Across Academic Disciplines. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2016. 30(1): p. 23-41.2. Jensen, K.J. and K.J. Cross, Engineering stress culture: Relationships among mental health, engineering identity, and sense of inclusion. Journal of Engineering Education, 2021. 110(2): p. 371-392.3. Whitwer, M., S. Wilson, and J. Hammer. Engineering Student Mental Health and Help Seeking: Analysis of National Data from the Healthy Minds Study. in 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). 2023. IEEE.4. Hargis, L.E., C.J. Wright, M.E. Miller, E.E. Usher, J.H. Hammer, and S.A. Wilson. Relationship Between Mental Health Distress and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Engineering Students. in American Society
importance of DEI in engineering. It gave us a deeper understanding of ourselvesand each other, bringing us closer as a group. I often wished that our class periods were longerbecause our discussions got so involved that we got out of class late every class. We were engaged,thinking critically, listening, and bouncing ideas around. All while learning about DEI issues inengineering education and the industry it was a gratifying experience. I learned so much withoutneeding to take notes, watch mind-numbing PowerPoint presentations, or listen to a lecture to tryand decipher what was important and what was not.All these factors ignited my interest and passion for George Mason, the Engineering Department,and DEI topics. I wanted to be more involved at
people with different forms of expertise working on multiple facets orcomponents of the project. To ensure a diverse sample in terms of personal andacademic/professional background, we were also mindful of a number of diversity criteria in ourrecruitment and selection of participants, including in participants’ level and type of engineeringexperience, field of engineering, and sociodemographic traits such as race, ethnicity, and gender.Students were recruited from two universities – one a selective public research university andanother regional public university. Professional engineers were recruited locally from a varietyof industries. Interviews were conducted in person and lasted approximately 60 to 90 minutes byone member of our research
: ● Introduction to Library Resources & Literature Review – Typically condicted at the beginning of the program, this session brings engineering librarian specialists to introduce students to library and online resources available to researchers. Students conduct a literature review with guidance and feedback from mentors. ● Mind Mapping/Systems Thinking – This workshop introduces Mind Mapping [9] as a tool for Systems Thinking. Participants use both software and pen-and-paper methods practice systems level understanding of not just technical, but societal, ethical, and global implications of their topic. They visualize and situate their research in the context of the vision of the Center as well as the broader
Paper ID #38507Work in Progress: Knowing Our First-year Students, Meeting Them WhereThey Are, and Supporting Them for SuccessDr. Kathleen A Harper, Case Western Reserve University Kathleen A. Harper is the assistant director of the Roger E. Susi First-year Engineering Experience at Case Western Reserve University. She received her M. S. in physics and B. S. in electrical engineering and applied physics from CWRU and her Ph. D. in physics from The Ohio State University.Dr. Kurt R. Rhoads, Case Western Reserve University Kurt R. Rhoads, Ph.D., P.E. is the faculty director of the Roger E. Susi First-Year Engineering Experience
capital required for career advancement.To address this issue, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is implementingthe Global Engagement Eminent Scholar Network (GEESN), a programmatic intervention whichaims to advance the careers of women of color engineers by developing them into diverse globaleminent faculty scholars. To accomplish this goal, a cohort of women of color engineers willparticipate in international mentoring relationships, networks, and research collaborations, whilethey learn strategies for mindful intercultural communication. The GEESN builds upon UMBC’shighly successful Eminent Scholar Mentoring program and International Engagement forWomen of Color project. The initiative has two main components: a 2-year formal
to date on engineering education research on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in the classroom. 2. Prior teaching experience for some faculty may consist of their experience as teaching associates during their undergraduate or graduate education or from observing other faculty. Many faculty, especially those in research institutions (R1), may not have taken a course dedicated to teaching engineering students such as the ‘College Teaching in Engineering’ course offered at The Ohio State University. 3. Even for those faculty who have background knowledge on JEDI in the classroom, training can help grow their confidence as inclusive-minded instructors.Therefore, to initiate a change in the
) situated within the transfer transition, and one (Trying to Fit the Full-time Profile)situated at UMKC.MCC ObstaclesUncertainty about Engineering Major and/or UMKC referred to the reality that MCC studentswere often unsure of which major to select. Even if they selected engineering as a major, theysometimes struggled to select an engineering specialty. As study participants described: [A barrier is] the length of time that people can be spinning in the washing machine without deciding exactly what they want to do, without completing all the prerequisite coursework to get into a particular major … If you do a transfer major, you are basically taking general education classes, which both means that you can change your mind
Paper ID #37167Changing the Way We Educate to Prioritize Minority Students’ MentalHealth and Enhance Their Well-Being ¨Ms. Claudia Calle Muller, Florida International University Claudia Calle M¨uller is a Ph.D. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Florida International University (FIU). She holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica del Per´u (PUCP). Claudia has 4+ years’ experience in structural engineering designing reinforced concrete resi- dential and commercial buildings in Peru; 2+ years’ experience in entrepreneurship building a successful health coaching
understand and assess engineering students’ motivation entrepreneurially minded learning. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Validating the Use of Epistemic Network Analysis to Describe the Nature of Learning in Practice-Based Learning SettingsIntroductionPreparing engineering students to thrive in the workplace post-graduation has been a longwithstanding challenge and discussion topic in engineering education spaces. To provide studentswith authentic engineering experiences, there have been shifts in engineering educationcurricular approaches, such as problem-based, case-based, and project-based approaches – whichhave had various success rates at increasing transfer, learning, and
Minority Participation:4. Hall, C., Dickerson, J., Batts, D., Kauffmann, P., & Bosse, M. (2011). Are we missing opportunities to encourage interest in STEM fields? Journal of Technology Education, 23(1), 32–46.5. Yildiz, F. 2013. Attracting Young Minds to Engineering Technology Fields with Mobile Renewable Energy Education”, Proceedings of the ASEE Fall 2013 Middle Atlantic Section Conference, University of District Colombia, October 11-12, 2013, Washington, DC.
the high degree of connectivity between materials and the processes that create andshape them into the products we used in every-day life. This grounding in real world applicationscan be used to show the value of materials science to those experiencing it for the first time,assisting educators in increasing the field’s interest. The records and associated properties werechosen with a high school audience in mind; all are common in everyday life so personalconnections can be readily made. This commonality could make this tool useful for a basicintroductory engineering course as well, particularly a broad discipline overview or freshmancornerstone course. Figures 3 and 4 showcase mockup material and product database images,while Table 1
an asset-based perspective to recognize knowledge that is often ignored [13], [14].This framework has largely supported primary and secondary educators’ efforts to create culturallyrelevant pedagogical practices by leveraging students’ lived experiences (see [15]–[17]. Forexample, the work of Mejia and Wilson-Lopez [18] captured how Latino/a adolescents leveragedtheir engineering-related funds of knowledge to create a solution in a design project or in problemsfaced in their everyday lives. Their study found that high school students’ funds of knowledge canbe relevant to engineering bodies of knowledge, skills, and habits of mind such as systemsthinking, scientific or mathematical knowledge, production and processing [19], [20]. The
Paper ID #29487Lessons Learned: Teaching and Learning Academy Workshop to promoteAsset-based mindset among STEM facultyDr. Daniel Galvan, California State University, Los Angeles Dr. Daniel Galvan is Director of Acceleration Initiatives and Student Engagement in the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology at California State University, Los Angeles. He has an extensive background in facilitating asset-based approaches towards teaching through equity-minded workshops in community colleges, public, and private four-year institutions. He received his BA in Soci- ology from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, his MA
Paper ID #40368Evolution of a Student Transition and Success Program: Reflections on a10 Year JourneyDr. Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University Robin A. M. Hensel, Ed.D., is a Teaching Professor in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University and an ASEE Fellow Member. As a mathematician and computer systems analyst, she collaborated in engineering teams to support energy research before entering higher education where she taught mathematics, statistics, computer science, and engineering courses, secured over $5.5M to support STEM education research, led program
that faculty need immersive training in cultural responsiveness, and that suchtraining is the lowest hanging fruit [3]. Furthermore, Mack and colleagues clearly document thebreadth and depth of the cultural disconnect between engineering faculty and their students,explaining that this problem cannot be fixed with a checklist, and instead call for the cultivationof mindfulness among faculty [4].One reason that attempts to change faculty behaviors fail may be how independently facultyoperate in the classroom. Any attempt to shift teaching practices cannot rely on top-downmandates, but instead needs top-down support with bottom-up encouragement from colleagues,accompanied by a shift in the overall culture of a college of engineering. By providing
inthe design of the afterschool engineering program, emerging in how Adina viewed problemsolving in this environment. In the robotics example, the problem seemed more straight forwardthan when her cousins were fighting. Adina’s acknowledgement that there are “always two sidesof the stories” brings to mind the different stakeholders in engineering design problems [4], [23].Connecting to the work that we were doing in the community engineering program, Adina wasthen asked about how she would describe the data-driven community engineering program: “Cooperative…instead of us just saying, ‘one person choose where they want to work at or work with,’ we all came together and was like, ‘you know what, instead of doing… instead of
located on the South Campus. And, recognizing that healthy minds need healthy food choices, the college has a food and resource bank for any student in need. Finally, to generate confidence in program completion and matriculation, the college offers an open laboratory every Friday where students utilize equipment, make up work, and formulate study groups. During the Introduction to Engineering course, faculty introduce students to the Project Graduation program where counselors and students work together to map their educational experience—from the first engineering course at San Jacinto College to the final class in completing a four-year engineering degree. 3. South Texas College, McAllen, TX for
respect to addressing the increased headcount by 30%-40% and considering the futureattrition rates of EASi employees transitioning to the electric utility company, EASi’s talentacquisition team estimates that they will need to hire between 130 and 150 technical employees.In 2016 alone, they hired 100 technical employees to support the partnership.Finding and hiring 130 to 150 electric utility-minded employees is not going to be a simple task.EASi’s talent acquisition team acknowledges that interest level to pursue a career at an electricutility company is low among U.S. engineering students. A career in electric utilities is simplynot an obvious career option for many students. There is also a misconception that the industry isnot innovative or
from animaginative, creative mind-space, done outside the confines of established engineering educationcurricular activities.4-6 Making has a do-it-yourself ethos and is historically rooted in efforts likePopular Mechanics magazine who demystified everyday stuff for hobbyists and the Whole EarthCatalog: Access to Tools7 who surveyed everyday tools for the counterculture movement of the1960s. Additional real-world touchstones are the growth of Radio Shack stores and the 1980stelevision program MacGyver where the lead character would resolve each episode’spredicament by fashioning an escape plan out of found objects.8 Technology and sharing ofinformation via the Internet has greatly increased the ability for smaller communities with
framework is designed to be completed as part of a mentorship or curricularprogrammatic activity. As such, while students work to complete the framework, they alsoengage in a mentoring relationship with a faculty member. The mentoring relationship isdesigned to allow each student to receive guidance on both professional and technical skills andrelated activities while reflecting with a mentor who can provide additional perspective.This paper focuses on the professional skills within the framework, which are divided into thefollowing components: teamwork, communication, engineering habits of mind, solutions andimpact, professional ethics, lifelong learning, leadership, and diversity, equity, and inclusion(DEI). Importantly, the current work extends
Paper ID #34155Haptics in AviationDr. Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University Afsaneh Minaie is a Professor and Chair of Engineering Department at Utah Valley University. She re- ceived her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. all in Electrical Engineering from University of Oklahoma. Her research interests include gender issues in the academic sciences and engineering fields, Embedded Systems De- sign, Mobile Computing, Wireless Sensor Networks, Nanotechnology, Data Mining and Databases.Mr. Joshua D. Neeley, Utah Valley University Joshua Neeley is an Electronics Engineer working for the United States Air Force. He received his B.S. in
process to address social issues in a way that keeps the design process in the hands of communities that face the social problems.Mr. James Holly Jr, Purdue University James Holly, Jr. is a Ph.D. Student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He received a B.S. from Tuskegee University and a M.S. from Michigan State University, both in Mechanical Engineer- ing. His research interest is exploring formal and informal K-12 engineering education learning contexts. Specifically, he is interested in how the engineering design process can be used to emphasize the hu- manistic side of engineering and investigating how engineering habits of mind can enhance pre-college students’ learning abilities.Mrs. Kayla Renee Maxey
together to build, acquire tool safety, understand how to use tools, electronics, anddevelop a fictitious company that uses ROV’s for some particular challenge. Many of thestudents also join the engineering club to enter challenges using their underwater robots.These tasks require all students to communicate, strategize, plan, and decide upon solutions tocomplete the challenges15.ConclusionsSTEM programs should be started at the elementary school level because it is easier to align theyounger fresh minds on the path of STEM education by displaying it in different playful ways.After the Elementary School STEM education, the students need to be introduced to their careerpath to choose the field of study in STEM areas that they want to explore for
Culture in Ecuador,” presented at the 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Jun. 2020. Accessed: Oct. 04, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/understanding-students-perceptions-of-dimensions-of- engineering-culture-in-ecuador[9] G. Hofstede, Culture’s consequences: The dimensions approach., 1st ed. SAGE Publications, 1980.[10] G. Hofstede, G. J. Hofstede, and M. Minkov, Cultures and organizations: Software of the mind, 2nd ed. New York, NY, US: McGraw-Hill, 2005.[11] G. Hofstede, “Dimensionalizing cultures: The Hofstede model in context,” Online readings in psychology and culture, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 8, 2011.[12] M. Minkov and G. Hofstede, “Is National Culture a Meaningful Concept?: Cultural Values
Paper ID #18247Summer Education Internship ProgramDr. Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University Asad Yousuf is the Coordinator and Professor of Electronics Engineering Technology at Savannah State UniversityDr. Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University Mohamad Mustafa is a Professor of Civil Engineering Technology and the Chair of the Engineering Technology Department at Savannah State University (SSU). He has six years of industrial experience prior to teaching at SSU. He received his BS, MS, and PhD in Civil Engineering from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.Dr. Keenya Mosley, Savannah State University
Paper ID #26861Board 65: Work in Progress: Growing and Sustaining a Successful Collabo-ration of Programs Developing and Implementing Experimental Centric Ped-agogyDr. Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University Dr. Craig Scott received his Ph.D. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Howard University and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. His educational scholarly endeavors include conduct- ing pedagogical studies on learning technologies and remedial math preparation for engineering students. He instructs courses in computer vision, computer graphics, computational electrical engineering, elec
Paper ID #41607Teaching Social Justice in Infrastructure: A Community of Practice Frameworkfor the use of Case StudiesDr. Claudia Mara Dias Wilson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Dr. Claudia Mara Dias Wilson is an Associate Professor in civil engineering at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech). She earned her B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Florida State University. Although she specialized in earthquake mitigation and the development of control algorithms for semi-active dampers to reduce seismic vibrations on buildings, her research interests are broad and include topics
fromgroups typically underrepresented in engineering are still less likely to persist. We seeintroductory-level engineering courses as having the potential to play a critical role atuniversities like ours that serve a large percentage of such students. With this purpose in mind,we redesigned an introductory chemical engineering course at a research university that isminority-serving. Participants included students enrolled in two sections of the original course(n=117) and one section of the redesigned course (n=53). Data include pre/post surveys ofstudent beliefs about design and interviews. We coded student responses and interviews tounderstand how they perceived the original and redesigned course. We conducted a repeatedmeasures ANOVA to examine
variable in predicting six-year engineering graduation was the higher educationinstitution or ethnicity—a finding that suggests that the best predictive admissions model isspecific to an individual institution, not an across-institutional model. Standardized test scorewas the most significant predictor in only one of the 11 institutions when modeled separately andin three others after high school grade point average. In seven of the 11 institutions, test scorewas not found to be a significant predictor of six-year engineering graduation forunderrepresented minority students. A better understanding of the admissions profile of eachinstitution might help determine what other factors are at play. Other potential factors that cometo mind are financial