Paper ID #25014Seeding a Strategic Campaign to Address Root Causes of Inequity in Engi-neering EducationDr. Ellen Foster, Purdue University Dr. Ellen K Foster currently holds a post-doctoral appointment in the engineering education department at Purdue University. She received her doctorate in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechninc Institute in 2017, and holds her BA in Astronomy and Physics from Vassar College.Dr. Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato Jennifer Karlin spent the first half of her career at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, where she was a professor of
from mathematics department and Dr. Ovais Khan from aerospace engineeringdepartment at Tuskegee University for assisting with the design of the courses incorporating theactive-learning strategies and for implementing the methodology in their courses.References[1] https://www.usnews.com/news/stem-solutions/articles/2018-06-08/study-boys-interest-in-stem-careers-declining[2] https://recruitingdaily.com/why-the-u-s-has-a-stem-shortage-and-how-we-fix-it-part-1/[3] https://ssec.si.edu/stem-imperative[4] https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/2014001rev.pdf[5] E. Seymour & E. Hewitt (1997). Talking About Leaving: Factors Contributing to HighAttrition Rates Among Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Undergraduate Majors. Boulder,CO: Bureau of Sociological
mentoring, tutor- ing, student athlete academic support, internships, student academic centers, and transfer students. Karen was the inaugural Coordinator of the Transfer Student living learning community created to support new transfer students, as part of this graduate assistant role. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration and a Master’s in Public Administration from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, IL. Karen previously was employed for over twenty years in the career areas of regional planning, economic development, pub- lic relations, and community engagement. She worked for Virginia Tech in the College of Engineering c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020
in Human Behavior. Currently, he is serving as a co-principal investigator on two projects funded by the National Science Foundation (Awards #1826354 (RFE) and #1713547 (AISL)); one of these projects is developing a STEM summer camp that supports career pathways for Latinx students.Melissa M. AranaMireya Becker Roberto, University of San DiegoMiss Nicole G. Reyes c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Integrating Asset-based Practices, Engineering, and NGSS: Lessons from Working with Teachers through a community- focused approachAbstractThe goal of this NSF-funded, three-year exploratory study is to provide opportunities for middleschool
engineering pedagogy and instructional tech- nologies. Awards that he has received include the NSF CAREER award, the 2016 Alexander Crombie Humphreys Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor award (Stevens), the 2014 Distinguished Faculty Mentor Award from the Stevens Student Government Association, the 2009 ASEE Mechanics Division Outstanding New Educator Award, and the 2009 Outstanding Teacher Award from the Stevens Alumni Association.Dr. Patricia J. Holahan, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science) Patricia J. Holahan is an Associate Professor of Management in the School of Business, Stevens Insti- tute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA. She has served as PI/PD on several NSF funded projects
a recipient of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Early Career Researcher Award as well as several awards at Alfaisal University for distinction in teaching and research.Prof. Kok-Lim Alvin Yau, Sunway University KoK-Lim Alvin Yau received the B.Eng. degree (Hons.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia, in 2005, the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2007, and the Ph.D. degree in Network Engineering from the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, in 2010. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Com- puting and Information Systems, Sunway University, Malaysia. He teaches
major of the student. In this study,we aim to address this gap by investigating, and comparing, the spatial ability of both first-yearengineering students and graduating seniors. As our spatial skills program was implemented in2016, a sizeable population of students who were assessed and trained in spatial skills asincoming students are now graduating and the evolution and impacts of their SVS through theircollege career can be studied.MethodologyAll first-year engineering students at Stevens Institute of Technology are enrolled in a graphicsclass in which their spatial skills are initially assessed before students are given the option topartake in voluntary (incentivized), extra-curricular spatial skills training workshops. The spatialability
improvements. Students get realistic design and applicationopportunities and experience that lead to no shortage of the best job offers, giving their careers agreat start.Electrical Demand ChallengeElectrical demand is a means for public utilities to charge customers more fairly for their use ofthe utilities’ infrastructure. Utilities plan and build their electrical distribution systems to belarge enough to provide enough power to meet the demands of their customers. The more that autility expects its customers to demand, the larger must be the utility’s investment in equipment.Equipment has a capital cost and a maintenance cost. To help meet these costs, most publicutilities have demand charges in their billing structure for commercial and industrial
Increasing the number of people who enter engineering, computer science, and otherSTEM-oriented fields has been expressed as a national concern over the past two decades as thenation's global economic position has long rested on the robustness of its STEM workforce [1,2]. One area of interest to policymakers and industry leaders is elementary and middle gradeseducation, where initial aspirations to a STEM career take root through encounters with mathand science that can predict later achievement within these fields. Spatial intelligence, or theability to make spatial judgments and visualize, has been shown to be a strong indicator ofmiddle school students’ future achievement in STEM related courses [3-5]. Further, researchershave pointed to spatial
SpectroscopicImaging can reveal the variations in the intensity of images’ pixels which are mappings ofconstituent materials of samples rather than a single visible image with slight variations [2-3].The FTIR spectrometer part of this equipment is normally used in science departments ofuniversities without the microscope. Having acquired the FTIR spectrometer and microscopetogether for an engineering college opens a new avenue for both teaching and research. Severalindustries use this equipment for various purposes including quality control, research anddevelopment, and more. Therefore, by having access to this equipment, students can prepare forfuture careers that need micro-spectroscopic imaging skills.Applications of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR
pedagogy for problem based courses. He created and co-teaches a multi-year integrated system design (ISD) project for mechanical engineering students. He is a mentor to mechanical engineering graduate teaching fellows and actively champions the adoption and use of teaching technologies.Dr. Michele J. Grimm, Michigan State University Michele J. Grimm is the Wielenga Creative Engineering Endowed Professor of Mechanical Engineering. In addition to her scientific research, Dr. Grimm has spent a large part of her career focused on curriculum development and enhancement of student learning in engineering. She served on the faculty of Wayne State University for 25 years, where she developed and implemented both undergraduate
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, SOLIDWORKS, and the Project Management Institute. His research interests include engineering technology outreach and design education with focus areas in CAD and project-based learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Evaluating Student Conceptions of Technology Majors: Development of Assessment Keyword TablesAbstractThis paper presents the continuation of research on student conceptions related to technologymajors (TMs) and careers using the Aspirations, Interests, and Confidence (AIC) survey. Forfour years, first-semester students at Purdue New Albany, a statewide location for the PurduePolytechnic, were surveyed
high levels of academicmotivation despite the academic stresses they encounter [4].The students of certain disciplines (e.g., nursing and engineering career) are more susceptible toencountering very high levels of academic stress that daunts their resolution to persist in degreeprograms [5, 6]. Such academic stress may be due to the demanding nature of the learning tasksthat students are required to complete within such disciplines. For example, some first-yearengineering students need the ability to negotiate and overcome the initial setbacks they encounterin foundational engineering courses if they hope to endure and complete their undergraduatedegree programs. Despite the importance of resilience in academic environments [7] andengineering
2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded MIDFIELD research project on engineering education; she has served as a Co-PI on three research projects, including one on transfer students and another on student veterans in engineering.Dr. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research
communication technologies (ICTs) in learning and teaching [14]-[16]. It hasbeen argued that the use of ICT as didactive tools has the potential of enhancing the learning experienceand outcomes by taking advantages of the ICT characteristics of flexibility, accessibility, affordability, andwithout temporal or spatial limitations [14], such is the case of podcasting. There is no doubt about theimportance of TEL for the education of the 21st century. Therefore, it is important to develop studies thatdevelops a documentation of the results of the implementation of TEL. 2.2. Development of soft skills in engineering studentsSoft skills are personal traits that have the potential of enhancing engineer students’ interactions, jobperformance, and career
in perceptions of female facultybetween students who attended gender-segregated schools, which are common amongst the localpopulation, and those who graduated from international schools. Finally, religion is expected toinfluence student perceptions because of certain rules and regulations in Islam – the most popularreligion in the Middle East – that restrict mixed-gender interactions.The results may shed light on the potential impact of female faculty on engineering students,especially female students. Based on the results, universities in the region may rethink theirfaculty model to better cater to the needs of students. The study may also encourage females inthe region to pursue a teaching career in Science, Technology, Engineering, or
, Behrend College Stephen Strom is a lecturer in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology department of Penn State Behrend, and holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. His career includes over thirty years experience in designing and programming embedded systems and has multiple patents for both hardware designs and software algorithms c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Programmable System-On-Chip (PSoC) Usage in Embedded Programming CoursesAbstractPart of the requirements for an Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) programincludes the ability for students to design and implement
school year.The current LUSE approach to engineering education consists of a traditional lecture/laboratoryresidential-based program conducted at the campus of LU in Lynchburg, Virginia. Students in theprogram have the option of taking their general education courses through LU Online to help provideflexibility in their scheduling. Continuing with the LU founder's vision, LUSE is committed to an ethicalbased philosophy producing men and women with the values, knowledge, and skills necessary to impacttomorrow's technology-related disciplines. Students have access to modern facilities and technology andqualified faculty seek to know their students personally and to provide them with opportunities foreducation, research, and a professional career
Calculus pro-grams across the United States the MAA concluded that the Calculus student’s attitude to-wards mathematics is critical since this can impact career choices. They found that on aver-age, student attitudes toward mathematics declined from beginning to end of their first collegeCalculus course and that the students’ confidence in their mathematical abilities dropped al-most a half of a point on a six-point scale. Even “enjoyment and desire to persist in studyingmathematics also changed in the negative direction from beginning of term to end of term[1].” If we can find out more about students’ perception of their own academic capabilitiesand what influences their attitudes towards mathematics, maybe we can help more students tofinish
undergraduate research scholarly events − Evaluate community service as a parallel activity in research − Integrate service learning in the process − Integrate interdisciplinary collaborationConclusionsScholar activities in a bi-national collaborative learning environment provide an opportunity toexperiment a new perspective on the approach to solve a complex problem. It enhances adiversity of skills that students will find essential during their professional careers. To name theimportance of communication and collaboration skills, which go beyond only teamworkexperience; as well as important features such as respect for diversity, and tolerance, amongothers.It has been found that making the rest of the team aware of each profession's
council has16 members. Members include the president of the Hilltop University,president of the local community college, superintendents of the three regional independentschool districts, and representatives of the business, workforce, and economic development inthe region [4]. Membership is intended to cover the spectrum of education for the workforce andeconomic development. The council’s mission is to promote and support innovative educationand to provide pathways for students to be able to pursue careers and aspirations. Before theinitiation of this collaboration, it was found that the majority of college students in the HilltopUniversity region did not represent the local population which was predominantly Hispanic.Most of the region’s
-level attrition, persistence, and career trajectories; engineering writing and communication; and methodological development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024A longitudinal investigation of international graduate students’ first-year experiences inU.S. engineering programsKeywords: Attrition, longitudinal study, SMS, time series data, International doctoral students,EngineeringAbstractThe purpose of this full research paper is to explore international engineering graduate students’experiences in U.S. graduate programs through one year of short message service (SMS) (i.e., textmessage) survey data. Although international graduate students constitute a high proportion ofengineering students in
, which is very important for the students, the redesign teamincludes instructors with experience in academia (instructional, tenure line, instructional 2-yearcollege), industry, and government.Purpose of the StudyIn their recent report titled 'Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, and Equity Inclusion (DEI) inSTEMM Organizations: Beyond Broadening Participation,' the National Academies advocate forincreasing minority representation in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine(STEMM) fields. They also highlight the need for systemic changes aimed at providing bettersupport for minority groups. The focus is on not only facilitating entry into STEMM educationbut also fostering environments that enable career advancement within universities
(2009)15:2(38)Goodarzi, M. (2023). Implementing NACE Competencies in LEED Lab to Prepare a Career- Ready Workforce. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. American Society for Engineering Education. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--43554Goodarzi, M., & Berghorn, G. (2024). INVESTIGATING LEED-ND KEY CRITERIA FOR EFFECTIVE SUSTAINABILITY EVALUATION. Journal of Green Building, 19(1), 283– 305. https://doi.org/10.3992/jgb.19.1.283Goodarzi, M., & Garshasby, M. (2024). Identifying the Leading Credit Categories in Determining the Overall LEED NC Score of Multifamily Residential Projects. EPiC Series in Built Environment, 5.Goodarzi, M., & Shayesteh, A. (2024). Does LEED BD+C for New Construction
, creating training that helps students learn how to best support each other when they make mistakes, creating training on respecting and appreciating differences among team members, and encouraging them to ask for help when needed. RHIT – At RHIT, opportunities include creating a learning experience to improve how teams handle mistakes, talk about tough issues, and take small risks. There are certainly opportunities for students to develop these skills because the students surveyed here were freshman design students—they will receive additional training and practice opportunities as they progress through their college careers. CPP – At CPP, opportunities include creating learning experiences
isnot limited to engineering. 41 documents focus on engineering, making it just under half of theentire corpus. The authors did not limit the documents by type other than the limitation ofscholarly works, so there are journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations included in thecorpus. Additionally, this analysis uses research on students in different stages of theireducational careers, with an eye towards understanding challenges faced by historicallymarginalized people within the STEM community. An initial summary of the corpus reveals thatthe authors analyzed 88 documents with 1,123,499 total words [5]. This analysis also shows thatthe most frequent words present throughout the entire corpus are STEM, students, science,women, and
career development components with required evaluation and tracking of student participants.Mr. William Pennock, New Jersey Institute of TechnologyProf. Erick S. Vasquez-Guardado, University of Dayton Erick S. Vasquez-Guardado (Erick S. Vasquez) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Dayton. Dr. Vasquez earned his B.Sc. degree in chemical engineering (ChE) at Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Canas (UCA) in El Salvador, an M.S. in ChE at Clemson University, and a Ph.D. in ChE at Mississippi State University.Fahmidah Ummul Ashraf, Bradley University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024WiP: Exploring the Impact of
asynchronously.Regardless of living in campus, they experienced isolation “I didn't really get to see manypeople outside of my roommates and whoever was on my floor” noting that they “found itdifficult to organically meet people.” Participant E’s leading factor in reverse transferring was“the cost of college and fear of “debt piling up.” Upon reverse transferring Participant E felt ashift in environment expressing how community college feels “more welcoming” and fosters a“sense of community”. This student is on track to complete their associate degree andtransferring back to a four-year institution to complete their bachelors. When asked if theywould start the college decision over again Participant E says, “I would have been at WrightCollege. I know the career I
which was not their first choice. Despite the project’smisalignment, they embraced the opportunity driven by a passion for interdisciplinary research.The REU experience, albeit not aligning precisely with their research interest, proved to be avaluable opportunity for the participant to immerse themselves in a distinctive researchenvironment.Prior to their involvement in the REU, the participant’s research pursuits primarily revolvedaround osteology, with a year and a half of collaboration with a professor at their home institute,a public university in West Virginia designated as M3: Master’s Colleges and Universities –Small programs. While this work was relevant to the participant’s future career objectives, itconfined their research exposure
including the lead interface with SME Committees and Technical Communities targeted to domains: Manufacturing Research and Education, Accreditation, SME Peer-Reviewed Journals, Additive Manufacturing and Digital Manufacturing. Marzano is the SME liaison for ABET and oversees the program evaluation process for ABET Accredited programs in Manufacturing Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering Technology. Marzano leads Awards and Recognition programs, Career Development Forums, and experiential activities designed to inspire and attract the next generation of Manufacturing professionals. Prior to SME, Marzano worked for an Healthcare Information Management non profit developing professional development initiatives