EECS Department. His current research activities include nanomagnetics/spintronics, graphene electron- ics, nanophotonics, and nano-electromechanical systems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Career Development Impacts of a Research Program on Graduate Student and Postdoc MentorsAbstract—This evidence-based practice paper explores how graduate students and postdocsbenefit from serving as mentors to undergraduate research interns. Utilizing three years ofqualitative data from 38 mentors, our findings indicate that mentors feel better prepared forfuture faculty careers as they gain skills in project management, supervision, andcommunication. This paper
Paper ID #28637Clinician-engineer career bias and its relationship to engineeringdesign self-efficacy among Biomedical Engineering undergraduatesDr. William H Guilford, University of Virginia Will Guilford is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He is also the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education in the School of Engineering. He received his B.S. in Biology and Chemistry from St. Francis College in Ft. Wayne, Indiana and his Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Arizona. Will did his postdoctoral training in Molecular Biophysics at the University of Vermont. His
Paper ID #30177Early Career and Remote Undergraduate Research Experiences as Catalystsfor More Impactful Community College STEM OpportunitiesDr. Jared Ashcroft, Pasadena City College Jared Ashcroft graduated with a BS in Chemistry from Long Beach State in California and subsequently attended Rice University, where he worked for Dr. Lon J. Wilson, developing carbon based nano-bio immunoconjugates for use in medical applications. After earning his doctorate in Chemistry from Rice, he moved to Berkeley California to work in Dr. Carolyn Larabell’s National Center for X-ray Tomogra- phy at the Lawrence Berkeley National
Paper ID #21495Examination of Future Construction Career Role Preferences and Identitiesof Construction StudentsMr. Dorail F. Porter, Associated General Contractors Undergraduate Construction Management student attending North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Executive Board member on the NCAT chapter of Associated General Contractors of America . Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Built Environmental ProgramDr. Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Andrea Ofori-Boadu is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Built Environment at North Carolina Agricultural and
Paper ID #21891Exploring Students’ and Instructors’ Perceptions of Engineering: Case Stud-ies of Professionally Focused and Career Exploration CoursesDr. Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University Dr. Villanueva is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department and an Adjunct Pro- fessor in the Bioengineering Department in Utah State University. Her multiple roles as an engineer, engineering educator, engineering educational researcher, and professional development mentor for un- derrepresented populations has aided her in the design and integration of educational and physiological technologies to research
Paper ID #22466Promoting Academic and Career Success for Raleigh Future Scholars at NCState UniversityProf. Leda Lunardi, North Carolina State University Leda Lunardi received the BS and MS from University of S˜ao Paulo (USP), S˜ao Paulo, Brazil, and Ph.D. degree from Cornell University. Currently she is a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Her teaching and research interests include electronics, optoelectronics, and engineering undergraduate student retention and graduation improve- ment. Her research has been mainly sponsored by the National
Paper ID #18875Social Cognitive Career Factors and Students’ Interest in Electronics and En-gineering (Fundamental)Ms. Emily Cayton, North Carolina State University Emily Cayton is a graduate research assistant working with PowerAmerica and pursuing a Ph.D. in Sci- ence Education at North Carolina State University. Emily has taught middle and high school science for 8 years in North Carolina Public Schools.Dr. M. Gail Jones, North Carolina State University M. Gail Jones is Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of STEM Education at NC State University where she conducts research on teaching and learning in STEM. Jones is
of Sociology and Anthropology. Co-Program Director of the Sociology/Anthropology Department c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Career Navigation Initiatives for Women STEM Faculty in Support of Institutional TransformationIn preparation for creating an institutional transformation strategy, researchers conducted amulti-year self-study (NSF ADVANCE 0811076) to identify career advancement and navigationbarriers for current women faculty at a large private university and establish how well theuniversity addresses issues important to the recruitment, retention, and advancement of womenSTEM faculty. Results of a faculty climate survey, objective human resources data
career. Youremotional health might not be as straightforward to manage. Graduate school has emotional highs(e.g. success in research, accepted papers) emotional lows (e.g. rejected papers, failed tests) andstress. I learned that my emotional health is not something I could ignore. Taking time foryourself is important during your graduate school career. The last lesson of the paper is aboutsetting goals and finding opportunities to achieve your goals. A common goal for earning yourdoctorate should be preparing you for your career in either academia or industry.My BackgroundI am currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Kettering University and I defended mydissertation on April 1, 2016, about 31.5 months after starting my Ph.D. in Systems
Paper ID #12125Impact of Mentoring and Enrichment Activities on the Academic Careers ofUnderrepresented STEM Doctoral StudentsDr. Jonathan Gordon, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Gordon received his B.Sc. in Psychology and History from the University of Toronto and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He worked as a post-doctoral research associate in the University of North Carolina Office of Institutional Research, and then for the University System of Georgia in the Office of Strategic Research and Analysis. He joined the Georgia Institute of Technology in
Paper ID #12276Interest-based engineering challenges phase I: Understanding students’ per-sonal, classroom, engineering, and career interestsCole H Joslyn, Purdue University, West Lafayette Cole Joslyn is a PhD student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests include holistic approaches to humanizing engineering education (such as ethics of care, human- istic education, contemplative and reflective practices, and spirituality) and how it can shape engineering as a socially just profession in service to humanity. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and a M.Ed. specializing
Paper ID #11187The Influence of Out-of-school High School Experiences on Engineering Iden-tities and Career ChoiceDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses on increasing female enrollment in engineering, how students’ attitudes and beliefs affect their choices and their learning, and how to improve engineering education for all students – especially those from underrepresented groups. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and
called “On-Ramps into Academia.”(http://www.engr.washington.edu/onramp/)The goal of On-Ramps into Academia was to increase the pool of women faculty available to alluniversities by providing professional development to PhD-level women in industry or researchlaboratories who wished to transition into faculty positions. Unlike the more traditional strategyof institutions recruiting female faculty from other universities to increase the number of femalefaculty in science and engineering departments, this strategy increases the number of femalefaculty nationally. On-Ramps is a new approach to faculty recruitment. PhDs in science andengineering can leverage their nonacademic skills and experiences into successful careers asfaculty members.Interviews
Paper ID #12600Starter or Joiner, Market or Socially-Oriented: Predicting Career Choiceamong Undergraduate Engineering and Business StudentsMr. Florian Michael Lintl, Stanford University Florian is studying Environmental Planning and Ecological Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). His majors are Sustainable City Development, Renewable Energy, International Land Use Planning and Environmental Economics. He is also participant in the Entrepreneurial Qualification Program ”Manage&More”. This is a program of the Center for Innovation and Business Creation at the TU Munich (”UnternehmerTUM”) which
male counterparts.1–7 As research hasshown that inventions by women are frequently designed to address important social problems,addressing the gap in engagement in academic commercialization activities has growing societalrelevance.2,8 This gender gap can largely be explained by the significant obstacles that womenfaculty in engineering face as they advance their careers and as they engage in academiccommercialization.9–11 Barriers such as gender discrimination, attitudinal and behavioral factors,work-life balance issues, and exclusion from networks impact the ability of women faculty tocontinue in the field, engage in academic commercialization, and ultimately advance theircareers.3,7,8,12–17This paper aims to synthesize relevant literature
YoungScholars, the FREEDM precollege program has met its goal of instilling the students with anunderstanding of engineering careers. Furthermore, students who have participated in thisprecollege program have stated that they have gained more confidence in their future studies andthey believe that they can do well in college.Introduction Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects are essential fields inthe United States due to the role they play at multiple levels of society, as well as their enormousimpact. Today, the STEM subject scope is expanding into STEAM, in which the A stands for art,and STEMM, in which the added M signifies medicine. The President’s Council of Advisors onScience and Technology (PCAST) report
Paper ID #15404Fundamental Research: Characterizing Underrepresented Students’ Interestin Engineering Careers and Their Teachers’ Beliefs about PracticesDr. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Svihla is an assistant professor of learning sciences at the University of New Mexico. She is par- ticularly interested in how people find and frame problems, and how these activities relate to innovation and creativity. She applies a range of research methods to understand learning in real world, interdisci- plinary and Computer-Supported Collaborative settings. She was selected as a 2014 National Academy of Education
Education, 2016 Trends in Texas High School Students’ Enrollment in STEM Courses for Career and Technology Education I. IntroductionWhile the demand for motivated students to enter STEM fields is at its highest, high schoolseniors’ interest in and readiness for pursuing these careers have been sluggish1. The largestimpact on STEM entrance is reported to be intent to major in STEM, which is directly affectedby 12th-grade math achievement and exposure to math and science courses. In the context ofTexas, House Bill 5 signifies a major policy shift requiring entering high school students in fall2014 to choose an endorsement, STEM being one of them. Career and Technical Education(CTE
Paper ID #16825Native American Mentorships: Industry’s Next Step to Assist Native Ameri-cans’ Transition into STEM Careers?Dr. Jared V. Berrett, Utah State University Dr. Jared Berrett has mixed method case study research expertise and a PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Illinois where he completed a traineeship in the College of Engineering and worked in the Faculty Teachers College there. He owns two businesses, has worked for Novel and Microsoft, and is currently the new Director of FIRST robotics for the state of Utah. It is his passion to try to motivate non-traditional students to be successful in
Paper ID #16112Integrating Civility into the Classroom: Practicing and Teaching Civility toPrepare Students for Career SuccessProf. Ralph Ocon, Purdue University Calumet c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Integrating Civility into the Classroom: Practicing and Teaching Civility to Prepare Students for Career SuccessAbstractThe focus of most engineering and technology programs is to provide students with the technicalskills required for success in their future careers. Often overlooked, but equally important forcareer success, is training on the “soft skills.” In particular, faculty need to
Paper ID #15878Using Career Pathways to Assimilate High School Students into the Engi-neering ProfessionDr. S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University - Northridge Dr. S. Jimmy Gandhi is an assistant professor at California State University, Northridge. His research interests and the courses he teaches includes Quality Management, Lean Manufacturing, Innovation & Entrepreneurship,Sustainability as well as research in the field of Engineering Education. He has over 30 conference and journal publications and has brought in over $500K in research grants to The California State University, Northridge.Dr. Vidya K
Paper ID #25962Board 12: CAREER: Characterizing Latent Diversity Among a NationalSample of First-Year Engineering StudentsDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, 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 fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S
Paper ID #27387Board 126: Early Career Elementary Teachers’ Evolving Choices for Incor-porating Engineering into Their ClassroomDr. Jessica E S Swenson, University of Michigan Jessica Swenson is a post doctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan. She received her doc- torate and masters from Tufts University in mechanical engineering and STEM education. Her current research involves examining different types of homework problems in undergraduate engineering science courses, flexible classrooms, active learning, responsive teaching, and novice elementary engineering teacher development.Dr. Kristen B Wendell, Tufts
Paper ID #22417Women’s Motivation to Pursue Engineering Education and Careers: a CaseStudy of MalaysiaMs. S. Zahra Atiq, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Zahra Atiq is a PhD candidate at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is interested in learning about the non-cognitive/affective and individual/demographic factors that impacts students in STEM courses. Specifically, she is interested in understanding the emotions students’ expe- rience while learning computer programming. She is interested to understand women’s participation in computer science and engineering.Sarah
Paper ID #24871Changing Perceptions of Who Can Code: A Professional Development Pro-gram for Career and Technical Education TeachersDr. Mihaela Sabin, University of New Hampshire Mihaela Sabin is Associate Professor of Computer Science at UNH Manchester, University of New Hamp- shire. Her research interests are in computing education, open source software, and constraint satisfaction. Sabin’s service to the computing education professional community includes: founding member and Uni- versity liaison for the Computer Science Teacher Association NH Chapter; coordinator of the Aspirations in Computing ME-NH-VT regional
Paper ID #24742WIP: Proactive Dual Career and Relocation Assistance During the FacultyInterview ProcessDr. Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder Robyn Sandekian, PhD, is the Manager of Diverse Faculty Recruiting for the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. In this role, Robyn works with hiring commit- tees throughout the College to ensure that faculty searches reach a broad pool of potential applicants and coordinates training offered by the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) to identify and reduce implicit bias throughout the search process
Paper ID #25750”Maybe If I Put My Mind To It”: 5th Graders’ Receptivity to Pursuing En-gineering Careers (Fundamental)Ms. Karen Miel, Tufts University Karen Miel is a PhD student in STEM Education at Tufts University. Karen served as the Director of Research and Innovation at the science center CuriOdyssey and the Education Director of the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo after teaching elementary and middle school. Her research focuses on elementary students’ reasoning and decision-making in collaborative engineering design.Dr. Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University Dr. Merredith Portsmore is the Director for Tufts Center
-Corps site entrepreneurial leads and their career goalsAs indicated above, two scholars with an innovation and entrepreneurship major backgroundfrom Clarkson University in New York was recruited to work with the REU scholars. One of thestudents had a business and entrepreneurship background, while the second student had achemical engineering and entrepreneurship background. Clarkson University in NY with aninnovation and entrepreneurship major was approached to recruit these students, culminating in aSkype interview with those students. Based on this interview, we were convinced that thesestudents were focused on commercializing innovations in the field of materials scienceengineering. The students indicated that this internship would allow
Paper ID #31500A First-Year Career Development Course: Securing and Succeeding in anEngineering JobDr. Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, University of California, Davis Jennifer Sinclair Curtis is Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Dean of Engineering at University of California, Davis. She is a Fellow of ASEE, AAAS and AIChE. She is recipient of AIChE’s Particle Technology Forum’s Lifetime Achievement Award, a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar Award, AIChE’s Thomas-Baron Award in Fluid-Particle Systems, ASEE’s Chemical Engineering Lec- tureship Award, ASEE’s CACHE Award for Excellence in Computing in Chemical
Paper ID #41619Exploring Career-path Streaming through an Intersectional Lens: Race, Gender,and Engineering in the Canadian ContextDr. Andrea Chan, University of Toronto Andrea Chan is a Senior Research Associate at Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (Troost ILead), Institute for Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice (ISTEP), University of TorontoDr. Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto Cindy Rottmann is the Associate Director of Research at the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering and an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education (ISTEP) at the University of