future career than non-ETS honors students.This paper investigates the student experience in the ETS-IMPRESS program in three ways. Tocapture student experience of the use of the IDP and the faculty mentor relations, we solicitedlong-form responses to anonymous surveys. Analysis of reflections submitted in courses andcomponents allows for a window into longitudinal student development as well as their directreflections on the effects of the program. Finally, analysis of student questionnaires, a full reportof which appears as an appendix, sheds light on student development. We find that studentsbenefit from this program and encourage the incorporation of IDPs and other means of reflectioninto engineering curricula, particularly as a regular
Social Thought and a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Dickinson College.Dr. Matthew Frenkel, New York University Matthew Frenkel is the engineering librarian at NYU’s Bern Dibner Library, and an adjunct faculty in Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon. He is a member of the ASEE Engineering librarian division (ELD). Matthew’s background is in the experimental study of optical whispering gallery sensors, but his current research interests are in how undergraduate and graduate engineering students develop their professional skills.Mr. Mikolaj Wilk, New York University Engineering Reference Associate at Bern Dibner Library c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019
Paper ID #19655Empowering Students to Teach Flight Dynamics and Flight Simulation En-hanced Learning through Applied ModelingMr. Muhammad Omar Memon, University of Dayton Muhammad Omar Memon is a doctorate student and a part time instructor for Flight Vehicle Performance at the University of Dayton.Dathan Erdahl Ph.D., University of Dayton Research Institute Dathan Erdahl is a research engineer with the University of Dayton Research Institute and has been an adjunct faculty member with the School of Engineering since 2008. He received his M.S. (2000) and Ph.D. (2005) degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology and has
at the Federal Avi- ation Administration, Faculty Fellow at NASA Goddard Flight Research Center, and Software Quality Assurance Manager at Carrier Corporations. He is senior member of IEEE.Ms. Alexandria Spradlin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Alexandria Spradlin is attending ERAU as a graduate student studying software engineering. She is also employed as a research assistant at the Next-Generation ERAU Applied Research Lab. She hopes to continue her education after graduation from Embry-Riddle to earn a PhD in bioinformatics. She also has a keen interest in STEM education, hoping to assist in spreading her passion for mathematics and the sciences to the next generation.Mr. Thomas Rogers Bassa, Embry
have meaningful impact and benefit the most from. Student projects vary depending on the level of involvement whether they are doing an internship, capstone project, thesis projects, or registered in a class. 2. Student Recruitment: Attract a diverse group of students who are interested in community engagement and solving challenges close to home. We employed a combination of strategies to engage students including hosting information sessions, presenting our work in front of student organizations, and encouraging faculty members to refer interested students. 3. Training and Orientation: Provide students with training and orientation sessions, explain the goal of our neighborhood revitalization work, and
from the first-year cohort were contacted directly withthe mentorship opportunity. Many of the mentors from the first-year cohort continued theirparticipation in the Fellowship in the second year. Other University faculty and graduate studentswho were known to be conducting water resource related research by members of the GrandChallenges team were contacted personally to notify them of the opportunity for mentorship.Strategies for student recruitment into the Fellowship included printed advertisements, in-personpresentations, and targeted outreach through department email listservs. The printedadvertisement included information on who was eligible to apply with links to the onlineapplication, presented as both a QR code and a web link. The
Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in Food Process En- gineering from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University. She is a member of Purdue’s Teaching Academy. Since 1999, she has been a faculty member within the First- Year Engineering Program, teaching and guiding the design of one of the required first-year engineering courses that engages students in open-ended problem solving and design. Her research focuses on the development, implementation, and assessment of modeling and design activities with authentic engineer- ing contexts. She is currently a member of the educational team for the
” students for correlate ACT Math scores with student success largelyengineering study is explored. The question of how we stemmed from the author’s personal conversation andcan provide academic and advising support to the group interaction with graduating senior students that spannedof students who are identified to be “marginally throughout the students’ entire academic career at MSU,prepared” is raised and discussed. Effective strategies of Mankato. The number graduating senior students has heldusing ACT Math scores to identify this group of steady at approximately 25 students, while the number of“marginally prepared” students so that their probability students registering for the ME 101
experience to several cornerstone design experiences which provide students with theopportunity to do several larger design projects throughout their undergraduate careers [7,8]. Anincreasing amount of technical courses have also begun leveraging design projects in addition to,or instead of, traditional end of semester evaluations in an attempt to give students differentkinds of opportunities to apply and demonstrate their engineering knowledge [9,10].While the value of design projects in engineering curricula is accepted by most institutions, theactual design of these experiences is not necessarily straightforward [11]. Designing finalprojects in a way that authentically requires students to apply their technical knowledge whilesimultaneously
Paper ID #21128Partnering to Develop Educational Software Applications: A Four-year Ret-rospective StudyMr. David Reeping, Virginia Tech David Reeping is a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech and is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. He received his B.S. in Engineering Education with a Mathematics minor from Ohio Northern University. He was a Choose Ohio First scholar inducted during the 2012- 2013 school year as a promising teacher candidate in STEM. David was the recipient of the Remsburg Creativity Award for 2013 and the DeBow Freed Award for outstanding leadership as an
- time, given the rapidly changing landscape of technology and industry needs. • Stakeholder Involvement: Involving various stakeholders, including industry professionals, alumni, and students, in the decision-making process is crucial. Balancing the diverse interests and expectations of these groups can be a challenge. • Interdisciplinary Integration: With the increasing importance of interdisciplinary skills in engineering, incorporating diverse subjects into the curriculum can be challenging. Coordinating efforts across different departments or schools within an institution can be complex. A positive engineering and education faculty collaboration is essential to bringing about real change in the
during transfer process • DemographicsThe survey data (n=11 for pre-transfer survey, n=33 for post-transfer survey) were anonymized bytwo of the non-faculty project members. Survey responses from different sections were separatedand randomized so that demographic variables could not be connected with other responses. Forthe post-transfer survey, students came from a variety of 2-year colleges including but not limitedto Highline. Many students have taken classes at multiple 2-year colleges. For this paper we willshare some findings related to our initial focus areas on advising, and recruitment and enrollmentincluding influences on students’ decisions to pursue engineering as a major, whether studentshad an advisor-verified academic plan
: 1.95-23.80). In contrast, males who had at least one parent with an undergraduate degree had fewerstart- and end-of-semester concerns than females (regardless of their first-generation status). Wehypothesize that the intersectionality of female and first-generation identities resulted in thispopulation experiencing more negative outcomes compared to females with at least one college-graduate parent, who benefitted from a stronger personal background, or to male first-generationstudents in the gender majority.Role of Pre-Matriculation Credits on Attitudes and Academic OutcomesTo further explore the impact of a student’s pre-college academic preparation, which wepreviously found affected the retention of pre-pandemic engineering students [7], we
interventions that measurably enhance students’ skills and competencies. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4247-4322Dr. Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Prateek Shekhar is an Assistant Professor – Engineering Education in the School of Applied Engineering and Technology at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas - Austin, an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a BS in Electronics and Communication Engineering from India. Dr. Shekhar also holds a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Prior to his current appointment, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Assistant
section first describes the omnidirectional mentorship program as an interventiondesigned to support faculty at career transitions in which they complete a year-long programaimed to provide mentorship opportunities for participants. Second, we describe the focus groupmethodology used to explore the participant’s experiences in the program to illustrate themeaning-making, impacts, and strengths and weaknesses of this program.Our approach to mentorship was designed with three key elements in mind: 1) catalyst, 2)affirmation, and 3) negotiation. Chiefly, catalyst introduces and sparks engagement amongparticipants; affirmations support professional and personal development and growth; andnegotiations reconcile individuals’ sense of self and belonging
positionality statements; discussing project findings with their mentorsand research team; sharing project findings with their peers; collaborating with otherundergraduate and graduate researchers, faculty members, and preparing final deliverables suchas individual research posters and reports.Each student worked on a specific project of their choosing as a part of on of the REU site’sfaculty member’s labs (located across various institutions). Some of the research topics included,exploring the experiences of women in STEM, Black students in engineering, and communitycollege engineering students. Students were guided by initial literature and research questions ontheir selected topic but were given the freedom to explore and present their findings
recognition of one faculty or staff member per year who serves as an advocate for diversity in engineering. Prior to joining Auburn University, Jessica spent 4.5 years as an Assistant Director for Pre-Health and Law Advising at the University of Virginia. Prior to UVA, she provided academic advising at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville where she also completed her master of science in college student personnel. Jessica holds a bachelor of arts in organizational communications and psychology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 GIFTS: Framing Understanding Implicit Bias as a Professional Skill to
, in recognition for exceptional work done promotinggreater diversity, equity, inclusion, Dr. Travaglini founded the Aeronautics and AstronauticsCommunity Research Experience (AACRE) program at Stanford University to providemarginalized students pathways to access engineering studies and careers. Sheri Sheppard is arecently retired faculty member in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford. Much of her life’s workhas focused on increasing access to engineering through active teaching methods, modern coursetopics, outreach and bridge programs, and research on engineering education and careerpathways. She fervently believes that engineering is critical to building a healthier future foreveryone---and diverse people and ideas are key in this
what underrepresented minority students considerwhen deciding whether to participate in a co-op and who influences their decisions. We explorethe benefits and disadvantages students identify when deciding between different potential pre-graduation work experiences (internship or co-op). This comparison between co-ops andinternships adds depth to our understanding of how students perceive pre-graduate workexperiences and of how they decide which experiences to pursue for professional development.Research questionsThe following research questions guided our exploration of underrepresented minorityengineering students’ experiences and perceptions of co-ops: RQ1: How do underrepresented minority engineering students perceive the benefits and
Paper ID #21885First Generation Engineering Student Mentoring Program: A Case Study ofa Large Engineering School in the U.S.Dr. Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University Dr. Bimal Nepal is Phillips’66 First Year Engineering Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor in the Industrial Distribution Program at Texas A&M University. His research interests include integration of supply chain management with new product development decisions, distributor service portfolio optimiza- tion, pricing optimization, supply chain risk analysis, lean and six sigma, and large scale optimization. He has authored 41 refereed articles in
their research networks.Career clarification and planningWIL provides valuable insights into career options and facilitates career clarification forstudents through their legitimate peripheral participation in a CoP (Zegwaard & Coll, 2011).Internships offered students the opportunity to gain firsthand experience in various workenvironments, allowing them to explore different career paths. As one student expressed,'they offer opportunities for trial and error' (S9). The majority of interviewees stronglyadvocate making full use of internship opportunities for career clarification.Access to the job marketPast research has found WIL significantly enhances graduate employment (Silva et al., 2018),a result this study confirms. Students reported
efforts that acknowledge learner diversity, and understand their effects in students performance. Isabel received her professional degree in biological engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile and her MA in policy, organizations and leadership studies at Stanford Graduate School of Education.Dr. Constanza Miranda Mendoza, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile Constanza Miranda holds a PhD in design with a focus in anthropology from North Carolina State Uni- versity. While being a Fulbright grantee, Constanza worked as a visiting researcher at the Center for Design Research, Mechanical Engineering Department, at Stanford. Today she is an assistant professor at the P.Universidad Cat´olica de Chile’s
evaluating teamwork models, statewide pre-college math initiatives, teacher and faculty professional development programs, and S-STEM programs.Dr. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”Dr. Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc Rebecca Brent is President of Education Designs, Inc., a consulting firm located in
, which is associated with persistence and career success [9][33]. Empiricalfindings from PID research will guide construction educators and policy makers towardsdecisions and practices that will support the effective identification, motivation, preparation,retention, graduation and transition of students into construction professions. Consequently, thepurpose of this research study was to gain insights into construction students’ lived experiencesthat influence their CPID. Specifically, this present research study involves an examination ofthe personal and academic experiences of HBCU construction students that influenced theirCPID across four educational stages (elementary, middle, high, and college). To this effect, theresearch questions are
/as/xs,researchers have drawn upon studies conducted by and for Latinos/as/xs to challenge theprevailing White narrative of American exceptionalism in engineering education [11, 12].Borderlands scholarship, exemplified by the works of Gloria Anzaldúa [13-16], encouragesresearchers to explore how sociopolitical forces serve as the backdrop to current issues whereoppression is still present. Employing a Borderlands theoretical lens, engineering educationresearch has the potential to expose the origins of sociopolitical forces and analyze theirimpact on students' lived realities, revealing the interconnectedness of the political, personal,and educational spheres they inhabit.In this paper, the concept of Nepantla, a stage within Anzaldúa's
worked for nine years in the manufacturing and service industry as an Industrial Engineer prior to her academic career. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Understanding competencies transfer during internships in undergraduate industrial engineering students: a case study at the [blinded]IntroductionDespite engineering programs designing curriculum with the goal of preparing students forindustry demands, there is still a disconnection between industry expectations of the workforceand the preparation of engineering graduates [1-3]. One way to prepare engineering students tomeet industry expectations is by involving them in real world experiences where they cantransfer some of the knowledge
University Dr. Marjorie Shavers is an assistant professor and the Director of Graduate Studies in Counseling at Hei- delberg University. She has a Ph.D. in Counselor Education from Ohio State University and is currently licensed as a professional school and professional clinical counselor with supervision designation. Dr. Shavers’s research agenda focuses on exploring how educational systems and professionals impact the experiences and overall mental health of students, particularly Black women. Dr. Shavers’s most recent work focuses particularly on the experiences of Black women pursuing doctorates and post–doctorates in computer science and engineering. In addition to her research, her teaching and clinical practice is
. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education 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 Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and
The handbook for high performance virtual teams with Jill Nemiro and others.Dr. Jill Zarestky, Colorado State Univeristy Jill Zarestky, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Adult Education and Training in the School of Education at Colorado State University.Lei Xie, Texas A&M University Lei Xie is a doctoral student at Texas A&M University. He is currently majoring in Human Resource Development in the Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource Development. His research interests include conflict management, organizational learning/change, knowledge management, learning organization, and International HRD. As a second year international graduate student from the People’s Republic of
there islittle attention being given at the level recommended in 1986. Considered along with the resultsof this study, below are the key areas that should be prioritized within future work related toDDEPs: 1. Exploration of students’ experiences at HBCUs before and after attending PWIs 2. Increased understanding of students’ decision-making linked to the DDEP (to enroll versus staying at HBCU for an alternative 4-year degree) 3. Increased research using quantitative data related to DDEPs.The findings highlighted in the themes above emphasize the importance of further studying theexperiences of Black students who participate in DDEPs housed at HBCUs given the uniquecomponents of their journey that are not covered by studying