undergraduate students. During 2018- 2020, she collaborated with Dr. Kavitha Chandra to utilize participatory action research (PAR) as an evaluation approach for the Research, Academics, and Mentoring Pathways (RAMP) summer program for first-year women engineering students.Prof. Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts Lowell Kavitha Chandra is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Professor of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering in the Francis College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She directs the Research, Academics and Mentoring Pathways (RAMP) to Success program that aims to estab- lish successful pathways to graduate school and interdisciplinary careers for new undergraduate
research to explore experiences of engineers with a diagnosed mental illness[21]; preliminary findings discuss Jack, a late career engineer, and his journey with mental healthfrom college to industry. Preliminary analysis highlights specific aspects of the culture ofengineering influencing this journey, such as a lack of information on depression being sharedwhile in college, the de-emphasis on socializing in his first job, and stigmatization faced onceemployers learned about his illness [21]. These findings, although limited, highlight theimportance of studying engineering graduate students’ mental health.In an effort to uncover the landscape of research about engineering graduate student mentalhealth, a scoping literature review was conducted by
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.” American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 The Centrality of Black Identity for Black Students in Engineering: A Reflection on Methods and TheoryKeywords: Race/ethnicity, Black identity, undergraduate programsIntroductionThe recent emphasis on increasing the number of engineering graduates has been coupled withgreater concern about the lack of diversity in engineering fields. However, despite
grassroots, while also informing policy. Three thrusts that define her research interests at the intersections of engineering, technologies, and education include, ways of thinking that address complex educational challenges, democratization of K-12 engineering education, and online and technology-based learning.Dr. Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University Stacy Klein-Gardner’s career focuses on P-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, particularly as it relates to increasing interest in and participation by females and URMs and teacher professional development. She is an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Vander- bilt University where she is serving as the external evaluator
to have a large number ofparticipants from many institutions contributing atthis in-person conference in this pandemic era.Our mission is to showcase the latestdevelopments in engineering education andstrengthen partnerships among engineeringeducators in the region. We are committed to bringing together the best talents fromour engineering community and fostering their growth. This is an ideal forum to interactwith engineering educators and to listen to the methods of educators in otherinstitutions as well as to listen to undergraduate and graduate students’ research. Wehope that this regional conference on engineering education will inspire and motivateour younger generation to pursue a career in engineering fields that uplift our worldand
was a professor at Bellevue University (Bellevue, Nebraska) for 26 years. She is an officer in the Engineering Leadership Development (LEAD) and Engineering Management (EMD) divisions of ASEE, and also active in the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM).Dr. Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University Meg Handley is currently the Associate Director for Engineering Leadership Outreach at Penn State University. Previously, Meg served as the Director of the Career & Corporate Connection’s office at the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University. Meg completed her PhD in Workforce Education at Penn State, where she focused on interpersonal behaviors and their impact on engineering leadership
interest (f3). Hayfaa Almudhaf, the co-chair/senior advisor (ret.) of the Kuwait Institute forScientific Research, studied Workforce (f4) and Prestige (f7) factors and found that, althoughwomen comprise 60%–80% of STEM fields, a majority of leadership and researcherpositions are held by males (f4/f7/f11) [1, p. 4]. Munirah AlAjlan, an English as a SecondLanguage (ESL) instructor at the College of Engineering and Petroleum at Kuwait University,compared preferential career paths between males and females in Kuwait and found that malesprefer military jobs or private business (f4) [1, p. 7]. Hessa Amin, the deputy chief executive officer of FAWSEC Educational Company, aK–12 education company in Kuwait, investigated Finances (f6) and
Paper ID #32364Student Opinion on Teaching Thermodynamics Through Synchronous andAsynchronous Distance LearningMs. Tara Gupte Wilson, Wright State University Tara Wilson is a graduate student in Wright State University’s Biomedical Engineering program. She cur- rently works as a clinical researcher & data specialist for Kaleidoscope Innovation, an Infosys company. During her undergraduate career at The Ohio State University she spent four semesters as a teaching assistant for the Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering Department’s thermodynamics course. She was also a teaching assistant for OSU’s fundamentals
earned her undergraduate degree in Biological Engineering from the University of Georgia.Lt. James Edward Roethler, Spalding University My name is James Edward Roethler. I am a Doctoral Student at Spalding University, specializing in forensic and adult psychology. I am also a 2LT in the United States Army, and plan to be a career psychologist with the military.Dr. Aimee M. Frame, University of Cincinnati Aimee Frame is an Associate Professor-Educator and current Undergraduate Program Director for Me- chanical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. She received her MS in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Uni- versity of
. 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.” American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Exploring the Relationship Between Matriculation Model and Time to Enrollment in Engineering Graduation MajorAbstractThe Multiple
Paper ID #32872Gamification of Construction Engineering Inaugural ExperienceDr. Rebekah Burke P.E., The Citadel Dr. Rebekah Burke is an Assistant Professor of Construction Engineering at The Citadel-The Military College of South Carolina. Dr. Burke received her Doctoral and Masters degree from Arizona State Uni- versity, and her undergraduate degree from the University of Wyoming. She was previously the Director of Sustainable Design for Clark Nexsen, Architecture and Engineering, where she also began her career as a structural engineer. She was a founding board member, and the first chair elect of the Hampton Roads
. I started the #AcademicsWithADHD hashtag on Twitter to find other scholars with ADHD. This community has been really helpful for me! I post about ADHD, anxiety, and being an early career academic across Twitter (@), Instagram (@), and on my blog. You’re also welcome to subscribe to my "Academics with ADHD" Twitter list! #AcademicsWithADHD #ADHDAcademic #PostDoc #ADHDDiagnosis #PhDBalance #GeneralAnxietyDisorder100 Hi! I'm Amy Coolidge (@), and I am the COO of PhD Balance. coping mechanism life stressors/disability 8.33 Slated for graduation in 2020 (fingers crossed), I am a PhD Candidate in coping life stressors
explosion, ABET was advised to adapttheir accreditation requirements to incorporate process safety [13], [20]. This adaptation isevident in ABET’s student outcome that states that a student will demonstrate “an ability torecognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informedjudgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic,environmental, and societal contexts” [6]. Ever since, process safety in undergraduate curriculahas been a key component in training today’s engineers for their future careers [7]. However, forstudents who have only seen process safety situations through coursework, it may be challengingto pivot to more complex situations in a professional setting
-12students have less exposure to electrical engineering (EE) than to many other STEM subjects.Within EE, the focus is often on introducing students to robotics or electronics, such as electricalcircuits, microprocessor programming and system integration (e.g., [1] - [3]). However, EE spansa much broader spectrum. The topics of communications and networking are often not presentedto high school students at all, and students are unaware of the fascinating challenges connectedwith careers in this direction.The current pandemic, entailing remote education, offers a unique opportunity to teachcommunications and networking. Remote delivery platforms such as Zoom can be leveraged toillustrate communications and networking concepts in new interactive ways
Paper ID #32794Low-Barrier Strategies to Increase Student-Centered LearningMiss Nicole Erin Friend, University of Michigan Nicole Friend is currently a PhD student in the Biomedical Engineering program at the University of Michigan. She received her B.S in Bioengineering: Biosystems from the University of California, San Diego in 2017. Nicole’s research interests are centered around regenerating vasculature in ischemic envi- ronments. Nicole is also interested in more broadly defining the field of tissue engineering and regenera- tive medicine to inform curriculum design and student career trajectories.Cassandra Sue Ellen
currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutionizing Engineering Departments project. She was selected as a National Academy of Educa- 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.Ms. Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New MexicoDr. Pil Kang, University of New Mexico Sung ”Pil” Kang is an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. His
threeyears and had been reporting to the FDA but did not alert physicians. Guidant was aware of 25other cases in which the defibrillator was affected by the same flaw. This issue caused the FDAto subsequently review and change their medical device filing process.Objective 2: The scenario should be written and completed in a way that engages students.Each case was written in the viewpoint of a gender-neutral early career engineer. While the casesare based on technical flaws, the scenarios are written with enough background that first yearcollege students will be able to understand the basis for each decision. Students were able to readthe decision points and easily imagine themselves in the scenario (see Fig. 1 for a sampleopening statement). The
, University of Texas at Austin Maura Borrego is Director of the Center for Engineering Education and Professor of Mechanical Engi- neering and STEM Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Borrego is Senior Associate Editor for Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. She previously served as Deputy Edi- tor for Journal of Engineering Education, a Program Director at the National Science Foundation, on the board of the American Society for Engineering Education, and as an associate dean and director of in- terdisciplinary graduate programs. Her research awards include U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and two
developed. Thelearning is deductive only and provides no context for students on why they are learning thematerial or how it will apply to their future engineering careers [1]. Many pedagogical tools thataim to establish connections between the engineering curriculum and industry practices havebeen investigated and implemented with varying degrees of success, such as project basedlearning (PBL) [2,3] competency based learning (CBL) [4], and inductive teaching [1]. However,adjustments to the curriculum to support these alternate pedagogical tools may still overlook theformat of the corresponding assessment items. Assessment techniques that have not beendesigned specifically to complement the course remain in a generic format that is only relevantto
introduce students to foundational 8concepts and career pathways in the areas of kinesiology and engineering.” Another program to adestination in Asia describes a visiting institution: “if you want to study engineering in[BLINDED COUNTRY], [BLINDED UNIVERSITY] will be the best destination, with severalprograms highly ranked worldwide.”Service LearningPrograms with a service-learning focus were tied to community projects in host communitiesabroad. Service-Learning includes activities or approaches of students involved in communityprojects while abroad as part of the learning experience. This category included building bridges,wells, and other water and
do feedback and assessment instruments assist or hinder effective VMC development?Unmet Communication Needs in EngineeringDiscipline-specific vision statements highlight the importance of communication skills forengineers, and VMC is positioned to occupy a more central role in engineering curricula [4-6].The need for engineering graduates to improve communication skills has been emphasized inmultiple disciplines for several decades [7]. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)Vision 2025 suggests that “communications knowledge and skills are embedded in every civilengineer’s education and encourage their continued enhancement throughout every civilengineer’s career” [8]. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Vision
, Technical University of Denmark Anna Friesel is Professor at the Center for Electro-technology, DTU Diplom - Technical University of Denmark, Campus Ballerup. She is also the president of the EAEEIE - European Association for Educa- tion in Electrical and Information Engineering, which is a European non-profit organization, with mem- bers from nearly seventy European Universities, most of them teaching in the area of Electrical and In- formation Engineering (EIE). Anna Friesel is a member of the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) Faculty Resources Committee (FRC). The mission of the EAB FRC is ”to promote the continued evo- lution of engineering education and the career enhancement of Engineering, Computing and
Committee S802 - Teaching Methods and Educational Materials.Ms. Kelsey Z. Musa, Saint Louis University Kelsey Musa is a Civil Engineering student currently pursuing the MS Program in Engineering at Saint Louis University with a focus on Structural Engineering. Her experience in engineering education ranges from developing STEM related modules to moderating STEM camp activities for K-12 students. She aspires to practice engineering professionally in addition to pursuing future engineering education en- deavours and continuously encouraging students to pursue careers in STEM.Dr. Shannon M. Sipes, Indiana University, Bloomington Shannon Sipes serves as an instructional consultant providing professional development and
used inputvariables such as gender, residence, work experience (demographic variables), educational level,multiple-choice test score, career, project submission date, section activity (previous academicperformance variables). They measured model performance with accuracy, precision, andsensitivity metrics.Martinho et al.[16] presents a model based on a Fuzzy-ARTMAP neural network using onlyenrollment data collected for seven years. The model performance results showed an accuracy ofover 85%.Mubarak et al.[17] used Hidden Markov Model (HMM) and sequential logistic regression togenerate the predictive model. The dataset comprises variables such as mean number of sessionsper participant per week, access number behavior, problem, video wiki
, mathematics, and computer science (STEM+CS) disciplines andunderscored the importance of incorporating real-world problems (Johnson et al., 2020),engaging in practices and solving problems similar to disciplinary professionals (e.g., Barth etal., 2017), making STEM+CS meaningful to students (i.e., Guzey et al., 2016), and offeringconnections between school contexts and possible STEM+CS careers (i.e., Roehrig et al., 2012).However, very few studies investigate how these STEM+CS concepts and practices are enactedin inclusive classrooms with students with identified disabilities or individualized educationalplans (IEPs). Students with disabilities are often ignored in STEM+CS education research (e.g.,Villanueva et al., 2012), and science contexts are
participants to report these findings. The remainder of theanalyses focused on gender.Similar rates of persistence existed for women and men, even though when they began theprogram there were statistically significant difference between mean scale scores for freshmenwomen and men on some measures of self-efficacy. For the Self-Efficacy Scale II, t(66) = 2.63,p = .011; Career Success Scale, t(66) = 3.03, p = .004, and Math Scale t(66) = 2.49, p = .015,men averaged higher scores than women (see Table 2 for averages). Although men scored higherthan women on the Self-Efficacy I Scale and Coping Self-Efficacy Scale, these results were notsignificantly different. Women and men scored similarly on the Inclusion Scale. The means onself-efficacy scales at the
technology and the profit-maximization of theemployer. This simple scenario intrigued the following two-prong issues for engineeringeducators: 1) what should be the underpinnings/justification of the decision-making process of anengineer? 2) when and in what context should an engineer learn these decision-makingprocesses? Engineers should anchor their decisions on ethical/moral basis, and learn and practicethese ethical-decision-making skills in their early professional development phase.Undergraduate education is one of the first formal places in the professional development of anengineer. Engineering students would be able to far-transfer ethical decision-making skills intheir industry career if they learn and practice in context. Capstone design
kinds of organizational changes are needed at the institutional level to betterincorporate students both into their university and the organizational change process, students’perceptions of their own position and role must be known and understood. The purpose of thisqualitative investigation is to investigate how first- and second-year engineering students at alarge public Mid-Atlantic university describe their position and role within their university andprogram. Data for this study are drawn from semi-structured interviews conducted with tenstudents in Chemical Engineering. This selection of students from each of the first two years oftheir undergraduate careers provides a means for comparing how students’ views vary as theygather more
. degree in Industrial Engineering/Human Factors and Ergonomics and the Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Dr. Ashour was the inaugural re- cipient of William and Wendy Korb Early Career Professorship in Industrial Engineering in 2016. Dr. Ashour’s research areas include applied decision making, modeling and simulation, virtual reality, and process improvement. He contributed to research directed to improve engineering education.Mr. James Devin Cunningham, Carnegie Mellon University PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, with research interests in machine learning and reinforcement
classroom posters.Research DesignOur research design is situated in a larger research project focused on evaluating SEEK’s successat influencing STEM-related academic and career identity, conceptual knowledge, andinterpersonal and intrapersonal skills (Cardella et al., 2019). To address this broad objective, weapplied the logic of an input-environment-outcome framework to organize data collection andanalysis. In addition to considering relationships between children's background characteristicsand experiences within SEEK with their post-camp outcomes, the framework emphasizes theinfluence of organizational contexts on shaping children’s learning experiences. We consideredthree major components of organizational context in comparing sites: 1) Local