Paper ID #37194The implementation and assessment of a social mediainitiative to increase visibility of LGBTQIA+ individuals inSTEM (Research)Sara Hopper Sara Hopper is a doctoral candidate and graduate student research assistant at the University of Michigan, where they are pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering. They received a MSE in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan and a BS in Bioengineering from Endicott College. Sara's research interests include computational blood flow modeling of the cardiovascular system to understand the structural and function changes that occur with disease. They
Design and Data CollectionThe methods in this section have been previously reported [21]. Briefly, graduate students andresearchers from a bioengineering center attended a 3-hour workshop. The 27 attendees includedundergraduate interns, master's students, PhD students, post-docs, research associates, staff, andprofessors. Only individuals from the center were included in the study to focus on their specificperspectives. Participants were organized into lab-based teams, with larger teams split byresearch topics. Those who were not part of a specific lab group were formed into their ownteam.The workshop began with a brief lecture on DSRP rules for systems thinking cognition, whichwere also used to frame the session activities. The mapping
University pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and is expected to graduate in May 2022. His research interests focus around the study of spatial ability with an emphasis on identifying patterns of spatial strategies and measuring spatial ability in blind and low vision populations.Gary M Timko (Research Assocaite)Natalie L ShaheenWade H Goodridge (Associate Professor) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comIntroductionSpatial ability can be defined as the measure of a cognitive ability to generate, retain, retrieve,and transform well-structured visual images [1]. Various constructs of spatial
likelihood of being elected” (p. 301). Finally, moralityserves as a potent motivational force for allyship compelling individuals to engage in actions thatpromote justice, equality, and the well-being of others [28]. These studies provide a generalperspective on the meaning of allies and related issues with respect to their motivation andactions.Although there are relatively few studies of training students to become allies and advocates, wewill draw on findings in the current research and integrate some of these practices into ourRAMP summer bridge and its academic extension in future work.2.0 Exit Interviews with Graduating RAMP StudentsTo understand how students look back on their RAMP experience upon graduation from theUniversity with their
Paper ID #45050Nurturing Interdisciplinary Engagement: A Case Study of Resourcing andRecruiting Strategies in an Early Academic Career Interdisciplinary Project-BasedLearning CourseDr. David Gray, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Gray receieved his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2000. He then earned a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2002 and 2010, respectively. Much of his graduate education focusDr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at
New York Hasan Asif, is a graduate from the University at Buffalo in Data Science, possesses a keen interest in data transformation and gaining insights from data, includes expertise in setting up statistical tests, transforming data, and creating visualizations. He has demonstrated his skills by architecting systems to analyze the longitudinal participation of students throughout their studies. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Exploring Variance in Undergraduate Research Participation: A Quantitativeand Qualitative Investigation Among Students with Differing Levels ofInvolvementIntroductionThis research paper concerns undergraduate research, a high impact experience [1] that
, and a published author. He is a former McNair Scholar, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine-Ford Foundation Fellow, Herman B. Wells Graduate Fellow, Inter- national Counseling Psychologist, former Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky, and current Post-Doctoral Research Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Z.’s research program focuses on examining the impact of intersectional oppression on historically excluded groups & creating culturally relevant interventions to enhance their well-being. Within this framework, he studies academic persis- tence and mental wellness to promote holistic healing among BIPOC. He earned Bachelor’s degrees in Psychology &
Paper ID #48239BOARD # 66: Does Gender Play a Role? An Explorative Study on theDifferences in Educational Approaches Towards Artificial Intelligence LiteracyJinyi Jiang, Nanyang Technological UniversityDr. Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University Ibrahim H. Yeter, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Education (NIE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. He is an affiliated faculty member of the NTU Centre for Research and Development in Learning (CRADLE) and the NTU Institute for Science and Technology for Humanity (NISTH). Dr. Yeter serves as the Director of the World MOON
specifically on African American students and the effectiveness of studentsupport services and retention efforts as related to community college engineering success arelimited” (p. 312). In fact, McPhail (2015) acknowledged that in order to ground his work, he hadto reference research that explored Hispanic STEM students in community colleges. This re-emphasizes the comparative dearth in publications on Black STEM collegians in communitycolleges, compared to similar studies on Hispanic STEM collegians. This article illuminates support structures provided by a single community college thathas a high proportion of Black engineering students. Drawing from a larger study that explicatedthe factors that enabled six Black community college students
, materialscience, chemical engineering, ecology, biomimicry, health sciences, as well speakers thatdiscussed general college admission and career planning.SEL FrameworkWe used the CASEL framework to develop the social emotional learning curriculum. Thisframework outlines competencies that support social emotional learning, which include self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making [8]. The focus on SEL was initiated by our school district partner, given the importanceof affective factors in student development. A meta-analysis of research studies [9] showed thatSEL programs implemented in classrooms can increase academic achievement by 11%, enhancesocial skills by 25% , and decrease behavioral
students see themselves as engineers af-ter graduation [5]. Critically, studies have shown students transition from interest in engi-neering, to seeing engineering as an option, and finally choosing to become an engineer in avery short period of time [6]. Additionally, short interventions (like a one-day versus multi-day experience) have been shown to have similar outcomes for attracting diverse students totechnology careers [7]. We envision our intervention operating as a vicarious experience [8],which enhances self-efficacy.In robotics, research from educators indicates that robotics education has a unique opportu-nity to promote diverse participation, including meaningful applications, tactile robotic sys-tems, and well scaled projects. Still
is a senior student studying physics and data analytics at Nebraska WesleyanUniversity. He completed two months of interdisciplinary research in Toyohashi, Japan. He hopesto continue research of different physical fields before moving onto graduate school to studyastrophysics.Laurel Sky WagnerLaurel Wagner is a senior undergraduate student studying chemical engineering at UNL. At UNL,she is an introductory chemical engineering teaching assistant, an executive officer in the UNLSociety of Women Engineers, and a team lead in the University of Nebraska Engineers WithoutBorders Student Chapter. She was a visiting scholar in the 2022 University of California San DiegoAdvanced Materials Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), 2023 Materials
Paper ID #46010Pilot Study: From Curiosity to Career- The Influence of a Summer Camp onHigh School Students’ Interest in Transportation and STEM CareersDr. Tejal Mulay, Florida A&M University - Florida State University Dr. Tejal Mulay is an Assistant Professor in Electronic Engineering Technology under the School of Architecture and Engineering Technology (SAET) at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU). Dr. Mulay’s primary research area is speech signal processing, including but not limited to acoustic emotion recognition, digital signal processing, autonomous vehicles, and blockchain technology and its
Control and Earthquake Engineering. Dr. Pong has been the Director of the School of Engineering at SFSU with 20 full-time faculty and over 25 part-time faculty since 2009.Dr. Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University Zhaoshuo Jiang graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering. Before joining San Francisco State University as an assistant professor, he worked as a structural engi- neering professional at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) LLP. As a licensed professional engineer in the states of Connecticut and California, Dr. Jiang has been involved in the design of a variety of low- rise and high-rise projects. His current research interests mainly focus on Smart
Paper ID #48694Self-efficacy of high school students after an AI-focused pre-college program:A two year impact study (Fundamental)Dr. S. Shailja, Stanford University Shailja is a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University. She completed her Ph.D. in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department with interdisciplinary emphasis on College and University teaching at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in 2024. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the Electrical Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 2016. Shailja received the Winifred and Louis
recentgraduates. They need to understand the purpose of licensure laws, the career paths that require alicense, and the depth and scope of engineering licensure exemptions. A study was designed toanswer the following research questions: How many jurisdictions within the United States have licensure exemptions for engineers who perform tasks commonly considered engineering practice? Are there patterns in the number and type of exemptions found in licensure laws? Do civil engineering graduates practice in areas that are commonly exempt? What should undergraduate engineering students know about licensure exemptions?Research MethodsThe study used licensure exemption data from fifty states, four territories, and the District
Paper ID #24889Targeted harassment of engineering education researchers: How to connectwith community and support your colleagues under attackDr. Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Alice L. Pawley is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate fac- ulty member in the Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies Program and the Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue University. Prof. Pawley’s goal through her work at Purdue is to help people, including the engineering education profession, develop a vision of engineering
involvement in out-of-class activities(e.g., internships, clubs, sports, and research experiences). Research Experiences forUndergraduates (REUs) may provide students with a unique opportunity to develop leadership-enabling competencies that will prepare them for leadership in graduate school, the engineeringindustry, or academia.The goal of this research was to identify how students’ engagement in an engineering educationvirtual REU site contributed to their development of essential leadership-enabling competencies.The research question guiding this study was ‘What inclusive leadership-enabling competenciesand skills did engineering students learn and develop during an engineering education SummerREU program?’ Qualitative data was collected via
. As of now, we have only had two teams of studentswho have graduated from high school, both from Sheridan, Arkansas. We did follow up on thesenior level teams by contacting the school counselor at Sheridan. She was able to give usinformation regarding their fields of study at their respective institutions of higher learning. Ofthe four students who have graduated from high school, two students did choose to major inengineering. One is currently enrolled at the University of Arkansas, and the other is attendingUALR.Proceedings of the 2011 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 4Bibliography1
. ConclusionsSuccess of the engineering research consortium program established through its long-standinghistory of 25 years indicates the possibility of not merely a peaceful cohabitation of arguablyextreme points of view represented by the behaviorist and constructivist models within theenvironment, but a thriving collaboration where the features of the best of both models arebrought out to be effective in realizing rich scholarship. Remarkably, the faculty members of Page 11.640.10WEMPEC have internalized this feature as a natural consequence of their personal educationalbeliefs, without particular pre-mediation through theoretical studies on
.ResearchMethodThecurriculumdesignofSFTisfacingwiththechallengetobreakthroughpathdependenceontraditionalengineeringeducationfeaturedbydisciplinarycontextandsolidfoundationonscience,therefore,thecasestudymethodoffersanappropriatestrategytoexaminethecontextandconditionsin-depth(Yin,2011).Accordingly,weadoptapilotcasestudyapproachtouncoverthechangingprocesswhiledesigningtheoverall curriculum of SFT. It is conducted on a single case study supported mainly by fieldwork. Theresearchers’ownon-siteobservationsandparticipationsofthecaseoverone-yeartimeandextensiveaccesstobothfirst-handandsecondarydataofSFT.Themainfieldworkiscarriedouton-siteinSFTatBUAA,withobservationoflong-lastingcurriculumdesignmeetings,focusgroupswithstakeholders(i.e.,industrial participators, administrators, faculty, students), researchers and individuals from
AC 2011-1836: DEVELOPMENT OF A STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCEIN AFRICA AS A RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION TOOL FOR WOMENIN ENGINEERINGMara R. London, Gonzaga University Mara London is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at Gonzaga University. Her research and teaching focus on water quality and treatment. She was one of two faculty members to travel to Zambia, Africa to assess the feasibility of developing an engineering study abroad program.Jillian Rae Cadwell, Gonzaga University I am an assistant professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Gonzaga University. I earned a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder in Civil Engineering. My research incorporates biology, ecol- ogy, and fluid mechanics in the
engaged in research col- laboration with NASA Goddard as a Science Collaborator and has been awarded grants by the U.S. Air Force, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture to research Magnetic Mapping of Pico/Nano/Micro-Satellites and study the impact of magnetic field exposure on plant germination, growth. Dr. Asundi teaches courses in Space Systems Engineering and is actively engaged in collaboration with academic institutions in India. As part of invited visits, Dr. Asundi has conducted several short courses and workshops in Systems Engineering Based Design of PNMSats.Dr. Gregory C. Bernard, Tuskegee University Gregory C. Bernard, Ph.D., is a molecular biologist concentrating in the areas of plant
study.This (other category) paper complements previous research in explicitly describing Coomer6 andHultgren’s7 paradigm classification criteria and how new researchers can use the paradigmclassification criterion to identify and determine the quality of operationalization of paradigms inresearch studies. New researchers are often experts or graduate students in engineering orengineering education, who have primarily been trained in and are operating from the empirical-analytical paradigm, without formal education on different research paradigms. Hence, newresearchers may benefit from a description of the different paradigm classification criteria andthe process of using the paradigm classification criteria to determine the quality of
cultivate and evaluate supportive teaching and learning networks in engineering departments and colleges. He received his doctoral degree in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where he was a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. His dissertation studied the teaching practices of engineering instructors during game-based learning activities, and how these practices affected student motivation.Dr. Dominik May, University of Wuppertal Dr. May is a Professor at the University of Wuppertal. He researches online and intercultural engineering education. His primary research focuses on the development, introduction, practical use, and educational value of online laboratories (remote, virtual, and cross-reality
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like encouraging the idea capture the educational goals in we turn those into cases, case that the trainees are an important training future scientists; it's studies that can go out to the output of the lab, not just papers. within the lens of research lab community as a way of showing training but not training what are the various ethical undergrads or graduate students in traps, if you will, that you can the classroom in general. find yourself in? Translating I think a one-pager would be Are you implying that people I look forward to seeing beneficial here too. I like
Biomedical Engineering Key Content Survey – The 1st Step in a Delphi Study to determine the core undergraduate BME curriculum David W. Gatchell1,4, Robert A. Linsenmeier1,2,4, Thomas R. Harris3,4 Departments of 1Biomedical Engineering and 2Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University/3Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, and Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University/4VaNTH Engineering Research CenterThe field of Biomedical Engineering has seen marked growth over the past ten years. In fact,since 1990, we have witnessed a two-fold increase in the number of undergraduate programsgranting degrees in
, path to graduate school, and future employment.Differing experiences of belonging and self-efficacy. STEM students and staff professionals alsoreported very different perspectives in terms of feelings of belonging and self-efficacy withinclasses, within social settings, and when students engage with professors and peers. Faculty fromUR/US groups also complained of behaviors from peers and students that diminished their senseof belonging. Students and staff were especially vocal in arguing that the University needs to hiremore diverse faculty, so that students could identify with, and “see themselves” in the faculty. Asnoted below, one research study showed that whereas both men and women at a universityearned low grades in STEM, women were
Paper ID #14545A Longitudinal Study of Veteran Student Efficacy in the College of Engineer-ing & IT at Georgia Southern - Year 0Dr. Keith A. Landry PE, Georgia Southern University Keith Landry, PhD, PE Colonel (Retired), US Army Assistant Professor Civil Engineering & Construction Management Department Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GADr. Mike Jackson, Georgia Southern University Dr. Jackson is an experienced Engineering Administrator, Educator, and Researcher. He has completed over $5M in externally funded research and has published more than 75 scholarly works related to Civil Engineering and Construction