Students into K-12 TeachingAbstractThe Georgia Institute of Technology, a Research Extensive institution located in the center ofAtlanta, has a historic mission to create new knowledge and to train students in technologicalfields. Regulations put forth by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia,specifically prohibit Georgia Tech from having a College of Education, so there is no unit oncampus with the mission of teaching students about pedagogy, or preparing them for a career ineducation. Further, there has been a historic institutional paradigm that equates success withplacement of Georgia Tech graduates in technical or research positions. However Georgia is indire need of more well trained STEM teachers to better prepare
entrepreneurship as a career path.This study examined the following hypotheses: 1) Engineering students who intend to minor inentrepreneurship have higher scores on locomotion and creative-self efficacy and lower scoreson assessment. These students will also have more positive perceptions of entrepreneurship as apossible career path. 2) More positive views of entrepreneurship as a career will be positivelyassociated with higher scores on locomotion and creative self-efficacy and lower scores onassessment. 3) Students with a close family member who is an entrepreneur will be more likelyto intend to minor in engineering entrepreneurship and have more positive perceptions ofentrepreneurship as a career. The results suggest that students who are considered
the ability to work together while solving an open-ended designproblem, and being able to overcome any obstacles that arise. These obstacles involve differingwork ethics, personalities, and communication styles. Inevitably, these differences can lead toconflict, and a need to resolve disagreements within the team. These ever-present emotionalaspects to working in a team are found not only in student projects, but also on the projects theywill be working on once they graduate. Finding the skills as a student to successfully navigatethe myriad of issues that may arise when working with others, sets student up for success in theirengineering careers after graduation, as shown by Jones (1996) [1] and Seat et al. (1996) [2].Often students who are
the theoretical knowledge of the designer as this is aprerequisite for a successful design career. Through the use of CMOS technology simplelogic gates can be designed and used to build complex circuits.This is a student paper.Biography:Keyonn L. Pope is a senior, electrical engineering major at Southern University andA&M College located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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
non-profit organizations nationwide. He researchers STEM pathways and retention of K-12 students, undergraduates, and early career professionals, as well as en- trepreneurial mindset.Lisa Olcese OlceseDr. 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 students
Paper ID #23098Investigation of Factors Promoting Competitive Candidates for Entry-levelBioengineering PositionsDr. Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Marcia Pool is a Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs in Bio- engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In her career, Marcia has been active in improving undergraduate education through developing problem-based laboratories to enhance ex- perimental design skills; developing a preliminary design course focused on problem identification and market space (based on an industry partner’s protocol); and
Programs Awareness • Student Org Grants • Technology Funding • Career Fairs • Internships/ Licensing • Philanthropic • Interviews Co-op • Curriculum Support • Consortia Support • Capstone
,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
Engineering Education is inviting more student involvement. One goal ofthe Student Constituent Committee will be to promote the development of ASEE studentchapters on college campuses. These ASEE student chapters have the opportunity tosignificantly influence the future of engineering education through current engineering students.Current graduate students are understood to be the future educators, so many campuses alreadyprovide at least some resources for students interested in academic careers. In light of thoseexisting resources, how can a new ASEE student chapter maximize its impact on campus?Using a strategic planning process, an ASEE student chapter can maximize its impact onengineering education and bring additional value to ASEE student
The FIRSTE program provides a vehicle for Penn State University and the New Kensington Campus tocapture the interest of this growing community of college-bound young women, and to introduce them tonontraditional careers in engineering and engineering technology.Problem Statement The Registrar at the New Kensington Campus reports that less than 10 percent of enrolled engineering andengineering technology students are female, and proportionately fewer are of a minority group. The problem is twofold: 1) young women are seldom encouraged by school teachers or counselors toconsider or investigate careers in engineering because engineering continues to be a traditionally male choice, and2) we are not reaching female and minority
,. Session 3247 LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE OF OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY GRADUATES William D. Stanley, Alok K. Verma Old Dominion University Abstract The long-term career patterns of Old Dominion University’s engineering technology baccalaureate graduateshave been studied extensively. Results from approximately 400 alumni have been analyzed. The results of theanalysis are presented and conclusions are drawn from the trends. The results
report, we focuson an undergraduate research program focusing primarily on first and second year students.Participants’ attitude towards study in STEM, career options, and STEM awareness is measured,together with a one-year tracking in progress and retention.IntroductionIt is well studied that research experiences for undergraduates is an effective strategy inincreasing the number of students who pursue degrees and careers in STEM fields (Tsui, 2007),and students are more likely to attend and complete graduate school (Bauer & Bennett, 2003;Russell, Hancock, & McCullough, 2007). Similar studies have been carried out amongunderrepresented minorities (Lopatto, Survey of undergraduate research experiences (SURE):first findings, 2004; Lopatto
Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 10 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using motivation and related frameworks to study student engagement in learning, recruitment and retention in engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections of motivation and learning strategies.Dr. Gary R Kirk, Virginia TechMs. Holly Larson Lesko, Virginia Tech Holly Larson Lesko is the Program
EDUCATIONHow can we translatepolicy recommendationsto practice? 5 DEPARTMENT of ENGINEERING EDUCATION Engineering Education Landscape• Narrow missions• Minimal ties to engineering disciplines• Most graduates work in How do you create a academia new engineering• Limited career trajectories education department beyond higher education informed by the past• Research silos• No cohesive research themes and focused on across national engineering educational education programs innovation?• Informal branding of departments and programs
. recipients is not equally reflectedamong assistant professors.4Clearly women in SEM are operating in male-dominated fields. As such, they often encountersubtle (sometimes overt) biases which can impact their ability to achieve their full potential, tohave access to information and build social capital, and to be viewed as leaders. Indeed, similarto Valian’s5 discussion of gender schemas and the ‘accumulation of disadvantage’, Sonnert’sstudy Project Access6 and Mary Frank Fox’s7 research on productivity have confirmed subtlebarriers that, compounded over time, result in major disparities in the career advancement ofwomen and men in academia nationally. Their research indicates that: • Among younger women in the physical sciences, mathematics, and
engineers for professional endeavors.Students have numerous career choices available to them after graduation, and there is anopportunity to teach students how to navigate these options and make decisions that align withtheir professional and personal values and goals. This paper describes the implementation of anew course entitled Pathways to Impact offered at a large university that was created with theformal objective of exposing students to various professional pathway options and decision-making considerations. This course serves to enhance student confidence in understanding thedifferent ways in which they can make an impact throughout their careers, all while creating alearning experience that aims to strengthen students’ entrepreneurial
focused on engineering education research. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Engineering Doctoral Students’ Expectations, Reflections, and Concerns Regarding Future in AcademiaAbstractDoctoral students who choose an academic career path will essentially be required to teach courses.However, literature says most doctoral students have more research experience than teachingexperience. Additionally, the teaching experience they have is through their graduate teachingassistantships, which may or may not have associated training on how to teach. Teaching can bedifficult if you are not fully aware of the different dimensions associated with it. Engineeringdoctoral students who look to
AC 2011-459: PREPARING ENGINEERING STUDENTS FOR WORK INTHE 21ST CENTURYDean C. Millar, University at Buffalo, SUNY Dean C. Millar is an Assistant Dean of Engineering at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. In 1994, he began the Engineering Career Institute, a program that complements engineer- ing coursework and gives engineering students key career-professional skills, including pre-employment classes and credit-worthy industrial employment experience. Page 22.1173.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Preparing Engineering Students for Work in
entire freshman year and include both lecture and laboratory experiences.The curriculum has retained its broad range of content topics and its traditionalstrong design and laboratory focus.The curriculum changes will assure the breath and depth of knowledge to allowgraduates to enter industry with immediate productivity, to pursue a wide rangeof career opportunities, provide the basis for adjusting to life-long technologicalchanges, and graduate school studies.
student careerchoices. Survey results from 120 current and graduated Missouri S&T (S&T) students arepresented. Survey results indicated that: 1) students taking PLTW courses felt better preparedfor their S&T experience in terms of hands-on experience, creative problem solving, teamworkand software experience and 2) 72.5% of the student respondents recognized engineering as theiroriginal career path and that PLTW promoted their career choices.IntroductionIn recent years, there have been numerous K-12 programs to promote science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) education programs that have promoted the growth andinterest of science and math related fields. These STEM programs branch across a variety ofareas and grade
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
Paper ID #21334A Conceptual Model for Engineering Major ChoiceDr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Joyce B. Main is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Xinrui (Rose) Xu, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Xinrui (Rose) Xu is a doctoral student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She also serves as a career consultant
, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Marcia Pool is a Lecturer in bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In her career, Marcia has been active in improving undergraduate education through developing problem-based laboratories to enhance experimental design skills; developing a preliminary design course focused on problem identification and market space (based on an industry partner’s protocol); and mentoring and guiding student teams through the senior design capstone course and a translational course following senior design. To promote biomedical/bioengineering, Marcia works with Women in Engineering to offer outreach activities and is engaged at the national level as Executive Director of the biomedical
the number of science,technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career seeking individuals and increasing theretention of students preparing for this fields, is the lack of information and therefore low studentmotivation toward these careers. Students may also hold misconceptions regarding the nature oftechnological careers and this may also dissuade them from participating. Exposing students togreen energy and sustainability topics as a STEM context may be a motivating approach andwhen coupled with clarifying career information, it may sharpen much of the generallyambiguous knowledge on these topics. The understanding students gain might then change theirattitudes regarding STEM careers and lead to pursuit of academic studies leading to
linkage between engineering writing and disciplinary discourse with other mechanisms ofengineering graduate socialization, such as identity formation, socialization, persistence, anddesire to pursue academic careers. This study is designed as an embedded exploratory mixedmethods study of current graduate engineering students and recent non-completers that seek toanswer the following research questions: 1. How do graduate students at various stages in their PhD programs in engineering perceive the role of academic writing as it relates to academic socialization and success in future academic careers? 2. How are these perceptions different or similar for graduate students who are considering leaving or have left their
Michigan Technological Univer- sity. She graduated in 2019 from Michigan Tech with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineer- ing. Her current research focuses on perceptions of first year engineering students on the engineering disciplines as well as sustainable landfill design.Jason Mathews, Michigan Technological University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Family Influence on First-year Engineering Major ChoiceAbstractThis complete research paper discusses parent and family influences on the selection ofengineering as a college major. The choice of a career or profession is a developmental process[1] that is influenced by a diverse set of factors including familial influences [1
Engineering and Computing at National University in San Diego, California. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Using Artificial Intelligence in Academia to Help Students Choose Their Engineering ProgramAbstractIt is important to find an area of focus that is related to a career path that aligns with engineeringstudents’ abilities, technical background, and long-term goals. Due to the array of availablespecializations in industry categories, selecting the best fit for their interests is a big challenge forengineering students. For example, the computer science category includes informationtechnology, programming languages, software engineering, networks, etc. Most
skillsrequired to compete for a position. This research project explores how undergraduate mechanicalengineering students develop an understanding of how their coursework and extracurricularactivities give preparation for a career trajectory in the automotive industry. Freshmen enrolledin the undergraduate mechanical engineering degree are required to complete an Introduction toMechanical Engineering course, ME110. The course is designed to be an introduction to themechanical engineering profession and overviews engineering fundamentals, CAD basics,professional development, and other related skills. An initial assignment these freshmencomplete in this class is to imagine their future career and the steps that they will need to take toachieve it by way
acohort for structured professional development workshops that are relevant to both early andlate-career students. Workshop topics were selected from student focus groups and representativetopics include time management, LinkedIn, resumes, negotiation, career fairs, interviewing, andalumna panels. Each mentor/mentee pair also meets one-on-one three times a semester forunstructured mentoring. LEAP hosts social events where both current and past LEAP studentsare invited to encourage networking and community building across cohorts. We believe thatmentoring is one approach to cost-effective professional development; therefore, we plan toexpand our program to all first-year students in the Honors Engineering Program.