, Industrial Engineering,Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science into a private University. The strategies presented inthis paper are focused on the Southern Region of Mexico. This region presents the lowest index ofhuman development according to United Nations results.Different problems have been faced by the attraction team since the opening of our university campusin 2003, ranging from funding to the difficult cultural issues such as the case when an Engineeringdegree is not considered as a women’s career choice in some regions of the country. The paper showsthe trends in several Engineering programs with a positive increase in the number of girls pursuing anEngineering major.Some of the best strategies are included along with the kind of
. Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto Dr. Reeve was the founding Director of the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead) (2010-2018) at the University of Toronto. After a lengthy career as a consulting engineer he made development of personal capability central to his work with engineering students, undergraduate and graduate. In 2002 he established Leaders of Tomorrow, a student leadership development program that led to the establishment of ILead in 2010. In 2017, he was co-leader of the team that developed the OPTIONS Program (Opportunities for PhDs: Transitions, Industry Options, Networking and Skills) for engineering PhD students interested in careers outside the academy. He is a
potential ash impact on day-to-day operations and how to analyze remote sensing data for real-time hazard assessment. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Drone Camp: Construction and Racing for Pre-College StudentsAbstractEngaging precollege students early in their academic development is an important factor in ensuringtheir continued interest and focus in education. In particular, Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) activities involving unmanned aircraft systems (UAS, or ‘drones’) can provideexciting and valuable outlets for young students who may be considering a technical career path inengineering or a related field.Advances in technology over the past decade have
environment with the internship? 3) How well do the TWC course objectives position students for success after graduation?All engineering students at The Citadel must take a TWC course, typically during the sophomoreyear. The course uses a variety of assignments and projects that exercise basic tenets of technicalwriting and communications to include: audience, purpose, brevity, clarity, simplicity, etc.Students are assessed on writing, speaking, and visual communication requirements. As part ofthe grade, the students must accomplish a number of tasks and assignments that directly andindirectly contribute to their ability to earn an interview and eventually be hired as an intern.Each semester at The Citadel, there is a Career
of theirundergraduate careers). We also target students’ financial risk through activities focused oncareer preparation and development. It is another goal of SEE that 100% of SEE Scholars haveparticipated in an internship or co-op position by, at the latest, the summer immediatelyfollowing their 3rd year. To achieve this, we coordinate closely with The Center for SpartanEngineering (the CoE’s career services office). The Center hosts programs targeted at SEEScholars to help them prepare for interviews and the workplace. These programs positionstudents to compete for internships, co-ops, or other paid experiential education opportunities,with an average pay of $10,000/semester. Thus, students participating in these opportunities
Paper ID #29292Using Creative Writing as a Tool for Learning Professional Developmentin Materials Science and EngineeringDr. Sabrina Starr Jedlicka, Lehigh University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020Using Creative Writing as a Tool for Learning Professional Development in Materials Science & EngineeringAbstractCourses in professional development can be a catch-all to address student skill building in areassuch as technical writing, communication, career path reflection, and ethics. While each of theseskills is important to student development, the
, making it difficult for students to market themselves to companies. When it comes tohiring at career fairs, many companies do not realize that the attributes they seek from alternativedisciplines, are also at the forefront of the BAEN knowledge base. This case study compares thecurriculum and knowledge areas across multiple engineering departments at a university to thoseof the BAEN department. Knowledge gained from the study is then used to survey organizationswhich have employment positions which fit knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA) that BAENstudents possess. This is a work in progress; however, we anticipate that from this work we willdevelop a more concrete narrative of the field of BAEN to provide students and recruiters with
University of New Mexico Introduction and MethodsIn STEM education, educators and industry leaders alike emphasize hands-on laboratory researchexperience during undergraduate education as a way for students to gain skills as technicians andresearchers1,2. Undergraduate research promotes retention in STEM fields and serves as a pathway tograduate school and science careers2,3. For some undergraduate students, however, the process ofengaging in research can be chaotic, confusing, and discouraging, which limits the value of theirexperiences [2]. However, positive undergraduate research experiences can be a key to studentgrowth and success. Effective mentorship and guidance can impact outcomes of undergraduatestudent
- sutrial Engineering and Management, focused on Production Systems Design, and dipl.ing. degree in Industrial Engineering focused on Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation. She went through engineer- ing pathways herself, completing master electrician degree when completing Technical School in Uzice, Serbia, focusing on pre-engineering program on high power voltage systems and maintenance of electro- mechanical systems. Her research is focuses on engineering pathways, career and technical education, digital thread, cyber physical systems, mechatronics, digital manufacturing, broadening participation, and engineering education. She is a Director of Mechatronics and Digital Manufacturing Lab at ODU and a lead of Area of
, Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli2 1 Mississippi State University, 2 Washington State UniversityAbstract This paper concisely reports on the design and organization of a summer camp in the construction area and explores the impacts of such activities on getting high school students’ awareness of the benefits of a construction career. Summer camps provide a pathway for examining youth development in specific areas. Camps represent environments where participants can develop their technical knowledge, social skills, and emotional intelligence through a series of theoretical and practical activities that are fun, engaging, interesting
- mation of engineers, diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering, human-centered design, engineering ethics, and leadership.Prof. Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University at West Lafayette Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is an Associate Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He also leads the Global Engineering Education Collabora- tory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from
PASTEUR PH.DPARTNERSHIP (P3)INITIATIVEJOHN P. COULTERSENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR RESEARCHP.C. ROSSIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCELEHIGH UNIVERSITY, BETHLEHEM, PA 18015, U.S.A. Redesigning the STEM Doctorate Training to Align with Career Expectations Lehigh’s Pasteur PhD Partners (P3) ProgramNSF - Innovations in Graduate Education Grant: Partnership with Researchers in Industry for Doctoral Education Principal Investigator Himanshu Jain, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Co Principal Investigators Anand Jagota, Professor of Bioengineering Volkmar Dierolf, Distinguished Professor of PhysicsH. Lynn Columba, Associate
prior research experience. In total 20 students(ten per year) participated in the program and worked on individual project topics under theguidance of faculty and graduate student mentors. Unlike a typical REU program, theCybermanufacturing REU involved a few unique activities, such as a 48-hour intense design andprototype build experience (also known as Aggies Invent), industry seminars, and industry visits.Overall, the REU students demonstrated significant gains in all of the twelve research-relatedcompetencies that were assessed as a part of formative and summative evaluation process. Whilealmost all of them wanted to pursue a career in advanced manufacturing, includingCybermanufacturing, the majority of the participants preferred industry
to consider howthese factors interact with one another. Students’ affective attributes are complex in nature; thus,research methods and analyses should holistically examine how these attributes interact, notsimply as a set of distinct constructs. Prior research into engineering students’ affectiveattributes, in which we used a validated survey to assess student motivation, identity, goalorientation, sense of belonging, career outcome expectations, grit and personality traits,demonstrated a positive correlation between perceptions of belongingness in engineering andtime spent in the program. Other prior research has examined interactions between affectiveattributes, for example engineering identity as a predictor of grit (consistency of
Education, 2020 Creation of “The Engineering Student Experience” podcast to enhance engineering student readiness for school and the workforceAbstractThis “Complete Evidence-based Practice” paper describes an institutional strategy to supportstudent success using technology. Over the past decade, audio podcasts have become a popularformat for entertainment, news, and education. Although there are many podcasts that focus onscience and engineering topics, none of them focus exclusively on helping students make moreinformed decisions about whether to pursue engineering, which engineering discipline bestmatches their interests, and how to prepare for a career as an engineering professional. This workdetails the creation and distribution
factors. Additionally, the same factors mightaffect different employees distinctly. An analysis through the career orientation of employees found thatindependent workers, who focus more on their employability, experienced lower satisfaction when careersupport or skill development promises were unfulfilled, while these factors were less important toemployees focused on loyalty and advancement within their current organization [4]. This individualapproach is supported by Colakoglu [9], who found that pursuing careers that align with an individual’sself-concepts can promote subjective career success, which is closely linked with job satisfaction. Other research has found that situational factors, specifically job characteristics, are the most
is a professor and associate head in Materials Science and Engineering at Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Ohio State University in 2003. Follow- ing his time as a National Research Council postdoctoral researcher at the Air Force Research Labo- ratory, he joined the faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2006. He was a TMS Young Leader International Scholar in 2008, received the NSF/CAREER award in 2009, the Xerox Award for Faculty Research at Illinois in 2011, the AIME Robert Lansing Hardy Award in 2014, co-chaired the 2011 Physical Metallurgy Gordon Research confer- ence, and became a Willett Faculty Scholar at
Joyce B. Main is Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. degree in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University. Dr. Main examines student academic pathways and transitions to the workforce in science and engineering. She was a recipi- ent of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Award, the 2015 Frontiers in Education Faculty Fellow Award, and the 2019 Betty Vetter Award for Research from WEPAN. In 2017, Dr. Main received a National Science Foundation CAREER award to examine
. Itis often seen that potential chemical engineering students who are interested in careers in medicinetake a pre-medical route or make a switch to bioengineering. Chemical engineering as a major,though, teaches students a number of invaluable concepts and fundamentals that can be applied toprojects involving the life sciences and medical field.The lack of understanding of the opportunities for chemical engineers may be a reason for the lowretention rates as a major, especially for female undergraduates, as they are not exposed to theopportunities that interest them, such as biomedical applications, early enough in theirundergraduate careers. Specifically, at Washington State University women represented only15.7% of the total engineering
Paper ID #28967Countering Threats to Licensure with ASCE’s Engineer Tomorrow InitiativeMr. Bradley Aldrich PE, American Society of Civil Engineers Bradley F. Aldrich, P.E., F.NSPE, F.ASCE is a Senior Associate and former President of Aldrich + Elliott, PC an environmental engineering firm and also serves as vice-chair of the Board of Professional Regula- tion for Engineers in Vermont. He earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Vermont. Over his thirty-five year career, Mr. Aldrich has held project management and leadership positions with a national general contractor and several
engineering economic analysis and stochastic, modeling, analysis and simulation. Professor Ryan’s research interests lie in the planning and operation of energy, manufacturing and service systems under uncertainty. Her work has been funded by several single and multi-investigator National Science Foundation grants, including a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, as well as by industry, private foundations, and the U.S. Department of Energy through its ARPA-E initiative. She is PI of a National Research Traineeship on Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems. Dr. Ryan is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers and serves as Editor-in-Chief of The Engineering Economist.Dr
Create Interests in Engineering with Girl Scouts Dimitri Papazoglou, Saneela Rabbani and Shouling He Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, 86-01 23rd Ave, Flushing, NY dimitri.papazoglou@vaughn.edu, saneela.rabbani@vaughn.edu, shouling.he@vaughn.eduAbstractThis paper presents an all-female workshop that exposes girls from ages eleven to seventeen toengineering concepts as well as creating an engineering product. We consider that girls in thisage period are crucial as many of them will soon venture into possible career options but aren'talways given the proper exposure to engineering. Thinking about most girls’ interests in this agegroup, we introduced the electric
Cooperative Education and Career Services, (ii) a newly developed zero-creditVTAB Orientation Program course, and (iii) our academic advising system.Our external evaluator was involved in the development, implementation, and analysis of twosurveys and focus group interviews, and is satisfied with the progress we have made. Survey #S1was developed in year one for incoming scholars, and has been administered to all three cohorts.Survey #S2 was developed last semester for scholars in the middle of the program, and has beenadministered to the first cohort. The focus group interview protocol was developed in year one,and has been administered to all three cohorts.We faced two major challenges so far: (i) obtaining the complete list of incoming scholars
emphasis on understanding hazard recog- nition, competencies, satisfaction, personal resilience, organizational culture, training, informal learning and social considerations. The broader impact of this work lies in achieving and sustaining safe, produc- tive, and inclusive project organizations composed of engaged, competent and diverse people. The SRL is supported by multiple research grants, including a CAREER award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Simmons is a former project director of the Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at South Carolina State University and Savannah River Environmental Sciences Field Station (SRESFS). Both programs were aimed at recruiting, retaining and training
topredict career plans in engineering [4]. Thus, the objective of this paper is to explore howstudents describe the usefulness of a newly implemented introductory engineering design class asthey navigate their subsequent years in college.This paper seeks to answer the following research question:How useful do students perceive what they learned in an introductory engineering design coursefor their successive years in college or for what they want to do after graduation?We aim to answer this question by analyzing survey responses from students who have taken theclass since the first course implementation in the Summer 2018 semester.BackgroundIntroductory engineering courses are a common element in several engineering programs. Thereis growing
be delivered as a discipline-specific or as a universal cross-disciplinary version.For this study, students were assessed with Likert-based survey questions about how they felt the classprepared them or engaged them for a career in engineering and if they planned to remain in their program.The survey was given at the end of the semester they took their respective Introduction to Engineeringcourse. Statistical p-values were calculated from the Likert scores with respect to the discipline area of thestudent, the instructor, the semester, and the demographics of the student class population. The coursewas delivered in one semester as a generalized mechanical-engineering focused design approach and thenin a second semester as the three
winning many distinguished awards at various research symposiums and conferences. At CSUF, Dr. Kurwadkar is an ASCE Faculty Advisor, and recently elected Vice President of Student Af- fairs for ASCE Los Angeles Section. He has pursued and collaborated on many externally funded grants including NSF-CAREER, NSF-MRI, NSF-REU, NSF-IUSE, CA-DPR, IUSSTF, and US-STJF. He has secured more than $2.0 Million in externally funded projects. Besides teaching and research, he enjoys outdoor activities such as swimming, kayaking, biking, fishing, and long-distance traveling. He has driven cross-country from Los Angeles, CA to Kittery, ME, visiting major tourist attractions all along.Dr. Doina Bein, California State University, Fullerton
K. Eason Keri Eason is a PhD student in Sociology at the University of Cincinnati. Her research interests include Asian American Identity, Higher Education, and Pop-Culture. Keri received her B.A. from Northern Kentucky University in 2010. She earned her M.A. in English from Northern Kentucky University in 2013. Keri began her career at Gateway Community & Technical College as an Academic Advisor for the Nursing Program. She worked as an Academic Advisor for the University of Cincinnati’s Center for Exploratory Studies between 2015-2017. Keri has taught College Success Skills and Discovering UC. She began the Sociology PhD program at University of Cincinnati in the Fall of 2018
Mechatronics and Digital Manufacturing Lab at ODU and a lead of Area of Specialization Mechatronics Systems Design. She worked as a Visiting Researcher at Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Disputanta, VA on projects focusing on the digital thread and cybersecurity of manufacturing systems. She leads funded research focused on Career and Technical Education pathways in computer science and cybersecurity. She had funded research in broadening par- ticipation efforts of underrepresented students in STEM funded by the Office of Naval Research, focusing on mechatronic pathways. She is part of the ONR project related to the additive manufacturing training of the active military. She leads the summer program for
value in leading to a career in BME, which is consistentwith outcomes-focused prior studies. Beyond that, students discussed the ability to connect howthey see themselves as a biomedical engineer and a general interest in the work and non-careerrelated opportunities available to them through their co-curriculars. While the discussion of costwas minimal in our study, time was also a factor for students’ decision to participate in co-curriculars. These additional findings indicate that students can also be motivated to participatein co-curriculars through other means than just the outcomes studied in prior co-curricularliterature.IntroductionStudent engagement in higher education settings has long been studied as a predictor for collegestudent