what underrepresented minority students considerwhen deciding whether to participate in a co-op and who influences their decisions. We explorethe benefits and disadvantages students identify when deciding between different potential pre-graduation work experiences (internship or co-op). This comparison between co-ops andinternships adds depth to our understanding of how students perceive pre-graduate workexperiences and of how they decide which experiences to pursue for professional development.Research questionsThe following research questions guided our exploration of underrepresented minorityengineering students’ experiences and perceptions of co-ops: RQ1: How do underrepresented minority engineering students perceive the benefits and
and members fromUniversity corporate and external relations offices. This board provides accountability andguidance to support the ongoing success and growth of the Lab’s mission. The director alsoworks closely with University Relations to identify external partners and funding sources. Whilethe director ties together all the components of the Lab’s functions, the faculty mentors are theprimary interface with students. Once a project is initiated with a faculty mentor, the facultyperson acts as the liaison between the students and the external partner. This person manages theproject, provides area expertise, and teaches the students associated professional skills. Primarysuccesses for the faculty mentor are in the student outcomes and
communication faculty, the two faculty members approach assessment ofstudent needs and work in terms of the efficacy of their communication in reaching theirdesired audience. However, this instructional model of having full-time technicalcommunication faculty deliver one-on-one tutoring is not scalable in light of the limitedpool of available faculty and related costs; accordingly, alternate models for instruction,such as the establishment of a communication fellows program as that described in [7],need to be explored if the Hub continues and grows. StudentsAt USC, about 74% of engineering graduate students were born outside of the U.S.[1].This aspect of the engineering graduate student population is also evident among theHub's students, as over
for sharing their stories were favoredfor the open-ended, semi-structured interviews administered to the medium and high contactgroups. This approach was taken in order to produce a wide and rich array of personal stories.Another consideration when making group assignments was the researchers' judgment ofwhether the students were likely to stay in engineering (and the study itself) for the duration oftheir undergraduate careers. In order to achieve the goal of studying engineering studentpathways, it was important to have a large majority of participants graduate with an engineeringdegree.At the beginning of Year 2, 18 new participants were added as replacements for participants wholeft the study in the first year. All of these participants
addition, Georgia Tech’s bold initiative to ensure that 50% of itsgraduates (the large majority of which are engineers) have an international experience shouldspur its competitor schools to action.In addition, engineering faculty are anecdotally reporting that students who have participated instudy abroad programs are better problem solvers, have strong communication and cross-culturalcommunication skills, and are able to work well in groups of diverse populations and understanddiverse perspectives. Living overseas creates graduates who are more adaptable to newenvironments and have a greater understanding of contemporary issues as well as engineering
lesson onhow to use a decision matrix. Therefore, their final reports were generally lacking in anysubstantive discussion about how they arrived at an acceptable solution for the wing spar. It wasapparent that more often than not, the students simply manipulated numbers in the providedspreadsheet until a viable design emerged. Another critical shortcoming in the heritage courseand the final project was that students did not get any experience with physical prototyping.Physical prototyping is a major step in an engineering design process and is specifically calledfor in the institutional outcomes. Proficiency #6 of the AEM outcome reads:“USAFA graduates will be able to develop physical and/or virtual prototypes using engineeringtools which are
Manager, Large Caliber Ammunition, at General Dynamics, Inc., served as guestjudge for the 2011 Case Study Competition.Leadership Workshop SeriesThis series brings students together to explore specific leadership topics and to further developtheir leadership skills. The 2011-12 Series consists of three workshops: An interactive team leadership workshop led by Dr. Jason Winkle, CEO of WinkleCorp, a leadership development and coaching company. A workshop on Leadership, Innovation & Career Coaching, co-presented by National Instruments and Rose-Hulman faculty and staff And a Rose-Hulman alumni panel discussion on the topic of leadership.We initiated the LAP in the summer of 2008, with the first Leadership Academy
Retention: Teaching methods that integrate real-world applications will result in higher student engagement and retention rates in STEM courses. 3. Hypothesis on Skill Transferability: Students learning through real-world application- based methods will show greater ability to transfer skills and knowledge to new, untaught problems or contexts, compared to those learning through purely theoretical methods. 4. Hypothesis on Career Readiness and Confidence: Students who undergo practical, real- world application-focused education will report higher levels of career readiness and confidence in their skillset upon graduation. 5. Hypothesis on Impact of Microlearning in Real-world Application: Implementing
switchable thin film coatings and optical coatings deposited by wet chemical deposition techniques. She has received UNESCO’s awards and honors for her commitment to engineering and engineering education. These include: UNESCO Theresa MacKay Award, 1994; Outstanding female faculty Professor award from UNESCO in 1997, Fulbright Research Fellowship at the University of Florida in Gainesville, 1989-1990; a listing in Cambridge Who’s Who in 2011. She serves as an editorial board member for Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, and on the review panel of US Department of Energy since 1998. Dr. Ozer’s also serves as faculty advisor for Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and
Paper ID #21885First Generation Engineering Student Mentoring Program: A Case Study ofa Large Engineering School in the U.S.Dr. Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University Dr. Bimal Nepal is Phillips’66 First Year Engineering Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor in the Industrial Distribution Program at Texas A&M University. His research interests include integration of supply chain management with new product development decisions, distributor service portfolio optimiza- tion, pricing optimization, supply chain risk analysis, lean and six sigma, and large scale optimization. He has authored 41 refereed articles in
their research networks.Career clarification and planningWIL provides valuable insights into career options and facilitates career clarification forstudents through their legitimate peripheral participation in a CoP (Zegwaard & Coll, 2011).Internships offered students the opportunity to gain firsthand experience in various workenvironments, allowing them to explore different career paths. As one student expressed,'they offer opportunities for trial and error' (S9). The majority of interviewees stronglyadvocate making full use of internship opportunities for career clarification.Access to the job marketPast research has found WIL significantly enhances graduate employment (Silva et al., 2018),a result this study confirms. Students reported
, ENGR 1050, and the ERC. All of the programs arefunded by student fees. Approximately 15 scholarships, provided by the NSF STEP grant, areavailable on a first come-first serve basis for the E2 camp. In the development of each of these programs, activities were chosen based on individual Page 14.535.3project team members’ experience and current research in hands-on active learning. Programemphases included personal/professional development and building a sense of community. ENG2: Engineering Engagement for Student SuccessProfessional development activities included discipline chats, an
feedback are presented.Introduction and Course DescriptionThe College of Engineering (CoE) seeks opportunities to enhance its program curriculumhelping students become more successful after graduation. As of October 2017, the CoE’smission is as follows:“The mission of the College of Engineering is to develop team-oriented engineeringprofessionals from diverse backgrounds who are prepared to ethically apply industry-currentreal-world skills to achieve value-added solutions in a dynamic world.”During 2017, CoE successfully received an ABET re-accreditation with no interim reports for sixyears for the BSEE and BSCE undergraduate programs. During the accreditation process, oneissue ABET visitors posed a question to CoE paraphrased as: where does the
efforts that acknowledge learner diversity, and understand their effects in students performance. Isabel received her professional degree in biological engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile and her MA in policy, organizations and leadership studies at Stanford Graduate School of Education.Dr. Constanza Miranda Mendoza, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile Constanza Miranda holds a PhD in design with a focus in anthropology from North Carolina State Uni- versity. While being a Fulbright grantee, Constanza worked as a visiting researcher at the Center for Design Research, Mechanical Engineering Department, at Stanford. Today she is an assistant professor at the P.Universidad Cat´olica de Chile’s
engineering students(students who are 18-20 years old and recently graduated from high school). The qualitativeanalysis showed that the females’ choice of major was largely influenced and supported by eithertheir family, or caring faculty members who voluntarily served as their mentors. In contrast, malestudents appeared to have more diverse reasons for their transfer decisions. The social andcultural transition experience of male and female students also exhibited a sharp contrast. Maletransfer/non-traditional students found themselves receiving respect from younger students,while female students faced multiple challenges including lack of peer support, financialhardship, and family-related responsibilities. In particular, their team work
evaluating teamwork models, statewide pre-college math initiatives, teacher and faculty professional development programs, and S-STEM programs.Dr. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”Dr. Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc Rebecca Brent is President of Education Designs, Inc., a consulting firm located in
. Currently,active members of the group consist of five undergraduate students, six graduate students, andfour alumni members who are actively presenting and attending meetings in addition to workingon their own projects.Procedure. An ideal research program for students begins at junior level. At this stage, studentsexplore possibilities in research under supervision of the faculty advisor. They learn keycomponents of research and proposal development through general studies, attendingpresentations, and helping senior students. Junior students meet the faculty advisor once a monthto discuss their research interests as well as academic and career goals. As students makeprogress toward senior status, they begin writing proposals on selected topics
also to promote the individual understanding of his rolein a group.This research was conducted at Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ which is the firstLiberal Arts university in Latin America and the only one in Ecuador. It is located on thecountry’s capital, Quito. According to QS University Ranking, USFQ ranked #1 in Ecuador and#50 in Latin America. This private university enrolls about six thousand undergraduates andabout five hundred graduates every year. It also has a minority program, which providesscholarships to more than one hundred students from ethnic groups every year. Here, the civilengineering program falls under the Science and Engineering faculty with an average of 25students per professor. Additionally, there are two
, which is associated with persistence and career success [9][33]. Empiricalfindings from PID research will guide construction educators and policy makers towardsdecisions and practices that will support the effective identification, motivation, preparation,retention, graduation and transition of students into construction professions. Consequently, thepurpose of this research study was to gain insights into construction students’ lived experiencesthat influence their CPID. Specifically, this present research study involves an examination ofthe personal and academic experiences of HBCU construction students that influenced theirCPID across four educational stages (elementary, middle, high, and college). To this effect, theresearch questions are
Paper ID #36899Creating a STEM Diversity Collection in an AcademicScience and Engineering LibraryEric Prosser (Engineering and Entrepreneurship Librarian) Eric Prosser is the Interim STEM Division Head and the Engineering & Entrepreneurship Librarian with the Arizona State University Library. Eric is a liaison to the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and provides research services for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students along with instruction in critical analysis and information literacy, including the legal and ethical use of information. © American Society
design and optimization of intelligent decision support systems and persuasive technologies to augment human proficiencies. My research over the last few years has focused on the development of machine learning methods that personalize the human learning process and enhance the efficiency of task completion and decision making. Currently, I am working on the analysis and design of personalized persuasive systems to improve the motivation and task performance of individuals. I am a member of the Design Analysis Technology Advancement (D.A.T.A.) Laboratory at Penn State.Dr. Omar Ashour, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College Dr. Omar Ashour is Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, The
Laboratories and an adjunct faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at the University of New Mexico. His broad research interests include engineering education, as well as control and optimization of nonlinear and hybrid systems with applications to power and energy systems, multi-agent systems, robotics, and biomedicine. He is a recipient of UCSB’s Center for Con- trol, Dynamical Systems, and Computation Best PhD Thesis award and a UCI Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Time Management and Self Efficacy in Different Learning
workplace demands,” “college coursework, majors, or advanceddegrees,” and “social stuff: jokes, stories, personal news.” Upper division undergraduatesselected “job hunting and interviewing” more often than others. This makes sense as they arenearing graduation and most likely beginning to think about job searching. Ph.D. studentsselected “industry workplace, culture, values” and “differences between academia and industry”more often than others. This pairing is not surprising either; both of these topics would helpgraduate students gather information about upcoming decisions. Masters, and Ph.D. studentswere more likely to indicate “balancing a career and other interests, family, etc.” Mastersstudents, and to a lesser extent upper division
/as/xs,researchers have drawn upon studies conducted by and for Latinos/as/xs to challenge theprevailing White narrative of American exceptionalism in engineering education [11, 12].Borderlands scholarship, exemplified by the works of Gloria Anzaldúa [13-16], encouragesresearchers to explore how sociopolitical forces serve as the backdrop to current issues whereoppression is still present. Employing a Borderlands theoretical lens, engineering educationresearch has the potential to expose the origins of sociopolitical forces and analyze theirimpact on students' lived realities, revealing the interconnectedness of the political, personal,and educational spheres they inhabit.In this paper, the concept of Nepantla, a stage within Anzaldúa's
worked for nine years in the manufacturing and service industry as an Industrial Engineer prior to her academic career. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Understanding competencies transfer during internships in undergraduate industrial engineering students: a case study at the [blinded]IntroductionDespite engineering programs designing curriculum with the goal of preparing students forindustry demands, there is still a disconnection between industry expectations of the workforceand the preparation of engineering graduates [1-3]. One way to prepare engineering students tomeet industry expectations is by involving them in real world experiences where they cantransfer some of the knowledge
University Dr. Marjorie Shavers is an assistant professor and the Director of Graduate Studies in Counseling at Hei- delberg University. She has a Ph.D. in Counselor Education from Ohio State University and is currently licensed as a professional school and professional clinical counselor with supervision designation. Dr. Shavers’s research agenda focuses on exploring how educational systems and professionals impact the experiences and overall mental health of students, particularly Black women. Dr. Shavers’s most recent work focuses particularly on the experiences of Black women pursuing doctorates and post–doctorates in computer science and engineering. In addition to her research, her teaching and clinical practice is
. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and
The handbook for high performance virtual teams with Jill Nemiro and others.Dr. Jill Zarestky, Colorado State Univeristy Jill Zarestky, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Adult Education and Training in the School of Education at Colorado State University.Lei Xie, Texas A&M University Lei Xie is a doctoral student at Texas A&M University. He is currently majoring in Human Resource Development in the Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource Development. His research interests include conflict management, organizational learning/change, knowledge management, learning organization, and International HRD. As a second year international graduate student from the People’s Republic of
. Institutional mental health services, positiveinteractions with faculty, and mentorship with established professionals are all critical resourcesthat students need in their journey to becoming engineers.Future WorkWe are currently in the final semester of the longitudinal study, and we will interview theparticipants one more time. Once completed, we will have eight semesters of rich data followingour participants as they go from early engineering students to early-career engineers. We arecurrently developing papers exploring interactions between students and faculty and detailing theexperiences of COVID lived by four of the students in our study. As we near the end of thefunding for this project, we are developing a website that will house our students
that each program must demonstrate that their graduates areachieving the stated PEOs, but since 2012 the evaluation of PEOs are no longer required,However, criterion 2 still requires that the PEO,s must be reviewed periodically, to ensure thatthey are still consistent with the institutional mission, and the program’s constituents’ needs. Inthe most recent review, with consultation with various constituencies of that included theIndustrial Advisory Board and students, minor modifications are being made to the PEOs. Therevised PEOs are presented below: The Mechanical Engineering Program prepares students to attain the following program educational objectives a few years after graduation:1. Have engineering or other careers in industry