doctoral student who supervises her in her researchjob because he was patient answering her questions “I felt comfortable, it wasn't ever awkward, I neverfelt stupid for asking the questions”. In terms of her future career in academia, Creek explained that shewants a community of minds and practice. “We're setting up the work for future generations to finishwhat we started. It's supposed to be this huge exploration of life, and we're all in it together”. Creekexpressed in the final interview how she was surprised how much community and relationshipsmattered to her. She shared how she now understands that support networks were necessary to 11Dignity
ET in APSU offers ETAC of ABET accredited degree programs at the four-year bachelor's degree level. For people interested in gaining practical skills, this degree can bean ideal fit. With its focus on applications, it fits the person who has been in the workplace andnow needs a degree for advancement as well as others wanting a hands-on approach toengineering and technology [5]. The ET program prepares students for technical careers inmultiple concentrations (electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and mechatronics) in a widerange of applications and provides leadership in developing solutions to industrial problems [6],[7], [8]. The primary method of instruction for courses in the various concentrations in the ETprograms is based on the
ofinternational students. They found that the main reasons cited by foreign students for pursuingtheir degrees in the US were the higher quality of education, future career opportunities, thedesire to experience living abroad, the opportunity to work with specific faculty, and thepossibility of applying for residence in the United States [20]. This suggests that the UnitedStates is an attractive destination for international students who seek quality education, careeropportunities, and a path to residency.Language-related issues cause significant challenges for international graduate students,particularly for students from non-English speaking countries. English language challengescan hinder students' academic success and professional development [21
fundamentalconcepts, ability to retain knowledge gained, or their ability to apply these concepts to solve realworld problems in their future engineering careers [3]. Additionally, in recent years, 90% ofstudents have been found to use solutions manuals available online or on ‘homework help’platforms to complete homework assignments [4]. While the effective use of solutions manualscould potentially help students be more motivated, learn at a deeper level, and level the playingfield for all students, it can also pose a risk for some students who might not spend adequate timesolving the problem and merely copy from the solutions manuals.Engineering educators have used various techniques like active learning, gamification and game-based learning, hands-on in
qualitativecomments about each other at 4 points during the term. We tracked patterns of coded languageuse [27] amongst selected teams, and did a deep analysis of how coded language increased inintensity across the term. We also assessed how minoritized teammates indicated warnings oftheir marginalization. We have reported some analysis from these data elsewhere [27], [28], [31].Finally, we conducted a diary study during spring 2022, much delayed from our originaltimeline. We conducted in-person initial interviews with diary participants who were recruitedbased on their self-indicated identities as someone from a historically excluded group inengineering, using the device of a career journey map to structure the conversation. We thenasked them to reflect on
for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Her career in higher education began at Howard University as the first Black female fac- ulty member in the Department of Computer Science. Her professional experience also includes Winthrop University, The Aerospace Corporation, and IBM. She is a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University (B.S., ’00) and North Carolina State University (M.S., ’02; Ph.D., ’05), becoming the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science at the university and 2019 Computer Science Hall of Fame Inductee.Anna Romanova, Winthrop UniversityPhilip NelsonDr. Siobahn Day Grady, North Carolina Central University Siobahn is the first woman computer science Ph.D. graduate from North Carolina Agricultural and
he can remember, Alberto was always interested in STEM. He mentioned that hewas the kid that would go around the neighborhood and help with the computers and fix theirproblems even though it was simple tasks in his opinion (like turning off the Wi-Fi and turning itback on). He became interested in engineering through the STEM courses he took in high school,then the coursework and salary for the profession motivated him to pursue an engineeringdegree. Since enrolling at FIU, Alberto says he has experienced an environment of toxicmasculinity: Since STEM is such a male-dominated career, it does have a lot of toxic masculinity and I've noticed that throughout my years at FIU. I've had to, more or less, hide my identity
authority figure and often assumed to be anunquestionable part of their authority or legally justified [1], [11]. While legitimate power maybe used appropriately or without causing undue negative effects on less powerful groups, that isnot always the case, and research from students suggested some stakeholders with legitimatepower took actions or made decisions that negatively affected other stakeholders. For instance,the student investigating lead paint on the East Side of Buffalo noted property owners haveignored or found ways to evade laws to address lead paint, leaving this area, which ispredominantly a community of color, with unsafe living conditions. As engineers move intotheir professional careers our students will need to interact with a
student reflections, authentic learning assignments, ad the use of technology in the classroom. Boni hopes to pursue a career in academia with a focus on teaching and engineering education.Adam Steinberg ˜ Sullivan, Georgia Institute of TechnologyDr. Carol Subino Carol Subi˜no Sullivan is the assistant director of faculty teaching and learning initiatives for the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). In this role she supports educators through workshops, short courses, consultations, faculty learning communities and fellows groups, special events, scholarship of teaching and learning, digital resources awards and recognitions, and partnerships. In all of her efforts, her goal is to support educators in
., Automata Theory and Assembly Programming Language) to the job market. Becauseacquiring both theoretical and practical knowledge is important for students’ learning in highereducation [52, 53], instructors can use real world problems to convey their usefulness to theindustry or may want to revisit the role of these courses in the sequence. Not only did students discuss how theoretical courses like Automata Theory andAssembly Programming were irrelevant to their future career goals, but they also found thecourse topics difficult. In order to enhance students’ learning, instructors can require prerequisitecourses and explore ways to teach courses more effectively. For example, in Automata Theory,prior work has found that visualization
focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying steady state flight control in Drosophila melanogaster. She has been involved in numerous educational outreach programs throughout her undergraduate and graduate career, and held a leadership position in the GALCIT graduate student council. She earned her M.S. from Caltech in Aeronautics in 2019, and her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 2018.James Ragan, California Institute of Technology James Ragan is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Autonomous Robotics and Controls Lab working with Professor Soon-Jo Chung. His research activities include developing algorithms that enable spacecraft to perform autonomous fault detection, including in multi-agent or
will be useful in my future career. 6. I feel prepared before coming to lecture. 7. I need to seek out material beyond what is provided by the instructor. 8. It is hard to pay attention for a full lecture. 9. I can understand examples covered in lecture. 10. In class, I can identify previous concepts that are important to the task at hand. 11. I am satisfied with the quality and content of lecture activities. 12. I prefer traditional classes over flipped classes. Questions 1 and 2 directly measure work-life balance. Non-traditional students haveworkloads that affect their retention and engagement [1]. Questions 3 and 4 indirectly measurework-life balance by assessing factors influenced by the ability to dedicate time to
phase of their careers ifthey could collaborate with an international team during their educational phase [14]. Moreover,international virtual exchange programs are not associated with high cost and investmentcompared to study abroad programs and are timely and more flexible; hence can be adopted asan alternative or supplement to study abroad programs [13].IVE allows for international and intercultural interactions among students, which substantiallylowers the barriers for participating in such exchange. It is clear that IVE has potential tocontribute to sustainability, and develop the ability to collaboratively contribute to the alleviationof global sustainability issues, such as climate change [15].The InVEST (International Virtual
Paper ID #40551Innovations in Remote Teaching of Engineering Design TeamsProf. Soyoung Kang, University of Washington Soyoung Kang (she/her) is an assistant teaching professor and Clary Family Foundation early career pro- fessor in the mechanical engineering department at the University of Washington (UW). She is also the executive director of the Engineering Innovation in Health (EIH) program that partners teams of multidis- ciplinary undergraduate and graduate students with health professionals to develop technical solutions to pressing health challenges. Dr. Kang works closely with faculty from across the UW to foster
have relied heavily on my black female identity to position myself in my work. I have come across some papers that include the experiences of Black students that do not identify as African American, and this has truly helped me find a space that I can relate to. I remind myself of my whole identity and have found ways to integrate who I am into class discussions. I find that consistently acknowledging my own different perspectives and sharing them in class by making relevant connections helps me to shift my training of only seeing my differences as tools for career advancement. Moving forward, I want to look towards other areas of study such as education or psychology that may highlight stories of Caribbean students in their literature
/hers), mycurrent adviser, provided her perspective as an engineering faculty member without personalexperiences related to disabilities. Over the last 25 years, she has worked with manyundergraduate and graduate students to provide them with accommodations in the classroomsetting. Robyn E. Sandekian (she/her/hers), my mentor, provided her perspective as a staffmember and as a prior engineering student who experienced and received informalaccommodations for severe anxiety and depression during her academic career. As a staffmember, she has experienced the frequent tension between wanting to support a student andbeing limited by institution policy and law.Additionally, the interview participants and I are not just graduate students with
time of data collection. The College ofEngineering contains eight departments and around 6,000 undergraduate students, with alarge number of community college transfer students. There are differences between thesystems that support students at the department, school, and university levels, as there are atany large university. At the university level, a student affairs office oversees a variety ofresources, including recreation, counseling/psychological services, and career services. Theofferings by specific engineering departments are more varied, but the faculty in thesedepartments and department-focused administrators of undergraduate degree programs arepartial advisors as well. Support staff at all levels try to reach students using various
identities, social locations, and values are relevant to thiswork.First author (RSK) is an early-career contingent faculty member at Smith College, a privateliberal arts women’s college with one engineering degree program. They are a white-passing transperson of Chinese and European descent who lives and works on unceded Nipmuc and Pocumtucterritory. They approach this paper from the perspective of a new engineering educator whoseformal training is in mechanical engineering and who aspires to teach towards principles ofcollective liberation from systems of oppression and domination.Second author (JSR) approached this research from the perspective of an engineering educatorwho places a premium on interdisciplinarity and inclusion. She has taught
workplace adjustment for engineers and the corresponding influence on job satisfaction and intentions to persist. Rohini’s other interests include faculty development and engineering pathways of graduating engineers.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Samantha Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Fulton Schools of Engineering Poly- technic School. Dr. Brunhaver recently joined Arizona State after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She also has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. Dr. Brunhaver’s research examines the career decision-making and professional identity formation of engineering
strongly hold a desire to help others as a motivator in their job selection and that more serviceengagement as students correlates with expectations that helping others will be more integratedinto one’s career as an engineer.Paterson et al [23] quantitatively assessed intercultural development using the InterculturalDevelopment Inventory (IDI) to answer two questions: the first is whether service-orientedexperiences attract engineering students with an intercultural mindset and the second is whetherparticipation in service-oriented experiences leads to elevated intercultural proficiency forengineering students. The answer to the first question was a clear yes; students attracted to suchprograms scored significantly higher on the IDI which is
undergraduate and graduate courses in power electronics, power systems, renewable energy, smart grids, control, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods, space and atmosphere physics, and ap- plied physics. His research interests included power system stability, control and protection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, smart microgrids, power electronics and electric machines for non-conventional energy conversion, remote sensing, wave and turbulence, numerical modeling, elec- tromagnetic compatibility and engineering education. During his career Dr. Belu published ten book chapters, several papers in referred journals and in conference proceedings in his areas of
sessions over taking the pre-calculus course during the summeris that students do not pay the extra summer tuition and housing, the student is not stressed bylearning the concepts for a passing grade, as well as the pre-calculus and its pre-requisites are notnormally offered during the summer.The afternoon sessions of the bootcamp were four hours a day, and were designed to introducestudents to the relationships and distinction between Mechanical Engineering, ElectricalEngineering, Computer Engineering, Civil Engineering and Computer Science majors. Theactivities were selected to present projects in multiple majors, and help them realize that many ofthe ENGR and CS careers rely on the application of math and critical thinking. During the
industry in students’ projects present a win-winbenefits for all parties involved [3], [4], [5]. From experiential learning projects, students gethands-on experience working on a project and can exercise room for error with minimal risk totheir careers - a chance that might not be afforded in a work environment [4]. Both industry andschools could benefit from partnerships that allow students to exercise their creativity becausestudents may raise questions that might otherwise be missed by industry representatives andfaculty. Furthermore, the industry might benefit as there may be minimal capital investmentswhen students carry out a project [3], given that is properly scoped and managed.Another way for students to interact with experts is to
York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Tech- nology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10-years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects throughout the United States. He is a licensed professional en- gineer in multiple states. Dr. Barry’s areas of research include assessment of professional ethics, teaching and learning in engineering education, nonverbal communication in the classroom, and learning through historical engineering accomplishments. He has authored and co-authored a significant number of journal articles and
advantage” (in this article, we callthis privilege), the education of the dominant group, and practice and accountability[6]. Thisstudy takes an additional step to differentiate between allies and advocates, tying the differenceto programmatic levels and participation: Advocates are active and effective proponents of gender diversity and equity, specifically in terms of increasing the number of female faculty, encouraging the hiring and promotion of female faculty in administrative positions, and ensuring the fair and equitable treatment of women within partner institutions. They are committed to increasing their understanding of gender bias and its impact on the academic careers of women. Allies are men
challenge for sociotechnical engineering instruction is the evaluation of itseffects. Some of the difficulty results from the breadth of educators’ goals. Most of these effortsdo not define specific desired outcomes beyond increasing students’ ability to understand “thetechnical” and “the social” as deeply connected, and to appreciate that sociotechnical thinking isan important part of engineering work. That is, sociotechnical engineering programs andinterventions rarely prescribe desired career paths or other, more easily quantifiable goals fortheir students. Attempts to measure the success of sociotechnical thinking contextualizationtherefore require ascertaining how students’ thoughts about their work and identities haveshifted, if at all