, effective introductorycourses are important for students’ future success in their program of study, and therefore,careers [1], [3], [8]–[11]. As summarized by Temple et al. [3]: “[F]irst year courses can improve academic performance, stimulate interest and improve retention, and better prepare students for future coursework. It is important that students acquire the qualities that prepare them to be successful engineers in the changing workplace, including the ability to work on and communicate with members of a multidisciplinary and professional team.”Research on high-impact educational practices has shown that in-class active or collaborativelearning in introductory science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM
Paper ID #23310Supporting Student Learning Through Peer-led Course Support InitiativesJenai Kelley Brown, Clemson University Jenai Kelley Brown has a background in college life coaching as well as career counseling. Before com- ing to Clemson University, she was a Senior College Life Coach at Florida State University working primarily with first generation college students. Jenai is currently the Assistant Coordinator for Tutor- ing in Clemson’s Academic Success Center where she trains and manages approximately 60 tutors each semester. While her roles in Higher Education have changed, her primary goal has remained to help
for grants, supporting their data storage and preservation needs and, finally,looking to teach RDM to students and faculty. Teaching RDM skills to students is an importantacademic competency that the students will need as they progress through school and into theirprofessional careers. Carlson et al. in their assessment of data information literacy needs ofstudents and research faculty state, “Although faculty and students do consume research data,our analysis indicates that we have to address their roles as data producers as well.” [9]. With thegrowing emphasis on data reuse, interdisciplinary research and multi-institution collaboration,the next generation of researchers will need RDM skills to navigate and excel in this shift towardbig
microaggressions. While the term “microagression” is somewhat a misnomer in thatthe consequences of these aggressions are far from small in terms of detriment to career andwell-being, they are made to seem small in the sense that their affects are often invalidated bythose who do not recognize their harmful nature [19]. However, the language of Canon 8explicitly states that these types of experiences must be dealt with as a matter of civil engineeringpractice, and as a result, it creates a space for issues that otherwise would not have beenaddressed.ASCE ReactionFollowing the passage of Canon 8, people gave feedback in on different channels ofcommunication. On an ASCE page announcing the passage, comments ranged from supportiveto critical. One supportive
conventionally feminine appearances are perceived as lesslikely to be competent or suited for STEM careers due to the male gendering of STEM [23].This, in some respects, imposes a perception of gender non-conformity for many women whootherwise would not identify as gender non-conforming within engineering. In the face of thesegender dynamics there are professional organizations, student clubs, summer camps, andwomen-specific spaces which are avenues for forming support structures and mentorship forwomen in engineering. As mentioned prior, this has been critiqued as further entrenching thenotion that we live within a binary gender system in which women have an inherent ‘lack’ whichneeds to be assisted [6]. The experiences and statistics of women in
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The Effect of Teacher Professional Development on Implementing Engineering in Elementary SchoolsAbstractIncreased attention on the implementation of engineering education into elementary schoolclassrooms aims to start preparing students early for potential engineering careers. In order toefficiently and effectively add engineering concepts to the curriculum, appropriate developmentand facilitation of engineering design challenges is required. Therefore, professionaldevelopment programs are necessary to educate teachers about engineering and how toadequately teach it. This paper explores the effects of an engineering professional developmentprogram for
sequencewhere students leave mechanical engineering?The ME Graduates cohort is purposely chosen to include only those students whoremained ME majors throughout their undergraduate careers. But, a critical questionconcerns those students who leave ME: When do they leave and why do they leave? Toexamine this question, a cohort was formed of all students who entered Georgia Tech asME majors between the years of 2009 and 2011, and who graduated prior to 2017. Thiscohort is termed ME Starters, and includes n = 1185 students.Figure 5 shows graphically how many ME Starters graduate with a BSME degree. Of the25% that leave ME (some of which actually leave the university), the largest number doso between Physics and prior to Statics. Only 8% of the ME Starters
academic career at Carnegie Mellon Uni- versity, Boston University, Olin College, and Northeastern University he has been the recipient of the first Whitaker Young Investigator Award from the BMES, a Searle Scholar Award, and an Early Career Development Award from the NSF as well as a three-time recipient of the Omega Chi Epsilon Outstand- ing Faculty Award from the Northeastern Student Affiliate of AIChE. He also has led industrial R&D teams at Organogenesis Inc. and Polymerix Corporation developing tissue-engineered medical products and drug- generating biodegradable polymers, respectively, and has co-founded Automated Cell, Inc. In addition to being an inventor on 11 issued US patents, he has published the
financial aid granted to students may inform theinstitutions they choose to attend as well as the majors they pursue after matriculation (Kim,2004; Stater, 2011). Notably, Stater’s (2011) study found that higher net costs of attendancedecreased the probability that students would choose a major in STEM.Additionally, after matriculation, a host of institutional factors may support, or impede, studentsuccess in STEM. For example, research indicates that institutional practices, such as career andacademic advising, play a critical role in facilitating retention, persistence, and degree attainmentin college (Pascarella & Terenzini, 2005). A number of studies have demonstrated that students’perceptions of, and experiences with, academic advising may
. degrees in Civil Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology.Dr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University Shane Brown is an associate professor and Associate School Head in the School of Civil and Environmen- tal Engineering at Oregon State University. His research interests include conceptual change and situated cognition. He received the NSF CAREER award in 2010 and is working on a study to characterize prac- ticing engineers’ understandings of core engineering concepts. He is a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Engineering Education.Dr. Olusola Adesope, Washington State University Dr. Olusola O. Adesope is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and a Boeing Distinguished
middle school student attitudes towards robotics and focused on gender differences. She is a member of the National Science Teachers Association, Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O) and American Society for Engineering Edu- cation. Her interest lies in the K-12 pathway to engineering and ways to bring young people, particularly under represented populations, into STEM careers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018NeuroBytes: Development of Integrative Educational module across Neurophysiology and EngineeringAbstractNeuroBytes, electronic neuron simulators developed by NeuroTinker were originally designed toteach students more about neuroscience through the use of hands
number of experimental pedagogical interventions toteach the kinds of teamwork that could become interdisciplinary, involving writing and dramaticperformance [12], research experience [13], and workshops on crucial team work skills [14].Thecourse we describe here is part of a robust movement in the field that seeks to help preparestudents for their careers as holistic engineers, with interest in the socio-technical context of theirknowledge.MethodsStudent PopulationDr. Gordon Hoople, an Assistant Professor in the General Engineering Department of Universityof San Diego’s Shiley Marcos School of Engineering partnered with Dr. Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick,an Assistant Professor in the Kroc School of Peace Studies and an Associate Professor at
the Microelectronics Journal on Quality Electronic Design, 2005. His research interests include VLSI circuit and system design, CAD methodology for VLSI design, and bioelectronics.Prof. Zinta S. Byrne, Colorado State University Zinta S. Byrne is a tenured full professor of psychology at Colorado State University. Her previous careers were as software design and development engineer, an R&D project manager and a program manager for Hewlett-Packard Company, and management consultant for Personnel Decisions International, before becoming a professor at CSU. She is author of ”Understanding Employee Engagement: Theory, Research, and Practice” and ”Organizational Psychology and Behavior: An Integrated Approach to
at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand engineering students’ identity devel- opment. She is the recipient of a 2014 American Society for Engineering
Facultyeffective team buildings IV. CONCLUSIONDesign courses in engineering curriculum should be given special attention to prepare studentsfor the real engineering life after graduation. Senior Project Design (Capstone) has the rule inpreparing the students for their future career. To have succeeded in SPD, rewards should begiven to the in-charge faculty. An active relation with industry should be also be established.Summer training program and other design courses should be involved while Capstone isconsidered. ABET criteria is a key element for the Capstone that need to be implemented in allengineering courses. However, the actual implementation of the course should be customizedaccording to the group of students
energy applications, and educational technology. He has published his work in more than 15 prestigious journal articles and presented numerous invited talks and conference presentations throughout the world. His current research involves nanoscale structure property exploration through microscopy, and effective use of educational technology in the undergraduate physics classroom.Dr. Marcella Kay McConnell, Clarion University of Pennsylvania Marcella Kay McConnell began her teaching career in 2001 where she taught mathematics from basic mathematics for seventh graders to Advance Placement Calculus at Keystone High School and Karns City High School in Pennsylvania. In 2010, she took a position at Clarion University in a
ISO’s revisions of the ISO 14001 and 14004 environmental standards. In addition to her academic preparation and experience, she has over ten years of experience in envi- ronmental engineering in the aerospace industry. Dr. Greenwood seeks to build student capabilities in standards implementation through project-based learning and problem-solving, in order to prepare them for successful careers in environmental, health, safety, and sustainability disciplines, and beyond.Dr. Jennifer Schneider, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Dr. Jennifer Schneider, CIH is the Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking in Academic Affairs and a professor in the College of Applied Science & Technology at RIT. She earned
, such as student level (grad or undergrad), career track (e.g, EE or EET),anticipated student course background, and other critical resources (e.g., time and money) affordedby the instructor, course, curriculum and department. 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference, April 6-7, 2018 – University of the District of ColumbiaThe author teaches a communications systems (coms) course for senior level undergraduate EEstudents in the engineering department at Messiah College. These students usually have had mostof the traditional course background including circuits, devices, electromagnetics, linear systemsand possibly control systems, but occasionally a student may take one of the upper divisionalcourses concurrently with coms. Since the coms
: Upping the Numbers. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2007.14. National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council, “Enhancing the community college pathway to engineering careers,” 2005.15. E. M. Bradburn and D. G. Hurst, “Community college transfer rates to 4-year institutions using alternative definitions of transfer,” NCES 2001-197, Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, 2001. Available: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/2001197.pdf.16. L. Horn and P. Skomsvold, “Web tables: Community college student outcomes: 1994–2009,” NCES Publication No. 2012–253. Available: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012253.pdf.17. G. Crisp, and A. Nora, “Hispanic student success: Factors influencing the persistence
/African-American “perspective” in the process of designing future technologies even as it ensures thatthis group – these voices - are central in the decision making and conversations around futuretechnologies. In increasing the needed representation of black in engineering, Afrofuturismprovides leverage in engendering more active engagement of these underrepresented voices inengineering. The movie Black Panther, as an example, through its Afrofuturistic imagery,plotline, and premise could inspire black/African-American young people, in particular, toexplore engineering careers; mirroring many of the discussions and outcomes of STEMengagement efforts spurred by the release of the movie Hidden Figures about a team of femaleblack mathematicians who
Paper ID #215592018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Broken Promises: Resolving Financial Aid Dilemmas that Further Marginal-ize Students in NeedMrs. Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder TANYA D. ENNIS is the current Engineering GoldShirt Program Director at the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. She received her M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her career
20%growth mindset6, and improve their academic 10% 0%capacity; (iii) a redesigned project-based introductionto Engineering Course that focuses on studentdevelopment learning outcomes, includingintroduction to careers in their respective disciplinesand academic success strategies7; and (iv) access to a Figure 5. Failure rate in first physics coursenew holistic, developmental advisement approach (mechanics) for FYrE Treatment (FT) groupsusing a web-based tool named Golden Eagle Flight and control groups 1 attempt and overall stPlan (GEFP)8. Although there was a
achievement … in[STEM] fields. Improving spatial skills is therefore of both theoretical and practicalimportance2.” While BLV people can be successful in STEM related careers, they aresignificantly underrepresented in the field. Thus, it is valuable to improve the spatial skills ofthese individuals to support them in future STEM related aspirations. To assess and improvespatial ability, it is important to determine how to measure spatial ability in the BLV population,and how an instrument can aid in the development of curricular interventions that enhance theexisting spatial ability skills of BLV students.Spatial ability has also been shown to be a malleable characteristic, and can improve throughdirect intervention. In much of her work, Sheryl Sorby
University, with an emphasis in Robotics and Automation. I have a passion for robotic integration and design, 3D modelling, and finite element analysis.Mr. John Shine, Eastern Washington University Graduated from Eastern Washington University in December 2017 with a degree in Mechanical Engineer- ing. Now working at University Mechanical Contractors as a project engineer. I enjoyed working as a group on this project and feel like I learned some valuable skills and lessons from it.Mr. Andrew William Phillips, Eastern Washington University I am a recent graduate of Eastern Washington University with a Mechanical Engineering degree. This project was my last and most involved project during my college career. This project was
biomechanics classes. The labs that we create help enhance the student’s experience in the class with a real life application while allowing them to use state of the art technology.Ms. Eileen W. Rossman, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Eileen Rossman has a worked in various industries for over 14 years before starting a career teaching engineering. Here industry experience includes field support for Navy Nuclear refueling with Westing- house, analysis and programming of pipeline flow solutions with Stoner Associates, and design of elevator structures and drive components with Schindler Elevator. Since 2002, Eileen has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State
Paper ID #23871A Preliminary Phosphate Study of Selected Sites Along the Shanghai Tribu-tary of the Yangtze River; Undergraduate International Student’s FreshmanProject in an Interconnected World (Student Poster-Paper)Mr. Junyi Ying, Shanghai Junyi Ying (Eric), a senior high school student in Shanghai, China, spent two weeks actively engaged in a research project involving the colorimetric analysis of phosphates in designated locations along the Shanghai tributary of the Yangtze River. Ying is a student at Shanghai Guanghua College. He is an excellent student seeking to pursue a career in chemistry at a major US University
, especially in under-resourced schools. In 2016 she was a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). http://engineering.tufts.edu/me/people/wendell/Dr. Tejaswini S Dalvi, Univerisity of Massachusetts, Boston c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Elementary Students’ Disciplinary Practices During Integrated Science and Engineering Units (Work In Progress)As the STEM and STEAM movements converge with the incorporation of the Next GenerationScience Standards (NGSS) into state-level standards documents, there is deepened interest incontextualizing science learning experiences within engineering design problems [1], [2].Research conducted
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Paper ID #21821Providing Student Feedback from Motivation Assessments in Capstone CoursesDr. Peter Rogers, Ohio State University Dr. Peter Rogers is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. He joined the university in October 2008 bringing with him 35 years of industrial experience. His career includes senior leadership roles in engineering, sales, and manufacturing developing products using multidisciplinary teams to convert customer needs to commercially viable products and services. Rogers co-led the development of an ABET-approved year-long Capstone design
Engineer- ing Management Journal and Quality Approaches in Higher Education. Prior to his academic career, he spent 14 years in industry where he held leadership positions focused on process improvement and organizational development. He was recently named a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management.Dr. Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University 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 Change from the University of California, Los Angeles, as well as an M.A. in Student Development Administration from Seattle University and a B.S. in General Engineering from Gonzaga University. His