Paper ID #37405Board 150: AFRL Career STREAM Implementation at NMT (Work in Progress)Destiny J. Crawford, New Mexico Tech Mechanical Engineering Department Destiny Crawford is a current graduate student at New Mexico Tech studying Chemical Engineering for a Master’s of Engineering degree. She was a pathways mentor during the Summer 2022 AFRL Career STREAM apprenticeship program in the Mechanical Engineering Department.Jett C. Emms, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Jett Emms is a current Graduate student at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro New Mexico working towards a PhD in
diversified and well-prepared pool of future STEM faculty; and to develop programsthat will allow graduate STEM students to explore the possibility of a rewarding career at two-year institutions through meaningful and intensive mentoring relationships.In Texas, four public state universities and six community colleges have organized into twoseparate RC collaboratives with the goal of engaging graduate students who have expressedinterest in exploring academic careers at community colleges. The universities and partneringcommunity colleges have strong ties with the commitment to serve their region by providingeducational opportunities to first-generation college students. These impactful opportunitiestranslate into degree and employment attainment
Paper ID #39609Gendered patterns in first-year engineering students’ career aspirationsand expectationsMs. Catherine MacKenzie Campbell, University of Toronto, Canada MacKenzie Campbell is a MASc student in Chemical Engineering specializing in Engineering Education. Her thesis is exploring how the quality of work-integrated learning experiences shape women engineers’ career intentions, with a focus on intersectionality and diverse engineering fields including emerging and non-traditional areas of practice. MacKenzie has an undergraduate engineering degree in Biomedical Systems Engineering, where her research
Paper ID #40571Waterworks: An exciting venture to promote careers in water/wastewaterutilitiesDr. Kauser Jahan, Rowan University Kauser Jahan, is a Professor and Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University. She received her B.S.C.E. from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, an MSCE from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and a Ph.D. from the University of MInnesota. Dr. Jahan is invested in STEM education and pollution prevention research and has received many awards for her teaching and mentoring. She is a Fulbright scholar.Jeong Eun Ahn Jeong Eun Ahn is an Assistant
Paper ID #35931Interdisciplinary engineering capstone course sequence designed forcareer preparationDr. James Gordon Walker, Seattle Pacific University, College of Arts and Sciences, Engineering Department James serves as Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Seattle Pacific University, where he teaches the Senior Engineering Design capstone classes, among others. This follows a 33-year career in engineering and senior engineering management at the Boeing Company. While at Boeing, James worked in a variety of aircraft design roles, and management functions with extensive customer involvement, in
students' career social capitalIntroductionWhile there have been many policy level calls for increasing the diversity of the engineeringworkforce, there is little known about the work experiences of engineering students of identitiestraditionally excluded from engineering (e.g., women, LGBTQ+, Black, and Hispanic/Latinx)engineering students [1]–[7]. As Co-ops and internships are many students first industryexperience, it is important to understand how these experiences shape their career development. Work-integrated learning (WIL) programs, such as Co-op programs, internships, andworkforce development programs, are valuable for engineering students’ career development.WIL programs provide opportunities for students to access valuable
Paper ID #40429Development of a ”Gender in Engineering and Technology Careers” courseDr. Leslie Hopkinson, West Virginia University Dr. Leslie Hopkinson is an Associate Professor in the Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environ- mental Engineering in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, specializing in water resources. She received her B.S. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Louisiana State University and her Ph.D. in Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. Her research is related to hydrology, reclamation, ecological engineering, and engineering education
Paper ID #32916NSF Data Science Program with Career Support and Connections to Indus-tryDr. Carol Shubin, California State University Northridge Carol Shubin is a professor of mathematics at CSUN and the PI of NSF Data Science Program with Career Support and Connections to Industry. She is interested in partnering with other universities that want to start a data science program. She has been the PI or co-PI in several other STEM educational projects funded by the NSF or NASA and served as a Fulbright Scholar in Rwanda. American c Society for Engineering
Paper ID #33830Women in Construction Engineering: Improving the Students’ Experiencethroughout their CareersIng. Marcela Alejandra Silva, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile Marcela Silva is the Academic Director at the Engineering Faculty of the Andres Bello University in Cam- pus Santiago. She works as a teacher in the Construction Engineering career and supports innovation and entrepreneurship courses. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Construction from the Pontificia Universi- dad Cat´olica de Chile and a Master’s degree in Educational Management from the European University of Madrid. Her passion for learning
Paper ID #33847CAREER: Learning from Students’ Identity Trajectories to ActualizeLatent DiversityDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clem- son University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and
Paper ID #34212Developing Two-Year College Student Engineering Technology Career Pro-filesDr. Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University Kristin Frady is an Assistant Professor at Clemson University jointly appointed between the Educational and Organizational Leadership Development and Engineering and Science Education Departments. Her research focuses on innovations in workforce and career development in educational, community, and industry contexts, specifically focusing on middle skills, STEM, and community college applications.Dr. Christy Brown, Clemson University Dr. Christy Brown is a Clinical Assistant Professor of
Paper ID #33278Early Career Engineers’ Views of Ethics and Social Responsibility:Study OverviewDr. Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State University Stephanie Claussen is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State Univer- sity. She previously spent eight years as a Teaching Professor in the Engineering, Design, and Society Di- vision and the Electrical Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines. She obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005 and her M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2008 and 2012, respectively. Her
Paper ID #29129Using Data to Mitigate Bias in Engineering Faculty Career OutcomesDr. Beverly Louie, University of Colorado Boulder, College of Engineering & Applied Science Beverly Louie is the Faculty Advancement Research Associate in the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. Formerly she was the Director for teaching and learning initiatives in the Broadening Opportunities through the Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center, Director for the Women in Engineering Program and senior instructor in en- gineering courses ranging from first-year projects
Paper ID #30198Work in Progress: Engaging Early Career Students in Bioengineering withStudent-Specific ContentDr. Erika M Pliner, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Erika Pliner is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia. Her research interests are fall prevention in the workplace and among older adults, postural control and sensory reweighting, and engineering education. Erika received her PhD in Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh, specializing in human movement biomechanics. She received her Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering and Master’s in Engineering from the University of Wisconsin
Paper ID #29284Relationship Between Students’ Demographics And Manufacturing CareerPerceptions (Work in Progress)Miss Chidubem Nuela Enebechi, Purdue University Chidubem Nuela Enebechi is a first-year Ph.D. student in Industrial Engineering at Purdue University. She is an international student from Nigeria, and she received her bachelor’s in Computer Science at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Nuela’s research interests focus on understanding the relationship between students’ demographics and manufacturing career perceptions, Machine Learning, Computer Vission among many others. In her spare time, Nuela enjoys
Paper ID #19539The Roots of Entrepreneurial Career Goals among Today’s Engineering Un-dergraduate StudentsMr. Gunther Rameseder, Stanford University Gunther Rameseder, MSc., studied Mathematics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Universidad de Barcelona (UB). His majors were Mathematical Finance, Statistics and Operations Re- search with a minor in Economics. During his studies, Gunther gained loads of industry experience at Allianz, Roland Berger, UnternehmerTUM and Finleap where he was involved in projects regarding the digital transformation of organizations as well as corporate venturing. Gunther
Paper ID #26456SISTEM: Increasing High School Students’ Engineering Career Awareness(Evaluation, Diversity)Dr. Schetema Nealy, University of Nevada, Las VegasDr. Erica J. Marti, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Erica Marti completed her PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). She holds a Master of Science in Engineering and Master of Education from UNLV and a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to graduate studies, Erica joined Teach for America and taught high school chemistry in Las Vegas. While her primary research
Paper ID #30266Analyzing Innovative Behavior Outcomes of Early-Career EngineeringGraduatesMr. Simon Jakob Barth, Stanford University Simon has a background in condensed matter physics with a finished bachelor and master’s degree at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). In addition, he holds a second master’s degree in management. During his studies, he gained industry experience at different technology and consulting companies be- fore he founded his own business in 2016, an Augmented and Virtual Reality tech consultancy named PrismAR. At the Designing Education Lab, Simon researched on innovative behavior of
Paper ID #21502The Career Pathways of Non-tenure-track Full-time Engineering FacultyMr. Cliff Fitzmorris, University of Oklahoma Cliff Fitzmorris is a lecturer in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. He was a practicing engineer in the telecom industry for fifteen years before joining the Uni- versity of Oklahoma as an adjunct instructor, later transitioning to a full-time non-tenure-track teaching role.Dr. Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma Dr. Deborah A. Trytten is a President’s Associates Presidential Professor and Associate Professor of Computer Science and
Paper ID #25680Enhancing Student Perceptions of Engineering Disciplines through Showcas-ing of Career PathsProf. Matthew B. James P.E., Virginia Tech Matthew James is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Virginia. He holds bachelors and masters degrees from Virginia Tech in Civil Engineering.Kacie Hodges P.E., Kacie Hodges, PE works as a Civil Engineer in Blacksburg, Virginia. She holds BS and Master’s degrees in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech. Kacie is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Virginia and
Paper ID #26791Exploring the Career Thinking of Native American Engineering Students(Research)Dr. Nicole M. Colston, Oklahoma State University Nicole M. Colston is currently assistant research professor in the OSU Center for Research in STEM Teaching and Learning. Her interests in K-20 engineering education include career role models, early- aged career awareness, and identity development.Dr. Sherri L. Turner, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Sherri L. Turner, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She has 18 years’ experience
Paper ID #13278The Impact of Work/Life Balance Policies on Faculty CareersElsa Camargo, Virginia Tech Elsa Camargo is a doctoral candidate in the Higher Education Program at Virginia Tech. She holds a M.A. in Hispanic Studies and a B.A. in English and Spanish from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research interests include career advancement of underrepresented faculty, diversity and inclusion, and faculty work-life.Ms. Ashley Wood, Virginia TechMs. Margaret E Layne, Virginia Tech Peggy Layne, P.E., joined Virginia Tech in 2003 as director of AdvanceVT, a National Science Foundation sponsored program to
Paper ID #11885Two Body Solutions: Strategies for the Dual-Career Job SearchDr. Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley Shannon Ciston is a Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Education in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Ciston holds degrees in chemical engineering from Northwestern University (PhD) and Illinois Institute of Technology (BS). She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in technical communications and applied pedagogy, and conducts engineering education research.Dr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy
co-authored the first integrated computer and laboratory introductory calculus course in 1975. He has taught middle school mathematics, engineering, and science and both undergraduate science and graduate teaching courses at Harvard. His research interests include assessment of students’ misconceptions and how they change with instruction, K-12 curriculum development, the transition to college of students who wish to purse STEM careers, pre-college engineering, and the professional development of teachers. Dr. Sadler has won the Journal of Research in Science Teaching Award, the American Institute of Physics Computers in Physics Prize, the American Astronomical Society Education Prize, and the American Association
NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?” He has also been part of the teaching team for NSF’s Innovation Corps for Learning, and was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014. Dr. Jordan also founded and led teams to two collegiate National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest cham- pionships, and has co-developed the STEAM LabsTM program to engage middle and high school students in learning science, technology, engineering, arts, and math concepts through designing and building chain reaction machines. He has appeared on many TV
, Center for Electromagnetics Research (CER), Northeastern University. Pub- lications/Papers: Reenergizing and Reengaging Students Interest through CAPSULE; A Novel and Evolu- tionary Method on Educating Teachers to Promote STEM Careers Jessica Chin, Abe Zeid, Claire Duggan, Sagar Kamarthi (IEEE ISEC 2011); and ”Implementing the Capstone Experience Concept for Teacher Professional Development” Jessica Chin, Abe Zeid, Claire Duggan, Sagar Kamarthi (ASEE 2011). Rel- evant Presentations: ”K-12 Partnerships” (Department of Homeland Security/Centers of Excellence An- nual Meeting 2009); ”Building and Sustaining K-12 Educational Partnerships” (NSF ERC 2007 - 2010 National Meetings); ”Research Experience for Teachers
Paper ID #31462Impacting Students from Economically Disadvantaged Groups in anEngineering Career PathwayDr. Manuel Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Dr. Jimenez is a professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department in the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (UPRM). He earned his B.S from Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, Do- minican Republic in 1986, M.S. from Univ. of Puerto Rico Mayaguez in 1991, and Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 1999. His current teaching and research interests include design, characterization, and rapid prototyping of information processing systems
influence their college and career outcomes. She focuses on the mechanisms that shape entry into and persistence in institutions and fields in which they have traditionally been underrepresented. In particular, she investigates racial-ethnic, gender, and so- cioeconomic disparities in post-secondary educational attainment and entry to scientific career fields. Dr. Perez-Felkner’s work has been published in journals including New Directions in Institutional Research, Developmental Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of Latinos and Education, and Teachers’ College Record, as well in several edited volumes and news outlets. Her work has been supported by external agencies, including the
Paper ID #30603Opportunities in Manufacturing of Advanced Materials for Second CareerSeeking StudentsDr. Oleksandr Kravchenko, Old Dominion University Dr. Kravchenko is working in the area of structural analysis with focus on composite materials for various engineering applications. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. from Purdue University and completed two years of postdoc from Case-Western Reserve University. Dr. Kravchenko is actively collaborating with his colleagues at ODU on understanding the key elements of academic success for non-traditional, second- career, engineering students.Dr. Konstantin Cigularov, Old
Paper ID #31478Panel: Busting a Career Move? When and Why or Why Not?Dr. Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University Adrienne Minerick is Dean of the College of Computing at Michigan Tech. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and B.S. from Michigan Tech. Adrienne is a fellow of ASEE, fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), former President of the AES Electrophoresis Society, and a Michigan Professor of the Year Nominee, which illustrate her dual passion for research and education’s impact on individuals and societal advances. Adrienne’s research