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Minnesota, Dulut ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Experiences in Piloting a Program for Implementing High Impact Practices with Limited ResourcesAbstractIt is known that low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students in engineering andcomputer science have rates of retention and graduation that lag behind their peers. A growingbody of research has identified a range of high-impact practices and exemplar programs thathave been successful in improving outcomes for these at-risk populations. Some areas that thesepractices seek to address include: financial need, academic preparation, sense of community,confidence, and professional identity. The challenge of
themselves as engineers and the work that engineering entails.The overarching goal of our research agenda is to facilitate future research aimed atunderstanding how working in teams influences the emergence of professional identity andcapability among undergraduate engineering students. The purpose of this study is to advancedevelopment of a tool, the Within-team Task Choice Survey (WTCS), for collecting data abouthow students spend time, select tasks, and envision their role in the context of a team-baseddesign project.Literature Review: Team-based learning in engineering designWidely used as a pedagogical strategy for developing technical skills and professionaldispositions, team-based learning is commonly leveraged in design courses in chemical
work? 2) Over the course of their early college experiences with mathematics, science, and engineering, how do students’ global affect about mathematics, science, and engineering change? 3) How do students’ local and global affect about mathematics, science, and engineering contribute to/interact with their identities, including engineering identity?While affect has been widely studied using qualitative methods, our parallel use of qualitativeinterviews and piloting of quantitative survey instruments will contribute to the development ofquantitative measures of affect that can be employed by others in STEM education. For thepurposes of this short grant summary, we will be focusing on the second research question
specific to a first year Thermodynamics course, and aMechanical and Biosystems engineering program, demonstrate the aptitudes for lifelong learning.The analysis is guided by the research question that emerged from the data: What evidence ofstudents’ aptitudes for lifelong learning is found when students are encouraged to speak abouttheir learning experiences? The data are analyzed via hypothesis coding that was constructedusing the seven Dimensions of Learning Power from Deakin Crick et al.’s (2004) EffectiveLifelong Learning Inventory (ELLI)6, and the emergent codes of Becoming an engineer andAppreciation for lifelong learning. Through this pilot study, which has serendipitously emergedfrom these data, we propose to explore both the capacity and
has emerged as a core skill for thesuccess of new graduates and career growth. While the leadership studies field enjoys a broadliterature base, there is concern that many leadership development efforts have not demonstratedquantitatively substantive impacts on their students [9]. Some suggest this may be due to thecomplex, individual, and dynamic nature of leader development [10].IdentityOne approach that has emerged to meet the challenges of leader formation is identity (how onesees oneself, and is seen by others, in society). This approach has seen growth in the leadershipstudies field (e.g.,[3]) but is yet to be widely applied within an engineering context [11]. Thatsaid, some scholars interested in engineering leadership development have
that areunder-represented in a specific field of study or profession relative to their numbers in the generalpopulation. In this work, the fields of study used to define an under-represented minority include Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Under-represented minorities do not necessarily havesimilar characteristics such as culture (family, ethnic, social), motivations, perspectives etc. For example,a Hispanic student who grows up in the inner city, is on free or reduced lunch, and lives in a governmentsubsidized home often has little in common with a Hispanic student who is raised in a financially stablehousehold in the suburbs. Additionally, an under-represented minority with immigrant parents may beraised in a cultural
, J. Robinson, J. McLean, K. Jensen, and H. Golecki, “Revolutionizing Robotics: Broadening the Definition of Engineering by Engaging Students in Soft Robotics,” The Science Teacher, vol. 90, no. 5, May 2023, [Online]. Available: https://www.nsta.org/science-teacher/science-teacher-mayjune-2023/revolutionizing- robotics[16] H. M. Golecki, T. Tran, E. McNeela, and K. J. Jensen, “Pilot Study of the Impacts of a Robotics Curriculum on Student’s Subject-related Identities and Understanding of Engineering,” in Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education, Baltimore, MD, Jun. 2023.[17] S. E. Coulter, “Using the retrospective pretest to get usable, indirect evidence of student learning,” Assessment &
, directed by academicmentors, with the goal of establishing a small class atmosphere that promotes peer-to-peer interactions, expandslearning beyond the classroom, and provides with mentoring and role modelling relationships. The initial goal ofthe program was to generate intrinsic motivation in engineering students regarding their civil engineeringeducation [12]. The purpose of this exploratory study is to present preliminary information about the implementationof Icarus, as a radical engineering education experiment. The program’s goal was to provide students with adifferent space to develop the competencies and skills desired while simultaneously they form their identity asengineers. Icarus is an innovative solution since the School or
mathematics graduate students. As of Fall 2016, I will be an Assistant Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson Uni- versity.Dr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is an Associate Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in Bioengineering. Her research focuses on the interactions between student moti- vation and their learning experiences. Her projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and their problem solving processes. Other projects in the Benson group include effects of student-centered active learning, self-regulated learning, and incor- porating engineering into
psychologicalsafety survey, survey on perceptions of class, and a CoP-specific instrument, the CommunityAssessment Toolkit (CAT). In this paper we report on our piloting of the instruments.Introduction.A recent National Academies report notes the need for changes in graduate STEM education:“Recent surveys of employers and graduates and studies of graduate education suggest that manygraduate programs do not adequately prepare students to translate their knowledge intoimpact…” (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [NASEM], 2018) (p. 1).In particular, students need to develop abilities for working in collaborative and team settings, tocommunicate to diverse audiences, to acquire pedagogical skills (p. 96), and to deal with diverseopinions
education. The presented findings emanate from the fourth phase of anextensive multiphase mixed-method research project. The project seeks to elucidate theimpediments that underrepresented students, particularly women, face in pursuing graduateengineering degrees and the potential solutions to overcome those barriers.Our methodology in this phase encompassed a comprehensive mixed-method survey, garneringresponses from over 600 undergraduate and graduate engineering students within the Faculty ofEngineering. Preliminary analyses revealed that the decision to pursue graduate studies isinfluenced by intersectional identity variables.In the sphere of engineering education, the pursuit of diversity, inclusion, and equity has longbeen recognized as
the Graduate Teaching Fellowship from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Departmental Doctoral and Masters Awards in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University, and the R.C. Edwards Graduate Recruiting Fellowship from Clemson Univer- sity. Dr. Caldwell is a member of ASME and Pi Tau Sigma.Dr. Michael Helms, Georgia Institute of TechnologyDr. Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Julie S. Linsey is an Assistant Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technological. Dr. Linsey received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas. Her research area is design cognition including systematic methods and tools
Paper ID #32883Engaging High School Students in Computer Science Through MusicRemixing: An EarSketch-based Pilot Competition and EvaluationDr. Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology Roxanne Moore is currently a Research Engineer at Georgia Tech with appointments in the school of Mechanical Engineering and the Center for Education Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Computing (CEISMC). She is involved with engineering education innovations from K-12 up to the collegiate level. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2012.Dr. Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology Sunni
such, our efforts in thisthird phase of study delve more deeply into program participants’ experiences of culture, power,and belonging. Through these efforts, we offer a functional sketch of the individualcharacteristics of a program (developed to support transformative learning) that mostsignificantly impact overall program culture to create a transformative educational environmentfor engineering students. 1.2. Communities of PracticeWhen developing educational programs to be piloted as transformative learning interventions atthe beginning of phase two of our study [2], we identified the Community of Practice (CoP)framework because of the potential ease of integration of the transformative learning influencersinto this model of
, graduate, and undergraduate teaching assistants.PurposeThe purpose of the first phase of the pilot is to investigate the current practices of five of thethirty-five KEEN institutions that are currently incorporating EML elements into their first-yearengineering curricula. Through assessing these current practices, we will be able to develop acurriculum that integrates the best practices and examines the progress of student motivation,identity, engineering skillsets, and learning over the first year. The overarching research questionthat we are studying is: In what ways do entrepreneurial minded learning (EML) experiencesaffect first-year engineering students’ motivation and identity development? Additionally, we areseeking to answer the following
Paper ID #27632Implications of Gamification in Learning Environments on Computer Sci-ence Students: A Comprehensive StudyMs. Leila Zahedi, Florida International University Leila Zahedi is a Ph.D. student in the School of Computing and Information Science (SCIS) at Florida International University. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Is- fahan and two Master’s degrees in Information Technology Management from the University of Yazd and Computer Science from Florida International University. Her research interests include computer science education, quantitative data analysis, and data
Page 23.615.3As shown in Figure 1, the chart displayed the number of students enrolled in engineering andengineering technology program in an HSI, and their graduation rate. Students are grouped underwhite and minority category according to their ethnicity. The female gender is consideredunderrepresented in engineering and is also considered in this study as a separate category. Theminority category includes all those traditionally considered as underrepresented ethnicities:African American, Hispanics and Asian American. However, the number of students withHispanic background is the largest in HSIs, and Hispanic is used instead of minority student inthe later sections of this paper. Although white student’s enrollment is the largest in the
AC 2011-2368: BUILDING ENGINEERS AND MENTORS: A MODEL FORSTUDENT-LED ENGINEERING OUTREACHAJ Almaguer, UC Berkeley AJ Almaguer studied Mechanical Engineering and Material Science Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He was one of the founding members of BEAM.ROY TANGSOMBATVISIT, UC BerkeleyMatthew Ford, UC BerkeleySusan Yushan Chen, Berkeley Engineers and Mentors at the University of California, Berkeley I am a Bioengineering senior at UC Berkeley. I joined BEAM in my junior year because I have always wanted to mentor. I have since been working with BEAM as staff and mentor. I have also helped establish BEAM as a more prominent engineering outreach organization on campus. I plan to enroll in graduate
the work of building the faculty and staff team, faculty development, the benefits andchallenges of the organizational structure, specific elements of curricular and pedagogicalinnovation, operational structures and decision making, etc.II. METHODSThis paper is a descriptive case study detailing the visioning and building of Wake ForestEngineering. It is written from the emic perspective of the Founding Chair who happens to alsobe an engineering education research scholar. This descriptive case study offers a chronologicalaccount of key activities that impacted the student experience, including (1) department vision,mission, identity, (2) curriculum structure and development, (3) student advising, (4)pedagogical strategies, (5) integrative
, retaining, and pursuing theengineering profession [24-26] and better predict the long-term persistence of freshman students[27]. Underrepresented groups like women, who often perceive engineering as a male field,especially experience an identity conflict and gender roles affect their retention in engineering[28,29].The Current StudyThe current study aims to bring up-to-date industry-relevant problems into the classroom and doso by having students interact with industry professionals who pose the problems for students tosolve in a scaffolded manner. It employs design-based research (DBR approach) [30-33] withmultiple cycles of implementation. Our research plan includes one baseline condition (Spring2021) and two cycles of enactment (Fall 2021 and
(1), 38-41.3. Greenfield, G. (2014). Career outcomes of women engineering bachelor’s degree recipients. In Ed. S. J. Frueh, Career choices of female engineers: A summary of a workshop. Washington, D. C.: National Academies Press.4. Margolis, J., & Kotys-Schwartz, D. (2009). The post-graduation attrition of engineering students: An exploratory study on influential career choice factors. Proceedings of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Lake Buena Vista, FL, November 13-19.5. Matusovich, H. M., Streveler, R., Miller, R. L., & Olds, B. A. (2009B). Competence in engineering: A tale of two women. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education
PhD student in the Department of English and the Center for Writing Studies. She currently serves as Assistant Director for Center for Writing Studies. She teaches a range of writ- ing courses and works with faculty and teaching assistants across disciplines to help hone their writing pedagogy. Her research and teaching focus on holistic literate development.Prof. S. Lance Cooper, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign S. Lance Cooper is Professor and Associate Head for Graduate Programs in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Virginia in 1982, his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois in 1988, and he was a
stream at Queen’s University. Proceedings of the Canadian EngineeringEducation Association. DOI: 10.24908/pceea.v0i0.3943Tonso, K. (2006a) Teams that work: campus culture, engineer identity, and social interactions.Journal of Engineering Education 95(1): 25-37.Tonso, K. (2006b) Student engineers and engineering identity: Campus engineer identities asfigured world. Cultural Studies of Science Education 1(2): 1-35.Valverde, K.L.C and Dariotis, W.M. (2019) Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’Resistance and Renewal in the Academy. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey.Wang Y., Zhang, X., Khalkhal, F., Claussen S., and Biviano A. (2023) A quantitative analysis onteamwork behavior, disagreement, and their linkages to Students
] Case study: Ayesha and the Trade Show [14] – addressing invisibility and “old-boy 6 network” in workplace 7 Continue the case study from the previous week 8 Panel: Women in Engineering 9 No lecture. Students attend Women+ in Biomedical Engineering Lunches 10 Wrap-upReferences[1] M. J. Johnson and S. D. Sheppard, "Relationships between engineering student and faculty demographics and stakeholders working to affect change," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 139-151, 2004.[2] G. Lichtenstein, H. L. Chen, K. A. Smith, and T. A. Maldonado, "Retention and persistence of women and minorities along the engineering pathway in the United States
of Engineers per 10,000 inhabitants in some OECD Countries in 2011 .However, this scenario may change in a few more years due to the increasing numbers ofBrazilian engineering undergraduate students lately, where in 2012 this number had asignificantly percentage of growth probably due to recent Brazilian educational policieschanges46. And the number of masters‟ degrees and PhDs graduated in all field areas byBrazilian universities has more than quadrupled in the last 15 years, jumping from 13,219 in1996 to 55,047 in 201111. Figure 2 shows the evolution of doctoral and master‟s degrees inengineering from 2001 to 2011. Nevertheless, this growth was not enough to place Brazilamong countries with large contribution to engineering research yet
chance to do it yourself. Okay so [our university] started a course, we piloted it...which attempted to give that experience, hands on experience, guided towards innovation, to undergrads. And it’s a delightful thing...it is exactly what we need to inspire these [students].” (00:47:56–00:49:15)This quote provides another example of Leo seeing a problem and trying to solve it, with obviouscurricular implications for engineering education at his university.Lisa (Education)Lisa’s interview transcript narrative followed the overall structure of the interview protocol,connecting repeatedly back to interrelated themes of social justice, equity and inclusion,macroethics, fixing structural factors, and authenticity. We observed both
Computing Identity and Persistence Across Multiple Groups Using Structural Equation ModelingAbstractDespite the projected growth of computer and information technology occupations, manycomputing students fail to graduate. Studying students’ self-beliefs is one way to understandpersistence in a school setting. This paper explores how students' disciplinary identity sub-constructs including competence/performance, recognition, interest, and sense of belongingcontribute to academic persistence. A survey of 1,640 students as part of an NSF grant wasconducted at three South Florida metropolitan public universities. A quantitative analysis wasperformed which included a structural equation model (SEM) and a multigroup SEM. The
Paper ID #6666Learning Statics by Feeling: Effects of Everyday Examples on Confidenceand Identity DevelopmentMs. Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder Janet Y. Tsai is a doctoral student at the University of Colorado, Boulder, whose work examines and develops initiatives to encourage more students, especially women, into the eld of engineering. Currently, Tsai’s research focuses on understanding the dynamics of how status and prestige are constructed among novice engineers.Dr. Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder Daria Kotys-Schwartz is the Design Center Colorado Co-Director and an Instructor
beliefs about math, English, science, and social studies. Other research interests of hers include the formation of career aspirations, the school- to-work transition, and the differential participation in science, technology, engineering, and math fields based on social identity groups such as gender and Racial/Ethnic identity.Dr. Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University at West Lafayette Nathalie Duval-Couetil is the Director of the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, Associate Director of the Burton D. Morgan Center, and a Professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation at Purdue University. She is ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023