available to guide the student if questions arise involving futureemployment. STEM Scholars are also offered career preparedness options, and encouraged toseek out summer internships as opportunities for experiences that expose students to their chosenfield.EVALUATION:STEM Scholars students have to maintain scholastic goals and involvement expectations whilein the program and receiving financial benefit from the scholarship program. Meeting theseobjectives while maintaining a full-time schedule is the key to meeting the goal of graduating intwo years, while being academically sound and financially debt free. Success in this program isdetermined by tracking student retention and graduation rates, and surveying what studentspursue after graduation
baseline assessment of faculty attitudes and dispositions towardintegrating sustainability in engineering curricula.Engineering Students’ Professional Responsibility AssessmentSenior engineering students within one department at the PI’s institution were asked to completean updated and validated survey instrument, the Engineering Professional ResponsibilityAssessment (Canney, et al.). The survey was administered via Qualtrics and emailed to 144students; 35 completed surveys were analyzed. Results indicated that student’s choice ofengineering major was significantly motivated by: the passion for and aptitude in science andmath; interest in problem solving; good career choices; contribution to societal problems such asclimate change; and, the
, and Estimation of Stochastic Pro- cesses.Mr. Dana Hickenbottom, Itek Energy/Western Solar Dana has worked in the solar industry for 5 years. He started his career at itek Energy, a domestic solar module manufacturer based in Bellingham, WA. During his time as Technical Support Manager he worked to ensure product functionality in the field, assisted with research and development, and provided technical training to customers. He has since moved on from itek Energy and is now working as a project manager at Western Solar Inc, a solar installation company in Bellingham, WA. His work involves system design, operations and maintenance support, customer and technical support, product research, and community outreach
“Engineering Pathways”requirements prior to transferring to Lipscomb University. This is accomplished by three programinitiatives: 1. Engagement with “Engineering Pathways” students early in their academic career through enrichment activities and mentoring. 2. Scholarships funding for community college students that have completed the “Engineering Pathways” requirements and are likely candidates to complete their Bachelor’s degree in engineering. 3. Continued support of S-STEM scholarship recipients through mentoring and academic supportA key part of this grant was to identify community college partners in the Nashville area. Three collegeswere selected: • Columbia State Community College (approx. 25 miles NE of
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years each of industry and teaching experience. Her dissertation focus is on understanding the dynamic workplace interactions including values and behaviors of engineers and the influence on job satisfaction and persistence.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Samantha Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Fulton Schools of Engineering Poly- technic School. Dr. Brunhaver recently joined Arizona State after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She also has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. Dr. Brunhaver’s research examines the career decision-making and professional identity formation of
University. Advising is important to student success, especially inthe early years given the transition to college and the difficulty of classes; it has been identifiedas particularly important for engineering students [8]. Advising indirectly affects retentionthrough satisfaction and grades [9]. Engineering students--whether they stay in the program orleave--have cited concerns about insufficient advising [3] and lack of services includingprograms for advising under-represented groups [8]. Given the concerns of engineering studentslisted previously, advising is inclusive of multiple activities including career counseling,assistance with homework, academic degree planning, and mentoring [9]. Students report thatacademic concerns are their greatest
with these activities has been a review of literature regarding undergraduatestudents' motivation to participate in STEM ambassador-related activity, and the effect of doingso during the students' undergraduate career. This review has yielded less than two dozenpublished papers on this topic, and, along with a synthesis of the responses from the programleaders' survey mentioned above, has revealed the need for additional research in this area. Workshops for Gathering Information. In this first year, we held two workshops—onein the east and one is the west—to gather information. The first workshop occurred in March2018 in Boston to serve programs on the eastern half of the United States. Attending wererepresentatives of the following
workeffectively on software development teams, and encourage students to be advocates for culturaland institutional change in their future careers. The five-year project is currently in its third yearof implementation.A core focus of this involves accounting for and approaching an understanding of theexperiences of members of underrepresented groups in computer science and those affected bythe use of computer science products in society. Once this is accomplished, it then becomespossible to guide students in identifying sustainable processes for addressing the lack ofinclusion and social justice.A common approach to incorporating ethics in the Computer Science (CS) curriculum is torelegate it to a single course. Often these courses focus on professional
30 20 10 0 2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12 2012‐13 2013‐14 Year Figure 3: Degree and Certificate Completion Data 2009-2014 (As of September 29, 2014)Regarding placement of program graduates, in addition to traditional approaches such as career fairs, HCCworkforce programs have close relationships with employers--who serve on advisory boards and makepresentations to students on job
all students regardless of gender or ethnicity witha few exceptions. Hispanic females were the most likely to cite math skill as their primarymotivation (61.1%), and they were significantly more likely than Hispanic males to so indicate(28.6%, p < .05). Also female students, especially Hispanic females, were more likely than malesto cite love of science as their prime motivation (p < .05). Female students were more likely thanmales to cite family influence and support (30.0% vs. 14.3%, p < .05).Other frequent sources of interest in engineering were pre-college experience in math andscience programs (18.8%), inclination toward making and fixing things (17.4%), theopportunities engineering affords for career and society (14.6
Paper ID #12280Large-scale Research on Engineering Design in Secondary Classrooms: BigLearner Data Using Energy3D Computer-Aided DesignDr. Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette enay Purzer is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education. She is the recipient of a 2012 NSF CAREER award, which examines how engineering students approach innovation. She serves on the editorial boards of Science Education and the Journal of Pre-College Engineering Educa- tion (JPEER). She received a B.S.E with distinction in Engineering in 2009 and a B.S. degree in Physics Education in 1999. Her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees
college. Thus, in the absence of improved college prep programs, colleges need tobridge the gap.For minority students who achieve high school graduation, community college is often the nextstep. Packard3 concluded that community colleges often provide an entry point for firstgeneration, low income, racial/ethnic minority or non-traditional college students. Increasing thenumbers of successfully graduating minority students in Science, Technology, Engineering andMath (STEM) is known to be achieved by intentional strategies to recruit students to and retainstudents at community colleges: emphasizing dual credit classes in high school, providingopportunity for career related experiences and providing community-related support4. Otherresearch showed
career engineers to adapt to engineering workplace culture.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University Dr. Samantha R. Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor within The Polytechnic School, one of six schools in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. She is a mixed-methods researcher with focus on the preparation and pathways of engineering students. Her specific research interests include engineering student persistence and career decision-making, early career engineering practice, faculty pedagogical risk-taking, and entrepreneurial mindset. She completed her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford
Diversity andInclusivityGoal:To strengthen faculty’s connection to industry and aid their ability to facilitate studentconnections, faculty will participate in an industry immersion experience during the summerwhere they work with practicing engineers and learn current industry practices. Additionally,faculty will acquire relevant industrial and teacher trainings. Ultimately, faculty will see theirrole, or identity, as moving students towards becoming practicing engineers who create a “morejust and humane world.” Students, too, will reflect on their identities as engineers and how thoserelate to their education and career paths. To bridge course work and industry practices, anIndustry Advisor with extensive experience in industry and passion for
designing water and wastewater treatment facilities in central California. He was the recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2011. Dr. Brown’s research focuses on theoretical approaches to understanding why some engineering concepts are harder to learn than others, and how the concepts are embedded in contexts.Dr. Devlin B. Montfort, Washington State UniversityDr. Cara J Poor P.E., Washington State University Dr. Poor has been teaching many of the integral undergraduate civil engineering courses at Washington State University for the last six years, including seven mechanics of materials courses. She received the departments’ Outstanding Teaching Award in 2010 and Outstanding Advising Award in 2012. Dr. Poor is a licensed
A.S.E.T/B.S.E.T Plan of Study (Supply[5]. This issue is further complicated by the fact that food and Chain Source: ISO 22006)foodstuff production and manufacturing is becoming increasingly complex and is requiring moretechnically skilled employees [6]. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Career Guide to Industries, 2008-09Edition, Food Manufacturing, stated: “Fierce competition has led food manufacturing plants to invest in technologically advanced machinery to become more productive. The new machines have been applied to tasks as varied as packaging, inspection, and inventory control, but the processing of animal products remains a labor-intensive activity that is resistant to automation efforts. As a result
interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design;writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Her teaching emphasizes the roles ofengineers as communicators and educators, the foundations and evolution of the engineering educationdiscipline, assessment methods, and evaluating communication in engineering. Page 24.637.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Game-Aided Pedagogy to Improve Students’ Learning Outcomes and Engagement in Transportation EngineeringI
#41243his teaching career, Mark spent 35 years at Tenneco in Monroe, MI as an Engineer, Lab Supervisor,Engineering Manager and Global Materials Engineering Manager. At Tenneco, Mark also served as thecorporate Welding Metallurgist and Chief Metallurgist. Prior to Tenneco, Mark held the position as aWelding and Metallurgical Engineer at the General Dynamics Electric Boat Division in Groton, CT for4 years. Mark has an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Metallurgical Technology from MacombCommunity College in Warren, MI, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Metallurgical Engineering, and aMaster of Science Degree in Engineering Technology, both from Wayne State University.Mark is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE
understanding of the desired endoutcomes. 2. Mentoring and Learning StageCISTAR. In addition to having an academic faculty and graduate student(s) mentoring the REMstudents on their research project, CISTAR leverages two Purdue engineering programs thatintroduce students to research: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program(https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/Research/EURO/students/about-SURF) and the PathwaysScholar program (how a graduate degree can prepare you for different career pathways). Thus,the REM students are part of a wider research program with other undergraduates from acrossthe U.S. and from different countries. CISTAR hires, as well, several near peers who areengineering graduate students to help the REM students be
Paper ID #42169Board 244: Do DEI Efforts Count in Tenure Evaluations? An Experiment inTwo STEM fieldsDr. Damani White-Lewis, University of Pennsylvania Damani White-Lewis is an assistant professor of higher education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He studies racial inequality in academic careers and contexts using theories and methods from organizational behavior and social psychology. His work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), and has appeared in The Journal of Higher Education, Research in Higher Education, The Review
personality psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2007. Prior to his career in psychology, he spent six years as a teacher, coach, and social worker. Chris is a second generation educator whose grandparents were tenant farmers in Iowa and Nebraska. He tries to emulate their hard work and persistence in the pursuit of social justice. One of his favorite childhood memories is eating his paternal grandmother’s homemade fruit pies with plenty of ice cream.Emma HuelskoetterMichelle Francis, University of Virginia ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Motivation Loss in Math: Contributing Factors and ConsequencesAbstractSustaining student motivation in STEM education is
shared Department Chairs Boards Transfer & IP Giving concern and engineering Career Services practice that wants to Professional Organizations & Collections of Engineers Senior Design decrease ramp up time to
engineering education, pp. 1–17, 2010 Available at: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1076158.pdf.[2] K. Mattern, J. Radunzel, and P. Westrick. “Development of STEM Readiness Benchmarks to Assist Educational and Career Decision Making.” ACT Research Report Series, 2015 (3). ACT, Inc., 2014[3] A. Sithole, E. T. Chiyaka, P. McCarthy, D.M. Mupinga, B.K. Bucklein, and J. Kibirige. “Student Attraction, Persistence and Retention in STEM Programs: Successes and Continuing Challenges”. Higher Education Studies, 7(1), pp.46-59, 2017[4] E. R. Kurban, and A. F. Cabrera. “Building readiness and intention towards STEM fields of study: using HSLS: 09 and SEM to examine this complex process
research methods that allow for deep investigations of constructs such as epistemic thinking, identity, and agency. Dr. Faber has a B.S. in Bioengineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education from Clemson University and a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University. Among other awards for her research, she was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2022 to study epistemic negotiations on interdisciplinary engineering education research teams. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 The impact of pre-service teachers’ perceptions of engineering on their self- efficacy with teaching engineeringAbstractAlthough engineering is becoming
Education: Latinas in Engineering. Lexington Books, 2013.[4] S. L. Rodriguez, E. E. Doran, M. Sissel, and N. Estes, “Becoming La Ingeniera: Examining the Engineering Identity Development of Undergraduate Latina Students,” J. Lat. Educ., Aug. 2019, doi: 10.1080/15348431.2019.1648269.[5] K. L. Tonso, “Student Engineers and Engineer Identity: Campus Engineer Identities as Figured World,” Cult. Stud. Sci. Educ., vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 273–307, Sep. 2006, doi: 10.1007/s11422-005-9009-2.[6] D. Verdín and A. Godwin, “Physics Identity Promotes Alternative Careers for First-Generation College Students in Engineering,” presented at the 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2017. Accessed: Oct. 04, 2021. [Online]. Available
AttractionsTelevision Production.Research Interests: David Schneider’s research has traditionally focused on the realm of NP-Hard Com-puter Science Problems and Controls for Robotic Systems in both centralized & decentralized and au-tonomous & semi-autonomous systems. His most prominent research is his creation of the G*TA (G-Star-T-A) task allocation algorithm and his work as program manager of the Cornell RoboFlag program, withnotable applications including AFRL UAV controls and NASA/NOAA unmanned boat designs. Asidefrom his work at Cornell, David also values his time dedicated to this area while at NASA Goddard as ateam lead in Code 88 Advanced Automations & Architectures.Most of David’s career at Cornell has focused on collaborative projects
. This experience has sparked my passion towards helping develop technology that has a meaningful real-world application, and further solidified my intention to pursue bioinformatics or computational biology in grad school and as a career. Spring 2022Evaluation ResultsThe Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline part of the Computing Research Associationevaluates the ERSP program every year. Their first evaluation of ERSP at UIC [6], showed thatERSP students had increased levels of experience with research, working with colleagues onresearch, analyzing data, and presenting research reports, six months after completing ERSP. Otherstudent measures such as self-efficacy and sense of belonging did not show a statistical
debilitating knee injury slowed down my semi-professional career, but I recovered enough to still win a number of championships and local tournaments. Its difficult to describe one’s entire life in a handful of words, but I’ve given it my best shot. Onwards and upwards has been my personal mantra throughout my academic and professional career. I now hope to continue my previous research in mechanical design while addressing the biggest problems in Engineering Education. My eventual goal is to address the ever-growing need of a better education system in Pakistan.Dr. Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech Dr. Diana Bairaktarova is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Through real
componentof the Urban STEM Collaboratory, providing priority consideration to students within the cohortfor STEM Ambassador positions. The program engages undergraduate students in paid positionssupporting STEM teaching and learning with local school districts and community organizations.Ambassadors develop strong leadership and communication skills and deeper connections totheir disciplines all while getting paid and making a positive impact in the community. Theprogram has been successful in creating connections and a sense of community for theAmbassadors that has led to positive outcomes in both academic and career pursuits. Theleadership team is now exploring opportunities to extend these successes with other populationswhere a strong sense of