AC 2010-1957: DESTINATION UNKNOWN: GENDER DIFFERENCES INATTRITION FROM GRADUATE STUDY IN ENGINEERINGLisa Frehill, Self employed consultant Lisa Frehill is an evaluation consultant with more than a decade of experience evaluating educational programs. She earned her PhD at the University of Arizona in 1993, after which she was on the sociology faculty at New Mexico State University and then the PI for New Mexico State University’s ADVANCE: Institutional Transformation award. Current projects focus on: engineering workforce; gender and ethnic issues in access to STEM careers; and women’s international participation and collaboration in STEM.Amanda Lain, Freelance Consultant has an MA in
to foster excellence in development and delivery of industry-relevant, technologically-advanced post-baccalaureate education in manufacturing engineering and technology.Objectives: The Graduate Studies in Manufacturing Technical Group will fulfill its mission through the following: 1. identifying needs and trends in manufacturing industries; 2. illuminating developments in manufacturing science and technology; 3. identifying and describing best practices in manufacturing engineering and manufacturing engineering technology graduate education; 4. facilitating communications with and between graduate manufacturing programs, corporations, governmental organizations, and industrial, commercial and private groups interested in building
significant increase in self-efficacy of the participants in the development of STEM education manuscripts. There was a 67%increase in academic publications among graduate students. The dominant theme in the qualitativeinvestigation was the "supportive and collaborative environment." Insufficient time managementpresents a barrier. Additionally, through the writing accountability group structure, there was asignificant increase in trainees’ scholarship productivity. Faculty advisers and administrators canprioritize writing groups as a cost-effective and impactful intervention to enhance academicproductivity. Further research is required to identify the most effective implementation strategies;however, integrating a writing collaboration approach seems
AC 2012-5183: EASING INTO ENGINEERING EDUCATION: AN ORIEN-TATION PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTSStephanie Cutler, Virginia TechWalter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech Walter Lee is a Graduate Assistant and doctoral student in engineering education at Virginia Tech. His pri- mary research interests focus on diversity and student retention. He earned a B.S. in industrial engineering from Clemson University.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa McNair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Her research includes interdisciplinary collaboration, communication studies, identity theory, and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include
over 10 years focusing on recruitment and retention of students from underrepresented groups and continues to implement the groundwork for enrichment programs.Dr. Sonia Garcia, Texas A&M University Dr. Sonia Garcia is the Senior Director for the Access and Inclusion Program in the College of Engi- neering at Texas A&M University. She joined the college in 2014. In this role, Garcia is responsible for the initiation, development, management, evaluation, and promotion of research informed and strategic comprehensive activities and programs for the recruitment and success of historically underrepresented minority students and under-served communities in engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels
resources can be harnessed tocommunicate technical ideas to others in their discipline to get them to understand new ideas andthen take action based on that information [3]. This challenge is prevalent in academia, morespecifically in engineering-serving institutions.Engineering programs across various institutions have integrated professional communicationskills through community engagement projects, dovetailed with existing assignments inengineering courses, or have developed a separate communication for engineers course [4-7].These programs have utilized collaborative efforts from Engineering, English, Communication,Education, and Applied Linguistics faculty [7-11]. The challenges often encountered are theintegration techniques and logistics
Paper ID #26528The Tiny House Project: Building Engineering Proficiency and Self-Efficacythrough Applied Engineering at the High School Level (Evaluation)Dr. Jessica D. Gale, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Jessica Gale is a Research Scientist II at Georgia Tech’s Center for education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC). Her research focuses on project-based learning, STEM inte- gration at the elementary and middle grades levels, design-based implementation research, and fidelity of implementation. Dr. Gale has a particular interest in project-based engineering in elementary school communities and the
their life experiences and felt a sense of belonging whenthese strengths were recognized by faculty [15], [16]. It was also found that faculty and peermentoring, and first year communities positively influenced a sense of belonging, confidence,and identity development for FGS [14], [16], [17]. Engineering IdentityIdentity is constructed from how one recognizes self, and how others recognize them. A widelystudied topic, engineering identity, is developed through one’s sense of interest, recognition, andperformance or competence in engineering [1], [18]. Much of the topics of focus have been onpersistence in engineering as noted by Choe et al. [19], Godwin & Lee [18], and Morelock [20].Engineering identity development is an important
computing And engineering ed- ucation researcher through his professional activities in the ACM, and IEEE. Other appointments include Board of Governors of the IEEE Computer Society, steering committee of the Frontiers in Education Conference and as Chair of the Special Technical Community (STC) for Education. He is a Director of CeTUSS (The Swedish National Center for Pedagogical Development of Technology Education in a Societal and Student Oriented Context, www.cetuss.se) and the IEEE Education Society Nordic Chapter. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Determinants of initial training for engineering educatorsIntroduction and backgroundThe beginning of the twenty
to require a greater business aspect. Within this restructuring, we have created courses indifferent modalities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are committed to increasingawareness of STEM education to underrepresented groups through K-12 STEM-related outreachinitiatives, and are in the process of establishing a plan to recruit such groups into our technicianeducation programs. In addition to the services already in place at Bucks, development of ourrecruitment plan includes professional development sessions of faculty and staff, discussionsessions at national conferences, Professional Learning Communities, special convenings ofstudents, and outreach initiatives to school districts with a higher percentage of underrepresentedgroups
requiredeveloping a comprehensive, uniform approach to STEM internationalization at the institutionallevel. In this paper, we discuss our development of the Global Science and Engineering Program(GSEP), a broad internationalization initiative uniformly spanning all engineering, math, andnatural science programs offered at Northern Arizona University. To help pave the way forothers, we pay particular attention to critical GSEP design features and rationale.1.0 IntroductionGlobalization has been the predominant economic theme for the past decade, leading to broadglobal distribution of research, design, and production teams and facilities spanning the fullspectrum of science and engineering disciplines [1]. Modern STEM graduates will be expectedto communicate
. Departmental boundaries, constraintson resources, and even student and faculty culture can make program reinvention or curricularchange difficult. These challenges will not look unfamiliar to other institutions and programsseeking to drive change and it is intended that the creative solutions developed at UTEP couldhave traction for others as well.Forging a multi-institutional collaborationAlthough UTEP has developed relationships with a number of institutions and programs centeredon engineering leadership, they sought out a significant partnership with the Olin College ofEngineering. Olin College was started from scratch in 1999 through a generous gift from theOlin Foundation to address calls for transformation in engineering education, and graduated
Workforce Development and Life Long Learning division of the Univer- sity of the District of Columbia, Community College.Dr. Annie R Pearce, Virginia TechDr. Christine Marie Fiori P.E., Virginia TechDr. Tanyel Bulbul, Virginia Tech Dr. Bulbul is an Assistant Professor of Building Construction and Adjunct Professor of Civil and En- vironmental Engineering at the Virginia Tech. She has expertise in investigating information and com- munication technologies together with the development of formalized, model-based analysis approaches to deal with the complexities of the built environment. Her research areas include Building Information Modeling (BIM); product and process modeling in AEC/FM; ontology based approaches for design
following models prove to be most worthwhile: (a) coursework within engineering and acrossother fields, (b) experiential learning opportunities, (c) stand-alone programs for engineeringstudents and/or multi-disciplinary stand-alone entrepreneurship programs25, 29. Althoughdifferences in views exist, Hagvall Svensson et al., have provided two general routes for enhancingentrepreneurial learning30. Irrespective of the instructional model, these researchers recommendmaking learning more personal and more professional as key strategies for strengtheningentrepreneurial skill development among engineering students30.The nuances of an entrepreneurial engineering identity reflect yet another emergent topic inengineering education. A key component of this
Paper ID #40731The Role of an Artificial Intelligence Certificate in the ComputingIdentity Formation of Hispanic-Serving Community College Students whoWorkDr. Sarah L Rodriguez, Virginia Tech Sarah L. Rodriguez is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member with the Higher Education Program at Virginia Tech. Her engineering education research agenda centers upon engineering and computing identity development of historically marginalized populations at higher education institutions. Currently, Dr. Rodriguez is involved with several large-scale interdisciplinary research projects focused on
” enables womento develop stronger implicit STEM identities through exposure to positive cues in theirsurroundings. The current study suggests that this valuable work within STEM may be valuablysupplemented by students’ experience in other disciplines. The WGS framework and scholarshipgave the students in our study a different, wider-lens view of engineering itself, and enhancedtheir sense of STEM identity.Pawley [42] argues that “feminist science studies are particularly relevant to engineering andengineering education, namely, for scrutinizing what ‘counts’ as engineering content and why.”Our participants felt strongly that all students should be exposed to the theory and methods ofWGS. They identified ways in which this knowledge was helpful to
Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education and an M.S. student in Systems Engineer- ing at Virginia Tech. She is the graduate assistant for the Rising Sophomore Abroad Program, a global engineering course and study abroad program for first year engineering students. Her primary research fo- cuses on the design and assessment of global engineering programs, but she also studies the development of systems thinking skills in engineering students.Kirsten was recently awarded the Harold Josephson award for professional promise in international education by the Association of International Education Administrators.She holds a B.S. in Engineering & Management from Clarkson University and an M.A.Ed. in Higher Education
experience was designed to provide studentswith experience “doing” engineering, thus building their sense of competence.Finally, I provided opportunities for connections and mentorship between the studentsthemselves in class activities, between the students and professionals through interactions withguest speakers from industry, and between students and graduate students (the TAs that meetwith them once per week), and myself. Providing opportunities for mentorship from professionalengineers in the field, myself, and the teaching assistants was a means to develop interest andrecognition, as hopefully they were able to identify with some of us in terms of our careerjourneys and the different roles, opportunities, and challenges we had along the way. I
engineering profession is changing rapidly. Global issues,technological innovation, expansion of discipline boundaries, and increased professionalexpectations are transforming what engineers do and how they do it. Society is demandingengineering graduates, with strong technical knowledge who can think creatively and critically,effectively communicate, and work in teams to solve challenging problems. The earliestengineering disciplines, civil, mechanical and electrical, have given rise to distinct engineeringspecialties and application‐based disciplines. Many contemporary engineering problems areconsidered to be multi‐disciplinary in nature and require systems thinking in problemformulation and solution. It is clear that we must educate engineering
can be challenged by threats to an imagined future, and animagined future self can also serve as a motivational resource, as a goal to keep striving towards[32].While the concept of liminal identity has been explored in conjunction with examining identitydevelopment in K-12, higher education and adults [31], discussions of liminal identity are rarewithin the engineering education literature [33]. As such, this paper marks a foray intoinvestigating the connection between liminal identity development and engineering identitydevelopment. We use liminal identity as an organizing concept and analytical tool to highlighthow the identities of engineering students are in transition, informed by their perceptions offuture selves but expressed through
Tech. He currently serves as the Director of Programs for the Graduate Student Assembly and is the founding president of the Graduate Engineering Mechanics Society, both at Virginia Tech.Ms. Amy L. Hermundstad, Virginia Tech Amy Hermundstad is a doctoral student and Graduate Research Assistant at Virginia Tech. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University and is currently pursuing an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Her research interests include the professional development of engineering students through out-of-class activities.Michael Stewart, Virginia Tech Michael Stewart (Ph.D. candidate, Third Lab, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, Dept
engineering and the profession. Throughmakerspace activities and the perception of feeling included and developing a sense ofbelonging, students can determine if they are perceived as being part of the engineeringcommunity [12] and therefore, are or can be perceived as being professional engineers. Wemaintain that students who do not feel they belong or included in makerspaces may also feel theyare not perceived to be future engineers, influencing their identity as being members of theprofession and the community of engineers. Thus, gender, ethnicity, and culture may beassociated with feeling of belonging in makerspaces, and an indicator of students’ feeling ofbelonging in engineering and developing and engineering identity. Given students are likely
Experiencing Disability in Undergraduate Civil Engineering Education: An Initial Examination of the Intersection of Disability and Professional IdentitiesAbstractWhile recent calls throughout the engineering education community have focused on increasingdiversity and broadening participation in STEM, these conversations typically center on race andgender with little to no work addressing disability. But research in higher education broadlysuggests that cognitive, physical, and learning disabilities can markedly impact the ways inwhich students perceive and experience school, develop professional identities, and move intothe engineering workforce. To address this gap, we build on emerging conversations that explorethe
National Endowment for the Humanities, and the British Academy. In 2016 the National Academy of Engineering recognized her Corporate Social Responsibility course as a national exemplar in teaching engineering ethics. Professor Smith holds a PhD in Anthropology and a certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan and bachelor’s degrees in International Studies, Anthropology and Latin American Studies from Macalester College.Thomas J Phelan (Associate Professor)Rosalie O'Brien© American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Teaching Students to Incorporate Community Perspective into Environmental Engineering Problem Definition through Iterative
Institute at UGA is an innovative approach that fuses high quality engineering education research with systematic educational innovation to transform the educational practices and cultures of engineering. Dr. Walther’s research group, the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), is a dynamic in- terdisciplinary team that brings together professors, graduate, and undergraduate students from engineer- ing, art, educational psychology, and social work in the context of fundamental educational research. Dr. Walther’s research program spans interpretive research methodologies in engineering education, the pro- fessional formation of engineers, the role of empathy
personalized learningmodel (PLM) for graduate education within the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering. Thismodel aims to transform and modernize graduate STEM education through a personalized, inclusive, andstudent-centered approach, which will, in turn, advance existing knowledge on the relationship betweenpersonalized learning and student outcomes.The principles of personalized learning guide the PLM. It is comprised of five components. The first threecomponents provide an intentional approach to learning: Instructional Goals developed for each studentbased on a learner profile and individual development plans (IDP), a purposeful Task Environment thatbreaks the traditional three-credit coursework into modules and co-curricular
scholar identity development: An ecological systems theory approach. In 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2023.[14] Stephen Billett. Learning through practice. In Learning through practice: Models, traditions, orientations and approaches, pages 1–20. Springer, 2010.[15] Rex Fisher. Learning by teaching in engineering technology education. In 2004 ASEE Annual Conference, pages 9–847, 2004.[16] Nicole McIntyre, Catherine Amelink, and Jeffrey Bokor. Career development impacts of a research program on graduate student and postdoc mentors. In 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, 2020.[17] Dimitra Kokotsaki, Victoria Menzies, and Andy Wiggins. Project-based learning: A review of the literature. Improving
as pathways and retention to and through K-12 and undergraduate engineering, teacher education, and curriculum development. She is passionate about hands-on engineering design for every student, at every age level.Dr. Michael A Soltys, University of Colorado, Boulder Mike Soltys is an Instructor for the Engineering Plus degree program at at the University of Colorado. Mike is passionate about engineering education, and teaches engineering design in First-Year Engineering Projects (GEEN 1400), Engineering Projects for the Community (GEEN 2400), Statics (GEEN 3851), Thermodynamics (GEEN 3852) and Theoretical Fluid Mechanics (CVEN 3313). Mike is the co-PI for TeachEngineering, a curricular digital library with the
thetraining of their students, it has received almost no attention in engineering education to date.Although VTS might be perceived as too far removed from engineering for relevance, we havedeployed it as a core innovative pedagogical method along with several other artful methods inan experimental graduate course with promising results. The purposes of this paper are to (1)explore how VTS contributes to the development of reflective thinking skills in graduateengineering education, and (2) share insights of interest to educators considering adopting VTSin their courses and curricula.The course in which we have experimented is a 3-credit elective offered through the departmentof civil and environmental engineering. It is led by two co-instructors
enrichment programs. With the wireless communications research experience for teachers, she coordi- nated logistics during the summer and provided day-to-day curriculum development and implementation support for teacher participants throughout the year. Having extensive experience in working with both rural and urban education settings, her current responsibilities at Columbia’s School of Engineering in- clude building partnerships between educational institutions, industry partners, and community schools in an effort to create greater access to high-quality STEM education opportunities for all.Dr. Jonatan Ostrometzky, Electrical Engineering, Columbia University Jonatan Ostrometzky received his B.Sc. degree (Magna Cum Laude