Paper ID #34943A Look into Increasing the Number of Veterans and Former GovernmentEmployees Converting to Career and Technical Cybersecurity TeachersDr. Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University Dr. Vukica Jovanovic is a Batten Fellow and an Associate Professor of Engineering Technology in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Program. She holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University in Mechanical Engineering Technology, focuses on Digital Manufacturing, Magistar (Ph.D. candidate) degree in Indus- trial Engineering and Management, focused on Production Systems Design, and dipl. ing. degree in Industrial Engineering focused on
, the transition to first jobs and the ”early career” for women in engineering, and the trajectories to senior leadership in technology settings.Dr. Angela Harris, North Carolina State University Dr. Harris is an Assistant Professor in the Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Depart- ment at North Carolina State University. Harris received a PhD and M.S. in Stanford’s Environmental Engineering and Science Program (completed 2015). Harris completed her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Harris conducts research related to water, sanitation, and child health in developing countries. Harris has extensive experience in developing survey questionnaires and conducting
Engineering focused on Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation. She went through engineer- ing pathways herself, completing master electrician degree when completing Technical School in Uzice, Serbia, focusing on pre-engineering program on high power voltage systems and maintenance of electro- mechanical systems. Her research is focuses on engineering pathways, career and technical education, digital thread, cyber physical systems, mechatronics, digital manufacturing, broadening participation, and engineering education. She is a Director of Mechatronics and Digital Manufacturing Lab at ODU and a lead of Area of Specialization Mechatronics Systems Design. She worked as a Visiting Researcher at Commonwealth Center for Advanced
IEEE eBook, Shaping an Engineering Career: Book 2: Dual Career Ladders (2013), and another text, So You Want to be an Engineer? (2015).Prof. Astrid K. Northrup P.E., Northwest College, Powell WY Astrid Northrup earned her B.S. degree in petroleum engineering from the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology (Montana Tech) in 1984 and her M.S degree in petroleum engineering from Mon- tana Tech in 1986. She also earned a Certificate in Land Surveying from the University of Wyoming in 2005. She is a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado and Wyoming. She worked in the petroleum industry as a reservoir engineer and as a private consultant before moving into a teaching career at North- west College in
State Physics Department and the Center for NanoscaleScience, a National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Engineering Center(NSF-MRSEC), made a rapid pivot of our Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)program from an in-person 10-week research experience to a virtual research preparation andprofessional development program which was designed to prepare science and engineeringundergraduate and master’s students for entrance into the workforce or their continuation in agraduate program. The overarching goal of this virtual experience was to develop and refineprofessional skills that are often not explicitly taught in science and engineering classes. Theprogram had three distinct areas: (1) Career Preparation (Professional
”. The intent is to bring together a small group of minority and/or non-minority studentsfrom throughout the United States focusing on graduate education and career opportunities in theareas of business, math, science and engineering in the State of New Mexico. The summer programis designed for each student to mentor each other as they have varied social and academicbackgrounds. Another important aspect of the program is for participants to meet with current UNMSOE graduate students doing research that summer which may help them clarify their area ofgraduate study or research they wish to follow. A series of workshop and field trips are designed tooffer educational, technological, career, morale, health & welfare current topics to the
Paper ID #28230Retaining Women in Engineering: Finding the Perfect JobLynn Mayo P.E., RePicture Engineering Lynn Mayo holds a M.S. in civil engineering from Stanford University and a B.S in civil engineering from Bucknell University. After working for over 30 years as a civil engineer, she became CEO of RePicture Engineering, PBC. RePicture is dedicated to increasing interest and diversity in engineering by telling the stories of engineering projects, engineers, and organizations. Through the RePicture.com site, we are helping students discover careers shaping the future and helping companies attract innovators
develop the skills and writing habits to complete doctorate degrees in engineering. Across all of her research avenues, Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 12 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award with her share of funding be ingnearly $2.3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 21 journal publications and more than 70 conference papers. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty, an Outstanding Teacher Award and a Faculty Fellow Award. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, an M.S. in Materials Science from the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University.Dr. Cheryl Carrico
andscience to produce quality students, well prepared for higher education, to supply the nations’growing need for engineers and scientists. To address the urgent need for more engineers and thelack of understanding by K-12 teachers about what an engineer does, the Dwight Look College ofEngineering at Texas A&M University leveraged two National Science Foundation funded programsto provide engineering research and career information for high school science and mathematicsteachers.The College has NSF funding for a Research Experience for Teachers Site (RET) and a Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP). Though normallythese two programs are worlds apart, the College leveraged the two to create the
Campus Coordinator for the NOAA Center for Earth Systems Science and Remote Sensing Technology. He was the Founding Director of the UPRM Institute for Research in Integrative Systems and Engineering, and Associate Director of the NSF CenSSIS ERC. His research interests are in integrating physical models with data driven approaches for information extraction using remote or minimally intrusive sensing. He has over 160 publications. He is Fellow of SPIE and the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Puerto Rico. Received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers award from the US President in 1997. He chairs the SPIE Conference on Algorithms, Technologies and Applications for Multispectral, and
lower-division engineering students, of whom 11 were enrolled in an engineeringmajor with a significant emphasis on entrepreneurship and 25 were enrolled in other engineeringmajors. Structured interviews of covered the participants’ family background, their motivations forenrolling in their major, their expectations with respect to career (including startups), their attitudestoward risk, and reflection on the interview. In the course of the interviews, participants were askedto rate their risk tolerance and their interest in pursuing a startup. Analysis of the interviews suggeststhat the principal indicator of entrepreneurial intent was interest in a startup, that most students’perceptions of the desirability of startups are negative, and that
Lab Implementation (Work in Progress)IntroductionManufacturing is one of the largest economic drivers in the United States, but withoutintervention, its successes might be short-lived. This warning is not original, nor is it new.Organizations like Deloitte [1] have been keeping a close eye on the state of themanufacturing industry in the United States for years and have predicted that the country maybe in trouble. As increasing retirement numbers from the baby-boomer generation looms overthe horizon, a lack of interest and awareness for manufacturing careers from the nextgeneration is creating a vacuum of talent for tomorrow’s jobs [2]. Even if the trend ofpushing back the retirement age continues, there may still not be enough new employees
participation in higher education, and the educational attainment and schooling experiences of Mexican descent youth in the mid-20th century.Dr. Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Valerie Martin Conley is dean of the College of Education and professor of Leadership, Research, and Foundations at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She previously served as director of the Center for Higher Education, professor, and department chair at Ohio University. She was the PI for the NSF funded research project: Academic Career Success in Science and Engineering-Related Fields for Female Faculty at Public Two-Year Institutions. She is co-author of The Faculty Factor: Reassessing the American
will inform the design and implementation of institutional supports that encourageengineering student persistence. The PI and Mentor are collaboratively leading paper andproposal submissions derived from and in support of research on academic and co-curricularinterventions that encourage engineering students’ motivation, belonging, and identitydevelopment. The ongoing work is assessing changes in these psychological processes over thecourse of students’ undergraduate careers and determining if changes in these processes mediatechanges in student persistence and success.The project is structured to educate the PI in the psychological knowledge base and instrumentsrelated to student motivation, identity development, and sense of belonging. The
,math, engineering, or teaching degree and career. This program has been specifically designed tomotivate personal development and excellence in scholastic performance of youth. The presenterwill share information about the success of this program through its interdisciplinary projects,experiments, field trips and interaction with visiting scientist and educators. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education
Paper ID #32760A Leadership-Development Ecosystem for Engineering Graduate StudentsTeresa J. Didiano, University of Toronto Teresa Didiano is the Graduate Professional Development Coordinator at the Troost Institute for Lead- ership Education in Engineering at the University of Toronto. She designs and coordinates leadership and professional development programs for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to explore diverse career pathways. Teresa has an HBSc and MSc from the University of Toronto, and Life Skills Coach- ing Certification from George Brown College. She also is a certified MBTI Practitioner and recently
that support underrepresented high school students interested in STEM. Thesearch resulted in a full-text review of 25 articles that explore programmatic outcomes for pre-college students with the intent to diversify the STEM workforce. Initial findings suggest that thegoal of these intervention programs is to provide enriching experiences for these students toencourage interests to pursue a STEM career as well as boost confidence in STEM subjects.Metrics used to target the effectiveness of programs revolved around three criteria: (1) studentacademic achievement in science and math, (2) matriculation through a STEM major and (3)competency in engineering-oriented skills. Three common recommendations for more robustprograms are well-prepared STEM
of studies have shown the link between what a parent perceives as important and whattheir child values [1]. This connection between a parent and their child has the potential topositively influence their career path. Specifically, mothers are shown to play an especially largerole in their child’s interest in a STEM career [2]. Due to this connection, parents’ perception ofSTEM could be a valuable tool in encouraging students to consider pursuing STEM, regardlessof the parent’s occupation. The demand for STEM workers is growing and understanding whatparents’ opinions of STEM are could provide a resource to fill those needed roles [3].In this study, we focus on how parents, who send their children to a STEM summer camp viewSTEM. Parents
involves a variety ofsupporting activities designed to support the CS/M Scholars’ academic success and prepare themfor careers in the fields. The project also involves educational research with a goal ofunderstanding the effects of program activities. The project team consists of Dr. DavidHartenstine, WWU mathematics professor, Dr. Perry Fizzano, WWU computer scienceprofessor, Dr. Regina Barber DeGraaff, WWU physics instructor and WWU’s College ofScience and Engineering’s STEM Inclusion and Outreach Specialist, and Dr. Joseph Brobst ofOld Dominion University, the project’s educational researcher. External evaluation of the projectis done by the Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity at the University ofWashington. Dr. Joanna Garner
, Texas and 4 memorable years at Texas A and M where I met my wife, I led Bugle Rank #7 in the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band (Class of ’86 Whoop!), and dove into Telecom Engineering. Once in Telecom, my learning continued at MCI, Vartec, and Charter. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Student-Success-Focused Engineering College Preparatory CoursesAbstractThis paper explores the development of two distinct engineering college preparatory courses. A10-hour “What’s Up With Engineering?” course targets high school juniors and seniors that havesome interest in, or have been directed towards, engineering as a career
minorities (URM) students to fulfill STEM careers,but also enable the United States to thrive in the 21st century. Moreover, research labs that aremore diverse are more productive than those that are homogenous [1]. Thus, broadeningparticipation can help sustain and grow research communities. Our National Science FoundationResearch Traineeship Program (NRT), the Rural Resource Resiliency, at K-State Universityattracts students from diverse backgrounds and cultivates a culture of inclusiveness. Our NRT isan interdisciplinary graduate traineeship that trains diverse STEM graduate students to solve thegrand challenges of creating sustainable food, energy and water systems in rural communities insemi-arid regions. Incorporating interdisciplinary
to assemble cylin- drical nanomaterials into larger functional materials. Targeted applications include optical coatings, 3D printed structures, light-weight composites, and antimicrobial surfaces. Her national awards include selec- tion for the Fulbright Specialist Roster (2015), the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum’s Young Investigator Award (2012), the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2010), and a National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2009). Her Auburn University awards include the Excellence in Faculty Outreach (2015), an Auburn University Alumni Professorship (2014), the Auburn Engineering Alumni Council Awards for Senior (2013
methods for engineering education research, diversity in engineering education, and technical communication in engineering.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Chemical Engineering 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 Clem- son University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National
first course in the ACBSS minor series, which covers the application of Python to current social science topics, as well as the use of programming in careers such as data analysis, user experience research, and econometrics.Dr. Maureen C. Smith, San Jose State University Dr. Smith received her BA in Psychology from U.C. Davis and her Ph.D in Developmental Psychology from Cornell University. Dr. Smith is a Professor of Child and Adolescent Development in the Lurie College of Education at San Jose State University. She has significant experience with curriculum and program development, including the development of a combined BA-Credential for her department and a First Year Experience program for the university. Her
Family Engineering for Elementary-Aged Children and Their Parents Neil J. Hutzler1, Joan S. Chadde1, David Heil2, and Mia Jackson2 1 Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 2Foundation for Family Science and Engineering, Portland, ORAbstractThe goal of the Family Engineering program is to engage, inspire, and encourage elementarystudents to learn about and consider careers in engineering and science through hands-onactivities with their parents at Family Engineering events. This program is designed toaddress the United States need for an increased number, and greater diversit , of studentsskilled in math, science, technology, and engineering. The Family Engineering program for6-12 year-olds and
Paper ID #28394M-Power Tools: Using Power-Tools to Enhance STEM Self-Efficacy in Mid-dleSchool-Aged GirlsMs. Rebecca Z. Kenemuth, Women in Engineering Program at the University of Maryland Rebecca Kenemuth is the Assistant Director of Recruitment and Outreach for the Women in Engineering Program at the University of Maryland. She holds an M.A. in Counseling and Personnel Services from the University of Maryland and is passionate about empowering girls and women to pursue careers in STEM-related fields.Dr. Vincent Nguyen, University of Maryland, Department of Mechanical EngineeringMs. Sama Sabihi, Women in Engineering Program-UMD
has co-authored over 100 referred conferences and jour- nals, five book chapters and two patents. She received the National Science Foundation’s Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and En- gineers and the 3M Untenured Faculty Award. She is active in the IEEE MTT-S (e.g. associate editor of MWCL, chaired IMS TPRC sub-committees, student paper competitions and scholarship committee) and is a co-founder of IMS Project Connect and Chair of MTT-S Technical Coordinating Committee for Integration and Packaging. She is the 2014 Sara Evans Faculty Scholar Leader Award, 2017 John Tate Advising Award, and 2018 Willie Hobbs Moore Distinguished Alumni Lecture Award and the 2019 IEEE N. Walter Cox Service Award
Delaware Shawna Vican is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University. An organizational sociologist, Dr. Vican in- vestigates the adoption and implementation of new employment practices and corporate social behaviors. Across her research, Dr. Vican explores how organizational policies and practices, managerial behavior, and workplace culture shape individual career outcomes as well as broader patterns of labor market in- equality. Her current research includes a qualitative study of corporate diversity management strategies and a series of mixed-methods projects on diversity in the academic workforce.Dr. Robin
AbstractThis paper explores what elements and concepts should be included in a pre-college, widelyavailable digital course designed to better guide, inform, and prepare high school studentsinterested in pursuing a career in engineering. The purpose of the course is to provide a digitaltool for exploration by high school students and their advising network as they seek to gain abetter understanding of what an engineering education and career entails. As the investigationhas progressed, the potential benefit of developing separate courses for “guide and inform” and“prepare” is appearing. This paper will focus on the development of the comprehensive coursewith the understanding that there is potential for a separation by themes tuned to
transitions to the workforce in science and engineering. She was a recipi- ent of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Award, the 2015 Frontiers in Education Faculty Fellow Award, and the 2019 Betty Vetter Award for Research from WEPAN. In 2017, Dr. Main received a National Science Foundation CAREER award to examine the longitudinal career pathways of engineering PhDs. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Faculty Mentorship and Research Productivity, Salary, and Job Satisfaction Abstract