last week of the internship, the second author went on-site to act as a participant-observer.As part of this evaluation, focus-group and exit interviews were conducted with the interns andtheir mentors to collect more in-depth qualitative evidence of participant learning and experiencein the program. Protocol for focus-group interviews with the interns emphasized eliciting furtherdata regarding: a) their understanding of the problem context b) assumptions about the problemcontext or purpose of the work c) overall impact of the program on their learning experience inrelation to prior classroom-based learning and their future education and career planning.Separate protocol for interviews with the university program mentors prompted: a
, IEEE Globecom, IEEE ICC, and IWCMC.Dr. Abd-Elhamid M. Taha, Alfaisal University Abd-Elhamid M. Taha is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering At Alfaisal University. His research spans radio resource management, Internet of Things (IoT) services, and modeling in networked cyber-physical systems. Abd-Elhamid is a senior member of the IEEE, and 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
the learning objectives for the real-world computersimulation described in [21, p. 332]. Other objectives include budgetary and time constraints,teamwork, and “large industrial-scale chemical processes” [21, p. 332]. Professional standardsare one element of the real-world examples discussed in [22].Career preparation is another common element in papers describing real-world activities. “Real-world examples tie material to future jobs,” writes Campbell [23, p. 3]. The fact that “all foursenior student interns received engineering job offers before graduation” was noted as anoutcome of the solar charging design project described in [24]. Bridging the gap betweentheoretical and practical knowledge, where presumably practical knowledge is the
for women to choose a CS career. Orthogonally, Wang [43] correlatedfinancial aid with STEM major selection. While our student participants witnessed the impact ofexposure, staff support, and supportive policies, we did not explicitly investigate financial factors.We propose to investigate the influence of financial aid and other SES factors using quantitativeanalysis and to recount the population of varied SES.Gender and Race/Ethnicity: Students from minoritized groups in CS, as defined in [44], areunderrepresented due to both entry and high attrition (switching majors or dropping altogether).For example, women are less represented in the CS field due to pre-entry, institutional, andsocietal factors [45]. Oftentimes, minoritized CS students
with students in grade4. Recognizing the importance of student identities and their development throughout astudent’s educational career, I seek insight into the following question: 1. How does participation in an engineering unit utilizing the engineering design process allow students to authentically engage in critical thinking skills as an authentic engineering performance? 3 Literature ReviewSTEM Identity Development Student identities (specifically STEM identities) are constantly changing and developingthroughout adolescence, influenced by a variety of factors
, E. J., Harper, S., Cashion, T., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Blythe, J., Daly, J., Eger, S., Hoover, C., Talloni-Alvarez, N., Teh, L., Bennett, N., Epstein, G., Knott, C., Newell, S. L., & Whitney, C. K. (2020). Supporting early career researchers: Insights from interdisciplinary marine scientists. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 77(2), 476–485. Scopus. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz247Anna (Kia) Nobre. (2017). Neuron, 96(1), 11–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2017.09.023Announcements11Announcements are published free of charge for members of The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG). Please e-mail announcements to ajhg@ajhg.net. Submission must be received at least 7 weeks before the month of
. The authors found that white women, in particular, softened the negative impact ofsexism with white privilege, relying on their race to help them form closer relationships withfaculty. Conversely, undergraduate women of Color found that race served as a barrier torelationship building with professors, which hindered their ability to access career-relatedopportunities. However, the findings of Salazar et al. [11] also indicated that exposure toprofessors of Color facilitated relationships with racially underrepresented students, which thengave these students access to networks that supported their career goals in STEM. Finally, theauthors found that the effects of both racism and sexism were lessened when students wereengaged in research. The
went well: 1. Established a sense of belonging to the Data Science program 2. Introduction to case studies 3. Interview etiquette, resume building & STEM Career Fair prep most successful class taught What did not go well: 1. Spacing of assignments and length of time to complete the assignments 2. Too many topics from University Perspectives 3. Student interaction was lacking during class Continuous Improvement for next year: 1. We are adding a textbook Teach Yourself how to Learn by Saundra McGuire 2. Adding more case studies and information about the data science program + concentrations 3. Reevaluate how many things we utilize from University Perspectives
infor- mation science from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China, in 1995 and 1998, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota (UMN), Minneapolis, MN, USA, in 2002. He is currently a Full Professor with the Department of Elec- trical and Computer Engineering, University of Connecticut (UCONN), Storrs, CT, USA. His general research interests lie in the areas of wireless communications and signal processing. He received the 2007 ONR Young Investigator Award and the 2007 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engi- neers. He was an Associate Editor for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS from 2005 to 2007, IEEE
Paper ID #34466Student Motivation and Self-efficacy in Entrepreneurial-minded Learning(EML): What These Mean for Diversity and Inclusion in EngineeringClassroomsProf. Erin A. Henslee, Wake Forest University Dr. Erin Henslee is a Founding Faculty and Assistant Professor of Engineering at Wake Forest University. Her research spans biomedical engineering, e-sports, and STEM education. Prior to joining Wake Forest she was a Researcher Development Officer at the University of Surrey where she supported Early Career Researchers. She received her BS degrees in Engineering Science and Mechanics and Mathematics from Virginia
students for rapid changesthat will surely come during their careers, it is not the sort of disciplinary barrier-breaking thatmatches the visions in the aforementioned reports.We are motivated by efforts to substantially integrate the humanities and engineering,particularly at the introductory level. UC Berkeley Professor J. M. Prausnitz foreshadowed the1994 ASEE report when he argued in 1989 that “[undergraduate] engineering should be taught ina social context” [7, p. 14]. Draw lessons from the humanities, he expands (addressing a likelyreticent audience): Yes, teach science, teach phenomena, experiment, theory, and correlation. Yes, teach technology, plant design, and product development. But don't stop there. Teach also, or at
inpeople, e.g., faculty, students, and administrators in academia, and employees, clients, and publicstakeholders in industry. Bringing out our best performances increases career satisfaction andproductivity. Yet we also recognize that the engineering education and industry cultures weinhabit often fall (far) short of that ideal.Many of us in engineering education are working towards the transformation and healing of theengineering profession and engineering education cultures – while individually striving to bemore authentically ourselves. We recognize that our inner work is directly linked to our outercommunity. This panel represents the collective thinking of a group of six engineering educatorsin different paths and stages in our careers. We
that the interaction of gender and thedevelopment of engineering identity is complex and multilayered and that it requiresunderstanding of how women and men develop understanding of what engineering identity is.Jorgenson examines the construction of engineering identities among female students [17] andfinds that many of the participants of the study were reluctant to acknowledge that genderrelations have any consequences in their career. Women who were interviewed for this studystrongly identified themselves with their career but acknowledged the male environment theyworked in was challenging. Many mentioned having to prove themselves before they were takenseriously as professionals. However, they strongly associated themselves with the notion
afour-year period for a cohort of ten students who began in engineering in 2013. Several of themost effective and traditional of the interventions identified most in the literature can becategorized into three areas: financial support, academic enhancement and strong learningcommunities [2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10]. Examples include full or partial scholarship support andstipends, summer bridging programs, tutoring, mentoring, cohort building, special living housingoptions. The strongest programs were long term, with retention programming throughout,varying with maturity level of the students over the academic career. In addition to traditionalinterventions applied to underrepresented students, other interventions were examined that werenot typically
, there is nothing I can do about the problems of the world. (1, -) 19. I put the needs of others above my own personal wants. (2b) 20. Designers should only consider local constraints when creating a solution. (2a, -) 21. I feel confident in my understanding of metrics for measuring the sustainability of a project or solution. (1) 22. Designers must consider the effect of their decisions both locally and internationally. (2a) 23. I am confident in my ability to create environmentally sustainable solutions in my field. (1) 24. Design decisions will always have social implications. (2b) 21. I feel confident in my ability to create socially just solutions in my career. (1) 22. Designers must think about the kind of world
. 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. 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
and ability to teach course content. Instead, the SPVEL connects students’ 1)appreciation for laboratory discipline content and relevance to their career aspirations, 2)engineering role identity development as a function of participation within the lab, and studentsociocultural identities (race, ethnicity, and gender).Research QuestionSPVEL was used to answer two research questions. How do student’s sociocultural identitycharacteristics relate to their perceptions of value in a virtual engineering lab? How are students’perceptions of virtual lab value related to the sociocultural identities and lab report grades?Research Methodology and EnvironmentThis study was conducted in a capstone senior Mechanical and Aerospace engineering
Catherine G.P. Berdanier is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. She earned her B.S. in Chemistry from The University of South Dakota, her M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and her PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her research expertise lies in characterizing graduate-level attrition, persistence, and career trajectories; engineering writing and communication; and methodological development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Creating Public Resources to Diversifying Content in Mechanical Engineering: Fostering Awareness and Ethical ConsiderationsAbstractThis paper explores an innovative
engineering and product design.Dr. Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University - Bozeman Bryce E. Hughes is an Associate Professor in Adult and Higher Education at Montana State University. His research interests encompass diversity and equity in engineering education, with a focus on LGBTQ students. He was recently awarded an NSF CAREER grant to study the experiences of LGBTQ under- graduates in STEM fields. He holds a Ph.D. in education from the University of California, Los Angeles, an M.A. in student development administration from Seattle University, and a B.S. in general engineering from Gonzaga University.William J. Schell William J. Schell holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering aˆ C” Engineering
different points in their career paths, including early-, mid-, and late-career experience. Thesefactors influence their perspectives and lens on collaborative work and CI partnerships, both ingeneral and related to this Alliance. Understanding the basic heterogeneity of members involvedin this Alliance is important for interpreting the nuances of the findings and wider Alliance insights.All are collectively working towards the broader goal of increasing the number of students fromhistorically marginalized groups that are graduating from post-secondary institutions, approachingthe work through different lenses and networks.This study is important since NSF-funded alliances are a significant award designed to supportorganizations that seek to
focused on “biomedicalengineering” as a whole, so the data is solely collected using keyword search, no data selectionis needed. Furthermore, a total of 36 job ads are under investigation in this research, which isa relatively small sample size. [16] studies civil engineering jobs in the Turkish constructionsector, in light of the Turkish construction industry's global growth. The study has a specifiedfocus on early-career civil engineer graduates (i.e., no more than 3 years of experience). A widevariety of job titles are found, and a total of 427 job ads are identified for research.Qualifications are statistically analyzed in 5 areas: technical skills, software skills, languageskills and interpersonal skills. Compared to the rest of the
Large Universities," Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2020.[32] "The 2018 Status Report on Engineering Education: A Snapshot of Diversity in Degrees Conferred in Engineering," The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, 2018.[33] J. B. Main, L. Tan, M. F. Cox, E. O. McGee and A. Katz, "The correlation between undergraduate student diversity and the representation of women of color faculty in engineering," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 109, no. 4, pp. 843-864, 2020.[34] M. Gray and K. D. Thomas, "Strategies for Increasing Diversity in Engineering Majors and Careers," Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development, 2017.[35] "ASEE Diversity & Inclusion
transform the social conflicts and building peace and democracy. In her careers in international development at UNICEF and Education Development Center, in the Middle East and East Africa, Najme had been working to strengthen institutional capacity to promote equity and justice for minoritized populations and women. Before switching into education, Najme was a civil engineer for eight years. Her passion for education and development made her to quit engineering and switch to social sciences. Her current role, as the research associate, bridges her engineering background to her passion and endeavors for social justice and gender equity.Prof. Aimy Bazylak, University of Toronto, Canada Prof. Aimy Bazylak is a Professor
to have learned modelling techniques - “… would do the modeling to check how a power system network would operate undercertain conditions and check that it actually meets the standards.” Power electronics were a specific technology that had great significance in generation ofelectricity and are pivotal in converting renewable energy to more useful forms and yet, an Table I. Interview Questions. No. Junior Engineer Senior Engineer 1 Please introduce yourself and give a brief Please introduce yourself and give a brief background into your career. background into your career. 2 How do you see your current line of work
Pacific University in 2021.Jabari Kwesi, Duke UniversityAlicia Nicki Washington, Duke University Dr. Nicki Washington is a professor of the practice of computer science and gender, sexuality, and femi- nist studies at Duke University and the author of Unapologetically Dope: Lessons for Black Women and Girls on Surviving and Thriving in the Tech Field. She is currently the director of the Cultural Compe- tence in Computing (3C) Fellows program and the NSF-funded Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education (AiiCE). She also serves as senior personnel for the NSF-funded Athena Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Her career in higher education began at Howard University as the first Black female fac- ulty
students exhibiting highermath/science self-efficacy and identity were more likely to pursue careers in science, technology,engineering, and math (STEM). Further there is a technological divide in underrepresentedcommunities driven by financial factors, school structures, traditional pedagogical practices, andpeer dynamics informed by gender, race, and socioeconomic factors [6], [7], [8]. Master andMeltzoff [9] propose the STEMO (STEreotypes, Motivation, and Outcomes) to understandcultural stereotypes and foster a sense of belonging in STEM to counteract gender gaps. Theyrecommend interventions to broaden stereotypes, strengthen belonging, and foster a growthmindset to counteract preexisting dynamics contributing to a lack of belonging among
Paper ID #39567Sense of Belonging in the Cybersecurity Field of StudyDr. Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University Robin A. M. Hensel, Ed.D., is a Teaching Professor in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineer- ing and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University and an ASEE Fellow Member. Throughout her career, she has supported engineering teams as a mathematician and provided complete life-cycle man- agement of Information Systems as a Computer Systems Analyst for the U.S. Department of Energy; taught mathematics, statistics, computer science, and engineering courses and served in several adminis- trative
University of South Dakota, her M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and her PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her research expertise lies in characterizing graduate-level attrition, persistence, and career trajectories; engineering writing and communication; and methodological development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Synthesizing Indicators of Quality across Traditions of Narrative ResearchMethods: A Procedural Framework and Demonstration of Smoothing FramesAbstractThe purpose of this methods paper is to describe and discuss one of the main indicators ofquality in narrative analysis, which is the process of narrative smoothing. Narrative analysisrefers
Dominion University the senior project is a twosemester course, which is the case in most of the undergraduate programs. The Introduction toSenior Project is a first semester 1 credit course, which covers a series of career related topicsrelated to engineering technology such as engineering codes and standards, engineering ethics,technical report writing, job search and resume writing techniques, patents and property rights,and professional engineering licensure. By the end of this course the students are expected todecide on a project topic, establish partnership with a faculty advisor for the project and submita project proposal. In the second semester, the actual Senior Project is a 3 credits course inwhich students work under advisor