Highschool teachers were the most frequently identified sources of engineering-related support withinstudents’ K-12 social networks. These supports often included advising on academic choices orencouraging persistence in STEM coursework.In contrast, elementary teachers were less likely to be associated with direct career guidance.However, they were frequently remembered for engaging students in hands-on, project-basedactivities such as building, designing, or coding. However, these activities were rarely presentedusing the language of engineering, suggesting a potential disconnect between early engagementand professional identity formation.Interestingly, students whose networks were composed of more than 50% of educators appearedto
Education, 2025 Undergraduate Research in Chemical Engineering: Benefits and Barriers for FacultyIntroductionNot too long ago, including undergraduate students in faculty research projects was uncommonand often limited to students in small honors programs. Then, in 1998, the Boyer Commissionreport offered recommendations on rethinking undergraduate education with a focus on inquiry-based learning.[1] Because of its positive effects on recruitment and retention of students,undergraduate research is now considered a High Impact Practice (HIP).[2] Undergraduateresearch benefits to students are well reported and include: research skills, the ability to think andwork like a scientist, enhanced preparation for
the project), theauthors noted a lack of protocols and processes by which participatory action design research canbe used to document and create consensus between a faculty advisor (FA) and their graduatestudent (GS). To minimize harm to the target population, which already is severely underservedand marginalized in engineering, the authors opted to test this protocol and process amongstthemselves and document its outcomes. The research design was participatory research with acollaborative autoethnographic approach to systematically, iteratively, and critically incorporatethe knowledge, expertise, experience, propositions, and practices to deepen the experiences of theparticipants and researchers. This paper specifically focused on the
strategies 22. Entrepreneurship and Innovation 19.Work in Progress 23. Green and Environmental Engineering 24. Humanitarian, Peace, and Service-Learning Engineering 25. Information Technology 26. IoT, Industry 5.0 and Society 6.0 27. Logistics and Transportation 28. Mechanical and Electromechanical 29. Natural Hazards 30. Oceanography and Marine Sciences 31. Project and Product Life Management in Engineering 32. Production Engineering 33. Sustainable Development in Engineering 34. Technology Management 35. TelecommunicationsIn this article, we selected publications that are linked to engineering education. To do this, wehave 1690 articles
Paper ID #47401A Review of Four Concept Inventories on Statics: Content, PsychometricCharacteristics, and ApplicationMr. Ibrahim Nihad Awartani, University of Cincinnati Ibrahim Awartani is an international doctoral student pursuing Engineering Education in the Department of Engineering and Computing Education at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Cincinnati. His BSc is a Mechanical Engineering degree from Philadelphia University in Jordan. His MSc background is a Master’s of Sciences in Engineering Management from Eastern Michigan University. He has 5 years of project management work
that qualifying universities enact effective methods to support theHispanic-identifying portion of their student body. In this study, Hispanic and Latiné studentexperiences in engineering are studied at the University of California-Irvine, an R1 HSI. Firstyear students in various engineering disciplines were interviewed as part of an overarchingproject titled the UBelong Collaborative project. Follow-up interviews are still being conductedwith these students to investigate their perceived sense of belonging throughout theirundergraduate experience. This paper will focus on analyzing a subset of the first set ofinterviews, which were conducted at the start of students’ introductory programming course. Aqualitative analysis is conducted on nine
University Women (AAUW)San Juan Puerto Rico Branch, for providing a Community Project Grant to purchase materials andfor their overall support and encouragement.References[1] J. Ogbeba and V. O. Ajayi, “Effect of Hands-On Activities on Achievement and Retentionof Senior Secondary Chemistry Students in Stoichiometry,” Journal of the International Centre forScience Humanities and Education Research, Vol 2, No 2. Dec, 2016.[2] M. Hubbard, “Development of a biomedical engineering course for high school studentsusing a framework of student-centered pedagogy,” in ASEE Southeast Section ConferenceProceedings, Arlington, Virginia: ASEE Conferences, Mar. 2023, p. 44999.[3] S. Madihally and E. Maase, “Introducing Biomedical And Biochemical
BME 4901 intervention, students completed apost-test to reassess skills gained and retained over the entire training sequence. The assessmentinstrument, which includes both multiple-choice and open response questions, is available on theOpen Science Framework [10]. Student responses are collected via paper instruments and thensaved in a spreadsheet with response identifiers, course information, and answers. This protocolwas reviewed by the Vanderbilt University Institutional Review Board and was approved as aQuality Improvement project (IRB #232075).The first portion of the assessment consists of a series of multiple-choice questions (Q3-Q12).We used Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to compare the proportion of correct answers from eachBME class
Teaching Excellence Award, the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award from UTD’s Jonsson School, and the UT System Regent’s Outstanding Teaching Award.Dr. P.l.stephan Thamban, Dr. Thamban is an associate professor of instruction in the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Texas at Dallas who contributes to the teaching mission of the department. He brings with him more than a decade long teaching experience and teaches foundational, introductory ME undergraduate courses and advanced mathematics courses for undergraduate and graduate students. He values and incorporates project-based learning components in undergraduate courses. ©American Society for Engineering
for publication.ConclusionAdditional REU projects, which will build on these preliminary findings, are scheduled forsummer 2025 and 2026 respectively. As part of this REU, the lead researcher successfullycompleted the following objectives: create a qualitative social science research design,efficiently utilize research software (Qualtrics, EndNote, and Atlas.ti), understand how tonavigate the IRB process and its historical importance within research, conduct qualitativecontent analysis and report findings in diagrammatic, poster, and written formats. The successof this REU was grounded in clearly defined weekly objectives, ongoing monitoring, open two-way communication, and tailored hands-on guidance provided as needed by both the
-Solving SuccessAbstractThis paper presents one of the findings from a National Science Foundation (NSF) fundedresearch project aimed at enhancing engineering and mathematics (EM) education. The researchproject specifically focuses on the role that students’ self-regulation in action (SRA) andmetacognitive knowledge about tasks (MKT) play during problem-solving activities. To gaininsight into academic problem-solving practices, the study examines how undergraduate studentsenrolled in second-year engineering and mathematics (EM) courses (Engineering Statics andOrdinary Differential Equations) use their MKT to navigate problem-solving challenges whileconcurrently monitoring and evaluating their cognitive processes.Twenty undergraduate students (7
. The faculty member developed a gradingrubric and provided a short list of potential feedback statements for the TA’s. For eachassignment the faculty member met with the TA’s individually to walk through the grading,working with them on several student assignments as examples. After the semester, one TAcollected feedback provided to students for each assignment, to modify the standard feedback forthe next semester.During the semester the two faculty members met periodically to discuss how the course modulewas progressing. As the librarian involved with the project has taught shorter format data literacyworkshops her insights into challenges were invaluable. Finally, a post-semester survey wasdeveloped with the primary goal of hearing how
, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL.15. Engineering Management Institute, 2015, “5 Reasons Accountability Is Needed for Success On The Big Engineering Projects,” https://engineeringmanagementinstitute.org/5-reasons-accountability-is-needed-for- success-on-the-big-engineering-projects/ , accessed on 22 Jan 2022.KENNETH W. VAN TREURENKen Van Treuren is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University and serves as theAssociate Dean in the School of Engineering and Computer Science. He received his B. S. in AeronauticalEngineering from the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado and his M. S. in Engineering from PrincetonUniversity in Princeton, New Jersey. After serving as USAF pilot in KC
-Indiana Section Conference Proceedingsapproaches into their course, to contact us for more information. Finally, we hope oursystem and its initial results will inspire additional innovation in inclusive and accessibleeducation.8 Acknowledgment We wish to thank the Illinois students who contributed to the ClassTranscribe project,members of the Illinois Computer Science Education group. We also acknowledge the in-valuable technical support from University of Illinois students, staff, and faculty, includingRob Kooper, and technical support from National Center for Supercomputing Applica-tions (NCSA). Portions of this research were supported by a Microsoft Corporation giftto the University of Illinois as part of the 2019 Lighthouse Accessibility
learning. The outcomes-based approach requires ashift from a teacher centered pedagogical approach to a student-centered approach. Evenso, this slow adoption of active learning is apparent despite a dramatic increase in ourcapabilities and capacity to leverage instructional technologies, and that as project-baseddesign education has become common in engineering programs. Active learningpedagogies challenge the more traditional teacher-centered pedagogies such as lectures,which are the dominant form of delivery. This slow adoption is apparent notwithstandingthe large body of evidence demonstrating the efficacy of student-centered approaches.This resistance to active learning can also be noted in both engineering educators andengineering students
to engineering technology edu- cation and the whole profession through excellence in teaching, research and service to the engineering technology community. Dr. Uddin is a proponent of project-based learning and developed innovative teaching strategies to engage his students in solving real-world problems and prepare them with skills and knowledge that industry requires. Dr. Uddin is active in research and scholarship. He has been awarded grants from National Science Foundation, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Tennessee Board of Regents, DENSO and ASEE (ETD mini-grants) and several other organizations for a total of more than $2 million. His current research interest focuses on risk-based estimation in