learning experiences and students designing to learn.Dr. Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico Abhaya Datye has been on the faculty at the University of New Mexico after receiving his PhD in Chem- ical Engineering at the University of Michigan in 1984. He is presently Chair of the department and Distinguished Regents Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering. From 1994-2014 he served as Director of the Center for Microengineered Materials, a strategic research center at UNM that reports to the Vice President for Research. He is also the founding director of the graduate interdisciplinary program in Nanoscience and Microsystems, the first program at UNM to span three schools and colleges and the Anderson
seniors worked with five or six first year female students in WISE;the mentors received a stipend for their efforts. They met weekly for six hours to informallydiscuss social and academic issues, work on course assignments, and develop a supportivenetwork. The participation of the first-year students was mandatory. The 11 mentors weresurveyed and/or interviewed in spring and fall of 2017.Design and methods. A phenomenological research design [16] was employed, whereby thecommon experiences of the subjects as undergraduate women mentors in STEM were explored,with a particular focus on the impact of mentoring on self-efficacy beliefs, personal growth, andleadership development. Common constructs were elicited to generate a new explanatoryframework
Bui, NPR, using datafrom National Science Foundation, American Bar Association, and AmericanAssociation of Medical Colleges] Compiling data on how well colleges do in recruiting and graduating women inSTEM majors can raise awareness and help spread best practices. For CS&E, Chronicleof Higher Education has used US Department of Education data to produce such aranking [21], which places Salisbury University, with 36% women, at the top of the listof public institutions, followed closely by University of Washington (35%) and fiveothers at 30% or higher. For private co-educational institutions, New School achievesan impressive 75%, with two other institutions scoring above one-half. Because womentend to consider factors such as safety
away from academic language and schedules to language and schedules more indicative of engineering practice, with the goal of better preparing graduates for their engineering careers. Results from the Senior Growth Survey indicate significant development in senior's growth as professionals [4, 5].5. Industry Connection: The program used various means to connect with the industry, including hiring a resident industry advisor, strengthening faculty’s connection with the industry through summer immersion experiences, and infusing industry practices in IDP and senior design courses [2]-[5].6. Innovative Teaching: The department promoted and encouraged innovative teaching. Teaching innovation was driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, by
the scienceprofessions, researchers have identified an enduring strong association of science as a disciplinefor men [4]. This association of gender and career field also impacts young people before theycommit to a career path: middle schoolers have parroted the assumption that engineering is acareer for men [8].The Media and Women in STEMThese disciplinary norms and perceptions are reflected in the ways in which, and if, women inSTEM are portrayed in art, media, and popular culture around the world [3, 7, 9, 10, 11]. Themedia reflects the truth of underrepresentation in STEM [7, 10]. Of the 391 most popular STEM-themed YouTube channels, only 32 hosts presented themselves as female [9]. In acomprehensive study of entertainment media
convinced that “Participate indeveloping existing & new products & and operations” is an important high demand skill formanufacturing technicians, but that skill is currently missing in their workforce. Only 12% of thecollege faculty considered this skill as a significant skill for their graduates to possess. For theother case: “3D CAD & printing/ prototyping” is extremely popular, 60%, among faculty but amoderate, 36%, at best priority among the manufacturers. Thus, in Florida, an industry identifiedskills need, “Participate in developing …” is not currently a priority for the faculty andsubsequently not incorporated regularly in the curriculum, while the State-wide faculty interestin “3D CAD & printing/ prototyping” is extensively
can lead tomore open and engaged discussion. We designed the workshop to take 90 minutes in total,allowing time to “sell” the importance of inclusive climate, share research findings on climate atthe university, and offer ample time for interacting and sharing ideas. Two members of our teamtraded off presentation and facilitation duties, while taking detailed notes to capture themes thatemerged from workshop discussion. Participants received a folder with the case studies wediscussed during the workshop and a 1-page handout summarizing best practices for facultyretention, including immediate small steps chairs can take to improve climate.Module 1: Assessing Department ClimateThe workshop launches with a roughly 20-minute presentation defining
Engineering Department at the Uni- versity of Louisville where he has taught since 1981. He holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Cincinnati. His area of research is non-destructive testing and evaluation of materials with a focus on concrete structures. He teaches courses and conducts research in the areas of design and con- struction of pavements. He is currently involved in conducting research in condition survey of bridge structures using remote sensing technology. He has also been actively involved the American Society of Civil Engineers, serving on the Educational Activities and Continuing Education committees as well as the Technical Council for Computing and Information Technology
Paper ID #20677Writing in the Disciplines for Engineers: Implementation and Assessment ofStudent LearningDr. Jordan E. Trachtenberg, Rice University Jordan Trachtenberg received her PhD in bioengineering from Rice University. She has been passion- ate about STEM education and outreach throughout her undergraduate and graduate studies. Her broad teaching interests include teaching K-12 outreach programs in 3D printing and computer-aided design, mentoring undergraduate laboratory and design teams, and organizing graduate professional development opportunities in science communication. She works on collaborative pedagogical
“significantly better learning outcomes than the traditionallecture/recitation approach”.In no field is the need for reform of educational practices more important than that of STEMcontent. Because of changes in K-12 education, STEM students are entering the collegeexperience with a background in hands-on constructivist learning; they are expecting and learnbest via hands-on technology supported, active learning. In addition, continued advances intechnology coupled with the needs surrounding a growing content base and real-world problemswithin STEM indicates that constructivist learning will best serve future professional demands.21st Century STEM graduates must be not only be well versed in today’s current content and © American
computerprogramming-related problem-solving skills in particular.This study presents best practices and lessons learned from our LC, and we present three novelstrategies to integrate writing in PS courses for majors and non-majors. First, since implementationof LCs is not always feasible, to infuse narrative elements into problem-solving we developed anarrative module to help students develop narrative and writing skills that can be incorporated inall sections of the PS course. Second, we developed a series of student-assessed case studies thatcan be integrated in all sections of the PS course for computer systems majors. Cases studiesprovide a narrative context in which students learn basic constructs of computer programming suchas sequencing, selection and
Graphics, Juniper, R3Logic, Cisco, Qualcomm, MediaTeck, etc.) and the Government (NSF, ARO, MDA, DOD, AFOSR, DOE, etc.). He is a recipient of several best paper awards, the 2009 NSF CAREER award, the 2014 MURI award, the 2008 IEEE Computer Society (CS) Meritorious Service Award, the 2012 IEEE CS Outstanding Contri- bution, the 2010 IEEE CS Most Successful Technical Event for co-founding and chairing HOST Sympo- sium, the 2009 and 2014 UConn ECE Research Excellence Award, and the 2012 UConn SOE Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award. He serves on the program committee of more than a dozen leading conferences and workshops. Prof. Tehranipoor served as the guest editor for JETTA, IEEE Design and Test of Computers, and IEEE
College, a Master’s degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from Auburn University, eleven years of experience in industry as a software engineer, and three years as a full-time faculty in the department of engineering at a small Midwest engineering university.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette 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
: Do language attitudes represent a factor in the low enrollments in Spanish and other FL courses at UNV? In addition to that question, this pilot research has two objectives: (1) to obtain preliminary insights from the data, and (2) use these insights to improve the initial questionnaire created for this study. Methodology Instrument To design the questionnaire, four dimensions (or constructs) were chosen as basic building blocks: (1) attitudes toward learning Spanish and other L2; (2) instrumental orientation toward Spanish and other L2; (3) integrative orientation toward U.S. Hispanics and Latin American countries; (4) attitudes toward global experiences, at the international level –like studying
2009, she founded The Gaskins Foundation, a non-profit organization, whose mission is to educate and empower the African American community. Her foundation recently launched the Cincinnati STEM- ulates year round K-12 program, which is a free of charge program that will introduce more students to Math and Science. She was named the 2017 K12 Champion by the National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA).Ms. Jutshi Agarwal, University of Cincinnati I am a PhD candidate in Aerospace Engineering with research objectives focussed on Engineering Edu- cation. Currently, I am the Lead Graduate Teaching Assistant for the first year engineering design course with an enrollment of 1300 students
improving theirteaching in graduate education, current instructors may need more informationand resources on how to be the best teachers they can be 8What can help?Learning Communities (LCs) 9 9LCs provide a long-term collaborative structurefor faculty to improve their teaching skills • The five components of research-based faculty LCs are: 1. Shared beliefs, values and vision 2. Shared and supportive leadership 3. Supportive structural and relational conditions 4. Collective intentional learning and its application 5. Shared personal practice
is the former Associate Chair for Computing in the Department of Engineering, and remains active curricular design and implementation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Work-in-Progress: A Student Activity Dashboard for Ensuring Project-based Learning ComplianceAbstractProject-based learning is an effective pedagogical tool for software engineering education.Students working in small teams may leverage an industry-practiced software processmethodology to define, design, construct, and validate a quality software product. In a project-based environment, students learn both technical competencies in the face of a complex scalableproblem, but also contextual
, Florida A&M University - Florida State University Dr. Erik M. Hines is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems at the Florida State University as well as the coordinator of the Counselor Education Program and School Counseling Track. Dr. Hines prepares graduate students to be professional school counselors. Dr. Hines’s research agenda centers around: (a) college and career readiness for Black males; (b) parental involvement and its impact on academic achievement for students of color; and (c) improving and increas- ing postsecondary opportunities for first generation, low-income, and students of color (particularly Black males). Additionally, his research interests
Paper ID #38826Attracting Black Students to Undergraduate Engineering Programs: A RapidReview for Broadening ParticipationMicaha Dean Hughes, North Carolina State University, Raleigh Micaha Dean Hughes is a doctoral student in the Educational Psychology program in the Teacher Educa- tion and Learning Sciences department at North Carolina State University. Her research interests include community-engaged approaches to educational equity and access in STEM education, college recruitment and K-12 outreach practices for minoritized groups in STEM, mathematical identity development for rural adolescents and young adults, and
widely documented to have a positive impact on retention and studentexperience [2]–[5].Although the importance of such programs is clearly recognized, an understanding of how andwhy such programs have an impact is less well-developed. In a review of programmatic studentsupport initiatives, Lee and Matusovich [6] presented a comprehensive analysis of diversitysupport practices, and then called for more interplay between research and practice on diversitysupport. Narrowly framed, a relationship between an empirical base and implementationstrategies might be summarized as determining “evidence-based best practices.” However, Leeand Matusovich noted that “while the practice of providing students with co-curricular supporthas been evaluated, theory
components that differentiate PIPELINES from similar initiatives and that webelieve are key to its impact are: 1) fostering STEM diversity through an interdisciplinarypartnership; 2) workforce learning through STEM design experiences; 3) leveraging teamworkfor early engagement in engineering design. We discuss each one in the following sections.Fostering STEM Diversity through an Interdisciplinary Partnership Funded by ONR, PIPELINES is a collaborative effort between the Center for Science andEngineering Partnerships (CSEP) at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), theGevirtz Graduate School of Education at UCSB (GGSE), and the Naval Facilities EngineeringCommand, Navy Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC) at
discussed and it doing the opposite of amotor was examined through a brief presentation. An activity kit that used a hand-crankedmechanism to generate energy to light up an LED was built and tested. The principle of wind andhydro-electric generation and sources of renewable energy was discussed next.iv) Best Practices Database: Discussed the scientific approach and determined the mostappropriate sustainability-related activities – A brief description on how quickly earth’sresources are being consumed for energy generation by different countries and the impact ofgreenhouse gases on climate was presented. Fellows surveyed a web-based questionnaire tomentees that examined their sustainable practices [8]. Renewable energy source such as windand solar
. Theimplications of this research are far-reaching, offering a roadmap for educators and students tothrive in a rapidly changing technological landscape.Future research in this area could delve deeper into the specific challenges and best practices forteaching project management in the context of generative AI. Additionally, longitudinal studiescould examine the long-term impact of project management education on the careers ofengineering graduates, shedding light on the benefits of integrating these skills into engineeringprograms. Finally, research could explore innovative teaching methods and technologies thatenhance project management education, keeping pace with the evolving field of generative AIand project management.References[1] K. Frankle, “Five
color in engineering [13]. The research has beenconducted by the National Society of Black Engineers in collaboration with ExxonMobil. Therecommended strategies include engagement of the institutional leadership, summer bridge programs,collaborative learning and living environments, facilitated study groups, early alert systems,scholarships, positive self-efficacy development, positive identity development, and facultydevelopment programs. The paper provides research-based explanation of why each of these strategiesworks as well as best practices and challenges for their implementation.In [14], the authors perform a study of retention of students in STEM fields. They found that 48% ofstudents at bachelor’s degree level and 69% at the
for data visualization, analysis, and interpretation. The coursethen progresses to explore topics in Materials Science, and Civil and Mechanical Engineering.Midway through the semester, a bridge competition is held and the students work on a StudentEducational Plan that projects their coursework all the way through graduating with theBachelors of Science degree. Finally, the course finishes up in Electrical and ComputerEngineering with topics in electronics and test equipment, sensors and measuring physicalphenomena, microcontroller programming and data acquisition, and select topics in robotics witha design competition.Two design project competitions are integrated into the curriculum, with experiments built intothe schedule for students to
-year design process, and then no longer can take on multiple roles based on the point of view, ordiscussed. At best, students are asked to demonstrate that source, from which the constraint emanates: for example, thetheir design met the established evaluation metrics. The set of environmental constraints for an automobile includespurpose of this workshop is to introduce a more robust and not only how the design can affect the environment (such asmeaningful pedagogical approach towards realistic the societal impact of carbon emissions), but how theconstraints, particularly in their introduction within the first environment can affect the design (such as the corrosiveyear of engineering
alsoconcluded that the potential for attracting and retaining students from underrepresented groups,based on the experience of a female engineering student who transitioned from a beginner to expertin a single semester within the space, can be facilitated by strong legitimate peripheral participationand mentoring. However, they also note that additional research is necessary to determine if thiswill occur at scale. Hilton et al found significant differences in students self-reported design self-efficacy before and after time spent in a university makerspace [16]. Positive changes occurred instudents even if their level of participation stayed low across the semester. This suggests thatmakerspaces may have large, positive impacts on students without
research interests include engineering education, as well as control and optimization of nonlinear and hybrid systems with applications to power and energy systems, multi-agent systems, robotics, and biomedicine. He is a recipient of UCSB’s Center for Control, Dynamical Systems, and Computation Best PhD Thesis award and a UCI Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship.Analia E. Rao, University of California, IrvineProf. Lorenzo Valdevit ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 What drives you? Exploring the motivations and goals of low-income engineering transfer students for pursuing engineeringIntroductionThe diverse group of students served by
, with the ultimate aim of developing a thrice-strong student: a scholar; alifelong-learner, and a global citizen. To embrace this challenge, universities also devise listsof ‘graduate attributes’, which they actively promote among the student population andencourage staff to embed into course designs (e.g. the University of Glasgow ‘GraduateAttributes Matrix’: http://www.gla.ac.uk/students/attributes/).These newly-identified requirements must in turn impact pre-sessional courses, i.e. languageand study skills provision offered to international students prior to their postgraduate study atan overseas university. By definition, teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP), forexample for engineers and scientists, foregrounds the learners
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 health of a company. She has published her research in Journal of Business Logistics, International Jour- nal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management and peer-reviewed proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education.Dr. Michael D. Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and In- dustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product