conducted by theschool of engineering and the Office of Freshmen and Transfer Students as well as observations by the faculty whoteach the first-year engineering students the following information has been collected on our learning environment. a. Housing students who have similar career goals and study demands in the same proximity was preferable (by the students) to mixing students with a diverse set of interests and levels of commitment. b. Although not the sole reason for student persistence and academic achievement, peer mentoring and tutoring works based on the results of an annual assessment of the campus-wide process by the Office of Freshmen and
undergraduate at Montana State University studying Industrial and Management Systems Engineering with a minor in Mathematics. Monika is the president of MSU’s Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM) chapter, a cross-country ski coach, and an avid outdoors-person. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Do I Think I’m an Engineer? Understanding the Impact of Engineering Identity on RetentionAbstractPolicymakers, industry leaders, and educators have pointed to a need to graduate an increasingnumber of students with engineering degrees to fill anticipated job growth and maintain thenation's level of global economic competitiveness
. She has amassed over a decade of experience inthe field of education and has been bestowed the honor of “Outstanding Research”, “Diversity Efforts”and “Faculty Endowed Recognition” awards. Her career spans international borders and has includedroles in educational research, program administration, higher education accreditation and K-12teaching. Dr Benjamin's research agenda explores minoritized student experiences, doctoraleducation, and, presently, engineering education.Jerrod A Henderson, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Cullen College of Engineering at theUniversity of Houston (UH) and the Director of the Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies. Heresearches engineering student success and engineering identity development among
. Acceptance/ Aid in the development of a student’s self-efficacy and identity as a practicing Confirmation engineer.DevelopmentPsychosocial Counseling Guide teams and students through difficult interpersonal and personal problems Rapport Develop interpersonal relationships with students that establish an environment in which students feel comfortable approaching the faculty.Based on a model of mentoring drawn from industry practices11 and adapted to education bymultiple researchers, these practices are divided into career development and psychosocialdevelopment functions. That is, not only do
topics for the Introduction to Engineering lecture course is presented in Figure 2. Eachof the first five topics are delivered by a different member of the UTA faculty, several inmultiple weeks. The remaining topics consist of guest lectures by chosen professionals.GradingMidterm and final exams make up the majority of the graded work, but ten written assignmentsare worth 15% of the grade. Written assignments give the needed monitoring of student workthroughout the course, as well as providing a good chance for students to practice their writtencommunication skills. The written assignments are graded by either the faculty member or aGTA overseen by the faculty member responsible for the course.AttendanceA system was developed in which attendance
/internships but to complement them. Our ME programdoes not have required co-op experiences, though over 75% of graduating seniors consistentlyreport having completed at least one engineering work experience. A limitation we haveobserved with our current co-op/internship system is that a large majority of students experienceonly one or two types of roles and industries before making decisions about their career options.This seems to lead to bias in decision making, where either one good or one bad experience hasan outsized effect on career decisions. The diversity of experiences embedded in the Pro-opmodel is an effort to help students experience a larger variety of roles and types of work.Pro-Day experiences include immersive experiences in local
student (Micro-level) and the engineering culture from theprograms, departments, and institutions they are embedded in (Meso-level) but larger societalinfluences remain underexplored (Macro-level).Figure 2. Model of engineering thriving, from [6], which focuses on the Micro-level (individual)and Meso-level (organizations)In this research paper, we perform a systematized literature review to explore the distinctfunctioning of engineering thriving at the Micro, Meso, and Macro levels, as well asintersections of these levels, such as Micro-Meso, Micro-Macro, and Micro-Macro influences.We contribute to the current research shift from individual focus to systems-level focus inengineering education by viewing engineering thriving as an emergent
. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning to understand engineering students’ identity development.kevin r binning (associate professor)Natascha Trellinger Buswell (Assistant Professor of Teaching) Natascha Trellinger Buswell is an assistant professor of teaching in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, Irvine. She earned her B.S. in aerospace engineering at Syracuse University and her Ph.D. in engineering
Excellence in Engineering Network at UNT advised by industry and academia. She is an alumni of Leadership Texas (Class of 2013).Hector R. Siller, University of North Texas Dr. Siller is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of North Texas. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Technology Innovation from Jaume I University, Spain and holds a master and a bachelor’s degree from Monterrey Tech, Mexico, in the fields of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering, respectively. His research areas include advanced manufacturing processes, additive manufacturing, micro-manufacturing, and metrology. During his career he has advised more than 30 graduate students and has published around 60 research
around gender and race, underrepresented groups that are already atrisk for leaving engineering may be disproportionately affected by negative team experiences. Amore careful investigation of negative behaviors, particularly using the lens of motivation, mayhelp educators improve teaming experiences.BackgroundTeamwork is generally considered vitally important to engineering practice. Accordingly, ABETaccreditation guidelines for programs require documented student outcomes of engineeringcurricula that include both ‘an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams’, and ‘an ability tocommunicate effectively’.6 In a survey of faculty, students, and industry professionals,communication was the highest-rated trait for graduates, with another study
education, deaf education, and online learning. She is a co-PI on RIT’s NSF ADVANCE IT project, Connect@RIT, and leads grant activities in the Human Resources strategic approach area.Prof. Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology Professor Sharon Mason is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Sciences and Tech- nology at RIT where she has served on the faculty since 1997. Sharon has been involved in computing security education at RIT since its inception. She is the PI of for the Department of Defense (DoD) In- formation Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP) awards to RIT. These scholarships enable students to study and do research in graduate programs in security, forensics and information
Page 26.693.2information about courses and registration procedures, and ensuring that students enroll in thecorrect courses. Developmental advising encourages a two-way relationship with the advisor andstudent working together to help the student make his or her own decisions. Praxis is a hybrid ofprescriptive and developmental advising. Based on their study of millennials, the authorsrecommended dual advising where a professional advisor provides prescriptive advice and amentor, such as a faculty member, provides developmental support. According to Wiseman andMessitt, institutions using faculty advisors should provide specialized support.7 Faculty report (a)advising training helps them use their teaching skills in an advising setting and (b
Professorship in the Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences at Louisiana Tech University. She is a member of the graduate faculty in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.Dr. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.” American c Society for
LMS. Students were traditional undergraduate college studentsage 19-22 and were evaluated as an intact class in this pilot study. Approximately 83% weremale and 17% were female. Traditional online course materials, such as a textbook, additionalreadings, homework practice and text-based materials were supplemented with numerous shortvideos created with an iPad and Doceri program. This program allowed the faculty member todiscuss concepts, work example problems, and perform calculations directly in a video format. Page 24.86.4This also enabled the students to visualize each step of the problem and the instructor was able touse various colors and
each participant’s responses.The inter-rater reliability between the two research team members on the coding of studentresponses was strong, with a Cohen’s Kappa value of 0.788 where a value above 0.750 indicatesa strong agreement above chance [18].Results and DiscussionThis study focused on answering the research question: is game-based learning an effectivemeans of introducing engineering to middle school students?Based on these worksheet responses it was concluded that students demonstrated awareness andknowledge about women in engineering fields, engineering concepts and principles, andengineering career paths and linked knowledge of these concepts back to their gameplay. Out ofthe 14 responses collected to the prompt “Recall something you
secondary and under- graduate students, developed the TESS (Teaching Engineering Self-efficacy Scale) for K-12 teachers, and rescaled the SASI (Student Attitudinal Success Inventory) for engineering students. As a program evaluator, she evaluated the effects of teacher professional development (TPD) programs on elementary teachers’ attitudes toward engineering and students’ STEM knowledge through a NSF DRK-12 project. As an institutional data analyst, she is investigating engineering students’ diverse pathways to their suc- cess.Dr. P.K. Imbrie, Texas A&M University P.K. Imbrie is the Deputy Director for the Institute of Engineering Education and Innovation and Asso- ciate Professor in the College of Engineering
ways of thinking?The purpose of this strand of the course was to challenge the students to answer the question“Are there engineering ways of thinking? If so, what are they?” The concept of what it means tothink like an engineer was explored through readings and open-ended seminars that focused onthe writings of philosophers of engineering. The selections included a wide range of authors,lengths, and contexts that challenged students to be open-minded. Table 1 lists each readingassignment, the instructor’s motivation for including it, and the average rating of the students(where 1 = poor and 5= excellent).Students analyzed and reacted to these readings by pulling from their personal experiences,which in many cases were heavily influenced by
professional and personal lives,and students have an opportunity to sign up for lunch with them to continue the conversation.Final class project. Students are given the opportunity to select one of several projects due at theend of the semester: (1) Investigate a career of particular interest and write a brief reportdetailing special requirements needed to enter the field, the specific job responsibilities,challenges that the job presents and strategies for dealing with them, what excites them about thisjob, etc.; (2) Job shadow and interview a female technology professional, and write a brief reportdescribing her job, how she spent her day, the structure of the company where she works, andobservations made during the visit; etc; (3) Read a book
higher risk of dropping out oftheir major than students of other races [2]. However, Black students have continued to persistowing to their belief in their abilities, a strong sense of community within STEM, and strongrelationships with individual faculty members that develop mentor-mentee relationships [7].B. GenderWomen have different experiences than men in engineering, and therefore an effort has beenmade to study gender specifically within engineering [9]. Women and men tend to leave theirinstitutions at different rates and their academic success is part of their decision process whenexperiencing changes in their GPA whether to switch majors or leave the institution altogether[10]. Despite outperforming men with higher GPAs, women in STEM
members impact student success [21]. Further, studentretention in their major is impacted by the quality of academic advising received [22]. Thedisconnect between degree and employment for ET students perceive a lower career availabilityfor these students, causing them to switch majors, a suggestion backed up by a study showingthat career availability is closely linked to student retention [23].Peer mentoring has been shown to increase both retention and self-esteem among collegestudents [24]. Campus mentors provide students with helpful information that can equip studentswith skills to deal with academic challenges and can help students make decisions, as shown in astudy of first-generation college students [25]. Thus, in general, the support
: 57% male and 43% female. Most interviewees were faculty with variousengineering, education, and entrepreneurship backgrounds.Interviews were conducted remotely via video conferencing by two research team members, whowere trained with uniform interview objectives and skills. Interviews were conductedindependently at scheduled times and varied from 20-40 minutes in length. The completerecordings of the interviewee responses to these questions were transcribed into text andunderwent an initial coding of analysis. Questions touched on several areas, including personalmentor experience, motivation and practices as a mentor, structure of innovative programs,impacts and challenges of student innovation programs and competitions, and suggestions
fields, such as advisors, faculty members, internshipsupervisors, employers, administrators, volunteer/community activities, seminars/workshops,and conferences. The pathway to graduate school strategy was intended to encourage allpromising undergraduate students to apply for graduate school and assisted them in creating aportfolio which would make them competitive to receive financial support.The three key issues that negatively impact student success in engineering are 1) inadequateacademic preparedness from high school, 2) inability of students to adapt socially to their newenvironment, and 3) having no prior understanding of the expected workload or level ofcommitment required of an engineering or engineering technology curriculum. These
contacted the identified expertsand interacted with them in person or over the Internet. They also explored media coverage of their topics. Theywere not mandated but expected to meet their mentors on regular basis. Some of them carried out surveys to getinsight into their topics.Synthesize: Students were expected to put together all the things that they had learnt and understood to create acoherent whole. Such a synthesis was required to be done at information, knowledge, or wisdom levels, butstudents mostly ended up doing it at information or knowledge level. As an example, gathering informationabout a particular regime and just organizing it in a particular way is called ―information synthesis‖. Analyzingthe reasons for the fall of a regime and
off-campus are at a higher risk of attrition,delayed degree completion, and disconnect from the institution [20, 21]. Additionally, the program fosteredprofessional networking, supported the attendance of conferences, and advocated for the participants inapplying for internships by providing recommendation letters. Internships have been shown as bothpowerful career boosters and a catalyst for subsequent positive academic outcomes. Particularly, studiesshow that they improve the retention and graduation of engineering students. Studies also show thatinternships can be crucial to developing an identity as a STEM professional [22, 23]. iii) Skills DevelopmentSkill is defined as proficiency in the application of knowledge. The I-RISE
one technique necessary to capture attention of Freshmen students. • Technical education should begin in high school with hands on training in all aspects of machining, welding, electronics, controllers, etc. The focus should be hands on. After high school those with engineering aspirations can take their education to the next level while others are well prepared to move into higher paying skilled labor employment. • Students need to have the ability to communicate effectively on a professional level, and be able to act/react ethically when they begin their career. A basic understanding of business fundamentals could greatly improve their contribution to an employer as well. • In order
explored the tremendous potential of ITS in providing a student-centeredlearning experience to undergraduate and graduate engineering students. Essentially, we intendedto give the engineering students an experience of learning sketching at their own pace and tim-ing and replicate the experience of having a human tutor. Sketching is a valuable skill for en-gineering students, and also difficult for instructors to teach and provide individual attention tostudents. Students receive real-time personalized feedback on the sketches they draw using theITS. Through this study, we got an opportunity to gather details about user experiences from bothgraduate and undergraduate engineering students from three diverse institutions. A statisticallysignificant
– both in the classroom and online. This delivery method istypically termed Hy-Flex and is an instructional approach very familiar to one of the authors.The course was assigned a classroom with a standard capacity of 100 students, but distancingrestrictions in place for the semester required that no more than 25 students participate in thephysical classroom at one time. Therefore, if students were scheduled to attend alternately inperson, each student would be able to attend one in-person class session every two weeks(equating to approximately seven total per semester). Further, all students and faculty enteringthe classroom were required to always wear masks and maintain a distance of at least six feetfrom one another.Given the classroom
collaboration, communication, decision-making, and self-management. Rutgers Universityrecognized this course in 2000 with its award for Excellence in Academic Creativity andInnovation.IntroductionIn business, one of the keys to success is customer satisfaction. In academia, students arecustomers of the institution for which they are attending. Common in academia is the use ofcourse evaluations to assess the value of a course and its impact on the student, the customer.Unfortunately, these do not equate the value of personal growth to the student and do not trulyassociate the full impact of a course. This paper will discuss an innovative industry simulationcourse taught at Rutgers University using cross-functional teams and how a self-assessment tool
Paper ID #7915Motivation of Latina Students Leading to Retention in EngineeringDr. Carrie Robinson, Arizona State University Page 23.915.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Motivation of Latina Students Leading to Retention in EngineeringAbstractFemales and underrepresented ethnic minorities earn a small percentage of the engineering andcomputer science bachelor’s degrees awarded in the United States, receive an even smallerproportion of graduate degrees, and are
Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo. She was the first doctoral student to get a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from the University of Cincinnati. She also has a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from SRM University, India. Her research areas of interest are graduate student professional development for a career in academia, preparing future faculty, and using AI tools to solve non-traditional problems in engineering education. She is currently also furthering work on the agency of engineering students through open-ended problems. She has published in several international conferences.Dr. P.K. Imbrie, University of