is also studying entry and persistence in engineering of first generation, women, and under-represented ethnic minorities.Dr. Kyle D. Squires, Arizona State UniversityDr. James Collofello, Arizona State University Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs Professor of Computer Science and Engineering School of Computing Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering Ira A. Fulton Schools of EngineeringMs. Robin R. Hammond, Arizona State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Engineers from Day One: A Pilot Collective Impact Alliance Effort to Foster Engineering IdentityIntroductionThis Work in Progress paper reports on an effort that
biology classrooms. Throughout her scientific career, Gloriana has been an advocate for underrepresented and underprivileged populations, and is an active member of SACNAS.Dr. Carol B. Muller, Stanford University Carol B. Muller is the Executive Director of WISE Ventures, an internal initiative at Stanford, designed to communicate, build networks, and help seed new and needed ventures across the Stanford campus to c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Paper ID #23735advance gender equity in science and engineering. She also directs Stanford’s Faculty Women’s Forum.A longtime university
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 optimizing global supply chains on the financial
skills from the time a student begins engineeringstudies until graduation. The differences in the design processes between high schoolengineering students and expert engineers have been explored [29]. High school students tend tospend less time determining the feasibility of their ideas, evaluating alternative ideas anddecision making than expert engineers.Comparative, or longitudinal, studies have proven beneficial in showing the progress of designskills and indicating which skills should be focused on early in the curriculum. Researchers [30]compared design skills between student and professional engineers, and showed that theprofessional teams were more likely to outline an overall design philosophy and not overlookdetailed specifications
addition, we had informal conversationsabout the work that was occurring and how the chapter is run. Extensive fieldnotes were taken torecord these experiences and interactions.ResultsImpacts on StudentsEWB membership typically begins in universities, and students are often drawn to the servicelearning opportunity through activity fairs, club showcases, or similar campus-wide,extra-curricular events. As an organization reliant on its volunteers, a major goal is to impactstudents in such ways that they continue on as either faculty or professional members. For reasonswe will explore elsewhere, cultivating and sustaining faculty and professional members isparticularly challenging, given the realities of tenure and promotion expectations in the
; L. D. McNair. (2014). Graduate student and faculty member: An exploration of career and personal decisions. American Society of Engineering Education, Indianapolis, IN.Osterwalder, A. and Y. Pigneur. (2010). Business model generation: A handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and SonsOsterwalder, A., Y. Pigneur, G. Bernarda, A. Smith, and T. Papadakos. (2014). Value proposition design: How to create products and services customers want. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.Peer Group, “What is Design-based Research?” A PEER Tutorial for Design-based Research, Instructional Technology Ph.D. Students - The University of Georgia, November 2006. [website]. Available: http://dbr.coe.uga.edu
United States and coinedthe term “cosmopolitan” to characterize the professional orientations of professors who viewedthemselves as technical specialists. These participants measured themselves against an externalreference group of similarly trained academics in their discipline, and tended to express limitedloyalty to the college. In contrast, professors with a “local” orientation viewed themselves ascontributing members of the “Co-op College” faculty. They were aware of their disciplinarytraining, but tended to measure themselves against a reference group of colleagues and viewthemselves as primarily responsible to their students and employers. To the extent that theseorientations can be applied to engineers, we believe those with a
ofprogrammatic benefit of the University’s final year STS courses can be transposed to otherschools. It does require cultural acceptance of the validity of this type of training by faculty intraditional departments, and an embrace of diverse ways of knowing by the administration all theway from the Dean’s office to the Undergraduate curriculum committee. However, the pay-offin student learning and ability to function in diverse environments is more than worth it.International Standards: Exploring the Problems and Possibilities of Global InnovationCo-author Ku designed and implemented an STS-informed STEM course curriculum,"Standards in Action: A Global Perspective", which was funded by the National Institute ofStandards and Technology (NIST). The
in manyaspects included in such research. This included activities such as the literature reviews andresearch, research design and implementation, solution brainstorming, being resourceful, dealingwith unexpected challenges, data analysis and publication of results.We arranged field trips to give the students a better understanding of how theory, methods, andresearch connected to real-world applications. The travel time during the field trips also allowedfor extended one-on-one contact with faculty during which students had the opportunity todiscuss graduate education and careers in an informal setting.Students had an opportunity to work one-on-one with a member of the university writing centerto refine their research papers in the last two
scholar completed the following questionnaires: Career ThoughtsInventory (CTI) [13], Career Decision Making System-Revised (CDM) [14], and the StrongInterest Explorer [15] The CTI is an assessment geared toward college students to help identify dysfunctionalthinking and decision-making in relation to careers. This is a 48-item self-report measure aimedto improve the quality of students’ career making decisions [13] After completing and scoringthe CTI, the co-PI helped students interpret their results and identify and decision-makingdifficulties, such as pressure from family members to choose a particular career, related to careerdecisions. Answers on the CTI fell into one of three categories: decision-making confusion,commitment anxiety
University in Norfolk, Virginia. In the past she has worked for the University of Texas at Dallas, University of Texas at San Antonio, Rutgers University, and Politehnica University of Bucharest. She is a senior member of the IEEE, serves as associate editor for IEEE Communication Letters, and has served in the technical program committee for the IEEE ICC, WCNC, RWW, VTC, GLOBECOM, and CAMAD conferences. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Lessons from Two Years ePortfolio Implementation in Engineering Technology Courses Abstract In an undergraduate as well as in a graduate academic setting, an ePortfolio is a collectionof student work
[17], the collective performance of a socialsystem involves the dynamic interplay of perceived collective efficacy as an emergent propertyof the social group. In a sense, people share the belief in their collective power to produce adesired outcome. Participation in social practices, or social integration, is a fundamental form oflearning where a social display of cognitive competency through group participation serves as amechanism for internalizing and practicing knowledge and skills [19].Academic and social integration facilitated by mentoring relationships has been associated withdecreased attrition rates for undergraduate STEM majors [20], [21]. Academic integration playsa pivotal role in the retention and graduation of students and can
materials engineering 3. Provide an advising structure to assist REEMS students with the identification of their academic majors and selection of their transfer universities, and 4. Leverage partnerships with university research faculty, professional societies, and businesses to ensure that the impacts of the REEMS program will generate student enthusiasm over the entire course of their academic studies and into their professional careers. REEMS students represent a diverse cohort of students who originate from a variety of racialand ethnic origins, educational and career backgrounds, interests, and those students withexisting degrees looking for more fulfilling jobs. The success and impacts of the program
TransitionAbstractPeer mentoring has been shown to be an effective means of improving the retention of women inengineering, but few studies have explored the impact of participation on the development of theleadership abilities of undergraduate women. Transitioning to a leadership mentality as a peermentor has the potential to foster self-efficacy in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) and socially stable academic relationships that may be replicated in post-graduate study and/or the workplace. This one-year study explored the experiences of junior andsenior female students in STEM majors (N=11) serving as mentors to first-year students in theWomen in Science and Engineering Honors Program (WISE) at Stony Brook University, a largeresearch
stories also provide insights into how experiences and context impact decisions to persistand finding one’s identity. As Tonso [19] indicates, the aspect of engineering identity isentwined in inclusion and diversity. Experiences of gender gap and exclusion in engineering forthese women, led to various ways of coping, building resilience and developing an identity ofbelonging. Nisha found a role-model in a female faculty member, whereas Thiennes respondedby staying self-motivated through connecting with peers, faculty and other university resources.The community mindedness instilled in Gloria’s early years provided the anchor for her topersist in her second attempt at engineering education. Amy realized that peers are a criticalresource to not
experience engineering as an evolving, creative, and interdisciplinary career that impacts global society and daily life. 2. Provide students with the opportunity to develop process-driven problem solving skills that recognize multiple alternatives and apply critical thinking to identify an effective solution. 3. Provide students with the opportunity to integrate math & science in an engineering context. 4. Create motivated & passionate engineering students by challenging them with authentic engineering problems across multiple disciplines. 5. Instill in our students the professional, personal & academic behaviors and common competencies needed to move to the next stage of their
comparative studies between engineering education and professional design practices, examining holistic approaches to student retention, and exploring informal learning in engineering education.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the Program Assessment and Research Associate at Design Center (DC) Colorado in CU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from Louisiana State University, an M.S. degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a Ph.D. degree in education, both from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Knight’s research interests are in the areas of retention, program evaluation and teamwork practices in
. “Among college experiences, three experiences are significantly related tochange in engineering identity. Students with greater concern for a career where they can workfor social change, students who receive more mentoring and support from faculty, and studentswho experience more negative cross-racial interactions also indicate developing a stronger senseof engineering identity” [19, p. 22]. The notion that a stronger identity as an engineer is formed ifa woman is singled out in class or clubs repeatedly seems counterintuitive. However the studypoints to the fact that as a woman or URM students are singled out the uniqueness of theiridentity is reaffirmed, among those students who persisted. The formation of an undergraduate’sidentity as an
retention and student persistencehas pinpointed the importance of the student building an identity as a “STEM person” in factorsrelated to persistence [25], [26]. A study using identity as an lens established a framework foranalyzing the factors that affect science identity: students build competency with valuedpractices in the field when they have authentic opportunities for the performance of thesepractices, and when they feel recognized for their contributions – that is, “recognition for whatmatters, by people that matter” [27]. This study also found that recognition was particularlyimportant, and was a missing component for the women of color in their study. As describedabove, the Akamai program has integrated teaching and learning STEM
, Faculty Perceptions, and Lessons Learned,” presented at the 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2017.[11] S. Shayesteh, M. Rizkalla, and Mohamed El-Sharkawy, “Curriculum Innovations through Advancement of MEMS/NEMS and Wearable Devices Technologies,” presented at the 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2017.[12] X. Liu and O. Baiocchi, “14 An Internet of Things (IoT) Course for a Computer Science Graduate Program,” Shap. Future ICT Trends Inf. Technol. Commun. Eng. Manag., 2017.[13] S. J. Dickerson, “A comprehensive approach to educating students about the internet-of- things,” in 2017 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2017, pp. 1–7.[14] R. Ross, J. Whittington, and P. Huynh, “LaserTag for STEM
Paper ID #21746Gatekeepers to Broadening Participation in Engineering: A Qualitative In-vestigation of a Case Site in Virginia (Work in Progress)Mr. Andrew L Gillen, Virginia Tech Andrew Gillen is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the Department of Engineering Edu- cation at Virginia Tech. Andrew received his B.S. in Civil Engineering with an environmental engineering concentration from Northeastern University.Dr. Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech Cheryl Carrico is a Research faculty member for Virginia Tech. Her current research focus relates to STEM career pathways (K-12 through early career) and
faculty member at Oklahoma State University working on terahertz frequencies and engineering educa- tion. While at Oklahoma State, he developed courses in photonics and engineering design. After serving for two and a half years as a program director in engineering education at the National Science Founda- tion, he took a chair position in electrical engineering at Bucknell University. He is currently interested in engineering design education, engineering education policy, and the philosophy of engineering education.Dr. Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato Jennifer Karlin spent the first half of her career at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, where she was a professor of industrial
and staff advisors on academic and other issues that are of concernto them. Several other group activities are being planned in the current semester. One of them is avisit to a design and product development center of an automotive supplier. The STEM studentsare now discussing and planning to reactivate the student chapter of the American Society ofMechanical Engineers (ASME). Several students have become member of ASME and some ofthem have come forward to take the leadership role in the ASME student chapter. The possibilityof working with the student chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) to holdcampus and community events is also being explored. To understand the student’s needs and concerns, a self-assessment
, especially, the experiences of under- represented undergraduate engineering students and engineering educators. She is a qualitative researcher who uses narrative research methods to understand undergraduate student and faculty member’s experi- ences in engineering education. Dr. Kellam is interested in curricular design and has developed design spines for environmental and mechanical engineering programs when she was a faculty member at UGA, and recently helped design the EESD PhD program at ASU. She teaches design courses, engineering sci- ence courses, and graduate courses focused on qualitative research methods. She also serves as a Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education.Dr. Anna Montana
Boulder. He co-directs Project EPIC, an NSF-funded project since 2009 that investigates how members of the public make use of social media during times of mass emergency. Professor Anderson leads the design and implementation of a large-scale data collection and analysis system for that project. Prof. Anderson was a participant in the first cohort of the NCWIT Pacesetters program, a program de- signed to recruit more women to the field of computer science and encourage them to pursue their careers in technology. As part of his Pacesetters efforts, Prof. Anderson led the charge to create a new BA in CS degree at CU that allows students in Arts and Sciences to earn a degree in computer science. This new degree
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
explore the impacts it is havingon both students and instructors by listening to their voices and observing their actions.BackgroundEntrepreneurship education (EE) in higher education has seen tremendous growth over the pastdecade in many countries around the world [2]. Initially EE was taught mainly in businessschools; more recently it has been offered as an elective course across many other disciplines,including engineering. A main impetus for an emphasis on EE in higher education is that it canbe a significant contributor to economic development and job growth of a country [3]. Inaddition to the potential direct benefits on the economy of a nation in general, research has alsoshown that EE can contribute to greater student engagement and
Engineering and Sciences (AES) department. Thecollege is part of a larger university and being an urban commuter campus, its mission is as muchon giving students real-world experiences as it is on providing a sound liberal arts education.With a setting in the largest city in the state, many opportunities arise for students to enhancetheir post-graduate skills with an extensive professional development curriculum. With over 25years of history supporting Capstone, faculty members in the AES department have formulatedseveral approaches to this professional development. From a more traditional approach ofhosting a semester long project where students are embedded with industry partners, toindividual or small group projects either with a faculty member or
. She teaches Properties of Reservoir Fluids, Mechanics of Petroleum Production, Petroleum Seminar, Field Session, Fossil Energy, Environmental Law and Sustainability, and Corporate Social Responsibility. In addition to teaching in the Petroleum Engineering program at Mines, Linda teaches courses in the Leadership in Social Respon- sibility, Humanitarian Engineering, Energy, and Midstream Minor programs and the Natural Resources and Energy Policy graduate program at Mines. Linda is an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Social Responsibility (HSSE-SR) Advisory Committee and is Chair of the Sustainable Development Technical Section. She is also a member
), which all four students ultimately didpursue. The objectives in the second half of the project were to: 1. Fabricate the material specimens for research 2. Conduct experimental testing, each student concentrating on a different focus area: 1) Material degradation due to aqueous environment exposure, 2) Raster and print orientation, 3) Strengthening by epoxy layering/impregnation, and 4) Strength as a function of orientation in thermoformed materials 3. Conduct experiments and analyze data 4. Write an operation manual for the student-constructed fabrication machines 5. Draft one or more conference proceedings papers4.2 Instructor RolesThree faculty members formulated the independent study work