years of thinking about what we offer to students in engineering, it is plain to see thatthere is a necessity to provide future engineers with the tools needed to function productively insociety. When looking at how we prepare mechanical engineers it is fairly easy to see the needsof the customer. Whether it be mathematics, fluids, controls, vibrations, heat transfer, or design,the educational systems across the country and for the most part the world prepare students fortheir entrance into their careers. There is no argument in that, but as one looks at the whole bodyand not just the technical composition of our students, there is a need to continue to explore howwe can provide closer to 100% of their needs and not just those of the technical
Paper ID #35057Experiential Learning through Undergraduate Research on a Roadway En-ergyHarvesting Design (WIP) ASEE NCSMs. Sabrina Martin, University of Pittsburgh An undergraduate mechanical engineering student at the University of Pittsburgh.Dr. Tony Lee Kerzmann, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Tony Kerzmann’s higher education background began with a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Duquesne University, as well as a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. After graduation, Dr. Kerzmann began his career as an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Robert
Paper ID #35671Limits, Singularities and other concerns in the Elementary Functions ofCalculusAndrew Grossfield Ph. D, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology ANDREW GROSSFIELD Throughout his career Dr. Grossfield has combined an interest in engineering design and mathematics. He earned his BEE at CCNY, an MS at the Courant Institute and a doctorate from the University of Arizona. He was licensed in NYS as a Professional Engineer and belongs to the MAA, the ASEE and the IEEE. Seeing the differences between the mathematics memorized in schools and the math understood and needed by engineers has led him to a career
economic downturn. Though training in ethics, in recent yearshas achieved widespread and enthusiastic acceptance throughout the engineering community,yet a lot needs to be done to teach ethical principals in every engineering subject. This paperis an introduction to all points of interest in university-industry and student relations toevolve a road map to a rewarding engineering career and have healthy world order. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education 1. IntroductionWe live in a highly technical world with daily
customer hasan unfavorable experience with the engineers or engineering technicians, chances are they are lesslikely to continue with the vendor when it comes time for their next choice of equipment to procure.Since our BMET program has instituted a mandatory internship program as a pre-requisite forgraduation, much of this industry requirement is fulfilled; however, mission critical items are rarely,if ever, given to the new intern. This translates to the interns being given a protective environmentfrom the accountability and responsibility seen by their mentors and managers. Furthermore, littleto no conflict resolution skills in the context of the students selected career has been developed.Finally, the sources, motivations and relationships to
requirement for a bachelordegree in general electrical engineering?In my opinion, the student does not need to take the above communication course with thecontents offered as above if he does not want to pursue a career in telecommunication. Thereasons are: The first introductory course content is basically the manipulations of mathematicalfunctions such as sine, cosine, tangent, hyperbolic sine, cosine, and tangents that the student hasrepeatedly encountered in many courses such as calculus. These topics are also covered in circuitanalysis II, engineering mathematics, linear system, and control. This is simply a review and arepetition of what the student should have learned in other courses and it does not add any newelectrical engineering
student populations (especially first-generation students) whohave not historically entered careers in nuclear-related industries. Therefore, the project-basedlearning program presents an opportunity for education and training for students as part of thenuclear workforce development efforts.Several years ago, WCU joined with Consortium of Universities for Sustainable Power (CUSP)as part of a country-wide partnership lead by University of Minnesota to attract and trainstudents into careers in sustainable power. An engineering major with electrical powerconcentration was developed under the engineering program through which students could takevarious courses at WCU and to address the regional needs. To encourage interest in careers innuclear power
student retention. They found that academicsupport and career counseling can have a big impact on self-efficacy and retention. Xu [10]found that academic integration (participation in organized academic activities with peers,working with students outside class, interacting with faculty outside class concerningcoursework) was one of the strongest indicators of student retention in STEM majors.Zimmerman [11] found that students with high levels of self-efficacy work harder, participate inclass, persist longer, and have fewer negative reactions when they encounter difficulties in theirmajor. Lent and Hackett [12] found that self-efficacy has a positive impact on the educational aswell as career choices among these students.Disciplinary IdentityGee
and Education from American University in 2016 and his BA in International Affairs from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2006.Ms. Rebecca Z. Kenemuth, University of Maryland, College Park Rebecca Kenemuth is the Assistant Director of Recruitment and Outreach for the Women in Engineering Program at the University of Maryland. She holds an M.A. in Counseling and Personnel Services from the University of Maryland and is passionate about empowering girls and women to pursue careers in STEM-related fields.Dr. Elizabeth Kurban, University of Maryland, College Park Elizabeth Kurban serves as the Assistant Director of Retention for the Women in Engineering Program at the University of Maryland Clark School of
c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #33313retention and career readiness, as well as (c) students’ ethical reasoning and technology use, with a par-ticular focus on STEM students. Most of Dr. Long’s research has focused on the academic and socialexperiences of Black and Latinx groups as well as student-athletes in STEM fields. He helped to leadresearch, funded by the NCAA Innovations in Research and Practice Grant, to improve the well-being ofthe student-athlete through support of their career readiness. He also helped to secure funding from NSF(award # 2024973) to examine the potential benefit of using critical narratives
rather than using them toward an associate’s degree. [16]Additionally, the NSB reported that “In 2013, recent female S&E bachelor’s and master’s degreerecipients were more likely than their male counterparts to have attended a community college.”[16]The focus of PVWIS on local community college women in STEM directly supports broadeningparticipation efforts. According to Costello, “Scientists and policymakers point to thecommunity college as a critical link in the educational pathway to STEM careers for women andstudents who are low-income, minority, or the first in their families to enter college. This linkmust be bolstered if community colleges are to provide opportunities in STEM fields for largenumbers of these students.” [5] Snyder and
education research, teacher professional development, and secondary STEM education. In 2021, Erica received the ASEE Pacific Southwest Early Career Teaching Award and two awards at UNLV for mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. She also received the Peter J. Bosscher Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award in 2019 from Engineers Without Borders and was recognized as a Nevada Woman in STEM by Senator Jackie Rosen.Prof. Eakalak Khan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Eakalak Khan is a Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Department and the Director of Water Resources Research Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. From 2002 to 2017, he was a Professor in Civil and Environmental
. - Completing ODSA-funded project on Ohio Advanced Manufacturing Technical Resource Network roadmaps organized by manufacturing processes to determine manufactur- ing needs and technical solutions for machining, molding, joining/forming, additive manufacturing. - Collaborating with state and national partners on advanced manufacturing education pathways and engi- neering technologist manufacturing career programs - Served as lead coordinator of a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology degree program at The Ohio State University focused on curriculum devel- opment and approval, securing industry support and promoting program to internal/external audiences. - Published a US Economic Development Agency-funded engineering
, engineering stu- dent career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. She was awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her research on undergraduate mental health in engineering programs. Before joining UIUC she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Sanofi Oncology in Cambridge, MA. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia.Dr. Gary Lichtenstein, Arizona State University Gary Lichtenstein, Ed.D., Director of Program Effectiveness for the Entrepreneurial Mindset initiative at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. He is
survey, were developed using variouslearning models, such as Bloom’s Taxonomy cognitive and affect domain, and Dee Fink’sTaxonomy of Creating Significant Learning Experiences, to ensure we captured multiplelearning opportunities. Students give answers by choosing their level of agreement on a likertscale for each of the items. Our items ask about expected learning outcomes such as “I betterunderstood what had been confusing about a topic” and “I understood how the topics in thiscourse can be applied to the real world,” which relate to course content knowledge andknowledge relevant to their careers. Additionally, our items ask about novel potential learningoutcomes such as “I realized the skills I gained [in this context] will help me in my
Paper ID #32451Entering Research Online: Developing a Virtual Course to SupportExperiential Education for Undergraduate Research AssistantsMs. Candyce Hill, Michigan State University Candyce is an academic advisor in the College of Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU). She holds a Master of Arts in Student Affairs Administration from MSU and a Bachelor’s degree in History and Judaic Studies from the University of Michigan (U of M). Before coming to MSU, Candyce worked as a teacher in Tulsa, Oklahoma and then as a career adviser at U of M.Dr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the
. in Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University in 1992. His main interest areas include Computational Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, and Product Design and Development. He has taught several different courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, has over 50 publications, is co-author of one book, and has done consulting for industry in Mexico and the US. He can be reached at Karim.Muci@sdsmt.edu.Dr. Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University Dr. Bedillion received the BS degree in 1998, the MS degree in 2001, and the PhD degree in 2005, all from the mechanical engineering department of Carnegie Mellon University. After a seven year career in the hard disk drive industry, Dr. Bedillion was on the
career goals. These assignments were typicallycompleted at the end of the semester, and perhaps as a result of that, the quality of theassignments was often quite varied; it was clear that many students did not put much thought oreffort into these activities, or did not even bother to attempt them.A few years later, Clemson’s Center for Workforce Development produced a series of onlinemodules with a similar goal of helping students learn about the various engineering disciplines.The General Engineering department required the first-year engineering students to complete themodules as a part of the first-semester course requirement. The modules allowed the work to bespread across several weeks and provided students with flexibility due to its self
analyzeswhich career readiness competencies employers value most in their new college hires [3].Employers rank each competency as more than essential, essential, or somewhat essential in thesurvey. In the Job Outlook 2019 Survey, employers ranked critical thinking, oral and writtencommunication, teamwork and collaboration skills, and professionalism/work ethic as more thanessential competencies in new hires [3]. While the training in this project did not address thecritical thinking competency, it addressed the other top three skills cited in the NACE survey:oral and written communication, teamwork and collaboration skills, and professionalism/workethic.Recognizing that we had two groups from distinctly different disciplines that shared a
Society for Engineering Education, 2021ABSTRACTThe session will report on the success of the last four years of implementing a collaborative DOEproject between two state colleges and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) university with acombined 140,000+ undergraduate students. The session will also report the revision of aSystemic, Evidenced-Based, and Student-Centered (SE-SC) framework as initially designed in theDOE project. The original SE-SC framework aims to maximize the number of academically-talented, Hispanic students who complete their AS degrees at State Colleges and transfer to a 4-year institution to complete their B.S. degree and are career-ready to enter engineering andcomputer science (ECS). The revised SE-SC framework addresses
sustainability. ● ● ● ● ● ● 3https://studentaffairs.lehigh.edu/content/prelusion This is a clip from our website describing the Lehigh preLUsion experience. Here we see a group of preLUsion mentors and it reads “Can’t wait to get your Lehigh career started? Be a part of preLUsion!” A few key points are that 1. This is a pre-orientation, 3
Paper ID #34872Your Views Can Be My Views: Understanding Differences in Paradigms Heldby Traditionally Marginalized Students in EngineeringQualla Jo Ketchum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityDr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she 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
Paper ID #32606The Merits of a Civil Engineering Certification to Validate Fulfillmentof the CE-BOKMr. Bradley F. Aldrich, American Society of Civil Engineers Bradley F. Aldrich, P.E., F.NSPE, F.ASCE is President of Aldrich + Elliott, PC an environmental engineer- ing firm and also serves as vice-chair of the Board of Professional Regulation for Engineers in Vermont. He earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Vermont. Over his thirty-five year career, Mr. Aldrich has held project management and leadership positions with a national general contractor and several engineering firms before
, Michigan State University Michele J. Grimm is the Wielenga Creative Engineering Endowed Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Her research has focused on injury biomechanics – from characterizing important tissue properties to developing appropriate models for the assessment of injury mechanisms. Most recently, this has included working with obstetricians to identify the pathomechanics of neonatal brachial plexus injury. Based on this work, she served on the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Task Force on Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy. In addition to her scientific research, Dr. Grimm has spent a large part of her career focused on curriculum development and enhancement of student learning in
Paper ID #33085A Two-step Model for the Interpretation of Meaningful RecognitionMiss Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno Kelsey completed her Bachelor’s in mechanical engineering at the University of Nevada and then worked in the aerospace industry for a few years. She has since returned to school and is working on her Master’s in mechanical engineering alongside her Ph.D. in engineering education at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research interests are engineering identity and construction for undergraduate, graduate, and career engineers with an emphasis on the construct of recongition.Ms. Indira Chatterjee
Paper ID #28386”She’s Walking into Like Systems Dynamics. What Is She Doing Here?” ANarrative Analysis of a Latina EngineerMrs. Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder TANYA D. ENNIS is the current BOLD Center Director at the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. She received her M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her career in the telecommunications industry included positions in software and systems engineering and technical project
United States with morethan 11 thousand members. For more than 30 years, SHPE organized and hosted its premier, three-day leadership conference in the first week of August, known today as the National Institute forLeadership Advancement (NILA). As part of NILA, SHPE chapters send one of their electedrepresentatives, typically the chapter president, to be developed into a leader. After attendingNILA, the representatives, now leaders, would lead their chapter leadership and members towarda successful post-graduation transition into the STEM workforce (students) and career upward-mobility and positive impact within the Hispanic community (professionals). Throughout the first half of the past decade, NILA’s curriculum and overall design
persistent concern forsupporting in-service K-12 teachers to develop and embed rigorous engineering instruction intotheir practice [9]-[12]. Furthermore, there is a critical need for more role models for all students,especially underrepresented minorities (URM) and those in high-need school districts, in STEMeducation and career fields [13]. While teachers can help fulfill these roles for students in STEM,more attention is needed on professional development supports for teachers and leaders in STEMeducation and teacher education [13].To address these needs and the increased focus on engineering integration, this research studyexamines the supports provided by one professional development program that served K-12teachers in their development as STEM
the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) and three years as a faculty member at Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts. Alexandra’s research aims to amplify the voices and work of students, educators, and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) overall and support continued educational innovation within engineering at these in- stitutions. Specifically, she focuses on (1) educational and professional development of graduate students and faculty, (2) critical transitions in education and career pathways, and (3) design as central to educa- tional and global change.Dr. Jay Phillip Jefferson, Florida International University I am currently a Postdoc within SUCCEED at Florida International University. My
and alumniperceptions might differ. Although we will also be using student surveys and focus groups in thisproject, we decided to start with program alumni as we feel they are uniquely well-positioned todiscuss their learning experience in the program with a juxtaposition to their career and graduateschool experience, and speak to the relevance of the program’s teaching and learning approachesbeyond the program itself. Comparing faculty perceptions with alumni perceptions is key indistinguishing between the intended and the enacted curriculum [19], [20].To engage in this research, we sought previous research on comparing instructor and alumniperspectives. Interestingly, despite an extensive literature review, the majority of studies focuson