for the later integration of computing into advanced coursework. It also helpsstudents’ careers [2], [3]. This shift has led to a diversification of the coursework by whichengineering students are introduced to computing. These courses are taught in a variety ofprogramming languages, chosen often due to their degree of application and perceived utility inthe host discipline.A major research university in North America undertook a redesign of its freshmen-yearcomputing curriculum after seeing a proliferation of computing courses across engineeringdisciplines. The primary goal was to better align the learning outcomes across computingcourses offered by various engineering disciplines. This curriculum redesign also provided anopportunity to
Department of Education rules for federal financial aid • fill out an application that includes, but is not limited to, the following: name, contact information, classification, major, unofficial transcript (with GPA information), one faculty recommendation letter, and three essays written by the applicant addressing: how the SPURS scholarship will benefit his/her academic career, why the applicant should be considered for this program, and what is his/her 5 year plan including academic studies and professional career.Applications are reviewed using a review matrix by a committee in the College of Engineering.Students who accept the SPURS scholarship must graduate from their respective degree programwithin 3
Lessons Learned summary, we discuss development of theprogram and the results of our formative assessment of the program’s second year. Ourpreference is to present in a lightning talk.Need for the ProgramAround 30% of graduate students in the College of Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln pursue a career in academia. This particular group of graduate students are futureengineering faculty and many are currently serving as Teaching Assistants (TAs). In the TA role,some students are primary instructors of courses and others support the primary instructor. Thesestudents have little to no training on evidence-based instructional strategies. The Engineering andComputing Education Core recognized the need to better prepare this group of
technology and mobility,networked devices and embedded systems, the ecosystem of the IoT, andinformation securityand mobile devices. [6] Associate Degrees: Miami Dade College (MDC) started offering a 60 credit AS degree in IoT Applications in 2018 [8]. The college seeks to fill in the positions requiring IoT skills to develop, deploy and support connected devices. The program prepare graduates for career opportunities like: o IoT programmer, IoT developer, IoT consultant o Product application assistant, tapid prototyping assistant o Connected devices support specialist o Embedded software developer, embedded application programmer o The curriculum for the program is given below in Figure 5 and 6. 8
discussed are some aspects ofengineering education and relevant trends in alumni giving.Keywords: alumni, voluntarism, training, ABET, laboratory, collaboration, experiential learning 1. IntroductionCal Poly is a predominantly undergraduate institution widely recognized for its excellentengineering programs. With an enrollment of over 5,800 undergraduate students and 280graduate students, the College of Engineering is a major supplier of engineering talent inCalifornia. As most of our baccalaureate recipients begin their careers in industry and do notpursue graduate degrees, our programs strive to keep a curriculum aligned with industrialpractice.Both the structure and the content of the curriculum determine the alignment. Typically, acurriculum
Stanford, Dr. Lynch received his B.E. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Cooper Union in New York City. His current research interests are in the areas of wireless cyber-physical systems, cyberinfrastructure tools for management of structural monitoring data, and nanoengineered thin film sensors for damage detection and structural health monitoring. Dr. Lynch has been awarded the 2005 ONR Young Investigator Award, 2009 NSF CAREER Award, 2009 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2012 ASCE EMI Leonardo da Vinci Award and 2014 ASCE Huber Award.Katherine A. Flanigan, University of Michigan c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Using
Mathematics. The campus is fortunate to be well represented with women in thesciences and engineering; professors from all disciplines serve as facilitators for the group.Background:There are initiatives on other campuses and with other groups to increase the involvement andretention of women in the sciences and engineering, including OXIDE (Open ChemistryCollaborative in Diversity Equity), a diversity equity initiative cofounded by the NationalScience Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Energy 3. Inaddition to OXIDE, other initiatives aimed at addressing the gender gap include the NSFADVANCE grants to increase the participation and advancement of women in academic scienceand engineering careers, and COACh, a
) advantage. As apreliminary study, students were asked: 1. Which types of problems (Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blank or Handwritten) are best for which area of study (Math, Physics, and Engineering)? 2. To what degree did you find online homework helpful? 3. Which types of problems will help in your career?ResultsResults (Fig. 1 below) indicate that students overwhelmingly feel hand written homework is bestsuited for the Engineering discipline (over 90%). Furthermore, 57-60% of these same studentsindicate that this type of solution is appropriate in the Math and Physics disciplines, so moststudents do see value in traditional homework methods. So why are faculty using onlinehomework problems in these classes? One reason
initiated the “Educate toInnovate” program to increase student participation in all STEM-related activities. The long-termobjective of these activities is to encourage more young women to choose an education in theSTEM in the future [2].Getting more students involved in the STEM education is a challenge. Attracting more femalestudents into the STEM fields can be even harder. Statistics show that there is a big gender gapin the STEM fields in workplaces. It has been found that the women make up 46% of theworkforce, but women have only 24% of jobs in STEM fields [3]. More women in STEM careershave at least two primary benefits. First, STEM careers typically have higher salary, benefits,and career stability in the workforce [14]. Secondly, a more
physics courses to better prepare physics majors for various careers or to engage andexcite all students taking introductory physics courses requires teaching physics that betterconnects with students. This does not mean that we need to abandon the rigorous technicaleducation that is part of the physicist education. However, even in introductory physics coursesthere may be ample opportunities for preparing students for today’s careers. Physics topicspresented in the context of relevancy and social impact can better serve and are more likely toattract a more diverse set of students with a broader range of career interests.Design of new physics modules such as the one presented here should consider elements that gobeyond a rigorous physics and
Investigator on several educational grants to technologically enhance biology and physiology courses and develop investigative laboratory exercises. In addition to teaching, she mentors undergradu- ate and graduate students in cancer research. Since 2014, she has been Co-PI and Program Coordinator for the NSF REU programs: Discoveries in Bioimaging and Frontiers in Biomedical Imaging. Through these programs she is actively recruiting and mentoring nationally exceptional undergraduates from underrep- resented groups for summer research and career-building experiences. Every year she is accompanying them to present summer research at the Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). In the summer, she is
Engineering Concepts to Harness Future Innovators and Technologists) project. Professor Harriger’s current interests include application development, outreach to K-12 to interest more students to pursue computing careers, applying IT skills to innovating fitness tools, and wearable computing.Mrs. Mayari Illarij Serrano Anazco P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette MAYARI SERRANO is currently a graduate research assistant in the College of Engineering at Purdue University. She earned her B.S. degree from the Army Polytechnic School, Quito, Ecuador. She com- pleted her M.S. in Computer and Information Technology at Purdue University. Mayari is currently a PhD student at Purdue University and is working in for the Women in
University of Texas at Austin (1989). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Work in Progress – Pre-college Engineering Activities with Electronic CircuitsAbstract Projects involving engineering experimentation, design, and measurement can be effectivecontent for pre-college STEM outreach. Such applications-oriented activities can promoteliteracy and interest in technical topics and careers and have the added benefit of showing therelevance of science and mathematics. Exposure to electrical engineering concepts is discussedusing the 555 timer integrated circuit. This low-cost device can be used for modular activitiesinvolving the production of light, sound, and
, she was the director of the Savannah River Environmental Sciences Field Station. Dr. Simmons has nearly fourteen years of engineering and project management experience working with public utility companies, a project management consulting company, and a software company. She is a registered professional engineer, project management professional and LEED accredited professional. Her research interests are in investigating students’ development of leadership skills and other professional competencies and in students’ involvement in curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. Dr. Simmons is a NSF CAREER award recipient for her research entitled, ”Investigating Co-Curricular Participation of Students
via an email link, andresulted in 144 responses. 36.8% were female, 24% were male. This survey was again repeatedfollowing the 2013 offering of the course, this time with 45% females and 55% malesresponding. Students were asked about their interests outside of engineering, their perceptions ofengineering as a career, and their thoughts on course material. Regardless of gender, students in2012 and 2013 identified computer games as their second most likely hobby, following sports Page 26.997.3and athletics.Students also perceived engineering in a generally favourable way, with the majority agreeing orstrongly agreeing that engineers are
research interests include electrokinetics, predominantly di- electrophoretic characterizations of cells, and the development of biomedical microdevices. She earned a NSF CAREER award and was nominated for Michigan Professor of the Year in 2014. Research within her Medical micro-Device Engineering Research Laboratory (M.D. – ERL) also inspires the development of Desktop Experiment Modules (DEMos) for use in chemical engineering classrooms or as outreach activi- ties in area schools (see www.mderl.org). Adrienne is currently co-Chair of ASEE’s Diversity Committee and PIC I Chair; she has previously served on WIED, ChED, and NEE leadership teams and contributed to 37 ASEE conference proceedings articles.Prof. Beena
Paper ID #12895Tensions of Integration in Professional Formation: Investigating Develop-ment of Engineering Students’ Social and Technical PerceptionsProf. James L. Huff, Harding University James Huff is an assistant professor of engineering at Harding University, where he primarily teaches multidisciplinary engineering design and electrical engineering. His research interests are aligned with how engineering students develop in their career identity while also developing as whole persons. James received his Ph.D. in engineering education and his his M.S. in electrical and computer engineering, both from Purdue University
- ing education and practice, and student reflection. Page 26.303.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Building capacity and social capital around interpretive research qualityAbstractSet in the context of an NSF-funded CAREER project, this paper describes a collaborative effortin the engineering education research community to build social capital and capacity aroundquestions of research quality. To date, this effort has entailed: i) two one and a half-daylongitudinal interactive workshops with leading qualitative researchers in the
, 2016Implementation of Materials Science in the High School ClassroomHigh school science teachers often express two key challenges: teaching science in a way thatencourages students to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, andmathematics) fields and equipping graduates with literacy in math and science required forsuccess in those fields. This paper describes a professional development program rooted in thefield of materials science that was developed to address these difficulties. The program is fundedby the U.S. Department of Education’s Math and Science Partnerships (MSP) program. Over thethree-year introductory phase of the program beginning in summer of 2012 and continuingthrough spring of 2015, several key goals were achieved and
is greatly researched and indemand on most fields in this industry. Blending these subjects in the classroom can be expendedto motivate students to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).Image and video capture using a cell phone camera and VEX sensors can be explored into moredepth in the middle school classroom.This study examined the use of VEX sensors and an iPhone 6 camera as an introduction to robotperception to middle school students. VEX line followers, ultrasonic rangefinders, and an iPhonecamera were used to perform object recognition and conduct robot navigation within a classroomrobotics competition field setting.OverviewComputer science drives innovation and is one of the fastest growing fields in
economical power delivery. The project seeks to involve families learning together while crea ng interest in STEM disciplines and careers. The project website offers a series of hands‐on and virtual energy related ac vi es and challenges. credc.mste.illinois.eduInves gate Renewable Power SourcesRepurpose the solar panel andrechargeable ba ery from asolar path light. The path lightis designed so that the solarpanel charges a ba ery duringdaylight hours and the ba erypowers the LED when it’s dark. Inves gate the components and circuitry. Use the solar panel to power the LEDs in the windows of one of the house s ckers. Can
Engineering (BCOE) Mission Statement– Provide high-quality undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education in engineering and computer science that will prepare our graduates for professional careers and life long learning;– Conduct high-quality research programs that will assist in the economic development of the State and Nation, will advance the state of knowledge, and will improve the quality of human life;– Serve individual practicing engineers and computer scientists, industry, government, educational entities, and technical societies through professional expertise, active involvement, and availability of facilities. Bourns College of Engineerin Vision for the College• Bourns
aninternational competition with over 400,000 participents3 is a good example of an organizationthat has worked to interest K-12 students of all sexes in robotics. Many teams are part ofextracorricular activites offered by their middle and high schools. There is evidence in the literature that participation in extracurricular activities and campscan impact student’s career and college major choice 4-7. However, few papers show whether thebenefits of participation extend to performance and retention once the student has started college.This study is focused on students who in high school participated in extracurricular activities orcamps related to science, computer science, math or engineering (including robotics).Specifically, this study
HBCUs. Theseresearchers leading this effort are from various HBCUs and aim to investigate individual factors,environmental factors, institutional practices, procedures, and policies that may adversely affectstudent success. This work-in-progress discusses preliminary findings from one selected HBCU.To inform the present research study’s efforts and development, the researchers thoroughlydiscussed areas of concern and observed trends, both nationally and at their respectiveinstitutions, to arrive at key research thrust areas for investigation: (1) institutional climate, (2)cultural intersectionality, and (3) STEM career trajectory. Research across each of these areaswill be guided by the conceptual framework model for the college experience as
discipline-based panels to evaluateACE credit recommendations for application to UNC or NCCCS programs. In October 2016,these faculty representatives met and attended a presentation from a team of ACE staff andreviewers, who explained the ACE review and recommendation process. Faculty and staff fromsix career fields (Criminal Justice, Allied Health, Business, English, Computer Science, andForeign Languages) then met in breakout sessions facilitated by the ACE team to experimentwith interpreting JST and ACE recommendation exhibits. Session participants discussed ACEcredit recommendations for their specific career field, noted common themes, identifiedquestions and potential barriers to awarding credit, and attempted to apply the creditrecommendations
students to discuss the common “unwritten rules” ofresearch, as presented by their peers (who are actively performing research). As a result, theybegan their research careers with a better understanding of how and where to start and stayorganized. This workshop also benefitted new students’ labs, because it centralized andoutsourced the training of new graduate students. As a result, more time became available forlab-specific training by lab managers.Participating as a facilitator in this workshop presents a unique opportunity for graduate studentswho aspire to an academic career. Others have noted that completion of a Ph.D. itself does notnecessarily develop teaching and mentorship skills 9, therefore students could benefit from extrateaching
by the President’s Council of Advisors onScience and Technology [1]. Despite the 68% increase in engineering bachelor’s degrees from2008 to 2017, large attrition rates continue to exist with only 14-17% of the students enrolled asengineering freshman graduating with a bachelor’s degree in engineering [2]. Introducingengineering in K-12 classrooms is thought to prepare college freshmen for engineering courseworkby increasing students’ understanding of and affinity for science and mathematics concepts,college readiness, technological literacy and interest, and excitement and confidence in their abilityto pursue engineering as a career [3].Existing Highschool Engineering CurriculaMultiple initiatives have successfully incorporated engineering
Paper ID #30953STEMAmbassadors: Developing Communications, Teamwork and Leader-shipSkills for Graduate StudentsMrs. Astri Briliyanti Astri is a graduate student in the Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University. She previously worked as a researcher and urban planner consultant in Indonesia, helping the government with the creation of spatial and development plan, as well as policy analysis and program evaluation. She is interested in program evaluation, sustainable tourism planning, and urban design.Julie W Rojewski, Michigan State University Julie Rojewski manages various career and professional
Rehabilitation ◦ Communications, Circuits and Engineering (DARE) Sensing Systems◦ Engineering of Biomedical ◦ Energy, Power, Control, and Systems NetworksCMMI EEC◦ Engineering for Civil ◦ Engineering Research Centers Infrastructure◦ Manufacturing Systems Design http://nsf.gov/careers 16Thank you 17
training: 1. Process-based: case studies and group problem solving 2. Awareness-raising and reflection 3. A confidential and brave forum to share the collective experience of mentors across a range of experiences 4. Distribute and adapt resources to improve mentoringStandard Competencies• Aligning expectations• Maintaining effective communication• Addressing equity and inclusion• Assessing understanding• Fostering independence• Cultivating ethical behavior• Promoting professional development• Promoting self-efficacy• Fostering wellbeing (beta)Adaptations for Career Stage