Paper ID #43899Stories of Appalachian Engineers: A Phenomenographical Study of AppalachianStudents’ Quest for Success in Undergraduate Engineering ProgramsMr. Matthew Sheppard, Clemson University I earned my B.S. in Industrial Engineering and my M.S. in Mechanical Engineering; both at Clemson University. I have several years’ experience as a Manufacturing Engineer supporting process improvements, machine design, and capital project management. Now, I have entered into the Engineering and Science Education PhD program at Clemson University in tandem with teaching hands-on engineering principles in an undergraduate
Paper ID #42007Validity Evidence for the Sophomore Engineering Experiences SurveyMiss Fanyi Zhang, Purdue University Fanyi is a third-year Ph.D. student at Purdue University. She majors in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and works as a Graduate Research Assistant for the Women in Engineering program. Her area of interest focuses on conceptualizing and promoting flourishing and understanding the dynamics of positive relationships. Her current research agenda includes developing a mentor support framework and promoting the effective design of mentor training.Dr. Beth M. Holloway, Purdue University Beth Holloway is
graduate in less time than non-research active students.” Graduating in less time equates to a lower cost of obtaining a degree,and when combined with added benefit of higher retention rates, undergraduate researchprograms offer research universities the double impact of helping recruit and retain students.Of the almost 4,000 degree granting institutions, only 146 are classified as R1 universities [13]according to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education [14], and only 131are designated as R2 universities [15]. For research universities, leveraging the researchknowledge, practices, and culture already prominent on their campus will help them retainstudents, reduce the amount of time it takes students to graduate, and also
resident assistants, andschedule of activities. Evidence-based practices built into programming for DISTINCTIONencourage engagement and exposure to engineering at the undergraduate level and a residentialand rural college experience at a predominantly and historically white institution. Students arepaired with roommates in a residence hall on campus to encourage socialization and makeconnections in a communal setting. Residence hall activities include group activities initiated byresidents and program assistants. Outside the residence halls, students connect with facultythrough discipline, research, and student support-centered talks, with opportunities to interactclosely with engineering faculty and graduate students. Lastly, an industry
-doctoral researcher, and (6) an African Americanpost-baccalaureate psychology student. MethodsResearch DesignThis research was drawn from a larger multiple embedded case study that sought to understandthe nature and quality of STEM doctoral mentorships. However, this work focuses on anextracted case: women STEM doctoral students. Data was drawn from a National ScienceFoundation Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (NSF AGEP) grant-fundedresearch study, which included three institutional types: (a) Historically White Insitution (HWI)-Flagship/R1, (b) Historically Black College and University (HBCU)/R2, and (c) HWI-Regional/R2. These institutions were located in the Southeastern part of
Topology Optimized Design of Heat Exchanger Fins for Additive Manufacturing Effects of Metal Additive Manufacturing Print Directions on Component’s Thermal Conductivity Sensing and Instrumentation Impact of 5-Hole-Probe Head Design on Flow Measurement QualityEducational Research:While most engineering education research seeks to understand undergraduate preparation for industrycareers, few engineering education researchers (notable exceptions being the work of Crede and Borrego[6-8] and Berdanier [9]) rigorously seek to understand the pathways by which undergraduate studentschoose to pursue a graduate degree. To date, none have
New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney. Her teaching and research interests include power system modelling, analysis and control, renewable energy integration, smart grids and micro grids. Jayashri has a deep interest in learning and teaching, and consistently implements strategies using technology innovations and industry partnerships to improve students’ active learning. She is institutionally and internationally recognized for the impact of her innovative, research-led and highly effective teaching and leadership. She leads best practice advanced teaching in electrical engineering through imaginative initiatives, including blended industry lectures, teamwork and flipped mode strategies. Esteem indicators include Senior
a hurdle for many test takers. Since the tests are administered in English, studentsfrom other linguistic backgrounds may not perform up to their ability, particularly on the verbalportion [13]. One recent study [14], though, challenges this assumption. Moreover, the tests arenot designed to measure soft skills and leadership, which are important factors affecting successin graduate school [15]. It should be noted that the Educational Testing Service, whichadministers the GRE, is aware of this limitation and is working on another test to assess theseattributes [16]. But it is not part of the current GRE.Test anxiety [17] is another reason why standardized tests might not provide an objectivecomparison of candidates. Many students experience
Academic Standards Committeebefore being presented for a campus-wide vote [12]. The following motion to require appliedlearning as a graduation requirement for students entering the College in catalog year 2019-2020was presented and approved at the campus shared Governance meeting: "To require one course,or its equivalent, designated as Applied Learning to be a graduation requirement for allbaccalaureate degrees in accordance with the timeline and input of the Admissions andAcademic Standing Committee" [13].As a result of this approval, students entering Farmingdale State College in the catalog year2019-2020 and subsequently are now required to meet specific applied learning criteria. Thisincludes earning a passing grade in a minimum of one
Paper ID #41094Understanding Students in Times of Transition: The Impact of the COVID-19Pandemic on Engineering Students’ Math Readiness and Transition into EngineeringOlivia Ryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Olivia Ryan is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She holds a B.S. in engineering with a specialization in electrical engineering from Roger Williams University. Her research interests include developing professional skills for engineering students and understanding mathematics barriers that exist within engineering.Susan Sajadi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
everyone on the team. When asked whether the practice of engineering was whatthey envisioned that it would be, many said that the amount of teamwork involved was differentthan they expected. Undergraduate experiences made them believe that they alone would workon a process or project, but they said that the practice is much more interdependent than theyexpected.DiscussionThe statistically significant areas where returners had higher levels of self-efficacy (Synthesizeinformation to reach conclusions that are supported by data and needs; Identify the safetyconcerns that pertain to a project that you are working on; Analyze the tradeoffs betweenalternative design approaches and select the one that is best for your project) all imply theapplication
employers of WSU flight test engineers, Bell Helicopter is a regional employer, and Boeingis a national employer. Some of these companies requested that introductory material on flighttesting be incorporated into our curriculum, to expose and promote flight testing as a career forour graduates. Balaji Kartikeyan was a graduate student at WSU who was also in his 2nd year asan intern in flight test at Bombardier. He and Jim Steck, who teaches and does research in aircraftdesign, flight dynamics and flight controls, 4 years ago, developed a flight test homeworkassignment for a junior level flight dynamics course, and, more importantly, 4 flight testmodules/assignments to be included in the senior/graduate intermediate flight dynamics course.These
educating and developing engineers, teachers (future faculty), and the community at all levels (k12, undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate and internationally). A few of these key areas include engineering identity and mindsets, global competencies, failure culture, first year experiences in engineering, capstone design thinking, integrating service and authentic learning into the engineering classroom, implementing new instructional methodologies, and design optimization using traditional and non-traditional manufacturing. She seeks to identify best practices and develop assessments methods that assist in optimizing computing and engineering learning. Dr. Gurganus was one the inaugural award winners of the Diane M. Lee
engineers face when trying to earn their professional engineering license. Her MASc research focuses on understanding how Canadian engineers reflect on the impact that their social location has had on their career.Sasha-Ann Eleanor Nixon, University of Toronto ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Are Hardhats Required for Engineering Identity Construction? Gendered and Racialized Patterns in Canadian Engineering Graduates’ Professional IdentitiesAbstractDespite ongoing efforts to increase diversity in engineering, women continue to beunderrepresented in the field, making up only 15% of licensed professional engineers in Canada[1]. This persistent
Institute and State University Dr. Ben Chambers is an Assistant Collegiate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, and Director of the Frith First Year Makers program. His research focuses include the interactions of non-humans with the built environment, the built environment as a tool for teaching at the nexus of biology and engineering, and creativity-based pedagogy. He earned his graduate degrees from Virginia Tech, including an M.S. Civil Infrastructure Engineering, M.S. LFS Entomology, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Design and Planning.Matthew James P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Matthew James is an Associate Professor of Practice in Engineering Education at
, andproject development of the participants. This paper will also focus on the continued use of remote internshipsand experiential opportunities as a High Impact Practice to engage students at an urban commuter universityacross all majors.BackgroundHigh Impact Practices (HIPs) have been shown to be effective in retention, persistence, and overall studentsuccess [1-5]. These practices include activities such as undergraduate research, service learning, experientiallearning opportunities, internships, study abroad, collaborative projects and writing intensive courses. Theseactivities have been found to be very beneficial for underrepresented students. Institutional resources,curriculums and student body demographics limit the effectiveness of the
interface design, many of which are visual concepts. In order to adapt the curriculum, weused a high-resolution tactile display capable of mirroring imagery from a video display into adepth map that could be felt. This enabled the dual presentation of visual content as tactilesurface maps. Through this process, we learned several best practices in terms of how to createcontent that transfers well from one modality to another, and we also developed a number ofguidelines for creation of teaching materials like notes and assignments in a way that is morescreen-reader friendly.This paper shares key takeaways while also communicating student and teacher perspectives ondeveloping, teaching, and using more accessible materials. Our goal is to encourage
, Engineering, and Medicine urged agreater focus on experimental learning to bridge core course silos. ABET also requires studentsto design and conduct experiments, analyze data, and draw conclusions by graduation. However,the packed engineering curriculum challenges additional hands-on lab courses. To address this,we explored an idea to extend learning beyond traditional settings. Inspired by the AmericanChemical Society's guidelines, we aimed to study at-home experiments for connectingexperiments to theories and investigated if students could independently design experiments athome, aligning with the senior chemical engineering laboratory course's objectives. Studentsspent four weeks conducting at-home experiments and self-evaluated their learning
inverserelationship observed among male students might indicate that the sources of meaning theysearch for differ, leading to varying impacts on their well-being. However, further research isneeded to explore and better understand these gender differences in the relation between thesearch for meaning and well-being. These relations may be especially important in thedevelopment of strategies for supporting female uptake and retention in engineering.The status of being a first-generation graduate student was found to impact both the presence ofmeaning and well-being. While there was an overall positive correlation between the presence ofmeaning and well-being, it was observed that among first-generation graduate students, having ahigher presence of meaning in
advanced degrees in science andengineering from prestigious American universities, and they trained me for academic successfrom a young age. I went to regular school during the day, but nights and weekends were dedi-cated to family school, a school in which my parents pushed me beyond any public curriculum.They tutored me personally, never outsourcing my education to teachers or private tutors, and Ireaped the fruit of their labor. I graduated from one of the best public high schools in the countryat the time and from the best engineering undergraduate program in the world. I also completedmultiple research projects during my undergraduate program, and I had stellar letters of recom-mendation from both course instructors and research advisors. I
University of Oklahoma. He is a graduate of Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos. He was awarded the 2022/2023 Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship by Purdue’s School of Engineering Education and he has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from the same university. For his dissertation, he employed an embedded sequential explanatory mixed methods design to understand culturally relevant engineering education in multiple settings, focusing on the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the Case Study. For his work, his paper, ”Telling half a story: A mixed methods approach to understanding culturally relevant engineering education in Nigeria” was awarded the best DEI paper in the International Division of ASEE at the 2023
University, IN, USA. She also holds an M.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a B.S. in Astronomy and Meteorology from Kyungpook National University, South Korea. Her work centers on elementary, secondary, and postsecondary engineering education research as a psychometrician, data analyst, and program evaluator with research interests in spatial ability, STEAM education, workplace climate, and research synthesis with a particular focus on meta-analysis. She has developed, validated, revised, and copyrighted several instruments beneficial for STEM education research and practice. Dr. Yoon has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings and served as a journal reviewer in engineering
putting on the final touches. With their knowledge of engineeringprinciples, they ensure that what's built matches the intended design while navigating challengeslike material availability, labor issues, and unexpected site conditions. Ultimately, constructionmanagement adds the practical human touch to design projects, turning blueprints into functionalstructures that serve society.Based on the literature review, there is an overall gap in creating comprehensive andcompassionate student recruitment and retention strategies for construction managementinternational graduate students. This research, therefore, emphasizes the importance of creatingand implementing such strategies to meet international graduate students' immediate academicand
Paper ID #43909Methodologies for Evaluating the Impact of STEM Outreach on HistoricallyMarginalized Groups in Engineering: a Systematic Literature Review (Other,Diversity)Jessica Nhu Tran, University of British Columbia Jessica Tran is an oncoming graduate student pursing a master’s degree in engineering education at the University of British Columbia (UBC). They are interested in exploring justice-oriented pedagogies and praxis, decolonization, and EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion) within engineering education spaces, particularly within K-12 STEM outreach.Jessica Wolf, University of British Columbia Jessica Wolf is a
. 12. M. Walker, J. Sproule, and S. Pitre, "Academic integrity, plagiarism, and self-plagiarism: A practical guide for researchers and graduate students," IOS Press, 2016. 13. C. Lipson, "Succeeding as an international student in the United States and Canada," University of Chicago Press, 2008.Appendix – Survey QuestionsSucceeding in U.S. graduate School (Multiple choice grid)Rank the following in terms of how important they are to succeed academically as a graduate student inthe first semester in the United States.Mastering EnglishHow long have you been speaking English? (less than 2 years, 2 to 5 years, more than 5, but less than 10years, 10 years or more)On a typical day outside of the classroom, how often do you
on the relationship betweenclasses starting at 8:00 AM and engineering technology courses. As a result, the new analysispresented in this paper aims to shed light on the best times to schedule different engineeringtechnology courses.Methodology:This study uses statistical analysis to examine the relationship between the time of courseoffering and student performance. The study was completed at a top-tier research universityusing data from a 100 level undergraduate engineering mechanical design course. The coursewas chosen because it was taught by the same instructor with the same material for 6 consecutivesemesters with alternating start times; it was offered at 8:00AM in the Fall semester and12:30PM in the Spring semester. This study's main
Paper ID #41628Board 30: The Ecological Choice for Engineering Education: Decisions onSustainability in Civil Engineering and the Impact of Cognitive BiasCharlotte Robison, Oregon State University Charlotte is a second year at Oregon State University studying civil engineering. Her main interests lie in sustainability within civil engineering, and has been conducting research on cognitive biases around this topic over the past year.Cristina G Wilson, Oregon State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The “Eco”logical Choice for Engineering Education: Decisions on
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Worcester area in-service teachers, WPI faculty and graduate students, industry partners, and the Figure 2. Overview of the RET Site components and STEM Education Center at WPI for outcomes. continued engagement.Teacher Recruitment, Selection, and ParticipationTen (10) teachers comprising of both pre-service and in-service middle or high school teachershave participated in each cohort over the two years of the NSF RET grant. Employing the samestrategies and best practices in hiring faculty from underrepresented groups,11,12 we developed aninclusive announcement, advertised widely, did targeted recruiting through contacts with schoolprincipals and leaders, and developed a rubric for the RET participant selection in