Paper ID #30167The Missing Third: The Vital Role of Two-Year Colleges in ShrinkingEngineering Education DesertsDr. Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato Jennifer Karlin spent the first half of her career at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, where she was a professor of industrial engineering and held the Pietz professorship for entrepreneurship and economic development. She is now a professor of integrated engineering at Minnesota State Uni- versity, Mankato, where she is helping build the Bell Engineering program, and the managing partner of Kaizen Academic.Dr. L. Eric James, Iron Range
Center for Research on Fathers, Children, and Family Well Being and is now the Assistant Dean of Faculty Development and Academic Affairs. Dr. Jethwani has decades of experience in developmental research, program development and evaluation. For the past ten years, she has evaluated several projects funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Security Agency at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. These projects aim to engage middle school, high school and college students, and their teachers, in robotics and cyber security activities. Findings have identified strategies to better engage female and minority students in STEM related activities and careers. Dr. Jethwani holds a BA from Barnard College, an
sustainability. ● ● ● ● ● ● 3https://studentaffairs.lehigh.edu/content/prelusion This is a clip from our website describing the Lehigh preLUsion experience. Here we see a group of preLUsion mentors and it reads “Can’t wait to get your Lehigh career started? Be a part of preLUsion!” A few key points are that 1. This is a pre-orientation, 3
Paper ID #34872Your Views Can Be My Views: Understanding Differences in Paradigms Heldby Traditionally Marginalized Students in EngineeringQualla Jo Ketchum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityDr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the
., friends, family members who work as engineers) of information about engineeringpractices, because such experiences can provide opportunities for students to try on theseidentities. If most of their course-based experiences are passive, or highly constrained problemsets, they won’t have this opportunity. In contrast, opportunities to make design decisions cansupport professional engineering identity [37].Identity development is socially negotiated [27-29], meaning students benefit from working withothers on authentic and meaningful tasks and from being part of a social community of engineers[38]. It also means that engineering identity is contextualized by students’ perceptions ofengineering careers and their potential contributions as engineers
Science Foundation, his research was highlighted the American Society of Engineering Education’s Prism Magazine. He received a CAREER Award in 2016 to study the significance of neurodiversity in developing a creative engineering workforce.Miss Alexandra Hain, University of Connecticut Alexandra Hain is a PhD student at the University of Connecticut studying structural engineering. She received her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in 2015 from the University of Connecticut. She has an interest in engineering education and served as the program manager for the REU Site: Research Experience in Cyber and Civil Infrastructure Security for Students with ADHD: Fostering Innovation during summer 2016
) education in the United States (US) was initiated between womenrepresenting academia and industry. The industry contingent provided financial support andmentorship to the academic side that resulted in undergraduate engineering student teamsdesigning and building educational products for use within primary and secondary educationschools with the goal of encouraging younger students to pursue careers in STEM fields. Due toan aging workforce at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the USDepartment of Defense (DoD), and the US Aerospace Industry, as well as the need to improvediversity in STEM jobs, the need to grow the US STEM pipeline is critical. This national priorityis informed by the fact that advancements and innovations in
NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?” He has also been part of the teaching team for NSF’s Innovation Corps for Learning, and was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014. Dr. Jordan also founded and led teams to two collegiate National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest cham- pionships, and has co-developed the STEAM LabsTM program to engage middle and high school students in learning science, technology, engineering, arts, and math concepts through designing and building chain reaction machines. He has appeared on many TV
to connect to moreacademic support (2); (3); (4). By providing a physical environment for students in engineeringmajors to live, our program has historically allowed students to make academic and socialconnections early in their college career, which better supports their persistence. In recent years,students in the Engineering Leadership Community have taken multiple classes in the samesections together, including a one-credit academic success course and their introductoryengineering lab. This method uses Tinto’s learning community model, helping students to makeconnections between courses with their peers (1).The additional elements of service-learning and project-based learning have brought theresidents of the Engineering Leadership
: Job/Career/ case 1-b 29 25 25% Opportunities CASE 1-B 21 29 case 1-c 13
learning experiences in their Master’s program using two open-ended questions.Participants cited that their work experiences supported their technical skill development, andalso their professional skill development, which participants believed contributed positively totheir ability to work in groups in school. Participants who were in industry the longest alsoindicated that their work experiences helped them to think critically about coursework in termsof best benefits for their career needs and interests.Introduction and BackgroundFor the purposes of this study, work experience is defined as time spent at a job in theparticipant’s field, whether paid or unpaid. This can also include internships or co-op workexperience. Educational experience is
,of one of their ACES service projects. ACES students also earn a Leadership Minor where theypractice leadership as “taking responsibility for our communities, and making them betterthrough public action” as described by that program. Under the supervision of the PI’s, theACES cohort completes community engagement projects each year that allow them to applytheir STEM knowledge and their leadership skills. The cohort’s weekly meetings give time formentoring programs, career development opportunities, and supervised project work.In order to meet our objectives the proposed program is based on well-established methods (seeFigure 1 for implementation schedule): Scholarships make college accessible and allow more time for educational
involved in undergraduate place and what an ARCE’s career path can of your University organizations related to look like. experience so far. ARCE. Summarize the topical areas ARCEs work Describe which ARCE Describe your favorite in, providing some details on each of the student organizations are classes. sub-areas of ARCE. available at the institution. Describe the
Engineering Educator by the Society of Women Engineers. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is the Chair of PIC IV and a frequent speaker on career opportunities in engineering, especially for women and minority students. She has more than 150 publications, mostly on the recruitment and retention of students in engineering, especially women and underrepresented minority students.Bianca Bernstein, Arizona State University BIANCA L. BERNSTEIN, Ph.D. is the Principal Investigator of a major research grant from the National Science Foundation upon which the work reported here is based. The grant aims to improve persistence among women in science and engineering Ph.D. programs, and includes Drs. John Horan
. Page 12.739.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Feasibility of a Fully Online Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Degree for Non-Traditional LearnersAbstractAlthough there are a number of online degrees available online today from some of the mostrespected educational institutions in the US, very few of these are accredited undergraduateengineering programs. Of interest here is an online program specifically designed and developedto address the many mid-career employees and non-traditional students who have yet to earn anundergraduate engineering degree, especially those in business and industry and at militaryinstallations. In this paper, we present the results of a study which seeks to address how
. degree from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from Wayne State University.Richard Berkey, Michigan Technological University Rick Berkey works in Michigan Technological University’s Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, as a Senior Research Engineer II/Project Manager. In this role, Rick acts as a primary point-of-contact for the identification, planning, and coordination of industrial-sponsored Senior Design and Enterprise projects. Prior to working for Michigan Tech, Rick spent twelve years in the automotive, commercial vehicle, and consumer products industries, working for Honeywell, Dana Corporation, and Applied Technologies, Inc. His career progressed through positions in
AC 2007-781: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF INNOVATIVE ME COURSES:CREATING AND VALIDATING TOOLSElise Amel, University of Saint Thomas Dr. Amel is an Associate professor at the University of St. Thomas. Professor Amel is trained as an industrial/organizational psychologist. Her most recent research, however, is in the area of conservation psychology, understanding people’s reciprocal relationship to the rest of the natural world. Her expertise includes survey development, psychometrics (reliability, validity, utility), data analysis, as well as environmental and feminist issues in psychology. She is interested in how gender affects career choice. She believes strongly in the scientist-practitioner
sophomore engineering students’academic experience and engineering identity. Finally, a broad range of divergent and parallelviews shed light and provide insights about diversity and its impact on their potential careers astold by a cross section of sophomores from around the United States; yet, these data are notmeant to generalize beyond the population from which it was taken. This paper contributesimportant knowledge to the growing body of literature in engineering education and diversity.IntroductionBurgeoning research on diversity in engineering consistently reveals that engineering strugglesto keep pace with trends in the increasingly growing global marketplace1. Numerous ideas havebeen put forth as to why student attrition among some groups
Women Engineers. Her awards are based on her mentoring of students, especially women and underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is the PIC IV Chair and a frequent speaker on career opportunities in engineering, especially for women and minority students. Page 13.305.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Community College Transfer Engineering Students: Does Gender Make a Difference?AbstractIn many universities, little attention is paid to transfer students, especially community
engineering Page 13.339.6 ‚ Increase retention levels for first year women engineering students. Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education ‚ Improve the level of preparation of women going into engineering careers by showing them ways to handle the unique challenges that they may face.To build and continue the mentoring relationships formed in the We’re in Motion program, theManagement Team designed a series of fusion experiences and the resulting program is namedKate’s Community (in
participants. However,with respect to the goals of the program, it is successful at what it does—enabling participants toacquire a degree of interest, proficiency, and understanding of the requisites for engineering.Therefore, the student returns to high school with a much better understanding of what is offeredat the University of Louisville with respect to engineering and what they need to do to be readyto pursue such a career field.Other opportunities for further research include the outcomes data analysis of the program pre-and post- survey information. Although post program surveys were always an integral part ofINSPIRE, it was not until recently that a validated assessment tool for pre-engineering programin the form of a pre- and post-survey
© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Engaging Freshman Experience – Key to Retention?AbstractIntroducing freshmen to engineering is easy, right? Or is it? Current freshmen studywhile listening to an IPOD, texting or IMing their friends, etc. So methods used byfaculty should be effective – measuring the tolerance of washers, building a circuit on abreadboard, etc. Those students not interested in these types of lab experiences should notbe engineers, right? The University of Texas at Tyler chose to try something new whilelooking to improve retention of freshmen and provide valuable content like engineeringconstraints early in an engineer’s academic career. First the history of engineering isintroduced so that students better
that mayplace students in foreign countries in their career by sharing their perspective on global changesand how they should prepare for the future10.Study AbroadThe study abroad strategy involves an agreement between institutions in different geographicallocations enabling students to move from one to the other for short or long-term study periodswithin a single degree program11. Parkinson12 describes engineering study abroad programs fromaround the country and groups them into the following categories: Dual Degree, Exchange,Extended Field Trip, Extension, Internship or Co-op, Mentored Travel, Partner Sub-contract,Project Based Learning/Service Learning, and Research Abroad.Study Abroad Program ChallengesDespite the importance of study
AC 2009-1485: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ACADEMICENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FOR REU STUDENTSAshley Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology Ashley Johnson is a doctoral student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Florida A&M University in 2005 and her M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2007. Her research focuses on biological signal processing of EEG and EMG in humans. Ashley is a recipient of the Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship, NSF STEP Fellowship and Georgia Tech Facilitating Academic Careers in Engineering and Science Fellowship
. Center program direction3a. Taking Care of Number 1!In the author’s opinion you owe it to yourself to take a SAL for many reasons. First, a SAL will Page 14.1041.4be a milestone in your career to assess its future direction. The author’s experience at NSF in1977-78 was pivotal in shifting his research from energy into membrane science and technology.A SAL can provide access to unique research opportunities and facilities. For example, theauthor’s SL at Aachen Technical University (ATU) in 1981-82 allowed him and two of hisgraduate students to have access to the world’s deepest test of underground coal gasification thatwas being carried out in
through the use of technology is the way to maintain the U.S. edge inthe global market place.1 An argument for the second perspective is the belief that the U.S. leadsin creativity and innovation and has the best universities in the world to pilot the way.2Regardless of the viewpoint taken, it is apparent that we must transition more high schoolstudents into engineering to be competitive; having a clear picture of the current state of themarket factors that may influence our youth as they make their career choice is imperative.According to the U.S. Department of Education5 it was estimated that in the fall of 2008 nearly49.8 million students attended public schools in the U.S. with an additional 6.2 million attendingprivate schools. Of those
skills and oral andwritten communication. The engineering research activities and associated outreach enable REUstudents to build skills useful in the summer and for years to follow in areas including BME,communications, ethics, and problem solving. We provide an opportunity for international,interdisciplinary collaboration at our university, and we insure that students recognize thatbiomedical engineering technologies apply across spectrums of human activities includingpersonal lives, STEM careers, K-12 outreach, and overall societal health improvement. The program provides students nationally with the opportunity to work with individualscientists on projects central to the research activities at our University’s School of Engineeringand
Leadership and Higher Education from the University of Nebraska with an emphasis on globalization and leadership. He is a Certified Manufacturing Technologist, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and is also certified in Planning and Managing Projects, BD University; Lean Manufacturing, BD University; High Impact Facilitation, Lore International Page 14.115.1 Institute, Durango, Colorado; and Project Management, Saddle Island Institute.Ryan Dymock, Brigham Young University Ryan Dymock is currently a senior studying Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University. He hopes to steer his career in
at the Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus. He is the founder and developer of the Engineering Studio at the Polytechnic that is a model for hands-on engineering education at the high school and college levels.Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University Sharon Kurpius Robinson, Ph.D., is an expert in counseling youth and adults in educational and career pathways.James Middleton, Arizona State University James Middleton, Ph.D., is Professor of Mathematics Education and Director, Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology. He is an expert in middle school mathematics curriculum development and research in student cognition
summer session, 10men and 10 women. The students attended classes in mathematics, chemistry with laboratory, computerscience, communications skills (both written and oral), study skills and career planning. Pre-testing inmath, chemistry, and writing was used to identify individual strengths and weaknesses, allowing attentionto those areas needing further development and for others the opportunity to provide additionalchallenges. Post-testing along with instructor evaluations enabled the diagnostics necessary to appropriateplacement in the freshman year sequences and provide, as well, some measure of the summer’saccomplishments. The summer session also introduced the students to dormitory living and the campus where theybecame familiar