asked to describe the most significantissues and challenges women scientists face as they plan their careers.11 Balancing work withfamily was the number one response in Rosser’s survey distributed to 400 women in researchand education. Fox’s study on women and men faculty in doctoral-granting departments incomputer science, engineering, and science fields in nine research universities found evidence tosupport work-life balance as an important issue for women faculty.42 Compared to men, womenreported that family and work interfere with each other more, most frequently with familyinterfering with work. Fox hypothesized that this finding could stem from the higher family andhousehold expectations typically placed on women.Although women with PhDs
notlegitimized by the institution. Driven by worries that he will “get kicked out of theengineering school,” Peter designed and patented a “high-end upgrade for 3-D printers,”which he is currently selling online. This involved not only the design and production ofthe device itself, but also the assembly of heterogeneous elements into a viable business,including business plans, financial backers, patent lawyers and governmentalinfrastructure. We don’t yet know whether Peter will eventually receive an engineeringdegree; we do know that he is actively seeking other forms of legitimacy that might notrequire one.MaryMary is a white female student. Like Peter, Mary’s experience in the Access program hasbeen shaped by mathematics. She came into the program
Baccalaureate university. Approximately 30 responses indicated a breadth ofcourses where faculty infused a wide variety of macroethical topics. It also revealed thechallenges associated with encouraging faculty to respond to surveys. A handful of facultyparticipated in follow-up interviews, giving feedback to help improve the surveys. The surveyswere revised, with national dissemination in spring 2016. The dissemination plan includes ASEElist serves and a targeted list of individuals who have publications and have received grantsrelated to macroethics education. Some national survey results should be available in time for theposter in June 2016.IntroductionThe broad vision of this research project is to transform the knowledge and attitudes
the high school level. With the extra instructional time, high school ENGR 102students enhance their learning through multiple authentic and carefully planned projects.Towards the end of the school year, high school ENGR 102 students prepare the solar ovenproject in much the same way as their undergraduate counterparts.The design and delivery of an introduction to engineering curriculum is important as it is the firstcontact with the field of engineering for many students. Pre-college, engineering programs havebeen shown to attract students to engineering and other STEM careers (Crisp, Amaury &Taggart, 2009; Delci, 2002; Yelamarthi & Mawasha, 2008). Our goal is for our teachers to offervaried, hands-on projects in their engineering
, theystrongly manifest their appreciation of the freedom of thought that open-ended designproblems provide. Thus the successful completion of a series of challenging projects hasserved as mastery experiences for the students, which is a primary building block of self-efficacy 44.Due to the single data point collected in this work-in-progress, it is not possible yet toascertain specific reasons for the ineffectiveness of the interventions in this form towardsdeveloping SV skills, however the insights gained during this first iteration will be usedto refine the implementation, and continue the assessment with the help of a controlgroup. Specific planned actions include: • Increasing the number and reducing the scope of geometric design exercises
school board was impressed. ‘Oh, that foundation in New York thinks we should do something different, so let’s do it.’… They listened to us because we were from the outside… The Sloan Foundation had leverage.”Pierre did go on to stress, however, that the reputation and leverage needed to be coupled withsound planning: “It’s not just the name [of the foundation]. You had to design the school with theright curriculum. You had to place it…within an existing high school that had a principal whoreally supported it and solved every problem they had.”DiscussionThe engineering education pioneers described many different ways in which they helpedfacilitate others’ success. We next examine their accounts in terms of Lave and Wenger’s threedimensions
implications. Indeed, in their talk the students seemed toprivilege either consideration to the exclusion of the other. Additionally, the nature of the interactions with the project affected students’ orientationtoward their design work, Sebastian (Class B) excluded his project from ethical considerationbecause in his words, this phase was just an initial test to see if the product worked. He describedhis take on his team’s product: This is basically just going to one teacher, and I don’t see much of a[n ethical concern] with it because we’re sending it to him and it’s going to be just a lesson plan for a few weeks, and if it’s effective, then great, and if not, it’s just an experiment then and we can just narrow it down
to experience a phenomenon inaerospace engineering, let’s look at the experience of uncertainty in design, where uncertainty isthe phenomenon, decision-making in design is the task, and the aerospace engineering industry isthe context. The aerospace industry is risk-averse and seeks to reduce risk and cost by reducinguncertainty [29]. Lately, the aerospace business has taken a systems-of-systems approach todesign [30-33] in order to decompose the design space and to integrate the solutions withawareness of and planning for uncertainty resolution. Uncertainty plays a significant role indesign and every participant in the design process may have a slightly different understanding,where their understanding may not fall into a “right”, “wrong
developed in this project andopen-source training software “RobotRun” will enable three modes of adaptation, which areshown in Table 1. All three modes will allow any institution to teach robotics skills; modes oneand two will also allow for industrial training and certification, which will enable the other newprograms to grow and expand. Table 1: Modes of adaptation by other institutionsYear 1 Project ProgressMichigan Tech and Bay College have actively collaborated during the initial phase (Year 1) ofthis project and achieved significant advancements in the proposed activities. Tables 2 and 3provide details on which activities have already been accomplished or planned to be completedby the end of the fiscal year at the
Planning a project Asking questions Following directions Listening 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PRE-SELF EFFICACY SCORE POST SELF-EFFICACY SCOREFigure 3. Impact of STEAM ACTIVATED! program on self-efficacy14The apparent losses in self-efficacy were associated with statements associated with ‘includingthe perspectives of others in decision making’ (-6.65%), ‘listening’ (-4.93%), and ‘setting goals’(-3.48%). Prior to participating in the program, the girls had more favorable perceptions abouttheir self-efficacy in relation to
to create a curb cut replacement plan. Engineers designaccessible transportation infrastructure and policymakers implement accessibility policies butoften these roles are performed in isolation. Co-teaching allowed us to put engineering inconversation with policy making. We also strategically assembled student teams so that eachteam was comprised of students from each of the engineering departments 1. This providedstudents the opportunity to engage with members of their cohort whom they may have littlecontact with over the course of their studies as a result of sub-discipline tracking. Importantly,course participants also collaborated with representatives from city and the county agenciescharged with managing the local sewer system and a
academic quality. • Demonstrate accountability. • Encourage, where appropriate, self-scrutiny and planning for change and needed improve- ment. • Employ appropriate and fair procedures in decision making. • Demonstrate ongoing review of accreditation practice. • Possess sufficient resources.This clarifies ABET’s role as one of accrediting programs through a focus on continuous im-provement, curriculum, student outcomes, skilled faculty, and adequately resourced programs.The accreditation criteria discussed above makes that clear. While compliance with federal lawsis important, it is not regarded as an indication of a commitment to continuous improvement andexcellence in education. Furthermore, since ABET accredits programs
, planning, and implementing design solutions. Theauthors found that students who participated in the creative lab demonstrated a higher confidencein continuing in engineering coursework than those who did not. As the study states, “Creativityis an important attribute for engineers practicing their profession in a global society” [12].Although students struggled with the open-ended nature of the design problems, they enjoyed thecourse and saw the value in the addition to their curriculum. Illustrating the importance of incorporating real-world engineering design problems, Odehet al. write, “Nowadays, engineering education needs to meet the requirements and needs ofbusiness and industry. This can be achieved by collaborating with the local
10 codes related to theproject’s overarching research questions around identity formation, makerspaces andunderrepresented students. The codes included “experiences that shape identity,” “road of trialsin engineering,” “stories of values, knowledge, skills, practices and norms in engineering,”“stories of bias, prejudice and stereotype,” “recommendations for makerspaces,” “pathways toengineering” and “aspirations, goals, desires or plans.” These deductive codes developed as aprovisional “start list” served as the first-cycle coding [39].Though all of the codes proved useful in establishing meaning, two of the codes became thefocal points for understanding unique aspects of these students’ experiences in makerspaces:stories of values
program administration view, where Black women recruitment and retentionadministrators in STEM face marginalization and silencing, leading to limitations in decisionmaking and funding decisions at the college and university level [22]. It is common withinworking groups or meetings that relatively privileged groups take up more space inconversations and the voices of minoritized groups are not heard or represented. Onemanifestation of this aspect is the communication of viewpoints by white cisgender womenleaders, who believe they represent all diversity but only represent the experiences of whitecisgender women. It can also occur in male-dominant environments in which co-curricularprogram planning occurs (e.g., a minority engineering program). The
protocol covered questions about the student’s post-graduation career plans and job search related activities. If the student had professionalengineering co-op or internship experiences, they were asked to describe what these experienceswere like and how they may be informing students’ career-related thinking going forward. Eachinterview was approximately 45 minutes long, conducted by phone, recorded, and transcribed.Further details about the overall study and the interview data collection process are provided in[14] and [15]. Because the current analysis focuses on experiences within engineeringorganizations, the data set includes interviews with students who reported having engineering co-op or internship experiences, only.Data Set 2The second
welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors 3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences 4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts 5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives 6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw
in this work: historically, engineers have not agreed on foundational concerns ordefinitions of engineering. Hence, engineers do not have some form of constitution or bible thatthey can refer to provide any universal answers. To me, one of the best ways to consider current“norms,” as well as the propensity towards engineering in ethics or ethics in engineering, wouldbe to review how codes of ethics have evolved over time.As one noteworthy example, ASCE recently added a Canon 8, “Treat All Persons Fairly.”Subpart C of Canon 8 focuses on diversity: “Engineers shall consider the diversity of thecommunity, and shall endeavor in good faith to include diverse perspectives, in the planning andperformance of their professional services.” This is one
, Engineers: Employment, Pay, and Outlook, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018, Feb. Accessed on: Jan. 28, 2020. Available: https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2018/article/engineers.htm.3. “Charting a Course for Success: America’s Stategy for STEM Education,” Committee on STEM Education of the National Science & Technology Council, Dec. 2018, Accessed on: Jan. 28, 2020. Available: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp- content/uploads/2018/12/STEM-Education-Strategic-Plan-2018.pdf4. M. C. Bottia, E. Stearns, R. A. Mickelson, S. Moller, and A. D. Parker, “The relationships among high school STEM learning experiences and students’ intent to declare and declaration of STEM major in college,” Teachers College Record
everybody else”. Student A said this was very different from theexperiences of their classmates, “Yeah, definitely very tight-knit, where you know everybody inthe community. You know, I know everybody in the grade, and then the grade above, gradebelow, which is crazy talking to people now, they're not used to that.”Student E shared a similar sentiment commenting when at home, “I can go to the store and I'llrun into so many people. I have to plan for extra time whenever I'm going anywhere. I run intopeople and talk with them for a while.” Later in the interview, they shared that being on at alarge campus “it's very easy to feel like just a number in the class”. This student shared thedesire to make campus feel smaller by joining a living learning
Confidence should be conducted.More meaningful internship experiences offered earlier in a student’s university education mayalso help to improve Career Fit Confidence of all students. Future research investigating theeffects of timing and number of internship experiences on Career Fit Confidence could informprogram planning that would increase persistence. The Expertise Confidence in ML/AI shouldbe further fostered in the curriculum to increase persistence of students pursuing thosespecializations. Earlier explicit exposure to ML/AI specialization Expertise in their first twoyears of undergraduate studies may positively influence the Expertise Confidence and IntentionalPersistence of students. Again, further investigation into the university
incentivized in severalways. It contributed to make this project a positive experience that has paved the way to similarSTEM projects on campus such as another pilot project embedded US 1100 that focuses onenhancing performance of students co-enrolled in remedial math and college level algebra. Thissummer 2020, one of the authors of this paper and a faculty in the School of Engineering will beworking also on another STEM project related to SVS. The project is a summer camp to high-school girls interested in STEM, in particular in engineering and engineering technology. TheSVS curriculum will be included as part of the camp planned activities. Finally, the authorsexpect that this experimental research strengthens the literature on SVS and helps
Polytechnic InstituteMelissa Shuey, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteMarta TsyndraMakayla Wahaus, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Makayla Wahaus received her Bachelors of Science in Sustainability Studies and Applied Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2020. After completing her senior thesis, ”Community Supported Agriculture in the NY Capital Region: Pathways, Economics, and Community”, she plans to farm with a local CSA producer while navigating to her desired career path. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Student Perspectives on Navigating Engineering PathwaysLike many of the National Academy of Engineering’s consensus studies, the 2018 Pathwaysreport [1] tells
for all new construction of single-family homes, townhomes, and low-rise multi-family homes (CA Solar Mandate. 2020) o Other aspects that help CA include the state having plenty of sunlight (estimated at 284 days in a year) that helps solar generation. The State also has large desert land where currently a solar farm is in operation and others are planned to produce 550 megawatts (Nextera Energy, 2011). CA also has encouraged community solar farms which benefits homeowners to use solar energy without solar panels on their roofs (Livermore Community Solar, 2020). CA’s solar generation in 2022 accounts for 26.8% of the
guidelines known as the “Broader Impacts Criteria” (BIC), whichwere foundational in the preparation of the forthcoming NAE report. Broader Impacts are one oftwo main pillars by which all NSF funding proposals are assessed, alongside “IntellectualMerit.” The Broader Impacts requirement was officially introduced in 1997, and in 2002 the NSFbegan returning proposals without review if they didn’t mention Broader Impacts [24]. Theimplementation of Broader Impacts stemmed from recommendations from the Committee onEqual Opportunities in Science and Engineering; the passing of the Government Performanceand Results Act; and the “NSF in a Changing World” strategic plan [25] that outlined a long-termgoal of promoting knowledge in service of society. Currently
], provides the theoreticalframework for this study. This theory has been applied in both undergraduate [26]–[28] andgraduate-level [35], [36], [50] research to understand students’ academic motivations, role identity,and career goals among other things. FTP contains many components including how much a personconnects the present and future, the perceived instrumentality of someone’s present action for theirfuture goals, directionality which relates to a person’s perception that they are moving forward intothe future, speed which is a person’s ability to plan for the future, and extension which relates tohow far into the future a person sets their goals [51], [52]. These components (connection,perceived instrumentality, directionality, speed, and
this valuable space by supportingproductive and synergetic cross-institutional collaborations between PWIs and MSIs/HBCUs.Not surprisingly, the quality of such PWI-MSI/HBCU collaboration depends on the shared goalsand objectives, as well as mutual respect and egalitarian relationships established among thestakeholders from both institutions. In particular, it is a must to have a solid plan to understand,recognize, and capitalize on each institution’s strengths, not only the intellectual merits but alsothe cultural assets brought by the members of the collaborating MSI/HBCUs. This should be oneof the major criteria against which the quality of multi-institutional collaboration that includesMSI/HBCUs should be evaluated. By doing so, this multi
postgraduate research studies as a Master of Engineering student. A Critical thinker continuously looking at ways of improving teacher-student engagement processes, I am adept in organizing work flow, creating lesson plans, presenting ideas in a compelling way, interacting with the learners and fellow trainers with a view to improving content delivery across a range of engineering topics in a learner-based and hands-on approach. As such, I maintain professional boundaries while building lasting relationships. My passion for teaching encompasses circuit analysis, electrical machines and digital electronics, courses delivered while working as an assistant lecturer in Kenya at The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and
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