AC 2009-1116: IMPROVING EARLY INTEREST AND CONFIDENCE INENGINEERING: CREATING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES, K-12TEACHERS, THEIR STUDENTS, AND ENGINEERSElizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University Beth Eschenbach is a Professor of Environmental Resources Engineering at Humboldt State University. Beth left civil engineering as an undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz, and graduated with honors in mathematics and in psychology. She obtained her MS and PhD at Cornell in Environmental and Water Resources Systems Engineering. She completed a postdoc at the Center for Advanced Decision Support in Water and Environmental Systems (CADSWES) at UC Boulder. Beth’s career goals include increasing the
worldviewoptions.18 In addition, encouraging students to make connections between engineering andhuman spirituality is seen to be an important aspect of a whole-person education.19 AlthoughORU is a Christian institution, students are encouraged to wrestle with these issues and come totheir own conclusions based on the evidence from all pertinent fields of study.In conducting these 250 seminars, churches and schools are contacted by project team membersto explore their openness to the idea of a presentation on science and faith. A description of theseminar is provided, and many groups accept and appreciate our offer to serve them in this way.A convenient date is set and the standard presentation is modified based on the interests and ageof the audience
career progressed, and frequently stated that thistrait is necessary for a successful career in engineering, but is not always an attribute that womendisplay. The sections that follow outline the findings of the study, including both the key factorsof support that helped women to be successful in academic engineering programs (ResearchQuestion 1) and the challenges that women frequently faced and overcame in their career(Research Question 2). The Challenge of Balancing Work and Family Demands: Making Tradeoffs Women at all three campuses described balancing work and family as one of the mostchallenging aspects of their careers in engineering. Female faculty members explained that theyhad to make significant tradeoffs to have children
feeling less stressed andmore energized and including opportunities for personal interests (Dudovskiy 2013).ObjectivesThe intent of being efficient or productive is not complete without a framing in the context ofone’s goals in the short- and long-term. A faculty member’s work, whether they are early careeror at a later stage in their academic career, can fall into a reactive mode, rather than anintentional and proactive mode that supports one’s goals. In other words, one can becomecaught up in the day-to-day series of tasks, many of them calling for one’s immediate attentionand time, and delaying progress on long-term goals and complex projects.This paper presents a holistic framework that helps one make time management decisions andwork towards
tends to focus almostexclusively on distinctive professional responsibilities – that is to say, ethical issues that arecommonly presented by the immediate practice of the work typical of each. For undergraduates,this is professional ethics in an industrial or consulting context.1 For graduate students, whosetraining is preparation for a career in research, this is typically research ethics, implicitly in anacademic context.2 Thus, both construe the responsibilities of the engineer relatively narrowly.In particular, the concerns of each taper dramatically as the borders of the immediate work siteare crossed. While some focus is of course necessary and appropriate, the present narrowness hasarguably become unhealthily myopic, particularly
educationalmaterials and instructional strategies from elementary through graduate school [16].In recent years, a number of writing techniques have evolved that make use of various writing-to-learn strategies within the domains of engineering, mathematics, and the sciences [17] - [25].The use of writing in introductory classes for non-majors may be an effective vehicle forallowing students to enhance their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Writing can alsoassist students with the identification and confrontation of personal misconceptions [26] - [27].Science classes are seen by many students to be threatening and intimidating places to be.Tobias [28] has been critical of introductory college science courses and has argued that typicalclassrooms
Statistics predicts growth of 13.4% from2014 to 2024 in jobs for STEM-related post-secondary teachers [1]. Women are a growingpercentage of PhDs in STEM but are not proportionately represented among assistant professors[2]; to support this employment growth it will likely be necessary to attract more women to thefaculty. Of even more significance is that STEM faculty play a critical double role in the healthand gender make-up of the future STEM workforce. Research shows that role models have animportant impact on career pathway decisions made by women engineering students [3]. Mostengineers are first exposed to the profession through their STEM faculty, so if this group is notdiverse, or if diverse workers (such as women) are perceived to be
engineering helped guide their engineering interests anddecision to pursue engineering as a major. The triangulation of the faculty participants’ datasupported these findings as all five faculty participants reported strong self-efficacy beliefs inmathematics and science prior to college.Choice Theme III: Engineering ExpectationsThe eleven student participants reflected on similar beliefs regarding their outcome expectationsrelated to obtaining an engineering degree. The common thread among their beliefs was how anengineering degree could provide them with career opportunities that would allow them toachieve their personal, social, and career goals. This illustrated the central role outcomeexpectations play in regulating and influencing an
programtargeting the improvement of undergraduate engineering education. Faculty proposed large-scalerenovations of a specific undergraduate course or closely-related group of courses, with the goalof improving student engagement, learning outcomes, and faculty teaching experiences.Alternatively, faculty could propose to develop teaching technologies that would facilitate theimplementation of evidence-based teaching practices. Priority in funding was given to projectsthat would impact large numbers of students or provide critical interventions early in students’learning careers.“Live deep, not fast,” is an admonition coined in the early 1900’s by literature professor, critic,and editor Henry Seidel Canby 1. Faculty participating in SIIP were invited to
workplace adjustment for engineers and the corresponding influence on job satisfaction and intentions to persist. Rohini’s other interests include faculty development and engineering pathways of graduating engineers.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Samantha Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Fulton Schools of Engineering Poly- technic School. Dr. Brunhaver recently joined Arizona State after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She also has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. Dr. Brunhaver’s research examines the career decision-making and professional identity formation of engineering
in academic environments. Moreover, Roma currently holds managerial roles and leads Extreme Building, Road, and Bridge Construction PLC, contributing to construction projects in the Shashemene district of Ethiopia.Demitu Geda, Bule Hora University Demitu Geda is a graduate of Waliata Sodo University with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and holds a Master’s degree in the same field from Bule Hora University. Currently, Demitu is a faculty member, instructing electrical and computer engineering courses at Bule Hora University in Ethiopia. Her research enhances accessibility, quality, and equity in engineering education, ensuring inclusivity for all students irrespective of gender, religion
teams; impacts of project choice and context; and the retention and success of under- represented students). She has 9 years of industry work experience with the General Electric Company (GE), including the completion of a 2-year corporate management program. Throughout her career, she has managed over $8 million of sponsored research and is the author of 150 peer-reviewed publications. She is a member and Fellow of IIE, a member and Fellow of ASME, and a member of ASEE, INFORMS, Alpha Pi Mu, and Tau Beta Pi. She serves as an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design and for the Engineering Economist. She has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching, in research, and for service.Dr
more service (which is less valued).7 In anotherrecent study, Holleran and colleagues explored female and male STEM faculty members’ talkabout research and other topics.8 Among other findings, they found that when women and mentalked with one another about research, female STEM faculty were not regarded as being ascompetent as their male counterparts. To address the final finding of the Beyond Bias and Barriers report – the need to act – thecommittee recommended actions to be taken by universities, professional societies andorganizations, funders, federal agencies, and Congress. The first agent and stakeholder in thislist, the university (and within it, colleges and departments), is the context of focus for thepresent paper. The
Chair of the Board of Directors and member of the Executive Committee for the 10-campusUniversity of California system’s Global Health Institute. He also served on the Boards of Directors ofthe San Francisco Bay Area Council and the California Life Sciences Association Additional leadershipexperience included serving as the Dean of the Graduate School of Management at UC Davis, leading theSchool to the highest ranking in its history; Endowed Chair holder; founding Chair of an academic de-partment; leadership of seven centers/institutes, and campus-wide service roles as Chair of the Task Forceon Faculty Salary Equity, Chair of the Strategic Review of Human Resources, Chair of Board of Direc-tors of the Ecosystem for Biophotonics Innovation, Vice
Paper ID #12323AdvanceRIT Connect Grants: Driving Momentum for Disruptive Change forWomen STEM FacultyProf. Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology Professor Sharon Mason is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Sciences and Tech- nology at RIT where she has served on the faculty since 1997. Sharon has been involved in computing security education at RIT since its inception. She is a PI of for the Department of Defense (DoD) In- formation Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP) awards to RIT. These scholarships enable students to study and do research in graduate programs in security
for students to develop thesame fundamental skills that they currently learn, but to see how these skills can be applied toproblems and situations that don’t appear in traditional textbooks. By placing the technicalconcepts in new contexts, students will learn to critically evaluate the impact of their work innew ways, and they will graduate with a better understanding of their potential to useengineering to create change. For industrial engineers and systems engineering (ISyE) majors,this presents an opportunity to include examples of ISyE outside of traditional manufacturing,supply chain, or healthcare settings to show how the field can to address broader societalproblems.In Fall 2017, this changemaking content was introduced to ISYE 340
support; the STEP UP camp was a success. The majority of youngwomen in attendance were Native American, which presented an opportunity to positivelyinfluence their pre-college decisions and provide an access point to considering career pathstoward science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. Assessment, evaluation andtracking are a part of this initiative.This paper will discuss the successful dynamics used and pedagogical approach toward nurturingthe female participants’ interests in engineering and science through hands-on activities, personaland team dynamics, faculty and current engineering/science student instruction and industryparticipation; the creation of personal connection to the Multicultural Engineering Program andthe
students make sense of their engineering identityin the context of their experiences in an REU summer internship program? (2) Whatacademic and non-academic factors influence their engineering identity development?Milem et al.’s campus racial climate framework informs our study. This case study approachaligns with our conceptual framework as it allowed us to situate participants experiences andperceptions in their university context. Our study findings reveal students’ participation inthe REU summer internship program positively affected their engineering identitydevelopment as students developed increased confidence in their ability to conduct researchand pursue a career in engineering. Additionally, students’ interactions with mentors,faculty
intersection of engineering education, faculty development, and complex systems design. Alexandra completed her graduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech (PhD) and Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia (UVa). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Preliminary Design of an Engineering Case Study for Elementary Students (Work in Progress)AbstractThe dominant stories about engineering in the media illustrate a field with a chronic shortage ofengineers and where “doing engineering” is about math, science, and building. Recent literaturereviews examining engineering practice and engineering careers provide a broader picture ofwhat engineers do
Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities. His efforts transformed the way the National Science Foundation both solicited the premier Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which led to comprehen- sive changes in other federal STEM fellowships. In his role at Mason, Carr supports the faculty with search committee parameters to help ensure that the George Mason faculty better represents the diverse Mason student body, he supports the Office of the Dean and the associate deans in their efforts to develop and enhance an equitable and just campus climate within the College of Engineering and Computing, and he supports the larger campus community goals by helping to challenge the status
has come from all colleges at the institution, although participation has not beenproportional to the number of faculty in each college. Colleges with overt and regularendorsement from the leadership of DEIS efforts have had the greatest level of participation.Colleges and disciplines with historic resistance to DEIS concepts demonstrated the lowestparticipation rates.The survey was designed by internal evaluators on the project and refined by an externalevaluator as well as graduate students on the project to measure perceptions of support forindividuals hailing from minoritized groups (gender, race/ethnicity). The survey also asks aboutperceptions of the extent to which inequities existed on Michigan Tech’s campus with regard tocampus
/writing across the curriculum (WID/WAC) style course that isrequired for all graduates from his institution’s systems engineering undergraduate program. Roughly, theoverall objective of this course is to engage students in policy-relevant analysis related to criticalinfrastructure systems. The analytical tools studied in the course include: risk analysis, uncertaintyanalysis, benefit-cost analysis, and multi-criteria decision analysis. The principal learning objectives ofthe course are: • To decompose the design or operational objectives of an infrastructure system into fundamental objectives that can guide relevant decision-making processes. • To formulate and evaluate infrastructure system projects of the students’ choice that
handbook and guidelines were intended to be resources for developing a healthy mentor-mentee relationship.Epic FailThe third initiative of the program is an event called Epic Fail. Epic Fail is an open microphoneevent where faculty members and students share their personal stories of failure, to dispelimposter syndrome. Having an open microphone structure with no main speaker, Epic Fail isconsidered a unique event, separate from the speaker series. This event has a goal tocommunicate that “Fail” stands for First Attempt in Learning and that failure is part ofengineering. In fact, everyone fails, even the best in any field. It is important to emphasize that itis not only okay to fail but also a valuable way to improve by identifying ways to perform
research and publication (higher among non-SLfaculty) and the personal importance of professional service (higher among SL faculty). Themost important “encouragement” factor in the decision to use SL was students (rated 3.41) overcommunity members (3.20), department chairperson (3.09), faculty in department (3.08),president of university (2.92), college dean (2.87), or faculty in another department (2.91) [ratingscale: 4=very important, 3=important, 2=somewhat important, 1=not important]. Among facultywho use SL, student learning outcomes (3.70; 69.5 frequency) were more important thancommunity outcomes (3.11, 38.6 frequency), with little importance of professionalresponsibilities (19.0 frequency). The factor that potentially deterred the
members endeavor to prepare their students for a variety ofcareer paths within the engineering industry. Several of those paths require or arebolstered when students decide to pursue licensure to practice as professional engineers.As students, individuals learn about the merits of professional licensure from a variety ofsources. Not to be overlooked is the influence that professors, licensed as professionalengineers, have on their students and the opportunity to act as a role model to thosestudents considering a career path that includes professional licensure.The research question explored during this study was; “Among currently licensed civilengineering faculty members, what are the perceived values of professional experienceand of licensure as
Paper ID #9271Integrating Freshmen into Exploring the Multi-faceted World of Engineeringand Sustainability through Biofuels Synthesis from Waste Cooking OilMs. Laura-Ann Shaa Ling Chin, Villanova University A Malaysian native, Laura-Ann Chin attended the University of Arizona where she completed her B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering. Throughout her undergraduate career, Laura has worked with numerous cut- ting edge projects including studying endocrine disrupting compounds in wastewater, researching genetic stability of E.Coli in a novel COSBIOS reactor (RWTH, Aachen Germany) and designing an automated zebrafish tracking
Engineering from Manipal University in India. During her time at Virginia Tech, Sreyoshi was recognized as a Graduate Academy for Teaching Excellence (VTGrATE) Fellow, a Global Perspectives Program (GPP) Fellow, a Diversity scholar, and was inducted in the Bouchet Honor Society at Yale in 2017. Sreyoshi is passionate about improving belonging among women in Engineering. She serves as Senator at SWE (Society of Women Engineers) - the world’s largest advocate and catalyst for change for women in engineering and technology with over 42,000 global members. She also champions and serves as advisor at Sisters in STEM - a not-for-profit led by school students, aimed at increasing interest, engagement, and allyship in STEM. Views
experiences with cognitive additions: abstractconceptualization, active simulations, concrete experience and reflective observation.The entry point to the circular process is not essential as learning transpires when the cycle iscompleted8. These four elements provide the foundation for teaching Construction ProjectManagement in the United Kingdom. For example, the existing Construction ProjectManagement Master‟s programme at Robert Gordon University has been operating for aboutfive years, graduating masters‟ students in Construction Project Management with MBAdegrees as well as, more recently, with corporate certificates. A good construction projectmanagement programme should have a balance of three learning domains: knowledge, skilland personal
to the activity, Aluminum Careers diversity of engineering careers available for Aluminum Foil Foil Boats. them to explore and the processes associated Boats with earning an engineering degree. 4 Learning Styles Introduce and discuss different student Building Activity: Introduce students to the activity, Straw learning styles, emphasizing the importance Straw Towers Towers. of customizing one's learning according to personal preferences 5 Industry Guest An invited guest speaker from industry, Ethics Complete the
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