Conference Session

New ET Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vernon Lewis; Paul Kauffmann

that provides a direction for education to consider: · Two- thirds of respondents said the manufacturing workplace suffers from a poor and outdated image in attracting competent workers. · Respondents recommended steps and programs should be identified and implemented to make technical and manufacturing careers preferred career options. · This study encouraged the nation’s community and technical colleges to expand certificate and degree programs to ensure they are effective and attuned to workforce needs. · It urged the university system to be more attuned to changing workforce needs and play a role in supporting resolution of the issues the nation is facing.Training requirements in corporate America are varied both in content

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Improvement in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard W. Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen M. Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe G. Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

the topics of Optical Data Links, Integrated Circuit Technology, RF semiconductor compo- nents, and semiconductor component reliable. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering. Page 22.1293.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Simple Analysis Method for Assessment of PEOs Using Limited Survey DataAbstractAlumni and employer surveys are among the assessment tools often used to determine the extentto which a program’s graduates are able to successfully pursue the types of careers

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Audeen W. Fentiman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Phillip S. Dunston, Purdue University

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Minorities in Engineering

for Engineering Education (ASEE).Dr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette Monica F. Cox, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity. She obtained a B.S. in mathematics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Pri- mary research projects explore the preparation of engineering doctoral students for careers in academia and

Conference Session

Introducing Programming in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Gordon, The Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2010-869: USING COMPUTER MODELING PROBLEMS FORUNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATIONSteven Gordon, The Ohio State University Page 15.1321.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using Computer Modeling Problems for Undergraduate Engineering EducationAbstractModeling and simulation can be used to implement inquiry-based learning in engineeringcourses that actively involve students in the learning process, improve their problem-solvingskills, and encourage them to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) disciplines. This approach was used in the creation of a thirteen dayworkshop for college credit for high

Conference Session

Problem- Project- and Case-Based Learning in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janie Gina Locklear, NC A&T

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Environmental Engineering

philosophy was and always will be learning occurs best through experience! Page 24.919.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Ms. Hines and the Sick 5th Graders -– Making hands-on outreach and learning about the Environment engaging through the use of Case Stories!Abstract Inclusion of minority and low income students in STEM (Science, Technology,Engineering, & Math) early in their educational careers is vital to help guide them on the trackfor higher education. Both peer and societal pressures that tell girls they should shy away fromSTEM

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leda Lunardi, NC State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

careers in fields related toenergy through mentored engagement in a real research setting.APPLICATIONPARTICIPANTSStudents are recruited nationwide by postings on webpages of associations for undergraduateprograms and emails to undergraduate outreach coordinator or undergraduate director ofinstitutions that have limited research opportunities. One advantage is that the program ismultidisciplinary and composed of faculty from different engineering departments, physicaland mathematical sciences, targeting a large body of students.The minimum overall GPA for application is 3.5. Applications were filled online through theprogram web site. The applicants provide personal information, gender, demographic, andupload official transcripts’ files. One open

Conference Session

Full Papers III

Collection

FYEE 2025 Conference

Authors

Qudsia Tahmina, The Ohio State University at Marion; John Francis Simonis, The Ohio State University at Marion

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Diversity, FYEE 2025

A Hands-on STEM Enrichment Activity to Promote Engineering to High School StudentsAbstractThis full paper discusses a workshop designed to enrich and explore career options for high school students.It has become a norm for higher education institutions to partner with local schools to provide a diverserange of opportunities for students to explore careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math(STEM). Facilitating conversations early on in high school about college majors, identifying specific areasof interest, setting career goals and roadmaps and building pathways for successful careers have becomecritical for student success. Due to a lack of understanding of engineering applications

Conference Session

Informal Education and Outreach Programs for Women Engineering Students

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elodie Billionniere, Miami Dade College; Lawrence Eric Meyer Jr, Miami Dade College; Yangting Wang, Independent Evaluation Consultant; Eduardo Medina, Independent Evaluation Data Analyst; Jeremiah Pina, Independent Evaluation Consultant

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

orientation, assessment of higher-order thinking, and the development of strengths-based curriculum to support BIPOC students in K-16 STEM learning. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Insights from a Practice-Based Program: Connecting Women to Technology and Advancing Diversity in ComputingAbstractThe Linking Interested Females to Technology (LIFT) program, led by Miami Dade College(MDC), supports diverse groups of women transitioning into computing careers. These includewomen who are pursuing an Associate of Arts in computer science at MDC with plans to transferto four-year universities to complete their bachelor’s degrees, as well as women who havealready earned an associate degree

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 4

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger P.E., FLATE (Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence); Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Sidney E Martin III, Saint Petersburg Junior College; Ron Eaglin, Daytona State College

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

-course substitution thatmatches the student's career focus is possible.Technician Preparation Programs DiscussionTables 1 and 2 present the Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) Electrical EngineeringTechnology and Mechanical Engineering Technology programs are respectively offered atBridgeValley Community and Technical College in their two-year, four-semester structure. Thecourse lists within semesters are not prioritized. The programs have a general education andprogram technical elective requirement as well as the same English (English Composition I),mathematics (Technical Algebra and Technical Trigonometry) and physical science (GeneralPhysics I and II) sequence), drafting/computer-aided design (Introduction to Drafting & 2DCAD

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 11

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudia Calle Müller, Florida International University; Mais Kayyali, Florida International University; Mohamed ElZomor P.E., Florida International University

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

including peer mentoring programs, time management seminars, financialaid and budgeting workshops, increasing career/job fairs and networking with companies, as wellas professional skills workshops including public speaking that can be implemented at not onlyMSIs, but also at other educational institutions to contribute to the mental wellness and overallwell-being of students.Keywords: Academic Distress, Academic Success, Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Stress,Well-BeingBackground and MotivationThe prevalence of mental health conditions among college students is steadily rising [1]. In theUnited States (U.S.), approximately 42% of college students suffer from depression and/oranxiety, 38% have been diagnosed with a mental health condition, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alaine M Allen, Carnegie Mellon University; Darlene Saporu; Elisa Riedo; Shelley L Anna; Linda DeAngelo, University of Pittsburgh; Andrew Douglas, The Johns Hopkins University; Nathalie Florence Felciai; Neetha Khan, Carnegie Mellon University; Jelena Kovacevic, New York University ; Stacey J Marks; William Harry Sanders, Carnegie Mellon University; Tuviah "Ed" E. Schlesinger, The Johns Hopkins University; Yao Wang; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Charlie Díaz, University of Pittsburgh; Nelson O. O. Zounlomè

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

) Alliance (National Science Foundation Awards #2149995, #2149798#2149899 from the Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM in the Directorate for STEMEducation) to develop a model to promote the equitable advancement of early career tenure-trackengineering faculty from populations of interest to the Alliances for Graduate Education and theProfessoriate (AGEP) program. The goal of this AGEP Faculty Career Pathways Alliance Model(FCPAM) is to develop, implement, self-study, and institutionalize a career pathway model thatcan be adapted for use at other similar institutions for advancing early career engineering facultywho are: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, NativeHawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. This

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jerrod A. Henderson, University of Houston; Erik M. Hines, Florida State University; Ayesha Boyce, University of North Carolina - Greensboro; Jared Larenz Davis, University of Houston; Waldemiro Muanha Junqueira, University of Houston; Tyron Slack, Florida State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #32969Black Males in Pursuit of Advanced Engineering DegreesDr. Jerrod A. Henderson, University of Houston Dr. Jerrod A. Henderson (”Dr. J”) is an Instructional Associate Professor in the Cullen College of Engi- neering at the University of Houston. He has dedicated his career to increasing the number of students who are in the pipeline to pursue STEM careers. He believes that exposing students to STEM early will have a lasting impact upon their lives and academic pursuits. He is a co-founder of the St. Elmo Brady STEM Academy (SEBA). SEBA is an educational intervention aimed at exposing underrepresented fourth

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pam Newberry, Project Lead The Way; T. Richard Grimsley, Project Lead The Way; John Hansen, The University of Texas-Tyler; Anne Spence, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

immersing students in real-world engineering problems. Each ofthe eight challenging courses taken in conjunction with college-preparatory level academics isdesigned to prepare students for postsecondary studies in engineering and engineeringtechnology and other high tech, high wage careers. The courses are in alignment with thenational standards for mathematics, science, technology and English and use activities, projects,and problem-based learning with hands-on experiences to teach students the key knowledge andskills of engineering and technology-based careers.For the past eight years, the PLTW network has grown to encompass 1,300 schools in 45 states,including the District of Columbia. Over 175,000 students are currently enrolled in PLTWcourses

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shawn Fagan, Temple University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

of Undergraduate Studies, Center for Academic Advising and Student Affairs, and the Career and Professional Development offices. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020A Phenomenological Exploration of Women’s Lived Experiences and Factors That Influence Their Choice and Persistence in EngineeringIntroductionIn recent years it has been suggested that the United States is losing its prominent global positionin Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education, which has greatly influencedour country’s global and economic competitiveness. According to the National Math and ScienceInitiative (NMSI, 2016), “American students are falling behind other countries in the criticalsubjects of

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julie Fogarty, California State University, Sacramento; Nathan E Canney P.E., CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Benjamin V Fell P.E., California State University, Sacramento

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

, Persistence, and Interest in Civil EngineeringAbstractExposing pre-college students to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)activities and undergraduate college students to service learning have both been linked toincreased interest and participation in STEM careers. This study investigates the use of theWriting Partners program as an intervention to increase college students’ intentions to persist inthe major and increase K-12 students’ awareness and understanding of engineering. The WritingPartners (WP) program consists of college students exchanging letters with a local 5th or 6thgrade student twice over the course of a semester, culminating in a campus visit for theelementary students. This research

Conference Session

Pathways to Success in STEM through Computer Science and Making

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Cindy S Ziker, SRI International; Derrick Cornell Gilmore, Kentucky State University; Clay Gloster Jr, North Carolina A&T University (Tech); Kamal S. Ali, Jackson State University; Philip Puthumana, Verizon Foundation

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

, co-founded an online math education company, MathThink, and has additionally worked with companies including Oracle and Ernst & Young. Puthumana holds a BS degree in Accounting from the University at Albany and a dual-program MBA from Columbia University and the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley. In addition, he is a Certified Public Accountant. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Increasing STEM Engagement in Minority Middle School Boys through MakingAbstractAfrican-American and Hispanic males are significantly underrepresented in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. While youth start narrowing their

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Mary Graham, Clarkson University

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Women in Engineering

Engineering Education, 2006 Partners in Engineering: Outreach efforts provide holistic engineering education for middle school girlsAbstractThe Partners in Engineering (PIE) program brings together 8th grade girls and female engineeringstudents from Clarkson University to experience mentoring, leadership, and real-life engineeringproblem solving. The program aims to empower young women to make informed and educatedchoices for advanced coursework and careers in engineering and technology-related fields. Ateam of female engineering student mentors teaches a three-week long engineering problemsolving unit to 8th grade technology classes, in which students apply an engineering

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in BME

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

DeRome Dunn, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Robin Liles, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Clinton Lee, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Shawn Watlington, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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Biomedical

exit interviews were performed to assess the impact of the intensive researchexperiences upon REU and RET understanding of the Biomaterials field and upon their ways ofthinking about creativity and innovation, diversity of thinking, and entrepreneurship. SevenREUs and five RETs participated in the entrance interviews; five REUs and four RETsparticipated in the exit interviews. Survey questions were subdivided into five topics:bioengineering, diversity, innovation, entrepreneurship, impressions from the researchexperience, and short-/long-term career and academic goals. A sixth topic addressed participantindividual learning goals, quantified on a goal attainment scale of -2 to +2 (M = 0).Parsimonious interpretation of assessment data suggests

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Women in Engineering

first-year projects courses were beneficial in helping students understand thepotential for engineering to positively impact people’s lives. Of the students who indicated thattheir primary reason for selecting an engineering major was to help people, 50% persisted in CE,AE, or EvE disciplines, 11% transferred to other engineering disciplines, and 39% transferred tonon-engineering disciplines. These students cited multiple reasons for plans to transfer out ofengineering. Most of the students motivated to a career where they could help people maintainedthis vision for non-engineering disciplines. The study results indicate that serving societythrough engineering is a significant motivation for many female students and that furtheremphasis on the

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Fatin Aliah Phang, Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Aziatul Niza Sadikin, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Syed Ahmad Helmi, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Mohd Johari Kamaruddin, Centre of Lipids Engineering & Applied Research (CLEAR), Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 24.382.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014Determining the effect of an engineering overview assignment on first year studentsAbstractAn engineering overview assignment given in the Introduction to Engineering course aims tosupport first year students to learn about engineering, and motivate them to see it as theirfuture career. In addition to learning from the literature, students also interviewed at leasttwo practicing engineers to produce the group report and presentation for the assignment. Todetermine the impact of the assignment, a study was conducted in one of the classes byanalyzing the group reports and individual reflections written after its completion

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland

30-year low. In the Fall of 2001, only 2.5% of collegefreshmen women identified engineering as their probable career, while 13.2% of the freshmenmen did. In addition, while 8.3% of the freshmen men selected computer programmer or analystas a probable career, this career was selected by only 1.4% of the freshmen women.4 At this rate,the percentage of women in engineering will continue to increase, but very slowly.Why don’t more women choose engineering? Why do they choose some areas of engineeringover others? Why are they not retained in engineering as well as the men? Why aren’t thenumbers of women in engineering increasing as they are in medicine and law, whereapproximately half of the students in these majors are female? Is there anything

Conference Session

Global Community Engagement in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristine Louise Guzak, Michigan Technological University; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; Alexandra Archer, Michigan Technological University

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Community Engagement Division

essays by experimentalvariable (gender, class, experience). See Appendix A for the list of all codes(motivations) and Appendix B for the raw pie charts depicting all codes within thegroupings. While the top reason is idealistically focused (“helping others”), the rest arepragmatically focused professional and personal drivers.The top five reasons students participate in these programs are shown in Table 2 andinclude: helping others, personal goal, a desire to work abroad, a career goal, a desire tosolve problems and to gain hands on experience. A common statement was the desire tomake a difference and to use engineering to accomplish that goal for their community

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Potpourri I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

members and graduate students in engineering and science, with engineering education as a specific case. Dr. Borrego holds U.S. NSF CAREER and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) awards for her engineering education research. Dr. Borrego has developed and taught graduate level courses in engi- neering education research methods and assessment from 2005-2010. All of Dr. Borrego’s degrees are in Materials Science and Engineering. Her M.S. and Ph.D. are from Stanford University, and her B.S. is from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Page 22.1565.1 c American

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Sheryl Burgstahler, University of Washington; Richard Ladner, University of Washington; Annemarie Poginy, University of Portland

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

) and Accessible Technology Services at the University of Washington. DO-IT promotes the success of students with disabilities in postsecondary programs and careers, employing technology as an empowering too.Richard Ladner, University of Washington Richard E. Ladner, Boeing Professor in Computer Science and Engineering, graduated from St. Mary's College of California with a B.S. in 1965 and received a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1971, at which time he joined the faculty of the University of Washington. Since 1994, as part of the DO-IT Project, he has held a one week summer workshop for disabled high school students encouraging them to pursue college

Collection

2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Lily Gossage

groups so that individuals areable to develop a sense of diversity within an inclusive environment.Defining the ProblemThe supposition that lack of perceived similarity affects the level of career interest and identitydevelopment of Latino/Hispanic engineering students prompts minority engineering programs toarrange for ethnically/racially-themed activities and events. These programs though well-intentioned, aim less at improving math skills or engineering career awareness as much as theyare valued for instilling students’ personal confidence, soft skills, and camaraderie within anenvironment of racially/ethnically like peers. Even while the dictum of these programs is to‘recruit and retain more under-represented minorities’, few activities

Conference Session

Pre-College: Fundamental Research in Engineering Education (1)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Jill Marshall, University of Texas, Austin; Ara Winter, University of New Mexico, Department of Biology; Yang Liu, University of New Mexico, Department of Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Learning Sciences, University of New Mexico. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Progress toward lofty goals: a meta-synthesis of the state of research on K-12 engineering education (Fundamental)AbstractThis paper synthesizes literature on formal and informal engineering education in K-12 settings.We focus on outcomes related to (1) developing interest and/or identities in engineering,including in (2) engineering careers, (3) recruitment of increased numbers of students, (4)learning and achievement of science, technology, and mathematics content/practices, (5) learningand achievement of engineering content/practices, (6) understanding the nature of engineering,and (7) broadening

Conference Session

Breaking barriers, building futures: Narratives of equity and inclusion in STEM education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan C Pollock, Engineer Inclusion; Hoda Ehsan, The Hill School ; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, ThatStatsGirl; Lauren Thomas Quigley, IBM Research

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

research and teaching within university settings. However, the workforce needs of aglobalized economy and students empowered by their agency to venture outside the traditionalacademic sphere into industry, entrepreneurship, consulting, and pre-college leadership, forexample, have led to the emergence of varied and non-traditional career paths. These pathschallenge the conventional norms and expectations of what it means to be an engineeringeducator.Despite the gradual recognition and tokenized celebration of these diverse career paths, asignificant gap exists in understanding the experiences of those pursuing them. The narratives ofPh.D. graduates in Engineering Education who choose non-academic careers are oftenovershadowed by the predominant

Conference Session

PANEL: After #MeToo: What’s next for Women in the Engineering Workplace?

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer J VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Sandra D. Eksioglu, Clemson University; Joanna Wright, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #25794PANEL: After #MeToo: What’s next for Women in the Engineering Work-place?Dr. Jennifer J VanAntwerp, Calvin College Jennifer J. VanAntwerp is a Professor of Engineering at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. She earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with research in protein engineering. Her current research interests include retention, diversity, and career pathways among engineering students and professionals.Dr. Denise Wilson, University of Washington Denise Wilson is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Washington

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Best of First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victor Garcia; Peter Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Diane Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Irma Torres-Catanach; Nora Cuvelier, University of Texas at El Paso; Crystal Cholewa; Karla Ayala Mendoza

towards graduation and entry into the STEM workforce. Her educational background is in psychology, and within STEM- education, her research interests are centered on using mixed methods and asset-based frameworks to broaden participation of underrepresented minoritized students in STEM across all educational levels (k-12, graduate school, and academia). She is particularly interested in examining student's experiences with mentorship, sense of belonging, STEM career decision- making processes, and STEM identity development.Diane Elisa Golding (Assistant Professor of Instruction) Diane Elisa Golding is an educator, scholar, and mentor who is dedicated to student success. Her areas of interests include educator

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Recruitment and Support in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University; Volkmar Dierolf, Lehigh University; Anand Jagota, Lehigh University; Zilong Pan, Lehigh University; Nathan Urban, Lehigh University

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

jointly by NationalAcademies of Science and Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. Their 1995 report, ‘Reshapingthe Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers, called for a change at the level of universitydepartments [9]. The institution should inform graduate students of various career options andoffer a variety of curricular options so that they make more fulfilling career choices while moreeffectively fulfilling national goals. In the ensuing decades, doctoral training continued to evolvein response to the demands of industry employers, but the changes were sporadic and inconsistent.The second comprehensive analysis of graduate education, also conducted by the NationalAcademies more than two decades later, called for even greater changes