Science Foundation (NSF) and industry.Dr. Jacqueline A. Isaacs, Northeastern University Dr. Jacqueline Isaacs joined Northeastern in 1995 and has focused her research pursuits on assessment of the regulatory, economic, environmental and ethical issues facing the development of nanomanufacturing and other emerging technologies. Her 1998 NSF Career Award is one of the first that focused on environ- mentally benign manufacturing. She also guides research on development and assessment of educational computer games where students explore environmentally benign processes and supply chains in manufac- turing. She has been recognized by Northeastern University, receiving a University-wide Excellence in Teaching Award in 2000
- tion / Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow and a 2018 NSF CAREER awardee in engineering education research. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions, specifically on design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Mr. Bala vignesh Sundaram, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Bala Vignesh Sundaram is a PhD student in Engineering Education Systems and Design department in Arizona State University. His research interest is in exploring the potential benefits of teacher empathy in engineering classrooms.Mr. Jemal Bedane Halkiyo, Arizona State University Jemal Halkiyo is
country.MethodResearch has found that the first two years of college learning are the critical period for studentsto decide whether to stay in or leave STEM fields. This time period has been shown to beespecially important to women and underrepresented minorities [3]. It is widely recognized thatProject-Based Learning (PBL) or “learning by doing” is one of the major instructional elementsto increase the retention rate for STEM students. PBL inspires STEM students not only withreal-world problems but also with the necessary foundational skills to pursue STEM careers [4].All student participants in the CSE program are encouraged to apply for internships and summerResearch Experience for Undergraduates programs, but due to the limited number of positionsavailable
college grades, adds a level of recognition to program graduates to establish thecompetency of the student.We collaborated with both AWS Educate and AWS Academy to develop and deploy appropriatecloud curriculum and instruction. AWS Educate is Amazon’s global initiative to acceleratecloud-learning and prepare learners for the cloud-enabled jobs of tomorrow. AWS Academyhelps close the skills gap by providing higher education institutions with free, ready-to-teachcloud computing curriculum equipping students with skills needed to pursue industry-recognizedcertifications and careers in the cloud [6], [7]. In short, AWS Educate provides a flexible andinformal environment focusing on learning at one’s own pace with digital badges whereas AWSAcademy
engineering and science education from Clemson University.Dr. Idalis Villanueva, University of Florida Dr. Idalis Villanueva is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at the Univer- sity of Florida. Her work spans multi- and mixed-methods research and tools to explore the complex and intertwined cognitive, motivational, and affective mechanisms affecting underrepresented groups in sci- ence and engineering. In 2017, she received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award to explore the topic of hidden curriculum (intended or unintended messaging in learning and working environments) in engineering. In 2019, she received the Presidential Award for Scientists and Engineers
professional lives by integrating theirBiomedical Engineering expertise with business and communication skills, (2) Graduates will beable to create value and meaningful work in the field by meeting the expectations of employers ofBiomedical Engineers, (3) Graduates who are interested will be able to pursue meaningful workthrough advanced study or alternate career paths, (4) Graduates will be empowered to take controlof their careers and to engage in responsible citizenship through dynamic roles in their local,national, and/or international communities, (5) Graduates will be able to integrate theirfundamental knowledge of sciences, mathematics, liberal arts, and engineering analysis in
from underprivileged families to aim for college education and careers in STEM fields. Aamir’s research interests include equity in STEM education and infusion of open source hardware and software in STEM classrooms through Internet of Things (IoT) Technology. Aamir is also interested in expanding the academic research opportunity to undergraduate students in in-service teachers in K-12. Aamir is an Aggie Research Leader and is active in mentoring undergraduate research scholars. Aamir has presented his research both at regional (SERA, TAMU LAUNCH) and at international (FIE, AERA) educational research conferences. Aamir has published his research in a high impact peer reviewed jour- nal, conference proceedings
. However, due to several significant obstacles, faculty have routinely shied awayfrom transitioning from traditional teaching to online learning. Several factors impact faculty andtheir hesitancy to adopt teaching online to include online teaching self-efficacy and a space forprofessional development.Online Teaching Efficacy and Professional development Bandura,A. published several influential studies examining the impact of self-efficacy ona person’s ability to persist in their career. Self-efficacy refers to “beliefs in one’s capabilities toorganize and execute the course of action required to produce given attainments [2].” He claimsthat self-efficacy determines “ the courses of action people choose to pursue, how much effortthey put
Paper ID #33571Attitudes Toward and Usage of Animations in an Interactive Textbook forMaterial and Energy BalancesMr. Sidney Jay Stone III P.E., The University of Toledo Mr. Stone has been working in industry since graduating with BSc in Chemical Engineering. His career has covered the spectrum from detailed engineering design to project management in power generation and petroleum refining and the journey has been interesting and satisfying. During this career he has had several rewarding opportunities to teach and mentor engineering Co-Op students and newly hired engi- neers which has been a rewarding experience. He is
Teaching, and developed several innovative, educational technologies, including StatTutor and the Learning Dashboard.Dr. Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University Dr. Bedillion received the BS degree in 1998, the MS degree in 2001, and the PhD degree in 2005, all from the mechanical engineering department of Carnegie Mellon University. After a seven year career in the hard disk drive industry, Dr. Bedillion was on the faculty of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology for over 5 years before joining Carnegie Mellon as a Teaching Faculty in 2016. Dr. Be- dillion’s research interests include distributed manipulation, control applications in data storage, control applications in manufacturing, and STEM
Paper ID #32669Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision Makers: Finalizing aMulti-dimensional Inventory of Decision-Making CompetencyDr. 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.”Baker A. Martin, Clemson
Engineering Education, 2021 Engineering Capstone Senior Design Project as a Story-Building PlatformABSTRACTThis paper introduces the engineering capstone senior design project as a story-buildingplatform. While capstone design typically prepares students for professional careers, it can alsobe seen and structured as a holistic story-building experience. Students from variousbackgrounds build their own stories as they participate in a multidisciplinary project. A typicalstory is built with characters, setting, and plot—typically with an introduction, a challenge orcrisis to overcome, and a resolution—and the most interesting stories involve curiosity,adventure, challenge, risk-taking, suspense, and reward. Capstone senior design projects like
education and the role of leadership and culture in process improvement. His research is supported by the NSF, private foundations, and industry and has received numerous national and international awards. He is an elected Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management and serves as an Associate Editor for the Engineering Management Journal . Prior to his academic career, Schell spent 14 years in industry where he held leadership positions focused on process improvement and organizational development.Dr. Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University - Bozeman Bryce E. Hughes is an Assistant Professor in Adult and Higher Education at Montana State University, and holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education and Organizational
arrangements with openeyes and realistic expectations. This paper will explore the balance of interests among (i)students’ career advancement, (ii) non-disclosure obligations, (iii) intellectual property (IP)rights, and (iv) project funding.Introduction: The Electrical and Computer Engineering and Technology department atMinnesota State University, Mankato has approximately 25 electrical and computer engineeringstudents graduate each year. The department is fortunate to be supported by a very activeIndustrial Advisory Board (IAB). This board meets at least twice a year and has in the past beeninvolved in reviewing student senior design projects. As a result of IAB member interest andinvolvement with local industry and inventors, the Fall 2009 and
given the low representation of females in computing fields nationally, particularly inhigher education fields.1-5 The model often used to identify this negative trend is that of a ea g e e .3, 7 The pipeline model illustrates the gradual, but continuous, phenomenon ofwomen exiting the STEM fields at key decision points or specific stages of career progression.3In most instances, it is presumed that these decisions are voluntary, and are the outcome of awide range of factors5. The SFHI initiatives for the two subsequent years were divided betweendisciplines related to Energy and Health. It was anticipated that more females would apply to theHealth SFHI since the initiative includes a number of disciplines considered more
persistence among diverse students.Placing STEM history and cultures directly in the critical frameworks of WGS may help providethese populations with epistemological and personal insights that boost a sense of belonging inengineering and support their persistence.Numerous studies have addressed aspects of the complex question of student under-representation. The National Academies’ Beyond Bias investigated the factors contributing tounderrepresentation, and determined that biases and structural disadvantages overwhelm talentedwomen and other would-be engineering students. “Women who are interested in science andengineering careers are lost at every education transition,” and “the problem is not simply thepipeline” [1].Concern over the proper
; Edwards and Pruden, 2016; Sedlak, 2016; Oransky and Marcus, 2017). At one level, Flintwas an example of a community engagement by engineers that helped expose environmentalcrimes and injustice (Edwards, 2016; Edwards and Pruden, 2016a; Oransky and Marcus, 2017),allowing engineering trainees and opportunity to navigate complex terrain and consider theirmotivation for engineering careers (Bates, 2016; Kolowich, 2016), and at another level concernshave been expressed about jeopardizing precious funding and the social engineering contract,exacerbating power imbalances, and who is credited for success (Lambrinidou, 2016; Edwardsand Pruden; 2016b; Sedlak, 2016; Roldan-Hernandez et al., 2020; Carrera and Key, 2021; ).These diverse viewpoints indicate
University of Iowa Dr. Rethwisch is a professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa. His current research interest is assessing the impact of secondary curricula (particularly problem/project based learning curricula) on student interest and performance in science and mathematics, and on their interest in careers in STEM fields.Mark Andrew McDermott American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021A CASE STUDY ON HOW TEACHERS’ KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEFSINFLUENCE THEIR ENACTMENT OF PROJECT LEAD THE WAY CURRICULUM 1AbstractThe purpose of the study aimed at gaining a better
, or a resource for their peers. Doctoral studentsmay be required to take on educator roles to get funding, or they may be interested in gainingrelevant experience for a future career as a professor. The interaction between the role identities of researcher and educator has been examinedto demonstrate that these role identities are frequently in conflict in academic settings, whereindividuals’ accomplishments are measured by research productivity, and yet individuals areoften supposed to fulfill the institution’s mission to educate students [58], [59]. The academicsetting may encourage individuals to favor their researcher identity over their identity as aneducator [58], [60], and thus may be a repellor to an educator identity. Graduate
. Pablo Perez-Pinera, University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignDr. Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Karin Jensen, Ph.D. is a Teaching Assistant Professor in bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include student mental health and wellness, engineering stu- dent career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. She was awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her research on undergraduate mental health in engineering programs. Before joining UIUC she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Sanofi Oncology in Cambridge, MA. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering from
author for the ”Dissertation House Model” (2016), published by CBE Life Sciences, which was acknowl- edged at the 2018 AGEP National Research Conference, ”Pathways to a Diverse Professoriate,” at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Carter-Veale co-authored ”Structured Interventions for Under- represented Students and Faculty Members in STEM” (2014), as part of the 2012 Conference Summary for ”Understanding interventions that broaden participation in research careers: Intervening to Critical Mass,” and she co-authored the book chapter, ”Successful Ph.D. Pathways to Advanced STEM Careers for Black Women” (2011). Carter-Veale is Co-PI on the Career Pathways project (Council of Graduate Schools), and she has had
especially crucial towards proper career development. The data attained fromlab assignments can remarkably improve students’ understanding of classroom concepts byallowing students to observe the strengths and weakness of various scientific theories.Compared to traditional engineering disciplines (civil, mechanical, etc.), biological engineering(BE) students have been found to have different motivations for entering the engineering field;therefore, it is paramount that the BE engineering education community capitalizes on thisdifference to address the systemically lackluster engineering student retention rate.[1] BE studentsare largely driven to the field for the opportunity to benefit society, which differs compared totraditional engineering majors
course has been predominatelylecture-based. In this project, the intervention course was redesigned to include predominatelyhands-on activities that connect to chemical engineering concepts, i.e. conservation of mass andsurface tension, and chemical engineering jobs. These activities were designed to engagestudents’ curiosity and connection to what chemical engineers do in the real world.In this study, approximately 70 students took the intervention section of this course, whichpredominately consisted of hands-on activities and connections to real-world chemicalengineering careers. The control section, which was predominately lecture-based, hadapproximately 90 students. Students in both sections were asked to take pre- and post-surveysthat
) majors report notablelevels of gender bias and sexual harassment within the context of their work [6]. Among womenin STEM majors, experiences of STEM-related gender bias have been found to be relatednegatively to their career aspiration and motivation to pursue vocational opportunities in STEM[6]. In addition to messages of being unwelcome in the field, women in STEM fields have alsobeen shown to encounter benevolent sexism (e.g., protective paternalism or genderdifferentiation) from their male peers [7]. This form of sexism has been linked with lower gradepoint averages (GPAs) in STEM courses [7]. These findings highlight the impact the academicclimate can have on underrepresented students pursuing careers in STEM fields. Because GPArepresents
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Paper ID #29685Work in Progress: Intersection of Race and Gender on Experiences ofUndergraduate Engineering Students of Color in Positional LeadershipRolesProf. Carmen M. Lilley, University of Illinois at Chicago Dr. Lilley’s research interests in engineering education focus on professional development of engineering students at the undergraduate and graduate level. In particular, she is interested in the nuances of how the intersection of race/ethnicity with gender affects professional development in the area of leadership and the long term career trajectory of an individual. Her other research interests are focused on
ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright ã 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 2underrepresented in STEM is even lower than the average completion rate8. The ASEE reported9that while the six-year engineering degree completion rate was about 60% for White students, it wasabout 35% for African-Americans.These statistics translate to an engineering workforce inadequate in numbers, and that lacks diversitywhich is a valuable contributor to development and innovation10. Underrepresentation of minorities(e.g. African American, Latino, women) in STEM careers is well documented. Landivar11
-Centered Design to Connect Engineering Concepts to Sustainable Development Goalsthem to peers in the community in which they live. In India, mothers of middle school and elementaryschool students participated in Ignite and demonstrated that this program can also be used as part ofadult education in innovation and entrepreneurship. The Guatemalan program, which was geared towardmiddle school and high school students, included a component related to student career goals. METHODSHuman-Centered Design as a Framework for the Ignite Curriculum Human-centered design, used to develop and implement the Ignite program, has three formalphases: hear, create
not true for neuroscience aspirations, which was a student’s viewof neurosciences and sciences in general as a potential career path. Neuroscience aspirations didnot start out high as shown in Table 3, and their aspirations towards neuroscience did increasesignificantly.Table 3. Neuroscience Aspirations show a significant change (N=39) Initial ChangeMean = 3.32 Change Mean =1.08Standard Deviation: = 1.24 Change Standard Deviation = 1.43How does the lab kit and neuroscience curriculum relate to self-beliefs?Self-efficacy started out low to medium for school 3 students as shown in Table 4. This samepattern held for self-concept. Thus
Paper ID #28400Summer Bridge Re-imagined: Leveraging Corporate Partnerships to MeetRecruiting GoalsDr. Sarah Miller, University of Colorado, Boulder Sarah Miller provides vision and leadership for the recruitment, retention, and success of outstanding and diverse students, faculty, and staff to the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. As Associate Dean for Access, Inclusion and Student Programs, she oversees the Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center, overseeing efforts to attract and prepare students for the rigors of engineering study and careers, and