become Future FacultyAbstractAn alliance was developed among three Midwestern universities to increase the number ofunderrepresented minority (URM) students receiving doctoral degrees in the science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. To achieve this goal activities encompass thethree areas that include recruitment, retention, and enrichment. Recruitment initiatives focus onstrategic partnerships, discipline-based events, student collaborations, summer research programsand visitation programs. Retention objectives are directed at scholars, tutoring, summer transitionprograms, and a faculty mentoring network. A primary goal of the Scholars enrichment programis to encourage Scholars to pursue careers as faculty members
engineering skills and informing them about careers in engineering so they realizethe value of pursuing a career in engineering and the importance of obtaining the properacademic background to study engineering in college. The Center for Pre-College Programs atNew Jersey Institute of Technology provides a variety of such summer programs. One of theprograms, sponsored by ExxonMobil and the Harris Foundation, the ExxonMobil Bernard HarrisSummer Science Camp (EMBHSSC), recruits 5th, 6th and 7th grade students from traditionallyunderserved and typically underrepresented populations who in addition to not being introducedto engineering in school are less likely to be exposed to engineering outside the classroom.The academic curriculum for EMBHSSC, aligned
Paper ID #38236Characterizing Perceptions of Engineering Intuition Based on Experienceand GenderMadeline Roth, Bucknell University Madeline (Maddi) Roth is an undergraduate student with majors in Neuroscience and Psychology and a minor in Education.Dr. Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University Dr. Elif Miskioglu is an early-career engineering education scholar and educator. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (with Genetics minor) from Iowa State University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University. Her early Ph.D. work focused on the development of bacterial biosensors capable of
reducing barriers to entering such fields. The program aims to provide on-ramps toa range of careers across disciplines (mechanical, electrical, software, etc.) requiring differentlevels of educational attainment (4-yr university, 2-yr college, apprenticeships, etc.). In the firsttwo years of the program, there were 97 qualifying graduates with nearly half going on to study aSTEM discipline in college and over a quarter choosing to major in engineering or computerscience at a 4-year university. Of the qualifying graduates, 55% were Latinx, 5% were Black,and 37% were Arab American. Preliminary data shows the program correlated with a modestincrease in STEM career interest and students perceived the program to help them prepare fortheir future
transitions to the workforce in science and engineering. She was a recipi- ent of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Award, the 2015 Frontiers in Education Faculty Fellow Award, and the 2019 Betty Vetter Award for Research from WEPAN. In 2017, Dr. Main received a National Science Foundation CAREER award to examine the longitudinal career pathways of engineering PhDs. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Faculty Mentorship and Research Productivity, Salary, and Job Satisfaction Abstract
and recently biomedical systems. She is the first Associate Dean of Faculty Ad- vancement in NC State’s College of Engineering. Awards/service include 2015 AAAS Mentor Award, Fellow in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Board of Directors, NSF Presidential Award for Ex- cellence in Science, Math and Engineering Mentoring, Council for Chemical Research Diversity Award. She is the founding director of the Promoting Underrepresented Presence on Science and Engineering Faculties (PURPOSE) Institute”. A certified coach, Grant consults and empowers STEM individuals at all levels in the academy towards excellence in career and professional development. Her workshops on mentoring and academic career development for
available to students is provided as supplementalmaterial.Survey development and administrationSurveys of students were completed prior to matriculation and again after the first year ofgraduate study in order to measure the following three outcomes regarding the PEGS21curricular and co-curricular activities: 1. A change in the participants’ self-efficacy related to persistence in graduate school including their research and social self-efficacy; 2. A difference in participants’ perception of barriers to graduate school and careers, and 3. A change in participants’ coping skills related to barriers to graduate school and careers.Data were collected from two groups:1. PEGS21 Group: graduate students who participated in the
Paper ID #14771Oral History Project of Underrepresented Leaders in Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)Ms. Kelsey Morgan Irvin, Washington University in St. Louis Kelsey Irvin is a senior at Washington University in St. Louis double majoring in the Cognitive Neuro- science track of Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology and Psychology and hopes to pursue a career in clinical psychology. She is currently working on her honors thesis, which involves using neural measures to research reward processing in preschoolers with depression.Miss Elizabeth Hiteshue, University of Pennsylvania Elizabeth Hiteshue
transportation industry is missing out on atalented pool. Perhaps part of the reason that this percentage is so low is that women are notaware of how transportation impacts society lives. Prevalent research supports this as in a surveyof the general public, many do not view STEM careers as those that directly benefit society2, 3.Additionally, many studies show that women are attracted to careers that can improve society,including the quality of people’s lives 2, 4. Transportation impacts the quality of everyone’s lifeand since many transportation careers require science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM), grouping STEM and transportation education together makes sense. This transportationsocial context for STEM education also has
Grand Challenge Scholars Program and is also active in development of integrated and innovative STEM curricula, issues related to the success of women in STEM and innovative use of technology in STEM education.Dr. D. Patrick O’Neal, Louisiana Tech UniversityLori L Bakken, University of Wisconsin-Madison Dr. Bakken is an associate professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Human Ecology and an affiliate faculty member in the School of Education. She has developed, implemented and evaluated research education programs in the medical field for the past 15 years. Her research focuses on the role of learning experiences in career development. Dr. Bakken most notable for her work in clinical
entitled,"Increasing the Number of Workforce Ready Engineering Technicians in Southeastern PA” is acollaboration between Bucks credit and non-credit sides of the college, and Drexel University asour four-year partner. This grant focuses on workforce readiness of engineering technicians toprepare them for the workforce of the future. We are accomplishing this by including our Centerfor Workforce Development (CWD) certifications as additional pathways into our occupationalengineering technology (ET) major, enhancing manufacturing experiences within the major, andembedding soft skills training and career exploration throughout our ET program. We haverestructured our ET major to make it more cross-curricular to accommodate diverse industry needs,and
conducted this program fully virtualwith all participants working remotely. Students were matched with faculty based on their primaryfields of interest, had to work a minimum of 20hrs per week, and were actively involved in theirhost lab routines [3]. We organized a series of workshops on research methods, scientific writing,and career planning discussed in detail in subsequent sections. The program ended with a virtualconference which gave all students the opportunity to present their work and to participate in aresearch presentation contest. We had a total of 21 participants working in 10 different labs. Theprogram was designed to address fundamental gaps in the engineering undergraduate curriculum:project-oriented coding experience, scientific
Initiative OneNSF Initiatives ◦ Advanced Manufacturing ◦ Communications and Cyberinfrastructure ◦ Education and Workforce ◦ Innovation Ecosystem ◦ Interdisciplinary Research ◦ Sustainability and Clean Energy 5Core EEC EEC/IIP 6The Directorate will invest in preparingthe Future Engineering Workforce. CAREER awards ENG will support young investigators who exemplify the role of teacher–scholar through outstanding research, excellent education, and the integration of education and research. Expeditions in Education (E2) $53 M for CAREER Non- Non-traditional Students ENG will invest in activities
the University of Florida. Page 14.503.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Early Exposure to Engineering Practitioners Provides Informed Choices for Students Continuing Engineering ProgramsAbstractThe engineering education literature calls for studies highlighting the impact of students’ earlyexposure to post-graduate engineering careers. This paper provides data critical to assessing theeffectiveness of a unique first-year experience concept: exposing new students to the careers ofpracticing engineers. We report on an initiative for incoming students to the mechanical and energyengineering (MEE) major
students’ experiences, gauge their expectations for theprogram, document what students learned within the program, and monitor the impact of theinternship experience on their careers. While only a subset of students reported that theydefinitely wanted to teach and were looking into graduate programs in education, other internsstated that they would consider teaching at some point within their careers.IntroductionSince the 1980s, educational researchers have warned of the shortage of highly qualified scienceand math teachers.1 Currently, the demand for qualified science and mathematics teachersoutpaces the supply, especially in high-need schools.2 The response to this warning has beentwo-fold: to enact strategies to retain teachers3 and to recruit
and persistence of under represented populations, especially women, to pursue ca- reers in engineering and technological disciplines. She has presented at numerous conferences throughout the United States and was an invited speaker at the international Gender Summit in Belgium in 2016.Wendy Robicheau, Connecticut College of Technology-Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing Wendy has been Project Manager with the College of Technology – Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing since 2012. In that time she has developed a passion for making middle and high school students, faculty and counselors aware of the educational and career pathways that are possible in STEM and manufacturing through various
medicalphysics research in cerebral metabolic pathways of oxygen, petro physics, and petroleum fluid character-ization of reservoirs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Implementation of a Future Faculty Development Program: Impact and Evaluation of Years 1 & 2AbstractDiversifying STEM faculty proves to be an increasing challenge for research universities. Thisconference paper will discuss the outcome of a future faculty discovery and developmentprogram. This program is a two-day program designed for underrepresented minorities (URM)doctoral and post-doctoral scholars interested in an academic career in engineering and within 1-2 years of seeking a faculty position. Participants experience structured
Paper ID #5798Impact of Student Tours of Manufacturing FacilitiesDr. Marilyn Barger, National Science Foundation ATE Centers Dr. Marilyn Barger is the principal investigator and executive director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education. FLATE is funded by the National Sci- ence Foundation and has been housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into techni- cal career pathway; has produced award-winning curriculum design and reform for secondary and post
Paper ID #6565Bending Moments to Business Models: Integrating an Entrepreneurship CaseStudy as Part of Core Mechanical Engineering CurriculumDr. Mark Schar, Stanford University MARK SCHAR works in the Center for Design Research - Designing Education Lab at Stanford Univer- sity. He is also a member of the Symbiotic Project of Affective Neuroscience Lab at Stanford University and a Lecturer in the School of Engineering. Dr. Schar’s area of research is ”pivot thinking” which is the intersection of design thinking and the neuroscience of choice where he has several research projects underway. He has a 30 year career in
objectives associated with each set of questions were: A. To investigate and assess the range of our students’ conceptions of sustainability (i.e. their actual prior knowledge of sustainability) B. To assess our students’ perception of a. their own understanding of sustainability (i.e. their perceived sustainability competence) b. their level of interest in learning more about sustainability (i.e. their intrinsic motivation to learn about sustainability) c. the career relevance of sustainability (i.e. their extrinsic motivation to learn about sustainability) C. To examine the interaction between students’ sustainability conceptions and their perception
formalcooperative education, internships and research experiences for undergraduates, leads toenhanced self-efficacy, augmented learning, and an increased likelihood of retention, particularlyamong minority students who are historically under-represented in engineering. Self-efficacy,defined as the confidence built on one's prior experiences, has been shown to contribute tostudents' success in undergraduate engineering programs. The current study proceeds to furtherexplore the self-efficacy of three racial/ethnic groups of students, (Caucasian, Asian, andBlack/Hispanic) in terms of three domains, (1) the work environment, (2) career development,and (3) academic success. Multiple discriminant analysis was used to study the separation of thethree groups and
Faculty’s Mentoring Networks Abstract Research on mentoring has expanded from examination of traditional mentor-protégédyads to developmental mentoring networks.20,37 In these network approaches, the emphasis ison a constellation of career developmental and personally supportive relationships to designcareer experiences for focal individuals and to respond to the issues that these focal individuals,or mentees, express.1,15 To study engineering women faculty’ career experiences, we examinetheir egocentric mentoring networks,29 that is, the individuals’ self-reported linkages betweenthemselves (i.e., “ego” or hub of the network) and career developmental “nodes”/mentors. Weuse a mixed methodological
innovative STEM educationprograms designed in part to increase student attitudes toward STEM subjects and careers. Thispaper describes how a team of researchers at The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation atNorth Carolina State University developed the Upper Elementary School and Middle/HighSchool Student Attitudes toward STEM (S-STEM) Surveys to measure those attitudes. Thesurveys each consist of four, validated constructs which use Likert-scale items to measurestudent attitudes toward science, mathematics, engineering and technology, 21st century skills.The surveys also contain a comprehensive section measuring student interest in STEM careers.The surveys have been administered to over 10,000 fourth through twelfth grade students inNorth
amongbiomedical engineering (BME) students have increasingly been incorporated in undergraduatebiomedical engineering curricula. This pilot study presents and assesses a clinical immersionframework for biomedical engineering undergraduate students with experienced nurses. Welaunched a summer clinical immersion program utilizing a “Student Experience Educational”Program offered by a not-for-profit healthcare organization.I. Introduction:The goals of this pilot study are to present a new clinical immersion framework for biomedicalengineering students and to assess the effects of this framework on the certainty of participatingstudents in their career aspirations, technology-driven problem-solving skills, engineering designself-efficacy, empathy, and
relationships reported amongst respondents? 2. How do the results obtained from the previous study compare to the findings of this cross- university study?Study DesignTo further examine the role of familial influence on student engineering major choice, this studyemploys a multi-methods approach facilitated through a survey with both quantitative andqualitative components. Data obtained from elements of the survey were first analyzedindependently from each other. These independent analyses were followed by a combinedinterpretation phase that sought to understand the results in reflection of one another. To aid inthe analysis and interpretation of results, Social Cognitive Career Theory is used as a theoreticalframework for this
,the total projected U.S. employment in the science, technology, engineering, mathematics, andcomputing (STEM+C) workforce will be 9.2 million, of which 4.4 million will be computingjobs, it is imperative that we find ways to address this growing disparity 10 .Numerous programs such as code2040, Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), and anumber of other non-profits are looking to address this need by providing access to careers intechnology for African American and Hispanic/Latinx students. Although these solutions may begreat approaches for addressing the lack of diversity in the technology sector, most AfricanAmericans/Blacks, Hispanic/Latinx, and Native Americans/Alaskan Natives (AHN1 ) students arelikely to have lost interest in
Paper ID #40625WIP: How Professional Networking Impacts Outcome Expectations and ChoiceGoals in a First-year Engineering CourseDr. Evelyn Walters, Temple University Eve Walters is an Associate Professor of Instruction in Temple University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.Cory Budischak, Temple University Cory is a teacher and researcher who strives to reduce the harmful effects of energy production and use. Teaching has always been his central passion. He started as a group tutor in college, which led him to his full time career as an Associate Professor of Instruction at Temple University in the
-CIS (Career Interest Survey) based on the work of Kier, Blanchard,Osborne, and Albert [7]. The STEM-CIS consists of 44 five-point Likert scale questions. Thesurvey is divided into four sets of 11 questions based on the four areas of STEM. An examplequestion was, “I am interested in careers that involve engineering.” The same survey was givenimmediately after the camp.Qualitative data was collected in the pre and post surveys, as well as daily journals. The open-ended questions included, “What made you choose to come to this camp?”; “Name in order thethree biggest influences on your choice of career in the future;” “Tell me about your experiencewith STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields;” “What is yourperception of
Paper ID #37018Board 368: Regional Assets, Factors, and Strategies SupportingEngineering Pre-Transfer PathwaysDr. Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University Kristin Frady is an Assistant Professor at Clemson University jointly appointed between the Educational and Organizational Leadership Development and Engineering and Science Education Departments. Her research focuses on innovations in workforce development at educational and career transitions. The context of her research emphasizes three primary areas specifically focusing on two-year college and secondary STEM and career education, educational innovations, and the middle
higher education (i.e., discovery, integration, engagement, and the scienceof teaching and learning) was delivered to 32 workshop participants. The workshop hadthree objectives, namely: 1) raising awareness to Boyer’s model of scholarship in highereducation; 2) applying Boyer’s model to evaluate participants’ own work; and 3) leadinginstitutional change by sharing Boyer’s model back home. To achieve these objectives,four activities were undertaken, including: 1) pre-conference review of educationalmaterials introducing Boyer’s model (view a video and share on a discussion board); 2)on-site expert testimony clarifying Boyer’s model (brief lectures by four speakers); 3) on-site hands-on, small-group work (employing career cartography to achieve