contributed to the development of the new ProLine Fusion Flight Control System and served as the project lead for two aircraft. She earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with a mathematics minor from Rose-Hulman Insti- tute of Technology in 2005. Her research interests include control systems, mechatronics, instructional laboratories, and experiential learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #15210Dr. Mary C. Verstraete, The University of Akron Mary Verstraete is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and the Associate Chair for the Undergraduate
President of the United States. She has conducted and advised on educational research projects and grants in both the public and private sectors, and served as an external reviewer for doctoral dissertations outside the U.S. She publishes regularly in peer-reviewed journals and books. Dr. Husman was a founding member and first President of the Southwest Consortium for Innovative Psychology in Education and has held both elected and appointed offices in the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Motivation Special Interest Group of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction.Ms. Katherine C. Cheng, Arizona State University Katherine Cheng is a doctoral student at the Sanford School of
the LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research.Prof. Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University, San Marcos Dr. Bahram Asiabanpour is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Texas State Univer- sity and a Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE). He received his Ph.D. from the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Southern California. His main research interest is Additive Manufacturing, Product Development, and Renewable Energy. Since joining Texas State, Dr. Asiabanpour has secured 27 externally funded projects from NSF, NASA, Toyota, USDA, DOE, and several local industries. He is currently the PI for the $614K grant from the DOE (2014-17
, of which 3 have been commercialized by the university. This research work is a collaboration with the Children’s Services Council of Broward county in FL.Mr. Francis Xavier McAfee, Florida Atlantic University Francis X. McAfee, Associate Professor in the School of Communication & Multimedia Studies at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) merges his background as a ceramic sculptor and printmaker with new digital technologies. After graduating with a BFA in Art in 1989 he joined the Florida Center for Electronic Communication (CEC) as a lead artist creating animation for applied research projects. These computer animated films were nationally and internationally screened in New York, Chicago, Hollywood, San Fran
., silentreading time, mathematics worksheets, etc.). However, these engineering interventions may notbe sufficiently appealing to students’ personal interests and resulting in a sustained, persistentpursuit of engineering.This paper presents pilot results from administering the Fit of Personal Interests and Perceptionsof Engineering Survey (F-PIPES) across 16 National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK) workshop sites as part of a larger project. Thepilot included a survey of the 3rd-5th grade students’ personal interests as mapped to the sixdimensions of interests in Holland’s Career Theory (1997)—realistic, investigative, artistic,social, enterprising, and conventional. The students then took a survey
in technical areas, and still others suggest that women's departure islinked to a chilly climate.” When it comes to persisting, Fouad & Singh [1] asserted that whilesupport systems within organizations can influence the choice to stay, a decision to remain inengineering is best projected by a combination of organizational climate and psychologicalfactors.If the engineering education community understands the experiences faced by women inengineering careers, then they can help address underrepresentation and retention of this group.Engineering educators, engineering education programs, and engineering professional societiescan teach engineering students about the potential experiences that they may encounter andprovide them with the tools
consider writing as a knowledgetransforming process, yet struggle with the “trifecta” of weak writing attitudes). As these data areanalyzed, we expect to highlight and unpack these tensions to better understand graduate studentsocialization processes and career trajectories.Future WorkThe future work for this project includes conducting the same survey and interview data from non-completers; in other words, those individuals who chose to depart from their doctoral programs atwhatever stage, for whatever reason. We expect that recruitment will be the most difficultchallenge in this stage. Likely, we will conduct interviews first, and then have our participantstake our survey, in order to develop rapport with sensitive populations. Most recruitment
Foundation Grad- uate Research Fellow at Purdue University. Justin has two bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Secondary Mathematics Education from the University of Nevada, Reno, and during his undergrad- uate education, he focused on K-12 Engineering Education. Justin’s research and service focuses on the experiences and development of low-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
series of mixed-methods projects on diversity in the academic workforce.Dr. Robin Andreasen, University of Delaware Robin O. Andreasen (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison) is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science. She earned her PhD in philosophy and specializes in philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, and in science and policy. A race and gender scholar, Dr. Andreasen is research director and co-PI for UD’s ADVANCE-IT grant.Dr. Sue Giancola, University of Delaware Dr. Sue Giancola joined the Center for Research in Education and Social Policy (CRESP) in 2017 after working over 20 years as an evaluator in both academia and private business. Her career has largely been focused on
Paper ID #24988Familial Influences Affecting Student Pathways to Engineering at Two-Yearand Four-Year InstitutionsMiss Julia Machele Brisbane, Clemson University Julia Brisbane is a senior undergraduate student majoring in Bioengineering at Clemson University, and a full-time undergraduate research intern with the SC:SUPPORTED (Statewide Coalition: Supporting Un- derrepresented Populations in Precalculus through Organization Redesign Toward Engineering Diversity, NSF Award #1744497) project. She plans to obtain a master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education.Dr. Eliza Gallagher, Clemson
initiatives, teacher and faculty professional development programs, and S-STEM programs.Dr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 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 engineering education; she has served as a Co-PI on several engineering education research projects, including one on
serving as General Co-Chair of the 2006 Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference, on the FIE Steering Committee, and as President of the IEEE Education Society for 2009-2010. She is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Education. She and her coauthors were awarded the 2011 Wickenden Award for the best paper in the Journal of Engineering Education and the 2011 and 2015 Best Paper Awards for the IEEE Transactions on Education. In Spring 2012, Dr. Lord spent a sabbatical at Southeast University in Nanjing, China teaching and doing research.Dr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program
and a facilitator of Safe Zone trainings for engineering faculty and staff who wish to learn more about how to create inclusive environments within engineering for LGBTQ+ individuals.Mrs. Karen G Braun, University of Colorado, Boulder Karen G. Braun is a Special Projects Lead for the Provost at University of Colorado Boulder. She has worked in the Office of Admissions, in the Office of Diversity, Equity & Community Engagement, and the BOLD Center in the College of Engineering & Applied Science at the university. She previously worked as an educational and public outreach specialist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.Dr. Sarah Miller, University of Colorado, Boulder Sarah Miller provides vision and
project intends to address that concern by first exploring the variousways that engineers experience ethics in practice and then analyzing what influences thatvariation in experiences [6], [7]. In the first phase of the project, we utilized phenomenographyto develop a comprehensive framework, grounded in the lived experiences of engineers, thatdescribes variation in ways of experiencing engineering ethics. This study pertains to theproject’s second phase, wherein our objective is to identify factors that potentially influencedchanges in ways of experiencing ethics. Hence, while the first phase focused on ways ofexperiencing ethics, this second phase focuses on changes in ways of experiencing ethics. Weuse the term change broadly to refer to any
the emphasis on the technical designprocess. Although the technical elements of design are important, they were not well balancedand tended to imply that technical design was the dominant and more powerful activity. Forexample, although A5 had the most progressive statements on society integrated throughout theirpaper, when it got down to the actual project it was still heavily focused on the technical. Afterthe students’ first semester, they submitted a proposal document which included “the designteam’s preliminary engineering analysis and design work, [and] a detailed work statement,proposed budget, and project completion schedule” (A5, p.3). Students will interpret theimportance of activities based on those included in the proposal, and
Undergraduates (NSF REU) grant,particularly for minority students. In partnership with the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA) Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies(CESSRST), the program targeted underrepresented minority STEM students and provided themwith a one-year research experience. The REU students were engaged in remote sensing researchprojects that focused on the application of satellite and ground-based remote sensing to the studyof the earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere. Students,therefore, participated in a range of STEM research projects that includes the study of air quality,atmospheric water vapor distribution, climate change, coastal waters, hurricanes, sea
engagement projects, evaluation tools and technology, and gender issues in STEM education. https://orcid.org/0000- 0002-0383-0179Ms. Danilo Alberto Gomez Correa, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepcion, Chile Danilo G´omez is an assistant professor at the School of Engineering at the Andr´es Bello University in Concepci´on, Chile. He has a Master’s degree in applied statistics and Industrial engineering. In addition, Danilo has certifications in data science, machine learning, and big data. In his role as a teacher, Danilo specializes in teaching industrial engineering students and carries out academic management activities. His main research areas can be reviewed at: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8735-7832
marginalized groups [6]. Engineering isone of the fastest growing career paths in the United States and will require the appropriateeducation of a diverse population to fulfill those needs [7]. As the U.S. population keepsdiversifying [8], it is critical we ensure that students from different backgrounds have the supportthey need to transition to a successful path in engineering and other STEM areas.ContextThis evidence-based innovation project is taking place at the University at Buffalo, where thefirst-year engineering seminar EAS199: Engineering Principles takes place. The inception of thecourse re-design was previously reported [11] with the intention of enhancing retention ofstudents at the first year. The overall goal is to provide a better
Paper ID #43309Board 181: Work in Progress: Language-based Dual Degree EngineeringProgram: Increasing Women in Engineering?Dr. Jorge Ivan Rodriguez-Devora, University of Georgia Dr. Rodriguez serves as the industry capstone project coordinator for the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia. He is a faculty member of the School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering.David Emory Stooksbury, University of Georgia I am an atmospheric scientist with a background in agriculture, astrophysics, and applied statistics that turned up in an engineering program. My major engineering education
over 10 years of experience in research, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, measurement, statistics and evaluation. After completing her M.A. in Education Leadership and Policy Studies, Dr. Kuvaeva went on to earn her doctoral study in International Education Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to her doctoral studies, Dr. Kuvaeva enriched her hands-on experience of conducting research in the Global Research department at the International Baccalaureate (IB), Bethesda. As a graduate research assistant at the University of Maryland, she worked for ADVANCE Program for Inclusive Excellence, an NSF supported campus-wide project promoting institutional transformation with
such, it is important for teachers to provide students withopportunities to develop EHoM throughout their K-12 school years [6].This study addresses those challenges and is based on a multi-year project that focuses onequipping elementary teachers with the tools to implement place-based and community-based engineering lessons in their classrooms. As recognized in The Framework for P12Engineering Learning [6], teachers are called to develop classroom engineering design tasksthat connect to the local context. Engaging students in place-based learning can help connectstudents’ home lives with school curriculum and has been shown to enhance student masteryof science content knowledge and skills [7-9]. Place-based learning can also provide
interdisciplinary backgrounds and commitmentsto critical pedagogy made space for new possibilities beyond traditional engineering approaches.Our redesigned course had a new structure. After an introductory week, Mondays were reservedfor lectures, Wednesdays for small group discussions, and Fridays for activities. Assignmentsincluded three reflections (15%), two discussion preparation assignments (10%), three debates(15%), a team project (20%), and a final examination (40%). I elaborate further on the coursestructure and assignments in the following sections of this paper. Overall, the course redesignaligned with four ideas from Teaching to Transgress: creating a community of learning,transgressing against objectivity and apoliticism in engineering
discovered my passion for UX design and the importance of that field. I am software engineering, who loves exploring complex projects in search of delightful user experiences. I am currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Patras and my research interests are mainly focused on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Unlocking the Secrets of Student Success in Low-Code Platforms: An In-Depth Comparative Analysis Mariza Tsakaleroua, Semira Maria Evangeloub, Michalis Xenosb a School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan b
- Qualitative Research in Health, vol. 2, 2022.[12] R. Moletsane, “Using photovoice to enhance young women’s participation in addressing gender-based violence in higher education,” Comparative Education, vol. 59, pp. 239–258, 4 2023.[13] K. Budig, J. Diez, P. Conde, M. Sastre, M. Hern´an, and M. Franco, “Photovoice and empowerment: Evaluating the transformative potential of a participatory action research project,” BMC Public Health, vol. 18, pp. 1–9, 4 2018. [Online]. Available: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-018-5335-7[14] K. H. Yang, “Participatory photography: can it help adult learners develop agency?” http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02601370.2013.852143, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 233–249, 2014. [Online
United States[1]. This makes this sector appear in the list of the most important industries in the U.S.economy. Employment of construction workers is projected to grow 4% from 2022 to 2032[1]; however, maintaining the current workforce and satisfying the future demand forconstruction-related workforce will become more difficult due to the aging and laborshortage issues in the construction industry [2], [3]. Workforce development priorities in the construction industry are not just aboutneeding more people but also critically ensuring a more diverse community of workers. Thesolution to real-scenario engineering problems not only requires multidisciplinaryteamwork but also a diverse team. A diverse team “promotes fresh perspective and ideas
Paper ID #38384Understanding the Academic Journey of an International West AfricanEngineering Graduate Student in the United StatesMr. Daniel Ifeoluwa Adeniranye, Florida International University ’Daniel Adeniranye’ holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, a joint and dual master’s de- gree in Petroleum Engineering and Project Development from IFP School, France and the University of Port Harcourt, and a Project Management degree from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. He is currently a Graduate Assistant at the School of Universal Computing, Construction, and Engineering Education, where he seeks to
Paper ID #18449A New Pathway: A Software Engineering Master’s Program for Liberal ArtsGraduatesProf. linda m laird, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises) I am an industry professor in software engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. Prior to that, I ran large development projects at Bell Labs/Lucent. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A New Pathway: A Software Engineering Master’s Program for Liberal Arts Graduates Linda M. Laird engineers and executives who
the social fabric. Her mission is to expand who is heard and can contribute to the disciplines as society demands professionals with backgrounds as diverse as the challenges we face. Greses’ scholarship advocates to include the rich trove of insights from multicompetent groups in creating engineering solutions and scientific ideas. Before her time at Stanford, she was a bilingual educator at low-income elementary schools in Texas. As a civil engineer, Greses led EU funded projects in the Caribbean to create educational opportunities for coffee farmers and their families. She also holds two Master’s Degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨ ezu and in Education
, Gulf Coast Center for Addressing Microplastic Pollution (GC-CAM), and the founding faculty advisor for the Society of Sustainable Engineering. He teaches a mixture of undergraduate and graduate engineering courses. Dr. Wu is a committee member for Transportation Research Board (TRB) AJE35 and AKM 90, a member of American Society of Civil Engineer (ASCE), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), and Academy of Pavement Science and Engineering (APSE), as well as an editorial member for Journal of Testing and Evaluation and International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology. He serves panel member for several NCHRP and ACRP projects. He is also a registered professional engineer in Alabama and LEED
the world [4]. In the classroom setting, presentingdiverse perspectives by encouraging students to listen to and consider the stories of their peerscan broaden the students’ understanding of the myriad of experiences that exist directly aroundthem. This positively impacts the class environment as students who feel more connection andbelonging will be more likely to engage in discussions and course assignments in a moremeaningful way [4].ObjectivesThe overall objective of the story sharing exercise is to foster a sense of belonging and promoteinclusivity for first year students. The motivation for the project stems from institutional researchthat shows that pre-major students, women, and students of color at Western WashingtonUniversity have a