programparticipants working to preserve and promote the legacy of the program. Counselors receivemany of the same benefits as camp participants, as they also attend the tours and mentor visits.Instructors for the high school offering of the summer program are primarily faculty membersfrom five disciplines: Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, ComputerEngineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Faculty prepare workshops with projects, typicallyincluding a design challenge, that introduce camp participants to each discipline. The faculty-ledworkshops generally last 3 to 8 hours, depending on the complexity of the project. Largerprojects are completed in a series of shorter sessions to maintain participant interest andengagement. As the
Paper ID #18111Entering the Engineering Pathway: Student Veterans’ Decision to Major inEngineeringDr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 25 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since 2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded MIDFIELD research project on
. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and assistant professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information & Learning Sciences program, and in the Chemical & Biological Engineering Department. She served as Co-PI on an NSF RET Grant and a USDA NIFA grant, and is currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutioniz- ing Engineering Departments project. She was selected as a National Academy of Education / Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; this includes a two- strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often
Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts. His current engineering education research interests focus on community engagement, service-based projects and examining whether an entrepreneurial mindset can be used to further engi- neering education innovations. He also does research on the development of reuse strategies for waste materials.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the Program Assessment and Research Associate at Design Center (DC) Colorado in CU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from Louisiana State University, an M.S. degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a Ph.D. degree in
the ROTC, becomingwing commander. In this role she organized a range of service projects that included workingwith Veterans of Foreign Wars, as well as building a stronger mentorship program for youngercadets. Her senior design project was “working for the Air Force”. When asked in the fourth-year interview what factors would make a job personally rewarding, Jamie’s response included“What I am really looking for in a job is to wake up and want to go do what I’m doing... doingsomething that is valuable to somebody… that real tangibility of making something better getsme really excited… I guess it’s that internal belief that what I do matters that I’m really lookingfor.” When prompted to discuss social responsibility Jamie responded: I
to generate awareness of the LGBTQIA+engineering student experience and research on this community, while also highlighting areasthat are lacking or receiving insufficient attention. This work is part of a larger project that aimsto review engineering education research with respect to LGBTQIA+ students, higher educationfaculty and staff, and industry professionals. This literature review was conducted in two phases.First, works from non-engineering disciplines were reviewed to identify popular threads andmajor areas of research on the LGBTQIA+ student experience. This phase was not an exhaustivereview; rather, it was meant to establish specific themes of importance derived from the largerbody of literature on the LGBTQIA+ student experience
Engineering of the UFRJ’sEngineering School at Rio de Janeiro [14], [15]. Its history blends with that of GE, at least in thefirst years of grassroots engineering. Indeed, for instance, the Engineering and SocialDevelopment Meetings, the arena that made GE’s emersion and polishing possible, is created bySoltec, which also hosted its first four editions [3].Currently, Soltec develops six different GE projects: • PAPESCA: offering a community that makes its living from artisanal fishing support related to management, solidarity economy, empowerment, environmental sustainability, etc. [16]; • TIFS: providing technical support on software engineering to social movements, building with them apps, programs, websites, etc. [17
a commongoal (a new way of being and relating requires imagining what non-hierarchical structures wouldlook like). The project of liberation is the project of daring to imagine.IntroductionTeaching takes place in a physical space with configured interactions of the instructor with thestudents. The traditional mode of education presupposes the instructor as an authority“depositing” knowledge into the “clean-slates” (students’ minds), who in turn regurgitate thatdeposited (memorized) knowledge in assessments. This is described as the banking concept ofeducation by Freire [1]. This model discourages creative engagement of the student with theworld and encourages uncritical acceptance of the oppressive power structures. This process
College of Civic Life and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts. His current engineering education research interests focus on community engagement, service-based projects and examining whether an entrepreneurial mindset can be used to further engineering education innovations. He also does research on the development of reuse strategies for waste materials.Dr. Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc. Dr. Canney conducts research focused on engineering education, specifically the development of social responsibility in engineering students. Other areas of interest include ethics, service learning, and sus- tainability education. Dr. Canney received bachelors degrees in Civil Engineering and
-socioeconomic students as an often understudied population. Justin has served as the ASEE Student Division Co-Program Chair and is a current Director of Special Projects for the Educational Research & Methods Division.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. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical
Paper ID #14821Best Practice for Incorporating STEM into Rural Schools: Train and Investin Teacher Leaders (RTP)Ms. Julie Steimle, University of Cincinnati Julie Steimle received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Secondary Education from Thomas More College. She served as development director and managed academic programs in two non-profit organi- zations, Pregnancy Care of Cincinnati and the Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati, before coming to the University of Cincinnati in 2009. Ms. Steimle initially coordinated UC’s Supplemental Educational Services Program. Currently, she is the Project Director of the
, master planning, management for energy conservation/renewable energy projects and space planning for campus expansion. As a senior administrative leader, I have facilitated climate action planning in com- pliance with the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) and re- ceived the Outstanding Climate Leadership award that recognized successful carbon reduction strategies, innovative curriculum and the dynamic engagement faculty, staff and students in a the pursuit of carbon neutrality. Although my primary formal training has been in the field of architecture, recent doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania were focused in the field of higher education management. As part of an
Paper ID #15360Enhancement of Sustainable Manufacturing Engineering Education for SmartGeneration through Workshop and SeminarsProf. Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Tseng is a Professor and Chair of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering at UTEP. His research focuses on the computational intelligence, data mining, bio- informatics and advanced manu- facturing. Dr. Tseng published in many refereed journals such as IEEE Transactions, IIE Transaction, Journal of Manufacturing Systems and others. He has been serving as a principle investigator of many research projects, funded by NSF, NASA
Paper ID #16882Exploring Barriers in the Engineering Workplace: Hostile, Unsupportive,and Otherwise Chilly ConditionsRachel Yonemura , University of Washington Rachel Yonemura is currently working on her B.S. in Environmental Science and Resource Management at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. She has been working at the University as a Re- search Assistant under Dr. Denise Wilson on projects regarding the Engineering Workplace as well as E-waste Sustainability. Motivation for these projects stem from an interest in public discourse and the interrelationships that occur among people of different
projects and using an entrepreneurial mindset to further engineering education innovations. He also researches the development of reuse strate- gies for waste materials.Prof. Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison University Kurt Paterson currently serves as Head of the recently launched engineering program at James Madison University. There he has partnered with faculty, students, and stakeholders to deliver a 21st century engineering education for 21st century needs. His scholarly interests include the genesis of innovative workplaces, contribution-based learning, and community-based design. He has served as chair of ASEE’s International Division, and was founding chair of ASEE’s Community Engagement Division.Prof. David O
; Environmental Engineering Department, and an affiliate faculty of the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil engineering and a graduate certificate in engineering education – all from Clemson University. Until 2012, 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
amnions, that they all once had a tail and webbed fingers and primitivegill slits. Next they worked as a group on an interactive activity from NOVA called “Guess theEmbryo”5 that allows them to see how similar various vertebrate embryos appear in early stagesof development. Finally they individually worked on a project where they attempt to alignimages of embryos according to species and stage of development (Figures 1-3). At the end ofthe last activity they were told that the reason it is so hard to align the images correctly isbecause all these species came from a common ancestral species that had DNA instructions forearly development that all the different vertebrate species still share, and that what makes thespecies different are the
Paper ID #15322First Generation Students Identification with and Feelings of Belongingnessin EngineeringHank Boone, University of Nevada, Reno Hank Boone is a Graduate Research Assistant and Masters Student at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on First Generation engineering college students’ engineering identity, belonging- ness, and how they perceive their college experience.He is also on a National Science Foundation project looking at non-normative engineering students and how they may have differing paths to success. His education includes a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Nevada
recruiting more young women and members of under represented groups intothe course, that is not the primary goal. Our goal is to develop and present the ENGR 102 HScurriculum in such a way as to inform and attract all the brightest, most creative young mindsinto the field of engineering.ENGR 102 for high school was fashioned after the on-campus university ENGR 102 course.The survey course introduces the student to various fields of engineering through a main lectureand hands-on lab sections. The primary project in the course is the design, test and build of asolar oven. This inquiry/project based learning is carried over to the high school version ofENGR 102. The primary difference between the two versions of the course is increasedclassroom time at
and the 2009 UW David B. Thorud Leadership Award. Dr. Atman holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Making an impact on engineering education communities: Learning from the past and looking forwardIntroductionThe field of engineering education is constantly evolving, and understanding the nature of itstransformation, as well as supporting related communities, has been the target of several studiesand projects. This study builds on these prior efforts, in order to contribute to the understandingof past transformation efforts as well as facilitating continuing transformation. The
by the individual, nor is it imposed from the outside, ‘it is constituted as an internal relation between them. There is only one world, but it is a world we experience, a world in which we live, a world that is ours’. The seminal research that developed phenomenography as a research methodology, forexample, investigated students’ understanding of velocity in a physics class[9]. Velocity was theconcept or “the thing”, but the researchers were actually interested in how students understoodvelocity, which is “the thing as it appeared”. It was the students’ understanding that was thephenomenon of research interest. In aerospace engineering, Subject Matter Experts are important assets to projects, andSMEs have deep
, gender, and human rights in Niger (West Africa) and American global human- itarian and service engagement of students and nonprofits. She has published her work in a variety of col- laborative book projects and peer-reviewed journals: http://www.mtu.edu/social-sciences/department/faculty/henquinet/.Prof. Richard Jason Berkey, Michigan Technological University Rick Berkey is a Professor of Practice in the Pavlis Honors College (PHC) at Michigan Technological University. His teaching responsibilities and research interests include continuous improvement (Lean and Six Sigma), quality engineering, and design methodologies. Since 2015, Rick has served as Director of The Enterprise Program, a multi-year, multidisciplinary
broader societal perceptions of what is “appropriate” for women, or related to otherfactors that have not yet emerged in USA-centric research.Malaysia is one of three cases in our larger project studying women’s participation in engineeringin three predominantly Muslim Countries (PMCs): Malaysia, Tunisia, and Jordan. We chose thesethree countries because they represent three cases with distinct geographical regions, cultures,economies, socio-cultural, legal, political, and education systems in the Muslim world. Moreover,these three countries boast a much higher representation of women in engineering compared toUnited States, with Malaysia having the highest representation. Within each country, we partneredwith the major flagship public university
of North Carolina at Charlotte, she was employed as a project engineer at SKA Consulting Engineers, Inc. in the building solutions group for 7 years. Her job responsibilities included performing forensic investigations to determine condition of building structural components; including concrete, masonry, wood and steel; preparing remedial designs; and performing construction administration. She is currently a third year PhD student in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Exploring the Educational Experiences of Women Who Persisted in Engineering: A
traditional values of a Land Grant universityby participating in its cause and upholding its mission.2. Project prospectus2.1. The journey of OSU IAC from 1982 until now and the role of the US DOEThe OSU IAC program is fully supportive of the land-grant mission of OSU. This programintegrates the three important objectives: community service, teaching, and research of the LandGrant mission. The IAC provides the public service of industrial energy audits at no cost to helpreduce energy and waste and to increase productivity, at the same time training students to makethem capable of becoming the next generation of energy, sustainability, and productivityprofessionals. In addition, the IAC works with utilities, manufacturing extension programs
through a socialidentity lens, either feeling fortified in her engineering identity through her promotion and therecognition of her engineering leadership by her peers, or an erosion of her engineering identitywhen her career track and sociotechnical skillset is compared with “nuts and bolts” engineerswho graduated from her program. In our analysis, we will use these theories to identify andinterpret the different ways in which engineering graduates across an intersectional gender/racevariable understand their professional identities and the factors that influence them.Research MethodsData & Variables of InterestThis study uses data collected from a larger project titled “More than Recruitment & Retention:Tracking Inequity in Engineers
my country in order to even start thinking about things like the work we are doing in the Center. So as of now, I think our focus should be first on developing technology in the U.S., making sure it actually works. Still, this is a really complex task we have. It's nice and everything being the pioneer, but there's so many challenges to this because you're dealing with unknown variables the entire time, and new things to solve. First, we have to focus on specific things in order to—if we want to advance it even more. And after we have that, we can start thinking about how we can apply this in other places. Now, personally, I'm of the belief that this might be like, like COVID. We just need any one of these projects to work
education research.Andrea J Kunze, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Faculty and Staff Ideas and Expectations for a Culture of Wellness in EngineeringMental health challenges are a growing concern in engineering education. A culture thatpromotes wellness in engineering could support both student and faculty psychological health.As part of a larger, ongoing project on the mental health and wellness of undergraduateengineers, our team has investigated how stress and culture interact in engineering education toproduce environments that promote hardness over wellness. We posit that faculty and staff areinfluential stakeholders
–student interaction data, where the frequency of online interactions proved to betterindicate student persistence and success than did the length of interactions. And the study by Aguiaret al. (2014) [14] predicted persistence using first‐year engineering students' electronic portfolios,extracting information about their course engagement through their reflections about engineeringadvising, project updates, and engineering exploration throughout the course. Using attributesrelated to student activities such as assignment skips, assessment performance, and video skips andlags to predict student dropout in online courses, while the study by Halawa et al. (2014) [15] wasable to successfully flag 40%–50% of students who dropped out of the course
had experiences in which I was recognized as an engineer.” (Bahnson et al., 2021) • Friends, family, peers, and advisors see me as an engineer (Choe & Borrego, 2019) • Ask students to rate to what extent parents, relatives, and friends see them as engineers. (Kendall, Procter, et al., 2019) As we reviewed this work in parallel to our research project, we were led to considerrecognition in other ways. For the many studies that considered the experience of being seen andassessing it within self-reflection and the perspective of others, how did a lack of recognitionmanifest? Therefore, we set forth to examine misrecognition to contribute to enriching the presentengineering identity