knowledge. For instance, we asked teachers how they were able to identify thosemoments when students would access their funds of knowledge. Maria responded that “it’susually during classroom discussion, when we open it up to the whole class, and I ask them toshare out” these moments were depicted in our conversation with Jessica. She commentedthat, “[...] This rocket project that we’ve been working on, there was a kid that told me all about how he went to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and saw [...] different space hubs. And the Apollo spacecraft was there. And he used that when he was trying to think of how he was going to design his rocket [...].In this excerpt, Jessica talks about one of the students drawing from his
combinatorial optimization, graph theory, and integer programming with applications in big data, imaging, social networks, and logistics. Illya is the recipient of the 2005 Optimization Prize for Young Researchers from the Optimization Society of INFORMS and the 2010 Forum Moving Spirit Award from INFORMS for his work with the Minority Issues Forum of INFORMS. Illya was also recently named an INFORMS Fellow.Dr. Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute Comas Lamar Haynes is a Principal Research Engineer / faculty member of the Georgia Tech Research In- stitute and Joint Faculty Appointee at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research includes modeling steady state and transient behavior of advanced
seven Information Technology textbooks, over 100 peer reviewed journal articles and conference papers, and she gave numerous presen- tations at national and international professional events in USA, Canada, England, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Germany and Romania. She is the founder director of the Auburn University Educational and Assistive Technology Laboratory (LEAT), Co-PI of NSF EEC ”RFE Design and Development: Framing Engineering as Community Activism for Values-Driven Engineeringan”, Co-PI of NSF CISE ”EAGER: An Accessible Coding Curriculum for Engaging Underserved Students with Special Needs in Afterschool Programs”, institutional partner of AccessComputing (http://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/), Ac
sustainable superiority.Dr. Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute Comas Lamar Haynes is a Principal Research Engineer / faculty member of the Georgia Tech Research In- stitute and Joint Faculty Appointee at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research includes modeling steady state and transient behavior of advanced energy systems, inclusive of their thermal management, and the characterization and optimization of novel cycles. He has advised graduate and undergradu- ate research assistants and has received multi-agency funding for energy systems analysis and develop- ment. Sponsor examples include the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy and NASA. Dr. Haynes also develops fuel cells and
quick. At San José State University (SJSU), students and faculty were given lessthan one week to prepare to teach and take classes remotely. Most faculty at SJSU had nevertaught online before this dramatic shift in March 2020 and both faculty and students werechallenged to finish the semester. Most SJSU engineering classes are offered in the traditionalface-to-face mode with in-person laboratories and project classes. Because of COVID-19, allSJSU classes, including those in the College of Engineering, went to a remote mode.The object of this study was to determine the impact of the sudden move to remote learning onengineering students at SJSU through a survey and interviews. By supplementing the surveyswith interviews of students, this study
the educational institution, as well as thecorporation seeking to hire diverse STEM talent.Role models and representation help students see potential in themselves, and girls who seewomen working in engineering careers are more likely to consider doing the same [7]. Withfemale engineers of color occupying a small number of seats in our nation’s innovation hubs,laboratories, scientific think tanks, corporate suites, and board rooms, it is challenging for youngwomen of color to envision themselves as engineers.Experiences, both negative and positive, can profoundly shape an individual’s thoughts andultimately who they become. Espinosa [4] examines the potential benefit of the collegeexperience, including experiences of women of color pursuing
resources.While students felt competent in their abilities to pursue an engineering degree, they describedcompetence as individual knowledge and understanding of engineering and access to resources.These resources were described as people (e.g., advisors, tutors), and as non-human resources(e.g., libraries, relevant laboratories, tutorials). Having access to resources made them feelcompetent and confident in themselves in the present and in their future. Often studentsconflated competence with confidence, which we plan to discuss in a separate study, but ingeneral, students felt like competent learners. Therefore, they felt confident they can becomeengineers in the long run. Access to resources made sense as contributing factors to students’competence
personalized inclusionstatement. All course materials, including lecture slides and laboratory manuals are provided inaccessible format. Recorded materials, such as lecture videos, instructor review sessions and TArecitation sessions are recorded and augmented with captions that are edited for 99.9% accuracy.During the first week of the semester, a short presentation about the INCLUDE project is given bythe project manager and research assistant. These default interventions enhance the inclusivity ofthe environment, the accessibility of the course, and the learning experience for both theneurodiverse student population in particular, and the general student population overall. These,and other default interventions are discussed in further detail in
Paper ID #32840”I Wish I Would Have Known. . . ”: Characterizing Engineering Students’Reflections on Their Graduate ExperiencesMr. Kanembe Shanachilubwa, Pennsylvania State University I am a second-year doctoral candidate at Pennsylvania State University in the mechanical engineering department. Member of the Engineering Cognitive Research Laboratory (ECRL). Current research topics include graduate school attrition and student well-being.Miss Megan ElleryGabriella M. Sallai, Pennsylvania State University Gaby Sallai is currently a graduate student in the mechanical engineering department at Penn State. She is working under
. MENG students also had historically worked on research independentlyand in various laboratories across campus, and degree specializations within the department allrequired different coursework; thus, students in the department felt no true connection to cometogether as peers for writing purposes (Simpson et al., 2015).Assessment on the STEM fellows program and how it created a community of writers acrossgraduate departments at New Mexico Tech was mixed. As mentioned above, departmentalculture played a large role in whether or not students saw peer-based writing support programs asworthwhile; graduate students who were more likely to be isolated in their research andlaboratory settings saw less value in writing collaboration with peers and
outcome expectations as manyquestioned their likelihood for success in the tenure-track job market.Following Stake’s (1995) third step of pattern recognition, more precise content was developedthrough grouping associated data, developing fuse codes, and refining the themes identifiedacross the interview data. This process enabled the researchers to identify common backgroundexperiences that influenced career interests and, ultimately, career decisions. For instance,postdoctoral scholars who experienced strong, formalized mentoring as students desired toreplicate mentoring in their laboratories, and those who had support and resources to do so feltempowered and optimistic they could continue this work as a professor. Those who experiencedbarriers
Paper ID #28257Understanding the ’us all’ in Engineering 4 Us All through theExperiences of High School TeachersDr. Bruk T Berhane, University of Maryland College Park Dr. Bruk T. Berhane received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Mary- land in 2003. He then completed a master’s degree in engineering management at George Washington University in 2007. In 2016, he earned a Ph.D. in the Minority and Urban Education Unit of the Col- lege of Education at the University of Maryland. Bruk worked at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, where he focused on nanotechnology
toideate is particularly worthy of further investigation. Specifically, how engineering courses maylimit a student’s ability to ideate. This is supported by Lai et al.’s (2008) findings that suggest aninverse relationship between the number of years in engineering courses and one's ability to dodivergent thinking. Researchers may consider the role of design and creativity courses inengineering education, such as the Ideation Laboratory at MIT [27]. Further, researchers mightexplore the influence of innovation-oriented liberal arts or business classes (e.g., product design,entrepreneurship, etc.) on engineers’ ability to think creatively. Such experiences could exposestudents to different domains of ideation while providing an opportunity to
levels of both structural response and secondary systems. After re- ceiving her PhD, Dr. Wong began a post-doctoral fellowship at Lawrence National Laboratory developing a modern computational framework for the nonlinear seismic analysis of Department of Energy nuclear facilities and systems. This work seeks to expand the understanding of soil structure interaction for these structures and the means of modeling this behavior both theoretically and experimentally. In addition to her research experience, Dr. Wong also has worked for the public and private engineering sectors in the areas of water infrastructure, transportation, data systems, and project management. She joined San Fran- cisco State University in 2014 as
leaders, department chairs & faculty, societies,federal agencies, governors & congress, industry, K-12, parents, American citizens, and other.Miscellaneous RecommendationsIt is also important to note that there were a few recommendations within the 29 nationalreports that performed as outliers and did not fit well within the themes and categoriesdiscussed above. These recommendations included recognizing psychology as a STEM discipline(R15) and making laboratories accessible and adapted to persons with disabilities.Recommendations like these were outside the scope of our focus during this investigation.Themes Over TimeFigure 2 depicts the number of recommendations that were included in the national reportsover time, organized by them
of the Year in 1982. Dr. Slaughter, a licensed professional engineer, began his career as an electronics engineer at General Dynamics and, later, served for 15 years at the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory in San Diego, where he became head of the Information Systems Technol- ogy Department. He has also been director of the Applied Physics Laboratory and professor of electrical engineering at the University of Washington, Academic Vice President and Provost at Washington State University, the Irving R. Melbo Professor of Leadership in Education at the University of Southern Cal- ifornia and, until his return to USC in January 2010, president and CEO of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc
France where she completed her DEA (Diplome ´ d’Etudes Approfondies, the equivalent of a Masters) and her PhD in Cellular Biology. Under the supervi- sion of G´erald Brugal she worked on the chromatin structure/function relationship using image cytometry methods. For her postdoctoral studies, Dr. Santisteban went to Dr. Mitchell Smith’s laboratory in the Microbiology Department at the University of Virginia, working in the field of Yeast Molecular Genet- ics. She became an Assistant Professor of Research at the same institution and remained there till her appointment at UNC Pembroke. Dr. Santisteban continues to work with the yeast Saccharomyces cere- visiae as a model organism. Her research focuses on the
successful females in STEM. Visibility of and interactions with women in STEM is an issue that needs more attention. Our experience hints at a greater need for role models who can address and demonstrate the place that women and minorities hold in building a strong STEM future.E. Exploration of Science and Math in Technology (E.S.M.T) Summer Camp Our E.S.M.T. Summer Camp was a one week hands-on technology, math, and science camp designed for rising 8th through 12th grade students. Participants engaged in math and science projects that drive technology. Students were immersed in technology laboratories with Math, Science, and Technology faculty, exploring the latest technological trends. Students explored: Math principals and
Materials Science & Engineering from Boise State in 2014. In the Spring of 2016, Ann was recognized as part of the first cohort of University Innovation Fellows at Boise State, and has worked as a Fellow to collect and incorporate student feedback into future plans for makerspaces on the Boise State campus. As an undergraduate and graduate student, she has been involved with the Society of Women Engineers, and also taught a materials science laboratory course as a graduate teaching assis- tant. She has volunteered at numerous STEM outreach activities on and off of the Boise State campus throughout her time as a student and is passionate about increasing diversity in STEM and helping girls and women to
another endorsement of the ‘you’ve done goodthings.’” He hopes there is more freedom to work and less administrative duties involved in hisnew job after he earns his Ph.D. in comparison to the military lab.KristenSituating the CaseTaking the advice of an engineering faculty member, Kristen joined a non-profit organizationafter graduation for the summer to investigate cookstoves for developing countries. She met herhusband there, and they decided to spend the next few years fulfilling their humanitarian sense ofduty. Kristen was a pre-school teacher, worked with special needs children and adults, and re-joined the non-profit organization as a laboratory manager. She created test protocols, wrotereports, and traveled to developing countries. After
theUnited States to compete in the space race. This shift was achieved “at the expense of design andapplication-based laboratory courses,” according to Holloway (1991:94). As a debate over theengineering curriculum grew, S.C. Hollister, president of ASEE, commissioned a review ofengineering education, which would become known as the Grinter Report.A primary recommendation of the Grinter Report was for engineering programs to increase themathematics, physics, and engineering sciences content of the curriculum (Grinter, 1955). Adraft of the report also recommended that engineering be bifurcated (Seely, 1995). One formwould focus more on the scientific and theoretical aspects of engineering and educate engineersworking in research and design for the
Accounting from the Universidad Aut´onoma de Baja California (UABC) in Mexico. She has over 5 years of experience as a Financial Auditor for the Mexican Congress. She has had the opportunity to participate as part of the PROMISE community to enhance the preparation of graduate and postdoctoral fellows in STEM. Her research interests focus on bridging the disparity of availability of information that improves programs that enforce participation in STEM careers.Miss Amanda Lo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County I am a current Master’s student in the Biological Sciences Department of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. I work in Dr. Jeff Leips’ research laboratory where I spend my time researching about
Alabama. Dr. Burian’s professional career spans more than 20 years during which he has worked as a de- sign engineer, as a Visiting Professor at Los Alamos National Laboratory, as a Professor at the University of Arkansas and the University of Utah, and as the Chief Water Consultant of an international engineer- ing and sustainability consulting firm he co-founded. He served as the first co-Director of Sustainability Curriculum Development at the University of Utah where he created pan-campus degree programs and stimulated infusion of sustainability principles and practices in teaching and learning activities across campus. Dr. Burian currently is the Project Director of the USAID-funded U.S.-Pakistan Center for
vascular smooth muscle cells. His current research interests focus on mechanical stimulation effects on cellular differentiation, natural tissues as bioscaffolds, and tissue engineering mechanically sensitive tissues.Dr. Steven Schreiner P.E., The College of New JerseyProf. Bijan Sepahpour P.E., The College of New Jersey Bijan Sepahpour is a registered Professional Engineer and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the College of New Jersey (TCNJ). He has served as the Chairperson of the ME department at TCNJ from 2006 through 2015. Prof. Sepahpour has been actively involved in the generation of design-oriented exercises and development of laboratory apparatus and experiments in the areas of mechanics of mate- rials
, which is rooted in the concept of providing a hands-on learning experience tostudents. As hands-on learning is the prevalent way of education in ET programs throughout theworld, a majority of the courses taught in the programs have a laboratory component. On theother hand, capstone design projects (senior design projects) are a common hands-on course forfinal year undergraduate students across all engineering and technology disciplines.The capstone design courses provide an opportunity for undergraduate students to get involvedin open-ended real-world problems. The courses help students explore the societal need to applytheir knowledge gained over the years of undergraduate engineering or engineering technologyeducation. Starting with the
idea of doing research on one’s ownteaching [18] are both relevant. This idea has also been taken up (independently) in the US byAngelo and Cross [22], and Cross and Steadman [23]. The former concerning ClassroomAssessment Techniques (CATS), and the latter, classroom research. We are strongly influencedhere by the position of Patricia Cross, who claimed that teaching in higher education would notacquire status until teachers treated their classrooms as laboratories for research. The “new”discipline of engineering education research, the question of who should be doing it, and how itcan be accomplished with rigor has been discussed at FIE and ASEE since 2000 [24]. Takentogether, these essays argue that there is such a thing as a “scholarship of