enrolled at SCC, 55% female, 45% White, 7% Black, 30% Hispanic, 5%Asian, 0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.8% American Indian/Alaskan Native, and 3.4% Non-Resident Alien. Over 82% of students were enrolled at the community college with the intent ofearning a degree or certificate or transferring to a four-year university. Engineering was ranked8th out of the top 10 intended majors.Access to SitePrior to recruiting students, the research team completed a number of compliance exercises toensure that SCC was aware and approved of the research study. Once the research team decidedto conduct research at SCC, an email was sent to the head of the Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education department requesting a letter of support
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Eftekhari. Ph.D. in Mathematical Science, University of Texas M.S. in Nuclear Engineering, MIT. Abe Eftekhari has is presently the Dean for Mathematics, Science & Engineering at NVCC (since July 2007). He is also a Environmental/Energy consultant with Picket Consulting and On-Location. He served as the Chairperson of the Computer Science and Information Technology Department of Southeastern University (1998 - 2007). Before joining SEU, he was the Chief Scientist responsible for Research and Development Programs at Mnemonic Systems (FBI pattern recognition contracts) in Washington, DC. (1996 - 1998). He has worked as a Research Scientist at the NASA Langley Research Center while teach- ing at Hampton University as
University in Construction Engineering and Management focused on design-construction integration. With teaching responsibilities in both the civil engineering and construction management departments, Dr. Korman has instructed courses on Construc- tion Drawings & Specifications, Concrete Technology and Formwork, Heavy Civil Construction Methods, Residential Construction Methods, and Building Systems. He has work worked for several public agen- cies, consulting engineering firms, and construction companies before joining the faculty at Cal Poly in 2005. He has designed civil infrastructure projects with an emphasis on capital improvement projects for roadways, parks and recreation facilities, and water and sewer
Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University.Dr. Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Brooke Coley, PhD is an Assistant Professor in Engineering at the Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Dr. Coley is Principal Investigator of the Shifting Perceptions, Attitudes and Cultures in Engineering (SPACE) Lab that aspires to elevate the experiences of marginalized populations, dismantle systematic injustices, and transform the way inclusion is culti- vated in engineering through the implementation of novel technologies and methodologies in engineering education. Intrigued by the intersections of engineering education
some programming was open to all students. Students in the cohortparticipated in activities during the academic years of 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24.All students completed baseline measures of cognitive, personality/attitude and professionalreadiness factors at the start of the grant (Time 1). The standardized measurements include theWatson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal [14], the Cognitive Flexibility Scale [15], theAttitudes about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics scale [16], the Short GritScale [17], the Self-Control Scale [18], social and academic involvement via CIRP Your FirstYear College Survey items (2008) [19], and the Professional Competency Self-Assessment Tool(NACE) [20]. Students complete an
Education program at FIU. Her research interests are in graduate and postdoctoral education with a focus on mentorship and transitions as well as faculty development and the use of technology in engineering and computing education.Dr. Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno Kelsey is a recent Engineering Education PhD graduate from the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research focus is on identity development for undergraduate engineering students and is interested in exploring design as a fundamental engineering practice in support of identity supporting program design. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Understanding the Experiences of Graduate Program Directors: The
Paper ID #39079Engagement in Practice: Developing Local School System Partnerships forLarge-Scale Engineering Design Challenges, the Get Outside And Learn(GOAL) ProgramDr. Vincent Nguyen, University of Maryland, College Park Vincent P. Nguyen is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a founding member of the Environmental and Socially Responsible Engineering (ESRE) group who work to integrate and track conscientious engineering aspects throughout the undergraduate educational experience across the college. His efforts include formally integrating sustainability design requirements into the
engineering students.IntroductionAs science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) jobs continue to grow at highrates, data continue to show persistent gaps in degree attainment and workforce representationfor several groups who have been historically marginalized in computer science and engineeringfields [1], [2]. Educators seek to evaluate how well we are preparing a diverse workforce to meetthe demands of that sector. A growing body of recent research shows that diversity is animportant component of the STEM workforce, sparking creativity and innovation through variedperspectives [3], [4]. With systematic and structural biases continuing to marginalize women andminorities seeking STEM degrees [5], we fail to achieve the level of
Paper ID #42125Borderlands First-Generation-in-Engineering Experiences-Learning with andabout Students at the Nexus of Nation, Discipline, and Higher EducationDr. Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation and Research Consulting Dr. Sarah Hug is director of the Colorado Evaluation & Research Consulting. Dr. Hug earned her PhD in Educational Psychology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research and evaluation efforts focus on learning science, technology, engineering. She leads a social science and evaluation organization that focuses on inclusive excellence, broadening participation, and democratizing science.Raena Cota, New
Aeronautical University-Worldwide campus. She holds a Master’s in Instructional Systems from Florida State University and a Ph.D. in Learning Technologies from the University of North Texas (UNT). She is the 2022 recipient of the Robert M. Gagn´e Award for Graduate Student Research in Instructional Design for her Ph.D. dissertation at UNT. Currently, she is working on a multi-year NSF grant researching Peer-Led Team Learning in asynchronous online engineering courses for non-traditional military and Veteran college students. Her contributions to this grant include logistical setup for the control and experimental courses, recruiting research participants, conducting interviews, along with collecting, coding, and analyzing
Science and Policy Studies at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in economics and a Master’s in statistics. His research interests are in applied econometrics, technology and development, program evaluation, and higher education. In teaching and learning, he is interested in student motivation, experiential learning, and critical reflection to promote active and more intentional learning. Previously, Somasse was a senior economist statistician at the Central Bank of West African States.Dr. Robert Krueger, Worcester Polytechnic Institute ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Improving the Experiences and Retention of Black Students in STEM
, E.I.T., successfully defended her dissertation research Spring 2016 and will begin a career in the water/wastewater reuse treatment. Paula has led multiple outreach summer programs at TTU and provides support to student organizations within the college of engineering. Her technical research focuses include; anti-fouling and scaling RO technology and pharmaceutical and personal care product screening to predict environmental exposure from passive treatment discharges.Aimee Cloutier, Texas Tech University Aimee Cloutier is a Ph.D. student studying Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University. She earned her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech in 2012. Her research interests include biomechan- ics
Colorado State University and has approximately 16 years experience working for various R&D labs at Hewlett Packard and Intel Corporation.Mr. Michael Trenk, Montana State University Michael is a student at Montana State University currently pursuing his Masters degree in Computer Science. His interests include distributed systems, computer networks, software engineering and software development methodologies. He also enjoys exploring technologies and solutions for solving big data problems.Ms. MacKenzie O’Bleness, Montana State University MacKenzie O’Bleness is a Junior at Montana State University majoring in computer science and minoring in math and computer engineering. She plans to graduate in April, 2017. Ms
Development of an Alumni Success Instrument Linking Undergraduate Experiences to Graduate PathwaysAbstractHistorically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have made significant contributionstowards ensuring Black student participation, retention, and success in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and continue to play a critical role in the production ofgraduates within these disciplines. Additionally, the pedagogical approaches, principles, andvalues characteristic of the HBCU experience have led to tremendous gains and success inpromoting student achievement in STEM graduate programs. The dominance of HBCUs in thepreparation of Black students for graduate programs suggests a need to better understand
Laboratory on campus where she works with lithium ion coin cells. She has completed two co-ops, where she has worked on grid-scale energy storage technologies and electrochemically medi- ated CO2 capture devices. She is an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipient and will begin pursuing a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Brown University this Fall.Ms. Hannah Boyce, Northeastern University Hannah Boyce is a fourth year undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Chemical Engineering at North- eastern University. She has been involved in the Connections Chemistry Review program for a three years, is a peer mentor, President of AIChE and Conference Chair for the 2021 AIChE Northeast Regional Con- ference. She
well as the development of their educational and career pathways.More recent work by Myers and her colleagues extended VAS to a STEM specific careerdevelopment model, which explains the development of career interests in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics-related fields [15] [16].This study uses the VAS of STEM as a theoretical guide to better understand how social agents,(e.g., family members, teachers, and peers) and the messages they convey can influence highschool female students to develop a career interest in engineering. The VAS Model of STEM,depicted in Figure 1, highlights the significance of socializing messages from influential otherson students’ academic and career pursuits. The model also considers the importance of
wellbeingindicators between engineering, non-engineering STEM, and non-STEM students. We followedthe NSF definition of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math fields for this purpose. Wedefine non-engineering STEM students as those in the natural sciences, social sciences, andhealth sciences; and non-STEM students as those in the humanities, art, education, business,architecture, music, and public policy. Considering these groups, we will answer the followingresearch questions:RQ1. How do wellbeing indicators compare between undergraduate students in engineering,non-engineering STEM, non-STEM majors?RQ2. How do perceptions of stress, competition, and achievement compare betweenundergraduate students in engineering, non-engineering STEM, or non-STEM majors
Paper ID #13373Living-Learning Communities Improve First-Year Engineering Student Aca-demic Performance and Retention at a Small Private UniversityDr. William John Palm IV P.E., Roger Williams University William Palm is Assistant Professor of Engineering at Roger Williams University, where he teaches Engi- neering Graphics and Design, Computer Applications for Engineering, Machine Design, Biomechanics, and Capstone Design. Prior to joining Roger Williams, he worked as a product design engineer and con- sultant and taught at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and Boston University. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from MIT
American West (Rutgers University Press, 2014), and her research appears in the journals American Anthropologist, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Society & Natural Resources, WorkingUSA: Journal of Labor and Society, and Anthropology Today.Dr. Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines Juan Lucena is Professor and Director of Humanitarian Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM). Juan obtained a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech and a MS in STS and BS in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). His books include Defending the Nation: U.S. Policymaking to Create Scientists and Engineers from Sputnik to the ’War Against
of Science in Mathematics with a Teaching Emphasis.Ms. Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington Director, STARS Program Diversity & Access College of EngineeringProf. Pamela Cosman, University of California, San Diego Pamela C. Cosman received the B.S. degree with Honor in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1987 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1993. In 1995 she joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, and is currently a Professor. She has published over 250 journal and conference papers in the areas of image/video compression and processing and wireless
Paper ID #41586A Case Study on How Instructors’ Pedagogical Knowledge Influences TheirClassroom Practices for First-Year Engineering CoursesShabnam Wahed, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Shabnam Wahed, currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education, is dedicated to revolutionizing the learning experience for engineering students beyond mere memorization. Passionate about elevating students’ conceptual understanding, Shabnam directs her efforts toward refining the teaching and assessment methods for mastering fundamental and challenging engineering concepts. With a background in Electrical and
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and how classroom and institutionaldesign can mitigate the effects.1 IntroductionThere is a growing call to diversify the pipeline of engineering students to meet the need oftechnological development and to advance equity in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMath (STEM). To achieve this goal, academic institutions are looking introspectively tounderstand how their campus environments are designed to foster student success and equity.This work seeks to identify gaps in engineering student success through a ten-year study ofacademic performance correlated to student identity and course attributes.The work of Tinto [1], [2] has been built upon to show that a students’ sense of belonging isrelated to their propensity to persist in higher
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Pell-Eligible Engineering Students’ Class Standpoint,” Proceedings of the American Societyfor Engineering Education, 2015.[7] J.P. Martin and S.S. Newton, “Uncovering Forms of Wealth and Capital Using AssetFrameworks in Engineering Education,” Proceedings of the American Society for EngineeringEducation, 2016.[8] M. Denton, M. Borrego, A. Boklage, “Community cultural wealth in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics education: A systematic review,” J. Eng. Educ., 2020.[9] Authors, 2019.[10] R. M. Emerson, R. I. Fretz, and L. L. Shaw, Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, 2nd ed.Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 2011.[11] A. R. Morales and M. G. Shroyer, “Personal agency inspired by hardship: Bilingual Latinasas liberatory
relevant due to thepersistence of the field’s domination by men and masculinity. Mainstream discourseon gender in STEM, however, has been kept in a “black box” for decades according toAllison Phipps [1]. She states that the reliance on a simplistic gender binaryunaccompanied by racial, cultural, or sexual identity nuances may be undermining itsown political aims of gender equity. One large gap in our existing body of genderresearch and discourse is how the highly gendered landscape of engineeringeducation is experienced by those who are transgender or gender nonconforming(TGNC).[1] A. Phipps. (2007). Re-inscibing gender binaries: Deconstructing the dominantdiscourse around women’s equality in science, engineering, and technology, TheSociological
only the students who scored less than or equal to 18 on the pretest, theaverage improvement is even more dramatic. The average pretest score was 14.3 for those students, andthe average posttest score was 21.4, making an improvement of nearly 50% on average for those students.This impact from a visualization training class on the PSVT:R results are consistent with past work [7].These results are particularly encouraging as they were accomplished in an entirely virtual environment.The computer-based sketching environment may be a sufficient replacement for hand sketching to improvevisualization skills. Previous work with engineering students at Michigan Technological Universityincluded pencil and paper sketching exercises, which are difficult
: College of Mathematics and ScienceCSB: Craig School of BusinessCHHS: Colllege of Health and Human ServicesURM: Under-Representated MinorityHSI: Hispanic Serving InstitutionsAANAPISI: Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving InstitutionNSF: National Science FoundationNCES: National Center for Education StatisticsSTEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and MathematicsIAT: Implicit Association Test 11