management projects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain management and logistics focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are integral part of her service-learning based logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on engineering education and learning sciences with a focus on how to engage students better to prepare their minds for the future. Her other research interests include empirical studies to assess impact of good supply chain practices such as coordinated decision making in stochastic supply chains, handling supply chains during times of crisis and
individualpositionalities are included within this section to provide audiences with a lens to view the results.Amanda Singer was a graduate teaching assistant within Michigan Technological University’sFirst-year engineering program at the time of this study’s development and data collection. Dr.Michelle Jarvie Eggart is an assistant professor within the Department of EngineeringFundamentals at Michigan Tech and taught the sections of the First-Year Engineering (FYE)courses in which students were surveyed for this work. Dr. Akua Oppong-Anane is an assistantprofessor and academic advisor within the FYE program at Montana Technological University.Like Dr. Jarvie Eggart, Dr. Oppong-Anane was the course faculty member for the section ofstudents surveyed at Montana
Paper ID #43708Board 87: Work in Progress: The 2TO4 Project - Facilitated Transition from2-Year to 4-Year Electrical and Computer Engineering StudiesDr. Kenneth A Connor, Inclusive Engineering Consortium & Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Kenneth Connor is Program Officer at the Inclusive Engineering Consortium (IEC), whose mission is to enable MSI ECE programs to produce more and better prepared graduates from groups that have been historically underrepresented in ECE careers. He is also an emeritus professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI
student the Department of English at Old Dominion University. She teaches composition, scientific, digital, and technical writing, and her research interests include professional and technical writing, as well as sound studies, games, and simulation.Dr. Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University Pilar Pazos is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department at Old Dominion University. Her areas of research include team-based work structures, collaborative learning, knowledge management and decision making.Dr. Daniel Richards, Old Dominion University Daniel Richards, Ph.D. is assistant professor of technical and professional writing in the Department of
alongside faculty mentors. Claudine has also co-facilitated multiple Conversations about Race and Ethnicity (C.A.R.E.) Circles and C.A.R.E. Speaks through the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) to undergraduate students across the SU colleges and departments including RAs in an effort to impact demonstrative change in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility on campus. Claudine is a licensed Social Worker (LMSW). She graduated from Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a minor in Communications, and later went on to pursue a Master’s degree in Social Work from Fordham University. Claudine began her social work career in the field of child
while maintaining a balance with summer activities.With a 20-hour weekly commitment, the program ensures meaningful involvement in researchwhile respecting personal time, achieving a balance between academic development andindividual interests.Faculty members are encouraged to volunteer as mentors, proposing one or two projects withdetailed summaries. These are then presented to students, highlighting the diversity of researchopportunities available.Recruitment channels include email lists and faculty presentations, with communications clearlydetailing program expectations, application procedures, and participant stipends. Applicantsprovide contact and academic information, a statement of interest, and their preferred facultymentor choices
, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career pathways hasoften been limited, particularly for students in high needs schools. This study reports the resultsof a university-based professional development intervention for school counselors, whereparticipants engaged in training in academic preparation for engineering study, outreachopportunities, bridge programs, as well as the variety of engineering disciplines accessible tostudents. University faculty in engineering and science education designed and implemented theworkshop. Preliminary data from select counselor participants (N=11) indicated that few hadteaching experience before becoming a counselor, they advised an average of 251 students/year,they had little knowledge of the Next
COVID-related issues as well. These workshops were followed in 2021 by another series focused onsocial justice: Anti-Racism Practice in Engineering: Exploring, Learning & Solutions (ARPELS)[3]. A key outcome of the ARPELS workshops was the concept of the equitable partnership.The mission of the Inclusive Engineering Consortium (IEC) is to enable MSI ECE programs toproduce more and better prepared graduates from groups that have been historicallyunderrepresented in ECE careers. We hypothesize that key to achieving this goal is more fullyengaging the students, staff and faculty at HBCUs, HSIs and TCUs in the broad ECE educationand research enterprise by building partnerships with PWIs, industry, government labs, etc.These partnerships must be
Paper ID #42108Board 295: HSI Planning Project: Integrative Undergraduate STEM Educationat Angelo State University (I-USE ASU Grant #2122828)Dr. Brittany Paige Trubenstein, Angelo State University Dr. Paige Trubenstein (or Dr. T) is an Angelo State alumna who graduated from ASU in 2015 with her Bachelor of Science in psychology. She attended the University of California, Riverside, where she obtained her master’s degree in developmental psychology in 2017 and her Ph.D. in developmental psychology in 2020. She eagerly returned to ASU as a faculty member in the fall of 2019, and she teaches multiple undergraduate and
active member of ASEE since 1998. She joined as a graduate student, after working on an engineering education project and presenting that work and student chapter activities at annual conference. As a faculty member, she regularly publishes and presents at the ASEE Annual Conference. Her interests are in design education and assessment in mechanical and biomedical engineering. She previously served ASEE in leadership roles in the ERM and Mechanics Divisions and as PIC-III Chair.Miss Alissa Papernik Undergraduate Student at Rowan University’s College of EngineeringAmanda Ferreira Dias-Liebold, Rowan University Undergraduate Student at Rowan University College of Engineering American
clients with their printing needs. Students who use ourservices most often are those requiring additive manufacturing to build prototypes or models fortheir capstone projects, entrepreneur business classes, and first-year engineering projects.Figure 1: Launch Lab maker space with AR/VR systems and 3D printersParticipation in Launch Lab is inclusive and dynamic. The group meets weekly to discuss newand ongoing business. Attendees include students, faculty, staff, and persons from outside ouruniversity. Everyone with an interest is welcome to participate in Launch Lab projects and toattend our meetings. A few founding faculty members provide a stable core of membership whilemost students, faculty, and community members participate when their
student happens not to benefit from the goodwill of a faculty or career counselor, then their career trajectories are significantly disrupted.It is proposed to formally document the student-to-workforce pipeline. A formal system like atranscript that tracks student-to-workforce development activities is recommended. Formal STEMpipelines are traditionally academic programs, formal industry internship programs, and on-campusresearch experiences. For example, participation can be tracked and used to identify if a studenthas ”leaked out” (i.e. no graduation, no work placement) of the pipeline. This one student is 100%of an entire demographic at the institution. Historically, the data sets have been limited to 1 or 2students of this demographic. In
Center for the Improvement of MentoredExperiences in Research [22]. During Fall 2020, a significantly adapted version of thisprofessional development program was offered as a new course (EGR 193: Introduction toEngineering Research) for the first-year, first-semester students newly admitted to academic yearresearch program.The decision to deploy this new course in the Fall of 2020 was in part an effort to provideadditional supports during the global pandemic. Under normal (in-person) circumstances, first-year college students can struggle to understand course expectations, manage the workload, andbalance personal and academic goals [23]–[25]. High-quality programs that support students’social, emotional and physical wellbeing can assist
Page 26.289.5own self-efficacy in an engineering program. Table 2. Level of agreement with statements regarding self-efficacy in an engineeringdepartment based on the two groups of students. The range of responses were 1 – 5 where higher numbers indicate greater agreement. Existing, Anticipating, n=27 n=31 All faculty members treat me with fairness and respect* 4.1 4.6 I feel that I am an equal participant in group work 4.0 4.3 I am comfortable approaching instructors for help outside of class
presenting their inventions (flip chart and oral) to engineering faculty, technologytransfer faculty, parents and friends.While many of the programs described above focused on components of STEM, the EverydayEngineering program is unique as it focused on a diverse array of fields in engineering as theyrelate to all aspects of STEM including bioengineering, computer science, robotics, and electricalcircuits. Everyday Engineering was also unique in that the students were presented with thechallenge of designing an invention of their own making. Thus encouraging the students toexplore design topics most relevant to their own personal experience and fleshing out these ideasthrough team building, collaboration, and critique. Everyday Engineering engaged
program value to indicate the exceptional learningopportunities SA programs offer.11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16A review of literature provides an array of assessment tools that may be used as a stand-alone orin concert with other tools (See Table 1). Each of these tools provides information that enablesresearchers and SA faculty to better determine how programs enhance student learning.The tools are designed to indicate competency development in students in areas such asincreased cultural understanding, improved communication skills, strengthened language ability,flexibility, and open-mindedness.2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18 In addition, this skill development oftenresults in personal reflection and growth that changes students in terms of their
undergraduate degree and this modeling would be showcased bythe diverse career pathways of the faculty body. After all, students came to Wake ForestUniversity to combine a traditional liberal arts education with the innovation of an engineeringdegree. Students wanted to use their engineering degree for both engineering and non-engineering pathways and diverse professional pathways. Students wanted a technicalengineering degree but had unique interests to combine general knowledge, engineeringdisciplinary knowledge, and professional knowledge. Faculty with both traditional academicjourneys and faculty with industry experience would need to be recruited and to be united arounda common vision, mission, and values of the new department. As will be visible
byproviding an “artifact” for participating children to include in their career portfolios betweengrades 3-12. Developed in cooperation with school district administrators, Aspirations is ascaffold of programs strategically integrated throughout K-12 at the elementary, middle, andhigh school levels to support the awareness of, exploration of, and readiness for post-secondaryeducation and employment.Elementary - AwarenessAt the elementary level, Connected Classrooms introduces young children to a collegeenvironment by establishing partnerships between college-level and elementary schoolclassrooms. Lafayette College faculty partner with EASD elementary school faculty to determinehow their curricular activities align and how they can collaboratively
,experience, career plans, and overall goals. We received a total of 13 applications. We downselected these 13 candidates through 10 minute Skype interviews with the students, askingstudents to elaborate more on their academic interests and career trajectory. Following theirresponses, the faculty team independently ranked the students and through discussion came upwith the final selection. We opted for a 6 students in an effort to keep the gender ratio balanced.We also balanced for class level and broad general interest of the student. After selection, wesent our formal invitations to all 6 students. All selected students accepted participation in ourprogram.Two members of the faculty team returned to the Colonias community to personally meet
foster an environment where diverse and creative people are successful in the pursuit of engineering and computing degrees. Jean’s efforts have been recognized with numerous awards including the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development award, the American Society for Engineering Education John A. Curtis Lecturer award, and the Bagley College of Engineering Service award. Jean earned her B.S. and M.S. in computer engineering from Mississippi State University, and her Ph.D. in engineering education from Virginia Tech.Ms. Lorena Andrea Benavides Riano, Mississippi State University Lorena Benavides-Riano, originally from Colombia, is a first-year Engineering Ph.D. student at Missis- sippi State
and large scale struc- tures for aerospace applications. She is the founder and adviser for the Women of Aerospace student organization at MSU. Dr. Sullivan is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She is the recipient of the 2019 Hermann Oberth Award and the 2014 SAE International Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award. Dr. Sullivan is a member of the MSU Bagley College of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Teachers.Miss Soundouss Sassi, Mississippi State University Soundouss Sassi is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Mississippi State University. Her advisor is Dr. Jean Mohammadi Aragh. In 2016 she earned a Master in Aerospace Engineering from the same
’ problemsolving and decision making skills (CRLT, n.d.). The curricula in business, law and medicalschools have been based for decades on the analysis of real world cases; however, this has notbeen the case in engineering. We believe that what-if case studies of social and societal issueshave the potential to not only bring URM and women students into the engineering fold, butalso to make our mainstream engineering students more involved and intellectually morecurious about social issues.We need to provide a ready-to-use platform for such explorations at the university level. Itshould help nudge engineering faculty members and students to become more open tocollaboration with colleagues in liberal arts. This ‘platform’ at our university has been a multi
navigate anxiety and culture shock that mayaccompany undertaking a new endeavor in an unfamiliar place. Additionally, the advisor canhelp students network by making new contacts and gaining exposure to other faculty, advancedstudents, and members of their broader professional community.6,7 The advisor-advisee relationship is complex and life-changing; one’s advisor can help togenerate ideas about and support for postgraduate career choices, and help influence students’professional identity.8 In fields like engineering, where the academic advisor may also serve as astudent’s research supervisor,8 the advisor-advisee relationship includes myriad power dynamics.As a result, the advising relationship could have positive and/or negative effects
inproviding transformational educational experiences for students, and that it is an excellent way toattract and retain diverse students to STEM disciplines. It is also one of the best places to embedinformation literacy education; PBL is an established method of bringing both disciplinary skillsand lifelong learning skills together in ways that are engaging for students, and in the case ofservice learning, impactful to communities or individual stakeholders.4,5 WPI, as well as otherinstitutions aiming to graduate future engineers across specializations, use student projectoutcomes to support professional as well as technical skills development for a wide variety ofaccreditation standards, including but not limited to those of ABET in the U.S.A
otherindividuals. These assignments and assessments were developed to not only help students betterexplore possible career and course options, but to help them discover how they can find thisinformation and expand their network.While this initial “What is Engineering?” module helped students to explore courses, engineeringprofessions, and get advice on their future, it lacked a deeper, more contextual understanding ofengineering practice. Thus, the engineering faculty utilized the strong liberal arts foundation atWFU to begin a mutual partnership with the Department of History, noting that several studiesdemonstrate that history and engineering are a good match for interdisciplinary pedagogy [4,6].Dr. Monique O’Connell, a historian specializing in
Calculusupon college entrance were significantly more likely to graduate with a degree in engineeringthan students who were not Calculus-eligible [15]. They also noted, however, that there could beother factors acting upon this relationship that could explain more of the variability in persistence[15]. These findings were further evaluated through a follow-up investigation in which Bowenand colleagues [9] explored the impact of Calculus-readiness upon engineering persistence todegree completion along with the potential mediating effect of students’ “at-risk” status. Theresearchers discovered that indeed Calculus-readiness upon college entrance was a significantpredictor of engineering degree completion and accounted for 11% of the overall variance
a loose relationship with connections established by individual faculty orstaff members without formal ties. These individual connections have now grown to includesignificant National Science Foundation (NSF) scholarships in science, technology, engineering,and mathematics (S-STEM) grant known as Engineering Neighbors: Gaining Access, GrowingEngineers (ENGAGE). This creates a partnership between the institutions to support studentsuccess through pre-transfer, during transfer, and post-transfer stages. This is done byminimizing economic barriers and supporting student development in five areas: academic,engineering transfer/career path, personal, connection, and professional. ENGAGE is alsodesigned to create sustainable change so that our
." Enhancing Student Retention: UsingInternational Policy and Practice, an international conference sponsored by the European Access Network and theInstitute for Access Studies at Staffordshire University. Amsterdam.[23] Lopatto, D. (2007). Undergraduate research experiences support science career decisions and active learning.Cell Biology Education-Life Sciences Education 6, 297-306.[24] Kuh, D.D. (2008). High-impact educational practices: What they are, who has access to them, and why theymatter. American Association of Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC.[25] Bandura, A. and Walters, R. (1963) Social learning and personality development. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston,New York.[26] King, A. (1990) Enhancing peer interaction and learning in the
offerprograms to their undergraduate students which encourage overseas study and internships, insome cases even providing a stipend to the students. These are excellent opportunities forfaculty members to work with talented students with the potential to enroll in graduate programsand conduct further research. In fact, a motivating factor for some students is the potential tocontribute to preliminary results which allow the faculty member to secure funding whichincludes a research assistantship to continue the same work. Thus, a pro bono internship couldbe viewed as an investment in future academic endeavors.Initially 10 students indicated acceptance of a pro bono research project based on a briefexplanation of the topic: a new design for a solar power
proposed solutions [20].Research ContextThe U.S. Department of Energy Race to Zero Student Design Competition is an annualcompetition that challenges students to create zero energy buildings (ZEB). In the 2018 Race toZero, teams could choose between two different types of ZEB: residential (single or multi-unit)or institutional (elementary school) buildings. The 2018 RTZ Purdue team comprised sevenstudent team members, one student team leader (STL), two faculty advisors and one facultyleader. Six student team members were selected jointly by the faculty leader and STL. Theseventh member (landscape architect) was chosen after the development of the project hadalready been initiated. The team also counted on the collaboration of industry advisors