-efficacy, belonging, and other non- cognitive aspects of the student experience on eSoyoung Kang, University of Washington Soyoung Kang (she/her) is an assistant teaching professor and Clary Family Foundation early career pro- fessor in the mechanical engineering department at the University of Washington (UW). She is also the executive director of the Engineering Innovation in Health (EIH) program that partners teams of multidis- ciplinary undergraduate and graduate students with health professionals to develop technical solutions to pressing health challenges. Dr. Kang works closely with faculty from across the UW to foster an ecosys- tem of training and support for students and to develop innovative teaching
students, this isimportant because industries are their object of analysis. Immersed in the industrialenvironment, they can better understand industrial concepts. Therefore, students can alsobetter understand the job market and analyze if they will follow one career or industry basedon their experience during the undergraduate course. Because of it, this program has a highlevel of engagement since students can choose their professional path. In Brazil, there aresimilar programs called internship, research assistant, and exchange. However, theseprograms need a dedicated team for students. Generally, students need to look for internshipsat companies or internship agencies, talk to professors with research grants, and look forexchange notices or
to improve outcomes for minoritized groups in engineering using mixed-and multi-modal methods approaches. She currently is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Education Department at the University of Florida. In 2019, she received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award for her NSF CAREER project on hidden curriculum in engineering. Dr. Idalis Villanueva has a B.S. degree is in Chemical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and a M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder. Soon after, she completed her postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institutes of Health in Analytical Cell Biology in
Dominion University the senior project is a twosemester course, which is the case in most of the undergraduate programs. The Introduction toSenior Project is a first semester 1 credit course, which covers a series of career related topicsrelated to engineering technology such as engineering codes and standards, engineering ethics,technical report writing, job search and resume writing techniques, patents and property rights,and professional engineering licensure. By the end of this course the students are expected todecide on a project topic, establish partnership with a faculty advisor for the project and submita project proposal. In the second semester, the actual Senior Project is a 3 credits course inwhich students work under advisor
ecosystem model capturesthe broad spectrum of mobilities, relationships and interdependencies that exist within andoutside of the expected engineering career path [3], [4], [5]. Using ecosystem metaphors enablesus to ask questions about the quality of pathways, the availability and flow of resources, and thestructures and processes that create and sustain inequalities. Observing that systems are designedto reproduce themselves, Vanasupa and Schlemer argue that “the apparent problems of lack oflearning and lack of diversity are outcomes of a system functioning as designed rather thansomething ‘going wrong’” [6, pp. 6]. Observable leakage, which is often a primary driver in apipeline metaphor due to projected inefficiencies, is merely the “tip of the
having to satisfy very real requirements such as having thecontent ready on time, integrating the newly-developed content to the already-preparedcurriculum, and how all of this would impact my end-of-semester student-teacher evaluations(which are extremely important for an early-career educator, particularly one from amarginalized identity). I was putting a lot of trust in these students to make something amazing,and it felt incredibly vulnerable. The experience worked out in the end, but it also presented challenges to my values whentrying to be fair to all the students in the course. I had initially planned to allow the cogen teamto drop their grade for one homework assignment in exchange for their education labor.However, about halfway
Master of Public Health and Bachelor of Arts, major in Psychology, from the University of Virginia. She is beginning her professional career as an Associate Clinical Research Coordinator at the Mayo Clinic. Prior research experience has involved neurodegenerative disorders, pathogens, mental health outcomes and policies, and engineering ethics education.Araba Dennis, Purdue University Araba Dennis is a second-year PhD student studying race, culture, and institutional definitions of inclu- sion. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Exploring values and norms of engineering through responsible innovation and
Paper ID #33843How Do Human Interaction Labs Contribute to Engineering LeadershipDevelopment Growth?Mr. Brett Tallman P.E., Montana State University, Bozeman Brett Tallman is currently a Doctoral student in Engineering at Montana State University (MSU), with focus on engineering leadership. His previous degrees include a Masters degree in Education from MSU (active learning in an advanced quantum mechanics environment) and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell. Prior to his academic career, he worked in the biotech (Lead Engineer), product design, and automotive (Toyota) sectors for 14 years, and is a licensed
problems associated with the ERC field(s) of study, and career pathways(s) associated with the ERC’s field(s) of study) * Specific to an NSF ERC, not asked of SenSIP participants Communication Items related to the level at which participants perceived their and Research Skills center to impact communication skills (e.g., communicating orally/visually, networking, collaboration) and research skills X X X (e.g., formulating research questions, analyzing data, interpreting results) Mentoring Items related to the teachers’ perceptions of what their mentors provided (e.g
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He received his PhD in 2009 from the University of Nevada, Reno, and continued there as a Research Scientist. His latest research endeavor is on creativity and engineering education, with a focus on the unique potential of students with ADHD. Supported by multiple grants from the National Science Foundation, his research was highlighted the American Society of Engineer- ing Education’s Prism Magazine. He received a CAREER Award in 2016 to study the significance of neurodiversity in developing a creative engineering workforce.Ms. Connie Mosher Syharat, University of Connecticut Constance M. Syharat is a Research Assistant at the University
c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Transforming A Large Lecture FYE Course Structure into Virtual Collaborative LearningIntroductionFirst Year Experience (FYE) engineering courses at large, research-focused universities present aunique challenge from a curricular and administrative perspective. Prior research indicates thatFYE engineering courses should be interdisciplinary and highly interactive, whilesimultaneously presenting enough technical and career-specific content within each engineeringdiscipline to facilitate students’ choices of majors [1]–[5]. These course characteristics are mosteffectively supported by student-centered pedagogical approaches, such as project-based learning(PBL) [6
Dr. Steven Jiang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. His research interests include Human Systems Integration, Visual Analytics, and Engineering Education.Dr. Emily C. KernDr. Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Vinod K. Lohani is a Program Director at the National Science Foundation and his portfolio in- cludes the NSF Research Traineeship (NRT), Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE), and CAREER programs. Dr. Lohani is on leave from Virginia Tech where he is a Professor of Engineering Education. During 2016-19, he served as the Director of education and global initiatives at an
. Fast forward through coast-to-coast moves to Boston, San Diego and finally Rochester, Kathy spent many years in the fitness industry while raising her daughter, wearing every hat from personal trainer and cycling instructor to owner and director of Cycledelic Indoor Cycling Studio. Kathy draws upon these many diverse career and life experiences while directing WE@RIT. In the spring of 2020, Kathy earned her Master of Science degree in Program Design, Analysis & Manage- ment through RIT’s School of Individualized Study, combining concentrations in Project Management, Analytics and Research, & Group Leadership and Development. An unabashed introvert, Kathy enjoys reading and spending time with her family
three personas have been developed using the 2020 application pool. While thetarget personas used for the rubrics were developed using the process noted above, thesepersonas were developed using the student responses to the applications. For a more in-depthdiscussion of the method used, see our prior work [19].General Applicant Persona: Mark JohnsonMark is from North Carolina. He didn’t attend a community college before coming to thisuniversity. Both of his parents are college graduates. Mark is a second-year student in themechanical engineering concentration. Making the leap from an easy high school career to amuch more difficult undergraduate engineering career and learning how to effectively study isthe biggest academic challenge Mark has
engineering education profession, develop a vision of engineering education as more inclusive, engaged, and socially just. She runs the Feminist Research in Engineering Educa- tion Group, whose diverse projects and group members are described at pawleyresearch.org. She was a National Academy of Engineering CASEE Fellow in 2007, received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women, and received the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute in 2013. She has been author or co-author on papers receiving ASEE-ERM’s best paper award, the AAEE Best Paper Award, the Benjamin Dasher award, and co
degree to which students perceiverespect from peers in their classes is positively and significantly correlated to satisfaction withtheir chosen engineering major and their long-term interest in pursuing and remaining in anengineering career [13]. Through the personal validation that strong peer support provides,students are better able to cope in college [14], which in turn results in improved academicoutcomes [15].Peer Support is a multi-faceted ConstructExisting research underscores the importance of studying how students perceive support fromtheir peers rather than only measuring time spent with them. However, Thompson and Mazer[16] delved further into perceived peer support by developing four different scales from 15 totalpeer support items
Engineering.Dr. Amy Clobes, University of Virginia Dr. Amy M. Clobes is committed to supporting current and future graduate students as Director of Grad- uate Programs for the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science. In her current role, Dr. Clobes collaborates to support existing programs and develops new initiatives in graduate stu- dent recruitment, training, education, and career and professional development. Dr. Clobes holds a B.S. in Biology from the University of Michigan and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her combined experience in STEM research and education, program development, and student advising are key to her dedication and success in creating
program development and improvement.IntroductionOnline education is gaining momentum rapidly. Seaman [1] reports the number of graduatestudents taking distance courses in 2016 was nearly 28% higher than in 2012. Online delivery isattractive for its flexibility of time and space to full-time working professionals who wish to earna graduate education while not pausing their careers [2], [3], [4], [5], [6].Graduate engineering is not an exception in the expanded online space. The National Center forEducation Statistics [7] reports that 36% of graduate students in math, engineering, and computerscience took some online courses in 2015-2016, compared to 25.5% in 2011-2012. In the sameperiod and for the same academic disciplines, enrollment in entirely
Paper ID #32502Assessing Emphasized Engineering Practices and Their Alignment withEngineers’ Personal ValuesDr. Erika A. Mosyjowski, University of Michigan Erika Mosyjowski is a research fellow and lecturer focusing on engineering education at the University of Michigan. She earned a B.A. in sociology and psychology from Case Western Reserve University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Michigan. Her research interests include cultural beliefs about what engineers do and who they are, students’ career thinking and trajectories, and ways to effectively facilitate more diverse, inclusive, and
potentially provide an edge in their professional careers. Thefindings of the paper contribute to the engineering and construction education bodies ofknowledge by paving the way for the future workforce to realize the criticality of constructingsustainable infrastructure projects and the importance of the FEP process in such complexprojects.Keywords: Front-End Planning, Sustainability, Sustainable Infrastructure, InfrastructureEducation, Infrastructure Management.Introduction and BackgroundInfrastructure projects play a critical role in the built environment; such projects provide thebasis for personal security and public health, influence the economic growth and competitivenessof communities, provide drinking water and waste removal, and, most
project completion” (p. 9). A similar description by Yu et al.[21] was labeled as spectator; a caregiver that provides encouragement and help when needed.Another difference in role identification was based on the approach and perspective of theresearch study. For example, [4] defined roles by the ways that caregivers promote awarenessand understanding of engineering (e.g., engineering career motivator) while [22] consideredcaregiver roles through their interactions with children and facilitators during traditional anddigital fabrication activities.Regardless of the differences in role names, descriptions, and approaches, looking across thescholarship on caregiver roles, it is clear that there are multiple roles that caregivers enact anddescribe
Paper ID #34187Class Exercises Involving Ethical Issues Reinforce the Importance andReach of Biomedical Engineering (and the Impact of the Coronavirus onTeaching Strategy and Measures of Assessment)Dr. Charles J. Robinson, Clarkson University IEEE Life Fellow, AIMBE Founding Fellow, U.N.E.S.C.O. Academician. Director, Center for Rehabilita- tion Engineering, Science, and Technology (CREST), and Shulman Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY. (Retired) Senior Rehab Research Career Scientist, VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY. Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and
Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET) in 2015 and inducted as a charter member of the University of Arkansas Academy of Computer Sci- ence and Computer Engineering in 2017. He established an endowed faculty award in Computer Science, an endowed undergraduate scholarship in Chemical Engineering and an endowed undergraduate scholar- ship to attract under-represented students to Engineering to help establish the College of Engineering’s Early Career Awareness Program (ECAP). Dr. Schubert lives in Tontitown, AR, USA with his wife Kathryn, and son Tucker.Dr. Manuel D. Rossetti P.E., University of Arkansas MANUEL D. ROSSETTI is a Professor in the Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Arkansas. He
theother four. Studies like this show the academic significance of examining diversity in the use ofCCW among students from systemically marginalized racial/ethnic groups. In particular, weargue that it is useful to focus on STEM students in this study because, while students who areracially and ethnically marginalized in STEM fields are as likely to enter STEM majors as theirwhite counterparts [6], the proportions of Hispanic, Pacific Islander, American Indian/AlaskaNative, and Black students awarded STEM bachelor’s degrees are lower than that of Asian andwhite students [7]. Moreover, racial and ethnic inequality in persistence to STEM degrees ismore pronounced than in non-STEM fields [8]. Research shows that careers in STEM fields havethe
-solving, whereasEuropean educators focus on preparing students for career mobility by restructuring degrees,expanding nontechnical contents and creating student-exchange programs. Zhou and hercolleagues (2015) found a push-pull difference of teacher-student relationship between China andthe U.S., in that teachers are regarded as the owner of learning and need to push their students tolearn in China, whereas U.S. students perceive themselves to be the owner of learning. Lessresearch is focused on the culturally-shaped values and orientations of engineering learnersthemselves. Drawing on a learning pathway perspective, Nasir, et al., (2020) analyzed howidiosyncratic upbringings and educational cultures would channel engineering students
Engineering at York University, Canada. Before beginning his academic career, Dr. Czekanski worked for over 10 years in the automotive sector. Dr. Czekanski attention is dedicated to newly established Lassonde School of Engineering (York). He devotes his efforts towards the enrichment of Renaissance Engineering program by including interdisciplinary learning, industry collaboration and designing for positive social impact which contributes to the uniqueness of York’s engineering program. As an active participant in the establishment of the undergraduate and graduate Mechanical Engineering programs, his attention is devoted to providing students with both experiential learning and soft skills
. Almost all IEP assessments are summative. The net assessment work has Assessment and increased with IEP but a number of novel tools have been developed for the feedback evaluation of individual contribution to IEP project work. Teaching and learning support and training is provided both through the Teaching and central IEP and through the College. Also the University has several programs learning support such as UCL Arena and UCL: Changemaker that supports teaching and learning and collaborations in these areas. Career tracks are divided into an academic track, an education-focused track Reward and and a research track. University
features of the dropout population and to extractsignificant predictors of eventual dropout using student information systems (SIS) data collectedearly on in a student’s academic career. This framework is built on a three-phase approachinvolving (i) statistical testing for comparisons, (ii) cluster analysis, and (iii) logistic regressionpredictions, where the earlier analyses inform the later ones. Specifically, we first identifysignificant differences between graduate and dropout populations with hypothesis testing. Then,we use clustering to identify subgroups within the cohort and categorize each group according toa set of defining characteristics. Lastly, significant predictors are extracted from a set of logisticregression models predicting
concern, arguingthat graduate student1 ability to “communicate well both in written and oral forms is essential fora successful career” (p. 1) and the ability to write “will profoundly shape both initial and longterm post-PhD career opportunities” (Maher et al., 2013, p. 707). Moreover, in the United States,research suggests that engineers spend more than 30% of their time writing (Covington et al.,2007; Kreth, 2000). In a survey of U.K. engineers, more than 50% of the respondents spent morethan 40% of their time writing (Sales, 2006).This important shift of emphasis towards improving the written proficiency of engineeringstudents has led to an increasing amount of research that has investigated how to supportstudents in successfully engaging in
Michael and Leo, came from two different schools andrecruited two students each from their schools. The two teachers did not know each other prior tothe program and were randomly assigned to work as a team together.Michael had started his teaching career as a mathematics teacher. Through Math for America hetook a course in Arduinos that sparked his interest in robotics and later he started to teach andcoach robotics clubs in his school. In his current school, the school administration was seeking todevelop and implement a new curriculum for robotics and Michael had been assigned to developthe curriculum. For him, attending this robotics workshop was an opportunity to learn more aboutrobotics and to get advice about the curriculum that he was