Paper ID #34271Mentoring and Advising Students in an S-STEM Project: Strengths Trainingfrom a Social Justice Perspective in Engineering & Computer Science asContext – Initial ImplementationDr. Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Jane Lehr is a Professor in Ethnic Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies and Director of the Office of Student Research at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She is affiliated faculty in Computer Science and Software Engineering and Science, Technology and Society. She is also the Faculty Director of the California State University (CSU
% 39% Yes No No 52% 61% 78% Figure 3: Association with minority groups of the 23 study participantsWith the demographic context provided by Figure 2 and 3 in mind, the main result of our studyso far is the master codebook itself, as shown in Table 2. The codebook follows the hierarchicalstructure depicted in Figure 1, and is divided into six topics: engineering discipline, engineeringexperience, engineering connection, support for success (during college), obstacles anddeterrents (during college), and reflection on engineering identity. Within this
interest in culture, mindfulness, and motivation in cross-cultural and international contexts.Dr. Aaron Lee Adams, Alabama A&M University Aaron Adams is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at Alabama A & M University. Before pursuing graduate studies, he worked at the National Academy of Engineering & Ford Motor Company as a product design engineer focusing on Minority STEM education and envi- ronmental policies. His research interests include nuclear radiation detection and thermal electric material development. He also works with the Center for Entrepreneurship Innovation and Economic Development to encourage African American students, and underrepresented groups in
Paper ID #242402018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Understanding the experiences of lesbian, gay, and bisexual engineering fac-ulty and actively engaging them in the ASEE Deans Diversity InitiativeDr. Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder Robyn Sandekian is the Managing Director of the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Com- munities (MCEDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder). She joined the Engineering for Developing Communities Program (now known as the Mortenson Center) in spring 2004, just as the first
representative on the Haas Technical Education Council, which is committed to developing manufacturing expertise at the high school, trade school, and university level. He received a BSEE from Purdue University in 1992. He has over 15 years of industrial experience, specializing in manufacturing and electronic controls, for which he holds 3 patents. Eric’s industrial experience includes positions at Toyota, Cummins, Woodward, and TRW Automotive. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue, with an expected graduation date of 2020.Prof. David F. Radcliffe, Swinburne University of Technology Dr. Radcliffe’s research focuses on the nature of engineering; engineering habits of mind, how engineering
schools’faculty and programs. Through KEEN support, engineering schools have had the opportunity tomake investments in faculty, staff and students to transform engineering education with theultimate goal of empowering the engineers of the future to create jobs and make the world abetter place.2-6 This goal is captured in the mission of KEEN which is, “to graduate engineerswith an entrepreneurial mindset so they can create personal, economic, and societal valuethrough a lifetime of meaningful work.”4KEEN champions novel pedagogy in engineering such as Active Collaborative Learning (ACL),Project/Problem based Learning (PBL) and Entrepreneurial Minded Learning (EML). ACL andPBL are not new to engineering education, but EML is.2, 3, 7-10 EML is a student
Paper ID #30096Overcoming the Challenges to Launch a Successful Initiative of anEngineering Faculty-led Travel Course While Boosting InterdisciplinaryCollaborationsDr. Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University Yanjun Yan is an Associate Professor in Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University. Her research interests include engineering education, swarm robotics, statistical signal processing, and swarm intelligence.Dr. Nelson A. Granda Marulanda, Western Carolina University Nelson A. Granda Marulanda is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering + Technology at Western Carolina University. Nelson has a
Paper ID #42904Board 296: Immersive Engineering Learning and Workforce Development:Pushing the Boundaries of Knowledge Acquisition in a CAVEDr. Opeyemi Peter Ojajuni, Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Dr. Opeyemi Ojajuni is a post-doctoral research manager at Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA, with expertise in computer network infrastructure, artificial intelligence, virtual reality (VR), and data science. His research focuses on applying these technologies to STEM education, particularly improving enrollment, retention, and computational thinking development. He also
Paper ID #17643How to Shape Attitudes toward STEM Careers: The Search for the most Im-pactful Extracurricular Clubs (RTP)Dr. Fethiye Ozis, Northern Arizona University Fethiye has been working in CECMEE at Northern Arizona University since 2014. She has received her Ph.D. in environmental engineering from University of Southern California in 2005. Her doctorate work focused on modeling of bio filters for air pollution control. After graduation, she has been involved in K-12 STEM institutions both as a teacher and administrator. Her research interests include biotechnology for environmental issues, engineering education
traditionally underrepresented.MethodsPreviously, we implemented soft robotics curricula in a variety of K12 contexts [18]–[20]. In this pilotstudy, we (1) delivered a four-day curriculum that focuses on representing engineers from a broad rangeof identities in course materials and (2) piloted an Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvedquantitative survey of subject related identities and demographic data. The goal of this pilot was toevaluate our experimental methods for ease and clarity of implementation.Implementation The goal of this study is to broaden students’ definitions of who can do robotics. To thatend, we revised our introductory curriculum, being mindful of the individuals in the field that wehighlight by giving examples of women and
relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on engineering education and learning sciences with a focus on how to engage students better to prepare their minds for the future. Her other research interests include empirical studies to assess impact of good supply chain practices such as coordinated decision making in stochastic supply chains, handling supply chains during times of crisis and optimizing global supply chains on the financial health of a company. She has published her research in Journal of Business Logistics, International Jour- nal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management and peer-reviewed proceedings of the American Society for Engineering
the Committee on K-12 Engineering Education in the National Academy ofEngineering and National Research Council Center for Education) on her report to Congress1,have been implemented in a program designed for teacher enrichment using optics and cosmicray projects. A teacher usually has a tight lesson plan calibrated to the requirement of a StateEducation Board and/or SAT/ACT requirement nationwide. The challenge of asking a teacher totrain a student’s mind for the development of an engineering mindset is not an easy task. Amongthe high school subjects, physics could be one of the subject that is amenable for modification interms of exposing students to design related to science knowledge. Given that physics is arequired subject for most
determines the levelof performance in the occupation.For this study, we view interest as the desire to learn more about engineering. At ClemsonUniversity, all students begin in the same general engineering class before they can declare theirmajors. We will call this the interest stage. Keep in mind, all the students in WISER aresophomores so many, if not all of them, will have already been through the interest stage. Afterthis stage, we have the intentions stage. At this point, students declare their majors with theintention of becoming engineers. The Activity, Selection, and Practice stage involves purposefulactions taken to become an engineer. This might include passing upper level engineering classes,joining professional engineering organizations
Paper ID #18066Spatial Skills Training Impacts Retention of Engineering Students – DoesThis Success Translate to Community College Students in Technical Educa-tion?Ms. Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology Susan Staffin Metz is the Executive Director of Diversity & Inclusion and Senior Research Associate at Stevens Institute of Technology. She is a long time member of the Stevens community serving as execu- tive director of the Lore-El Center for Women in Engineering and Science and in 1990 launching WEPAN (Women in Engineering Proactive Network), a national organization catalyzing change in the academic climate
obligations to the university as an example of Institutional Identity.Discourse Identity is an identity associated with a personal trait, specific to one’s individuality. It isan identity formed around a trait recognized by other people such as being charismatic, charming,and witty [6]. Affinity Identity is an identity associated with being part of a like-minded (affinity)group. This form of identity is recognized once a person joins an affinity group and by joiningdevelops an identity through shared experiences or commitments to the group. Affinity identityhighlights the interconnection between identity and groups/communities. As engineering studentsdevelop their engineering identity, they also begin navigating social experiences afforded
Paper ID #18031Engagement in Practice: A Process for Creating a New ”Council’s Own” Ju-nior Girl Scout Badge in Mechanical EngineeringMs. Morgan Stewart, Sealed Air Corporation Morgan Stewart is a mechanical engineer at Sealed Air Corporation specializing in the design of indus- trial packaging and automation equipment. In June 2015, she completed her Bachelor of Science in Me- chanical Engineering at MIT. While attending MIT, Morgan taught engineering lessons to 4th-8th grade students as part of the MIT Edgerton Center. She continues her outreach efforts working with FIRST robotics teams, Girl Scouts, and local maker
Paper ID #18895Engagement in Practice: Engineering at a Monastery - Integrating CourseContent with Community Engagement by Building a Better Maple Sap Evap-oratorProf. Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College Derek Breid is an assistant professor of Engineering Science at Saint Vincent College. His interests in- clude integrating active learning techniques into classic engineering courses, and studying the mechanical behavior of soft materials.Lawrence Machia, Saint Vincent College I am a monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey, Br. Lawrence, and in addition to seminary studies I work in our college as a lab assistant to the physics
puta lot of effort in reducing the dropout rate of part-time engineering students, particularly focusingon dropout that occurs during the freshmen year. With this objective in mind and knowing that thestudents’ experience with the first calculus course is an important variable that may lead a studentto abandon his career plan, we decided to implement active learning methodologies [6] to teachthat course to part-time students. As [7] states, active learning methodologies may directlyinfluence social integration and indirectly affect the student’s dropout decision.In this paper, we introduce what we call Guided-Lecture Team Based Learning (GL-TBL), whichis a learning methodology whose core relies on the well-known Team Based Learning (TBL
particular, activities/tours that were specific toindividual project teams are not listed in this table).Teacher Research ProjectsEight faculty members from the school of engineering volunteered to supervise teacher projectsin the summers of 2016-2018. Each engineering faculty member gave an overview of his/herproject on the second day of the program and gave teachers the opportunity to tour the labfacilities and ask questions before being asked to rank the projects by order of preference on thethird day. Project assignment involved taking the teachers’ preferences in mind, as well as tryingto pair up appropriate skills and backgrounds to each project. Most teachers received their first orsecond choice and were generally pleased with the project
qualitative data during the second cycle of camps in summer 2019. Inaddition, an interesting outcome (theme 2) was that the camps did instill in the campers theconnection of words like “teamwork”, “collaboration” and “communication” to engineering.This has been indicated as a necessity in marketing engineering to the public, including K-12[16]. Finally, an outcome of theme 3 is that we will be giving guidance to the campers on classesthey should be considering to be successful in engineering keeping in mind what has beensuggested in [16]. We will also reinforce the connection of camp activities to fields ofengineering throughout the five days of camp. Future work will focus on understanding whichactivities and approaches serve to positively foster
faculty. With the largerinformal learning institutions, the process involved more administrative processes and tooklonger to identify project ideas for the students. Smaller CBOs had a clear need for technical helpwith an engineering challenge making it easier to start the project once a team was identified.For civic-minded faculty, there was appreciation of the prescreening work in identifyingorganizations, projects, and resources to help them engage in projects of interest. Facultyinterested in community-based research were more successful at working with partners andidentifying appropriate student projects than those focused on laboratory research. Spin-offresearch projects are ongoing with community partners regardless of if they became
invitingfaculty from various types of institutions, from teaching intensive universities to communitycolleges, to present at the program, we hope to address this problem and ultimately strengthenthe program. Overall, iFEAT has proven to be a great resource for female engineering candidatespreparing for the academic job search and poses a potential framework for institutions to addressthe gender gap in academia.References1. Shen, H. Inequality quantified: Mind the gender gap. Nature, 2013.2. National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. 2013. Women, Minorities,and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2013. Special Report NSF 13-304. Arlington, VA.Available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/.3
Paper ID #12362Broadening Participation in Engineering: Making in the K-12 Classroom Fol-lowing an Interest-Based Framework (RTP, Strand 4)Miss Avneet Hira, Purdue University, West Lafayette Avneet is a doctoral student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research interests include K-12 education and first year engineering in the light of the engineering design process, and inclusion of digital fabrication labs into classrooms. Her current work at the FACE lab is on the use of classroom makerspaces for an interest-based framework of engineering design. She holds a B.E. in Aeronautical
school GPA, and SAT mathscores. Further details of the interventions, study, results, and the literature review conducted upto that point can be found in the paper 1. There is evidence that subtle psychological interventionscan be self-reinforcing under certain conditions, for example, in environments with chronicevaluations (such as school), performance gains can magnify and reinforce the intervention 2.There has been additional work published on fostering a growth mindset in engineering studentpopulations in the past two years. Freeman et al. described positive outcomes, includingdevelopment of a growth mindset, from engineering students being taught in a way that developsthe six engineering Habits of Mind 3. Frary examined if a growth mindset
teachers to develop an understanding of and appreciation for funds of knowledge inrelation to engineering design learning. This research project supports teachers in integratingasset-based practices (particularly funds of knowledge) into their teaching of engineering, andaims to examine how such integration of can impact Latinx students’ and EnglishLearners/Emergent Bilinguals’ interest in, and knowledge of engineering. The project offers anopportunity to have an early impact on students’ engineering interest while also providingteachers with a broader perspective of how to develop students’ engineering habits of mind anddispositions using asset-based practices in ways that are aligned with Next Generation ScienceStandards (NGSS). This paper
, & M. K. Norman, “How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching,” San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-470-48410-4.[4] J. D. Bransford, A. L. Brown, & R. R. Cocking, (Eds). National Research Council. 2000. How People Lean: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/9853.[5] National Research Council. 2012. Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13362.[6] N. Kober, National Research Council. 2015. Reaching Students: What Research Says
education sector in general there is a growing recognition of the need for generic skillsdevelopment using online-learning and self-directed learning pedagogies [6], [7]. The aim of this work isto present a strategy designed to develop the communication skills of civil engineering students throughtheir participation in a radio podcast program and how this strategy has started social projects.With this in mind, we carried out an empirical study with undergraduate students of the program of civilengineering of the Tecnologico of Monterrey campus Puebla in Mexico. Several projects have started withlocal communities that get to know the students throughout the program and podcast. One example is the
Paper ID #43408Board 403: The Influence of Belongingness and Academic Support duringa Global Pandemic for Engineering Students through Participation in anS-STEM Intervention ProjectProf. George Kow Quainoo, North Park University George K. Quainoo is Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Engineering at North Park University in Chicago. He received his B.S and M.S in Physics from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana and his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Prior to joining North Park University, he served at lecturer at the University of Caper Coast and as Professor
Paper ID #43113Board 416: Understanding the Experiences of Graduate Program Directors:The Intersection of Roles, Responsibilities, and Care in Engineering GraduateEducationDr. Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University As an assistant professor of engineering education at Florida International University, Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong works and teaches at the intersection of engineering education, faculty development, and complex systems design. Alexandra completed her graduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech (PhD) and Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia (UVa).Dr. Adam Kirn
Paper ID #42724WIP: ”This is What We Learned”: Sharing the Stories of Experiences ofIndigenous-Centered, Engineering & Community Practice Graduate Programat Cal Poly HumboldtDr. Qualla Jo Ketchum, Cal Poly Humboldt Qualla Jo Ketchum (she/her/) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at Cal Poly Humboldt. She is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and her Indigeneity impacts all she does from her technical research in water resources to her pedagogical practices and educational research around identity, indigenizing engineering practice and teaching, and the structural issues impacting Indigenous engineers. Dr