programs will be covered.IntroductionMost degree programs that teach building engineering have design opportunities are often less thanideally constructed to reflect practical careers due to relatively few faculty members being trained, or theyhave no similar industry experience necessary to guide students [1]. Consequently in these settings, only asurface level understanding of their value is realized [2]. Many engineering students do not know how toapproach large complex systems due to their exposure to idealistic examples [3]. Additionally, they notcapable of providing critical multi-disciplinary integration of their designs due to the isolated nature oftopics in the classroom [4] [5]. Capstone courses provide a comprehensive evaluation of
of this paper is to report the results of the 2018 ASEE Student Veteran Leadershiproundtable. This roundtable brought together a diverse group of veterans, engineering educators,and engineering student veteran researchers. Through a series of ideation exercises anddiscussions, the group examined the challenges student veterans traditionally face, on-goingsupport initiatives at their home institutions, and recommended actions for ASEE to pursue in theyears ahead. The topics discussed during the panel are related to previous research about thechallenges faced by veteran students beyond ETETE career paths. A series of novel initiativesare presented that may assist ASEE and university administrators more broadly in adopting afresh approach to
technologically advanced and the demand for more scientists,technologists, engineers and mathematicians is continually on the rise. In order to excel andpursue STEM career routes, Algebra has been a key requirement to gain access to such fields andrelated courses. Due to its importance, 32 states have made it a requirement for high schoolgraduation 1 ; the remaining states define the amount of math credits required to graduate, but donot specify which courses must be taken. Despite its importance and requirement by most states,students are not excelling in this area. While there is no national standard or standardized test tomeasure Algebra competency, most states offer their own end of course assessments.Additionally, there are national assessments and
working to createopportunities to foster analytical and problem solving abilities among its upper divisionengineering students. CET seeks to provide Junior and Senior-level students with undergraduateresearch and industry workforce experiences to better prepare them for graduate programs andfor highly evolving and technology-based labor market. The literature has reported for more thanthree decades the substantial benefits for underrepresented minorities (URM) when engaging inURE. A myriad of recent publications substantiates the importance of URE including increasedconfidence in research and professional skills, enhanced preparation for graduate school, andgreater clarity on future career pathways [4], [5]. Using grant-funded equipment and
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. that are committed to increasing the number of young women pursuing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers. Currently, Paige is serving as the Immediate Past President for the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). Paige earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in industrial and systems engineering and B.S. in engineering science and mechanics from Virginia Tech.Kurubel Belay, University of Maryland c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 1Work in Progress: Assessing the Impact of the First Year Summer ExperienceProgram on
, because I work best when I know what Ineed to be doing, my mind is settled, and I am not distracted.” Although Mary intended to solveher distraction problem by studying alone, cutting herself off from others, working ineffectivelywith others, or not attempting her homework alone first, these strategies may have prevented herfrom learning from others what she did not realize she did not know. Mary is able to connecther work as a student broadly to her future career as an engineer when prompted and expresses adesire to use her Industrial Engineering degree to do good in the world. Mary received Bs innon-STEM courses, Ds in engineering and chemistry, and a failing grade in math.Geoffrey: Geoffrey initially had difficulty adjusting to the pace of the
Latinx students, engineering educators have a unique opportunity toapply their engineering design expertise to innovate the educational experience of their students. InDesign Thinking, one key feature is the emphasis on user engagement and developing a deepunderstanding of a user’s needs, environment, and assets [7]. Educators, as educational designers, shouldfirst seek to understand the unique characteristics of the students in their programs. This process ofdeveloping a deeper understanding of one’s students can result in educational experiences that supportstudent learning by meeting students where they are [8] and connecting to themes, ideas, and topics thatare relevant to the student and their desired career trajectory [9].While the
overlap between being aveteran and being a minority and encourages the integration of scholarship on student veteransand on under-represented minority students. Our study aims to add to this literature on theexperience of Black student veterans, with a particular focus on BSVEs.Our prior research on veteran subpopulations and identity has shown that for First GenerationStudent Veterans in Engineering (FGSVEs) military and engineering identities were more centralto their current experiences than their first-generation status [30]. The decision to pursueengineering was primarily to pursue a career that offers financial stability [12]. For womenStudent Veterans in Engineering (WSVEs), we found that the decision to pursue engineering wasoften related
deterring and a major barrier to retention andsuccess in the profession.[5-10]Several factors have been identified as key challenges: (a) the lack of exposure to engineering orcomputer science as fields of study or as career opportunities [11], (b) the lack of professionalidentity (inability to see oneself as a professional) [7], (c) an impaired sense of belonging [12,13], and (d) the lack of self-efficacy (how well one can execute a course of action to deal with aprospective situation) [14]. Adding to the challenge is the rigor of engineering curriculum whichsubstantially contributes to high dropout rates from engineering [15], averaging at 50%, andranging from 60 to 67% for minorities [12, 16, 17]. These numbers are strongly driven by highfailure
Mr. Beckstrom graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University and M.S. in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Denver. He is a registered Pro- fessional Engineer. The majority of his 40 year career has been in industry interdisciplinary projects as an engineer, as commercial business developer, program manager, project manager and as an executive managing numerous project and strategic business teams. His recent industry consulting focus as been training and developing fresh engineering graduates to be productive contributors in their workforce and workforce competency and skills assessment. His work experience has included the high arctic of Siberia and Alaska
the national average. In addition, thepercentage of females in engineering has been declining since 2016 while the percentage of womennationally has been increasing. These trends are concerning and have been a focal point for recentdepartmental efforts related to improving equity and inclusion with a focus on increasing sense of belonging.The research team created a series of three simple interventions, embedded them into an existing course, andstudied the impact on the development of student sense of belonging. The interventions were added into afirst year, introductory engineering course (Introduction to Engineering & Design) with the aim of impactingas many students as possible early in their academic careers. The WWU Introduction to
definition orscope of a wicked problem. Wicked problems exist in a dynamic knot of social, policy,economic, moral, ethical and technical dimensions. Attempts to solve wicked problemsfrequently yield unintended outcomes that render the solution unsatisfactory or incomplete.Environmental engineering practice addresses challenges more like wicked problems than tameproblems. Accordingly, teaching principles of environmental engineering “in context” of the realsocial, political, economic and technical dimensions that exist with the challenges professionalsface in practice provides students with an opportunity to develop critical thinking skillsnecessary to be successful in their careers. Assessment of teaching in-context, and examplesfrom different STEM
that formed the basis for this project, and examine lessons learned. • We will detail the implementation and evaluation of our cyberlearning telepresence project, from an initial pilot study to a multi-year, multi-classroom program.Making as Micro-ManufacturingUsing technology to provide an individual with some element of embodiment has numerouspotential applications. Whether it is a land-based expert teaching enlisted men while they areaboard ship at sea, tourists remotely exploring foreign cultures, or STEM experts preparing thenext generation for careers in the sciences, enhancing the degree of embodiment of the remoteuser is beneficial any time human interaction takes place. Being physically present is the ”goldstandard” for
shift, refinement, or reaffirmation in one’sunderstanding of ethical engineering practice.We hope that by exploring changes in how practicing engineers experience ethics throughouttheir careers, including how and to what extent myriad aspects of the work environmentinfluence one’s way of experiencing ethics, we will be positioned to identity which teachingapproaches are best aligned with how ethics learning actually occurs in engineering settings andwhether new pedagogy or interventions are needed. We do not anticipate the findings aboutchange incidents and influences to necessarily be normative (i.e., we do not assume the change inengineers’ ways of experiencing ethics always occur in a desirable direction). However, we doanticipate gaining
differences in novelty and quality across students’ designs. This study also expandson current developments in methodology that has implications for expanding this study in orderto better relate students’ design experiences to their design ability.IntroductionEngineering students have a wide variety of educational experiences throughout theirundergraduate career within and outside of their required coursework. The goal of these variousengineering opportunities is to develop students into engineering professionals, that not onlysucceed but are also able to make a better, safer, more sustainable world [1]. There are essentialtopics in which students should become competent [2,3]. These key knowledge and skill areas areconsidered the most essential
project. She was selected as a National Academy of Education / Spencer Post- doctoral Fellow and a 2018 NSF CAREER awardee in engineering education research. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; this includes a two-strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided by interactive technology, and (2) design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Ms. Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New MexicoDr. Yan Chen, University of New Mexico Yan Chen is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Departments of Chemical AND Biological Engineering at the University
communication to otherwise gain access to. During this trip I found myselfasking many times, why can we not do this in the U.S.? Why do I not see these systems in place inmy home country?”Some students who went to Japan said,“In America, it’s all based on the “what can you do for me?” mentality whereas Japan is about“what can we do for each other?” or “how will this reflect on my company?” I would like totake this mentality into account going further in my career when I create new connections, inbusiness as well as life. For example, after I graduate, I would like to create my own practiceand invite others in my industry to help me grow. When I meet with the heads of companies whowould supply me, I will approach them with the collective mentality that
study, and this course, “Biochemistry”, was their first class within thebiomedical engineering department. One of the goals of the course was to excite the studentsabout their future careers in biomedical engineering. All of the students agreed (100%) that thecourse topics were “interesting with relevant examples” and 98% felt that “biochemistry is animportant course in BME and provides essential knowledge and skills”. A summary of theresults from the end-of-semester survey is provided in Figure 5.The enthusiasm of the Uganda students for active learning was not surprising. Previous studieshave indicated that active learning is not only more effective, but also more fun [9]. From thefirst day of class, the focus was on engaging students to be
respondents, and the types of CAD softwares used byindividuals in their product development workflow. ~85% of responses were taken fromindividuals from North America, with over 67% of them being mechanical engineers by rolecategorization. As well, the data is more skewed towards the respondents being in the start oftheir career (mid-late 20s). These were mostly as a consequence of the respondent recruitmentapproach. Implications of this bias are discussed below in section 5.1. Table 1: Summary Statistics of Demographic InformationYears Spent in RoleVariable Count Percentage of Total<1 year 2 7.14%1-4 years
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interviewed Gen Z students identified that they enjoyed creating and tinkering aschildren, suggesting an association between engineering as a career choice with the activities ofmaking and creating [2]. It is likely that Gen Z students will continue their strong preference forhands-on, practical education activities that provide meaningful experiences as young adults asthey continue into college courses and higher education [3]. Rickes proposes that craft-shopsand/or makerspaces may match students’ interests in creativity with a venue on campus in whichto make and design.A makerspace is typically defined as a space in which various tools and technologies areprovided to support rapid prototyping and creation of products [4]. Typical technology
function in the course and the function of their teams. There were in-class writing exerciseson independent learning and ethics, and these exercises provided further opportunities forreflection and self-awareness. In the independent learning module, students wrote narrativesabout their career and personal plans, their experiences in the class, and independent learningthat they needed to do to meet their long-term goals. In the ethics module they were asked toreflect on ethical and professional behavior and how that behavior influenced their capstoneexperience.Similar to the “assess and adjust” exercise, as mentioned previously, the first author conductedmid-term evaluations where she asked students about problems in their teams and in the course
before starting a career teaching engineering. Here industry experience includes field support for Navy Nuclear refueling with Westing- house, analysis and programming of pipeline flow solutions with Stoner Associates, and design of elevator structures and drive components with Schindler Elevator. Since 2002, Eileen has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State University. Her teaching experience includes Basic and Intermediate Fluids, Basic and Intermediate Dy- namics, Statics, Machine Design, and Thermal Measurements.Sarah Harding, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Sarah Harding is a member of the Mechanical Engineering faculty at California Polytechnic
opportunities through strategic partnerships withrelevant entities can indeed benefit other institutions and programs looking to organize similarstudy abroad experiences.• Industry leaders: Interactions with CEOs and executives from companies in Abu Dhabi, includingthe Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce, provided invaluable insights into the challenges andopportunities within the UAE's engineering industry. This information serves as a foundation forpreparing students for successful engineering careers and developing courses and programstailored to meet the demands of employers in the UAE.The established collaborations and gained insights from these interactions will significantlyenhance the effectiveness of future iterations of the Global Engineering
understanding diseases, properties of new materials, manufacturing methods,bioinstrumentation, sensors, drug delivery, among others. All these concepts supported not only abetter understanding of requirements but also the development of more detailed solutionsregarding technical descriptions.Being a specialized course, most undergraduate students took it in their career final year. Forgraduate students, most took it as it was related to their current research topics. When comparingthe methodology of this course with others taken, most students compared it with Senior Designor Capstone design courses. Some of the most relevant comments were:"The iterative design process used in this course compared to the ones used in other courses isthat the iterative
, especiallythrough a critical lens, which is vital to examine as it influences their pedagogical practices,interactions with stakeholders (e.g., students, external community members, other faculty), andknowledge construction. To accurately develop and positively influence students’ engineeringidentity, faculty members must first assess their own professional identities and career decisionsas well as how those have come to be.Strategies for Consciousness Raising A common theme that emerges from each of the descriptions of critical consciousness ismaking sense of oneself as one evolves through the process of critical reflection, motivation, andaction. It is important to note that critical consciousness development and critical awarenesslevels may not
entrepreneurial mindset. Her 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.Dr. Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University Kaitlin Mallouk is an Associate Professor of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University. Prior to beginning that role, she spent five years an Instructor in the Mechanical Engineering and Experiential Engineering Education Departments at Rowan. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Exploring the Relationship between Transfer Students’ Social Networks and their Experience of
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Paper ID #42456Exploring Funds of Knowledge and Social Capital of Migratory Students inSTEM: Revised InstrumentUlises Juan Trujillo Garcia, Arizona State University Ulises Trujillo Garcia (he/him/´el) is pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education Systems and Design at Arizona State University. He graduated from Boise State University with a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering. During his undergraduate Ulises held a number of leadership positions during his undergraduate career, which earned him a variety of accolades. These experiences helped him identify his passion which is rooted in supporting Latina/o/x students
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