Paper ID #28693Defining Workforce Development: Launching a Career from CAREERDr. Madeline Polmear, University of Florida Madeline Polmear is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida. Her research interests include workforce development and engineering ethics education.Dr. Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., PE, LEED-AP, is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida. She holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in
Paper ID #29338CAREER: Actualizing Latent Diversity in Undergraduate EngineeringEducationDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science
Paper ID #30603Opportunities in Manufacturing of Advanced Materials for Second CareerSeeking StudentsDr. Oleksandr Kravchenko, Old Dominion University Dr. Kravchenko is working in the area of structural analysis with focus on composite materials for various engineering applications. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. from Purdue University and completed two years of postdoc from Case-Western Reserve University. Dr. Kravchenko is actively collaborating with his colleagues at ODU on understanding the key elements of academic success for non-traditional, second- career, engineering students.Dr. Konstantin Cigularov, Old
Paper ID #28910Developing a Model of Professional Agency Towards Change in EngineeringEducation for Early Career ScholarsDr. Courtney June Faber, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville Courtney is a Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer in the Cook Grand Challenge Engineering Honors Program at the University of Tennessee. She completed her Ph.D. in Engineering & Science Education at Clemson University. Prior to her Ph.D. work, she received her B.S. in Bioengineering at Clemson University and her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University. Courtney’s research interests include epistemic cognition in the
Paper ID #30259Assessing School-to-Career Pathways for Manufacturing in RuralCommunities: Further Investigation of Advanced Manufacturing ProgramsinNorthwest FloridaDr. Marcia A. Mardis, Florida State University Marcia A. Mardis is a Professor and Associate Dean at Florida State University’s College of Communica- tion & Information and Associate Director of the Information Institute. Author of numerous publication and recipient of over two decades of federally funded research grants, Dr. Mardis’ work focuses on professional identity creation, educational text and data mining, and technician education improvement.Dr. Faye R
towards a STEM career is an area of active research with many variedapproaches attempted to increase interest in a STEM major. Typical approaches includecoursework (e.g. Project Lead The Way), robotics programs (e.g. FIRST), STEM exposure days(e.g. STEM Career Day), hands-on outreach to local schools, etc. Indeed, approaches tomotivate often do not stop even when STEM students are on campus, with first-year disciplinarycourses including hands-on activities aimed at cultivating interest and motivation for that major.While education and exposure are important steps, many students in STEM areas still have littleidea of what would be a “typical day” for them at the workplace (once they graduate).Accordingly, the University of Akron has developed the
Paper ID #29345Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education in Physics: ThePIPELINE NetworkDr. Crystal Bailey, American Physical Society Dr. Crystal Bailey is the Head of Career Programs at the American Physical Society (APS) in College Park, MD. Crystal works on several projects which are geared towards marketing physics and physics career information to high school students, undergraduates, graduate students and physics professionals. Some of her principle projects include the Physics InSight slideshow, career events and workshops at APS annual and division meetings, the APS Job Board and Job Fairs, APS Webinars
graduation, studentsparticipate in curricular and co-curricular activities with the goals of: (1) fostering feelings ofbelonging in engineering and institutional inclusion, (2) encouraging professional development,and (3) supporting academic achievement and student success. These goals are achieved byproviding: (1) opportunities for interaction between students and peers, faculty, and industrymentors; (2) major and career exploration opportunities; and (3) academic support and studentsuccess education in areas such as time management and study skills.AcES students participate in the GRIT, LAESE, and MSLQ surveys, as well as in focus groupsand one-on-one interviews at the start and end of each fall semester and at the end of the springsemester. The
, where she directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring communication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication, effective teaching practices in design education, the effects of differing design pedagogies on retention and motivation, the
humorous way while challenging the scientist stereotype. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Preparing Students for Careers in Computer Science and Math - a Report on a Current S-STEM ProjectThe CS/M Scholars Program, funded by an NSF S-STEM grant, supports studentsmajoring in computer science or mathematics at Western Washington University,a public comprehensive university. The title of the project is “Preparing Studentsfor Careers in Computer Science and Math.” Eligible students receivescholarships and are further supported with curricular and co-curricular activities.These include first-quarter seminars in math and computer science, regularprogram events focusing on professional
an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness 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 stu- dents’ identity development. She has won
Social Sci- ences (ACBSS), and she teaches the first course in the minor series. This course covers the application of Python to current social science topics, as well as the use of programming in careers such as data analysis, user experience research, and econometrics.Morris E Jones Jr, San Jose State Univeristy Morris is retired from the semiconductor industry, and teaches Electrical Engineering, and General Engi- neering classes at San Jose State University.Dr. Belle Wei, San Jose State University Belle Wei is Carolyn Guidry Chair in Engineering Education and Innovative Learning at San Jos´e State University (SJSU). Previous roles include: Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at California State
college. In addition to collectingdemographic information, participants completed a series of measures designed to captureattitudes and behaviors toward engineering as a potential career field. The main measures ofinterest include Engineering Identity and Doing Engineering. Engineering Identity scores reflectparticipants’ personal and professional identities as engineers; Doing Engineering scores indicateparticipants’ prior experience with engineering and its related technical skills. Boys reportedsignificantly higher engineering identities (M = 37.65, SD = 6.58) compared to girls (M = 39.54,SD = 6.09), t(360) = 2.95, p = .003. Boys reported stronger and more frequent experiences withengineering, indicated by their higher Doing Engineering scores
nowpursuing their educational or professional career in the area of UAVs and other related areas. Theprogram has also been successful in motivating the participants to graduate degrees in STEMdisciplines. Some of the participants are already pursuing their studies for a Master’s degree or areplanning to apply to Master’s/PhD programs. Most of the community college students havetransferred to 4-year institutions for degrees in engineering. Also, all the participants havepresented their work at student and/or professional conferences. This has helped the participantsimprove their written and oral communication skills. The paper discusses how the Programinfluenced in motivating them to graduate studies and/or for R&D career in industry in the
advanced study and STEMcareers. These were tabulated against the goals of the REU site, and conclusions drawn on thesite’s progress in achieving its intended objectives. Details are also provided on the recruitingefforts undertaken and the applicant pool it generated, especially regarding the switching of theapplication portal from one that was managed individually by the REU site, to a common pilotapplication system managed at the NSF program level. Finally, the demographics and regionalspread of the participants as well as their intentions for advanced-study and STEM career choicesare detailed as well. Altogether, the experience, outcomes and lessons learned from this REU siteoperation are expected to guide the effective and efficient operation
ca- reers in engineering and technological disciplines. She has presented at numerous conferences throughout the United States and was an invited speaker at the international Gender Summit in Belgium in 2016.Wendy Robicheau Wendy has been Project Manager with the College of Technology – Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing since 2012. In that time she has developed a passion for making middle and high school students, faculty and counselors aware of the educational and career pathways that are possible in STEM and manufacturing through various outreach programs. She enjoys organizing outreach initiatives such as student symposiums, counselor workshops, and any other opportunities to spread the word
our department’s student organizations, and tutors from the peer tutoring center in our department. The program was open to other incoming local freshmen as well. This helped students in our program make connections with other incoming students. Based on the evaluation of the Early Arrival program, students found the introduction to the major requirements, hands-on sessions on Python and Unix, and a discussion of potential career paths for CS majors as the most useful sessions. Index Terms Community-Engaged Learning, Mentoring, Alumni Involvement, Retention I. I NTRODUCTION
associated with even the most effective tools for the training ofSTEM professionals, such as developmental network-based mentoring [9], [10] and career-transferable skill development [1]. For instance, mentoring has been proven to improve retentionand performance [11], [12], [13], leadership [14], [15], [16], and student involvement in graduateschool [17], [18], [19], [20], especially among underrepresented minority (URM) students [11],[16], [17], [19]. However, mentoring is typically challenged by the lack of adequate training notonly for mentors [21] but also for mentees, an issue only recently emphasized by mentoringexperts [1], [5], [6]. Similarly, although the skills that STEM graduate students need are wellknown, students are commonly left to
Engineering and Computer Science that prepare undergraduates toenter the job market, have led efforts in integrating entrepreneurial thinking into theircurriculum. This approach can be of interest to other STEM disciplines, because combiningtechnical skillset and entrepreneurial mindset provides career opportunities for all majors whenthey are participating in the knowledge economy. The report on; “Cultivating DiversityChampions: Practices and Lessons from Two NSF Geoscience Opportunities for Leadership InDiversity (GOLD) Projects”, suggests that; “One key challenge was the widespread belief amonggeoscience faculty that “science is science”, and that the question of who gets to practicegeoscience is answered using the scientific method.” [2] This may
University of Rabat in Morocco, engineering students have beencompleting their masters of science degrees in aerospace or mechanical engineering. Welaunched our study to determine the impact of culture on career choice when we noted thatalmost equal numbers of Moroccan men and women arrived at our university each year since2015. This work is an exploratory qualitative case study that uses the combined frameworks ofHofstede’s Cultural Dimension Theory and Eccles’ Expectancy-Value Theory.According to a report entitled "Is U.S. Science and Technology Adrift?" released by theCommission on Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST), the United States’ engineeringworkforce is growing but still lagging behind the overall growth of the country [1]. The
in Industrial Engineering focused on Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation. She went through engineer- ing pathways herself, completing master electrician degree when completing Technical School in Uzice, Serbia, focusing on pre-engineering program on high power voltage systems and maintenance of electro- mechanical systems. Her research is focuses on engineering pathways, career and technical education, digital thread, cyber physical systems, mechatronics, digital manufacturing, broadening participation, and engineering education. She is a Director of Mechatronics and Digital Manufacturing Lab at ODU and a lead of Area of Specialization Mechatronics Systems Design. She worked as a Visiting Researcher at
: psychological andemotional support (PES), goal setting and career path (GSC), academic subject knowledgesupport (AKS), and the existence of a role model (ERM). Gunn, Lee, and Steed [3] found thatfor mentors, the role modeling factor was identified as most important, but for mentees, it wasacademic knowledge support followed by psychological and emotional support. Table 1 belowlays out the domains, pertinent constructs, and associated training modules to develop studentaptitude for these various mentor roles.Table 1 Summary of mentor role domains, constructs, and associated training modules Mentor Role Typical Constructs Training Modules Domains Psychological and • Listening Active Listening – mentors
and multi-institutional research teams. Dr. Major is fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Society for the Psychology of Women.Seterra D. Burleson, Old Dominion University Seterra is a doctoral student in the industrial-organizational psychology program at Old Dominion Uni- versity. Prior to entering her graduate studies, she received her BS in Psychology at the University of Montana and served in Peace Corps Per´u for 27 months and worked in human services in Portland, OR. She received her MS at ODU and is now pursuing her PhD. She currently works as a research assistant in the Career
of theirundergraduate careers). We also target students’ financial risk through activities focused oncareer preparation and development. It is another goal of SEE that 100% of SEE Scholars haveparticipated in an internship or co-op position by, at the latest, the summer immediatelyfollowing their 3rd year. To achieve this, we coordinate closely with The Center for SpartanEngineering (the CoE’s career services office). The Center hosts programs targeted at SEEScholars to help them prepare for interviews and the workplace. These programs positionstudents to compete for internships, co-ops, or other paid experiential education opportunities,with an average pay of $10,000/semester. Thus, students participating in these opportunities
- mation of engineers, diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering, human-centered design, engineering ethics, and leadership.Prof. Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University at West Lafayette Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is an Associate Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He also leads the Global Engineering Education Collabora- tory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from
prior research experience. In total 20 students(ten per year) participated in the program and worked on individual project topics under theguidance of faculty and graduate student mentors. Unlike a typical REU program, theCybermanufacturing REU involved a few unique activities, such as a 48-hour intense design andprototype build experience (also known as Aggies Invent), industry seminars, and industry visits.Overall, the REU students demonstrated significant gains in all of the twelve research-relatedcompetencies that were assessed as a part of formative and summative evaluation process. Whilealmost all of them wanted to pursue a career in advanced manufacturing, includingCybermanufacturing, the majority of the participants preferred industry
engineering economic analysis and stochastic, modeling, analysis and simulation. Professor Ryan’s research interests lie in the planning and operation of energy, manufacturing and service systems under uncertainty. Her work has been funded by several single and multi-investigator National Science Foundation grants, including a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, as well as by industry, private foundations, and the U.S. Department of Energy through its ARPA-E initiative. She is PI of a National Research Traineeship on Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems. Dr. Ryan is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers and serves as Editor-in-Chief of The Engineering Economist.Dr
the same college) andmay be considered similar by some. This project has exposed significant differences in howengineering and computer science majors think about their career trajectories. These differenceshave led to modifications in data collection and the need to carefully consider the applicability ofclassroom activities. Our poster will highlight how we have adapted our data collection methodsto be relevant to both engineering and computer science classes. For example, the primarypurpose of the grant is to develop inclusive professional identities. While those pursuing anengineering degree generally have a clear objective of becoming a “practicing engineer,” there isno single collective term applicable to the professional careers
Northwestern University.DeDe Griffith, Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College DeDe Griffith is the Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs at Northwest Louisiana Technical College. She earned a Master of Education degree in Higher Education Leadership Administration and Finance at the University of Houston where she is currently a doctoral candidate. Beginning with a career in engineering technology and transitioning to post-secondary instruction, she has more than 24 years of experience in community college technical education as both faculty and and administration.Cheri Greer, Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College Cheri Greer is Chair of the Industrial Technology Division and Department Head of the
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM), the CulturallyAdaptive Pathway to Success (CAPS) program aims to build an inclusive pathway to acceleratethe graduation for academically talented, low-income students in Engineering (CivilEngineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering) and Computer Science majorsat Cal State LA, which traditionally serves the underrepresented and educationally disadvantagedminority students in the Los Angeles area.CAPS program aims to build a pathway progressively developing social and career competencein our students via three integrated interventions: (1) Mentor+, a relationally informed advisingstrategy that encourages students to see their academic work in relation to their families