dualism, and the meritocracy ideology (for further details on theseideologies read: [13], [14]). Cech found that the need to meet accreditation requirements and be considered,“legitimate purveyors of knowledge” [10, p. 64] can put pressure on even the most ethically andpedagogically innovative of schools to fall into the same culture of disengagement. The study found thatwhile all four of the engineering programs studied showed a decrease in the perceived importance of publicwelfare amongst students as they progressed through their time in school, programs perceived by studentsas focusing on ethical and social issues, with a general education and writing skills emphasis, and a focuson policy implications overall found ethical responsibilities
Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World, the artist, design researcher, and OlinCollege professor Sara Hendren writes, “Engineering is not the science of the laboratory alone…It is fundamentally applied, which means its results live in the world. It belongs to people, notjust as ‘users’ but as protagonists of their dimensional lives” [1, p. 23]. Hendren’s invocation of avision of engineering as radically human-centered provided the philosophical and humanisticcore to our interdisciplinary teaching team as we embarked on designing a new course forfirst-year students at Boston College (BC). Our course, Making the Modern World: Design,Ethics, and Engineering (MMW), situated engineering practice and knowledge within its social,political, and
accounts for the differences?Literature ReviewLiterature was identified by searching various databases (Web of Science Core Collection, Webof Science Inspec, and ASEE Peer) for keywords, which included “disparities”, “academia”,“women”, “engineering”, “inequities”, and “gender”. The identified records were screened forrelevance, availability, and duplicates. In total, 110 papers were selected to be analyzed from allareas of academia in a full-text analysis. 30 papers were disqualified after review for not fittingthe scope of the study. Some of those reasons included a focus on undergraduate students and afocus on women in engineering in the industry. 18 papers focused on engineering and wereanalyzed to identify disparities for women, the causes of
that“inclusivity” and the “presence of better educators” are not commonly cited reasons whyinternational students come to the US for higher education [4], [5].The presence of international students is often described in terms of its socioeconomic benefits tothe host countries [6], but this perspective often cloaks the associated nuances of studying abroad.One commonly cited statistic on this topic is that international students contributed more than $45billion of revenue money to the United States within one calendar year [7]. Yet, other studies haveattempted to expound on the benefits of developing interculturally competent graduates throughthe interactions between domestic American students and their international peers [8].International
Purdue University.Dr. D. Patrick O’Neal, Louisiana Tech University D. Patrick O’Neal is an associate professor in the Biomedical Engineering program which is part of the College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University. Prior to moving to academia in 2005, he served as PI on industrial nanomedicine-based development projects supported by NSF, NIH, and NIST funding. Given a research focus in biomedical optics, he has published peer-reviewed articles in basic and clinical cancer research, nanomedicine, and applied electro-optic instrumentation. Based on experiences instructing courses like Biomedical Engineering Senior Design and his ongoing involvement with the medical device industry, he has developed a
utilization and application of their STEM knowledge. Networking with their peers - bothwithin their program and the national network - amplifies the experience and has the potential tocontribute to future career development. Participants, in the work itself, are given the opportunityto take ownership in the development of curriculum development and classroom management,building potential for self-efficacy development. Finally, the three interconnected strands holdmany connections to the Actua Future Skills Framework; “delivering results” requiresintellectual development, “working with others” draws from networking skills and institutionalknowledge; and future readiness draws from the three strands and makes connections to theparticipant’s future
methodology for making thisconversion was available, which became a key motivation for writing this paper. A number ofworks chronicled the relative advantages and disadvantages of the quarter and semester systems.Bostwick et.al. [4] contended that conversion to the semester system negatively impacts on-timegraduation rates and specifically lowers first-year grades, decreases the probability of enrollingin a full course load, and delays the timing of major choice. Johnson and Kestler [5] conducted amixed methods study, involving a sample of Midwestern university students’ favoritism towardquarters and semesters, the students’ predicted and perceived changes to their motivatedbehaviors, and their self-reported motivation/learning strategies during the
to the youth participating in engineering outreach.Keywords: Role models, engineering education, outreach, elementary, career planningIntroductionIn this paper, we use data from a three-year study of an engineering outreach program tochallenge the notion that youth engaged in engineering outreach programming readily take upnear-age peers or adults as role models. This is not to say that this does not occur in certaincases, but we do not think that it occurs as readily nor at the magnitude that we and others in thefield have believed that it does.Outreach programs for youth often attempt to position adults as role models, usually with thegoal of inspiring youth by messaging that they, too, can be like the role model or do what theydo. In
, philanthropic efforts, college courses, and research grants and publications. She currently holds the following Quality Matters Certifications: Master Reviewer, Peer Reviewer, Ac- celerated Designing Your Online Course F2F Facilitator, Accelerated Improving Your Online Course F2F Facilitator, Reviewer Course for Program Reviews, and Applying the QM Rubric Face to Face Facilitator. She is a board member of the Winston-Salem State University Foundation, National Girls Collabora- tive Project, American Association for the Advancement of Science National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists, an advisory member for Nvolve, Inc, and several grants. She is also a member of sev- eral associations, including the Alpha Zeta Omega
states have outlawed race-based AAsince the mid-1990s: California, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire,Oklahoma, and Washington. At the time of writing, the US Supreme Court had heard oralarguments in two separate court cases brought against Harvard University and the University ofNorth Carolina; the court’s decision will likely be decided in June 2023 and will have far-reaching consequences on the state of AA within the US [4].The nine state-level affirmative action bans occurred through a variety of methods in twobranches of the government: executive and legislative. The AA ban in the state of Florida is theonly ban to be enacted via the executive branch; this ban was implemented via an executiveorder by the governor in
).Each LC ideally consists of three change leader teams (CLTs). CLTs are matched based onsimilarity in institutional and program context to facilitate learning from each other’sexperiences. An Extension Services facilitator leads teams through a series of approximately 12monthly online meetings aligned with an academic calendar. During the online meetings, CLTsbuild community with peers, share knowledge, explore ideas, and support each other’s planningand implementation. Meeting topics, which are aligned with the Undergraduate Systemic ChangeModel, provide CLTs with knowledge to conduct self-assessment, develop strategic recruitmentand retention plans, and utilize evaluation data. Outside of the online meetings, an ExtensionServices Consultant
University of South Dakota, her M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and her PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her research expertise lies in characterizing graduate-level attrition, persistence, and career trajectories; engineering writing and communication; and methodological development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Synthesizing Indicators of Quality across Traditions of Narrative ResearchMethods: A Procedural Framework and Demonstration of Smoothing FramesAbstractThe purpose of this methods paper is to describe and discuss one of the main indicators ofquality in narrative analysis, which is the process of narrative smoothing. Narrative analysisrefers
] writes, “In the Nazi regimethe technology served both the purposes of the state and the ethical values of the technologicalprofessionals.” This brings Katz to the question, “how does an engineer know that the values[they] embod[y] through [their] technological products are good values that will lead to a betterworld?”The contemporary use of technologies such as facial recognition and predictive algorithms in thecontext of law enforcement and incarceration make Katz’s question both relevant and urgent.Software such as the predictive policing tool PredPol reinforces biases within U.S. lawenforcement [5]; as one study noted, “PredPol is a tool for that aids law enforcement as itcurrently exists, and around the country, law enforcement targets
areplacement for professors and peers when they needed help. Nearly all students (96%) providedfavorable ratings about the trustworthiness of the video library and most students trusted the MEOnline videos more than other videos available online. They were particularly happy whenfinding videos by their favorite instructors who were clear, engaging, and knowledgeable. Moststudents plan on using ME Online as alumni for both professional and personal reasons – 88% ofthe students reported they expect to use ME Online to study for licensing exams, graduate schoolwork, professional work, and/or just to learn new things.The study also explores the potential for video libraries like ME Online to help addressachievement gaps among historically disadvantaged
.” Kelsey further noted that her decision to utilize counselingservices was bolstered by her fear that discussing these feelings with her administrators, boss,or peers would cause her to appear incompetent. For April (CTD), she recalled that thethought of seeking counseling services initially caused her to feel hesitant and “ashamed.”Yet, when her experiences in her doctoral program “got bad enough,” she felt that counselingwas the only option that would grant her emotional resolve. She reported, It was that whole imposter syndrome situation where I was just like I slipped through the cracks. I don't really belong here, or I look good on paper, but that doesn't mean anything now that I'm being put to the test. Initially, no, it
engineering identities“must negotiate the roles they play within the community of engineering as a discipline, ingroups with their peers, and within the classroom.” Tonso [25] describes identity development as“a complicated process through which campus engineer identities (cultural knowledge learned oncampus) provided a lens of meaning through which to “recognize” (or not) performances ofengineer selves as engineers.” Particularly for women and students of color, engineering identitycan be very malleable and susceptible to change, with persistence and career plans able to be“strongly swayed” by even small interactions or experiences as undergraduates [29].Institutions themselves foster engineering identity development through displays of solidarity
and professional development along with academic development, theseparticular HIP became a focus of our study. Collaborative Assignments & Projects Writing- Common Intensive Intellectual Courses experiences Senior First Year Culminating
engineering design through all Voices of our Studentsfour undergraduate years. Highly selective colleges implementing flexible engineering programsinclude Olin College of Engineering, Dartmouth College, and Harvey Mudd College. Theseprograms are in the top 5 schools with the highest percentage of their bachelor’s degreesawarded to women [8]. BSU’s approach is informed by the efforts of our institutional peers,adapted to meet the unique culture and resources for our campus, and has been introducedpreviously [9].We are guided by the literature as we create a curriculum and employ instructional practicescorrelated with increasing diversity and inclusion. Thus we have made
education is equally sought by engineering educators: “Only connect.”3And yet our institutional environments discourage this “combinatory play” of disciplines,methods, and ways of thinking. The traditional means of integrating engineering and thehumanities is through general education requirements, which students tend to take during theirfirst two years, in lower-level survey courses. Here they learn a bit about history, writing, orphilosophy, with the hope that they will remember and draw on this work once they dig into theirmajor coursework and projects. But most of these lower-level general education courses focus ondelivering content, often in large lectures.4 The methodology of the discipline, and opportunitiesfor students to understand how a
developing a problem statement prior to beginning work on anydesigned solution. This included a statement that described the problem their team soughtto address and provided an explanation and data demonstrating a) what the problem is(i.e., how do we know it exists in the place you are studying?) What peer-reviewedsources and credible news accounts give evidence of this problem); b) the impacts of theproblem; c) the cause or causes of the problem. In each case, we challenged students toprovide not only a claim, but also data (peer-reviewed sources and credible newsaccounts giving evidence that the claim is true), followed by a warrant or explanationthat logically connected the data to the claim.When students arrived at the design phase (in the
Center for STEAM in the Katy Independent School District (KISD). She was responsible for implementing STEAM curriculum, instruction, and projects appropriate for K-12 students. Additionally, Mariam has taught both on-level and AP Physics I (formerly known as Pre-AP Physics) and played an integral role in writing the district physics curriculum consisting of rigorous labs, activities, and projects. Mariam fills the role of Alumni Representative on the UTeach STEM Educators Association (USEA) Board and was also elected Secretary-Treasurer. She is also currently pursuing a Ph.D. in STEM education at Texas Tech University.Dr. Sara Jolly Jones, University of HoustonMs. Victoria Doan, University of Houston
accomplishments of high quality in both teaching and scholarship/creativity and should have demonstrated leadership in one of those areas. The leadership must be recognized by peers within MU and by knowledgeable people outside MU. In addition, all candidates for promotion should have participated to some appropriate degree in activities of service to MU. While these criteria serve as general guidelines, outstanding candidates should not be deprived of promotion because of the uniqueness of their contribution.At face value, these criteria embody strategic ambiguity: they seem flexible in that they allow fortwo paths to promotion (leadership in teaching or scholarship), and they also leave open thepossibility that unique contributions could be
regarding theinstructional process. One girl appreciated the neat and detailed power point lecture notes, whileanother girl wished that hand outs had been given out. This would have been beneficial as the girlscould write notes for further reflection. It would have been a great addition to the lecture notes thatthe girls already had online access through the HBCU’s Blackboard Education Suite.Mixing of Cement Pastes: Four themes emerged from data analysis.Doing: Sixty-two percent (62%) of the girls made ‘doing’ statements to include calculating,measuring, timing, mixing, and ramming. One girl noted that ‘…mixing and ramming the cementpaste was really fun, and exciting but also pretty messy at the same time…’Comprehending: Fifty-two percent (52%) of
thetraditions from which researchers have framed their studies. We identified twelve studies usingsearch terms such as “agency” and “engineering education” in available databases (EducationResources Information Center, Education, and Education Full Text) and ASEE PEER documentrepository. Most studies discussed are in the context of the United States; however, two studiesare within a South African context, and one is in a Norwegian context. Studies focused on K-12engineering education, and early career engineers were excluded based on the scope of this paperto synthesize the literature for undergraduate engineering education. We also found that thesestudies used both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Once we identified studies thatused
. Thispaper resulted from the Fourth Future of Mechatronics and Robotics Education (FoMRE)Workshop held September 27-28, 2019 at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield,Michigan. This workshop was the final in a series of National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported academic and industrial workshops in a project that aims to define and promote theconcept of MRE as a distinct engineering discipline, build a community of MRE educators, andpromote diversity and inclusivity within the MRE community [2]. The project leaders write: “Our vision is that MRE will become one of the most impactful disciplines of engineering; attracting diverse and innovative students, graduating professional engineers who will design, develop, and
driven by the following research questions: 1. How does extant literature in management characterize intuition? 2. How does extant literature in management portray the value of intuition?Method & CodingTo answer our research questions, we conducted a systematic review utilizing recommendationsfrom PRISMA (2018) to guide our methodological decisions. The method and exclusion criteriawe used are summarized in Figure 1. To establish a reasonable scope for this project, we limitedour database searching to ERIC and PsycINFO. ERIC is a widely-used database for full-texteducation literature and resources, which is well aligned with our research in engineeringeducation. PsycINFO was also searched because of its vast coverage of peer
to create credible undergraduateengineering programs that maximizes access while also expanding the national STEM workforcehave struggled to balance professional skill sets with fundamental training in engineering in amanner that gives a distinct profile to each program. Our initial data indicate that U.S.universities continue to struggle to define themselves at this nexus.It is also evident that the various “structural” features that we reference in our study designfunction in complex, interdependent, and generally non-deterministic ways that approach thecomplexities of an ecosystem. For example, while much of the focus on professional skill sets—especially teamwork, communication (writing and presentation), and design—have occurredwithin
hole. Mom: OK. So this is down the hole. [Mom is writing the proposition given by Rose on the card]. Rose: [Rose is sorting the cards to find the next proposition on the right card]. Out [of] the hole. Mom: Hmmm… [Mom corrected Rose by stating “Out of the hole”] ...Rose continues to look for other cards to find the right propositions. Rose: In the trees… Over the water [Rose was not sure about the right proposition and wanted to confirm it with Mom. However, Mom was not sure either. Therefore, Mom needed to confirm the right proposition by looking at the story sequencing in the book] Mom: Let’s see…Let’s go back in the story…Let’s see what happened. [Mom found the correct
driven by a variety ofdifferent factors. Some individuals were simply the only individual working in a particularfunction and felt the lack of like others to collaborate with. Maureen expressed this feeling fromthe first day she walked into her job: “I was the only in-house developer. I didn’t know what I was doing and I had no one to help me. The first day, I walked in and they told me they promised five iPad apps in three months…” (Maureen, Women’s)In Maureen's case, feelings of isolation produced doubt regarding her ability to meet heremployer's expectations. Her isolation amplifies her job stress. In other cases, peers with similarjob descriptions were present in the work environment but the age gap between the early
Sukumaran, Rowan University Beena Sukumaran has been on the faculty at Rowan University since 1998 and is currently Professor and Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Under her leadership, the Civil and Environmental Engi- neering Program has seen considerable growth in student and faculty numbers. Her area of expertise is in micro-geomechanics and has published over 100 peer reviewed conference and journal papers including several papers on engineering education and the unique undergraduate curriculum at Rowan University, Page 26.1006.2 especially the Engineering Clinics. She has been involved in