-traditional students, and broadening participation in engineering education. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Tuskegee University, an M.S in journalism from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, an M.S. in physics from Fisk University, an M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Central Florida and an M.Ed. in educational leadership from Texas Christian University.Dr. Bruk T Berhane, Florida International University Dr. Bruk T. Berhane received his bachelorˆa C™s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland in 2003. He then completed a masterˆa C™s degree in engineering management at George Washington University in 2007. In 2016, he earned a PhDr. Stephen Secules
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thechanging design. Finally, they note that providing students with contextual information beyond medicalneeds supported innovation. This suggests that teaching students to be socially aware of their role andwork as engineers beyond technical efficacy is important in developing their empathic design ability.Thus, Kong et al.’s [12] work provides specific instructional activities designed to teach students how toactively incorporate empathic tendencies into their design process.Eliciting Empathy Through Personal ReflectionWhile the instructional methods previously discussed are embedded in elements of traditional BMEcurriculums (design, teamwork, and ethics), Lunn et al. [13] and Morgan et al. [14] describe a standaloneBME course based on story-driven
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have led to positiveoutcomes, there remain significant challenges and institutional roadblocks when it comes toimprovement of the overall culture climate at WWU. Due to rising concerns, a team of facultyand staff formed together in the summer of 2023 to identify the problem(s) and work towardplausible solutions that could improve overall culture in the department. This team dedicatedthemselves to the “Engineering a Culture Overall” (ECO) initiative, which is an effort focusedon improving the culture in the department by focusing on accessibility, diversity, equity, andinclusion (ADEI). In the Fall of 2023, undergraduate students joined the ECO team with theintention of amplifying the student voice to help enact change that would benefit the
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a group of ... (select only one) 22. In this course, I learn how to use ANSYS mostly from (select only one) 23. In this course, I learn how to code the FE method mostly from (select only one) 24. In the future, the number of mini projects should be (select only one) 25. The difficult issues of the teamwork are (you may select more than one) 26. The most difficult part of the course to learn is (select only one) ... 27. When working on mini projects, I prefer to work with (select only one) ... 28. My favorite task(s) in mini projects have been ... 29. In the future, I would like to study FE simulation for the following topics (you may check more than one)Results and DiscussionQuestions 1 to13 are relevant to the
. AcknowledgmentsThis work was supported through funding by the National Science Foundation (NSF CAREER#2045392). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. Additionally, the authors gratefully acknowledge the anonymous reviewersfor their constructive feedback, which helped us to sharpen the paper. References[1] S. A. Bjorklund, J. M. Parente, and D. Sathianathan, “Effects of faculty interaction and feedback on gains in student skills,” J of Engineering Edu, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 153-160, 2004.[2] E. K. Briody, E. Wirtz, A. Goldenstein, and E. J. Berger, “Breaking
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outside of the US educational system.The instances in which the authority figure refused to discuss theories and class materialshappened during his time in Saudi Arabia, within the ME education system. A similar experiencewas mentioned by Student 102: Interviewer: “You mentioned that there was a difference between studying back home and then studying here in the us. When it comes to the professors back home and the professors here, what do you think is the main difference? Student 102: “You won't be given the opportunity to ask questions there … Back home, if you are allowed to ask a question, that question would be either answered with yes or no, and that's it.”Student 102’s experience with questioning
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of belonging, motivation, and academic performance. The following is anexemplar statement from Participant 2’s final reflective writing: The [program] has encouraged me to adopt a more empathetic and student-centered approach. Recognizing the psychological and emotional dimensions of student learning has led me to consider how academic policies and teaching practices can sometimes inadvertently contribute to student stress and disengagement. This shift towards a more empathetic pedagogy aims to create a learning environment that fosters student well- being and academic engagement.Participant 2 also described an actionable plan for his intended practices for providing feedbackto future students: I am
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mentorscounts as mentoring when she shares, “…part of their recommendation as a mentor is that[classroom strategy] increases your [student evaluations] a lot… so, I guess that's a form ofmentorship." She recalls times of receiving help and affirmation, stating, “ [Another] professorjust in passing [said], ‘yeah, I have lab get-togethers,’ and I said, ‘yeah, I do that too.’” Here shecontinues to be uncertain whether these interactions were mentorship when she adds, “I don’tknow if that counts.” Blake seems more confident identifying non-relational forms ofmentorship, saying that she “Google [s] about it a lot, so it’s like the hive mind of mentorship(laughs), and [she goes] to workshops [that are] not really like one-on-one, but kindaprogrammatic
race and racial discrimination with computing department 0.932 faculty and/or staff who: - Do not have the same racial identity as me. I am comfortable discussing topics related to race and racial discrimination with computing department 0.689 faculty and/or staff who: - Have the same racial identity as me. Factor 7: Personal advantage(s)/pressure based on race (α = 0.437) I feel like people assume my performance in class reflects my racial group. 0.584 How much do you agree with the following statement: “My race advantages me in the field of 0.542 computing in terms of internships and job opportunities.” I feel like I must suppress aspects of myself to be successful in my computing department
counterparts, as marginalized faculty “socialized for success” may createpatterns of inequality [17]. Blair et al.’s study showed that STEM faculty members were notequipped to help disrupt current patterns of gender inequalities in STEM majors [17]. In relationto the Summer 2022 REU, we used interviews with women-identifying students to examinewhether faculty and graduate student mentor interactions contributed to or took away from asense of belonging in the Summer REU. Not only do negative student/faculty relationships playa role in determining the success of women STEM majors, but also women STEM major’spositive or negative interactions with their men-identifying peers. Another barrier to success that women majoring in STEM fields experience
characteristics of preparedness levels?To answer our research questions, we qualitatively analyzed semi-structured interviews with fiveundergraduate chemical engineering students at two different universities. We situated our studyin the Professional Pathways Model (PPM), which uses Sampson et al.’s Cognitive InformationProcessing Theory [24] as a lens for Eccles et al.’s Expectancy-Value Theory (EVT) of studentachievement motivation [25]. EVT has now become Situated Expectancy Value Theory (SEVT)which keeps the core concepts of EVT but recognizes situations within context [26]. However,PPM preceded SEVT so we retain EVT terminology. The PPM provides a comprehensive viewof the knowledge, values, and ability beliefs that students bring to bear in making
master’sthesis students were more concentrated above the mean. As such, master’s thesis students aremore likely to associate with this factor when considering their ideal mentor. While the samplesize for the master’s student population is small, this finding still may hold true, and warrantsfurther analysis with larger samples to ensure its validity. Figure 2: Mann-Whitney U Test Independent-Samples Histogram comparing Graduate Degrees to Value me as a person and my professional goalsRace/Ethnicity: In the demographics, students were asked to select the race(s) that they mostidentified with. Of the responses obtained, students identified as either African American orBlack (n=4), Asian (n=18), White (n=26), and Other
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facultyencouraged them to think creatively, and how they did not believe faculty went through classmaterial too fast [18]. Boone argues that first-generation students’ belongingness in reference tothese factors were higher than they were for continuing-education students. On the contrary,Benson et al.’s account of one white, male, first-generation student’s perspective on classroombelonging described how he felt faculty only resonated with how some students solved problemsand not all students, particularly those with access to skills and knowledge the student felt helacked [12].Socioeconomic background is often referenced alongside studies on first-generation collegestudents due to the general correlation between low socioeconomic background and first