within SUCCEED at Florida International University. My research passions are centered at the intersections of equity in higher education, advocacy, social justice, and overall allowing for the expression of an authentic self in educational spaces in route to achieving student success.Dr. Trina L. Fletcher, Florida International University Dr. Fletcher is currently an Assistant Professor at Florida International University. Her research focus equity and inclusion within STEM education, STEM at HBCUs and K-12 STEM education. Prior to FIU, Dr. Fletcher served as the Director of Pre-college Programs for the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). Additionally, she spent time in industry holding technical and operations
AC 2011-1625: IMPROVING STUDENT RETENTION IN STEM DISCI-PLINES: A MODEL THAT HAS WORKEDAndrew Kline, Western Michigan University Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering PhD, Michigan Technological UniversityBetsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University Betsy M. Aller is an associate professor in industrial and manufacturing engineering at Western Michigan University, where she teaches first-year engineering and coordinates capstone design project courses. Dr. Aller’s research interests include professional development of students to enter and succeed in the engineering workplace, and enhancing engineering and technology-related experiences for women and minorities.Dr. Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University
that target students throughout their academic journey and use culturally anchored curriculum to increase students’ knowledge and skills, improve students’ self-efficacy in pursuing higher education, increase sense of belonging on a university campus, and help students navigate campus systems.Prof. Gregory L. Heileman, The University of Arizona Gregory (Greg) L. Heileman currently serves as the Associate Vice Provost for Academic Administration and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona, where he is responsible for facilitating collaboration across campus tKian G. Alavy, University of Arizona Kian Alavy is Director of Strategic Planning and Initiatives for the Division of
project are in the final stages, with four of thecourses already having been offered on Coastline’s general fund schedule. The two remainingcourses are in the final stages of development, with lab assignment development in progress.Final versions of the six courses will be complete by the end of the extended performance period.Cyber Up! is designed to provide remote learning opportunities and remote lab activities forstudents to learn tools, techniques, and procedures used in industry. Faculty from CoastlineCollege and Fullerton College collaborated with industry and government professionals todevelop six program courses in cybercrime, digital forensics, and incident response, helping toprepare students with hands-on technical skills and
the AMemployer and education community, and an academy which lead state college and universityresearchers, in collaboration with educational organization, to empower rural NW Floridacolleges.Motivating RationaleHaving a strong domestic manufacturing base is vital to the U.S. maintaining its world leadershipin innovation. Technology-rich advanced manufacturing provides an important foundation forlearning and developing process skills and capabilities that are increasingly intertwined with coreR&D in many industries (e.g., specialty materials, biologics, nanotechnology, and precisionmechanical devices) most important to the country’s economic future [3]. AM is essential to theU.S. economy because it is the main source of innovation and
to situations internal to the university. Managing industry expectations around capstone projects and undergraduate research is much more challenging, and I don’t believe we manage this consistently yet.”Some participants also reported some negative experiences they had when collaborating with oradvising undergraduate student on inventions. For example: “Undergraduates think the whole university is put here for them to use for their pleasure. While faculty have minimal say over IP issues in contracting, consulting, faculty-owned businesses, etc., people want to throw state resources at undergraduates to exploit the same facilities and resources that faculty are prohibited from exploiting for their gain.” “Faculty
-art Cloud Computing Center,which serves as a hub for collaboration among technology leaders, industry experts, andstudents. The Center provides students and IT professionals with exposure to leading cloudplatforms and the certifications necessary to meet growing workforce demands, including AWSCloud Practitioner, Solutions Architect Associate, and Developer certifications. Thesecertifications are part of the 24-credit Enterprise Cloud Computing Certificate program and theassociate in science degree in Enterprise Cloud Computing, which together equip students with acomprehensive foundation in cloud technology. Since academic year 2018-19, the cloud programhas produced 363 graduates, 12% of whom are women. These graduates have
through a capabilities development index for universities, aligning their capacities with the sector’sdemands to promote local and regional economic growth, fostering innovative collaboration betweenengineering education, industry, and governments through the creation and transfer of knowledge andtechnologies.Literature ReviewThe proposed index to measure the capacity of universities and therefore of countries to transformengineering education is composed of five key categories of indicators: economic, legal agility, scientificand technological production, human resources with scientific impact, and entrepreneurship. Theseindicators are based on scientific theories and approaches presented by Lall, Meyer et al., and Powers[10], [11], [12]. The
Associate and Consultant Sales Engineer with a major HVAC company. His talk focused on HVAC systems, especially on innovative chiller solutions and basics, and their applications to building configurations. This talk, done by an expert in HVAC industry, brought a different flavor to the planned in-class activities, and the students had the opportunity to ask questions like what the necessary skills are to get hired and be successful in the HVAC industry. Similarly, the lecture was livestreamed and recorded on Blackboard Collaborate Ultra.Project DescriptionIn addition to the previously mentioned activities, part of this Learning Module was a one-monthlong project related to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems
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AC 2007-2588: ENCOURAGING TRANSFER STUDENTS TO PURSUE ABACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCEMary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University MARY R. ANDERSON-ROWLAND, PhD, is the PI of three academic scholarship programs and a program for transfer students. An Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering at Arizona State University, she was the Associate Dean of Student Affairs in the Fulton School of Engineering at ASU from 1993-2004. She received the ASEE Minorities in Engineering Award 2006, the SHPE Educator of the Year 2005 and was the National Engineering Award in 2003, the highest honor given by the AAAES. In 2002 she was named the Distinguished Engineering Educator by the
informal short speeches, all intended for peer audiences.Engineering students, if they are to move toward competence in an increasingly media-intensive workplace,need experience with more professional tasks, e.g., technical collaboration on design projects. Considerableinstructional investments already support written communication skills; engineering schools have longemphasized formal laboratory reports. The agenda now is to find ways to build better oral communication skills.2 Design in the Curriculum The increased emphasis on design in engineering curricula does offer an important opportunity tosupport oral skills. One implication of incorporating more design work into the curriculum, especially designprojects carried out with small
the Fitz Center. This form guides the student, faculty member, andcommunity partner in establishing a collaborative, reciprocal relationship where all arepositioned to be co-learners, co-educators, and co-generators of knowledge.References 1. Fitz Center for Leadership in Community: University of Dayton, OH (website) https://www.udayton.edu/artssciences/ctr/fitz/ 2. Post, M.A., E. Ward, N.V. Longo, and J. Stamarsh, eds (2016), “Publicly Engaged Scholars.” Stylus Publishing, Sierling, VA. 3. Crawford, G. and Author 1 (2016), “Reducing Operational Costs for a Hunger Relief Charity through Vehicle Routing.” Proceedings of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Anaheim, CA. 4. Author 1. and S.G
around the globe.Future engineers need to be comfortable working in design teams. Upper-division VLSI designelectives are an ideal opportunity to develop these skills because team design projects mirror therealities of industry. Usually the design teams consist of students within a single class at a singleinstitution. With the support of a grant from the Mellon Foundation for intercultural educationwith technology, Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, CA) and the Middle East TechnicalUniversity (Ankara, Turkey) took collaboration one step further to experiment with cross-cultural VLSI design projects. HMC and METU are similar in that both offer outstandingundergraduate engineering programs and teach in English. However, they are eight time zonesapart
is the collaborative facet - students are encouraged to collaborate, just like they do with other computer role playing games.2. Completing five of the component 3D diagrams required by the game. When students complete this exercise, they save the component diagrams and email to the professor.Students completing the game neglect the important part of computer aided design: onehas to eventually show the results in the form of drawings. However, the studentscompleting the game get more exposure to drawing in the 3D environment as well asadditional problem solving experience. Results look impressive from two viewpoints: combining elements of design and
well as social engagementand responsibility (Shuman et al., 2002; Monteiro et al., 2018; Ren et al., 2020; Fan et al., 2021). Also,acknowledging the evolving landscape of engineering education, there is a pressing need to enhanceengineering graduates’ professional competencies, particularly in international and interculturalcollaboration, to enhance their future employability (Gladysz et al., 2020). The acquisition ofteamwork and collaboration skills has become indispensable for engineering graduates in bothsocietal and industrial contexts (Ercan & Khan, 2017). It is thus increasingly important to provideuniversity students with comprehensive learning and practice on teamwork, as the encompassingskill set, including communication
. • Develop assessments addressing technical, societal, and ethical competencies. • Collaborate with industry to offer real-world AI exposure and mentorship.6.2 Future Research DirectionsFuture research should: • Include larger, more diverse samples for generalization. • Address all AI4K12 components, including "Natural Interaction" and "Societal Impact." • Conduct studies on PBL’s long-term impact on career choices and ethical reasoning. • Expand the scope to non-English and gray literature for global perspectives. • Explore hybrid models combining PBL with flipped classrooms.6.3 Final ThoughtsAs AI reshapes industries and society, preparing students to responsibly engage with thesetechnologies
Paper ID #45267The Cocreation of a Safe Space that Centers Women of Color AcademicsMs. Jameka Wiggins, The Ohio State University Jameka Wiggins is a Ph.D. Candidate in Engineering Education, specializing in Organizational Change in Higher Education and Industry at The Ohio State University. Concurrently, she is pursuing a Master’s in Engineering Management. Jameka’s current research explores how engineering faculties’ positionality and lived experiences shape their critical consciousness development. As a scholar and advocate, she seeks to amplify the voices of underrepresented groups in engineering by exploring their
goal for the grant is to promote widespread dissemination of the portable hands-on mobile devices through proactive collaborationbetween educational institutions and industry partners. Collaborating partners are each usingportable hands-on hardware coupled with a model of pedagogy (i.e., blended learning—combination of lecture and hands-on activities in class; traditional - hands-on activities arecompleted outside of class time; etc.) to provide instruction in their courses.The purpose of this paper is to summarize grant activities, outcomes, resource needs and futureplans at the end of year three. Primary data sources include site visits to the 13 participatinginstitutions; interviews with 75+ faculty, administrators, and students; responses
AC 2011-446: LESSONS LEARNED FROM PROVIDING INTELLECTUALPROPERTY TO SPONSORING COMPANIES WHEN RECRUITING CAP-STONE PROJECTSGregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University Gregg M. Warnick is the External Relations and Intern Coordinator for the Mechanical Engineering de- partment in the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at BYU. He works directly with industry each year to recruit more than 30 funded Capstone projects and provides project management, team development, and coaching support to each of these project teams and faculty coaches. In ad- dition, he continues to focus on increasing international project opportunities for students and faculty. His research and teaching interests include
Paper ID #48813Clean Energy Education Research Methodology: Curriculum to Change Livesand Address Climate ChangeDr. Brian Patrick Murphy, SUNY Buffalo State University Professor Brian P. Murphy, Ed. D. PE, SSBB, is a highly trained, motivated, results-driven higher education and engineering professional. He is inspired to teach in high-needs social impact areas, sharing industrial, military, and professional engineering expertise. Dr. Murphy is teaching Engineering Technology at the State University of NY Buffalo State University. Passionate about process improvement and environmentally friendly energy sources. Education
corresponding insights thatdescribed successful implementation of experiential learning that might serve as considerationfor future implementation for engineering educators and researchers. These four key insightsinclude: 1.) Relevance and collaboration with stakeholders, students, academe, industry, andsociety, 2.) Students engagement and ownership, 3.) Scaffolding and integration across levels,and 4.) Importance of assessment.IntroductionWhile experiential learning has long been considered part of engineering education since themid-1950s [1] systematic review articles have been limited in their scope and coverage years.One of the most comprehensive studies documenting experiential learning in engineeringeducation was published in 1976 by Harrisberger
. Dr. Bhandari leads a multi-disciplinary team of faculty and students from several departments within the Colleges of Engineering and Science at Cal Poly Pomona for research on unmanned systems. He has also been collaborating with other uni- versities and aerospace industry. He has obtained federal and industry support for his research on UAV’s including funding from National Science Foundation, Army Research Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Northrop Grumman Corporation. He has published several papers on his UAV research. He is a senior member of AIAA and a member of ASEE, American Helicopter Society (AHS), Association for Unmanned Vehicles International (AUVSI), and Sigma Gamma Tau, the Aerospace
data comparison of the pre and post-conference surveys. In summary,attendees increased their connections at the TT&C. Teachers thought of ways to utilize their newconnections in their profession (such as teacher-industry and teacher-university collaborations)and use these connections to help enact STEM into their courses. Participants took STEMintegration tools and ideas from the TT&C. Having attended the TT&C the participants weremore confident in enacting STEM into their classrooms and within their schools.IntroductionK-12 students shy away from engineering fields simply because they have a limitedunderstanding of engineering 1. A primary cause and barrier to improvement is that many K-12teachers have just as limited an
Master’s degree from Florida International University currently pur- suing a Ph.D. in Computer Science. He is currently focused on the research area of Software Testing including MicroServices architecture.Dr. Monique S Ross, Florida International University Monique Ross earned a doctoral degree in Engineering Education from Purdue University. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Elizabethtown College, a Master’s degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from Auburn University, eleven years of experience in industry as a software engineer, and three years as a full-time faculty in the departments of computer science and engineering. Her interests focus on broadening participation in
have the necessary resources tosucceed. Future research should explore innovative pedagogies, work-based learning, andindustry collaborations that could enhance real-world skills application. Lastly, examining therole of NDCs in engineering education and their recognition by employers could further validatetheir importance in enhancing employability and meeting industry demands, ensuringeducational systems adapt effectively to workforce needs.AcknowledgmentThis work is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant # 1941524. This workreflects the views of the authors and not necessarily those of NSF.References* Indicates article included in the work-in-progress systematic literature review[1] H. L. Chen, A. C. Kusimo, and I
working with Dr. Brent Jesiek to study undergraduate engineering students’ job-choice decision-making processes and influences. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 A Content Analysis of Company Portrayals from a Campus-Wide Job FairAbstractThis paper explores how companies present themselves to prospective employees at a campus-wide job fair at Purdue University, a large, public research university predominantly servingengineering and other STEM fields. Company overview statements and industry affiliations werecollected for the 413 registered organizations, of which 347 were used in the analysis for thispaper. The goal is to investigate the language used
ofthe problem to be solved and the criteria by which the design will be judged1. Thestudents were introduced to several design issues to identify and determine specificdesign constraints. These collaborative student centered discussions provided a basis forbrainstorming, teamwork, considering alternative ideas and limiting the range ofacceptable design options i.e., design constraints. Similar roundtable discussions andactivities continued as the students realized that the heart of the design process is arepetitive iterative loop: generate the design idea, evaluate it against the criteria, refinethe idea, test it again (fig. 1), and so on until the design idea becomes the solution. Design Process Fig. 1Graphic
and female students during their eighth grade year – one of the mostcritical periods of their educational development and growth. The students selected to participatein MSEA are academically conscientious and considered the cream-of-the-crop in theirrespective schools. These students are recruited from across the country. During each summer(from 8th grade to 12th grade), the students are exposed to advanced mathematical concepts, andhands-on-laboratory experiments beyond what they are taught at their middle schools and highschools. Under the supervision of engineers, students completed various engineering projects.The students also visit other universities, national laboratories and private industries. All theseexperiences are valuable in
methodology forcollaborative learning including: writing specifications, brainstorming, solution evaluation,sketching, and testing of solutions. Students worked together as members of project teams to findsolutions to an actual electromechanical design problem using a hematology analyzer fromindustry. This videotape of student teams is edited and PowerPoint slides are inserted outliningthe step by step procedure; students also write papers for this project. As a Senior ProjectEngineer with 14 years experience in industry managing project teams consisting of otherEngineers and Technicians, finding new Engineers and Technicians to hire with project teamtraining was important. Also under the ABET guidelines, teaching collaborative problem solvingis