Paper ID #11547Design of an extended engineering curriculum to increase retention and eq-uityProf. Diane Grayson, University of Pretoria Diane Grayson is Extraordinary Professor of Physics at the University of Pretoria and Director: Institu- tional Audits at the Council on Higher Education, which is responsible for quality assurance in higher education in South Africa. She designed the ENGAGE program when she was academic development manager in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology at the University of Pretoria. ¨Dr. Erika Muller, University of Pretoria, RSA Dr Erika M¨uller
Paper ID #11835Building Diversity in Engineering Competition Teams by Modeling IndustryBest-PracticeDr. Rui (Celia) Pan, University of Oklahoma Dr. Pan is currently working as a postdoctoral research associate in the Research Institute for STEM Education at the University of Oklahoma. She received her Ph.D in Engineering Education, M.S. in Statistics and B.S. in Electrical Engineering.Dr. Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma Dr. Randa L. Shehab is a professor and the Director of the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. She was recently appointed as Director of the Sooner
habits of mind.Engineering habits of mind refer to the values, attitudes, and thinking skills associated withengineering and include systems thinking, creativity, optimism, collaboration, communication,and an attention to ethical considerations. Wing (2006) also connects computational thinking toengineering thinking, as she defines computational thinking as not simply programming but theoverlap between mathematical thinking and engineering thinking. Likewise, Barr andStephenson (2011) compare computational thinking capabilities across computer science,mathematics, science, social studies, and language arts. For example, learning to implement aparticular algorithm in a computer science context would be analogous to following anexperimental
Paper ID #24990Can Eye Tracking Detect Implicit Bias Among People Navigating Engineer-ing Environments?Mr. Kylel Devine Scott, S.P.A.C.E. (Shifting Perceptions, Attitudes, and Cultures in Engineering Kylel Devine Scott is a Sophomore Robotic Engineering student at Arizona State University and a first- year Research Assistant in the Shifting Perceptions, Attitudes and Cultures (SPACE) Lab. He also oc- cupies membership in the National Society of Black Engineers (N.S.B.E.) and is enrolled in Barrett the Honors College at Arizona State University. Kylel strives to attain the social, cultural, and professional awareness
Paper ID #29215Integrating Evidence-Based Learning in Engineering and Computer ScienceGateway CoursesDr. Xiang Zhao, Alabama A&M University Dr. Xiang (Susie) Zhao, Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Alabama A&M University, has over 20 years of teaching experience in traditional on-campus settings or online format at several universities in US and aboard. Her teaching and research interests include numerical modeling & simulation, high performance algorithm design, data mining, and evidence-based STEM teaching pedagogies. Her recent research work has been funded by DOE
their career. Focused development of the mind is not limited towork-related activities. For instance, reading for enjoyment or learning to play a musicalinstrument, contributes to a person’s life in areas outside of their profession and may influencehow they view challenges in their profession. This paper focuses on lifelong learning as a part ofprofessional development.In 2018-2019 and previous years, the ABET Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission(ETAC) identified student outcomes in lifelong learning as part of Criterion 3 in one of the a-koutcomes [8]. The expectation is that students should know how to achieve the items listed asoutcomes by the time they graduate [8]. Criterion 3(h) for baccalaureate programs stated
Paper ID #42499Engineering Education in Times of War, Upheaval, and RevolutionProf. Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University Amy E. Slaton is a Professor Emerita of History at Drexel University. She writes on issues of identity in STEM education and labor, and is the author of Race, Rigor and Selectivity in U.S. Engineering: The History of an Occupational Color Line .Prof. Sepehr Vakil, Northwestern University Sepehr Vakil is an assistant professor of Learning Sciences in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. Previously he was Assistant Professor of STEM Education and the Associate Director of
Paper ID #43761Metaphors in Engineering Education Research: Prisms to Analyze the EpistemologicalSpectrumNrupaja Bhide, Purdue University Nrupaja is a PhD candidate at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is interested in exploring diverse ways of knowing in engineering education and the role of language and metaphors in research and writing.Yash Ajay Garje, Purdue University Yash is a Ph.D. student at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research aims at broadening student participation in STEM through robotics education. His research focuses on enhancing STEM
, American Society for Engineering Education 2 IntroductionAs scientific and technological exploration and advancements continue to become increasinglycomplex and interdisciplinary, there is a growing need for a workforce that is multidisciplinaryand broadly knowledgeable of relevant important topics such as climate change, which iscontemporary for our time. With this in mind, it is essential for the growing workforce in science,technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields to include a diverse range of individualsto expand the workforce of STEM fields. For this to happen, there must be more efforts made inhigher education to cultivate the
O BJECTSTo integrate the above ideas into the classroom space, we can capitalize on some of the othermore recognizable configurations of learning for engineers before asking them to venture intothe more unfamiliar territory of ethics and philosophy: project-based, immersive learning.Engineers are usually comfortable working in teams and collaborating to solve complicatedproblems – relying on each other’s expertise to fill knowledge gaps and bounce ideas. Theclassroom can be broken into small teams of 3 -5 students to encourage these skills and situ-ate the game in a more comfortable structure. While this interactive lab idea has been framedwith undergraduate students in mind, we encourage playful adaptation for other spaces3 . 3
at a brain-surgery level of detail, but rather from the perspective of immediate application outside of medicine and inside of engineering education. • Suggesting ways in which faculty can use that “Neuroscience 101” knowledge to help students, mostly at the advising level, study smarter – be more effective and efficient. • Presenting examples, reinforced with exercises, of whole-brain tools discovered by the author. These methods engage both cranial hemispheres and the conscious and subconscious minds and enable students to be more creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial.The words creative and innovative have already been used and will appear again in thispaper, along with create and
Paper ID #37306Belongingness of Chilean Engineering Students: A Gender PerspectiveApproachMacarena Becerra-CidProf. Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andr´es Bello, Santiago, Chile Monica Quezada-Espinoza is a professor and researcher at the School of Engineering at the Universi- dad Andres Bello in Santiago, Chile, where currently collaborates with the Educational and Academic Innovation Unit, UNIDA (for its acronym in Spanish), as an instructor in active learning methodologies. Her research interests involve university education in STEM areas, faculty and continuing professional development, research-based
Paper ID #37189A Qualitative Study of Undergraduate Women in Engineering Project TeamsDr. Grace J. LiangDr. Rick Evans, Cornell University Sociolinguist and Director of the Engineering Communications Program in the College of Engineering at Cornell UniversityMojdeh AsadollahipajouhDr. Stacey E. Kulesza, P.E., Kansas State University Dr. Stacey Kulesza is an associate professor in the civil engineering department at Texas State University. Dr. Kulesza is a graduate of the American Society of Civil Engineers Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEED). She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in geotechnical
Paper ID #38862How Engineering Faculty, Staff and Administrators Enact and ExperienceDiversity Programs.Dr. Emily Gwen Blosser, University of Louisiana, Lafayette Emily Blosser is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Louisiana Lafayette. She has expertise in qualitative methods, including grounded theory and narrative analysis. She prioritizes the importance of using sociological theories to shed light on the underrepresentation of women and people of color in engineering. Her work is committed to shifting engineering environments towards diversity, inclusion and equity.Dr. Arunkumar Pennathur
to theinternship she always saw herself as a professor. After her internship, she shifted her careeraspirations into becoming a practicing engineer. Interestingly, prior to her internship Kayla hadother career paths in mind. She thought she “wanted to work in academia” but her internshipsparked her interest within the industry route. Kayla enjoyed working in the company, which“steered [her] more into working as a regular engineer” than she had expected. Kayla was notworking in an area that she was particularly interested in, nonetheless this did not deter her fromengineering. Her personal identity as an engineer was solidified. This finding is consistent withother studies that have found that internships increase student motivation to
consideredtheir gender to be one of their prevalent identities but only half of the men included it. While thesmall class sizes offered by small schools are beneficial in many ways, limited representation ofwomen and gender non-conforming students can potentially increase feelings of isolation.Representation among the faculty has been shown to go a long way in supporting these studentsand increasing their sense of belonging [35]. This is especially important in small school settingswith few engineering professors available. Schools should be hiring with diversity in mind andintentionally trying to increase representation of genders and races among the faculty. A supportive environment that encourages and accommodates a variety of interestsoutside
methodology enable the multi-vocality,multi-subjectivity, and critical questioning of each other’s narratives (Chang et al., 2016), whichin turn help expand and more finely conceptualize various paradoxes and aspects of the cultureof engineering education. Multiple autoethnographers collaborating, questioning each other, andexamining their own and each other’s data allows for complementarity and criticality of findings(Hernandez, Chang, & Ngunjiri, 2017; Chang et al., 2016). Furthermore, throughintersubjectivity (subjectivity shared by different minds/individuals) and multivocality, thesingularity of an individual’s experiences is tamed (Hernandez et al., 2017). Multiple voicesdistilling out the essence of an idea and sharing multiple experiences
Paper ID #28631Work-In-Progress: Engineering Self-Efficacy in First-Year DesignMegan Gray, Duke University Megan Gray is a Research Analyst in Evaluation and Engagement at Duke University’s Social Science Research Institute (SSRI). She serves as a project manager and researcher for both qualitative and quanti- tative evaluation and research efforts, in partnership with community-based programs as well as campus- based initiatives. Megan came to Duke from the nonprofit field, where she evaluated and monitored implementation of county-wide early childhood programs. Her prior experience includes school-based social work
. These programs appear to be effective atincreasing the retention and graduation of under-prepared but otherwise motivated andacademically talented students, but it could be that these struggles are reflective of broaderchallenges in attracting women to engineering. Redshirt programs can only help students whoapply - there is clearly more work to be done to encourage women to pursue engineering.While the Redshirt in Engineering model is designed with students from low-incomebackgrounds in mind, it provides a framework for supporting the success of students from othergroups historically excluded from engineering. The redshirt model targets both personal andstructural obstacles to retention - in addition to providing financial and academic support
Paper ID #22341Synergies between Experience and Study in Graduate Engineering Educa-tionDr. Elizabeth Gross, Kettering University Elizabeth Gross is a doctoral fellow in Engineering Education at Kettering University in Flint, MI. She is also adjunct professor in learning design and technology at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI and in the Library Science department at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX.Dr. Diane L. Peters, Kettering University Dr. Peters is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University.Ms. Stacy Lynn Mann, Kettering University Undergraduate Student in Mechanical
Paper ID #22525Computing and Engineering Scholarship Program at SCSUDr. Susantha Herath, St. Cloud State University Dr. Susantha Herath is a professor and the Chair of the Information Systems (IS) department at St. Cloud State University. He holds a Ph.D. in computer engineering. His current research interests are in risk management, cyber security and information assurance. He has 25 years of college-level teaching experience at graduate and undergraduate levels and 31 years of research experience. He has published over 75 peer-reviewed articles. He has submitted over 45 competitive grant proposals and received over
the United States in 2015.3 However, only a subset of these new engineering graduatesgo on to careers in the engineering field. Based on the 2006 National Survey of RecentCollege Graduates (NSRCG), 60% of those who graduated with engineering degreesbetween 2002 and 2005 were employed in engineering positions (based on self-reportedjob type classification).4 Reasons for working in a field unrelated to one’s degreeincluded “job in highest degree field not available,” “change in professional/careerinterests,” and “pay/promotion opportunities,” keeping in mind that these are broadcategories with little visibility into what precisely happened, for example, when a job inone’s field was not available, or what about pay or promotion led a graduate to
achieve great success and make modifications as needed, like the fluorescent lights. …my challenge has always been finding a teacher that would help [him] to open up his mind and use the talents that he has, which is why this camp is so perfect. I can’t even express how appreciative I am for the opportunity for [him] to participate in this great program. I look forward to the opportunity for him to participate in other programs that will further his interest in engineering.” • Strengths-based approach- Students with ADHD often struggle with low esteem due to the stigma related to their diagnosis and negative educational experiences. By emphasizing
. His scholarship focuses on human action, communication, and learning as socio- culturally organized phenomena. A major strand of his research explores the varied trajectories taken by students as they attempt to enter professional disciplines such as engineering, and focuses on the dilem- mas encountered by students as they move through these institutionalized trajectories. He is co-editor of a 2010 National Society for the Study of Education Yearbook, Learning Research as a Human Science. Other work has appeared in Linguistics and Education; Mind, Culture, and Activity; Anthropology & Education Quarterly, the Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science; the Journal of Engineering Education; and the Cambridge Handbook of
way. Visual mental imagery is defined as, “…the capacity of envisagingobjects and scenes in their absence” [8]. Further definitions of mental imagery are: “the mentalinvention or recreation of an experience that at least in some respects resembles the experienceof actually perceiving an object…” [9 as cited in 8] and “a cognitive process that makes thefigural aspects of previously seen objects…temporarily available to the mind.” [10 as cited in 4].Furthermore, mental imagery is an active process in problem solving [8]. Hence mental imageryis engaged for both blind and sighted people when interpreting engineering graphics.Mental imagery is cognitively part of visuospatial working memory, used for reasoning [11], andnot merely an
Paper ID #19346Creating a Psychological Profile of Successful First-Year Engineering Stu-dentsDr. Danielle D. Gagne, Alfred University Dr. Gagne is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Alfred University. Although her formal training is in discourse processing, her professional interests in learning and cognitive theory have provided op- portunities to serve as a consultant for classroom and program assessment across disciplines. In 2010 she served as Project Faculty for a U.S. Department of Education grant for Preparing Leaders in the Educa- tion and Training of the Next Generation of School Psychology Practitioners, and
Paper ID #25779Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in an Engineering Summer Intervention Pro-gram (Research)Dr. Tonisha B. Lane, University of South Florida Dr. Lane’s research agenda broadly examines diversity, equity, and inclusion in postsecondary educa- tion with the objective of advancing inclusive and transformative policies and practices. Her primary research strand investigates the experiences and outcomes of underrepresented groups in science, tech- nology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Using qualitative methodologies, she has explored access and success for underserved students of color in STEM and STEM
- vironmental Engineering. Over the last fifteen years, Dr. Luster-Teasley has demonstrated excellence in teaching by using a variety of research-based, student-centered, pedagogical methods to increase diver- sity in STEM. Her teaching and engineering education work has resulted in her receiving the 2013 UNC Board of Governors Teaching Excellence Award, which is the highest teaching award conferred by the UNC system for faculty.Meghan Berger M.A., North Carolina A & T State University Meghan is a doctoral student in the rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation counselor education pro- gram at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Her broad research interests in- clude exploring multicultural
Paper ID #16594Experimental Centered Pedagogy Approach to Learning in Engineering: AnHBCU’s ExperienceDr. Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University Dr. Mohamed Chouikha is a professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing at Howard University. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado–Boulder. Dr. Chouikha’s research interests include machine learning, intelligent control, and multimedia signal processing communications for secure networks, among other areas. He also focuses on enhancing recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities in the
mechanical. Students entered civil engineeringto build things, environmental engineering to help the environment, and mechanical engineeringbecause they like math and science. Both civil and environmental engineering students changedtheir mind in their senior year and felt that an impact on society was the most important.13Differences seen between disciplines appear negligible for men, but can vary for women.17There have been limited findings on the details of gender differences for choosing engineering.Several studies have found women place a higher value on motivation from mentor or parentalinfluence.12,17,18 These studies have also found that men are more motivated to study engineeringby intrinsic behavior.12,17 Each of these findings provides