) (b) Figure 5. Results from the post-survey for (a) Level of satisfaction with the completion of the PME module, and (b) recommendation for the PME educational module.Conclusions and future steps This work-in-progress study highlights the potential of the Peer Mentor Major Exploration(PME) module as an innovative approach to integrating structured teaching and mentoringexperiences designed for graduate students to engage with undergraduate students during their firstyear in an engineering undergraduate program. The PME module provided graduate students with valuable teaching experiences, whichled to improved research communication skills, clearer research goals, and a deeper understandingof the complexities of teaching and
. Robin Lynn Nelson, University of Texas at San Antonio Robin Nelson is a Research Fellow at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She received her PhD from UTSA’s Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching with a cognate in Instructional Technology. Her research interests include engineering education, interdisciplinary hazards research, and development of TPACK in pre-service teachers.Dr. JoAnn Browning P.E., The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Browning was named Dean and David and Jennifer Spencer Distinguished Chair of the UTSA College of Engineering in August 2014. Previously she was a faculty member at the University of Kansas for 16 years, and served 2 years as Associate Dean of Admini
Paper ID #39297Building Research Self-efficacy in Undergraduate Students throughAuthentic Research ExperiencesDr. Robin Lynn Nelson, University of Texas at San Antonio College of Engineering and Integrated Design at the University of Texas at San Antonio. With a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching with a cognate in Instructional Technology and MA in Education with a concentration in Instructional Technology, her research interests lie in the intersection of active learning, broadening participation, and supporting pre-service teachers, instructors, and mentors in their classrooms and educational programming
. She leads the Environmental Resource Sustainability group, which studies themes related to environmental and water resources engineering, atmospheric water harvesting, waste-to-energy technologies, and environmental remediation. Her work integrates and highlights science communication and community needs-based research. Her passions include designing hands-on learning tools and leading public outreach initiatives for STEM awareness and engagement among all levels of learners.Sydney Donohue Jobe, University of New Mexico Sydney Donohue Jobe works as the Outreach Coordinator and Education Specialist for the Center for Water and the Environment and the Accelerating Resilience Innovations in Drylands Institute at the
Assistant Professor in Mathematics at Navajo Technical University (NTU) as well as the Program Advisor for the Mathematics Program at NTU. His current research focuses on technology-enhanced active learning in college mathematics for tribal students. He works developing lessons and curriculum to promote students’ interests in learning mathematics. He teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses about mathematics. He received his doctoral degree in the Science, Technol- ogy, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Strand of Teaching Learning and Culture Program at The University of Texas at El Paso in 2014 under the mentoring of Dr. Judith Munter.Alice Carron, Blue Marble Institute of Space Science Alice Carron is a Science
Paper ID #48747[Work in Progress] Broadening Participation and Building Students’ Self-EfficacyThrough Experiential Learning Undergraduate Research Experiences focusedon STEM Research for Social ChangeDr. Kenya Crosson, University of Dayton Dr. Kenya Crosson serves as Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff Affairs and Research in the School of Engineering at the University of Dayton (UD), and she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. A UD faculty member since 2007, Kenya teaches undergraduate and graduate courses; manages an environmental engineering
, and 10 students accepted. In the first cohort, 8 students were from Track 1, and 2students from Track 2. In the second year of the Fellowship, 19 applications were received, 15offers were made, and 12 students accepted. In the second cohort, 11 students were from Track1, and 1 student from Track 2. The students came from a wide variety of disciplines, includingcivil and environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, environmental science, geography,biology, physics, statistics, computer science, economics, political science, psychology,communications and journalism. Most students chose mentors whose research field closelyaligned with their majors or departments. The Fellowship coordinators attempted to prioritizematching students with
to be an effective way to teach engineering concepts [11]. Teaching students theability to pivot, or to change the direction of their project towards their goal after each failure iscritical to teaching good engineering design. However, in IBL, projects are not just implemented to engage students in activities. Thislearning model requires that these projects must be innovative. Students are encouraged to findreal-world problems that they are passionate about and take them into the classroom. Theydiscuss the problem with other students, professors, and a group of peers who work on theproject with them. Once the group settles on a topic to solve, they start working on how to solveit. Through research, experimentation, and design
Paper ID #39721A descriptive study of an innovative and sustainable model ofwork-integrated learning for industry professionals: An Indian caseProf. Venkataraman PB, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkataraman-pb-3056917G Sundar ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023A descriptive study of an innovative and sustainable model of work integrated learningfor industry professionals – An Indian caseAbstract:Research on education models suggests work integrated learning (WIL) to be an effectiveapproach for professional studies. An exhaustive, methodological review of literature
-classroom engineering project experiences through student organizations andcompetitions have been offered at universities across the world for many decades. Whileinstructor-led “traditional” teaching approach in engineering classrooms is essential fordeveloping analytical rigor among students, it may be insufficient for preparing them to solvecomplicated socio-technical problems that engineers often face in the real world [1]. As a result,project experience in college helps to develop systems-level thinking abilities that engineers needto solve open-ended problems [1]. Overall, this type of project experience has led to a higherself-perception of development of soft skills such as problem solving, creativity, critical thinking,integrity, teamwork
. Chuantao Yin is a full Professor in Sino-French Engineer School at Beihang University. He is also vice dean and responsable for teaching affaires of the school. He holds a B.S and M.S in Telecommunication from Southwest Jiaotong University, Engineer Degree from Ecole Centrale Paris and Ph.D degree in Computer Science from Ecole Centrale de Lyon. His research is focus on smart learning techologies like learner modelling, resources recommendation, artificial intelligence for education, etc. He is also interested in engineering education.Prof. Qing Lei, Beihang University Qing Lei is a professor and the Director of Institute of Higher Education at Beihang University (BUAA), Beijing, China. He has conducted research as a
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, in 2015. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong, as an Assistant Professor in 2018. His current research interests include robotics and controls, with a focus on UAV design, navigation, control, and LiDAR-based SLAM.Dr. Chun Kit Chui, University of Hong Kong Dr. Chun Kit Chui serves as the Director of the Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Innovation Wing aims to unleash students’ creativity by entrusting them to spearhead ambitious innovation and technology projects that will shape the future. The iconic facility is located at the heart of the campus, offering 2400m2 of space with
talented and committed students who could emerge resilient, countering stereotypes and resourcechallenges such as prior math, science, and technology training. This Works-In-Progress paper explains howwe leveraged our research skills to innovate in manufacturing and structuring this training program to enhancethe following intended outcomes: (1) students’ confidence in their abilities, (2) the quality of their mentoringrelationships and training experiences, and (3) commitment to continue to pursue engineering after completingthe REU. II. MOTIVATION AND BACKGROUNDResilient Engineering Workforce: The Development of Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students(REU) The National Science foundation reports that
physically being on site, DSTs are easier to implementdue to minimal equipment to create the digital assets and can be used remotely. However,DSTs have the lowest levels of interactivity and were the least conducive to deeper learningand exploration - this means they should be paired with scaffolded activities for it to succeed[12]. In turn, this widens the scope DST use cases, allowing it to be adapted to various courserequirements. Turn-around between courses can additionally be achieved faster, withfeedback from previous teaching periods more readily influencing activities in subsequentDST iterations. Despite this flexibility and ease of implementation, DST usage has not beencommonly explored in engineering education research and has consequently
, “Preparing Engineering Students for the Future: Report of the Future-Ready Engineering Ecosystem (FREE) Workshops.” Abridged Version. Washington, DC: Publication of the American Society for Engineering Research (ASEE), 2024.[2] C.R. Mann, “A study of engineering education.” Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1918.[3] American Society for Engineering Education, “Transforming undergraduate education in engineering phase I: synthesizing and integrating industry perspectives (Transforming undergraduate education in engineering), 2013, https://tuee.asee.org/phase-i/report/.[4] American Society for Engineering Education, “Transforming undergraduate education in engineering phase II: Insights from tomorrow's
, practice, and policy. She holds a PhD in Engineering Education and MEng in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech as well as a BS in Industrial Engineering from Penn State.Dr. Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College Dr. Sara A. Atwood is the Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science and Professor of Engineering at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. She holds a BA and MS in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College, and PhD in MechaDr. Kurt M Degoede, Elizabethtown College Professor of Engineering and Physics, Elizabethtown College. His research interests in biomechanics include developing clinical instruments for rehabilitation. Dr. DeGoede teaches upper-level undergraduate mechanical
Paper ID #37301Work in Progress: Assessing Undergraduate Engineering Students’ CareerSocial CapitalAdrian Nat Gentry, Purdue University Adrian Nat Gentry is a Ph.D. student at Purdue University in Engineering Education. They completed their undergraduate degree in Materials Engineering from Purdue in May 2020. Adrian’s research interests include assessing student supports in cooperative education programs and the experiences and needs of nonbinary scientists. Adrian is involved with Purdue’s Engineering Education Graduate Association and the oSTEM chapter at Purdue.Dr. Eric Holloway, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE
, careercoaching, advising, mentoring, etc., are very rarely written into the traditional teaching andresearch model of professorship. Depending on the institution, there may be those in advising orstudent support roles to help with these processes, but many times students must reach outexternally to their courses to access these resources versus them being intentionally built into thecurriculum and program culture.Iron Range Engineering (IRE) is an innovative, award-winning [2], [3] undergraduateengineering program that is centered both in project-based and practice-based learningpedagogies. IRE began in 2009 as a project-based learning (PBL) engineering program (based onAalborg University PBL model; [4]) focused on the last two years of a bachelor’s
Tech. Her research and service interests include teaching and learning experiences in fundamental engineering courses, faculty development and support initiatives – including programs for the future engineering professoriate, and leveraging institutional data to support reflective teaching practices. She has degrees in Electrical Engineering (B.S., M.Eng.) from the Ateneo de Davao University in Davao City, Philippines, where she previously held appointments as Assistant Professor and Department Chair for Electrical Engineering. She also previously served as Director for Communications and International Engagement at the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, Lecturer at the Department of Engineering
Paper ID #45980The Complementary Relationship between Facilitators and Professors in aPractice-based Engineering ProgramCody Mann, Minnesota State University, Mankato Working with Minnesota State University, Mankato to deliver an innovative, co-op-based engineering education program called the Iron Range Engineering Bell Program. Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree through Iron Range Engineering - Minnesota State University, Mankato, and a Master of Engineering degree through the University of Minnesota DuluthDr. Darcie Christensen, Minnesota State University, Mankato Dr. Darcie Christensen is a
: Established Learner Level three of the micro-credential pathway allows the learner to demonstrate the fullscope of the mechanical testing process, synthesizing and combining concepts presented andevaluated in levels one and two. As no new material is to be presented at this level, instead ofessential questions and a content outline a final evaluation method is outlined. This is applied toreal research work the learner conducts to apply, develop, and prove their competency inmechanical testing design and execution.4.3.1. Final Evaluation Methods1. Testing Regimen: Plan, document, execute, and report on a regimen of physical or mechanical testing conducted during lab or project work. This should include: o Choosing and developing a test
research and teaching, including Dean’s Awards for Outstanding New Faculty, Outstanding Teacher Award, and a Faculty Fellow. Dr. Matusovich has served the Educational Research and Methods (ERM) division of ASEE in many capacities over the past 10+ years including serving as Chair from 2017-2019. Dr. Matusovich is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Advances in Engineering Education and she serves on the ASEE committee for Scholarly Publications.Dr. Wayne Gersie As the inaugural Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion at Michigan Technological University, Dr. Wayne Gersie is responsible for providing vision, strategic leadership, and thoughtful change management for campus diversity, equity, inclusion
Polytechnic Institute and State University Atlas Vernier is an interdisciplinary leader, researcher, and innovator at Virginia Tech. As a technologist in the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology, Atlas specializes in immersive audiovisual environments, emerging modalities of data collection, and large-scale systems integrations for humans and technology. Having completed dual undergraduate degrees in systems engineering and foreign languages, they are now a graduate student in the Grado Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering with a concentration in Human Factors Engineering & Ergonomics.Mr. Ernesto Adolfo Cuesta Alvear, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Ernesto Cuesta is a PhD
research and teaching interests are in mechatronics, regenerative power, and multidisciplinary engineering.Mrs. Erin A. Hostetler, Pennsylvania State University Erin Hostetler is the Director for Student Research and Graduate Equity. Erin specializes in administering Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) programs, with a focus on increasing access to research and ensuring a standard and equitable experiencDr. Patrick Joseph Tunno, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Patrick Tunno is the inaugural Director of Penn State’s Center for Global Engineering Engagement and an Associate Teaching Professor. He has overseen and continues to lead the development and expansion of diverse international initiatives. Under his
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mindset within undergraduate engineering students, evidence-based active learning teaching practices, support of TPACK within preservice teachers, and integrating computer science within traditional K-12 curriculum.Dr. JoAnn Browning P.E., The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Browning was named Dean and David and Jennifer Spencer Distinguished Chair of the UTSA College of Engineering in August 2014. Previously she was a faculty member at the University of Kansas for 16 years, and served 2 years as Associate Dean of Admini ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Mentoring Practices Lessons Learned: A Seven-Year Case Study of the NHERI Research Experiences for
Engineering during Co-op. Experiential Learning & Teaching in Higher Education, 5(1), Article 11.Biernacki, P., & Waldorf, D. (1981). Snowball Sampling: Problems and Techniques of Chain Referral Sampling. Sociological Methods & Research, 10(2), 141-163.Borrego, M., Karlin, J., McNair, L. D., & Beddoes, K. (2013). Team effectiveness theory from industrial and organizational psychology applied to engineering student project teams: A research review. Journal of Engineering Education, 102(4), 472-512.Cohen S. G., Bailey D. E. (1997). What makes teams work: Group effectiveness research from the shop floor to the executive suite. Journal of Management.Colbeck, C. L., Campbell, S. E., & Bjorklund, S. A
, Jan. 2006.[12] C. S. E. Woodcock, J. Callewaert, and J. Millunchick, “Synthesizing Definitions ofProfessional Competencies Linked to Experiential Learning in Engineering Education: ALiterature Review,” Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 123–146, Jun. 2021.[13] R. Goldsmith and F. Trede, “Professional Learning in Engineering Internships: What DoSupervisors Learn from Their Student Supervision Practices?,” Professional Development inEducation, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 519–532, Jan. 2024.[14] M. Fifolt and L. Searby, “Mentoring in Cooperative Education and Internships: PreparingProtégés for STEM Professions,” Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, vol.11, no. 1, pp. 17–26, Feb. 2010.[15] R. Ruslin, S
Paper ID #39126Building a Statewide Experiential Learning Portfolio in CybersecurityDr. Luiz A. DaSilva, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Luiz A. DaSilva is the inaugural executive director of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI). He is internationally recognized for leadership and innovation in wireless communications and networks research. His 24 years of experience in academia include 18 years as a professor at Virginia Tech, where he is currently the Bradley Professor of Cybersecurity in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His most recent position prior to CCI was as the
was a metallugical engineer thereand performed failure analysis on engines and components that would fail in the field and comeback to the plant for evaluation. I got the chance to do sample preparation, physical strengthtesting, magnetic particle analysis, and finite element analysis on a computer at the Catmetallurgical laboratories. I was also exposed to my first technical report writing and learnedhow important this skill is at Caterpillar. My experience there was really great. It was in-townwith college, and I worked part of the day at Cat and came to school part of the day. My next internship was with Corning, Incorporated in New York. It was in a small town, butI got to work on an amazing research project determining the properties