1. Briefly, the centerpiece of the program is our quarterly Success inSTEM seminar, which students take every quarter for their first two years at University ofWashington Tacoma. Through these weekly sessions, students connect with each other and withtheir faculty cohort mentor, learning to support each other through challenging times,developing a growth mindset towards their academic journey, understanding barriers that leadto equity gaps in STEM such as stereotype threat and imposter syndrome, and building a senseof belonging and self-efficacy. The seminar allows participants to explore co-curricularopportunities (e.g., student clubs), campus resources such as disability services and financial aidoffices, and career preparation, while
peer reviewed conference proceedings articles in these areas. He has B.S. in ME, and both M.S. and Ph.D. in IE. He is a member of ASEE, INFORMS, and a senior member of IIE.Dr. Norma Perez, Houston Community College Dr. Perez is currently the Associate Vice Chancellor of Curriculum and Learning Initiatives at Houston Community College (HCC). She has served in various positions during her thirty years of service to HCC, such as Executive Dean, Dean of Health Sciences, and Director of Institutional Assessments. Dr. Perez was instrumental in working with faculty to create the first student success course for the Health Sciences students to impact the success rate of these students. Dr. Perez also worked with faculty and
technology the six levels can be collapsed into athree stage process that somewhat mimics the progression students go through in highereducation: First we teach them how to Calculate; Second we teach them how to use theircalculations to Analyze; and Third we teach them how to Design. Having only three levels iseasier to remember and use in creating course materials.Engineering Technology program classes in the freshman and sophomore years often emphasizethe Calculate aspect as the students are still building their foundation of knowledge and tools.Senior level courses should be emphasizing the aspect of Design and decision making to preparethem for this final level before they graduate. In the middle is an often overlooked aspect thatbridges the gap
Paper ID #21534Advanced Manufacturing Research Experiences for High School Teachers:Effects on Perception and Understanding of ManufacturingMr. Debapriyo Paul, Texas A&M University Debapriyo Paul is a graduate student at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. He is pursuing a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering with a focus in statistics and data sciences. He is currently working as a research assistant in the Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Department.Dr. Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University Dr. Bimal Nepal is an assistant professor in the Industrial Distribution Program at Texas
Alumni Extension (AE) National Leadership 2006 award and the Region 3 NSBE AE Dedication 2006 award. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019NSF S-STEM: TranSCEnD: Transfer Success Co-Design in EngineeringDisciplinesAbstract Beginning with the graduating high school class of 2015, the Tennessee Promise programprovides "last-dollar" scholarships and mentoring programs focused on increasing the number ofstudents at any of the state's 13 community colleges, 27 colleges of applied technology, or othereligible institution offering an associate's degree. In its inaugural class, about 58,000 students(90% of Tennessee's senior class) applied for Tennessee Promise. Thus, the faculty andadministration at the
Advanced-Materials Training(RETREAT) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program is designed to address theretention concern. This program exposes students to a number of specific engineeringapplications through a variety of advanced materials research projects. Each student is alsomatched with a faculty member and a graduate student, who mentor the student through thestages of the RETREAT program and how the students’ skills and interests could be well-suitedto a technical position in industry or a graduate degree in engineering. The entrepreneurial twistis included to reinvigorate upper level students and encourage their continuation in a STEMfield. This report provides an outline of how students are recruited and selected – with
Science, New York University) Elizabeth Hervias (Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology) Maryom Rahman (Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology) Amina Anowara (Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Princeton University)B. Mentor PoolThe research projects performed by the undergraduate students during the summer REU will be within theareas of diagnosis, therapy, and mechanistic modeling of cancer systems. To further this intellectualcuriosity and the innovation spirit, the chosen faculty members are renowned, including multiple NSFawardees (2 NSF Career Award winners). The faculty members have a diverse intellectual focus in cancer,from diagnostic devices, machine learning, and mechanism to therapeutic
includes a focus on student teamwork, a greaterconsideration of social factors, improved communication with diverse constituents, andreflection on ethical decision making and problem solving. This vision of engineering willproduce graduates who can address a wider range of societal problems bringing new perspectivesto traditional areas.Summary of Curriculum DevelopmentOne of the goals of our NSF RED grant is to: “Develop the foundation of a revised engineeringcanon and empower faculty to develop and deliver a professional spine that prepareschangemaking engineers.” Efforts to address this goal include creating new classes anddeveloping lectures, active-learning exercises and assignments that contextualize engineeringthrough social justice
education as an enterprise continually struggleswith the challenges of connecting research like that done by members of ASEE with theeveryday work experiences. A familiar set of questions arise from this situation. Researchers say,“Why don’t educators use the strategies we know to increase student learning? Why don’teducators seem to be interested in what we have to contribute to their classrooms? Practitionerssay, “Why don’t researchers provide information in a usable way? How do I translate theirresearch to my institutional setting?” As professionals, we recognize that our work is negativelyimpacted by the lack of connection and communication between these two “worlds.” Closing thegaps in the research to practice and the practice to research
Dr. Vongkulluksn is an Assistant Professor in the Educational Psychology program at University of Nevada Las Vegas. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California. Her research examines student engagement as situated in specific learning contexts. She specializes in cognitive engagement in STEM learning, particularly in technology-integrated learning environments and for traditionally underserved students.Mei Yang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Dr. Mei Yang is a full professor and the graduate coordinator at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her research interests include computer
) drafting an email to a faculty member indicating one’s interest in theirarea of research, 4) completing a library skills “game” and 5) attending research seminars acrosscampus and answering short questions about the experience.Faculty Led Boot camp (FLBC) – This one-week (~40 hrs) intensive course, funded by a Type1 NSF CCLI grant and established by WSU, targets rising sophomores. The program introducesstudents in STEM fields who have completed one year on campus to the process of working asan undergraduate researcher. The summer schedule rotates short lectures with active learningactivities and has students reporting their activities back to the group. Two topics are coveredeach day, with small group activities after each lecture. A team of
finding internships to every cohort during their first program semester.They also offered a service called “interview stream” for students to practice interviewing skills.Invited experts spoke on topics such as personal finance and ethical issues. Local speakers withSTEM industry experience talked to students about careers in forensics and clinical laboratories.COMPASS scholars attended two presentation and discussion sessions with Dr. Theresa Duelloof the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who has significant experience advising students andplanning for graduate school. The Collegial Academy of the North Carolina Academy of Science(CANCAS) workshop held off-campus at Pfeiffer University offered plentiful opportunities forCOMPASS scholars to learn
fewest at 337. Figure 1(b)provides insights into the number of undergraduate engineering students per teaching faculty(both tenure track and non-tenure track). Western Kentucky University has 46.3 students perteaching faculty member and both Tufts University and Olin College have only 6.0.An indication of the resources available per student at each of the institutions is shown in Fig.1(c), which is a graph of endowment per total number of undergraduate students. The figureshows a range from $3.1M per student at Stanford down to $92 per student at Western KentuckyUniversity. Obviously, there is a wide range (4 orders of magnitude) along this particular axis.The variation in the 4-year institutional graduation rate (not just in engineering) is
experience.Students participating in industry experiences are more likely to stay in industry after graduation(72%), while most students participating in undergraduate research are more likely to attendgraduate school (75%). These findings suggest that early on (probably during freshman andsophomore years), most students (about 70%) identify with being the engineer practitioner (thusfollowing an industry career path) or the engineer researcher (thus following the graduate schoolcareer path).The insight provided by engineering education literature is that non-curricular designexperiences, and other non-curricular learning activities, should strive to enhance existingcurricular opportunities, filling in academic gaps that traditional curricular activities do
Universities. The consortium is a strategic priority of eachinstitution. In Year 1, 42 students participated in the scholarship program at the three institutions (16 FIU;14 UCF; 11 USF).Rationale:The NSF considers areas such as Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity,and Quantum Computing as among the highest impact and growth fields going forward. Student demandfor computing programs is at an all-time high, including large numbers of students who change majors aftertheir freshman year (and would thus not be considered for scholarships that target first-year CS majors).Meanwhile, there is a significant shortage of both computing professionals and qualified faculty to teach atuniversities and a lag in computing graduation
Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. She is the recipient of a 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Educational Research
students in STEM college programs, with an emphasis on building skills essentialfor college success or creating a sense of belonging among historically marginalized groups ofstudents. [25] [26] [27] The goal of this project was to explore the potential of a valuesintervention to make such progams even more effective in recruiting, not just retaining, studentinterest in STEM. Research suggests that Black students may be more likely than white studentsin general to value social and collaborative features of careers. [4] Low-income and first-generation students are also more like to value helping others through their chosen careers. [7]Therefore, goal congruity interventions, specifically an altruistic framing strategy, may beespecially effective at
anengineering program. Cultivating a culture of doing engineering can result in graduates who notonly are prepared technically and professionally with a practical, realistic understanding of whatit is to be an engineer, but also who identify with and are committed to the engineeringprofession.ObjectiveThe project’s objective is to develop a mechanical engineering program where students andfaculty are immersed in a culture of doing engineering with practicing engineers from industrythat in turn fosters students’ engineering identities. The culture of a program plays a significantrole in effective, innovative STEM education [25], [26]. The culture of “Engineering withEngineers” is being built through the interactions of students, faculty, and industry
employees’ Position Descriptions. Position Descriptions represent aclear opportunity in our efforts to empower faculty and staff to identify, agree upon, and carryout responsibilities that can be outside of the traditional norms in the academy. Our School willidentify Change Leaders and formally allot 10% of their effort toward shifting the School’sculture to re-situate learning and instruction. More broadly, all faculty will be expected toadvance and equalize undergraduate and graduate student success across demographics throughcommunicating clear expectations and holding people accountable to these expectations. Thisapproach places responsibility for culture transformation on each community member asopposed to relying on a dedicated few. Such an
functions, graphing and curve fitting; FreeMat (an open-source software similar to MATLAB) for introductory programming and data analysis; freemodeling software for designing balsawood bridges; and BASIC, in conjunction with a Boe-Botrobotics kit (Parallax, Inc.), to explore microprocessors, basic digital electronics, sensors andmotors, program control flow, and proportional control.We will develop a series of simple experiments that students can perform at home to generateand collect data (e.g. harmonic motion of a pendulum, or evaluating Hooke's law). Students willthen apply the spreadsheet and programming tools and methods described above in order tonumerically and graphically analyze both modeled and collected data.Design Projects: A set of
instructional approach is illustrated inFigure 4. First, it is started from contemporary issues related to cyber based rapid manufacturingsuggested by the Department of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering (IMSE) andthe Research Institute for Manufacturing & Engineering Systems (RIMES) advisory boardcommittee. Second, the authors and a support group from staff members of Texas ManufacturingAssistance Center (TMAC) have determined what course contents (e.g., course modules) shouldbe included in each course. Third, the authors have discussed with faculty from IMSE/MEDepartments who are interested in joining this curriculum reform to identify a course modulepool. However, the course contents could be revised based on suggestions from an
important for transfer participants. In addition, community collegecharacteristics influenced college choice for transfer students, specifically affordability (i.e.,lower tuition, community college access programs, ability to live at home) and personal/social fit(i.e., close to home, small class sizes).The key difference in the decision-making process of transfer and non-transfer students was thattransfer students tended to view college as an investment in their future. Transfer studentsfrequently discussed the costs and benefits of higher education but very few non-transferstudents were influenced by these factors. Several transfer students were concerned about thecost of higher education and shared that their parents were unwilling or unable to
, J.S. (2014) Data First: building scientific reasoning in AP chemistry via the concept development approach, J. Chem Ed., http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed500027gAlice Chow, Rice University Alice Chow is an Associate Director for Research and Grants for the Rice University Office of STEM Engagement. She conducts research in K-12 STEM education on topics such as impact of teacher profes- sional development programs on student achievement and attitudes.Dr. Carrie Obenland, Rice University Dr. Obenland is the Assistant Director for Outreach and Research at the Rice Office of STEM Engage- ment. She as her PhD in Chemistry from Rice University, as well as her Masters. Her graduate work was focused on chemical
intelligent (“I have always been smart”), being persistent and working harder thanothers, or developing a dogged determination to prove the stereotyping wrong (“well, now I’mgoing to go...like, just watch me!”)One student identified her female status as a benefit as well as a barrier. This student describedhow a female faculty member referred her to a female scientist career network. Through thisnetwork she was able to make advances in her research and her career development.No faculty in the focus group mentioned gender as an impact on their work with students. Thisdoes not mean faculty were unaware of gender and the experiences of women in science,however, in the limited time of the interview, gender did not come up as a topic.Nontraditional, older
target tracking and physical layer communications. Her work on target detection and tracking is funded by the Office of Naval Research. Dr. Nelson is a 2010 recipient of the NSF CAREER Award. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and the IEEE Signal Processing, Communications, and Education Societies.Dr. Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University Margret Hjalmarson is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University and currently a Program Officer in the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Infor- mal Settings at the National Science Foundation. Her research interests include engineering education, mathematics education, faculty development
engagement in learning: layers of context, whatindividuals bring, mediating variables, task interpretation, personal objectives, SRL processes,cognitive strategies, and performance criteria. Interested readers may refer to relevant literatureto gain an in-depth understanding of Butler and Cartier’s model 19-21.Goal, Objectives, and Overall Framework of the REU Site ProgramThe overall goal of this REU Site program is to motivate and retain talented undergraduates inSTEM careers, particularly careers in teaching and STEM education research. The specificobjectives of the program include: Page 26.99.3 Expose REU students, especially those who might
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
skills such as working in teams, writing,programming, applying physics to solve interdisciplinary problems, designing and developingproducts, managing complex projects, and working with clients. This is an important factorconsidering approximately 95% of physics graduates go on to careers in the private sector orgovernment labs, yet most undergraduate physics programs prepare students primarily foracademic careers. In fact, a survey of 1,407 mid-career physics PhD recipients found that theyfrequently attributed career success to their skills and abilities outside of physics (e.g.,interpersonal, problem solving, computing, and analysis skills). Conversely, some of the mostfrequently mentioned career barriers among 1,321 respondents included lack
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
Air Traffic Manage- ment (NextGen). In addition to his university position, he has served as Visiting Research Associate at the Federal Avi- ation Administration, Faculty Fellow at NASA Goddard Flight Research Center, and Software Quality Assurance Manager at Carrier Corporations. He also contributed to the Software and System Engi- neering profession by serving as an author for Graduate Software Engineering Reference Curriculum (GSwE2009), Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE), Systems Engineer- ing Body of Knowledge (SEBoK), and subject matter expert for IEEE Certified Software Development Associate (CSDA) training material. He is senior member of IEEE.Dr. James J. Pembridge, Embry