Integrating Technology and Career Learning in Elementary Engineering Education: A Formative Curriculum Evaluation Nicole Colston1, Julie Thomas2, and Tyler Ley1 Oklahoma State University1 and University of Nebraska-Lincoln2 327 Willard Hall, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078IntroductionThe Engineering is Everywhere (E2) curriculum includes a series of video lessons led by a civilengineer who explains how he uses science, mathematics, and economics to solve practicalproblems. The engineer-led video lessons (a) highlight elementary grade-level applications ofmathematics and science in the work of engineers and (b
Early and Continuous Exposure to Engineering as a Profession: Career Imprinting in Grades PK-12 Hudson V. Jackson, PhD, P.E and Evelyn A. Ellis, Ed.D United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.AbstractIn recent years, there has been much discussion about declining interest in engineering programsthroughout U.S. colleges and universities. Several possible causes for the decline have been identified andare fodder for debate: (1) PK-12 educational systems are not adequately preparing students tocomprehend the connections among science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) andfuture career opportunities and (2) College engineering curricula need to be more
Paper ID #38233Work in Progress: Recommendations for Early Career Faculty to Engage inInterdisciplinary STEAM CollaborationsDr. Renee M. Desing, Oregon State University Dr. Renee Desing is a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University in the School of Civil and Construc- tion Engineering. Her research interests include diversity, equity, inclusion in the engineering classrooms and workplaces. Dr. Desing graduated from Ohio State with her Ph.D. in Engineering Education, and also holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
How to Define and Develop Ability-based Leadership for Engineering Students and Early Career Professionals Larry F Hanneman Director Engineering Career Services Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering Iowa State University lfhannem@iastate.edu Pat N White Manager of Student & Alumni Career Services Program College of Engineering Iowa State University patwhite@iastate.edu Loni K Pringnitz Manager of Engineering Experiential
Early and Continuous Exposure to Engineering as a Profession: Career Imprinting in Grades PK-12 Hudson V. Jackson, PhD, P.E and Evelyn A. Ellis, Ed.D United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.AbstractIn recent years, there has been much discussion about declining interest in engineering programsthroughout U.S. colleges and universities. Several possible causes for the decline have been identified andare fodder for debate: (1) PK-12 educational systems are not adequately preparing students tocomprehend the connections among science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) andfuture career opportunities and (2) College engineering curricula need to be more
Early and Continuous Exposure to Engineering as a Profession: Career Imprinting in Grades PK-12 Hudson V. Jackson, PhD, P.E and Evelyn A. Ellis, Ed.D United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.AbstractIn recent years, there has been much discussion about declining interest in engineering programsthroughout U.S. colleges and universities. Several possible causes for the decline have been identified andare fodder for debate: (1) PK-12 educational systems are not adequately preparing students tocomprehend the connections among science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) andfuture career opportunities and (2) College engineering curricula need to be more
Learning about Ethics and Equity in Engineering: Experience of Early- Career EngineersAbstractBackground: As the engineering profession increasingly emphasizes ethical responsibility andequity in practice, the preparation of early-career engineers to navigate these challenges in theworkplace is important.Purpose: This paper aims to report on what early career engineers recall from their learningexperiences regarding ethics and equity at school and the training opportunities they receive attheir engineering workplace.Design/Method: Our study employs a qualitative research approach, utilizing reflexive thematicanalysis (RTA) to examine the learning experiences and preparation of early-career engineers.As part
Paper ID #46825Analyzing the Impact of Two Co-Curricular Undergraduate Experiential LearningPrograms on STEM Students’ Career ReadinessDr. Rea Lavi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Rea Lavi is Digital Education Lecturer and Curriculum Designer with the Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics in the School of Engineering at MIT, where he leads the integration of cutting-edge technologies such as virtual reality and generative A.I. into residential education. He is also Lecturer and Curriculum Designer for the New Engineering Education Program (NEET) in the same school, for which he teaches a first-year problem
Paper ID #45853BOARD # 338: CAREER: Responsive Support Structures for MarginalizedStudents in Engineering - Insights from Year 5Dr. Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Walter Lee is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education and the director for research at the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED), both at Virginia Tech.Malini Josiam, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Malini Josiam is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She has a M.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech (2023) and a B.S. in Mechanical
Paper ID #45505BOARD # 452: S-STEM: Enhancing Career Readiness of S-STEM ScholarsThrough Co-ops and InternshipsDr. Wei Zhang, University of Louisville Dr. Wei Zhang is the Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Louisville. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 2003. Dr. Zhang served as an assistant/associate professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) from 2003 to 2010 and as an associate and full professor at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) from
. Upon graduating, Atayliya aspires to pursue a career that broadens interest and representation in the STEM + C fields. Atayliya N. Irving is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Florida (UF). She initially enrolled in the electrical and computer engineering (ECE) department at UF, but later switched to the engineering education department in her second semester. Atayliya holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Jackson State University (JSU), which she earned in the spring of 2022. While studying at JSU, she conducted research with the Engineering Research Development Center (ERDC) in the Critical Infrastructure-Cyber Protection (CICP) program. During her time there, she worked on research
Paper ID #45403BOARD # 336: CAREER: Engineering Identity in a Makerspace SupportedMulti-disciplinary CourseDr. Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin Audrey Boklage is research assistant in the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025CAREER: Advancing Engineering Identity Development Through MultidisciplinaryCourses and Makerspace IntegrationAudrey Boklage, The University of Texas at AustinAbstractThis study examines how undergraduate students develop an engineering identity within amultidisciplinary course incorporating an
Paper ID #47874BOARD # 359: ECR-EDU Core Research: (Mis)alignment between ME coursecontent and student career intentionsDr. Jingfeng Wu, University of Michigan Jingfeng Wu is currently a PhD student at the University of Michigan majoring in Engineering Education Research. She holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from University of Calgary in Canada, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering at Chang’an University in China. Her research interests include engineering undergraduate curriculum analysis, engineering students’ career interests, and technical communication.Dr. Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan
Paper ID #45419CAMINO—Career Advancement, Mentorship, Inspiration, and Opportunities:A STEM K-12 Outreach Initiative.Dr. Hector A. Pulgar, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Hector Pulgar-Painemal (Senior Member, IEEE) was born in Los Angeles, Chile. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Concepcion, Chile, in 2001 and 2003, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA, in 2010. He held academic positions with Federico Santa Maria Technical University, Chile, from 2001 to 2014. He is currently an
supervision of Prof. Akira Isogai at the University of Tokyo, Japan (2014-2016) and Prof. Lennart Bergstr¨om at Stockholm University, Sweden (2016-2018). Her research activities center on the development and engineering of advanced sustainable materials from biomass, particularly renewable nanomaterials. She has built a research-education integrated platform towards advancing the commercialization of sustainable packaging and renewable nanomaterials and tackle these important research challenges with the help of students, industrial partners, and researchers. This program fosters entrepreneurial thinking to boost outcomes in sustainable advanced materials meanwhile offering career opportunities and professional development
likely to have taken advanced placement courses, and had lower grade pointaverages and lower SAT scores (NCES 1999d). Among 1998 college freshmen,students with disabilities were more likely than those without to have earned Cs and Dsin high school. They were less likely to have met the recommended years of high schoolstudy in mathematics, biological sciences, and physical sciences; and to have spent moretime between high school graduation and entry into college (Henderson 1999). Theopportunity to study, conduct research, and establish a career in these fields is a reachablegoal for students regardless of physical ability.It is the goal of this paper to present some discussions and plans of action for providinglong-term opportunities for
of obtaining a Ph.D., cultural Page 14.1331.5impacts of graduate school, industry versus academia career opportunities, becoming a professorat a predominantly white university vs. HBCU, graduate survival skills and overall concerns andfears of pursuing graduate degrees. They mirror what the literature has said are some of the mainconcerns and hesitations about graduate school, and open discussion with peers can be effectivein easing concerns, more specifically in the following areas: • Cultural Capital/Congruity: Being surrounded by peers and people that make you feel comfortable is valuable in any environment. The pursuit of a
Paper ID #17613Educational Support through the Career Life-Span of Professional WorkingAdult Learners: An Integrative Theoretical and Experiential Reflection fromthe Learner’s PerspectiveDr. Mitchell L Springer PMP, SPHR, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Dr. Springer currently serves as an Executive Director for Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute lo- cated in West Lafayette, Indiana. He has over 35 years of theoretical and Defense industry-based practical experience from four disciplines: Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Program Management
as exploring students’ conceptions of diversity and its importance within engineering fields.Dr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co-directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring communication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of
[11] Guidelines to aid instructors [15] An initial approach to project selection [17]Other research has explored ways to support student involvement in HFOSS projects. Resultsof this research [13, 14, 16, 18] have shown that student involvement in HFOSS has positiveimpact on: Student attitude towards software engineering Self-reported learning of software engineering knowledge Selection of major and career plans Technical and professional knowledge Understanding of how to develop and maintain softwareIt should be noted that female students reported a significantly greater understanding ofhow to manage software projects [14].2.2 Motivating QuestionsThe investigation reported in
Indigenous peoples’ access to education. Prior to joining Indspire in 2018, Jamie worked at Engineers Canada as the Manager of Research. Here, she examined enrolment and graduation trends of engineering students, their school- to-work transitions and labour market outcomes. Jamie also focused on increasing Indigenous peoples’ access to and representation in engineering in Canada. While at Engineers Canada, she collaborated with ILead at the University of Toronto.Dr. Doug Reeve, University of Toronto Dr. Reeve is the founding Director of the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead) (2010- 2018) at the University of Toronto. After a lengthy career as a consulting engineer he made development of personal
include conceptual change and situated cognition. He received the NSF CAREER award in 2010 and is working on a study to characterize prac- ticing engineers’ understandings of core engineering concepts. He is a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Engineering Education.Mr. Sean Lyle Gestson, Oregon State University Sean Gestson is a recent graduate from the University of Portland where he studied Civil Engineering with a focus in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering. He is currently conducting Engineering Education research while pursuing a doctoral degree in Civil Engineering at Oregon State University. His research interests include problem solving, decision making, and engineering curriculum
Paper ID #25598Counting Past Two: Engineers’ Leadership Learning TrajectoriesDr. Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto Cindy Rottmann is the Associate Director of Research at the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto. Her research interests include engineering leadership in university and workplace settings as well as ethics and equity in engineering education.Dr. Doug Reeve, University of Toronto Dr. Reeve is the founding Director of the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (Troost ILead) (2010-2018) at the University of Toronto. After a lengthy career as a
. Faulkner, “Doing gender in engineering workplace cultures. I. Observations from the field,” Eng. Stud., vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 3–18, Mar. 2009.[14] Z. Leonardo, Race Frameworks: A Multidimensional Theory of Racism and Education. Teachers College Press, 2013.[15] M. S. Ross, “A unicorn’s tale: Examining the experiences of Black women in engineering industry,” Purdue Univ., p. 376, 2016.[16] M. M. S. Ross and D. A. Godwin, “Engineering Identity Implications on the Retention of Black Women in Engineering Industry,” presented at the ASEE Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2016, p. 11.[17] S. A. Hofacker, “Career Self-Efficacy as a Means of Understanding the Gap Between Career Attainment and Opportunity for the U.S. Government Black
Paper ID #25510Engineering Leadership Styles Used in Industry TodayMichele Fromel, Pennsylvania State UniversityMatthew BennettMr. Lei Wei, ELIM program, Pennsylvania State UniversityDr. Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Meg Handley is currently the Associate Director for Engineering Leadership Outreach at Penn State University. Previously, Meg served as the Director of the Career & Corporate Connection’s office at the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University. Meg completed her PhD in Workforce Education at Penn State, where she focused on interpersonal behaviors and their impact on
role of leadership and culture in process improvement. His research is supported by the NSF and industry and has received numerous national and international awards. He is an elected Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management and serves as an Associate Editor for both the Engineering Management Journal and Quality Approaches in Higher Education. Prior to his academic career, Schell spent 14 years in industry where he held leadership positions focused on process improvement and organizational development.Dr. Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University Bryce E. Hughes is an Assistant Professor in Adult and Higher Education at Montana State University, and affiliate faculty member with the Montana
the perspectives of individuals who Page 24.1410.3have had successful, long-term careers as engineering professionals or faculty. These individualscertainly have the wherewithal to succeed as an engineer and their voices cannot be as easilydismissed as representing the viewpoints of those who are not “cut out” for the engineeringprofession.Our research also specifically examines the impact of left-of-center grading on women versusmen. Women tend to leave engineering at higher rates and with higher GPA’s than their malecounterparts and often cite poor teaching, intimidation, and loss of confidence among theirreasons for leaving [10, 11