Page 26.300.6on campus, and participated in workshops on topics such as effective writing and “survivingengineering.” These co-curricular activities were intended to introduce students to differentresources on campus that could be valuable to them, and to call attention to some of the commonchallenges that students face during their first year. Students also went on site visits to localengineering companies, in order to familiarize them with the local engineering community, andgive them an overview of the various career opportunities available within the field.Throughout their time in the program, participants stayed in a residence hall together and had thesupport of a peer mentor, a sophomore engineering student who provided assistance
-confidence16. Frequently used as a response to retention in STEM because itprovides an opportunity for “investigative learning, technology…engag[ing students] in hands-on, real life projects…changing thecurriculum to promote more collaborative group work [which] has also helped students develop peer networks”10(p.4). In reference tothe approach developed by Geisinger and Raman (2013), there are three potential attrition factors that are not traditionally addressedthrough service learning. Those factors are high school preparation, interest and career goals, and race and gender. As a result, analternative method to address race and gender, and interest and career goals is through mentoring. Providing service-learningopportunities that influence
composition of the teaching staff atGerman research universities have different roles and responsibilities, recruitmentrequirements, career levels, and designations for teaching staff. In the organization anddelivery of the necessary teaching and student assessment provisions, relatively few tenuredfull professors are supported by comparatively few teaching staff members and external part-time lecturers, but by a huge number of so-called “assistants.” These assistants usually areyoung graduates with a master’s degree, hired shortly after their graduation. Professors andassistants are required to perform research and to teach. This is a result of the traditional andhighly appreciated German “Einheit von Forschung und Lehre” (the unity of research
Engineering (CNSE) Figure 3: Selected Photos of ECE-GIRLS. 4 Working on group project on FPGA-based piano: A Verilog programming and FPGA implementation based group project – keyboard piano- was designed to expose high school girls to important ECE concept and encourage them to pursue an engineering degree in college and then a career in engineering. Touring university ECE facilities: In addition to equipment and facilities in the ECE department, there are great resources available at NDSU to ECE faculty and students. The Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) provides IC testing resources
education philosophy is founded on the Project Ori- ented Design Based Learning (PODBL) approach at Deakin University.Mr. Simon William Cavenett Simon Cavenett is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Professional Practice (Engineering) at the School of Engineering at Deakin University. Prior to joining Deakin University in 2007 his 20 year career was based in industry. His career includes a number of significant achievements both in Australia and inter- nationally, particularly involving the design and implementation of leading edge telecommunications and IT technologies. Simon has extensive experience internationally; having worked professionally based the United States for over 11 years prior to returning to Australia to
is necessary to expand and extend the avenues toreach students who otherwise may be unable to realize engineering as a career. One method tohelp recruit underrepresented students into the science, technology, engineering, and math(STEM) pipeline is to provide STEM interventions to pre-college students.This paper discusses a novel STEM intervention that occurs at a technical engineering researchconference and targets underserved high school students from varying geographic conferencelocations. The primary categories of underserved students targeted for this intervention areAfrican American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American/Pacific Islander, and socioeconomicallydisadvantaged students. In this paper, we discuss the challenges associated with
campus resources, and incorporated several in-class discussions ontopics including pedagogy, choosing major, academic advising, preparing for a career, stressmanagement, and support resources.In the non-advised section, students spent an equivalent amount of time in weekly team progressmeetings. The instructor and teaching assistants spoke with each group independently for about 8minutes to see how their team was functioning, what progress they had made, what materialsthey might need, to give advice on their design, and to encourage brainstorming whereappropriate. In the first year of intervention, the non-advised group was taught first, followed bythe advised section. In the second year of intervention the order was reversed.Regardless of
, each student writes about how their leadership abilities interact witheffectiveness of their teammates’ abilities to help ensure project success. group Competencies Reflecting on expert accounts of leadership: After guest presentations aboutself-selected by leadership in bioengineering careers, students will write about the leadership students competencies that they deem most important and personally relevant. Reflecting on self-value and personal goals for development of leadership skills: In the first class meeting, after a class discussion on defining leadership, Self- students write a private letter to their future self, responding to prompts
Longo joined UNLV’s Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering as their Technical Writer in Oc- tober 2010. Her primary responsibilities include helping faculty prepare papers for publication as well as technical reports to funding agencies, and presenting workshops on technical writing as well as ethics in engineering. She has a B.S. in Biology from Rutgers University and an M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Longo has worked in Technical Communications for most of her career. In 1976, she was a Senior Editor in Life Sciences on the first editorial board for an Elsevier subsidiary, Academic American En- cyclopedia, known today as New Grolier. For almost 15 years, she worked at
MS students. Supported by ACUASI and UAF educational programs, theUB program helps low-income, prospective first-generation college students in rural Alaskan schoolsby promoting interest in STEM career fields. The project is named “Modern Blanket Toss” after theNative tradition of the blanket toss, which enabled people to be lofted into the air and expand theirrange of observation beyond the immediate surroundings. The program addresses an identified need forSTEM initiatives in rural Alaska through the use of an innovative structure and a novel learning toolthat is replicable and scalable to other high schools.The MBT program is currently in year 2 of a 3-year effort, serving over 50 students from 6 differentvillages. UAS designed by the
professional skills needed to establish a foundation for a successful career andfulfill the high calling of a practicing Civil Engineer.Procedures for systematic collection of assessment data were instituted and have been in placefor more than ten years. Data is collected on all twenty-two adopted outcomes, including asubset of nine outcomes specifically focused on professional skills. Data from direct and indirectmeasures are collected on an annual basis including Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)knowledge area scores, Embedded Indicator results, and Senior Exit Survey responses. Each ofthese assessment methods is described, collected data is summarized over a period of severalyears, and results are compared to investigate useful relationships between
college. Thus, in the absence of improved college prep programs, colleges need tobridge the gap.For minority students who achieve high school graduation, community college is often the nextstep. Packard3 concluded that community colleges often provide an entry point for firstgeneration, low income, racial/ethnic minority or non-traditional college students. Increasing thenumbers of successfully graduating minority students in Science, Technology, Engineering andMath (STEM) is known to be achieved by intentional strategies to recruit students to and retainstudents at community colleges: emphasizing dual credit classes in high school, providingopportunity for career related experiences and providing community-related support4. Otherresearch showed
-orienteduniversities [1] in graduating potential industry leaders, managers and supervisors with a broaderview of STEM disciplines, which may provide additional incentive to prospective students to maketheir career decisions towards STEM areas.What is Mechatronics?The term mechatronics was first used in the late 1960s by a Japanese Electric Company to describethe engineering integration between mechanical and electrical systems. It is an integratedcomprehensive study of electromechanical systems, integrating electrical, mechanical andcomputer engineering areas [1]. Mechatronics can be defined as the analysis, design, andintegration of mechanics with electronics through intelligent computer control [2], as can be seenin Figure 1: Figure 1 Mechatronics
chassis. Projects will be evaluated on adherence to design constraints, creativity, and speed of their vehicles. Project Goals and Motivation: Baker College Flint has shifted its admissions and outreach processes over the past few years to focus more on middle school and high school students. Bringing younger students into the college creates a need for more hands on activities. Instead of showing students the laser cutter and 3D printers on a tour and demonstration we want to give them a hands on experience to design, do rough analysis and print out a shell for a remote control vehicle. Most students, especially students who come to us interested in STEM topics and STEM careers, have heard of 3D printing. Exposing students to the technology
is an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engi- neering at Oregon State UniversityDr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University Shane Brown is an associate professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. His research interests include conceptual change and situated cognition. He received the NSF CAREER award in 2010 and is working on a study to characterize practicing engineers’ understand- ings of core engineering concepts. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Instructors Playing the Role of Developer and Implementer: Impacts on Material DevelopmentBackgroundThis
making and moral reasoning. The paper concludes with thoughtson the potential benefits of this approach and future directions for investigation.Ethical Reasoning in EngineeringThe need to respond to ethical dilemmas is important in many career fields. The presence ofethical decision making in medical or psychological professions may be more obvious to thegeneral public than in engineering. Although the existence of ethical decisions may not beimmediately recognizable in engineering, these dilemmas do exist. For example, a civil engineermay face environmental ethics decisions when designing a road that would cut through amountain; or a mechanical engineer may be required to serve as an expert witness on a court caseinvestigating the responsible
districts across Ohio preparing students for STEM career and college endeavors.Larraine A. Kapka, Sinclair Community College Assistant Dean and Professor, Sinclair Community College MSME, MS Ind Mgt, PE (Ohio) Over 20 years industry experience 15 years higher education experience c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Virtual Online Tensile Strength Testing SimulationAbstractSupported through NSF-DUE, this TUES Type 1 project is 1) developing an open source,virtual, online tensile testing laboratory simulation; 2) conducting research to compare the costsand learning outcomes for using on-site, hands-on tensile testing equipment versus an onlinesimulation; 3) creating close industry
highest ethical and professional standards towards employers and community during their professional career; recognize the need and engage in life-long learning activities through the pursuit of further studies, on-job training and certification; and reach professional success through working and communicating effectively within multidisciplinary team, solving real-world problems, and assuming leadership roles with integrity and high responsibility in their organizations.Common Theme of ExcellenceAll the institutions had some common approaches to accreditations. These are in spite of widedifferences in educational and cultural backgrounds of the students and faculty. Even betweenthe two institutions in the
among other serious academic subjects at the secondary school level that is not at the technician standard. The optics of this positioning in the eyes of the public is critical to engineering. It positions engineering to be fundamental to all highly educated people.”, Dan Mote, President of National Academy, October 2013.• "The problem solving, systems thinking, and teamwork aspects of engineering can benefit all students, whether or not they ever pursue an engineering career," said Linda Katehi, Chancellor of UC Davis, "A K-12 education that does not include at least some exposure to engineering is a lost opportunity for students and for the nation.“• “It is important to brand Engineering at the K-12 level to
treat- ment processes, and water education. She is involved in outreach programs for K-12 students to increase the participation of Hispanic female students in STEM fieldsDr. Gerri Cole, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017An Innovative Approach to Recruit and Retain Historically Underrepresented Students in EngineeringAbstractThe Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields do not usually attract firstgeneration, low-income, and minority students (such as women, Hispanics, and AfricanAmerican, etc.). There are various ways to increase the number of minority students’participation in STEM careers, but one of the most frequently
together.One of the benefits of spending many years in industry – over 50 years of combined experience –in new product development, is the experience of leading and managing teams who areconstantly innovating. This includes creating and inventing ways to build new products andprocesses and ways to significantly improve or replace existing products and processes andleading and managing teams of various professions and skills types (engineering, finance,marketing (product and outbound), manufacturing, service and support, etc.), from new hires, toseasoned, to end-of-career professionals. From that experience, we have realized that (1) theformulaic approach to engineering (and business) education has pushed innovation to thewayside, and (2) lack of
education; learning in the workplace; curricular and pedagogical development; and the preparation of professionals for social justice goals.Naeun Cheon, University of WashingtonMs. Elba Camila Moise, University of WashingtonDr. Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington Professor of Learning Sciences & Human Development c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Investigating Student Perceptions of an Engineering Department’s Climate: The Role of Peer RelationsDiversity in engineering remains low despite decades of rhetoric and efforts to broadenparticipation and retention. Social and cultural groups historically underrepresented in STEMeducation and careers
., silentreading time, mathematics worksheets, etc.). However, these engineering interventions may notbe sufficiently appealing to students’ personal interests and resulting in a sustained, persistentpursuit of engineering.This paper presents pilot results from administering the Fit of Personal Interests and Perceptionsof Engineering Survey (F-PIPES) across 16 National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK) workshop sites as part of a larger project. Thepilot included a survey of the 3rd-5th grade students’ personal interests as mapped to the sixdimensions of interests in Holland’s Career Theory (1997)—realistic, investigative, artistic,social, enterprising, and conventional. The students then took a survey
K-12 teachers to infuse engineering intotheir science classrooms, action must be taken to ensure teachers are prepared to successfullyimplement the new standards. Waiting until students reach middle or high school to incorporateengineering practices into the classroom is too late, as students begin making career decisionsand developing vital academic skills in elementary school. This makes the elementary years animportant time for introducing engineering, yet little is known about how prepared elementaryteachers are to integrate engineering practices into their science lessons. Most teacher preparation programs do not prepare elementary teachers to incorporateengineering practices into their classrooms, and professional development
People Learning Engineering Survey (APPLES), social good receivedthe highest average score of four motivations from 753 millennial students at four institutionswho persisted in engineering over five years [26]. In predicting the engineering career intentionsof 6,722 students from 50 institutions enrolled in the NSF-funded Sustainability and Gender inEngineering (SaGE) survey, Klotz, et al. determined students were more likely to chooseengineering if they wished to address energy-related issues, water-supply issues, or opportunitiesfor future generations their careers [27]. Since students enrolling at LUC are drawn to oursustainability initiatives [28, 29] and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) efforts[30-32], an integrated social
supportive engineering skills and mindsetsDuring this process the committee looked to see how well the outcomes in the onion mapped toinstitutional learning outcomes. Communication and cooperation were both part of the “basicengineering skills” whereas ethics, leadership, and culture and global awareness were allsubcategories of “multiple perspectives on role of engineers and engineering work.” We alsolooked at the mapping of the current ME learning outcomes to the onion in Figure 1. Ourdepartment outcomes include the following: our graduates will be successful in their careers, ourgraduates set and meet their own goals for career fulfillment, our graduates will continueprofessional development, our
career engineers to adapt to engineering workplace culture.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University Dr. Samantha R. Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor within The Polytechnic School, one of six schools in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. She is a mixed-methods researcher with focus on the preparation and pathways of engineering students. Her specific research interests include engineering student persistence and career decision-making, early career engineering practice, faculty pedagogical risk-taking, and entrepreneurial mindset. She completed her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford
manufacturing, aerial robotics, and an increased variety of electronicdevices, such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Students who enrolled this course not only learned theknowledge and critical thinking strategies necessary to excel in the STEM field but are alsofacilitated with the skills necessary to pursue a career in engineering.IntroductionI. VEX CompetitionThe VEX robotics competition matches are played on a 12 by 12-foot field with two alliance colors,red and blue. Each alliance color is composed of two teams forming a red alliance or bluealliance. The objective of the game is to obtain a higher score than the opposing alliance.Each new season features a unique stem challenge played with different scoring objects andmethods. In the 2018~2019 VEX
engineering and embedded systems design courses, and studies the use of context in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Com- puter Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI on several 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?,” and is a Co-PI on the NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments grant ”Additive Innovation: An Educational Ecosystem of Making and Risk Taking.” He was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014
; Most engineering students lack exposure to social justice in their coursework> Attract students to engineering through social justice theme: – Interdisciplinary field, may attract students from all majors – Appealing to underrepresented students, who are more likely to make educational and career choices based on opportunities for service to their communitiesNational Academy of Engineering (2008). Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering.Hess, J.L. and Fore, G. (2017) “A Systematic Literature Review of US Engineering Ethics Interventions.” Science and Engineering Ethics. DOI:10.1007/s11948-017-9910-6.Herkert, J.R. (2010) “Engineering ethics education in the