Society for Engineering Education, 202212 Table of Contents Mentoring Program Design Motivation for the Study Purpose of Research Literature Review Methodology Pilot Mentoring Program Mentoring Program During COVID19 Summary of Best Practices 3In this presentation we’ll cover the mentoring program design, the pilot mentoring program, the discoveries we found during the COVID 19 pandemic, and a summary of the best practices for mentoring programs
successful statements from faculty and graduate students affiliated withthe program, and much time was provided for writing and discussing the sampleessays that were provided by those faculty and graduate student mentors. Several ofthe graduate student mentors held a Q&A panel on the second Saturday, as well. 18 Program Design 2020: Ongoing Programming ▪ Resources posted in A Step Canvas site ▪ Participation in GEM Grad Lab ▪ Graduate student mentors ▪ Personal statement writing conferences and grad school research support (individual)19During and after the two Saturday bootcamps, a variety of program
Paper ID #35582Retention Strategies for Educators from Women STEM Graduates of the1970’s & 1980’sDr. Kathleen Buse, Advancing Women in the Workforce Kathleen Buse is a business leader whose work focuses on helping organizations be more successful through the development of engaged and inclusive work cultures. As President and Founder of Advancing Women in the Workforce, she helps employers recruit, retain, and advance women. Kathleen’s experience includes 25 years in industry, beginning as an engineer and advancing to executive leadership. She spent ten years in academia where she became an award-winning researcher and
Paper ID #35859A practical method for improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion inNuclear ScienceMr. Jim Olson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute After a twenty year Engineering career inventing and operating advanced technology in various private sector and military environments, Jim Olson returned to Academia to formalize and publish the methods and best practices he developed while mentoring and training Early Career individuals in the practical application of STEM concepts. Jim’s research if Engineering Education centric and he is currently pursing a Doctorate of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy
the impact of theproject. This study will help others in planning similar experiences for engineering undergraduatestudents.The purpose of this REU Site was to encourage talented undergraduates to enroll in graduate school byexposing them to research and increasing their interest in graduate research. In this case study, first thebasic approach adopted to plan the REU Site and associated activities are presented in its first section,followed by a detailed description of the projects executed. In the end, evaluation proceduresused, the lessons learned, and the outcomes from the whole experience are summarized. One of thestudents commented on the technical writing skill that he gained from the REU experience and felt thatwas very useful in his
Paper ID #35817Analysis of barriers to graduation for transfer students in AerospaceEngineeringDr. Radha Aravamudhan, San Jose State University Radha Aravamudhan’s research interests include Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Community cultural wealth and their application to curriculum specifically with respect to undergraduate engineering educa- tion as well as creative Arts-Based Research and Documentary film making. She supports faculty research in the area of undergraduate STEAM teaching and learning with a focus on increasing retention and grad- uation rates of under-represented student populations in engineering.Dr
Paper ID #35538Developing a Strategy to Include Financially Disadvantaged UndergraduateStudents into Graduate Engineering ProgramsDr. Sanjivan Manoharan, Grand Valley State University Sanjivan Manoharan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at Grand Valley State Univer- sity. His research areas include engineering education, nucleate pool boiling, aerodynamics, and turbo- machinery.Dr. Shabbir Choudhuri, Grand Valley State University Dr. Choudhuri worked as a Senior Research Engineer at Technical Service Division of Caterpillar Inc. for two years. He developed Virtual Manufacturing (VM) strategy and tools
participating in teaching, scholarship and service to the department. Dr. Stiner-Jones recently won funding for the College’s first National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates SITE program. She and her co-investigators aim to pro- vide students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds with a 10-week research immersion and prepare them for graduate school. She is the recipient of the 2018 College of Engineering Faculty Diver- sity Excellence Award for achievements that support the College’s goal of excellence through diversity and inclusion. She and her co-author are the recipients of the 2019 Best Paper and Best Diversity Paper Awards from the American Society for Engineering Education for
technical aspects of an engineering career and foster a broadersense of life-long learning.Other important aspects of professional practice that support design include budgeting, teaming,diversity & inclusion, ethics, and project impacts. These are described below.Budgeting Money is a key aspect of a design. Funding for capstone projects is an area of significantvariation among capstone courses nationally [7]. In our program, a two-phased fundingapproach is used, which augments their communication and persuasive skills. Each team isallocated a baseline funding amount. They are informed that they will have an opportunity to“pitch their project to interested investors” for additional funding. These investors are, in fact,the university’s
Paper ID #35645The Impact of Prior Programming Experience on Computational ThinkinginFirst-Year Engineering Experience.Dr. Noemi V Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University Dr. Mendoza Diaz is Assistant Professor at the College of Education and Human Development with a courtesy appointment in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. She obtained her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in Educational Administration and Human Resource Development and worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning- INSPIRE at the School of Engineering Education-Purdue University. She
practices whilenavigating their graduate programs. I discuss the findings as they relate to concepts in literatureand my own auto-ethnographic experience. I also provide researchers, students, faculty, staff,and policy makers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) academiawith recommendations. Finally, I present the research community with areas for furtheracademic study.IntroductionProblemThere is a dearth of knowledge pertaining to graduate students with disabilities. Publicationsregarding the enrollment, retention, and graduation rates of this population are scarce. Similarly,little is known about the retention and graduation rates of graduate students with disabilities [1],[2]. More generally, there is a gap in knowledge
this role, she served as Director of the Program in Technical Communication since 2012. She has taught classes in technical communications to undergraduate and graduate students at the College of Engineering since 1997. She has also co-authored the book A Practical Guide to Technical Reports and Presentations for Scientists, Engineers and Students. Prior to her teaching career, Dr. Khan worked as an engineering and project manager to design man- ufacturing systems in the information technology field, to manufacture and test engine blocks for the automotive industry, and to research coatings for high-speed and high-temperature machining applica- tions. Dr. Khan has a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical
campus Katreena Thomas is a graduate student at Arizona State University in the Engineering Education Systems and Design Doctoral program. She is a member of the Shifting Perceptions, Attitudes, and Cultures in Engineering (SPACE) Lab group and her research interests include broadening participation in engineer- ing, engineering leadership, and experiential learning experiences in engineering. She received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and her M.S. in Human Systems Engineering from Arizona State University.Julia Machele Brisbane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Julia Brisbane is a Ph.D. student in the Engineering Education Department at Virginia Tech and an
research labs, throughservice experiences with K-12 students, through individual mentoring which nearly all participantsspoke of with great pride as making a difference for the few women persisting through an engineeringundergraduate major, and through advising their local chapter of the Society of Women Engineers.Faculty also reported encouraging students to attend office hours, form peer study groups, andparticipate in conferences and seminars—which is generally seen as good advising practices. 13 IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE • The findings reveal the importance of creating engineering faculty development programming designed to
. While it’s too early to determine theimpact COVID-19 has had on educational settings for underserved and marginalizedcommunities in STEM, there is emerging evidence that the disruptive force of this globalphenomenon has had a larger effect for women (Cardel et al., 2020) and communities ofcolor (Weissman, 2020).STEM education graduate students during this time reside within a complex system oftensions such as pursuing their doctoral research and collecting data impacted by COVID-19, completing course requirements for classes that have shifted in modality, and preparingfor an uncertain job market with widespread hiring freezes. Overlay these tensions withexisting research that has documented high levels of stress and mental health impacts
Texas A&M University-Kingsville AbstractThe pathway to graduation can become confusing and lack the support needed for minority studentsto navigate their career goals successful and gain the types of experiences that foster a successfulcareer upon graduation in STEM majors. Capstone design course is a critical component in mostengineering and science undergraduate curricula to preparation senior students for their future STEMcareers. However, the quality of capstone design projects does not always meet the expectation due tothe limited resources and support. Although capstone courses are now standard in engineering andscience programs across the US, the associated required logistics and the
societal impact of engineering infrastructure.Dr. Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Jeremi London is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department at Virginia Poly- technic Institute and State University. London is a mixed methods researcher with interests in research impact, cyberlearning, and instructional change in STEM Education. Prior to being a faculty member, London worked at the National Science Foundation, GE Healthcare, and Anheuser-Busch. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. American c Society for Engineering
, and to help them approachinteractions, tasks, and product design while considering the perspectives and needs of others,educators should think about how to embed empathy into the curriculum. Employing appropriatelearning activities can be beneficial for developing empathy in students. Prior research on K-12students has shown that infusing empathy into STEM lessons can advance interest in pursuing acareer in STEM, and it can also foster a sense of belonging [4, 5].While such practices may be efficacious in higher education as well, more understanding isneeded. It is important to foster empathy in undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to worktowards more inclusive mindsets and environments. Previously Hess and Fila [6] demonstratedthat
Dean of Academic and Student Affairs in the Tickle College o Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She has over 15 years of academic experience in various leadership positions. Prior to joining academia, she was an Electronics Engineer at U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi MD where she managed Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Programs for the develop- ment of hybrid numerical electromagnetic tools. Dr. Kilic has over five years of industry experience at COMSAT Laboratories as a Senior Engineer and Program Manager with specialization in satellite com- munications, link modeling and analysis, and modeling, design and test of phased arrays and reflector antennas for satellite communications
instructional practices, academic thinking,and even personal beliefs as a result of their participation in book clubs [21]. Literature has re-ported several ways in which book clubs impact the lives of participants that includes book clubsserving as productive spaces for professional development [22], helping in professional identitydevelopment [23], challenge existing beliefs and biases [24], providing space for reflecting on cur-rent practices [25], etc. The environment created for book club participants play a huge role inoverall success as well [26]. We have tried our best to cultivate a safe space where book clubattendees could freely share their thoughts during discussions.MethodsI. Weekly Book DiscussionAn hour-long virtual meeting was held
(PEC). The slot consists of a quarter-wave slot length that connects to an exponentially tapered opening of maximum width ( 𝑊𝑚𝑎𝑥 ). The slot is fed directly by a microstrip transmission line at the bottom of the substrate, which excites the slot through the dielectric medium. The slot can also be a different shape such as a square or circle and still be excited by a microstrip line. The Microstrip to Slot line (M/S) transition is critical to an antenna’s gain and BW performance; if the transition is not properly designed, then mismatch losses will exist. The best design practice for the M/S transition is to have the microstrip extend about one-quarter of a wavelength beyond the slot and correspondingly, the slot extends about one-quarter
of key characteristics and componentsincluding modeling best practice and opportunities to collaborate. Professional development forteachers is considered a key vehicle for educational reform and improving classroominstructional practice [1], [2]. Professional development is integral to increasing teachersknowledge and skills, and to learning effective application of the skills in the classroom. Theplanning of professional development programs that can lead to desired teaching practices is nota simple process [3]. Too often, short term teacher training institutes and after school workshopsare seen as ends in themselves. These "one shot" approaches to staff development may fail toresult in lasting changes in teaching behavior because teachers
oxidative stress in in vitro models of Parkinson’s disease. During her prior graduate and postdoctoral work in neurodegeneration, April mentored several undergraduate, graduate, and clinical researchers and developed new methods for imaging and tracking mitochondria from living zebrafish neurons. In her work for the EERC and Pitt-CIRTL, April Dukes collaborates on educational research projects and facilitates professional development (PD) on instructional and mentoring best practices for current and future STEM faculty. As an adjunct instructor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh since 2009 and an instructor for CIRTL Network and Pitt-CIRTL local programming since 2016, April is
, Florida A&M University - Florida State University Dr. Erik M. Hines is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems at the Florida State University as well as the coordinator of the Counselor Education Program and School Counseling Track. Dr. Hines prepares graduate students to be professional school counselors. Dr. Hines’s research agenda centers around: (a) college and career readiness for Black males; (b) parental involvement and its impact on academic achievement for students of color; and (c) improving and increas- ing postsecondary opportunities for first generation, low-income, and students of color (particularly Black males). Additionally, his research interests
beginning of Day 1, the girls were administered a pre-camp survey. Then during each day,in the beginning, the students were encouraged to do an internet search to find the answer to akey question related to the contents for the day. Specifically, on the animation day, the onlinesearch focused on what an animation engineer does and how animations are made; on therobotics day the focus was on what robotics engineers do and robotic applications, on the gamesday the online search was related to gaming engineering and how games were created; and on thewebpage design day, girls researched about webpage designers and how webpages are made.Then as the day progressed, the students learned about the basics of the programmingenvironment followed by
swayed by characteristics andperceptions of students, instructors must approach the practice with a complete understanding ofwhat those ratings reflect. Establishing best practices for peer assessment in how it is conducted,determining the subject matter, and how it is reviewed is integral to the growth of small learningpractices and its positive impacts on the student experience.References[1] M. Donia, T. O’Neill, & S. Brutus. (2018). The longitudinal effects of peer feedback in the development and transfer of student teamwork skills. In Learning and Individual Differences, 61, 87-98.[2] C. Brooks & J. Ammons. (2003). Free riding in group projects and the effects of timing, frequency, and specificity of criteria in peer
backgrounds than those of the actual job applicants [30]. This isespecially problematic when considering preferences in approaches and cultural differences thatmay further contribute to how each population best performs. For example, many design featuresof software are considered exclusionary for females, based on gender differences in motivationsto use the software or in willingness to accept risks [31]. There are also differences in technicalinterview performance (time to solve and correctness) when the setting is public versus private[23]. Post-hoc analysis in this study illustrated that women’s performance improved substantiallywhen problem-solving in a private setting.In this research, we sought to examine students’ perceptions of technical
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employment opportunities of returning women may beimproved through different efforts like research, practice, policy, and evaluation. As a result of theconference, the advisory board and organizing team developed actionable recommendations for actionsthat industry, academia, non-profit, policymakers and government agencies, can take to strengthen thepipeline for (re-)entering into computing and technology domain [11-15]. In this paper, we present thequalitative and quantitative results on conference attendee’s satisfaction level and its effectiveness inidentifying appropriate resources to (re-)enter EmTech educational and professional pipeline.Objectives and Design of the ConferenceIn this section, we briefly discuss the objectives, design rational
Modeling and Design, Design of Experiments (DOE), Systems and Reliability Engineering, Lean Practices and Techniques, and Process Simulations. Aside from being a Professor in Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering Department at Baltimore City Community College (BCCC), Marc is the team lead in MSU’s Liquid Propellant Rocket Subtask Team, where he reviews and designs the essential rocket components such as the nose cone and all the way to the rocket’s boat tail. In addition, he is also responsible for leading diverse and highly motivated engineering students in the RockOn program, where they implement and test a rocket payload that can measure and record the acceleration, humidity, pressure, temperature, and radiation