, 2024AbstractThere is substantial opportunity for engineering graduates to enter the workforce to engage in afulfilling career and achieve social mobility. Still, there is a lack of adequate support forlow-income, academically talented students. The purpose of this poster is to describe theinterventions designed to support S-STEM scholarship students at Rowan University in the firstyear of our S-STEM project. Our S-STEM project objectives are threefold: 1) Providescholarships to encourage talented students with low incomes and demonstrated financial need toinitiate and graduate from engineering majors in the College of Engineering at Rowan Universityand subsequently enter the engineering workforce or a graduate program; 2) Develop a supportsystem that
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support provided by the National Science Foundation under grantnumber 2315646. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] K. A. Bartlett and J. D. Camba, “Gender Differences in Spatial Ability: a Critical Review,” Educ. Psychol. Rev., vol. 35, no. 1, p. 8, Jan. 2023, doi: 10.1007/s10648-023-09728-2.[2] J. Wai, D. Lubinski, and C. P. Benbow, “Spatial ability for STEM domains: Aligning over 50 years of cumulative psychological knowledge solidifies its importance.,” J. Educ. Psychol., vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 817–835, 2009, doi: 10.1037/a0016127.[3] S. Sorby, “A Course in Spatial
1 1 Background: Demographics • Asian Americans make up ~5.6% of households in the U.S., the second smallest racial group after First Nation groups [1] • Yet, (non-/immigrant) Asian/Asian Americans (A/AAs) are usually considered non-minoritized groups in postsecondary science and engineering (S&E) education as A/AA takes up 6%, 10%, 12%, and 11% of degree receipts of associates’, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral respectively [2] 2Asian Americans make up approximately 5.6% of households in the U.S. according
toward science and engineering we included an adapted version ofthe Middle/High Student Attitudes Toward Science, Technology, Engineering and Math(S-STEM) survey [33]. The scale measures students' attitudes toward their own proficiency inSTEM subjects (e.g., “I know I can do well in science”), the value of STEM toward futureendeavors (e.g., “Knowing about science will allow me to invent useful things”), and interest inSTE|M careers (e.g., “I believe I can be successful in a career in engineering”). The measureshad sufficient levels of reliability on the pre (ɑ = 0.87) and post surveys (ɑ = 0.87) .Additionally, to measure students' perceptions of engineers and engineering we adapted itemsfrom the “What is Engineering?” survey instrument [9]. The
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researcher, including studying academic policies, gender and ethnicity issues, transfers, and matriculation models with MIDFIELD as well as student veterans in engi- neering. Her evaluation work includes evaluating teamwork models, broadening participation initiatives, and S-STEM and LSAMP programs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Paper ID #25442Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Joyce B. Main is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell
and their career progression in STEM fields [1]-[2].In order to bridge these gaps, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships inScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) has fundedprograms aimed at supporting students through scholarships, mentorship, and careerdevelopment. The Graduate Engineering Education Scholarship (GEES) of the University ofPittsburgh is one of the success cases of the NSF S-STEM (Track 2) initiative. The GEESprogram, launched 2019 by the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering(SSoE), is an attempt to address the financial issues that low-income students face. There aretwo primary objectives: (1) to increase access to Master of Science (MS) degrees
time;connection, enabling them to conduct experiments even ifthey don’t have access to a physical laboratory. • web server, responsible for making system information available (signals from sensors, equipment images, WebLab's have been implemented in several institutions etc.) at interface accessible by the user remotely;since the 90's, presenting solutions for remote operationgenerally using commercially available software or dedicatednetworks [1]-[6]. At the Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia, several • user interface
37 17.45% 55 21.15% Prefer not to answer 27 12.74% 29 11.15% I identify as a person with a disability 23 10.85% 11 4.23% Group(s) not listed above: 21 9.91% 7 2.69% I identify as LGBTQ+ 7 3.30% 8 3.08% Total sample n 212 260Note: Reference sample for check all that apply is the preceding multiple choice question(gender)Group(s) not listed above: Hub Regional Pre-Survey Hub Local Pre-Survey -Black -Jewish -Veteran
the 1st generation, low income, urban and rural highschool student populations. As evidenced by their SAT Math achievement scores and high GPA’swhich prompted their admission, these students are smart. However, they received their STEMeducation in low performing urban and rural high schools and were raised in highly challengedunder-resourced neighborhoods. Research shows that these talented students succumb to theintensity of the 1st and 2nd year university math/science courses. The S-STEM BEATS projectbuilds upon prior NSF S-STEM and STEP projects lessons and practices which proved S-STEMscholars will thrive best when embedded and engaged in an academic innovation ecosystem whichallows students to benefit from the support talents and
, which was verified with this data. Stage 3: In this stage, the orthogonal arrays (OA) and signal-to-noise (S/N) ratios are calculated and used to determine the most useful set of predictive variables. Larger S/N ratios are preferred and indicate a possible useful predictive variable. 3 Stage 4: The variables that were identified as significant due to a positive S/N are used to develop a forecasting model. Table 1. Descriptive Statistics of Raw Data Completers Range Factor N Mean Median
) executive Board Positions are:President, MAES Vice President, SHPE Vice President, Vice-President of Internal Affairs, Vice-President of External Affairs - Corporate, Vice-President of External Affairs - Jr. Chapters,Treasurer, Historian and Webmaster. The Vice-President of External Affairs – Jr. Chaptersoversees the Jr. Chapter Representative Committee, which is composed of the different Jr.Chapter Representatives for every high school having an established Jr. Chapter. Every Jr.Chapter has their own executive board team that work with their respective chapter advisor(s). Agraphical representation of the administrative structure is shown below.As shown in the schematic (Figure 1), the Jr. Chapter Representatives report directly to the Vice
educators achieve this much-needed broader vision.References[1] M. E. Cardella, “Early childhood engineering: Supporting engineering design practices with young children and their families,” presented at the NARST 2020 Annual International Conference, Portland, OR, Mar. 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340234317_Early_Childhood_Engineering_Supp orting_Engineering_Design_Practices_with_Young_Children_and_Their_Families[2] National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Science and engineering in preschool through elementary grades: The brilliance of children and the strengths of educators. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2021, p. 26215. doi: 10.17226/26215.[3] S. A
Southeast Asian woman who at the time of the interview had worked asa mechanical engineer in the U.S. for 11 years. She has held several professional roles in hercareer across the energy and automotive industries. At the time of the interview, she was a crashsafety engineer at a major automotive company.In describing her current role, Radha stressed how important it was to understand the impact herwork was going to have on other parts of the system. In her engineering context of crash safetytesting, this ‘system’ was the entire vehicle and its launch. She described how, “especially asmechanical engineer[s], we’re very prone to look at parts, right?...We are really important, butagain, we’re just part of it.” She identified the dynamic between
2114242. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions, or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National Science Foundation.References[1] P. Moen, “The Uneven Stress of Social Change: Disruptions, Disparities, and Mental Health,” Soc. Ment. Health, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 85–98, Jul. 2022, doi: 10.1177/21568693221100171.[2] Z. Abrams, “Student mental health is in crisis. Campuses are rethinking their approach,” Monit. Psychol., vol. 53, no. 7, p. 60, 2022, doi: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/10/mental-health-campus-care.[3] T. N. Hanh, Peace Is Every Step. Bantam Books, 1992.[4] J. Kabat-Zinn, Full catastrophe living: Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face
’ comprehension of NLP, preparing them forfuture developments in the subject and developing the practical skills necessary for their jobs.Keywords: Natural Language Processing (NLP), Undergraduate Education, Interactive Tools, PythonLibraries, Interdisciplinary Case Studies.1 IntroductionThe rapid advancement of digital technology, especially in artificial i ntelligence ( AI), i s s ignificantly re-shaping the landscape of higher education. Traditional lecture-centered teaching is increasingly being sup-plemented by dynamic, technology-enhanced approaches. In today’s education, AI-powered platforms andvirtual learning environments have become essential, leading to a new emphasis on adaptable, personalizedlearning experiences that cater to diverse
to show the basic retention numbers andthen allowed for further deeper exploration of student retention by showing the retention brokenout by many different subcategories of students.IntroductionLearning communities have a long history including the Meiklejohn “Experimental College” atthe University of Wisconsin in 1920. In the past couple of decades they have emerged as a wayto improve the retention for first year students.During the 1980’s and 1990’s there was a renewed interest in improving undergraduateeducation in the United States. The Boyer Commission in 1998 released its report, ReinventingUndergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities1, on the state ofundergraduate education. It recommended 10 ways to
education classes take a case study approach. This paper will describe the implementation of this hybrid GE/senior project course and will present the assessment of the first year of this program’s implementation. Introduction In January 2013, the California State University Board of Trustees mandated that, unless excepted, undergraduate degree programs, including engineering degrees, be limited to 120 units. Title 5 § 40508 [1] states that “[a]s of the fall term of the 2014-2015 academic year, no baccalaureate degree programs shall extend the unit requirement beyond 120 semester units…” This mandate and short timeline for implementation necessitated swift action for proposals to be submitted and approved via campus curriculum committees and
Brainstormingtended to focus students on generating holistic systems. The results suggest why different ideageneration tools are important for novice engineers, and which in contexts students may find thetools most valuable. This investigation has value for educators who are considering how to fostervaried concept development in the early phases of design.References[1] D. P. Crismond and R. S. Adams, “The Informed Design Teaching and Learning Matrix,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 738–797, Oct. 2012.[2] S. R. Daly, S. Yilmaz, L. . Murphy, and A. Ostrowski, “Tracing problem evolution - factors that impact design problem definition.,” Des. Think. Res. Symp. 11 Peer Rev., Nov. 2016.[3] J. Kim and D. Wilemon, “Focusing the fuzzy front-end in new
Paper ID #18232A Classification System for Higher Education MakerspacesDr. Vincent Wilczynski, Yale University Vincent Wilczynski is the Deputy Dean of the Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science and the James S. Tyler Director of the Yale Center for Engineering Innovation & Design. As the Deputy Dean, he helps plan and implement all academic initiatives at the School. In addition, he manages the School’s teaching and research resources and facilities. As the James S. Tyler Director of the Center for Engineer- ing Innovation & Design he leads the School’s efforts to promote collaboration, creativity, design
opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] Bailey, M., Baum, S., Mason, S., Mozrall, J., & Valentine, M. (2009, October). RIT EFFORT_Career_Life_Survey. Establishing the Foundation for Future Organizational Reform and Transformation: ADVANCE EFFORT@RIT. https://www.rit.edu/nsfadvance/sites/rit.edu.nsfadvance/files/docs/faculty%20career%20life %20survey.pdf[2] Bailey, M., Marchetti, C., DeBartolo, E., Mozrall, J., Williams, G., Mason, S., Valentine, M., Baum, S., & LaLonde, S. (2011). Establishing the foundation for future organizational reform and transformation at a
’ actual work has been found poor.15In light of these issues, many researchers have defined engineering retention as simply thenumber of engineering graduates who report being employed in an engineering occupation.16-21By this measure, as of 2008, an estimated 1.2 million out of 2.5 million individuals withengineering as their highest degree were retained in engineering.22 Nonetheless, an obviouslimitation of counting engineers in this way is that, unlike using degree-job relatedness, “it willnot capture individuals using S&E knowledge, sometimes extensively, under [other]occupational titles”.21 In other words, defining engineering based on occupational classificationdoes not capture the full range of career paths that engineers take.14,23
tothe vital nature of the Statics course itself to education for future engineers, it was beneficial toprepare a systematic review, providing an objective summary of the current research landscapeof Statics interventions.Categorization of Course InterventionThe intervention categories we considered fall under a set of three intervention frameworks:Harackiewicz and Prinski (2018)’s motivational interventions, Donker et al. (2014)’s learningstrategy interventions, and Borrego et al. (2013)’s practice and/or research-based instructionalstrategy (PRBIS) interventions.Harackiewicz and Prinski (2018) revised and evaluated psychology-driven interventionspresented two decades before its publication. It condensed the research landscape up until
been incorporated to treat the collected stormwater and the resultshave shown that this material can removal heavy metal contaminants and provide purified water.This would provide an effective way to removal toxic pollutants such as heavy metals whilemaintain versatile and compact. Overall, this portable stormwater collection and treatment systemprovides an effective and economical affordable solution to process non-point pollutions,especially the stormwater runoff for urban residents.Spring 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 7-8, 2017 MSUBibliography[1] Savage, N., and Diallo, M. S., 2005, "Nanomaterials and water purification: Opportunities andchallenges," Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 7(4-5), pp. 331-342.[2] 2013, "Emerging
-Based and Hands-On Intensive CurriculaAbstractIt is desirable to educators, and important for students, that a sound outcomes assessmentmethodology be employed in technology-based and hands-on intensive courses to measure andensure that requisite competencies are obtained by students. It is expected that a workingknowledge of these important competencies can help a two-year college graduate moreeffectively demonstrate mastery of the necessary skills and knowledge, and therefore add morevalue to a potential employer‟s operations. While assessment of student learning can bestraightforward for general education courses, meaningful measurement of student learningwithin the context of technology-based and hands-on curricula
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©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Math to Makerspace: Evolution of a bridge program to support cohort developmentIntroductionThis paper shares the evolution of a summer bridge program designed to support NationalScience Foundation S-STEM scholarship students as they transition to college. The bridgeprogram, taught before the start of the fall quarter, is a week-long intensive course designed toprovide incoming first-year students with a strong and focused start to college life. The aim is toprovide a venue to help students socially and academically integrate into the campus community.Over the course of 4 years, the summer bridge program evolved from a lecture-heavy math-focused course to a project