paper shows thatusing art as a medium, students can interact with manufacturing technologies in a creative andengaging way.2.1 Project-Based Learning Established in 1965, Problem-Based Learning (PBL) emerged from the collaborative effortsof five faculty members in the Health Sciences, with the visionary leadership of founding DeanJohn Evans at McMaster University [19]. This innovative pedagogical approach places studentsat the center of their learning experience, fostering problem-solving skills within the context ofsmall group dynamics under the guidance of a tutor [19]. In the PBL framework, the learning process is intricately student-driven, with the tutorassuming a facilitating role. This methodology is rooted in an educational
;T State University where she received a B.S. in Bio Environmental Engineering in 2006. She then began pursuing her graduate education at Purdue University in the Agricultural and Bi- ological Engineering Department, completing her Ph.D. in 2015. Her primary research areas include 1) social competence in engineering education and 2) innovate instructional strategies for Biological and Agricultural Engineering students. She is also a Member of the Engineering Education Faculty, Insti- tute for Engineering Education and Innovation, Food Science Graduate Faculty, and Multidisciplinary Engineering Graduate Faculty groups at Texas A&M University. American c
[17], the collective performance of a socialsystem involves the dynamic interplay of perceived collective efficacy as an emergent propertyof the social group. In a sense, people share the belief in their collective power to produce adesired outcome. Participation in social practices, or social integration, is a fundamental form oflearning where a social display of cognitive competency through group participation serves as amechanism for internalizing and practicing knowledge and skills [19].Academic and social integration facilitated by mentoring relationships has been associated withdecreased attrition rates for undergraduate STEM majors [20], [21]. Academic integration playsa pivotal role in the retention and graduation of students and can
-funded Women of Color in Engineering Collaborative, whose mission is to work cooperatively with other organizations to provide resources to create a supportive, encouraging, and inclusive environment in the engineering workplace. Her SWE research centers on equity issues in STEM education and the workplace, with studies on gender bias, the development of an engineering identity, and the community college transfer pathway. Prior to joining SWE, she worked in higher education policy research and on programs focused on faculty productivity and student success. She received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, MBA and M.S. in Information Management from Arizona State University, and Ph.D
careers. For graduate students and postdoctoral associates who are alsolearning to be effective researchers and professionals, the importance of proper mentoring is vitalto their success and long-term career choices.Studies of the impact of mentorship have shown that students who receive strong mentoring duringresearch experiences have enhanced self-efficacy toward their research experiences [3-7]; greaterpersistence while engaged in research [8-10], increased research productivity [11-12], overallhigher career satisfaction [13-14], and enhanced recruitment of underrepresented students [15].However, as noted above, faculty members are often not well prepared to provide effectivementoring. Often first year faculty are mentoring for the first time
Paper ID #18699Switching Midstream, Floundering Early, and Tolerance for Ambiguity: HowCapstone Students Cope with Changing and Delayed ProjectsDr. Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University Professor Beverly Kris Jaeger-Helton, Ph.D. is on the full-time faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University (NU) teaching Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Facilities Planning, and Human-Machine Systems. She is Director of the Galante Engineering Business Program as well as the Coordinator of Senior Capstone Design in Industrial Engineering at NU. She has also been an active member of
particular importance, since reflection is oftentimes new territoryfor engineering students [Arizona State University FG08, Bellevue College FG07, BellevueCollege FG10, Clarkson University FG01, all as cited in [14]]. Furthermore, there are indicationsthat a key factor in developing reflexive skills is the attitude towards and modeling of these skillsby mentors and faculty themselves [10][12]. Providing formative assessment on criticalreflection tasks seems to present an opportunity to model reflection for students [Georgia TechFG11, as cited in [14]].On a larger scale, Davis et al. [9], describe how multiple universities have used assessments ofreflection tasks to document ABET outcomes.It seems that the decision whether to assess or not assess a
Paper ID #19291A Systematic Review of Sustainability Assessments in ASEE ProceedingsDr. Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel Dr. Mary Katherine Watson is currently an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel. Prior to joining the faculty at The Citadel, Dr. Watson earned her PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology. She also has BS and MS degrees in Biosystems Engineering from Clemson University. Dr. Watson’s research interests are in the areas of engineering education and biological waste treatment.Dr. Elise Barrella, James Madison University
weremodeled after disciplinary communities of practice outlined by McDermott, Snyder, and Wenger[18]. The explicit mission of the program is to: Prepare students to succeed in their careers and to adapt to an ever-changing world by providing opportunities to engage in inclusive and collaborative communities wherein they accumulate proficiency by putting knowledge into practice. Within these communities, students, together with industry and university experts, explore knowledge of a specific topic area, identify personally meaningful problems, take initiative, design technical solutions, obtain support, implement solutions, develop mentor relationships, serve as leaders in professionalism and innovation, and showcase meaningful
for academic careers; the Department of Education’s (DoE) STEMGROW Program to encourage students Latino(a) students and students with disabilities to pursue STEM careers; ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Paper ID #38753 and DoE’s Program YES SHE CAN that provides support and mentoring to female pre-college students. She is also a member of two advisory committees to the UTEP’s President: The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee and of the Women’s Advisory Council, in which she served five years as Chair. She is also Co-PI in the NSF Engineering Research Center for Advancing
. Homero Murzi is an engineering educator with 15 years of experience interacting withundergraduate engineering students. He has worked most of his academic career to improve theway students learn engineering concepts by making sure they are engaged and their personalexperiences are valued in the classroom. He is originally from Venezuela where he worked for11 years as a faculty member at a public technical university. Here in the U.S., he has alsoworked at a predominantly white institution and interacted as well as experienced how studentsfrom traditionally marginalized populations have barriers to become engineers. He hasintentionally tried to be aware of how to develop more inclusive experiences in both his researchand teaching practices, while
architecture, has provided the power to combine a series of discrete,unlinked, and unmeasured activities into an enterprise-wide process of continuous learning thatdirectly links business goals and individual outcomes (McCrea, Gay, & Bacon, 2000). Oureconomic, social, and technological forces today are pushing all of us to become moreproductive in every walk of life, and learning is no exception.Timely and an appropriate feedback is a critical element for improving student learning andsimulation-based training is no exception, as it guides and refines learning through scaffolding.A number of studies in literature have shown that students’ learning is enhanced when feedbackis provided with personalized tutoring that offers specific guidance and
collaborators in Counseling Psychology, she studies the persistence of engineering students from under-represented minority groups, including women and Latinos/as using the framework of Social Cognitive Career Theory.Dr. Hang-Shim Lee, Konkuk University Dr. Hang-Shim Lee is currently an assistant professor at Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. She worked at Oklahoma State University for three years (2014-2017) as as a tenured track faculty. Dr. Lee received her PhD from the University of Missouri-Columbia and completed her pre-doctoral intern- ship at The Ohio State University. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, and her work has been recognized by American Psychological Association. Dr
Paper ID #44078Engineering Learning among Black and Latinx/e/a/o Students: ConsideringLanguage and Culture to Reengineer Learning EnvironmentsDr. Greses Perez, Tufts University Greses P´ rez is the McDonnell Family Assistant Professor in Engineering Education in the Civil and e Environmental Engineering Department at Tufts University with secondary appointments in Mechanical Engineering and Education. She received her Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and Technology Design with a focus on Engineering Education from Stanford University. As an Afro-Latina engineer and learning scientist, she has dedicated her career
INCLUDES-funded Women of Color in Engineering Collaborative, whose mission is to work cooperatively with other organizations to provide resources to create a supportive, encouraging, and inclusive environment in the engineering workplace. Her SWE research centers on equity issues in STEM education and the workplace, with studies on gender bias, the development of an engineering identity, and the community college transfer pathway. Prior to joining SWE, she worked in higher education policy research and on programs focused on faculty productivity and student success. She received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, MBA and M.S. in Information Management from Arizona State University, and
Coordinator for the Engineering Competencies, Learning, and Inclusive Practices for Success (ECLIPS) Lab in the De- partment of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Johnny is also a Graduate/Teaching Assistant to the Grad School Certificate Program - Preparing the Future Professoriate. He has a Master in Educational Foundations and Management and a Bachelor in Sociology. His research interests include STEM edu- cation (policy and foreign-born students and workforce), migration and immigration issues in education; international higher education/international students; and quality assurance in higher education.Dr. Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Homero Murzi is an Assistant Professor in
identify institution-specific climate concerns is an importantfirst step in designing effective change efforts.Our workshop was developed to be run in-person, and in small groups (<12 participants is ideal),with a focus on active discussion amongst department chairs. Based on our research andbolstered by social science literature on faculty job satisfaction, we argue department chairs arekey stakeholders in the department climate change process. We made the decision to groupchairs by college when offering the workshop, with the hope that this would lead to groups ofcolleagues sharing similar challenges and perhaps even a distinct culture within their college.Also, chairs within the same college generally have a baseline level of rapport, which
post-secondary institutions, the study university has implemented several programs tohelp first-year students transition to college. Three such programs relevant to this study include: 1. First Year Seminars (FYS) – special sections of a three-credit core curriculum course. Compared to other sections of the core courses, FYS include only first-semester students, are limited to an enrollment of eighteen students per section, are taught by a full-time faculty member (instead of adjunct faculty), and include additional learning outcomes intended to develop academic habits of mind (i.e., reflection, explanation, etc.). 2. RWU Experience (RWUXP)41 – a non-credit course meeting one hour per week. Led jointly by a faculty
future. Her research focuses on underrepresented minority youth’s access to and persistence in STEM pathways. She holds a B.A. in Anthropology and Community Health and an M.S. in Occupational Therapy from Tufts University.Rachel E Durham Rachel E. Durham (PhD, Sociology & Demography, Pennsylvania State University) is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Notre Dame of Maryland University, and a Senior Fellow with the Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC). With a background in sociology of education, education policy, and demography, her research focuses on graduates’ transition to adulthood, career and college readiness, community schools, and research-practice partnerships.Prof
focusing on aerospaceengineering. The virtual setting of the summer research program allows reaching out to muchlarger student populations in South Texas including those who cannot commute or cannot attendin-person due to part-time jobs or other responsibilities related to their families. Nineteenstudents from different STEM majors were recruited from both community colleges and 4-yruniversities, including 16 Hispanic students. The students were divided into four teams. Eachteam worked together to complete a research project in three weeks with the guidance of afaculty member and a graduate student. Each team met at least once a day and completed twoprogress presentations, one final project presentation, and a written project report. In addition
of both the University Career Center & The President’s Promise and The Graduate School, she creates, builds, and implements programs and services that support doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers to fully explore and actively prepare for a wide range of highly satisfying careers in academia, industry, nonprofits, and government. She has held advising, career development, administrative, research and assessment positions that directly impacted student success at research universities and in the community college setting. Her work has positively impacted hundreds of culturally diverse college students, including adult learners and transfer students, to identify and achieve their academic and
Tech, her MS degree in Biomedical Engineering from the joint program between Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University, and her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Surrey.Dr. Lauren Lowman, Wake Forest University Lauren Lowman is a Founding Faculty member and an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Depart- ment at Wake Forest University and has served in this role since 2018. In this role, she has developed new interdisciplinary curriculum that bridges engineering fields and reflects the Wake Forest University motto of Pro Humanitate (”For Humanity”). Lauren received a Ph.D. and M.S. in Civil and Environ- mental Engineering with a focus in Hydrology and Fluid Dynamics from Duke University, and a B.A
societal impact of engineering infrastructure.Dr. Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Jeremi London is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department at Virginia Poly- technic Institute and State University. London is a mixed methods researcher with interests in research impact, cyberlearning, and instructional change in STEM Education. Prior to being a faculty member, London worked at the National Science Foundation, GE Healthcare, and Anheuser-Busch. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. American c Society for Engineering
task is encapsulated by ABET Criterion 5 which states that an effective team includes“members [who] together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment,establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives” (2023). For the most part, this education inpractice consists of combining students into groups and letting them explore teamwork dynamicsthrough self-determination (i.e., figuring it out as they go). This sort of situational, experientialeducation mimics to some extent what happens in the engineering workplace, where individualswith unique skill sets are tasked with working together to achieve a common goal. However, theoutcomes of this educational approach can be highly variable, resulting in students who have
Paper ID #16581Understanding the Effects of Transferring In Statics Credit on Performancein Future Mechanics CoursesDr. Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Tech Jacob Grohs is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech with Affiliate Faculty status in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and the Learning Sciences and Technologies at Virginia Tech. He holds degrees in Engineering Mechanics (BS, MS) and in Educational Psychology (MAEd, PhD).Ms. Michelle M Soledad, Virginia Tech, Ateneo de Davao University Michelle Soledad is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the Department of Engineering
materials engineering 3. Provide an advising structure to assist REEMS students with the identification of their academic majors and selection of their transfer universities, and 4. Leverage partnerships with university research faculty, professional societies, and businesses to ensure that the impacts of the REEMS program will generate student enthusiasm over the entire course of their academic studies and into their professional careers. REEMS students represent a diverse cohort of students who originate from a variety of racialand ethnic origins, educational and career backgrounds, interests, and those students withexisting degrees looking for more fulfilling jobs. The success and impacts of the program
. Stephanie G. Adams is the Department Head and Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She previously served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University and was a faculty member and administrator at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Her research interests include: Teamwork, International Collaborations, Fac- ulty Development, Quality Control/Management and Broadening Participation. She is an honor graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, where she earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering, in 1988. In 1991 she was awarded the Master of Engineering degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. She received her
about resolving women’sunderrepresentation in male-dominated STEM fields [6]. This paper describes how alumnae ofMiami University in Oxford, OH, worked with their alma mater to form an external Women’sAdvisory Committee to the College of Engineering and Computing. The group chartered amission to “provide leadership in a collaborative environment with faculty, staff, students,alumni and others to improve recruitment, retention and graduation support for women inengineering and computing…”. Members of the Committee engage with the College regularlyand give both guidance and action to efforts related to student success for women students andfaculty.Recently, the Committee embarked on the development of a strategic plan to maximize theimpact of the
TransitionAbstractPeer mentoring has been shown to be an effective means of improving the retention of women inengineering, but few studies have explored the impact of participation on the development of theleadership abilities of undergraduate women. Transitioning to a leadership mentality as a peermentor has the potential to foster self-efficacy in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) and socially stable academic relationships that may be replicated in post-graduate study and/or the workplace. This one-year study explored the experiences of junior andsenior female students in STEM majors (N=11) serving as mentors to first-year students in theWomen in Science and Engineering Honors Program (WISE) at Stony Brook University, a largeresearch
, conference attendance in the early years of undergraduate education may assist studentretention in computing majors.However, conference attendance requires additional pre-conference and during-conference supportby faculty members. [25] found that supplementing student attendance with a course designedspecifically to students attending the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing (GHC)or the CMD-IT/ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference(https://tapiaconference.cmd-it.org) was helpful for students and faculty alike. This courseprepared students for the experience, engaged students in diversity, equity, and inclusion relatedconversations, and empowered self-exploration among the students participating