fields of practice, includinga full tenured biomedical engineering professor with a joint appointment in chemical andbiomolecular engineering, an assistant professor of teaching in biomedical engineering, and alecturer in materials science. The full professor is a serial entrepreneur, with over sixcompanies, while the assistant teaching professor is an expert in engineering design andeducation, and the lecturer is a professional working in industry. These broad skills andexpertise have allowed the professors to provide insights into entrepreneurship, academia, andindustry, which highlight the various potential career opportunities the engineering studentswill engage in upon graduation.Table 2: Course learning outcomes and corresponding ABET
the interviews over a three-day period in private conference rooms at the high schoolduring the participants’ regularly scheduled science or engineering courses. The teacher, amember of the research team, was aware of which students participated in the interviews,however, to protect participant confidentiality, we did not share any interview data with theteacher until after the semester had ended. Our interview protocol was developed with questionsto collect data about 1) students’ beliefs about the nature of intelligence (i.e., fixed versus growthmindset), 2) science self-efficacy, 3) career aspirations, 4) views on the gender gap in STEM,and 5) students’ beliefs about smartness. In this paper, we focus on the data collected from theportion
the general level of teaching effectiveness across the college.2020 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference Proceedings 179Introduction and motivationAs a teaching center, MTEI’s goal is to assist all faculty in improving their courses and teachingskills. For faculty at the beginning of their teaching careers, we provide information, support andfeedback for a strong start in teaching so they build confidence and identity as goodteachers. For highly skilled teachers, MTEI offers assistance with planning and assessment ofnew approaches, or technology, or learning activities they created. Both of these groups offaculty are highly motivated and seek out and welcome assistance. For teachers
, maybe having a positively impactful interaction with a teacher or professor early on ina student’s career in STEM leads to a strengthened engineering identity that, in turn, providesincreased resilience and, hence, potential to overcome academic obstacles. We hope that theresults of our continued efforts in this study will contribute effectively to the growing body ofliterature on valuable insights that inform best practices in the development, implementation, andassessment of educational interventions that support students with diverse identities to persist inengineering.Bibliography [1] President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) (2012). Report to the President, Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional
of systems of oppression are oftenholistic of all of the systems, rather than additive and linear. By attending groups and joining inconversations aimed at processing single identity categories, students with multiple marginalizedidentities may siphon off and obfuscate other experiences for the sake of majority dominantstudents. For instance, important work-life-balance conversations for Women-in-Engineeringgroups will tend towards heteronormative topics of balancing marriage and having children withan engineering career. A lesbian student, or students within other intersections of socioeconomicbackground, may relate differently to these conversations. An attention to intersectionality infacilitating such conversations might acknowledge
). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Working Towards More Equitable Team Dynamics: Mapping Student Assets to Minimize Stereotyping and Task Assignment Bias Elisabeth (Lisa) Stoddard and Geoff PfeiferStereotyping and Bias on Student TeamsGroup-based learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs andinstitutions is common because it prepares students for STEM careers that require regular workin teams, and it allows them to develop skills associated with collaborative problem solving.These skills include communication, leadership, management, creativity, problem solving, andconflict resolution. However, research shows that stereotyping and bias are
engineering major and theprospects of having a fulfilling career in engineering. At the end of the course, students wereasked to rate their level of agreement on additional questions regarding their use of WeBWorKand their feelings on the use of WeBWorK as a homework tool in their thermodynamics course.The survey showed that 17% of students who completed the survey (n = 23) had no experiencewith WeBWorK prior to taking the thermodynamics course. Students who reported having earlyexposure to WeBWorK identified the use of WeBWorK in the mathematics courses and inengineering Circuits (ENGR 221) and engineering Statics and Mechanics of Materials (ENGR220). The survey polled students regarding the amount of time per week students dedicated toworking on
of liability and compliance – topics which are not often highlystressed in engineering college coursework – with the practitioners placing a greater degree ofimportance on these sources than the students. It could thus be argued that an improvedunderstanding of external impacts from this type of oversight may better prepare students forprofessional careers. On the other hand, the students generally believed that the aesthetics andlearnability (i.e., ease of use) of a potential product for the given scenario should be more highlyprioritized than the practitioners, an unexpected outcome that will require additionalinvestigation. Also worth noting is the variability of survey answers within each group. For eachof the 15 questions, there was at
(procrastination) Questioning Study groups (peer learning) Use academic services* Prep for and taking exams *Tutoring, professors office hours, library, advising, career center, etc.Assessment:We propose two types of assessment for this assignment. First, an assessment rubric for theinfographics evaluates the quality of the infographic (see Table 2). The rubric is given when thefirst draft is assigned and students peer review the draft infographics using the rubric during thefacilitated in-class workshop(s). The rubric areas inform the authors of areas for improvementincluding creativity, graphics, fonts, and colors, but is also meant to inform instructors towardour
Mudd College, Dr. Krauss was a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan and enjoyed a career in industry. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, both from Boston University, and completed his undergraduate degree in Physics and Astronomy at Haverford College. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Modes of feedback in design review process: Implications for utility and effectiveness based on student genderAndrea M Vasquez, Sarah Silcox, Joseph Sinopoli, Laura Palucki-Blake, Gordon G. KraussAbstractDuring classroom design reviews, presenters receive and respond to questions from reviewers.Prior work
content of several existing classes were adjusted to better reflect nationaltrends in Aerospace engineering education. The intention of the Introduction to Flight course within theMechanical Engineering curriculum is to motivate sophomore level undergraduate students to differentaspects of aerospace engineering so that they can make an informed decision about pursuing aerospaceengineering as their career. The topics covered in the course are shown below - 1. Aviation Pioneers 10. Thrust to Weight Ratio and Lift to Drag 2. Parts of Airplane (Activity) Ratio (Gimli Glider activity) 3. Nomenclature of Airplane and Airfoils 11. Finite Wing Aerodynamics
Bridges from Campus to Campus study (NSF IUSE#1525367) is to increase the number of underrepresented students (i.e., African American,Native American, Hispanic American students) in undergraduate Engineering majors. By doingso we strive to address the urgent need to expand the pool of undergraduates who earn a Science,Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) degree. This paper describes progress in Year 2 ofthe project with a focus on Cohort 2.Goals: To improve retention in Engineering, this study conducts academic enrichment programsfor racially underrepresented Engineering students at three points in their career at thePennsylvania State University—entering first-year students, rising sophomores, and risingjuniors. The goals of the study are to
students to both get oriented to engineeringdisciplines, job functions, and overall career awareness, as well as to help students develop thegrowth mindset and success strategies needed to be a successful college student in a rigoroustechnical field. As such, many of the activities developed for the lecture and laboratoryIntroduction to Engineering curriculum are designed to help students grow in these vital areas.In developing the lab experience for this course, a primary objective was to identify and design aset of experiments that provided hands-on exploration in the major fields of engineering and theengineering design process, which could also work well in a remote learning setting. A relatedobjective was to identify a set of equipment to
like this were very uncommon, however. This could point to a missing link withrespect to developing a professional sense of social responsibility in engineers that could drawfrom the existing HSS influences that students reported. One student actually discussed howtheir humanities class influenced them negatively with respect to their views of engineering,saying: “Mostly the humanities, the engineering classes I took made me realize how irrelevant my major (mechanical engineering) is to making a difference in the world. I don't plan on using my major for anything in the future- planning on shifting my career path to the humanities/social sciences.”This response came from a female, senior engineering student who
researchers seek to understand whether and to what extent thedevelopment of engineering “habits of mind and action” in middle school STEM (science,technology, engineering, and math) courses leads to improvements in problem solving abilities,integration of STEM content, and increased interest in engineering. The Next Generation ScienceStandards (NGSS; NGSS Lead States, 2013) call for “raising engineering design to the samelevel as scientific inquiry in science classroom instruction at all levels” (p. 1). Reflecting thisemphasis on engineering as a core idea, recent reforms include proficiency in engineering designas a key component of college and career readiness (Auyang, 2004; Carr, Bennett, & Strobel,2012; Duderstadt, 2008; Kelly, 2014
projectchanges, but also to raise their level of professional skills in expecting, coping with, accepting, managing,and even embracing uncertainty as preparation for their professional careers. These are skills andperspectives that we can also embody as faculty, to serve as examples and role models to our students.References:[1] Dutson, AJ, Todd, RH, Magleby, SP, & Sorensen, CD, “A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 17 (1997) pp 17-28.[2] Furnham, A & Ribchester, T. “Tolerance of Ambiguity: A review of the Concept, Its Measurement, and Applications”, Current Psychology, Vol. 14, No. 3 (1995) pp 179-199.[3] Mohammed, S, Okudan, G, &
project that the students may be involved with in theirfuture careers. Capstone team projects which have become a standard part of (nearly) every en-gineering and computing program have been especially successful in helping to achieve this goal.The second intended goal of such activities is to help students learn the technical, conceptual mate-rial by engaging in suitable activities with their fellow-students rather than just listening passivelyto lectures. At the same time, many engineering and computing faculty have serious concernsabout introducing such activities to any serious extent in their courses; primary among these con-cerns is the potential negative impact of such activities on topic coverage. Trying to arrange suchactivities outside
Figure 6. Maximal Stresses in the Plates Another assessment was collected from student responses to the first three questions inthe class self-reflection. Students were asked to rank their answers to these questions from 1 to 5,with 1 indicating that the student strongly disagrees with the statement and 5 indicating that he orshe strongly agrees with the statement. 1) Do you agree that what you have learned from MAE 441 is important to your professional career? 2) Do you agree that the class project enriches your learning experience about using NASTRAN/PATRAN for modeling and analysis? 3) Do you agree that the laboratory manual help you in this class?The mean score and associated standard deviation for each question
students for course grades (norm-reference grading) aimed at “weedingout” underperformers as opposed to cultivating the talents of all students who aspire toengineering careers (Gasiewski, Eagan et al. 2012). The National Academy of Engineeringrecognized this issue as part of its 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering with the inclusion oftailoring and differentiating instruction to improve the reliability of learning (National Academyof Engineering 2017).The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of varying the design of formativeassessments in a programming course on student academic performance, using the Felder-Soloman learning styles model (Felder and Soloman n.d.) as a heuristic guiding assessmentconstruction. The lead author had
the University of Illinois at Chicago. She earned her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and her Ph.D. in Education Organization and Leadership from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Nepantleros and Nepantleras: How Latinx Adolescents Participate in Social Change in EngineeringAbstractPrevious studies have suggested that Latinx are underrepresented in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The number of Latinx students in the K-12population is constantly growing but Latinx are disproportionately not pursuing careers inengineering. At the foundation of this problem lies a
, it is unusual to find resources made available to improve spatialskills. The findings of Wai et al. (2009) raise spatial skills development as a potentiallyfruitful way to make STEM education and careers more attractive and to improve grades andretention rates in engineering education.Figure 1. Analysis of Project TALENT data to show relative position of spatial scores toverbal and math scores for different disciplines; V = Verbal, S = Spatial and M =Mathematical ability; (Figure B1 taken from (Wai et al., 2009)).One of the most interesting findings from spatial ability research, and which is also veryimportant for engineering educators to be aware of, is the sizeable and significant gender gapin favour of males – on average, males get
in engineering programs was good becauseit helped people who weren’t suitable to be engineers find other careers. Drawing on the day’sreadings and discussion I excitedly pointed out that this statement was a great example of themeritocracy fallacy which I learned of from , [8], and that it assumed that people were born intoskills and abilities, similar to a caste system. As Lorena has already noted, my arguments did notseem to have any effect on the student.The student came to talk to me later, however, and I learned that my words had hurt them, andmy enthusiasm was particularly hurtful because it felt like I was gleefully singling them and theirideas out for group ridicule. The student was involved in our activity because they truly
cultivation objectives into all aspectsof talents cultivation of engineering education;37shifted from “teacher-based” teachingparadigm to “student-based” teaching paradigm, regularly conduct student satisfactionsurveys to understand students’ learning experience, learning gains and career developmentneeds, and design teaching system, allocate teaching resources, adjust curriculum system,improve teaching methods, perfect teaching environment, improve learning follow-upassessment, based on student learning needs and capacity requirements, really making studentbenefit and satisfy.375.4.2. Cultivation of Evaluation Culture, Formation of Joint ForceColleges and universities should reconstruct the responsibilities of all stakeholders to shapean evaluation
infuses CT, as well as reliable methods for assessing CT, remain open problems. In this paper, we describe a 5th-9th grade STEM outreach program. Classes on micro controllers and computer programming are presented. Data collected through a newly designed self-efficacy instrument is used to determine effectiveness of these curricula at improving confidence in CT and problem solving skills.IntroductionThis paper describes a STEM outreach program where the Manhattan-Ogden Unified SchoolDistrict 383 has partnered with Kansas State University. This program lasts four weeks and isdesigned to expose 5th-9th grade students to STEM careers and subjects through hands-onactivities. The program covers a large range of areas
emissions has increased. To approach this ‘era of sustainability’ (Buys et al. 2013, 123) and its global challenges such as food or water issues, environment, energy orinequality it is necessary to use the benefits and opportunities arising from the impacts ofglobalization and rapid technology advances.Engineering education needs to impart this knowledge. The defining problems of futureengineers’ careers will be rapid change, uncertainty and complexity (Mattiussi 2013, 1). Toprepare future engineers to manage these problems and participate in the movement to achievesustainability it is necessary to integrate concepts of sustainability into engineering education(Belu et al. 2016, 94, Boyle 2004, 147). Sustainability, in this context, means
], specifically geared towards Veteran students. A formerly validatedsurvey, the Engineering Professional Responsibility Assessment (EPRA) [18], was selected asthe initial survey. This survey was selected because it targets students in their first year, anextremely important period concerning Veteran student retention. The EPRA is a 65-itemmeasure of social responsibility that conceptualizes social responsibility into eight distinct butrelated constructs (see Table 1). The EPRA contains Likert-type items that range from 1(Strongly Disagree) to 7 (Strongly Agree) which was shortened to 1-5 Likert scale for this study.Examples of items from the EPRA include, “It is important to me personally to have a career thatinvolves helping people”, and “I feel an
to guide student discussions on applications of CST in aviationand aerospace industries. Leading debriefings also helps students to be better prepared to besuccessful in aviation and aerospace careers. In the Moon Ball student leader report, a summaryof lessons learned illustrates the effectiveness of the activities as a way to learn CST: “The feedback from the participants indicated that many lessons were learned from the Moon Ball game. Routines and procedures are important so people know what to expect, and are therefore more likely to be successful. Good discussion and planning helps progress, and working with a group is helpful for new ideas. It is difficult to work within an interdependent system because
year at NCAT (DOE-sponsored). Our objective is tocontribute to improving the performance of the students to match the advanced technology in theUS.Our target this time will be elementary and middle school students and their teachers, since it isknown that students' attitudes towards mathematics and science develop at a young age andbecome embedded by middle school. In order to encourage young students to pursue careers inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics, NCAT will develop a program for K-5students and their teachers. This engineering outreach program will be implemented inpredominately minority elementary schools in the Guilford school area. This work will aim toimprove students' attitudes towards mathematics and science at a
and retention.Dr. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and associate 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 Revolutionizing Engineering Departments project. She was selected as a National Academy of Education / Spencer Post- doctoral Fellow and a 2018 NSF CAREER awardee in engineering education research. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions
Innovative Intervention to Infuse Diversity and Inclusion in a Statics CourseAbstractEngineering educators strive to prepare their students for success in the engineering workforce.Increasingly, many career paths will require engineering graduates to work in multidisciplinaryteams with individuals possessing a diversity of skill sets, backgrounds, and identities. Therefore,it is important not only for future engineers to have the opportunity to work in teams as students,but also to have specific instruction that teaches them about teamwork skills and the valuediversity and inclusion bring to engineering practice. Furthermore, it is important that thisinstruction occurs throughout their engineering coursework, giving