Paper ID #41146Board 372: Research Initiation: Facilitating Knowledge Transfer within EngineeringCurriculaDr. Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware Alexander De Rosa is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Delaware. He gained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University in 2015, where he worked on experimental combustion research applied to gas turbine engines, and his M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London in 2010. Alex’s current research focuses on the transfer of learning between various courses and contexts and the professional
interdisciplinary research andeducation by creating institutions and hubs [7], [8]. These new initiatives have been supported bystudents, politicians and federal research granting agencies who want to see moreinterdisciplinary research, innovation, and educational programs across traditional disciplinarylines [9]. However, there is a wide spectrum regarding the level of success for theseinterdisciplinary initiatives. The goal of this study was to gain insight from experts who havebeen involved with the development, implementation, and operation of interdisciplinaryinitiatives. The focus was the examination of key factors for success and the development of amodel which can be used to improve the outcomes for existing initiatives and assist in theplanning
education policy work and research in radar signal processing and communication systems. Jessica has additional interests in the areas of engineering education pedagogy, coding theory, physics-motivated machine learning, technology ethics, and computational social science.Michael A BalazsTitilayo Ogunyale ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 ©2024 The MITRE Corporation. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Approved for public release. Distribution unlimited 23-01425-03. Understanding Federal STEM Education InitiativesAbstractUnsurprisingly, the United States government actively recognizes the need to support initiatives inScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Paper ID #43392Board 425: Work in Progress: Initiating a Research Experience for TeachersCentered on ManufacturingProf. Marian Kennedy, Clemson University Marian Kennedy is an Associate Professor within the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at Clemson University. Her research group focused on the mechanical and tribological characterization of thin films. She also contributes to engineering education with a focus on developing early career researchers and faculty.Dr. Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University Kristin Frady is an Assistant Professor and Founding Program Director of the Human Capital Education
Paper ID #42991Board 225: Collaborative Research: Research Initiation: Assessing GlobalEngagement Interventions to Advance Global Engineering Competence forEngineering FormationProf. Scott Schneider, University of Dayton Scott J. Schneider is an Associate Professor and the ETHOS Professor for Leadership in Community at the University of Dayton. Schneider is currently focusing his research in the areas of engineering education and community engaged learning.Prof. Erick S. Vasquez-Guardado, University of Dayton Erick S. Vasquez-Guardado (Erick S. Vasquez) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and
Paper ID #41969Board 314: Initial Explorations to Understand How Our Research TeamsThink About Knowledge and Make Research DecisionsDr. Courtney June Faber, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Courtney Faber, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo (UB). Prior to joining UB in August of 2023, she was a Research Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She was also the Director of the Fundamentals of Engineering and Computing Teaching in Higher Education Certificate Program. Her
Paper ID #43153Board 370: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation: Literature Reviewand Research Plan for an Engineering Specific Empathy ScaleDr. Emmabeth Parrish Vaughn, Austin Peay State University Dr. Emmabeth Vaughn is an Assistant Professor in the Physics, Engineering, and Astronomy Department at Austin Peay State University. Before join faculty at Austin Peay, she worked in industry as a Product Development Engineer for a commercial roofing manufacturer. She holds a bachelors degree from the University of Tennessee in Materials Science and Engineering. She earned her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania
Paper ID #44516Growing Graduate Mentors Through a Summer Intensive Research InstituteProf. Tryphenia B. Peele-Eady Ph.D., University of New Mexico Dr. Tryphenia B. Peele-Eady (Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University) is a Professor in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies (LLSS) in the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of New Mexico, where she specializes in African American education and qualitative research methods. She holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Anthropology and is an affiliated faculty member in Educational Linguistics and the Department of Africana
Cimino, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Richard T. Cimino is a Senior Lecturer in the Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. His research interests include the intersection of engineering ethics and process safety, and broadening inclusion in engineering, with a focus on the LGBTQ+ community. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Initial validity evidence for a survey of skill and attitude development on engineering teamsAbstractThis research paper discusses an emerging project that 1) seeks to gather validity evidence for asurvey of engineering student teaming attitudes and skill
Paper ID #42415Latina Engineering Student Graduate Study Decision Processes—Developmentand Initial Results of a Mixed-Methods InvestigationDr. Bruce Frederick Carroll, University of Florida Dr. Carroll is an Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida. He holds an affiliate appointment in Engineering Education. His research interests include engineering identity, self-efficacy, and matriculation of Latin/a/o students to graduate school. He works with survey methods and overlaps with machine learning using quantitative methods and sequential mixed methods approaches.Dr. Janice
Paper ID #43353Board 371: Research Initiation: Expanding the Boundaries of Ethical Reasoningand Professional Responsibility in Engineering Education Through CriticalNarrativeDr. Jeff R. Brown, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Jeff Brown is a professor of civil engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL. His research interests include ethics and professional formation in engineering education, service learning, and structural health monitoring of reinforced concrete structures. Dr. Brown received his PhD in structural engineering from the University of Florida in 2005.Taylor Joy
Paper ID #41697Board 373: Research Initiation: Understanding Interactions Between Affectand Identity in First- and Second-Year Engineering StudentsDr. Emma Treadway, Trinity University Emma Treadway received the B.S. degree in Engineering Science from Trinity University in 2011, and her M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2017 and 2019, respectively. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Science at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.Dr. Jessica E S Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Jessica Swenson is an
Paper ID #43532Board 435: Work in Progress: Preliminary Findings from NSF Award No.2205033 - Research Initiation: Mapping Identity Development in DoctoralEngineering StudentsDiego Alejandro Polanco-Lahoz, Texas Tech University Diego A. Polanco-Lahoz is a Ph.D. student, from the program of Systems and Engineering Management, in the Department of Industrial, Manufacturing & Systems Engineering at Texas Tech University. He received his BS in Industrial Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Valpara´ıso (PUCV). His research interests are organizational factors research, organizational assessment/performance
and project management. Her focus was on students’ professional development and support for underrepresented groups in engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Initial investigations into the link between spatial and technical communication skillsAbstract:ABET requires that all engineering graduates are able to effectively communicate technicalinformation; however, industry leaders often lament the technical communication skills of ourengineering student graduates. Despite years of concerted effort, at a national level, the situationdoes not appear to be improving. In contrast, the spatial skills of engineering students aretypically well above
staffthroughout the entire planning and exploration process [12]. This Student as Partners (SaP)approach has revealed several critical pedagogical elements contribute to the success of student-initiated projects, including increased student engagement, motivation, and ownership oflearning, as well as heightened student confidence and self-efficacy [13], [14].While SaP is a promising model in supporting the SIGs, the survey study reminds that asuccessful SaP implementation values reciprocity of partnership, emphasizing equal support andbenefit for the students and staff involved [13]. Research further points out that tensions andchallenges in SaP that could potentially occur when different perspectives and motivations ofstakeholders come into play, such
combination of mentoring and researchexperiences has been shown to increase a student’s interest in both learning and STEM that isalso sustainable [6][8]. The success of this pairing led to the emergence of minority trainingprograms that are targeted at underrepresented groups with clearly defined objectives and studentoutcomes. By using mentoring and research experiences, the work by [9][10] has shown thepositive effects in creating a diverse STEM workforce.Despite the positive impact that NSF’s initiatives are making, there are internal and externalfactors that create leaks in the pipeline. Several studies have investigated the origin of thesefactors and identified strategies to address the leaks that negatively affect students’ pursuit ofSTEM
benefits of such a researchcommunity, including capacity development, networking, emotional support, impact onprofessional identity, social and environmental impact, and breaking borders. Goldsmith et al. [6]used autoethnography to share their journey into engineering education research by engaging asa research community, the Centre for Research in Engineering & Information TechnologyEducation in Australia. They identified the crucial role of this community in establishing a safespace for the growth of novice engineering educators for both knowledge-building andsocialization. Furthermore, Jensen et al. [7] described an NSF grant-based mentoring program inthe United States, Research Initiation in Engineering Formation, which paired
, Pennsylvania State University Sara Kern is an Engineering Librarian at Penn State University. She earned her MA in history from Penn State and her MSLIS at Syracuse University. Her research interests include inclusive library outreach and instruction. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Crafting a Library on Belonging in Engineering: An Initial Review using Textual AnalysisIntroductionWhat does it mean to belong in engineering? Who belongs in engineering? Where do libraries fitinto this conversation? Many scholars have explored the concept of outreach, inclusion,accessibility, and belonging in STEM fields. This project examines a collection of these works,using a library of literature as a corpus
Paper ID #43819Exploring the Critical Incidents and Sociocultural Dynamics that Initiate andAnchor Engineering Identity FormationKaitlyn Pope, Utah State UniversityDr. Cassandra McCall, Utah State University Cassandra McCall, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department and Co-Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Transition Services at Utah State University. Her research centers the intersection identity formation, engineering culture, and disability studies. Her work has received several awards including best paper awards from the Journal of Engineering Education and the Australasian
Paper ID #42635Lessons Learned: Mental Health Initiatives for Engineering Faculty Impactson Faculty Well-beingMs. Shawna Dory, Penn State University Shawna Dory is a PhD candidate in the Education Policy Studies Department at Pennsylvania State University. She has a bachelor of arts degree in Sociology from Geneva College, and earned a master’s of education degree in Counselor Education, Student Affairs from Clemson University. Along with her role as a PhD candidate, she is also a research assistant in the Leonhard Center for Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. Her research interests include gender equity and
uncovering and repairing disparities caused by policies and 2procedures, identifying and understanding structures of oppression within, impacting, andimpacted by our department, and co-creating alternatives.We are interested in how students, faculty, and staff navigate and respond to the process oftransformation – transformation of a revolutionary nature that results in changes of kind ratherthan changes of degree [17]. This paper describes our starting point from a mostly quantitativeperspective (the initial condition) through a baseline survey as we begin to do the work.We ask the research questions:R1. As we engage in our transformation process will the department culture reject binaries
finding a mentor and writing a proposal to fund the research. Thecourse at our university differs in that it focuses on students at a different stage in undergraduateresearch. The students have already committed to a lab and have a research mentor. In our newstudent orientation programs, introduction to chemical engineering (material and energybalances) course, and AIChE student chapter activities, we provide students with information onundergraduate research, ongoing research in the department, and how to approach faculty oncampus to initiate undergraduate research opportunities.The experiences of individual undergraduates in their first research experience may vary widelybased on the mentorship and training provided. Our department developed a
and Use Committee (IACUC), and grant writing and proposalpreparation. Additionally, a session on technology transfer is provided.A mid-term report is due after 4 weeks, and at the end of the program a presentation poster is tobe presented to the public, faculty, and fellow students, with a demonstration of the projectdesigned.The program has been successfully conducted in the summers of 2022 and 2023, with intentionsto proceed into summer 2024. The current year's participation data is encouraging, featuring 31undergraduate students, which constitutes 10% of the school's undergraduate body. Thedistribution across academic years includes 3 seniors, 8 juniors, 14 sophomores, and 6 freshmen.Fairfield University's summer research initiative
carewithin their state. One participant, B, is a developmental psychologist with a PhD in psychologyand experience as a preschool teacher. She dedicates 50% of her working time to this project and50% of her time to other projects in the College of Social Work. The second participant, J, is aneducational psychologist finishing a PhD in Educational psychology. He also has experience as aK-12 special education teacher. He works on this project full-time. There is an additional full-time member of the research team who did not participate in this project. While these twoparticipants are education researchers working outside engineering education, they representdisciplines which may be involved on engineering education research teams. Initially, I
engineering management. She has also spent 25 years teaching Chemical Engineering at the University of Nevada Reno, University of Pittsburgh, University of Maryland College Park and the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Her current research focuses on Engineering Education and Outreach. The goal of this research is to increase awareness of and interest in pursuing engineering as a career, as well as to understand what factors help students be successful once they have chosen engineering as a major.Ms. Claudia J. Morrell, STEM Equity Initiative, LLC Morrell’s decades of research and practice have focused on understanding and enacting strategies to increase access and educational equity for all students, including
Paper ID #41184An Initial Investigation of Design Cohesion as a IDE-based Learning Analyticfor Measuring Introductory Programming MetacognitionDr. Phyllis J. Beck, Mississippi State University Phyllis Beck is a blend of art and science having completed an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts at MSU and a Ph.D. in Computer Science, where she focused on applying Artificial Intelligence, Natural language Processing, and Machine Learning techniques to the engineering education space. Currently, she is working as an Assistant Research Professor at Mississippi State University in the Bagley College of Electrical and Computer
Bachelorˆa C™s and is working on her Master of Science in mechanical engineering. Her research focuses are on undergraduate engineRebecca Holcombe ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Initial findings of engineering faculties’ perceptions of mastery assessment in a project-based engineering programAbstractThe purpose of this work in progress NSF grantees poster is to disseminate initial findings onfaculty perception of mastery-based assessment in a project-based engineering program.It is understood that pedagogical approaches influence more than what students learn but alsoimpact their mindsets, motivation, and how they see themselves as engineers. Mastery-basedlearning has seen
study investigated how an OIPI initiative broadens participation in China’s stratified HE system, not only through opening high-quality educational resources inelite universities to students enrolled in non-elite universities; but more importantly,through building supportive learning environments and teaching practices to facilitate theconversion of access (valued opportunities) to success (desired learning outcomes)through enhancing students’ learning agency. Together, the OIPI initiative contributes tothe participation of China’s HE system from the dimensions of both access and success.This article examines the efforts of this initiative by answering the research questions:What are the specific conversion factors contributing to students
Paper ID #42715Board 159: Development and Initial Findings of a Summative Assessment forHigh School Engineering Course (Evaluation, Work in Progress)Dr. Jeanette Chipps, The Johns Hopkins University Jeannie Chipps is a research assistant at the IDEALS institute at Johns Hopkins. Her interests are in supporting teachers in their efforts to create learning environments that support diverse learners in STEM.Dr. Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University Dr. Stacy Klein-Gardner serves as an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. She is the co-PI and co-Director of the NSF-funded Engineering for
Paper ID #41464From Service to Engagement: Outcomes from the Implementation of MultiyearHuman-centered Design Initiatives Across Engineering Courses to ImproveBoth Community-Partner and Student OutcomesDr. Adithya Jayakumar, The Ohio State University Dr. Adithya Jayakumar is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University (OSU). He received his Masters and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from OSU.Dr. Patrick John Sours, The Ohio State University Dr. Patrick Sours is an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in Engineering for Sustainable Development and