ability to consciously and deliberately monitor and regulate one’s knowledge, processes,and cognitive and affective states” [1]. Metacognition is key to developing self-directed learningskills that are foundational to ABET’s required “ability to be a life-long learner.” Self-directedlearning is also necessary for an effective work career, yet it is rarely integrated into engineeringeducation [2].In our IUSE NSF project, we are studying the development of metacognitive and self-directedlearning skills of students and graduates of the Iron Range Engineering program (IRE). IRE is aninnovative, problem-based-learning (PBL) engineering program in Virginia, Minnesota, wherestudents explicitly engage in activities to become aware of and develop
undergraduateresearch is one of the most effective ways to attract and retain talented undergraduate students, tomotivate them towards pursuing careers and advanced degrees in engineering and science, tohelp them feel more connected to their educational experience and to provide them with a greatersense of empowerment as learners [4-11].Since its inception in 2006, a total of 92 students from 64 different universities have taken part inthe Automotive and Energy Research and Industrial Mentorship (AERIM) REU program. Whileadvertised and open to students of all genders and ethnic backgrounds, this program has beensuccessful at recruiting a diverse pool of undergraduate students, with underrepresented groupsin engineering (women in particular) representing 70% of
those from underrepresented groups, not only tocomplete their undergraduate degrees, but also to pursue advanced degrees and/or careers inengineering. The detailed program objectives and expected outcomes can be found in [10].Participants spend a total of 10 weeks in the program. In the first two weeks, the students arehosted at the academic institutions, SFSU or UofSC, receiving training for the upcomingresearch activities. During this two weeks, workshops, including professional developmentworkshops such as Applying for Graduate School, Communication and Writing Skills, TheElevator Pitch, and Entrepreneurship, as well as subject related preparation workshops such asData Acquisition, Dynamics, Introduction to Programming, Introduction to Lab
lure of high salaries from the expansive local industry pulls most of our students away fromgraduate school. The average starting salary for the most recent graduates with a B.S. in chemicalengineering from LSU was ~$76,000 per year. We believe this is one reason less than 3% of ourstudents enroll in graduate programs. This (low level) graduate school enrollment trend is similarfor other regional institutions. In the last decade we have had only moderate success at recruitingengineering, physics, and chemistry undergraduates from these regional schools to enroll in aSTEM Ph.D. program. This REU program exposes students to exciting graduate research andincreases interest in career paths made possible through graduate degrees. This is a benefit
. Does providing spatial skills training improve the retention of low-spatial-ability students, including students traditionally underrepresented in technician programs?Faculty and administrators at four community college partners implemented SKIITS from fall2014 through fall 2017.II. Prior ResearchA. Spatial Visualization Related to STEM FieldsThe ability to visualize objects and situations in one’s mind and to manipulate those images is acognitive skill vital to many career fields, especially those that require work with graphicalimages. Nearly fifty years ago, Smith17 concluded that spatial skills play an important role in 84different careers. A long history of research has highlighted the importance of spatial skills intechnical
Paper ID #21108What Activities and Practices Sustain the Engagement of Highly Diverse Com-munities of Young Engineering Students in an Out-of-School Fellowship Pro-gram?Priya Mohabir, New York Hall of Science Priya Mohabir has been with New York Hall of Science for 18 years, starting as an Explainer - a floor facilitator - and working her to up to lead NYSCI’s youth development initiatives. Priya’s experience as an Explainer shaped her outlook on the countless possibilities of making STEM education exciting for children as she was climbing NYSCI’s Science Career Ladder With this experience as a foundation, Priya has
, Dearborn c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 S-STEM Scholarship Program in Manufacturing: First Three Years’ Experience at the University of Michigan-DearbornIntroductionThe NSF-awarded STEM scholarship program in the College of Engineering and ComputerScience at the University of Michigan-Dearborn was started in September 2015, and now it is inits third year of its existence. The title of our NSF proposal is “S-STEM Program inManufacturing Engineering Leadership Development”. The key objectives of this program areto provide tuition scholarship, academic support, mentoring and career guidance to academicallytalented, financially needy undergraduate students who will join the university as
focusing on research on the Dynamics and Control of UAVs, Collision Detection &Avoidance System for UAVs, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, andFlight Test experiences. Another goal is to attract students from community colleges to STEMprograms at 4-year institutions and encourage the participants to pursue their studies for graduatedegrees.This paper discusses the assessment of the Program after the second year of the Program. The REUsite has been successful in meeting its goals and objectives. Most of the participants are nowpursuing their educational or professional career in the area of UAVs and other related areas. TheProgram has also been successful in motivating the participants to graduate degrees in STEMfields
of K-16 engineering learners; and teaching engineering.Dr. Glenda D. Young Collins, Mississippi State University Dr. Glenda D. Young Collins completed her doctoral work at Virginia Tech in the Department of Engi- neering Education. Her research interests include the role of university-industry partnerships in shaping student career expectations and pathways, the student to workforce continuum, and broadening participa- tion in engineering. Dr. Collins has worked as an Employer Relations Assistant for the VT Career and c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Paper ID #27724 Professional
cumulative GPA’s that average .24 higher than theirpeers who do not use the space. CenterPOINT users’ term GPA’s are .27 higher on average(Table 2). Both results are statistically significant at a .01 significance level.Table 2: CenterPOINT Visitors’ Grade Point Averages Cumulative GPA Term GPACenterPOINT Users 3.06 2.93CenterPOINT Nonusers 2.82 2.66Career Exploration Industry PartnershipsMany students are motivated by their long-term career goals, but may not have an awareness ofthe full breadth of career possibilities, or may not have realistic expectations about the workingworld in their chosen field. By partnering with industry, the STEP grant has been able to
underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering.Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University Prior to joining the ASU Electrical Engineering faculty in 1990, Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez worked at MIT, IBM, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Raytheon Missile Systems. He has also consulted for Eglin Air Force Base, Boeing Defense and Space Systems, Honeywell and NASA. He has published over 200 tech- nical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings – over 60 with students. He has authored three engineering texts on classical controls, linear systems, and multivariable
workers in industrial automation andcontrol. In addition, it is necessary to invest in research to help maintain America’s leadership inthese areas. This paper describes a summer program designed to provide a research environmentfor undergraduate students to learn about mechatronics, robotics, and automated system design.The goal is to help participants to understand the research process, to acquire laboratory skills, toexpand their perspectives on science and engineering research, and to have a lasting influence ontheir career paths. Participants spent 10 weeks working on a research project with a mentor and agraduate student. Survey data suggests that students learned from the research experience andwill build on the experience in pursuing
develop a new instructional model and to transform traditional style inteaching to more student-centered, interactive, team-learning based method for the engineeringtechnology discipline. Therefore, the outcomes of this NSF project brought innovation andchanges, not only in terms of creating an effective instructional model for STEM education, butalso by encouraging students, as future workforces, to participate in various undergraduateresearch projects as they prepared for careers in the field of green manufacturing technology.1-5Instructional ApproachManufacturing has played a critical role in the technological evolution of our society, fromstructural steels to electronics and robotics technology. The GPMT, as a multidisciplinary fieldin
also outreach to pre-college students to introduce them to science and engineering career opportunities. Ms. Marlor joined University of California, Berkeley in 2013. She has a B.S. in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Dr. Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan Dr. Cynthia Finelli is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Professor of Education, and Director and Graduate Chair for Engineering Education Research Programs at University of Michigan (U-M). Dr. Finelli is a fellow in the American Society of Engineering Education, a Deputy Editor of the Journal for Engineering Education, an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Education, and past chair of the
college and career pathways increased, schoolcontexts and shifts in staffing patterns impacted the sustainability of STEM Clubimplementation, and evidence of broader impacts was observed as teams or individuals sharedCISTEME365 lessons and content with colleagues at their schools. Findings shared in the paperand poster presentation will be used to discuss how these lessons learned will be applied to futureprojects aimed at pre-college engineering education initiatives to broaden participation inengineering majors and careers.BackgroundHistorically underrepresented groups need equitable access to STEM education. Despite theincrease in STEM-related careers, representation of first-generation, low-income, women, Black,and Latinx students and
previous research experience includes examination of implicit bias in the classroom and application of VR technologies to improve student engagement. Darby hopes to pursue a career in STEM education and educational research.Ing. Eduardo Rodriguez Mejia M.Sc, Rowan University Eduardo is a Rover Scout, and professional Electronic Engineer with a Masters degree in Electronic Engineer from Javeriana University at Bogot´a-Colombia. He is an adjunct teacher is his alma mater and a Ph.D. student in the Experiential Engineering Education Department at Rowan University.Dr. Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University Dr. Bodnar is an Associate Professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department at Rowan University. Her research
Paper ID #43442Board 381: Serving Community Needs while Sharpening Engineering SkillsUrszula Zalewski, Stony Brook University Urszula oversees experiential education initiatives including successful implementation of experiential learning opportunities including internships, student employment initiatives and community outreach programs. Urszula brings her expertise in career readiness, employer relations, and assessment. She expertly builds strong collaborations among on campus and off campus stakeholders, and has expanded high impact practices leading to student success and has raised more than $1Million in grants to
. Marcella Klein Williams is the STEM Director at Oxnard College. Her strengths include organizational development, systems design, and strategic partnerships. Her career spans teaching and administration within the P-20 California education system over the last 30 years.Justin William Miller, Oxnard CollegeFranco Javier Mancini, Santa Barbara City CollegeJoe Selzler, Ventura College Joe Selzler is a Professor of Chemistry at Ventura College in Ventura, CA where is has taught for the last 20 years. He earned his MS in Chemistry from the University of California- Irvine where he specialized in environmental chemistry ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025LSAMP/B2B: C6-LSAMP – Reflections on
Paper ID #39918Board 417: Understanding Capstone Design Activity Engagement inMechanical EngineeringElliott Clement, Oregon State UniversitySarah OmanDr. James L. Huff, Harding University Dr. James Huff is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Honors College Faculty Fellow at Harding University. He conducts transdisciplinary research on identity that lies at the nexus of applied psychology and engineering education. A recipient of the NSF CAREER grant (No. 2045392) and the director of the Beyond Professional Identity (BPI) lab, Dr. Huff has mentored numerous undergraduate students, doctoral students, and
for the College of Engineering dropped from 86% to 73% over thissame period. This suggests that the CREATE program has successfully mitigated potentialnegative impacts that remote instruction and other pandemic-related impacts may have had onstudent success.Theme seminars and support services: CREATE has contributed to development of scholars asengineers via the information they have learned at the theme seminars that are required of theCREATE scholars. Based on faculty mentor meeting reports, all the scholars seem happy with theprogram and the support services provided. They felt that CREATE has been offering themopportunities that will make them successful in their degree attainment and career goals. Over thefour years of running this
students on activities thattake place in our college of engineering. Results are shown in Figure 3. As not all studentsparticipated in all activities, the responses were limited. Academic success seminar (n=17) Student organizations (n=26) Career services and workshops (n=23) Internship (n=19) Research experience (n=13) 0 1 2 3 4 Academic success Professional development Figure 3. Transfer students’ perceptions of the importance of various activities on their academic success and
. She holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Engineering a Transfer Friendly Experience with Alternative Pathways to ExcellenceAbstract:The Alternative Pathways to Excellence (APEX) program is an NSF funded S-STEM Track 2project that seeks to strengthen efforts to recruit and retain STEM transfer students by integratingfinancial, academic, and practical supports.The APEX program provides student support services, formal and informal mentoring, curricularand co-curricular supports, and cohort building activities all formulated to create accessiblepathways into engineering careers for a population
individually in year 1. In years 2 and 3,some REU participants worked in group settings. In year 4, all REU participants worked in groupsettings while each group of REU participants were required to submit an additional team projectreport discussing the social impacts of their projects. Table 1: REU participants’ post survey results (data shown in percentage) Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4Overall experience (Excellent/Very Good/Good) 67/22/11 64/27/9 55/36/9 60/20/10*Interested in going to grad school 67/33/0 73/18/9 46/54/0 60/40/0(increased/same/decreased)Interested in research career
Engineering Teacher magazine. Recent presentation highlights include: U.S. Department of Education, Moving STEM Forward in the Career, Technical and Adult Symposium; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Challenging Technical Privilege Symposium Panel; and, Engineering for Kids Conference (Keynote Presenter). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Broadening Participation of Female Students in STEM: Significant Outcomes in Less Than One YearAbstractThe WomenTech Educators (WTE) Online Training has cracked the code to broadeningparticipation of female students in STEM in as little as a semester. Six of seven collegesparticipating in the Spring 2015 WTE Online
Community College Steve Wendel serves as Director of the National Center for Manufacturing Education (NCME), originally established as a National Science Foundation Center of Excellence in the NSF Advanced Technological Education Program, the NCME provides leadership development for deans, program chairs, faculty and other educational leaders in manufacturing and engineering technology. Steve is also the Director for the Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Affiliate in Ohio. PLTW-OH has grown to over 400 programs nearly 190 school districts across Ohio preparing students for STEM career and college endeavors. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Virtual Online Tensile Testing
offour graduating class cohorts, it was expected that the award would benefit 24 total students.In addition to providing scholarship funding for engineering students with outstanding potentialand demonstrated financial need, this program also encouraged the development of a supportnetwork for these students. Many of the students receiving the award were first generationcollege students, and ensuring that they felt welcomed and supported was important to retainthem at the university.One of the main components of the students’ network of support was connecting them with localindustrial partners to showcase the types of careers the students could aspire to upon graduation.Since many of the students at East Carolina Unviersity were raised in towns
. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Dr. Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University Ebony O. McGee is an Assistant Professor of Diversity and Urban Schooling at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College and a member of Scientific Careers Research and Development Group at Northwestern University. She received her Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago; and she was a National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow and a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow. As a former electrical engineer, she is
Oakland University(OU) has been organizing a research experience for undergraduates (REU) program that hasbeen successful at recruiting underrepresented undergraduates in engineering – women inparticular. Funded through the National Science Foundation REU program, this summer REUprogram focuses on automotive and energy-related research projects. The Automotive andEnergy Research and Industrial Mentorship (AERIM) REU program at Oakland University aimsto engage participants in rewarding automotive research experiences that excite and motivatethem to pursue careers in scientific and engineering research, and seeks to address thenationwide problem of the under-representation of women and minorities in the sciences,technology, engineering and math
liberal arts colleges and large, research-intensiveinstitutions would be productive in moving a particular research area forward.Collaboration also with large research institutions not just ERCs.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work primarily supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF)under NSF Award Number CMMI–1632963 and NSF Award Number ERC-1449501. Anyopinions, findings and conclusion, or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe authors, and do not necessarily reflect those of the NSF.References[1] D. Lopatto, “Undergraduate Research Experiences Support Science Career Decisions and Active Learning,” CBE—Life Sciences Education, vol. 6, pp. 297-306, winter 2007[2] S.H. Russell, M.P. Hancock, and
implanted in the REU site. Pre and post surveys and follow-up phone interviews wereconducted to collect REU participants’ feedbacks, while different surveys were also conducted tocollect feedback from faculty and graduate assistants. Table 2 shows selected REU students postsurvey results in all three years. After attending the IR-SEED REU site, • About 91% REU participants rated their overall experience excellent or very good, which matches with the follow-up phone interview results. • About 62% REU participants had increased interests in going to graduate school. • Close to 70% REU participants had increased interests in pursuing research career. • About 42% REU participants decided to pursue a higher degree