-12 school districts, community colleges, four-year universities andcommunity-based workforce investment boards. The overall goal is to bridge the gap betweenindustry-needed skills and those obtained through formal education. The expected outcome is thetransition of students into industry after high school, transfer into a community college, or seek afour-year college degree. Regardless of the career pathway outcome, the WFD programinculcates hands-on, practical skills in participants. These skills were included based on industryfeedback about the gap between current graduates’ skills and those expected in the field ofpractice. The skills were also echoed in the ‘Engineer of 2020’ report by the National Academyof Engineering. As a result, the
structure previously determined through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysisrevealed five latent variables that align with a framework proposed by Fila et al. [1] for teachingengineering within a humanistic lens to help students develop a sense of belonging and theirengineering identity. Our SEM analysis showed that for all students, academic self-confidenceand self-efficacy and a broad understanding of engineering both have a significant positiveinfluence on their sense of belonging, which in turn has a significant influence on their attitudestoward persisting and succeeding in engineering. Appreciating the importance of non-technicalskills in engineering had no significant influence on most students’ sense of belonging with theexception
Paper ID #44435Leveraging the CARE Methodology to Enhance Pedagogical and InstitutionalSupport for Blind or Low-Vision (BLV) Learners in Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE)Aya Mouallem, Stanford University Aya Mouallem (she/her) is a PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering, minoring in Education, at Stanford University. She received a BEng in Computer and Communications Engineering from the American University of Beirut. Aya is a graduate research assistant with the Designing Education Lab at Stanford, led by Professor Sheri Sheppard, and her research explores the accessibility of introductory engineering education
notion that all engineering learners maintain vast knowledge,experiences, and skills that can be used to meet the demands of engineering coursework andengineering programs. Yet, those cultural assets may remain invisible, unrecognized, and under-leveraged by engineering educators. As engineering educators continue to make strides insupporting their diverse learners, additional steps are needed to make visible the unseen culturalassets that engineering learners use in the engineering classroom as they develop into theengineers of the 21st-century STEM workforce.This paper presents the findings of an exploratory, quantitative study of the cultural assets thatengineering students use while enrolled in undergraduate engineering degree
environments in different ways thantheir male peers altering their continued interest in computer science.Personal FactorsPersonal factors such as motivation, sense of belonging, personal fulfillment, and identity caninfluence persistence to degree. Research shows that while these personal factors are unique toeach student, educational environments can be structured or altered to influence some personalattributes in ways that positively impact retention.Motivation can impact how students face and persevere through challenging concepts and coursework. Research using project based computer game development has shown that assignmentscan be structured to facilitate student motivation and encourage them to work through difficultmaterial [13]. Motivational
attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr
Paper ID #40736Cutting the Curb for Students with Disabilities Transitioning to HigherEducationSeth Vuletich, Colorado School of Mines Seth Vuletich is the Scholarly Communications Librarian the Colorado School of Mines. Seth provides specialized support to graduate students through all stages of the research lifecycle. Prior to entering the field of librarianship, Seth was a professional woodworker and earned a bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Seth earned his Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Denver in 2021.Brianna B Buljung, Colorado School of Mines
Paper ID #11774Impacts of a Neural Engineering Summer Research Experience on High SchoolStudents (Evaluation)Kristen M Clapper Bergsman, Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering Kristen Clapper Bergsman is the Pre-College Education Manager at the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering at the University of Washington. She is also a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in Learning Sciences and Human Development at the University of Washington. Previously, Kristen worked as an educational consultant offering support in curriculum development and production. She received her M.Ed. in Curriculum and
to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness 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 devel- opment. She is the recipient of a 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Grant
freshman year10,11;one is able to succeed at a given task 3,9,10 supportive peer and mentor network to provide a “can-do” attitudeLearning: broadly, the acquisition of Formal coursework merged with skill-buildingknowledge and skills3 activities, workshops, and symposiaProfessional identity: the “feeling” that one Communities of peers, researchers,is a scientist, technologist, engineer, or entrepreneurs, and actively participating in themathematician 3,10,11,12,14,15 programProgram StructureThe CSP is designed to engage students from first semester on campus until graduation. In atraditional education, few, if any, first year students have
empowering the self through cooperative education," Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education 12, no. 3, pp. 205- 216, 2011.[36] P. D. Gardner, D. C. Nixon and G. Motschenbacker, "Starting salary outcomes of cooperative education graduates," Journal of Cooperative Education 27, no. 1, pp. 16-26, 1992.[37] R. E. Riggio, C. Kubiak, S. J. Taylor and P. Neale, "Evaluation of cooperative education program with an emphasis in industrial/organizational psychology," Journal of Cooperative Education 26, no. 1, pp. 59-66, 1994.[38] P. D. Gardner and G. Motschenbacker, "Early work outcomes of coop and non-coop engineers: a comparison of expectations, job level, and salary," Journal of Cooperative Education 33, no. 1, pp. 6
engineer for a non-profit organization focusing on building development and disaster recovery in developing countries.Dr. Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Anahid Behrouzi is an assistant professor of architectural engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. She has been involved with STEM education beginning in 2003 as a volunteer and summer instructor with the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science. She has been engaged with undergraduate/graduate course delivery in the topic areas of engineering problem-solving, structural engineering, and reinforced concrete design at North Carolina State University (2008-2011), the University of Illinois at
. You can better imagine how government, school systems, private trainingorganizations, public educational organizations, watchdog agencies, standards organizationsCOGS), industry, and utilities view the issues and why."154.3 Knowledge-Building ActivitiesLearning activities and deliverables were developed in order to deepen and broaden theknowledge gained by participants while also capturing and preserving their findings and gainsboth for the participants themselves and for the purposes of dissemination and grant reporting.Most of these activities and deliverables were facilitated and supported through the use of anonline “course” site hosted on Instructure’s Canvas course management system (see Figure 6)and reports, discussions and other
programs to encourage girls to pursue their interests in computing and engineering and some of the pre-professional programs to help students prepare for their careers. Her previous experience includes work in student leadership development, campus programming, student organization manage- ment, and alumni relations. Greenwood holds a master’s degree in Higher Education Administration from Washington State University, a B.A. in Advertising/Public Relations from Grand Valley State University, and is currently pursuing a graduate certificate in Community Leadership at UMBC.Ms. Erica L D’Eramo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County: CWIT Erica D’Eramo is the Assistant Director of the Center for Women in Technology (CWIT) at
. Besser, a licensed engineer, was a design engineer with HNTB-CA, where she worked on seismic retrofits and new design of high profile transportation structures.Ms. Alison Haugh, University of St. Thomas Alison Haugh is a recent graduate from the University of St.Thomas with degrees in Elementary Edu- cation, STEM Education, and a focus in Engineering Education. Her undergraduate research with the Playful Learning Lab focused on expanding quality engineering education with an eye to under-served populations, including students with disabilities, emphasizing learning through play. Alison was the Lead STEPS (Science, Technology, and Engineering Preview program) curriculum constructor and continues to be an off-site
Psychology. She then graduated from Texas A&M Univer- sity with a M.S. in Mathematics and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with a specialization in Research, Measurement and Statistics.Noor HakimVainavi Chilukuri, Texas A&M UniversityJason ChampagneDr. Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, Texas A&M University Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez is an associate professor at Texas A & M University in the College of Edu- cation and Human Development in the department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture. In her research, she is interested in the assessing STEM interventions onDr. Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University Robin A. M. Hensel, Ed.D., is a Teaching Professor in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral
Technology and Kiambu Institute of Science and Technology, as well as Head of Subject, Physics at Kenyatta High School. The combination of my teaching and data analysis skills earned me a position at a child and women rights community-based organization, Champions of Peace-Kisumu (CoP-K), as a capacity building coordinator, a precursor to my new action-research interest. With work experience spanning engineering industry and teaching in technical and vocational education and training institutions, my research centers on underrepresented (URM) groups with a focus on efforts to advance solutions on broadening participation in engineering spaces, both in college and the workplace.Dr. Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati
on education and workforce development in engineering and science fields. Previous and current clients include the American Chemical Society, the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, California Institute of Technology, the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at California State University Fullerton, the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education at Stanford University, the School of Medicine at Stanford University, and the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.Beth Rieken, Stanford University Beth Rieken is a PhD Candidate at Stanford University in the Mechanical Engineering Department. She is in the Designing Education Lab advised by Prof. Sheri
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promote relationship development, educate students about library resources and services,and to learn about the needs of the academic community [94]. These efforts could includedeveloping relationships with disability services offices and other offices and centers thatprovide direct support to disabled and struggling students, as well as to affinity groups andcenters that offer community and specific supports for students with various diverse identities oncampus. Building relationships with such groups could allow librarians and educators to interactdirectly with students, giving them the opportunity to share their experiences, frustrations,interests, and needs. Such outreach could provide insight into the needs of a wide variety ofstudents and
Paper ID #32788Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Their Role in the UniversityOrganizationBenjamin Goldschneider, Virginia Polytechnic Institute Benjamin Goldschneider is a PhD student in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University. His research interests include engineering identity development, socialization, student motivation, and student competencies.Dr. Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute Nicole is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Prior to joining VT, Dr. Pitterson was a postdoctoral
meet the demands ofan increasingly “flat” world, where competencies that go beyond pure technical skills, includingcreativity, leadership, flexibility, and communication, are becoming more and more essential.3, 4Traditional engineering education is also being challenged to respond to emerging fields that blurdisciplinary boundaries, such as nanotechnology, synthetic biology, and biomemetics. Manyworry that the U.S. production of engineering graduates lags well behind that of some notablecompetitor nations, such as China, a shortfall not only in absolute numbers but also in the overallpercentage of college graduates who have an engineering degree.1What has been largely absent from most discussions of the future of the US technical workforceis
years, mentoring over 200 teams. Currently he teaches introduction to engineering, EPICS, and chemical engineering courses. He has founded 2 starts ups and has 3 patents for water purification, removal of trash from storm water, and antibacterial liquid hand soap formula. He has a passion for teaching and mentoring students, aiming to help each student achieve their goalsMr. Joshua Loughman, Arizona State University Joshua Loughman is a Lecturer for the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. He is the Director of Development for the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program. His research interests are in engineering education, sustainable engineering, and science and technology
and struggle to achieve parity over their educational career (MacPhee, Farro, andCanetto 2013).The qualitative interviews were structured to reflect the hypothesized theory (see Eisenhardt1989) of social belonging as presented in Error! Reference source not found.. The researchersconducting the interviews were all graduates of the engineering class in this study and had servedas a teaching assistant for this course at some time in the previous years. An interviewquestionnaire was developed to reflect the social belonging framework and to align with thequalitative research principles outlined by Corbin and Strauss (2008). A pre-interview reviewwas conducted among all interviewers to answer questions and align expectation and post-interview
competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance under- standing of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and practice. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Encountering Engineering Ethics in the Workplace: Stories From the TrenchesWhile formal coursework remains one of the most common strategies for developing ethicsknowledge and competence among
Paper ID #28960Math Anxiety in Female and Underrepresented Minority Students aLiterature ReviewDr. Anne M Lucietto, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Dr. Lucietto has focused her research in engineering technology education and the understanding of engineering technology students. She teaches in an active learning style which engages and develops practical skills in the students. Currently she is exploring the performance and attributes of engineering technology students and using that knowledge to engage them in their studies.Miss Meher Rusi Taleyarkhan, Purdue University at West Lafayette Meher R. Taleyarkhan is a graduate
Engineering Education Research. His teaching interests include develop- mental psychology; sociocultural theories of communication, learning, and identity; qualitative methods; and discourse analysis.Dr. Michelle Ferrez, University of California, San Diego Michelle is currently the Director of the IDEA Engineering Student Center at UC San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering (Inclusion-Diversity-Excellence-Achievement). Dr. Ferrez has twenty three years of experience on diversity in STEM access, retention, and success programs in higher education (4 year and community colleges), K-12 and graduate student pipeline programs, and the role of four-year minority serving institutions in creating educational equity in STEM. Her
mindfulness, resilience, and grit. This coursework includes: ● A first-year STARS seminar facilitated by STARS advising staff, which offers a space for students to reflect on their learning and educational experiences; brainstorm strategies for self-improvement; and develop “master schedules” to improve students’ time management and study skills. The seminar also provides an overview of non-STARS university resources for students such as counseling services and writing and tutoring centers. Students participating in the seminar also receive professional development opportunities through collaboration with the College of Engineering community and career centers. Engineering faculty and professionals discuss the
WiSTEM is theobservation that Black women are underrepresented in STEM for a variety ofreasons that include (1) anxiety pertaining to mathematics and computing (2) a lackof exposure to STEM disciplines and tangential careers (3) a lack of exposure toculturally responsive pedagogy, and (4) a lack of communities of support. Key Words - STEM Identity, Sense of Belonging, Persistence, Community, Self AwarenessINTRODUCTION AND PROBLEM STATEMENTMany institutions of higher education in the US do not reflect the racial and ethnicdiversity of our nation amongst its degree recipients. Clearly, we must acknowledgethe barriers to STEM education for individuals underrepresented in these disciplinesand develop interventions to mitigate them [1]–[3]. Racial
self-identified as Hispanic (6.33%). Of these 840 Hispanicstudents, undergraduates made up 664 (5% of GCOE), and graduate students made up 176 (1.3%of GCOE) [14]. Throughout the program, we hosted workshops to enhance mentoring participation withtopics such as the importance of mentoring, leadership skills development, and career pathwayexpectations. Social events were also included to build community among participants. Weinvited speakers who identified as Hispanic and held a graduate degree to promote visibility ofHispanics in STEM. Participants were also encouraged to meet independently, virtually or inperson. Our contributions are listed below: • We create a program structure for the development of Hispanic engineering students