such as MIT and Stanford integrate these modelsinto STEM curricula, fostering real-world application and skill development [19].A study by the National Academies of Sciences found that PBL students score 10–20% higher onproblem-solving assessments than those in traditional courses. Additionally, PBL promotesessential soft skills such as teamwork and leadership. As a result, IBL and PBL have becomecornerstones of modern education, equipping students with the skills needed for success in anincreasingly complex and interconnected world. By structuring curricula around inquiry andproblem-solving, educators can equip students with technical expertise and collaborative abilitiesnecessary for careers in science, engineering, and business. The graph
engineering students to make informed academic and career choices in their late adolescence and early adulthood. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Stigma of mental health conditions within engineering culture and its relationto help-seeking attitudes: Insights from the first year of a longitudinal study 1. IntroductionColleges and universities are trying to keep pace with the increasing mental health needs of students.However, it has been documented that students’ attitudes towards seeking help are still a barrier to the useof available resources, and such attitudes vary across student subpopulations, with engineering studentsbeing less likely to seek help for mental health conditions (MHCs) than
which you ask a colleague at your internship site about her/his academic preparation, career path, and other questions about the biographical facts of this person. Conclude your video with a short segment in which you talk about how this person’s career path compares to yours or to that of someone else in the US. 7. Write a technical Create a glossary of 35–50 technical words or expressions in yourdescription! language of study that relate to your internship. Then write a detailed 250-word description of a technical process or object that is
industry and job aspirations. Students also gavetheir overall opinions regarding the integration of CSR themes into their coursework. By comparing theviewpoints of professors and students, we identify a new classification of teaching methods and how theyare perceived by students in order to help engineering educators better prepare students to critically reflecton the social responsibility dimensions of their future careers. 1I. Introduction Research has investigated how targeted instruction in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) hasaffected students’ knowledge and opinions about the connection between CSR and engineering
9 10If for instance you were pursuing a mechanical engineering (ME) degree and through the courseof the Perseus II project you gained significant new ME relative knowledge and reinforcedinformation from classes throughout your UG career relative to ME that enhanced your abilityto apply ME knowledge you would select something on the higher end of the spectrum torepresent what you feel is a significant educational impact. ii. In a discipline/s of your Perseus II teammates : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10If for instance you were pursuing a mechanical engineering (ME) degree and through the courseof the Perseus II project you gained significant new naval engineering relative knowledge, forexample the knowledge and ability to assess and design
, and socially just. She runs the Feminist Research in Engineering Education (FREE, formerly RIFE, group), whose diverse projects and alumni are described at feministengineering.org. She received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women. She has received ASEE-ERM’s best paper award for her CAREER research, and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute, both in 2013. She was co-PI of Purdue’s ADVANCE program from 2008-2014, focusing on the underrepresentation of women in STEM faculty positions. She helped found, fund, and grow the PEER Collaborative, a peer mentoring group of
was never, like, her asking if I could not do well. It was like you can do this, you can make your way through it. My little brothers, like, wanting to set an example for them and wanting to, you know, show them that, like, no matter our background we could do it. We can make it through college and graduate. And, you know, being in a position, like, with engineering, it puts you in a better financial position than a lot of other career paths, so being able to support, you know, my family and not letting, I guess past circumstances determine, like, the future. I think that, like, there's a lot of friends, being close with other people and The ACCESS Program like Obi and Greg. You know
Support for Blind or Low-Vision (BLV) Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) LearnersAbstractThere is a growing, yet relatively limited body of research exploring the experiences of learnerswith disabilities in introductory electrical and computer engineering (ECE) education. With theproven importance of introductory ECE education in influencing students’ undergraduateinterests and future career prospects in technology, the inaccessibility of the field to learners withdisabilities poses an inequitable access barrier that further marginalizes these learners, oftenpreventing them from exploring the field in the first place. In particular, as ECE largely relies onvisual cues for designing, building, testing, and debugging
aprofessional engineer. It’s first fundamental canon to “Hold paramount the safety, health, andwelfare of the public” (NSPE, n. d.) informed their decision making when navigating anunethical directive or request. Rather than serving merely as a symbol of good engineering practice, the NSPE Code ofEthics and other written standards provide the raw material necessary for professional engineersto form an identity, often coming to life through application to case studies. Participants sharedmemories of case studies they had learned about early in their career that helped them determinehow they wanted to be perceived as a professional engineer. In reference to the ChallengerDisaster, which was among a few frequently-cited case studies, Zac shared
executive in the medical device industry and in academic instruction as a professor in biomedical engineering. His industry experience includes medical product development, marketing and sales, international business development, strategic and business planning, and senior man- agement with P&L responsibility. Currently, Bost is the Executive Associate Dean in the School of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University. He oversees development of innovation and outreach programs along with the School’s mar- keting and communications, human resources, information technology, and student career service activ- ities. Bost is also Director of the VCU Institute of Engineering and Medicine located in the Virginia
the Hokie Supervisor Spotlight Award in 2014, received the College of Engineering Graduate Student Mentor Award in 2018, and was inducted into the Virginia Tech Academy of Faculty Leadership in 2020. Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 19 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award, with her share of funding being nearly $3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 34 journal publications, and more than 80 conference papers. She is recognized for her research and teaching, including Dean’s Awards for Outstanding New Faculty, Outstanding Teacher Award, and a Faculty Fellow. Dr. Matusovich has served the Educational Research and Methods (ERM) division of ASEE in many capacities over the past 10
use, e.g., using abusivelanguage to describe an instructor [17]. In addition to the personal harm done to instructors, biascan derail the careers of minority-group instructors as course evaluations often play an large rolein determining tenure and promotion [18, 19]. Our case study builds on the well-establishednotion of bias in student evaluations, and we investigate how much bias exists in writtenevaluations and whether that bias changed when courses switched to virtual format in 2020.3 Methods3.1 Data CollectionOur new data set, henceforth CCE for “COVID-19 Course Evaluations,” comes from a publicuniversity in the U.S. Midwest. The university’s registrar provided 23,882 course evaluationsfrom the College of Engineering collected over six
Sentiment Analysis to Evaluate First-year Engineering Students Teamwork Textual Feedback. 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.Amelink, C. T., & Creamer, E. G. (2010). Gender Differences in Elements of the Undergraduate Experience that Influence Satisfaction with the Engineering Major and the Intent to Pursue Engineering as a Career. Journal of Engineering Education, 99(1), 81–92. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2010.tb01044.xArco-Tirado, J. L., Fernández-Martín, F. D., & Fernández-Balboa, J.-M. (2011). The impact of a peer-tutoring program on quality standards in higher education. Higher Education, 62, 773–788.Asghar, A. (2010). Reciprocal peer coaching and its use as a
semester.These statistics become concerning when examining the racial and gender factors related to STEMdegree attainment. Though progress has been made, a considerable gap remains betweenunderrepresented groups such as Black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts inattaining STEM degrees. According to data provided by National Science Board, from 2000 and2015, the number of science and engineering degrees awarded to Hispanic students has increasedfrom 7% to 13% compared to 61% awarded white students [29]. These minor trends significantlyimpact the professional and career trajectories of students, but limit the diversification of theSTEM workforce. For example, according to Pew Research Center Black and Hispanic groupscontinue to be
improved to support student mental health,reduce attrition rates, and bridge the gender and ethno-racial gaps in graduation rates, makingdoctoral education a more viable career path for engineers.Identity development in engineering doctoral students Research on identity development in engineering students has primarily focused onundergraduates, and only a handful have considered identity development in graduate students[1], [2], [3], [4]. Because engineering graduate students, and especially doctoral students, oftenmatriculate with professional experience, researchers have assumed that graduate students enterdoctoral programs with a ready-made professional identity as engineers. However, training indoctoral engineering programs requires
Architectureand Marine Engineering (NAME). Many first-year students express an interest in the NAMEmajor yet do not have a good understanding of the major or the larger discipline. This manifestsitself in disappointing retention numbers, with roughly half of the students leaving the majorafter the first year. This project aimed to not only provide an opportunity for experientiallearning on an actual boat, but also provided faculty mentoring on the profession, career paths,etc., with the goal of increasing retention within the major.Another project goal is to encourage community building within the NAME major. Engaging ina major-specific project such as this naturally encourages individual interactions. Additionally,lab instructors encourage teamwork
careers: Leaky pipeline or gender filter?” Gender and Education, 17(4), pp. 369–386, 2005.[2] R. Suresh, “The relationship between barrier courses and persistence in engineering.” Journal of College Student Retention, 8(2), pp. 215–39, 2006/2007.[3] T. Armstrong, Neurodiversity: A Concept Whose Time Has Come. Da Capo Press. 2010. p. 3.[4] T. Armstrong “The Myth of the Normal Brain: Embracing Neurodiversity.” AMA J Ethics.17(4): pp. 348-352, 2015. doi:10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.4.msoc1-1504.[5] C. L. Taylor, A. Esmaili Zaghi, J. C. Kaufman, S. M. Reis, and J. S. Renzulli, “Divergent thinking and academic performance of students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder characteristics in engineering
individualsunderstand the factors that contribute to disparities in STEM fields and to develop strategies foraddressing these disparities.Figure 1: The GEAR modelThe GEAR model consists of four key elements: advocacy, equity, results, and sustainability.Advocacy refers to the efforts to raise awareness and support for addressing disparities in STEMeducation and the workforce. Equity refers to the development of policies and practices thatpromote fairness and provide equal opportunities for all individuals, regardless of theirbackground or identity. Results refer to the outcomes that are achieved as a result of these efforts,such as increased diversity in STEM fields and improved educational and career outcomes forunderrepresented groups. Sustainability refers
project is very open-ended in nature. A key learning goal forCDC is that students develop a systematic approach to engineering design (ILO 5), a crucialcomponent of which is dealing with high levels of uncertainty. This uncertainty arises whenthere is not one clear solution to the problem at hand. Although this situation is the norm for aprofessional engineer, it is quite foreign to our students at this stage in their careers. Byencountering such an open-ended design problem, teams are forced to take a methodical reviewof possible approaches and make evaluations based on design criteria if they are to be successful.Finally, the CDC design project is a twelve-week, semester-long endeavor and thus must be ofsufficient scope to engage and challenge
.i3.20.[61] L. Kekelis and J. Wei, “Role models matter: Promoting career exploration in after-school programs: Or, if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right,” 2010. [Online]. Available: https://stelar.edc.org/sites/stelar.edc.org/files/ITESTAfterschoolConvening- WhitePapers.pdf[62] C. Lachapelle et al., “Engineering is Elementary: An evaluation of years 4 through 6 field testing,” Boston, 2011. [Online]. Available: http://d7.eie.org/sites/default/files/research_article/research_file/imd_yrs_4- 6_report_final.pdf[63] C. Tomko, “Components of inclusive education,” 2006.[64] N. Kunc, “The need of belong. Rediscovering Maslows hierarchy of needs,” in
Paper ID #39294Someone Like You: Theorizing LGBTQ Participation in Engineering throughNetwork Homophily and State AuthenticityDr. 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
Question statement PP1 I am confident that I want a career in Aerospace Engineering. PP2 The material in AERO 201 is interesting to me. PP3 The material in AERO 201 is difficult for me.Participants were then directed to one of two online surveys containing the two exam-formatproblems, depending on the first letter of their double letter code. Only the first problem differedbetween the two groups; the control (A) group received the gliding aircraft problem, while theexperimental (B) group received the sailboat problem. After completing the first problem,participants proceeded to the second problem, which was common between both groups andfeatured a climbing aircraft. Participants were instructed to
university announced that they would be kicking off a lecture series on Race, BlackLives, and Protest on the same day. On June 19th, they tweeted about the importance of recognizing Juneteenth as a federalholiday. The same day, the public relations highlighted the publicity they were getting for theBLM mural. On June 22nd, they announced that alumni Robbie Tolan, a victim of policebrutality, would be on a show explaining their experience with the Supreme Court, BLM, and hisbaseball career. While highlighting BLM, they also expressed support to the universities’ policedepartment on June 23rd. On June 24th, they provided a resource on Black transgender womenand their invisibility in BLM shown in Figure 5. It was unique for this university to
where a group of students called Engineering Ambassadorsvisited a first-year seminar course in chemical engineering and made presentations about engineering ma-jors, careers in chemical engineering, their experience as students, and how to be a successful engineeringstudent. Jacobs and Thomassie report on the success of a student ambassadors program in the MechanicalEngineering Department at Texas A&M University where, in addition to participating in outreach toprospective students, ambassadors assisted the department in providing services to current students by, forexample, serving as peer mentors and advisers to new students [4]. Nazempour et al. report about a program where student ambassadors took a role of peer mentors fornew students
Principles Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, We use design to sustain, heal, and health and welfare of the public in the empower our communities, as well as to performance of their professional duties. seek liberation from exploitative and oppressive systems. Engineers shall perform services only in the We center the voices of those who are areas of their competence; they shall build their directly impacted by the outcomes of the professional reputation on the merit of their design process. services and shall not compete unfairly with others. Engineers shall continue their professional We prioritize design’s impact on the development throughout their careers and
Rennane, Stephanie, Hannah Acheson-Field, Kathryn A. Edwards, Grace Gahlon, and Melanie A.Zaber. "Leak or link? the overrepresentation of women in non-tenure-track academic positions inSTEM." PloS one 17, no. 6 (2022): e0267561. 157 Doty, Heather, Shawna Vican, and Robin Andreasen. "How to Promote Faculty Advancement forNontenure-track Faculty." In 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access. 2021.8 Fitzmorris, Cliff, Deborah A. Trytten, and Randa L. Shehab. "The career pathways of non-tenure-track full-time engineering faculty." In 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2018.9 Culver, K. C. "Six strategies to support non-tenure-track
-constructors who identified as Black and enrolled in a STEM doctoral programwithin the United States at the time of data collection were eligible for the study. We created arecruitment flier that invited Black doctoral students in STEM to work with our research team toshare their experiences within the culture of their doctoral program, their relationship with theiradvisor, and how those things impact their mental health and career trajectory decisions. The flierprovided a link to sign up for the study and provided information about compensation. Wedistributed it through related social media outlets and email listservs.Table 1: Co-constructor demographic information. In the final column of the table, the number of “+s” following“Black” indicates the
stress and frustration. Sauter et al. in [13], made seven recommendations forpreventing work-related stress and they include 1) ensuring that the workload is in line with workers’capabilities and resources, 2) having a clearly defined work schedule, 3) clearly defining roles andresponsibilities, 4) clear communication about job security and opportunities for career development, 5)allowing for social interaction, 6) design jobs to provide meaning, stimulation, and opportunities forworkers to use their skills, and 7) participation in decisions and actions affecting their jobs. Therecommendation on ensuring that the workload is in line with workers’ capability and resources speaks tothe fact that the more knowledge resource an individual has the
Education and International Society of Teacher Education. She is also the founder of Sunny Skies Academy, where she provides educational services to under-resourced communities in the US and abroad. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Looking into the Design of Accessible Musical Instruments for Musicians withPhysical DisabilitiesIntroduction and Literature ReviewWith a longstanding history of usage for human creativity and expression as well as anopportunity for professional career development, music performance has been and must remainaccessible to all those who desire to learn, perform, or enjoy it. Though the nature of musicperformance varies drastically today due to the availability of