work in progress paper in the Evaluation of Program/Curriculum category. The pipeline fromelementary students to college-bound students pursuing STEM careers is severely leaking, leaving behinda young and diverse generation of could-be engineers and scientists who, if given proper guidance andexposure, would go on to successfully pursue STEM careers. This becomes a larger problem as oldergenerations of STEM professionals leave the workforce. While we know that STEM competitions spurstudent interest in the field, we also know that the relative effectiveness diminishes as students get older.This is why engaging students as early as elementary school is vital.Need for Elementary School STEM Design CompetitionsAccording to the U.S. Bureau of Labor
interests in engineering education research, teacher professional development, and secondary STEM education. In 2021, Erica received the ASEE Pacific Southwest Early Career Teaching Award and two awards at UNLV for mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. She also received the Peter J. Bosscher Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award in 2019 from Engineers Without Borders and was recognized as a Nevada Woman in STEM by Senator Jackie Rosen.Rebecca Kober My name is Rebecca Kober. I am an elementary learning strategist in Las Vegas Nevada. I have been in education for 12 years, teaching everything from 1st - 5th grade. I was a 3 - 5 grade science specialist for 3 years, teaching NGSS and helping students to problem solve
based on their Acquiring computing and data science skills isfindings in the United States. Similarly, it has been essential for innovation and competitiveness thatpredicted [4] that in many states, mathematical and enables many underserved students to navigate successful STEM career pathways. Recent studies [9,10] found that students’ exposure to advanced CS research can be part of their senior capstone project ortechniques, such as machine learning (ML) as new thesis required for graduation supervised by both CSresearch tools for a variety of majors, can potentially and non-CS faculty. To implement effective SUREengage them in computing and
, Pittsburgh, PA 15201 Email: batjarga001@gannon.edu3I IntroductionThe concepts and applied pedagogical approaches to expose and engage engineering students totheir field of study through programs leveraging hands-on, project-based, teamwork/leadership,cross/multi-disciplined teams, and career preparation concepts have been well documented in FIE,IEEE, and ASEE papers and deployed in Universities as electives, senior design, and curriculumcore courses.The curriculums such as Montgomery College development of a freshman based multidisciplinarydesign projects [1], indoctrinates these students to the challenges of product development andcontinued STEM education. Supporting this cradle-to-graduation concept, Tufts
projects and group members are described at pawleyresearch.org. She was a National Academy of Engineering CASEE Fellow in 2007, received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women, and received the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute in 2013. She has been author or co-author on papers receiving ASEE-ERM’s best paper award, the AAEE Best Paper Award, the Benjamin Dasher award, and co-authored the paper nominated by the ASEE Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for ASEE Best PIC Paper for 2018. More recently, she received her school’s Award for Excellence in
Experiences of engineering women faculty in the era of affirmative actionThe purpose of this work in progress research paper is to explore the pervasiveness of thenarrative that women succeed easier in STEM/ Engineering careers because they are women.While extensive literature has documented that women still face significant discrimination inacademic spaces, the narratives of growing commitments to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion(DEI) efforts, and especially those related to affirmative action, by institutions often misleadpeople to believe that such efforts reflect in direct benefits that give an advantageous edge towomen and other minorities. This paper explores these dynamics by asking if women faculty andgraduate students, who
Black students in district). However, most of the alumnae now working inSTEM are in the natural sciences with none in engineering.Thus, to increase the number of future engineers and disseminate lessons that can be transferredto other curriculum and mentoring contexts, the goals of this project were to (1) design a newtraining and support program for adult engineers who mentor students. (2) Enhance the culturalrelevancy of the curricula for students and their mentors. (3) Increase awareness among thesementors about implicit biases and stereotype barriers that impede the advancement of all womenin STEM education and workforce. (4) Increase the number of students in the program pursuinghigher education and careers in engineering.To meet those
, Dr. Dare has a passion for working with K-12 students to understand how changes in classroom instruction towards these integrated STEM approaches impact their attitudes towards and beliefs about STEM fields. In particular, she examines methods that positively impact girls, which may increase the number of women pursuing careers in STEM-related fields where they are currently underrepresented.Joshua Alexander Ellis (Associate Professor of STEM Education) Associate Professor of STEM EducationMark Rouleau Associate professor in the Social Sciences department at Michigan Technological University with a background in computational social science, research design, and social science research methods for assessment and
. In discussions withour FYE students, we have often heard them express being caught off guard by the workloaddifference between high school and college courses, and they feel overwhelmed with balancingcourse work with their job and family expectations. Outside of the technical problem-solvinglearning outcomes, ENGR 101 also serves as the university mandated first-year student successcourse within the engineering curriculum and incorporates activities throughout to teach studentsabout different success strategies and topics.During one of the student success activities, instructors observed many students did not have aclear idea of what a career in engineering looked like, and many students did not have a distinctreason for why they chose
' perspectivesAbstractThere is a mismatch or gap between the job-related skills that industrial companies want fromElectrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) graduates and what academic institutions providewhen students graduate from ECE programs. Consequently, and based on the literature, thenumber of contemporary graduates that lack the industry-required skills has increased. Becauseof the skills gap, newly hired engineers may require additional training to attain criticalcompetencies, which cost employers time and money.This paper examines the skills required by ECE graduates in the United States and presentssurvey results from ECE professional engineers. The survey used in this study was obtained fromThe College and Career Readiness and Success Center at the U.S
regarding academic research collaboration and employment stratification in STEM labor. Her research primarily focuses on first-generation Latinx college and career choice experiences, the personal and purposeful development of young adults through the college choice process and college experience, high school counselor and other support services/programs for underserved populations, academic success of racially marginalized populations in college, experiential learning practices, and student affairs professionals’ experiences. Lillianna is passionate about improving the diversity and inclusivity of students in underrepresented careers and colleges. Lillianna also has over 12 years of professional experience as a student
Paper ID #36476Creating a collaborative cross-institutional culture to supportSTEM women of color and women with familyresponsibilities at four midwestern research institutionsCinzia Cervato Dr. Cinzia Cervato is the lead PI of the NSF-funded ADVANCE Midwest Partnership project and Morrill Professor of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences. She has served as faculty fellow for early career and term faculty in the Office of the Provost and faculty fellow for strategic planning in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. She earned a doctor of geology degree from the University of Padova (Italy), and a Doctor of
have research mentors had varying degrees of scientific identity [2]. The benefits ofmaintaining a positive mentor relationship can extend beyond the mentee’s academic career. Infact, mentees who had a positive relationship with their mentor reported greater job satisfactionand a decreased likelihood of stagnation in their career [4]. The combination of a strongeridentity and an increase in overall performance of a student during and after their academiccareer highlights the importance of continuing research in mentor-mentee interactions.However, previous research largely focuses on the benefits that students gain frommentor-mentee relationships. To better understand the intricacies of the mentor-menteerelationship, in this work we investigate
AAAS and ASEE, a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Raymond W. Fahien Award from the Chemical Engineering Division of ASEE, and Michigan Tech's Fredrick D. Williams Instructional Innovation Award. She and her students have published over 100 archival journal publications, book chapters, or proceedings articles and earned 23 best paper/presentation awards. Adrienne previously served as the President of the AES Electrophoresis Society and on the ASEE's Board of Directors as First Vice President and Professional Interest Council I Chair. She also chaired ASEE's National Diversity Committee. Her research and service interests regularly intersect and involve underserved individuals with an emphasis on research
Paper ID #38384Engineering Faculty Members’ Experience of ProfessionalShame: Summary of Insights from Year 1Amy L BrooksJames L. Huff (Associate Professor) Dr. James Huff is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Honors College Faculty Fellow at Harding University. He conducts transdisciplinary research on identity that lies at the nexus of applied psychology and engineering education. A recipient of the NSF CAREER grant (No. 2045392) and the director of the Beyond Professional Identity (BPI) lab, Dr. Huff has mentored numerous undergraduate students, doctoral students, and academic professionals from
as a generative partnership. They argue: “…followership is not an imitation of leadership, a sort of mini-leadership, or a leadership-in-training. Followership is a different role requiring different, but complementary, skills to those of leadership.[4]”Hurwitz and Hurwitz also stress that followership is an active role that helps the teamaccomplish the mission, takes initiative to scout new information, insights, and options, andcontributes ideas and advice. Hurwitz and Hurwitz emphasize that as individuals develop theywill play the role of both leader and follower at all points in their careers. By this set ofdefinitions, graduating students will be expected to primarily play the follower role earlier intheir careers but
currently serves as the Graduate Program Chair for the Engineering Education Systems and Design Ph.D. program. He is also the immediate past chair of the Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN) and a senior associate editor for the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). Prior to joining ASU he was a graduate student research assistant at the Tufts’ Center for Engineering Education and Outreach.(O LI 0 LVNLRJO X $ VVLVW DQW3 URIHVVRU I am an early-career engineering education scholar and educator. I hold a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (with Genetics minor) from Iowa State University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University. My early Ph.D. work
2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Developing Community and Research Experience In A Freshman Mechanical Engineering Programming Course Sara E. Wilson Mechanical Engineering, University of KansasAbstractIn this paper, group research projects in a freshman Mechanical Engineering programmingcourse are examined as a method to better integrate and engage first-generation students and togenerate interest in research and research careers. First-generation students have been found tohave an achievement gap, possibly due to social isolation and a lack of cultural capital. Creatingproject groups that maintain connection and
most successful events this past fall, and 350+students and educators attended and had a productive day exploring career options. Students wereable to learn more about career options such as welding, health sciences, nursing, manufacturing,technology, STEM, and cosmetology. The Department of Engineering Technology at SHSUunderstands building a strong industry network for graduating students is important andsubsequently planned and organized multiple industry guest visits to the department in hopes ofpotential future collaboration. For example, one Tesla employee associated with the new Austinplant recruitment process visited the department, met with faculty, toured the department’s labfacilities, and spoke to a group of approximately 50
. Vice Chancellor for Research of the Texas A&M University System, which is comprised of 11 universities, seven state agencies, and a health science center. At the same time, she served as the founding director of the Texas A&M Energy Institute. She is also Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station. Dr. Maldonado has had connections to NSF throughout her career. She is the immediate past chair of the NSF Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (CEOSE). From 1999 to 2001 she served as Program Director of Engineering Research Centers in the NSF Directorate for Engineering. Dr. Maldonado earned the Ph.D., M.S.E.E., and B.E.E. with Highest
in the field of education analytics have identified student grade point averages (GPA)as an important indicator and predictor of students’ final academic outcomes (graduate or halt).And while semester-to-semester fluctuations in GPA are considered normal, significant changes inacademic performance may warrant more thorough investigation and consideration, particularlywith regards to final academic outcomes. However, such an approach is challenging due to thedifficulties of representing complex academic trajectories over an academic career. In this study,we apply a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) to provide a standard and intuitive classification overstudents’ academic-performance levels, which leads to a compact representation ofacademic-performance
. Additionally, as a faculty member at UC Berkeley, Arash instructs and supports pre-service teachers as they transition towards a career in the classroom. Alongside his work with SRI, Arash is also part of the OpenSciEd initiative, a multi-state collaboration to create research-based, open-source science instructional materials aligned to the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the NGSS. With OpenSciEd, Arash helps develop high-quality, NGSS-designed curriculum and delivers professional development for teachers, as well as state and district leaders around the United States. Previously, Arash worked at the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE) focusing on NGSS-aligned curriculum and assessments, while
; Guest Lectures; Student EngagementAbstractWhile industry, faculty, and students alike recognize the need for leadership education inundergraduate courses, there is still a gap between the students’ experience in applying theseskills and industry expectations. In academia, these skills are typically measured during team-based senior design courses. Courses may invite guest speakers to provide a wide perspective ofsuccessful leadership. The assumption is that students will appreciate this diversity, thus helpingthem remember, understand and apply the lessons. This study provides an analysis of how agroup of students valued these types of trainings with respect to three categories: the courseobjectives, their upcoming professional careers, and
ofqualified professionals entering the workforce [1]–[4]. In some Latin American countrieswithdrawal from STEM careers almost represents a 70% of the entire dropout population [5].Although, this multi-dimensional phenomenon can take on different definitions, in this researchpaper we refer to dropout as a voluntary and permanent abandonment of academic studies beforegraduating [6].Over the past decades, dropout rates have increased around the world. Many attribute thisincrement to the low minimum requirements to enter higher education as opposed to in the past.However, student dropout is a multi-dimensional phenomenon which cannot only be attributed tostudents lacking the specific knowledge. Current research signals towards two main categories
Paper ID #36501Writing and Engineering – Perfect TogetherLynn Mayo (CEO) Lynn Mayo, PE is Co-Founder of RePicture. After working for over 30 years as an engineer, Lynn dreamed of a better way to help students and professionals discover careers shaping the future. So, she co-founded RePicture. RePicture is a public benefit corporation with a mission to increase interest and diversity in STEM. RePicture helps college and high school students make better career choices by helping them explore careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), develop critical professional skills such as networking, and
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign where he was the inaugural Director for the NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) on Power Optimization for Electro-Thermal Systems which is a multi-million dollar center enabling electrified mobility. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Minority-serving Institution Partnerships StrengthenUnderrepresented Minority Recruitment for a REU Site (Experience)Introduction The underrepresentation of females, African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans inScience, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers is a widely acknowledged and long-standing problem in the United States [1
Natural Resources Engineering, Biotechnical Engineering, Food Engineering andGeneral Biological Systems Engineering) offered by the department along with student motivations andplans to continue in the EBS major. This paper may be of interest to teaching faculty and departmentleadership in agricultural and biological engineering programs.Keywords: undergraduate, recruitment, retention, agricultural and biological engineering majorIntroductionThe selection process for choosing an engineering major by undergraduate students has received muchattention from the engineering education community. Studies of first-year student’s selection of anengineering major [1, 2] have utilized social cognitive career theory (SCCT) [3, 4] to frame three
learning and consider future careers within the space industry. 2) Increase student confidence in STEM through problem solving within a real space mission experience. 3) Allow students to develop and practice soft career skills, such as teamwork, leadership and project management 4) Bolster the CubeSat research and development work being undertaken within the Maine space industry.Competition (challenge) learning is an effective tool for motivating students for STEM learning[14-17]. In addition, the authors hope a by-product of the competition format will be strongerconnections between educators and learners from peer institutions across the State.The competition requires teams to develop a space-based technology or
attainment ofengineering students has been shown to vary significantly between ethnic groups [1]. Whilstit is recognized that the participation rates of minoritized students varies across individualdisciplines within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) [2], thereexists a general underrepresentation of those referred to as ‘BME’ [* see Notes] [3].Participation rates also vary between level of study, with 32.3 % of those accepted onto UKbased engineering undergraduate courses in 2017 classed as ‘BME’, compared to only 22.2%at graduate research level [3]. Such issues with persistence (which here refers to the transitionfrom one career stage to another, for example, progressing from an undergraduate program toa graduate program
engineering foster or hinder belonging 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 approaches to learning to understand engineering students’ identity development. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Understanding the Influence of Work-Integrated Learning Experiences on Students’ Identity Formation in EngineeringAbstractThis research paper