specific to theengineering consulting context.Engineering consulting has become an increasingly important sector for engineering graduates.In 2015, technical and engineering consulting services were projected to be the 6th fastestgrowing global industry for the period of 2014-2024 [10]. This follows a global trend in rapidgrowth of consulting in general, fueled by globalization, the externalization of work fromdownsizing of internal resources, and the intensification of knowledge-work [8], [11], [12].Today, globally, the engineering services market is a 1.6 trillion US dollar industry [13]. In theUnited States, engineering services alone generate an annual revenue of 360 billion US dollarsand employ approximately 1.3 million people [14]. In Canada
process.IntroductionSince the early 2000s, there have been numerous and repeated calls for changes to engineeringeducation with the aim of ensuring that graduates are prepared to be successful contributors tothe field (e.g., [1]-[3]). Many universities responded to this call by developing first-yearengineering (FYE) courses, and by 2013, nearly 60% of engineering programs had adopted somekind of FYE course [4]. These FYE courses lack universal learning objectives and courseoutcomes, but commonly introduce the students to the university and the engineering field [5],and have also been shown to be a critical factor in non-technical skills such as belonging andidentity within engineering (e.g., [6], [7]).One common feature of many FYE courses is a design project
Systems Technology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT), Greensboro, North Carolina for last five years. His current research focuses on Big data Analytics, Cloud Computing, and Content-based Image Retrieval. He received the best paper award for his paper on Image Clustering Using Multimodal Key- words in the International Conference on Semantics and Digital Media Technology, Athens, Greece. He has published more than 40 referred journal and conference papers and 4 book chapters. He has been project manager and a member of several research and industrial grants. Dr. Agrawal actively serves as committee member and reviewer for conferences and journals in his area of research. He is a
authored numerous engineering-focused teacher practitioner articles, chapters, and research articles, and presents her research regularly through the ASEE Pre-College Engineering Education Division, a division she has chaired, and more recently in the First Year Programs Division. Her current research includes investigating how K-5 students plan, fail, and productively persist, and how simulated classroom environments can be used to help educators practice facilitating discussions in science and engineering.Dr. Haritha Malladi, University of Delaware Haritha Malladi is an Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering and the Director of First-Year Engineering at the University of Delaware. She
, better understanding the antecedentsand impacts of happiness at work for engineers will be important for engineering researchers andpractitioners who are interested in technical leadership and management, career development,and workforce development. II. Research Questions and MethodsThis literature review focuses on three questions: 1. What makes engineers happy at work? 2. How does feeling happy at work impact engineers? 3. What is the nature of the scholarly research that has been written about this topic?A. Timeframe This research is structured as a narrative literature review to assimilate peer-reviewedarticles concerning engineers’ happiness at work that were written between 2014 and the present.I
Engineering Education, 2024 A Case Study of Integrating Leadership Competencies in a Global Engineering Design Course: A Work in ProgressIntroductionEngineers have a strategic leadership role in tackling the world’s challenges such as the globalenvironmental challenges, infrastructure modernization needs for an expanding population,technological innovations and developments demands, and global health problems [1].Similarly,the engineering world has become increasingly global with many companies establishing globalpartnerships, international alliances, cross-border mergers and acquisitions for increasedproductivity and competitiveness [2][3]. For instance, the recent merger between two techcompanies, Broadcom and VMWare, required
a 29 year career in the Consumer Packaged Goods, Pharma- ceuticals, and Agricultural Chemical Industries to lead the four School of Engineering Technical Leader- ship and Communication (TLC) Programs – the Gordon-MIT Program in Engineering Leadership (GEL), the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP), the Graduate Engineering Leadership Pro- gram (GradEL), and the School of Engineering Communication Lab. Immediately prior to MIT, Reza was the Vice-president of Research, Development, and Innovation for the Specialty Division of the Clorox Company. In that role he was accountable for developing innova- tion strategies for a diverse set of businesses and ensuring robust technology roadmaps and innovation
. So, Z.H. Wan, and W.C. Li, STEM Stereotypes Predict Students’ STEM Career Interest Via Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectations, International Journal of STEM Education, vol. 8, no. 1, 2021. doi: 10.1186/s40594-021-00295-7.[23] J. Han, T. Kelly and J.G. Knowles. Factors Influencing Student STEM Learning: Self- Efficacy and Outcome Expectancy, 21st Century Skills, and Career Awareness. Journal for STEM Educ Res 4, 117–137. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41979-021-00053-3[24] A. Liu, S. Toma, M. Levis-Fitzgerald, and A.A. Russell, A. A. (2020). The Role of a Summer Field Experience in Fostering STEM students' Socioemotional Perceptions and Social Justice Awareness as Preparation for a Science Teaching
this research will aid in andencourage broadening participation efforts for the engineering discipline. Our preliminary resultssuggest student awareness regarding inclusion and role-identity in EE play a significant role inthe student’s mental well-being. This also confirms the significance of creating inclusiveenvironments in EE. Results also indicate there is a need for mental health support for multiplymarginalized undergraduate engineering students attending MSIs. References[1] Alegria, S. N., & Branch, E. H. (2015). Causes and consequences of inequality in the STEM:Diversity and its discontents. International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 7(3),321–342.[2] R. Nadeem
learningsupport systems [3].Introductory university courses, regardless of the academic major, must play a key role insolidifying the motivation and persistence and the foundational academic preparation that first-year undergraduate students need to navigate their academic and professional careers. Theintroduction of first-year students to their chosen STEM field of study is a major step towardenriching their STEM identity development (e.g., [4], [5], and [6]), especially for URM studentswho most often do not have direct access to STEM role models and social support systems [7] [8].Similarly, introductory university courses can be strategically designed to positively influence theacademic preparedness and motivation of students to succeed along their
, future research needs to identify therole ASC plays for women [19].Undergraduate student attendance at discipline specific and technical conferences provides severalbenefits for students. Specifically, conferences aimed at supporting underrepresented studentpopulations can be particularly effective. Started in 1994, the Grace Hopper Celebration of Womenin Computing Conference (https://ghc.anitab.org) is an international conference that brings womentogether from across the computing field and serves as a networking opportunity for students,faculty, and industry professionals. Conference participation has been demonstrated to increasestudents’ awareness of accomplished women in the CS field, students’ self-confidence to successin the computing
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their second year. There are approximately200 major-level students and 100 pre-major students. Over the past 5 years, the Engineering &Design department at WWU has spent considerable effort focused on supporting students withthe goal of improving student sense of belonging and creating inclusive and equitable learningenvironments. These efforts were spurred by an internal research study that found 1. the percentof women-identified, first-generation, Pell-eligible, and underserved students declines from thepre-majors to the major; 2. there has been a decrease in diversity as the programs have becomemore competitive; and 3. pre-majors, women-identifying, and underserved students report astatistically significant lower sense of belonging than
just applied science, despite popular belief to the contrary.Engineering makes use of the knowledge that science provides along with insights from thereal world to move towards innovation, which remains the primary driving force [5].Similarly, according to Nair [6], engineering is the application of mathematics and naturalsciences to innovate and come up with solutions to practical issues that are "useful topeople.”So, to fulfil the aforementioned requirement for engineers, modern curricula are primarilygeared towards innovation and creating technical solutions [3]. Even 21st century employersand governments are looking at technological innovations not only to solve niche problems,rather they are looking at them as a solution towards bigger
Master’s in Power Systems from India in 2011 and 2014, respectively. He has worked with Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant Systems Engineer from 2011–2012 in India. He has worked as an Assistant Professor (2014–2018) in the department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, KLE Technological University, India. He is a certified IUCEE International Engineering Educator. He was awarded the ’Ing.Paed.IGIP’ title at ICTIEE, 2018. He is serving as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education Transformations (JEET). He is interested in conducting engineering education research, and his interests include student retention in online and in-person engineering courses/programs, data mining and
, which would establish similarities and differences among thestudents’ responses.Student ParticipantsThe student participants came from diverse backgrounds. Based on the demographics survey,there were 8 males and 11 females with ages ranging from 18 to 22 years old. There were 16local and 3 international students. Their races and ethnicities included white, Asian, Black,Hispanic/Latino, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and multi-racial. There wasrepresentation across various majors that included Health and Human Sciences, Biology,Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3Biochemistry, Environmental Science, and Science Undeclared and Environmental
engineering specialty they want to pursue [3].Concerning methodology, some redesign efforts have been guided by significant input fromstudents, utilizing surveys or focus groups [3, 4]. Other redesign efforts have focused more oninput from faculty [1]. In the work presented in this paper, student input was primarily anecdotalor pulled from comments in student course evaluations.The motivation for redesigning the first-year experiences tends to include increasing retention,improving scalability as a program grows, reducing the number of credit hours committed to thefirst year, or a commitment to continuous improvement [1, 3, 4]. In this work, the faculty teamredesigning the sequence was primarily concerned with student success and retention while
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Students' Communication and Spatial Visualization Skills: A Controlled Trial. In 14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference.4) Delson, Nathan and Van Den Einde, Lelli (2015). Tracking Student Engagement with a Touchscreen App for Spatial Visualization Training and Freehand Sketching. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, Washington.5) eGrove Education, Inc. 2023, http://egrove.education6) Elsen, C., Häggman, A., Honda, T., & Yang, M. C. (2012, August). Representation in early stage design: an analysis of the influence of sketching and prototyping in design projects. In International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (Vol. 45066, pp. 737
experiences and outcomes: The roles of workplaces, academic institutions and students”, the annual conference of the Canadian Engineering Education Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. June 3-6, 2018.[6]. C. A. Rodríguez González and J. M. Fernández Batanero, (2016). “A review of Problem-Based Learning applied to Engineering,” EduRe Journal: International Journal on Advancesin Education Research, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 14-31, 2016.[7]. J. Chen, A. Kolmos, and X. Du, "Forms of implementation and challenges of PBL in engineering education: a review of literature," European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 90- 115, 2021.[8]. A. Howard, "Introducing Entrepreneurially-Minded Learning to a New Cohort of
' perceptions andadjustment experiences differed by demographics, including gender, Hispanic/Latino identity, race,citizenship status, age, first-generation status, and highest intended academic degree.4.2.1. General perceptions of the receiving institution. The students’ general perceptions of SUwere analyzed using items grouped into two factors from Laanan’s original survey: universitysatisfaction and stigma as a transfer student [10]. Table 3 presents the items and results of theconfirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Internal consistency for both factors was acceptable (α = 0.78for satisfaction, α = 0.88 for stigma), indicating that the items within each factor reliably measureda single underlying construct. This strengthens the validity of the group
, whose highest degree is at the Bachelor level or higher in Engineering; Population estimates are providedusing 25% sample data.Findings (1) Who gets counted as an “Engineer”?Our first analysis revealed a significant association between licensure and race x gender of theengineering graduates, 𝜒𝜒2 (3, N=901) = 98.01, p +1.96).Table 3.Five Engineering Career Paths by Race and Gender Engineering Graduates by Race and Gender Total Racialized Racialized White White Career Paths Sample women men women men Technical Specialist
. 2021.[3] V. Barabash, M. Milz, T. Kuhn, and R. Laufer, “Development of a competence ecosystem for the future space workforce: strategies, practices and recommendations from international master programs in northern Sweden,” Acta Astronaut, vol. 197, pp. 46–52, Aug. 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.05.017.[4] H. van der Meij and P. Dunkel, “Effects of a review video and practice in video-based statistics training,” Comput Educ, vol. 143, no. April 2019, p. 103665, 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2019.103665.[5] R. F. Herrera, M. A. Sanz, L. Montalbán-Domingo, T. García-Segura, and E. Pellicer, “Impact of Game-Based Learning on Understanding Lean Construction Principles,” Sustainability 2019, Vol
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Power Systems from India in 2011 and 2014, respectively. He has worked with Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant Systems Engineer from 2011–2012 in India. He has worked as an Assistant Professor (2014–2018) in the department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, KLE Technological University, India. He is a certified IUCEE International Engineering Educator. He was awarded the ’Ing.Paed.IGIP’ title at ICTIEE, 2018. He is serving as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education Transformations (JEET). He is interested in conducting engineering education research, and his interests include student retention in online and in-person engineering courses/programs, data mining and learning analytics
. The course taught skills related to engineering practice,such as unit systems, dimensional analysis, and technical communications. While these skills areimportant for engineering students to master, learning them outside of any specific applicationwas not as engaging or as applicable for students. Furthermore, the content and delivery formatof the course did not allow for much “face-time” to cover the topics in enough detail or withopportunities for exploration or application in context. In addition, students conductedassignments individually, with minimal collaboration. Assessments were memorization basedusing multiple choice questions and with not much opportunity for reflection. The final paperthat students had to submit, based on their
/2023- 02/NGCP-TheStateofGirlsinSTEM-March2023-FINAL.pdf [Accessed November 12, 2024].[2] D. Verdín, A. Godwin, A. Kirn, L. Benson, and G. Potvin, “Engineering women’s attitudes and goals in choosing disciplines with above and below average female representation,” Social Sciences, vol. 7, issue 3, pp. 1-25, Mar 2018.[3] D. Chachra and D. Kilgore, D, Exploring gender and self-confidence in engineering students: A multi-method approach, ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 16-19, 2009, Tampa, Florida.[4] H. Peterson, “The gendered construction of technical self-confidence: Women's negotiated positions in male-dominated, technical work settings,” International Journal of Gender
Activity. She obtained a Ph.D. in English Literature from Chiba University in 2002. Her current main research interests are: 1) how including humanities courses in an engineering education curriculum can help students to gain flexibility, and an appreciation of equity, and a greater richness of ideas; 2) finding and solving the systematic issues impacting the effectiveness of engineering education, specifically in the context of project-based learnings; and 3) assessing the impact of interdisciplinary engi- neering project-based learnings. Below are her recent presentations at international conferences: WERA 2022, APAIE 2022, IIAI DSIR 2021, IIAI DSIR 2020, WERA 2019. She obtained the Outstanding Paper Award in DSIR
Paper ID #41572Gender-Based Comparison of Creative Self-Efficacy, Mindset, and Perceptionsof Undergraduate Engineering StudentsDr. Christine Michelle Delahanty, National Science Foundation Dr. Delahanty is a Program Director at NSF in the Division of Undergraduate Education (EDU/DUE), and has a background in physics, electrical engineering, and STEM Education, with a concentration in creativity and innovation. Her research focuses on creative self-efficacy, creative mindset, and perceptions of engineering majors, particularly women, to offer insight into why there are so few women in the major and in the profession. She
to engineers. Springer International Publishing, 2017. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-61412-0.[16] M.-I. Carnasciali, R. Harichandran, N. Erdil, J. Nocito-Gobel, and C. Li, “Integrated e-Learning Modules for Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset: Direct Assessment of Student Learning,” Eng. Appl. Sci. Educ. Fac. Publ., Jun. 2018, [Online]. Available: https://digitalcommons.newhaven.edu/sgiengineering-facpubs/24[17] W. M. Jordan, C. C. Fry, and K. W. V. Treuren, “Promoting the Entrepreneurial Mindset through Faculty Development,” presented at the 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2016. Accessed: Jan. 29, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/promoting-the-entrepreneurial-mindset-through-faculty