grant An Institutional Transformative Model to Increase Minority STEM Doctoral Student and Faculty Sucess.Dr. Yvette Maria Huet, Yvette Huet is Director of the ADVANCE Faculty Affairs and Diversity Office and a Professor of Kine- siology at UNC Charlotte. She has worked with and created a variety of workshops for faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, and current and future leaders and provided professional development consultation to faculty. She has provided training at UNC Charlotte and other programs and institutions across the country, many with current or previous ADVANCE grants, that addresses best practices in recruitment, inherent bias, communication, mentoring and reappointment, promotion and
similar backgrounds and have been found to increase theretention of HUG students [30]. Furthermore, Safe Zone ally training is an effective way topositively change campus climate by educating people about the terminologies of genderminorities and the biases these minorities experience [31, 19].To promote the pursuit of research careers among HUG students, we launched astudent-led initiative, the HUG Initiative, in the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in which the proportion ofHUG students is consistently near 15% for both undergraduate and graduate programs. The HUGInitiative is a pilot study that systematically identifies the needs and obstacles of HUGs in theECE department
effectiveness inmultiple modes of delivery. An important aspect of improvement in the course structure wasaddition of mini-labs, small concept experiments or practical problems in the classroom to bringan entrepreneurial mindset to the course. The present research also highlights the studentmotivation as this is another area of focus for modern instructional design. The study used theprocess of asking students to grade their own homework. The students were provided with thecorrect answers after submission of their assignments on the LMS and provided with a gradingrubric developed in an earlier study to grade their work. This helped students learn the materialmore effectively, instilling and encouraging self-learning. This also helped the students to
studying Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society in ASU’s College of Global Futures. She practices Socio-technical Integration Research as an embedded social scientist who collaboratively works with technologists (STEM students, STEM faculty, and Tech Com- panies) to increase reflexive learning during technology development and implementation to pro-actively consider the impact of technology decisions on local communities and society at large. This work creates spaces and processes to explore technology innovation and its consequences in an open, inclusive and timely way.Mara Lopez, Arizona State University Dr. Mara Lopez is a full-time Research
Paper ID #38851Literature Exploration of Graduate Student Well-Being as Related toAdvisingDr. Liesl Klein, Villanova University Liesl Krause-Klein is a assistant teaching professor at Villanova University in their electrical and computer engineering department. She graduated from Purdue University’s Polytechnic institute in 2022. Her research focused on student well-being. She is currently in charge of curriculum for capstone projects within her department.Dr. Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Greg J. Strimel, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Technology Leadership and Innovation and program
effective at positively influencing longer-term engineering studentretention. While makerspaces have excited considerable interest, much of the research onmakerspace impacts and practices have focused on K-12 and informal educational settings. Littleis known about how a well-designed makerspace-based engineering course can contribute tofirst-year students’ persistence in engineering.The platform for this study is an introductory engineering makerspace course at a Southeastern,public university. The course’s objective is to facilitate the application and integration offundamental engineering skills. Six course features were identified by course instructors aspotential pedagogical features that can activate students’ situational interest: technical
available when I need to talk about my progress in my program. 5. Teaches me the details of good research practice. 6. Provides information about ongoing relevant research. 7. Takes an interest in my well-being and life-work balance. Instructions: For each of the following statements, rate your advisor’s behavior towards you.a 8. Cares about me as a whole person, not just as a scholar. 9. Provides emotional support when I need it. 10. Is attentive and responsive to my needs. 11. Has my best interests at heart. 12. Would support me in any career path I might choose. 13. Helps me secure funding for my graduate studies. 14. Teaches me to write grant and contract proposals. 15. Helps me develop professional
Risk Management and Insurance industry. Throughout her career, she wrote articles and papers on the topic of Risk Management Information Systems and delivered several invited presentations at Risk Management Conferences as she was a recognized expert in the discipline.Dr. Lisa Cullington, National University Lisa Cullington, Ph.D. is an educational researcher with expertise in curriculum development, learning outcomes and educational assessment best practices. She focuses on building and evaluating academic programs that promote inclusive excellence for all learners. Currently, Dr. Cullington serves as the Director of Learning Outcomes for National University. Previously, she was the Founding Co-Director of the
, with great success. Recent studies have shown that it can also be applied to a number ofmanufacturing courses, where students have expressed a positive preference for learning throughservice learning projects. The study presented in this paper provides another best practice from asubtractive manufacturing course by advancing the design and machining of a versatile germtool. The results of a student survey conducted for this purpose from the subtractivemanufacturing course were compared to data from the previous semester. It was observed thatthere was a significant improvement in student learning and the attainment of ABET StudentOutcomes, due to the integration of service learning into course term projects. Table 2: IDEA Survey results of
- trical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and (by courtesy) the School of Engineering Education, and Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program within the College of Engineering at Pur- due. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Purdue. Dr. Zoltowski’s research interests include the professional formation of engineers, diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering, human-centered design, and engineering ethics.Dilip ChhajedRyan Paul Case ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A Project-Based Approach to Integrated Business and Engineering CurriculumIntroductionThis
behalf of the professor. She did not cite scientific evidence or pedagogical best practices to support her belief that it is a problem if universities think of their students as customers who should be satisfied, and it is not a problem if students aren’t coming to class. It is important to distinguish opinion from fact. The same is true for her belief that the university may not support the professor if he gives grades that accurately reflect his students’ achievement.A Customer Relationship Management system can support multiple approved channels forcommunication that can be used any time and at designated touchpoints. The communication canbe anonymous if people do not want to give their name. The CRM can support objectivestatistical
Paper ID #40034Renewable Energy Projects Enhance Pedagogy in Foundational ECE CourseMr. Devin Connor Whalen, Bucknell University Devin Whalen is a graduate student at Bucknell University, pursuing a master’s degree in electrical en- gineering. His research focuses on microgrids and energy harvesting, and aligns with his passion for renewable energy and sustainable solutions. In 2022, Devin graduated summa cum laude with a B.S.E.E. from Bucknell, where he developed a strong foundation in electrical engineering. He demonstrates his dedication to his field through his involvement in curriculum development, academic and research
computing) from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China in 2015. He worked as a software engineer at Sina for one year after he graduated as a master from China Agriculture University in 2009. He received the Best Paper Award from IEEE Edge in 2019. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: A Study Report in a Web Technologies Course: What Makes Feedback Effective for Project-based Learning? Alaa Jaber1 , Kimberly Lechasseur2 , Khairul Mottakin1 , Zheng Song1 akjaber@umich.edu, kalechasseur@wpi.edu, khairulm@umich.edu, zhesong@umich.edu 1 Computer and Information Science Department, University of Michigan at
, 377-399.[18] Secules, S., McCall, C., Mejia, J. A., Beebe, C., Masters, A. S., L. Sánchez‐Peña, M., & Svyantek, M. (2021). Positionality practices and dimensions of impact on equity research: A collaborative inquiry and call to the community. Journal of Engineering Education, 110(1), 19-43.[19] Kellam, N., & Jennings, M. (2021). Uncovering Epistemologies and Values of Our Qualitative Engineering Education Research Community: Listening for Voices. Studies in Engineering Education, 2(1).[20] Slaton, A. E., & Pawley, A. L. (2018). The power and politics of engineering education research design: Saving the ‘Small N’. Engineering Studies, 10(2-3), 133-157.[21] Collins, M., Shattell, M., & Thomas, S. P. (2005
Past President and Wise Woman of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender. She has received career achievement awards from ICA, NCA, the Central States Communication Association, and Purdue University where she was a Distinguished University Professor in communication and engineer- ing education (by courtesy) and Endowed Chair and Director of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence. Her primary research areas are organizational communication, career, work-life, resilience, feminist/gender, and design. Her grants have focused on ethics, institutional transformation, and diversity-equity-inclusion-belongingness in the professional formation of engineers.Dr. Sean M
) award from the American Public Power Asso- ciation. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Materials Research Society (MRS), American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), and the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), where he serves as a conference chair and editor.Dr. Minju Kim, University of California, San Diego Minju Kim is a postdoctoral scholar at the Engaged Teaching Hub at the UCSD Teaching+Learning Com- mons. Minju received her Ph.D in Experimental Psychology at UC San Diego. With Engaged Teaching Hub, Minju has designed TA training materials for oral exams and have conducted quantitative analysis on the value of oral exams as early diagnostic tool (Kim et
concentration in power engineering and smart grid.This research study aims to serve the national interest of enhancing power engineering educationand learning to meet the nation’s urgent needs for a highly qualified next-generation Smart Gridworkforce.To achieve a remarkable change in power engineering education, the research teamadopted the thematic analysis approach[14] to further understand the industry stakeholders’expectations for qualified power engineering graduates in different segments of the industry andto establish a harmony that allows defining a prioritized list of learning objectives that wouldguide the curriculum design of ECE programs. Hence, asking them directly to understand whatthe industry needs is better. Faculty and administrators
associate with UT’s Center for Transportation Research assisting with local, regional, and national transportation issues. Before moving to Texas, John was a program officer with the Board on Infrastruc- ture and the Constructed Environment at the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, in Washington, DC. He has over fifteen years of experience in industry and research associated with the planning, design, transportation, and construction professions. Dr. Walewski obtained a graduate degree in urban planning from the University of Michigan, and a BS in construction management as well as a BLA in landscape architecture from Michigan State University.Zenon Medina CetinaKim WithersKeisha D. Bahr, Texas A&M
to organize thisvaluable work by characterizing the nature and effects of the landscape of stressors experiencedby doctoral engineering students. In Year 1 of this project [21], we employed a longitudinalmixed methods study design to identify the most common and severe stressors experienced by acohort of students at one institution. Drawing from the results of this study and a review of theliterature on graduate student stressors, we developed the Stressors for Doctoral StudentsQuestionnaire for Engineering (SDSQ-E) and administered it twice, in fall 2022 and in spring2023. The SDSQ-E measures the severity and frequency of stressors including advisor-relatedstressors, class-taking stressors, research or laboratory stressors, campus life and
experiences on diverse studentsˆa C™ atti- tudes, beliefs, and perceptions of engineering, aDr. Monica McGill, CSEdResearch.org Monica McGill is Founder and CEO of CSEdResearch.org. Her area of scholarship is computer science education research with a current focus on diversity and improving the quality of research to examine effective practices on a large scale. She oversaw the recent development of the robust K-12 CS Education Research Resource Center with manually curated data from over 1,000 article summaries and a list of over 180 instruments for evaluating STEM education.Jordan Williamson ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A Critical Examination of ASEE’s
at the university.Planned Next StepsContinuing to work with academic advisors across the college of engineering on approvingcommunity-engaged courses as technical electives and capstone design courses is important forimproving access to the HE program. Using the IDI as an assessment tool may help to provideinsight into the impacts of the program related to intercultural competency growth. Furtherqualitative assessment metrics are in development and planned for implementation.References[1] Jacoby, B. 2014. Service-Learning Essential: Questions, Answers and Lessons Learned,Edition 1. Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education, A Wiley Brand.[2] Greene, H. L., & Eldridge, K., & Sours, P. J. (2019, June), Engagement in Practice
Paper ID #37445Evaluating a High School Engineering Community of Practice: ThePerspective of University Liaisons (Evaluation)Dr. Sabina Anne Schill, Florida International University Dr. Sabina Schill is a postdoctoral scholar at Florida International University working with Dr. Bruk Berhane on Engineering For US All (e4usa), a high school curriculum that aims to democratize engineer- ing. Sabina received her BS in Physics from Westminster College in Salt Lake City, UT, and her PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. Sabina has research interests in the areas of K-12 engineering education
-traditional students, adeeper examination of this group within graduate education research becomes critical, especiallyconsidering that only a few studies concentrate on their motivations and experiences. The resultsof these examinations can support graduate programs to make further changes to the design anddelivery of their doctoral curriculums by accounting for the unheard voices of these non-traditional students and raising awareness of their lived experiences throughout their program. In this paper, we describe the preliminary results of a collaborative autoethnographicexploration of the professional and educational experiences of two professional non-traditionaldoctoral students in engineering and computing education. We define
professoriate, the disciplineremains primarily White (64.7%), with only 2.5% of engineering faculty identifying as Black(American Society for Engineering Education [ASEE], 2022). An intrinsic case study design(Stake, 1995) explores the keys to successful cross-race mentoring of mentees and mentorsinvolved in the Increasing Minority Presence within Academia through Continuous Training(IMPACT) mentoring program. The research question guiding this study is: What do IMPACTmentoring program mentors and mentees believe are the keys to successful cross-race mentoringin engineering academia? This study is sponsored by a National Science Foundation BroadeningParticipation in Engineering Track 3 award.The IMPACT Mentoring ProgramThe IMPACT mentoring program was
website, and synchronous virtual professional development activities that canenable best practices for virtual communities of practices as described above. In particular, thefollowing research questions were posed: 1) who participates in virtual collaboration eventsaimed at facilitating collaborative learning of various BME education and professionaldevelopment topics?, and 2) what are the demographics of the participants of these events interms of title, role, and institution? Results of this study aim to elucidate whether a BME virtualcommunity of practice can break down the aforementioned professional silos through onlineasynchronous and synchronous knowledge transfer.Methods:The Biomedical Engineering Education Community (BEEC) [21] is a
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successful part of theproject implementation.Distributional Energy Equity offers opportunity for ABET Assessment One of the requirements for the Final Deliverable Package (in the Development Plan)was a discussion of Distributional Energy Equity impacts of the design. Our capstone coursesimplemented a Value Sensitive Design [9], [10] approach to analyzing the stakeholders for thedesign. Students completed a detailed stakeholder and value analysis for the client, and produceda set of customer needs that was used to guide subsequent stages of the design process. Besidesrepresenting a literature-based practice for analyzing the client and impacts of the design, thisapproach provided useful artifacts for the program’s assessment of ABET Student
undergraduate science and engineering,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 102, no. 4, pp. 468–471, 20137. J. A. Smith and I. E. Nizza, Essentials of interpretative phenomenological analysis. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2022.8. Nerad, M, 2014, Developing “fit for purpose” research doctoral graduates. In M. Nerad & B. Evans (Eds.), Globalization and its impacts on the quality of PhD education (pp. 111-127). Rotterdam, Netherlands:9. L. S. Benjamin, “Conceptions of PhD program Quality: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis involving professionals who have contributed to the support, scholarship, and success of research doctoral programs,” Ph.D. dissertation, College of Ed. and Hum Serv., Central
population, Nguyen and Nguyen (2018) note “theproclivity of [FGS] studies to draw conclusions about a widely heterogeneous population” (p.156) is problematic for researchers. In short, intersectionality is crucial for scholars andpractitioners to understand and develop interventions that will impact FGS persistence andgraduation outcomes. First-generation Student LiteratureFGS-focused studies are important for higher education practitioners who focus on persistenceand graduation outcomes. A meta-analysis of the STEM FGS literature, clustered into fourpredominant categories, will be examined: family and sociocultural determinants; financial andcareer determinants; academic determinants; and noncognitive variables.STEM FGS
provided and ways to implement themsustainability and consistently in the classroom during a school year. After spending countless hours researching, discussing, attending fellowships,and professional developments looking for an answer to what diversity, equity, inclusion,and belonging looked like in a high school science classroom, I found the answers weremainly theoretical. This paper sets out to describe the process by which I used thesetheories to distill a practical, strategy-based, actionable framework for secondaryscience teachers to use with concrete steps to support their classrooms in becomingspaces that support DEIB.Framework The framework I’ve developed contains 5 elements: intentional grouping,student-driven labs, project