Paper ID #32217Designing a new holistic engineering programDr. Julia D Thompson, University of San Francisco Julia Thompson is an Assistant Professor at University of San Francisco. She has a passion for integrating the soul’s work into the engineering design process and technology. She is driven to help students, and people in general, look at technology as a pathway toward healing of earth and unjust social structure. Julia did her undergrad in chemical engineering at UC Berkeley and her PhD in engineering education at Purdue. Her research interests focus on how engineering design practices impact the relationships that
. Prior to joining QUEST, Jessica was the Graduate Assistant in Columbia University’s Office of Student Engagement.Ms. Amanda Yard, University of Maryland, College Park Amanda Yard is a graduating senior from the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Busi- ness. She is receiving a major in Supply Chain Management and a minor in Spanish Language and Cultures. She will be working for PepsiCo as an Integrated Supply Chain Associate in Schaumburg, IL. Amanda has been a member of the QUEST Honors Program since Spring 2013 where she has served as a mentor, as well as on the capstone project scoping team. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Impact of
is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in Vir- ginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 8 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using motivation and related frameworks to study student engagement in learning, recruitment and retention in engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections of motivation and learning strategies. Matusovich
, peer instruction, problem-based learning, project-based learning, inquiry-based learning, and challenge-based learning are among the researchbased instructional strategies that are student-centered and learner-oriented [6, 19, 20]. Withoutthe knowledge of the best-practices in education and how people learn, the university faculty willnot be able to design an ideal learning environment for their students. It is no surprise thatmajority of the students, particularly women, drop the STEM fields early in their careers in thecollege. The traditional instructional strategies employed in the STEM fields might beresponsible for abating students’ motivation and interest in STEM fields, particularly for womenand minority students. A more welcoming and
Paper ID #26355Board 19: Impacts of Engineering Justice Curriculum: A Survey of StudentAttitudesDr. Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin-Stout Dr. Tina Lee is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and the Program Director for the Applied Social Science Program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.Dr. Elizabeth Anne Buchanan, University of Wisconsin-Stout Elizabeth Buchanan is Endowed Chair in Ethics and Acting Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.Dr. Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin-Stout Devin Berg is an Associate Professor and Program Director of the B.S. Mechanical
Paper ID #27131Increasing Graduate School Enrollment of Female Industrial Engineers throughCUREsMs. Leslie Potter, Iowa State University Leslie Potter is a Senior Lecturer in the Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department at Iowa State University. She served as Co-Chair of the IMSE Undergraduate Research Program for six years. She currently teaches courses on information engineering, programming, and process improve- ments. Her research interests include the impact of undergraduate research, engineering and professional skill integration, and teaching effectiveness.Dr. Richard Stone, Iowa State University
for Education Sciences (IES) National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Digest of Education Statistics, “Degrees in chemical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree: 1959-60 through 2019-20,” https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d21/tables/dt21_325.47.asp?current=yes, Feb. 28, 2023.[10] D. L. Evans, G. C. Beakley, P. E. Crouch, and G. T. Yamaguchi, “Attributes of Engineering Graduates and Their Impact on Curriculum Design,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 82, no. 4, pp. 203–211, 1993, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1993.tb01075.x.[11] M. A. Vigeant and A. F. Golightly, "How much does student perception of course attributes
for community college students at the four-year institution.Although a majority of the programs seemed to have more of a focus on the development ofskills to help students with coursework upon transition to the four-year institution, there areprograms that have the research focus similar to SCCORE’s. The following programs offer aresearch focus or a research component, serving as models of best practices for the SCCOREprogram and pointing to ways our alliance can improve SCCORE.Two programs that offer research in the biomedical field to underrepresented students includethe Bridge Summer Research Program at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) thatprovides students at eight (8) community colleges training in lab techniques
empowering the next generation. Through her involvement in the Improving Girls’ Math Identity Through Problem Solving and Mentorship Bass Connections Research Team at Duke University, she became particularly interested in reducing student dependence upon supplemental organizations to compensate for unsupportive STEM classroom environ- ments.Shaundra Bryant Daily, Duke University Shaundra B. Daily is a professor of practice in Electrical and Computer Engineering & Computer Sci- ence at Duke University and Levitan Faculty Fellow, Special Assistant to the Vice Provosts. Prior to joining Duke, she was an associate professor with tenure at the University of Florida in the Department of Computer & Information
minority,” Amber reiterates her sense ofoutsiderness, emphasizing the social isolation resulting from these differences. In line 109, Amber asks aquestion (“Would I change any of this about me?) and answers unprompted. She concludes she is “stuckwith” the basic circumstances of her life: being adopted from China by a white family, being only a fewwomen in her engineering programs, therefore decides to “make best out of it.”In lines 114-116, we notice that Amber uses a number of “or” to enumerate the various negativeexperiences due to her identity. Amber’s experiences of discrimination, racism, and stereotyping mighthave an impact on her mental health and wellbeing since the consequences of marginalizing experiencesget even more complicated for
and high school until they graduate. The paperincludes a summary of the activities from the first program along with best practices and lessonslearned that are supported by qualitative data from a teacher focus group and studentrespondents. Additionally, the paper also provides a description of the second program includingprogram development and plans for more formal assessment. (Note: The engineering outreachprograms are part of the GEAR UP grants. The GEAR UP grants are referred to as “grants” andthe engineering outreach programs are referred to as “programs” throughout the paper.)About GEAR UP Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) is acompetitive grant program of the United States Department of
women and underrepresented minorities. He received his M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech and his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in Vir- ginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 8 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using
Paper ID #33005Work-focused Experiential Learning to Increase STEM Student Retentionand Graduation at Two-year Hispanic-serving InstitutionsCynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University Cynthia Pickering is a retired electrical engineer with 35 years industry experience and technical lead- ership in software development, artificial intelligence, information technology architecture/engineering, and collaboration systems research. In September 2015, she joined Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) to lead the Girls in STEM initiative and translate her passion for STEM into opportunities that will attract, inspire and retain
constructionmanagement curriculum; and (2) impact of the module for graduating construction managementstudents. The survey results indicated that only six students had learned about the ATC methodin their workplace and the rest of the 50 students reported not being aware of such contractdelivery practice. For the first question, approximately 22 students reported that advanced projectdelivery practices adopted in construction sites should be part of both undergraduate andgraduate studies curricula as shown in Figure 6. While around 10 students also indicated thatsuch methods are more complex and should only be part of the graduate studies curriculum.Since the primary goal of the ATC concept is to improve project quality, reduce project costs andpropose a design
Kappa Phi, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon. Dr. Estell is active in the assessment community with his work in streamlining and standardizing the outcomes assessment process, and has been an invited presenter at the ABET Symposium. He is also active within the engineering education community, having served ASEE as an officer in the Computers in Education and First-Year Programs Divisions; he and his co-authors have received multiple Best Paper awards at the ASEE Annual Conference. His current research includes examining the nature of constraints in engineering design and providing service learning opportunities for first-year programming students through various K-12 educational activities. Dr. Estell is a Member-at-Large of
principles, supported by the fundamentals of engineeringeducation research. Instructional faculty then formed the teams based on student preferences andother best practices for team formation [13], such as not isolating minoritized students whereverpossible.Projects were all internally supported. In other words, there were no external partners or mentorsfor the projects. Students on this project were mentored by the instructional team whose diversebackgrounds encompass instruction of several core ChE courses, research in the engineeringeducation domain, and experience in experiential learning. Additionally, this semester a graduatestudent instructor was added to the instructional team for an additional project mentor.Implementation of Experiential
, thatconsistently produce a higher number of fellows, while showing how faculty from diversedisciplines contribute unique perspectives to EML. Finally, we offer recommendations onsuitable pathways for engineering educators to pursue KEEN fellowships based on theirdiscipline and areas of interest, underscoring the broad impact of the program on shaping EMLand its influence on engineering curricula across institutions.IntroductionThe KEEN Fellowship program is designed to promote EML among engineering educators,supporting them in integrating this mindset into their curricula. KEEN Fellows are selected basedon their commitment to advancing EML through innovative teaching practices, which enablestudents to develop skills like curiosity, value creation, and
dailyquestionnaire about their personal well-being and were placed into breakout rooms to completean activity through a web-based service. This course was an interdisciplinary introductoryengineering course. The course is traditionally taken in the first semester of the first year, so thisis one of the first experiences the students have at the college level.Literature ReviewOnline learning has consistently received limited attention from researchers in comparison totraditional classroom environments [1]. This lack of research on various virtual classroomengagement methods has made it difficult for instructors to decide how to best cater to theirstudents and how to maintain a classroom community despite changes in delivery modality.Some studies prior to the
workingtogether, Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory served as the organizingprinciple for teaching practice to the environmental engineers as facilitated throughcoaching and interaction with community health nurses. This paper provides a side-by-side comparison of the professions of engineering and nursing, and includes the results ofassessments using mixed methods to document the impacts of exposure to nursingpractice on the formation of emergent engineers.IntroductionEngineering education emphasizes exposure to real-world application often throughexperiential learning. Mentored, student design experiences, including programs such asEngineers Without Borders-USA, provide opportunities for engineering students fromdiverse disciplines to learn
Paper ID #41866Teaching Strategies that Incorporate Social Impacts in Technical Courses andEase Accreditation Metric CreationMs. Ingrid Scheel, Oregon State University Ingrid Scheel is a Project Instructor at Oregon State University in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She teaches Electrical and Computer Engineering fundamentals and design courses, and as a graduate student in Education is focused on curriculum design. Scheel’s industry experience includes prototype development, test article instrumentation, data acquisition, data analysis, and reporting. She contributes to the International Society for Optics
patients. She is also interested in Engineering Education research, and currently she serves as the Director of Mechanical Engineering S-STEM Scholarship Program at UMBC.Jamie R Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Jamie Gurganus works in the MechanicalEngineering Department at UMBC, focusing in the field of Engineering Education. She serves as the Associate Director of Engineering Education Initiatives for the College of Engineering and IT at UMBC and as Co-Director of Advancing Excellence in P12 Engineering Education (AEEE). Her research is focused on solving problems relating to educating engineers, teach- ers, and the community. She seeks to identify best practices and develop assessments methods that
significant Research and Practice Implications for these themes.Dr. Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma Dr. Kittur is an Assistant Professor in the Gallogly College of Engineering at The University of Oklahoma. He completed his Ph.D. in Engineering Education Systems and Design program from Arizona State University, 2022. He received a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Master’s in Power Systems from India in 2011 and 2014, respectively. He has worked with Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant Systems Engineer from 2011–2012 in India. He has worked as an Assistant Professor (2014–2018) in the department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, KLE Technological University, India
participated in the SPARK-ENG project at the Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (CMASTE).Dr. Marnie V Jamieson, University of Alberta Marnie V. Jamieson, M. Sc., Ph.D., P.Eng. is a Teaching Professor in Chemical Process Design in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta and holds an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. She is currently the William and Elizabeth Magee Chair in Chemical Engineering Design and leads the process design teaching team. Her current research focuses on engineering design and leadership, engineering culture, the engineering graduate attributes and their intersection with sustainability, learning culture, and continuous course and
on a scale from 1(poor) to 3 (very good). If no information was provided the sub-score was zero. We discussed anydiscrepancies in rating between researchers to reach a consensus on scores. The sub-categoryratings totaled an overall quality score for each design idea, out of 12 points.ResultsA survey was sent out to collect data to better understand the impact that engineering projectshave on their design abilities. In the survey, students were asked to develop a design based on thegiven prompt, described by answering prompts in a 9-box engineering design canvas. This canvaswas used with the intention of guiding students through fully developing an idea. Students’designs were then evaluated using four metrics: quantity, variety, novelty, and
Middle School Girls; fAEC-KLM Impacts AEC Self-efficacy in AfricanAmerican Middle School Girls; fAEC-KLM Impacts AEC Outcome Expectations in AfricanAmerican Middle School Girls. A. fAEC-KLM Impacts AEC Knowledge in African American Middle School GirlsThe findings of this study have significant implications for educators, policymakers, and industryleaders seeking to increase diversity in AEC fields. By examining the effectiveness of a targeted,culturally relevant intervention, this research contributes to the broader discussion on strategiesto engage underrepresented groups in STEM careers and provides insights into the design ofeffective outreach programs for young women of color. To identify the impact the fAEC-KLM has on the AEC knowledge
students from underrepresentedpopulations face in engineering learning spaces. Having these discussions during lecture or in thecontext of the course can also address the issue of stereotype threat [4] faced by certain culturalstudent groups, which is known to impact student success. Further, intentionally incorporatingthese exercises into the course design communicates to students a strong desire to create aninclusive learning environment. Walden et al. recommended based on research that for creatingan inclusive atmosphere for diversity and equity within engineering education, it is important tohave a positive academic culture for people from excluded identity groups [5]. Additionally,diversity, equity and inclusion within engineering education
Sooner Engineering Education Center dedicated to engineering education related initiatives and research focused on building diversity and enhancing the educational experience for all engineering students. Dr. Shehab teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in ergonomics, work methods, experimental design, and statistical analysis. Her current research is with the Research Institute for STEM Education, a multi-disciplinary research group investigating factors related to equity and diversity in engineering student populations.Dr. Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma Dr. Susan E. Walden is the founding Director of the Research Institute for STEM Education (RISE) and an associate research professor in the
practices whilenavigating their graduate programs. I discuss the findings as they relate to concepts in literatureand my own auto-ethnographic experience. I also provide researchers, students, faculty, staff,and policy makers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) academiawith recommendations. Finally, I present the research community with areas for furtheracademic study.IntroductionProblemThere is a dearth of knowledge pertaining to graduate students with disabilities. Publicationsregarding the enrollment, retention, and graduation rates of this population are scarce. Similarly,little is known about the retention and graduation rates of graduate students with disabilities [1],[2]. More generally, there is a gap in knowledge
all technical areas of the facility. During her tenure, the brewery saw dramatic increases in productivity improvement, increased use of automation systems, and significant cost reductions in all areas including utilities where they received the internal award for having the best utility usage reduction for 2014. Since joining Ohio State, Aimee has joined the American Society of Engineering Educators and has served in all leadership capacities in the Engineering Economy division (treasurer, program chair, division chair, and past chair). Aimee is also part of a core group of Ohio State faculty working on a BSET degree at the Regional Campuses and is passionate about teaching engineering using application and wicked
study based on data from the Multiple-Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD), reporting thatstudents at institutions that were required to take an Introduction to Engineering Course were more likelyto graduate with a degree in engineering than students at institutions that do not require an Introduction toEngineering Course9. Required First-Year Engineering courses do help students either affirm a prior choiceof an engineering discipline or help students to select a major best suited to them, and also influences whichengineering disciplines students are more likely to select9-10.TheorySocial Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) recognizes career development as a process related to self-exploration and