participation of marginalized communities in civil and constructionindustries as well as in the academic sector [22]. Furthermore, very few studies focused onimproving the competencies of Hispanic and other historically marginalized students in CMincluding communication and presentation skills and other professional skills, while other studiesassessed their preferences for sustainability and relevant career choices [23]–[25]. In order tosupport the skilled labor shortage in the CM industry as well as to preserve the economicalsuccess of the US, marginalized professionals must be involved in infrastructure constructionprojects. The findings of this study would contribute to increasing awareness of infrastructureinequality and preparing the forthcoming
educationalopportunities. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Annual ConferenceIntroductionEngineering education is an essential discipline that endeavors to create a learning environmentcapable of developing engineering skill sets, like problem-solving, logical thinking, etc., [1]. Itenables the development of students’ engineering skills providing real-world applicability totheoretical engineering concepts. Despite the significant role of engineering in preparing studentsfor their future careers, educators have faced multiple challenges because of technologicaladvancements and societal developments [2]. Such challenges are related to being out-paced bynew advances of new
Paper ID #35558Course Interventions to Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion inEngineering CurriculaDr. Richard Blackmon, Elon University Richard Blackmon is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Program at Elon University. Blackmon has a BS in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Optical Science and Engineering. His scientific and engineering research focuses on the development of laser-based medical imaging and treatment systems. Blackmon has worked to promote LGBTQIA inclusion, both within engineering and in the broader com- munity, throughout his career. He became interested in engineering education when joining
and money management, and actively participatedin the financial literacy course implemented for the introductory engineering class.IntroductionA solid working knowledge in financial literacy is a critical factor in students’ success, especially forunderrepresented minority (URM) students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)disciplines (see examples, [1] thru [4]). This is particularly important with the recent impacts of thepandemic on the national economy, the changing landscape of the job market, as well as the globaleconomic crisis. Students’ financial literacy will help them make sound decisions to succeed professionallyin their career paths. Unfortunately, traditional university curricula do not expose students
). Students provided consent to have their course performance and surveyresults be used for research purposes. Their responses to the pre-course and post-course surveyswere anonymized. Table 3. Survey (O = Open, K = Knowledge, S = Skills, A = Attitudes, L = List, P = Post-Course Open)O1 In your own words, describe machine learningO2 In your own words, describe the limitations of machine learningO3 In your own words, provide specific examples of how machine learning will likely impact your career in the next 10 yearsK1 I can describe at least one ML applicationK2 I understand the main steps to implement at least one ML applicationK3 I understand what distinguishes ML from traditional mathematical approachesK4
on case. The activities usually Canvas. included one or two brief questions to facilitate conversations.MethodologyThe participants of this study were students enrolled in the course “Engineering Properties ofBiological Materials,” a sophomore-level class with lectures and weekly meetings in a teachinglaboratory. The students are majoring in Biological Systems Engineering or AgriculturalEngineering. Students from Biological Systems Engineering are interested in pursuing careers inone of the different emphasis areas available in the program: Biomedical Engineering, Food andBioprocess Engineering, and Environmental Engineering. As
undergraduate research experience to the student, a selection of Likert-scale and open-ended survey questions were evaluated, specifically: 1. How would you rate the QUIP-RS program overall? (5-point Likert scale with options of Excellent-Very Good-Good-Fair-Poor) 2. How do you feel that the QUIP-RS program has supported your ambitions and/or impacted your future career? (Open-ended) 3. What do you consider to have been the best aspect(s) of your experience with QUIP-RS? (Open-ended) 4. What outcomes (e.g., conference presentations, articles, projects, poster presentations, etc.) do you expect from your QUIP-RS project? (open-ended)These questions are part of a 20-question assessment survey administered through
moreformal training prior to the internship [11]. While this desire for more training often emphasizesworkplace or career-ready training, the present study seeks to further examine the reciprocalbenefits of internships in the field of bio-medical engineering, with an emphasis on providingproactive guidance, whether for the university coordinator, the instructor, the students, the sitesupervisor, or all of the above. Ultimately, the goal is to identify, design, and implementinternship experiences that maximize these reciprocal outcomes, regardless of modality.Virtual InternshipsPrior to the pandemic, there were no known studies that has examined how the importantoutcomes and learning objectives of a biomedical engineering technology/clinical
Conditioning field before and hopes to pursue a career in sustainable HVAC/R design.Nathan Agyeman Nathan is a fourth-year student at the University of Massachusetts Lowell’s Francis College of Engineer- ing, where he is pursuing a degree in Computer Engineering (BS). He’s highly involved with various organizations on campus. He’s currently working in two research groups where he’s a lead facilitator in the Exclusive Teamwork project where he collects analyzes information, while being a lead contribu- tor in the Product Life-Cycle Management group where he participates in making connections between computer security and Product Life-Cycle Management. The past summer, Nathan had an opportunity to intern within cybersecurity
feels they have in the relevant environment), and relatedness (sense of social connection and support within the relevant environment). In sum, research regarding the self-determination theory would suggest that both perceived success and the sense of support in the form of a caring instructor would predict overall motivation or empowerment as described in the MUSIC model. The usefulness factor in the MUSIC model suggests that motivation increases when students perceive the utility of their academic work toward earning their degree or their future career. The utility of their work can be in the short term, such as needing to pass a required course, or in the longer term, such as the value of learning information relevant
the engineering design process and design thinking into STEM education and works with K-12 educators to increase teacher capacity in classroom engineering education. She also teaches a first-year Engineering Projects course at CU. Prior to pursuing a career in higher education, Jennifer taught middle school science for 15 years and she received a Teacher of the Year community award and guided her students to numerous state and national sustainable project awards, including the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge. After transitioning from the classroom, she joined the CU Cooperative Institute for Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Education & Outreach Program as a Curriculum Development and Program Manager where
) throughout Malaysian Higher Institutions, and International Institutions such as in Indonesia, Korea, India, China, Turkey, Morocco, Qatar, South Africa, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Throughout his career he received several awards such as Global Engineering Education Award 2021, teaching excellent awards, excellent service awards, best paper awards, and gold medals in innovative practices in higher education. He has published several books and more than 130 papers in journals and conference proceedings.Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof Professor Dr. Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof is the President of the Society of Engineering Education Malaysia, the founding Director of the Centre for Engineering Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She is
future, 30% agree (n = 16), 26% (n = 14) are neutral about the statement, 2% (n= 1) disagree, and 2% (n = 1) strongly disagree.5th item: Forty-three percent of the students (n = 23) strongly agree that their experience in theteam will contribute to their career success in the future, 38% agree (n = 20), and 19% (n = 10) areneutral about the statement.Conflict Resolution The results of the conflict resolution items are presented in Figure 7, and are summarized asfollows:1st item: Fifty-eight percent of the students (n = 31) strongly agree that they were able to resolvedifferences, 32% agree (n = 17), and 9% (n = 5) are neutral about the statement.2nd item: Forty-nine percent of the students (n = 26) strongly agree that resolving conflicts led
engineering courses since 2018. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023CAD it up - Integrating CAD into Design Projects in First-Year EngineeringCoursesIntroduction:First-year engineering design courses act as the initial touch point with engineering students,forming a strong foundation in the fundamentals of engineering design at the start of students’college careers. At The Pennsylvania State University - the first-year engineering design course -has been through multiple iterations, with recent changes focused on standardizing the coursecontent while reimagining the semester’s projects. While CAD (SolidWorks) has long been acomponent of this course, we sought to better integrate the modeling software (both
’ experience working on NSF grants. During her time as Project Manager for CREATE, Mrs. Temple coordinated three successful international projects funded through NSF to explore the renewable energy achievements in Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Virgin Islands and Germany. Mrs. Temple started her career in the private sector in accounting and finance before coming to College of the Canyons. Mrs. Temple earned her B.A. in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations at California State University Bakersfield and a M.A. in Strategic Communications from National University. In addition to her grant administration duties, Mrs. Temple is an Instructor in Communication Studies at College of the Canyons in
is student motivation. Although motivation isa product arising from several factors, grades play an important role when students decideto continue their professional careers [3].Although online education was already an educational offer in several institutions, theCovid-19 pandemic accelerated some processes. Institutions focused on educationalmodalities such as maintaining in-class teaching with social distancing, creating hybridmodels, or moving to online instruction [4]. Online instruction has been the lifeline forinstitutions to continue their training processes in this context. Furthermore, there has beenno historical precedent for such an absolute and total closure of educational facilities inmultiple countries worldwide, as occurred
Paper ID #37828The Roles of Friendship Among First-Year EngineeringStudents and Upper-Level Project Manager Students onStudent RetentionNa'imah White Na'imah White is an undergraduate Psychology student at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Her career interests lie in Industrial/Organizational Psychology; therefore, she partnered with Dr. Li from the Department of Biomedical Engineering this year to evaluate interventions applied to a first-year engineering course to assess underlying factors that impact retention. This experience was valuable to not only gain experience in the discipline she wants to pursue
mechanical linkage between breast cancer and diabetes. Dr. Griggs joined Penn State in the summer of 2019 as an Assistant Teaching Professor, Director of the Multicultural Engineering Program and Director of the Clark Scholars Program. In this role, Dr. Griggs drives initiatives to improve the recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups pursuing degrees in engineering and strives to foster a welcoming environment that celebrates culture and inclusion. Her passion lies in mentoring through meaningful career discussions and helping students gain confidence as well as succeed in their chosen degree fields.Carmen Mariana Vanderhoof Assistant Research Professor (Science Education)Catherine L. Cohan (Assistant Research
impact dimensions (BIOL251)Implementation in Electrical Engineering courses: Of all the dimensions, the responses of theEENG 323 students registered the highest average in the engagement dimension for questionnumber 1for the statement of being actively engaged with the VR lesson (Fig. 11a). The studentsalso indicated that they were highly satisfied with the content explanation (Q#1, effectivenessdimension, Fig. 11a) of the VR lesson. The lowest average was for the statement regardingcontrol of learning with VR (Q#8, effectiveness dimension, Fig. 11a). Of all the questions in theimpact dimensions, the average responses of the students were the highest for question number 8which is about their interest in STEM career (Q#8, Fig. 11b) followed by
Graduate Program in Systems Engineering of the UANL, and her second master’s degree in Materials and Manufacturing in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (INME) in the UPRM. Yareni commitment for an inclusive and diverse community in the campus led her to serve as Spokesperson in the International University Community at UPRM. Yareni has worked as an Instructor of engineering courses, as Graphics Engineering and Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, in the Department of General Engineering of at UPRM. She has worked as an instructor of the Biosensors and Biological Geometric Design courses, and as a research assistant in the Biocompatible Materials Research Group at UANL. Her professional career includes also being a
to advances intechnology including in infrastructure, storage, and analytical tools and techniques[1][2][3]. Thedemand for the data science field can be seen in various industries including retail, health care,finance and in all areas of economy and society [3]. Data science careers are the top careers inthe U.S. across many disciplines[3]. It is predicted that this demand will continue to increase inthe near future [2][3]. The rise in demand for data science technology has created a demand forgraduates who have the skill set needed to support the data science field [1][2][3]. To meet thisdemand in the data science industry, many colleges are revising current programs or developingnew programs geared for the data science industry[1][2]. A
Paper ID #38303US Engineering Employment During the COVID-19PandemicHolden Diethorn Holden Diethorn is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) with research interests in labor economics and the economics of science and innovation. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from SUNY Albany in 2020. His current work focuses on topics related to the STEM workforce including analyses of the returns to postdoctoral training, the impact of immigration policy on the career paths of foreign-born STEM doctorates, and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the STEM labor market.James Creese Davis
Grant Funding and Mentoring OpportunitiesAbstractThe National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) program hasgrant funding opportunities available to support CTE and STEM technician programdevelopment. NSF-ATE grant funding opportunities are intended to help educators develop orimprove their 2-year technician programs. Proposals may focus on program, curriculum, andeducational materials development, program improvement, faculty professional development,teacher preparation, career pathways, outreach activities, undergraduate research experiences,internships, apprenticeships, and more. Partnerships with universities, colleges, and 7-12institutions in support of workforce development are encouraged. Industry partnerships
Paper ID #36915Developing an Integrated Environmental EngineeringCurriculumCraig R Woolard (Professor and Head)Catherine M Kirkland Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering Montana State University Center for Biofilm Engineering (CBE) Energy Research Institute (ERI) Montana Engineering Education Research Center (MEERC)Kathryn Plymesser (Assistant Professor) Dr. Plymesser hold a B.S. (Case Western Reserve University ’01) and Ph.D. (MSU ’14) degrees in Civil Engineering. She began her academic career at Montana State University – Billings with a teaching and research tenure-track appointment. Dr. Plymesser
approach.Project-based learning is a student-centered approach that uses a constructivist method of teachingwhere the students are actively involved in the learning process [5].The study detailed in this paper is part of a larger, ongoing study. The goal of this larger study isto determine if project-based learning influences a student’s engineering self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is defined as a person’s perceived ability to perform a task [6]. The researcher’sexpectation is that a more hands-on experience through project-based learning will lead to animproved self-efficacy among the students which will better prepare them for a career aftergraduation. Studies have shown that improved self-efficacy can influence a person’s performance,intrinsic interest
future computer engineering curricula. Such curricula should meet the standards oftoday yet look forward to adapting to the guidelines of tomorrow, which are embodied by theIEEE/ACM Computing Curricula 2020 Paradigms for Global Computing Education.IntroductionAt our institution, like many others worldwide, it has been over a decade since we havereimagined and redesigned our engineering curricula. Since then, we have ensured andconfirmed compliance with accreditation agencies [1], perfected the delivery of courses, andassessed learning outcomes to ensure that our graduates can be successful in all the differentstages of their careers. The problem is that in the last ten years, the careers that await ourgraduates have changed fundamentally such
learning (PBL) can effectively foster their capability to deal with open-endedtechnical problems in their future careers. Additionally, the interactive nature of such methodscan facilitate knowledge retention of emerging and effective sustainability concepts. This studyhighlights how the PBL technique can develop soft skills during sustainability education toArchitecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) students at a minority-serving institution asan effort to promote professional skills of underrepresented groups, i.e., women of color,Latinos/Hispanics in a classroom. This study designed and implemented a PBL activity in across-listed Sustainable Approach to Construction course which introduced the students to: (1)sustainable infrastructure
curriculum development team to create innovative programs that address the needs of students and teachers in the K-12 community. Current projects include the NSF funded BIRDEE (Biologically Inspired Design for Engineering Education) curriculum, STEM-ID, and K-12 InVenture Prize. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, she had a successful career in marketing communications for Delta Air Lines, and has spent the past 14 years as an educator. Varnedoe graduated with a B.S. from Florida State University, an MBA from Stetson University, and an Ed. S. from Kennesaw State University in Instructional Technology.Michael Helms (Dr.) Dr. Michael Helms is a Senior Research Scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is also Co
available atuniversities with EAC-ABET accredited programs (Table 3). Student-led group tutoring wasonly identified at two schools, but this was the most challenging category to identify online.Many of these resources may be on university-specific websites and apps or advertised in person.High School Graduation StandardsThe current Virginia Department of Education standards specify two high school graduationdiplomas typical for career and college readiness.5 The Standard diploma requires the completionof three math courses, where at least two are specified among a listing of approved coursesshown in Table 4. In this table and discussion a math credit is equivalent to one academic year ofmath instruction (two semesters). An Advanced Studies diploma
after struggling in asingle course or exam, believing that they would continue to struggle in future courses and not perform atthe levels required (Seymour & Hunter, 2019). These students often still met the requirements for theirprograms but felt as though they did not belong in their STEM program due to their beliefs about their 4abilities (Seymour & Hunter, 2019). In a report by Cabell (2021), it was shown that students with a highercareer search self-efficacy were more likely to persist in an engineering major. This report illustrates thatif a student has a lower career search self-efficacy, they may believe that they are being excluded fromengineering because they do not fit the