Mechatronics and Entrepreneurship, a GK-12 Fellows project, and a DR K-12 research project, all funded by NSF. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests include K-12 STEM education, mechatronics, robotics, and control system tech- nology. Under Research Experience for Teachers Site and GK-12 Fellows programs, funded by NSF, and the Central Brooklyn STEM Initiative (CBSI), funded by six philanthropic foundations, he has con- ducted significant K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach activities to integrate engineering concepts in science classrooms and labs of dozens of New York City public schools. He received NYU- SoE’s 2002, 2008, 2011, and 2014
, she was the director of the Savannah River Environmental Sciences Field Station. Dr. Simmons has nearly fourteen years of engineering and project management experience working with public utility companies, a project management consulting company, and a software company. She is a registered professional engineer, project management professional and LEED accredited professional. Her research interests are in investigating students’ development of leadership skills and other professional competencies and in students’ involvement in curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. Dr. Simmons is a NSF CAREER award recipient for her research entitled, ”Investigating Co-Curricular Participation of Students
operation in a detailed way. It also readily demonstrates the three areas ofmechanical engineering: structures and materials, thermo-fluid sciences, and engineeringdesign.The students (who had no particular technical preparation) were divided into small teams andguided through a discussion of what it means to be an engineer and a qualitative overview ofdesign, solid mechanics, material properties, and thermodynamic principles as applied to theconstruct of a small machine. This paper will describe that project-based learning exercise in Page 26.1055.2detail and propose options for extending and adapting it for use as a module within or as aframework for
Paper ID #11644Creativity and Innovation as Part of the Civil Engineering BOKDr. Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting Stuart G. Walesh, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, D.WRE, and F.NSPE (stuwalesh@comcast.net, www.helpingyouengineeryourfuture.c is an author; teacher; and an independent consultant providing leadership, management, and engineering services. Prior to beginning his consultancy, he worked in the public, private, and academic sectors serving as a project engineer and manager, department head, discipline manager, marketer, legal expert, professor, and dean of an engineering college. Walesh’s technical specialty
Early Childhood Education/Special Education from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA and an M.A. in Education from LaSalle University in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Nagle has completed graduate work in Educational Research Methodology at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and earned his doctorate at George Wash- ington University in Educational Administration and Policy Studies.Professionally he has conducted 21 national and international research and evaluation projects and over 100 regional and local research and evaluation projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering achievement: An exploratory case study of minority
STEM teaching workshop, the workshoppurpose and goals were met. The short- and mid-term outcomes of this project to develop abroader awareness on campus of alternative teaching strategies for STEM classrooms andincrease comfort level in using alternative teaching strategies, such as active learning, wasachieved. Participants demonstrated alternative teaching strategies in their individual short peerreviewed teaching demonstrations. However, the goals to develop relationships and increasecommunication between the multiple STEM departments at SUU were less successful. The post-survey data is somewhat contradictory. The lowest Likert-scale numbers indicate that some ofthe participants are less likely to follow-up with the peers they met at the
education policy, and academic motivation.Miss Raeven Carmelita WatersMs. Ashley R Taylor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Ashley Taylor is a doctoral student in engineering education at Virginia Polytechnic and State University, where she also serves as a program assistant for the Center for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity and an advisor for international senior design projects in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Ashley received her MS in Mechanical Engineering, MPH in Public Health Education, and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Her research interests include broadening participation in engineering, the integration of engineering education and international development, and
economics, and public policy. Dr. Cowell previously worked as an Assistant Regional Economist for the Buffalo Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She was previously a member of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation-funded re- search project, ”Building Resilient Regions” and also part of a team of researchers assessing southwestern Virginia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem for the Kauffman Foundation. She is currently a faculty member and co-Faculty Lead for Virginia Tech’s National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) program on Disaster Resilience and Risk Management. Dr. Cowell’s research has been funded by the National Sci- ence Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Kauffman Foundation
consultant for Engineering for One Planet with The Lemelson Foundation. Cindy specializes in innovative sustainability-focused research and curriculum projects for academic institutions, non-profits, government and corporations. Cindy has taught thousands of people through courses and workshops, around the world and online, in the fields of biology, sustainability and biomimicry. She is honored to be a collaborative partner on the Engineering for One Planet initiative since its inception, co-author of the EOP Framework and framework companion teaching guides, and active EOP Network Member. Cindy holds a MS from Oregon State University, a MEd from Griffith University (Queensland, Australia), and a BSc in biology from the
a multi-year, mixed-methods research project funded by the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) to understand factors contributing to the attrition and retention of studentsfrom racially minoritized and marginalized groups in engineering doctoral programs, wedeveloped a survey to assess engineering doctoral students’ experience of department-levelorganizational climate. We aimed to survey engineering doctoral students using a valid andreliable instrument that focuses on the climate constructs that contribute to the retention orattrition of students from historically excluded or underrepresented groups. Here, climateconstructs, in general, refer to the theoretical concepts or dimensions as organization members’shared perceptions of climates
education is understood to beinherently valuable, institutions continue to inadequately center the inclusion, retention, andthriving of engineering students from historically minoritized groups. The intentionaldevelopment of critical consciousness in engineering students may be one important tool foradvancing this greater project. Holly [10] proposes that “CC presents itself as a useful concept tobetter understand why these efforts have not been successful in transforming the quality ofexperiences and statistical representation of people [from] groups that have been marginalized inengineering throughout history.” The elusive goal of “broadening participation in engineering”may in fact be strongly supported by the development of critical
] include: “using ratings systemssuch as Greenroads, ENVISION, and/or LEED to introduce students to metrics related to societalwell-being”, and case studies of past CE projects that “failed to address the needs of anunderserved community (e.g., the 2014 Flint, Michigan, water supply crisis)” [11, 12]. There arean increasing number of examples of efforts to introduce issues of equity in concert withinfrastructure in the literature. Sanford et al. conducted a systematic review of literaturedescribing interventions that have been implemented in practice [13]. Examples include Casperet al.’s efforts to integrate social justice into first and third year civil engineering courses [14],case studies developed by Judge [15], and Castaneda et al.’s
. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Exploring Engineering Faculty Views on Their Role in Broadening Participation in EngineeringAbstractBroadening participation in STEM is an initiative of critical importance within the United States.In order to maintain its global prominence in STEM fields, as well as maintain national securityand other technological advances, the US must produce over one million more STEMprofessionals than what is currently projected. Broadening participation is a term used todescribe increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in STEM fields. This includesproviding STEM exposure, access, and opportunities for individuals from underrepresentedgroups. According to the
literature on the topic. Abetter understanding of engineering problem-solving mindsets – and possible alternatives from adifferent field – could shed light on engineering teaching, learning, research, and practice.MethodsThe paper is based on analysis of interview data that was collected in 2021 at a public universityin Western Canada. As part of a larger project, this paper’s third author conducted semi-structuredinterviews with faculty and postdoctoral researchers from both the School of Engineering andSchool of Education. As can be seen in the Appendix, interviewees were asked about theirperceptions of macroethics and social justice, their research, and local contexts in sessions thatranged in duration from 30-90 minutes. Seventeen faculty and
articles. While some of this research included qualitative elements, the majority of theseinvestigations used quantitative methodologies. Furthermore, a portion of the articles (15.79%)examined anxiety reduction techniques using cutting edge approaches like cognitive algebra andquasi-experimental procedures. Comparably, studies on self-reported mental health included15.79% of the sampled papers and mostly used cross-sectional and quantitative methods.Moreover, one article (5.26%) that presented a descriptive synthesis of the body of knowledgealready known in the topic was classified as a literature review. All things considered, thisthorough analysis highlights the scope and depth of research projects meant to comprehend andtackle problems
gives students the verbal communicationskills which heighten their integration and interaction with their work teams. In this example, thestudent wrote a detailed explanation in which she described the different elements that affectsuch performance and the measurements used in her project. Her essay shows that the technicalvocabulary was necessary for her verbal communication skills. SPA2_A7 wrote, I did not know many of the words that I used in the previous paragraph [in this paragraph she explained the internship project she conducted at CEIT, a study of the efficiency of electric boat motors] before starting my internship. It is important to learn and understand the terminology used in an office in case your
toinform students and educators on the hiring process and how to prepare for technical interviews.Moreover, this research serves to provide industry with evidence of the problems inherent withthe existing hiring system. Analysis of these results will be used to offer suggestions andguidelines that will enable a hiring process that can still achieve its target of finding qualifiedapplicants, but that does so in a manner more justly to all job seekers.1 IntroductionJobs in computing are expected to experience 11% growth over the next decade, which is agreater rise than the projected averages for other fields [1]. Although these positions may begaining momentum globally, unemployment remains a real concern for new graduates, asindustry adds barriers
- tudes and beliefs teachers hold about cultural diversity and teaching culturally diverse students. Past and current projects include designing and teaching undergraduate and graduate-level coursework intended to help teachers develop effective science teaching practices and culturally relevant pedagogy for their classrooms, mentoring pre-service science teachers, working with in-service science teachers to develop and implement integrated STEM curricula, leading STEM integration professional development for in- service science teachers, working with administration and teachers to develop STEM programming in their schools, and developing a K-12 STEM observation protocol that can be used in a variety of educa- tional
society or group. To say that two people belong to the same culture is to say that they interpret the world in roughly the same ways and can express themselves, their thoughts, and feelings about the world, in ways which would be understood by each other. Thus, culture depends on its participants interpreting meaningfully what is happening around them, and “making sense” of the world, in broadly similar ways. (p.2)7For Hall, this communal sense making project is deeply contextualized, and has the “tendency to take onthe intellectual coloration of the place where it is operating.” (p.24)8 He characterizes culture asindivisible from power and underlines the “historic
atspecific schools. Students at Schools Beta and Zeta reported hands-on, project-based learning,and learning linked to real world applications. For example, Raphael at Beta described: My current teacher for the science stuff, he has a lot of hands-on lessons and he thoroughly explains everything and makes sure that we get it. And the examples that he uses are about everyday things. And then as the lesson goes on, it gets more advanced. And that makes it easier to digest and understand what's happening and how this translates to the real world.Additionally, Zara from Zeta reported: “I do like doing the stuff that was happening in my class,all the investigations, DNA stuff... I like the hands-on activities [because
also a Graduate Administrative Assistant for the Bioengineering Department and assists with advising students throughout their academic careers.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants Catherine E. Brawner is President of Research Triangle Educational Consultants. She received her Ph.D.in Educational Research and Policy Analysis from NC State University in 1996. She also has an MBA from Indiana University (Bloomington) and a bachelorˆa C™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
: Consider the flexibility and portability needs of veterans when choosing delivery methods for microcredential. Online learning, blended learning, and experiential learning methods could be considered.4) Develop assessment strategies: Create assessment strategies that effectively evaluate veterans’ knowledge and skills. This could include hands-on projects, case studies, and real-world scenarios.5) Collaborate with industry partners: Partner with industry experts, employers, and data science organizations to ensure that the microcredential aligns with the current demands of the field and meets the needs of employers.6) Evaluate and refine: Regularly assess the effectiveness of the microcredential and make improvements as needed based
, efforts made to diversity campuscannot be chalked up to individual accomplishments or failures, but rather demonstrate howinstitutional cultures determine which policies are adopted and acted upon [13]. We have selected these frameworks to reflect our commitment to better understanding howinstitutions, in conjunction with individual actors, can improve their diversity outcomes.Furthermore, our rationale is to look specifically at the institutional barriers that participantsmention that prevent them from being effective at carrying out diversity work, even if they arecommitted to that effort.Methods, Context and SampleThis paper developed from a larger project aimed at creating a sociotechnical framework toview, analyze and understand the
generate a moreinclusive classroom [6].The term STEM was first used in 1990 by the National Science Foundations in the United Statesas an acronym for policies, projects, and programs in the disciplines of Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). STEM programs and projects have been developed forprivileged populations that have had access to the best schools and universities in the world, sotheir benefits for vulnerable populations such as migrants and refugees have not been studied.However, STEM Education presents barriers and myths that discourage the interest of children andadolescents in these disciplines [7]. This context makes necessary an educational intervention atearly ages so that children become interested in STEM
the world. Developments overthe past decade have focused on sustainable long-distance aviation technologies, urban airmobility, low-cost access to space, and the commercialization of human spaceflight, to name buta few. These and other projects continue to demand talented engineers to support their researchand development. The NSF REDO-E grant supporting this study identifies several ways in whichdiversity in engineering consistently yields improvements across many facets of the discipline.Groups with higher diversity consistently demonstrate improved overall performance [1] as wellas improved understanding of relevant subject matter [2]. Such groups are also more adept atmaking ethical decisions [3], which is of especially critical
about each of the fields of engineering, as well as connect with students and staff members in those departments.Throughout her high school’s 3 course STEM program, she was able to get hands‐on experience with CAD and using power tools, as well as experience developing a concept project to propose to the community.Another influential factor in her decision to pursue STEM comes from her father’s work as an electrical engineer. These influences led her to conduct this study to ensure more women have access to outreach programs and chose to pursue STEM careers. 4 Research Question and Objectives Research question: What influences more women
: interdisciplinary projects that provide safe drinking water to underserved communities in El Paso, Ciudad Ju´arez, Puerto Rico, and Haiti; a bridge that connected communities in Puerto Rico; a solar charging station for natural disasters in Puerto Rico; innovation and entrepreneurship activities on water quality sensors and phyto-remediation; remote sensing applications using Hyperspec- tral cameras on UAVs for water quality and agricultural applications; and study abroad opportunities that ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Paper ID #40102 advance the emerging field of Peace Engineering in
the students to determine one of two audiences first: Is this person trying to learn?Or is this person giving you grief? Either way a four-step heuristic script can help: (1) Optional graciousappreciation; (2) Return to the mission; (3) Provide some evidence; and (4) Offer to follow up. Afteroffering the heuristic, Author 1 provided a number of example scripts. “Thanks for that question. We see our mission as a problem-solving mission: to address the exclusion of particular groups of people from engineering and STEM more broadly. So, in terms of problem definition, particular end users fall outside of the specs for this project and organization because, simply put, not all end users face this problem. In the
the lab and going to our work area. And this is the whole of the canoe which concrete gets placed on. And then that's how the canoe is created. So, I think this glimpse made me feel like an engineer because throughout my college career so far, most of our work has been just very ... Like writing, you don't actually get to see real-world applications.”Under theme 2, students described spaces where they were able to get together with other students tosocialize and plan outside of the classroom setting such as crafting projects, club meetings, and potlucks.One University B student described her crafting project, Figure 4: Cider made by RedShirt student to unwind after a test. “I was like in a quiz