abroad definitely gives you an edge!” --Megan Gibbs, graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002, studied in Denmark in the fall 2001 semester through the Global Engineering Education Exchange program. Megan received a scholarship from ABB that assists female engineering students to study abroad. She was the only person that ABB hired at UW-M in 2002. Abstract In this paper we establish that study abroad, as part of an engineering education, can significantly improve the set of skills new engineers bring to their fields, in the process improving their career opportunities and better meeting the demands of the job market. Data in this paper come from on-going research
Session 2793 Preparing Our Best and Brightest Kimberly Coleman University of Kentucky, College of Engineering Career Services In the midst of the worst economy in decades, it’s no surprise that college graduates of thenew millennium are emerging from their campuses, feeling a sense of unfairness unknown to theirgeneration. These aspiring young professionals are products of the economic glory days of the1990s. They believed that if they went to college and applied themselves, that they’d get a goodjob that would allow them to live out their dreams. There was no reason
AC 2012-4502: K-CAREER DIRECTIONS FOR WOMENDr. Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University and Harpeth Hall School Stacy Klein-Gardner’s career focuses on K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, particularly as it relates to increasing interest and participation by females. Klein-Gardner serves as the Director of the Center for STEM Education for Girls at the Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, Tenn. Here, she leads professional development opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for K-12 teachers and works to identify and disseminate best practices from suc- cessful K-12, and university and corporate STEM programs for females. This center also leads
technology programs at IHCC. He has served as Industrial Technology Coordinator and has taught automation, robotics, and electronics. He developed an Early College program in which high school students earn post-secondary credits towards an AAS degree in Lasers, Robotics, or Electronics Engineering. He has previously worked as a Senior Field Service Engineer in semiconductor manufacturing and is currently serving on the boards of the Iowa Association of Career and Technical Education and the Iowa Industrial Technology Education Association. Page 24.257.1 c American Society for Engineering
2004-1228 Mentoring Students To Technology Careers Narayanan M. Komerath, Marilyn J. Smith School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0150AbstractThis paper summarizes three years of experience from the Computer Science, Engineering andMathematics Scholarship (CSEMS) program funded at Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) bythe National Science Foundation (NSF). Features of the program include a partnership betweenacademic faculty and the Financial Aid department, a strong mentoring program involvingacademic faculty, and
Session 2793 Defining Engineering as a Career: the States Career Clusters Initiative Aaron Clark, Laura J. Bottomley North Carolina State UniversityAbstractCommunicating to high school teachers, students and parents about engineering as a career is acomplex task that has not necessarily been well defined or standardized. The States CareerClusters Initiative was an effort to define the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue a givencareer pathway. A panel of experts drawn from interested industry, government and academianationwide
Role Conflict and Engineering Career Choice C.K. Triplett1, J. Husman1, and J. Y. Hong2 1 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 / 2 University of Georgia, GA 30602AbstractAlthough many factors influence career goals, recent research in women’s careerdevelopment have focused on issues such as gender role attitudes, family issues, multiplerole conflict, and the effects of support and barriers (Hackett 1997). In this study, seniorengineering students were given surveys designed to measure their self-concept of actualself, ideal self, and a generic engineer (career self). The 50 adjectives female
and learning of engineering.IntroductionAmong racial/ethnic minorities in the U.S., Latinx are particularly underrepresented inengineering. While the Latinx population is the fastest growing major racial/ethnic group in theU.S [1, 2] and Latinx workers make up 15% of the general workforce, they compromise only 7%of the STEM workforce [3]. Although different scholars have offered several reasons behindwhy Latinx students do not pursue STEM careers–particularly engineering–many scholars haveargued that one particularly powerful reason is that the cultures of students do not fit the“cultures of engineering” [4]. For instance, the National Academy of Engineering and NationalResearch Council argued that engineering “curricular materials do not
projects and problem-solving challenges, and attended otherSTEAM related activitiesThese summer programs attract high school students from the inner city of Chicago exposingthem to STEAM disciplines and careers through rigorous classes, laboratories and real lifeexperiences. At the same time the programs provide them with the full college and careerreadiness experience. The main goals of this program are to: (1) introduce students to a widevariety of STEAM fields, (2) increase student’s engineering mathematics and scienceknowledge, and (3) facilitate students to learn about different STEAM fields they might beinterested in pursuing.To assess the impact of the program, the participants took a pre and post content knowledge testthat included basic
Paper ID #23942Promoting the STEM Pipeline and Enhancing STEM Career Awareness ThroughParticipation in Authentic Research Activities (RTP, Diversity)Dr. Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University Bugrahan Yalvac is an associate professor of science and engineering education in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture at Texas A&M University, College Station. He received his Ph.D. in science education at the Pennsylvania State University in 2005. Prior to his current position, he worked as a learning scientist for the VaNTH Engineering Research Center at Northwestern University for three years. Yalvac’s
of numerous Integrated Product Team Senior Design Experience projects and is the Project Manager of the Innovative Systems Project for the Increased Recruitment of Emerging and STEM Students (InSPIRESS) outreach program. Turner holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from The University of Alabama, Huntsville, and has worked in the Huntsville aerospace industry for more than 10 years supporting NASA and the DoD. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Student Attitudes Toward STEM: A Revised Instrument of Social Cognitive Career Theory ConstructsLiterature indicates students in the K-12 setting are underperforming in STEM subjects(American College Testing
Paper ID #23483The Influence of Early STEM Career Exploration as Related to Motivationand Self-determination TheoryDr. Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University Araceli Martinez Ortiz, PhD., is Research Associate Professor of Engineering Education in the College of Education at Texas State University. She leads a comprehensive research agenda related to issues of curriculum and instruction in engineering education, motivation and preparation of under served pop- ulations of students and teachers and in assessing the impact of operationalizing culturally responsive teaching in the STEM classroom. As executive
, which will increase employee satisfaction of both sexes andenhance retention rates, with a focus on performance and sustainability.Theoretical FrameworkSocial Cognitive Theory10 and the extension of this theory to career development11 and worksatisfaction12,13 provide the underlying theory that informs the project. At the foundation of thistheoretical framework is the belief that a person is both an interpreter of contextually-boundexperiences and agent in changing those experiences. As such, one’s context or environmentplays a central role in moderating one’s career choices and goals, and ultimately, worksatisfaction. Bakken, et. al;14 proposed that research career development in the medical field bestudied from a social cognitive
Construction En- gineering Technology (CET) and master’s of construction engineering management (MCEM) in the De- partment of Civil Engineering at Montana State University. She received her B.S. in construction and a master’s in science in construction management from Arizona State University. Her professional con- struction career spans from 1988 to 2000, working for two commercial general contractors and owning her own design-build firm in Phoenix, Ariz. She joined the faculty at Montana State University in Jan. 2000 as an Adjunct Instructor in CET/MCEM and has risen through the ranks to a tenured professional practice track faculty member. Knoll has won three Teaching in Excellence awards during her tenure at MSU and
Students’ Perspectives on Faculty AdvisingGiven the value of graduate education to the nation’s economy and global standing, it isimperative for institutions of higher education to examine ways to improve the retention andadvancement of doctoral students and to diversify the professoriate in science and engineering.A 2010 report by the Council of Graduate Schools and Educational Testing Services called uponuniversities to improve completion rates, clarify career pathways for doctoral students, andprepare future faculty and professionals1. Presently, the ten-year completion rate for engineeringdoctoral students is only 63%, with 65% of men and 56% of women graduating2. In addition tothe gender disparity in completion probabilities, women are
in Science and Engineering(WiSE) through a collaboration with the Graduate School and the Colleges of Engineering andComputer Science, and Arts and Sciences that seeks to redress these inequalities. WiSE-FPPoffers programming that confronts tensions surrounding the multiple and competing demandsmade on women’s lives. Through workshops, panels, programs and informal events, WiSEenlists the support of experienced women faculty to guide and mentor WiSE-FPP participants inthe subtleties of effectively practicing and engaging others with the professional andinterpersonal skills that are increasingly necessary for career success. This essay introduces thereader to WiSE-FPP and its programs, and then offers evaluative evidence of the need for
Page 25.1485.4The number of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields aretraditionally at a much lower percentage than the number of men. In higher levels of STEMeducation, the percentage of women continues to decline – called the “leaky pipeline”. Thenumber of women in STEM academic careers has improved consistently, but slowly, and thereare many discrepancies in the numbers across the various disciplines. At any academic careerstage, men in the STEM fields are still more likely to hold a higher rank than women. In othercountries the problem also exists. For instance, in the United Kingdom 50% of biologygraduates have been women for the past 30 years, but women only hold 9% of ranked fullprofessors.7 In the
Paper ID #21071STEM: Customized for ThemMrs. Laine Schrewe, Tolles Career and Technical Center Laine Schrewe has been an engineering instructor for Tolles Career and Technical Center with a satellite classroom in Jonathan Alder High School (Plain City, Ohio) for three years. Before becoming a teacher, Laine was an engine design engineer for Honda R&D of America for nine years and has a Bachelor’s (from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art; New York, New York) and Master’s degree (from the University of Wisconsin - Madison) in Mechanical Engineering. She is currently obtaining a Master of Arts
Paper ID #37619The Development of Career Resilience for Early Career Engineers inChina: A Grounded Theory StudyMr. Lichao Ma, Tsinghua University Lichao MA, male, PhD. student, Division of Engineering Education Research Tsinghua University. His scholarship focuses on higher education policy and management, engineering education. He is devoted to understanding and facilitating Chinese higher engineering education reform, through which he expects to cultivate engineers who can demonstrate innovation, resilience, social competency, responsibility and ethics. His research is published with journals like The Asia-Pacific
Paper ID #25161Work in Progress: Career Ready... or Not? A Career-Readiness Activity forSenior Chemical Engineering StudentsDr. Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Daniel Anastasio is an assistant professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He received a B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2009 and 2015, respectively. His primary areas of research are game-based learning in engineering courses and membrane separations for desalination and water purification.Elizabeth R. Morehouse, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Liz Morehouse is an assistant director in
Paper ID #26599Literature Review of Counterfactual Thinking and Career Motivation The-ory for Early Career Women EngineersMs. Renee Desing, Ohio State University Renee Desing is currently a graduate student at the Ohio State University in the Department of Engi- neering Education. Ms. Desing holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the Pennsylvania State University. Most recently, Ms. Desing worked as a managing consultant for IBM Public Sector Advanced Analytics.Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University Dr
AC 2011-206: CAREER: INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ON UNDER-REPRESENTED ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC AND CAREERDECISIONSJulie Martin Trenor, Clemson University Julie Martin Trenor, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Her research interests focus on social factors affecting the recruitment, retention, and career development of under-represented students in engi- neering. Dr. Trenor is a recent NSF CAREER award winner for her research entitled, ”Influence of Social Capital on Under-Represented Engineering Students Academic and Career Decisions
Paper ID #37021Mapping Graduate Student Workshops to Career Readiness FrameworksSeth Vuletich, Colorado School of Mines Seth Vuletich is the Scholarly Communications Librarian the Colorado School of Mines. Seth provides specialized support to graduate students through all stages of the research lifecycle. Prior to entering the field of librarianship, Seth was a professional woodworker and earned a bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Seth earned his Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Denver in 2021.Ms. Brianna B. Buljung, Colorado School of Mines
Paper ID #37524College-Wide First Year and Career Mentorship ProgramsRonald S Harichandran (Dean) Ron Harichandran has served as the Dean of the Tagliatela College of Engineering at the University of New Haven since August 2011. During his tenure as dean he has let curricular and programmatic innovations to develop technical communication skills and an entrepreneurial mindset in all engineering and computer science undergraduate students. He also leads the First-Year and Career Mentorship programs in the college.Nadiye O. Erdil (Associate Professor)Stephanie Gillespie Stephanie Gillespie is the Associate
Paper ID #37096Benefits of Statics Concept Mapping in Career CognitionParis Madison Weber Undergraduate mechanical engineering student at the University of Washington Tacoma. Set to graduate June 2023. Doing undergraduate research with Heather Dillon and Seung-Jin Lee on the benefits of concept mapping in statics courses as of May 2022.Seung-Jin Lee Seung-Jin Lee, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Technology at the University of Washington Tacoma. His research focus is on the life cycle sustainability of emerging technologies, such as transportation
Session T3A2 Pre-Engineering Education and the STEM Career Expressway John W. Hansen Center for Technology Literacy University of Houston AbstractThis project describes the statewide activities of the University of Houston’s Center forTechnology Literacy to transform Technology Education in 6 – 12 public schools into theScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Career Expressway. The STEMCareer Expressway represents the integration of the physical sciences, mathematics
Paper ID #34220COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Faculty Career EquityDr. Shawna Vican, University of Delaware Shawna Vican is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University. An organizational sociologist, Dr. Vican in- vestigates the adoption and implementation of new employment practices and corporate social behaviors. Across her research, Dr. Vican explores how organizational policies and practices, managerial behavior, and workplace culture shape individual career outcomes as well as broader patterns of labor market in
EDI 2012 Annual Conference of Engineering Deans Institute April 15-18, 2012, Kauai Marriott Resort, Kauai, HI Personal Experiences withAcademic Career Development Activities Eckhard A. Groll Professor of Mechanical Engineering Director of the Office of Professional Practice Interim Assistant Dean of Engineering for Research Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 April 17, 2012 1 Contents Pre-Career Development » Student exchanges Early-Career Development » Sabbatical Mid-Career Development » CIC-ALP
Paper ID #22212NSF Bridges to STEM CareersProf. Nathanial David Wiggins, San Jacinto College Nathanial Wiggins has a Bachelor’s from University of Colorado, a Master’s from University of Houston - Clear Lake, and is working towards a PhD from Texas Tech University. Additionally, he holds a Sys- tems Engineering certification. He works as a Professor of Engineering and Mathematics at San Jacinto College, is Co-Principal Investigator for a National Science Foundation award Bridges to STEM Careers, and is a lead faculty for AI-Tech Lab North Campus. He is a Men of Honor mentor and leads student mentors. His favorite
AC 2008-2874: ENGINEERING CAREERS: A DAY FOR YOUNG WOMENBrenda Hart, University of Louisville Director of Student Affairs at the J.B. Speed School of Engineering. Her research interests include recruitment and retention programs for females and under-represented minorities as well as activities for first year engineering students.Veronica Hinton-Hudson, University of Louisville Currently an Assistant Professor in the Computer Information Systems Department within the College of Business. Her research interests include Quality Engineering and applied statistics, Production Operations, Systems Analysis, mentoring, and STEM pre-college initiatives and programs