the Make It Happen Program?“I really like helping people, and I thought it would be a great way to get to help people as well as developmy engineering skills.”Nearly 70% of the students that completed surveys indicated that they benefited in terms of theirmaking and humanitarian outcomes. Most students started their projects with a vague desire tohelp improve other people’s lives, but they completed with projects with a deeper understandingof the impact that a few dedicated engineers can make on a community. Both sets of codingindicated that the humanitarianism and the desire to help people were strong factors in thedecision to join MIH. The coding also showed that most students were motivated to gain projectexperience and solve real world
selected from a 2-3 page white paper submitted detailing their retention and/ortransition program. In addition to being recognized during the HSI pre-conference, each of therecipients provided a brief presentation on their program during the MYEE Conference thefollowing two days, which allowed all MYEE Conference participants to also engage in theconversation of focusing on HSI student success. The awardees with a brief description of theirproposals were the following; 1. Mountain View College – Dallas County Community College District for their STEM SUCCESS program. Mountain View College began designing the STEM SUCCESS program in 2008 to attract underrepresented students to STEM courses and improve student success in
what we’ve learned about creating and implementing a 3-day summer experience for newly admitted women first year engineering students. We will explain a little about what this program is at our campus and what we know about it, then we will share some of the context of the ecosystem related to supporting communities of diverse engineering scholars and why the program was launched. We will talk about the program components and logistics as well. Then we will share the assessment data and consider the measures we have to indicate the value and impact of the program. Finally, we will discuss with you the key things that might be important for transferability and aim tolearn from each other ideas for enhancing or adapting the initiative for
rather than competitivetask engagement. Perhaps not as obviously, it also does not fit well for many younger men whoare now being socialized in less gender-constricted ways.III. Alternative mentoring strategiesMultiple mentorshipsIn an alternative model that can be conceptualized as a Venn diagram of interconnected circles,multiple mentoring encourages the protégé to construct a mentoring community based on adiverse set of helpers instead of relying on a single mentor. Humphreys22 discusses thepossibilities of “distributed mentorship”, which includes as mentors both senior and juniorcolleagues, people inside as well as outside the academy, and electronic media as well aspersonal connections. Similarly, in a series of pamphlets recently created
students of all ages.Moving forward, our respective land-grant institutions will engage in campus-wide dialoguesabout the roles of generative artificial intelligence as they apply towards satisfying ourinstitutional missions towards educating tomorrow’s students, performing impactful research andhelping citizens of our respective states address real-world problems. We eagerly look forward toupdating the engineering education community on our progress, stumbling blocks andaccomplishments over the next decade. The future is bright for AI related research and educationat our land grant universities.References[1] The Chronicle of Higher Education. “How AI is changing higher education.” Accessed: Feb.2025. [Online.] Available: https://www.chronicle.com
findings indicate several opportunities for improvement. First, developing mechanisms totrack student skill development through curricula could provide valuable feedback for optimizingintroductory experiences. Second, explicit instruction to foster the development of metacognitiveskills or knowledge could help students better understand and engage with ongoing professionaland technical skill development [22]. This is particularly relevant with the current coursestructure whereby all first-year students take the course twice in their first year. Finally,improved communication between faculty at different levels could help align expectations andensure appropriate scaffolding of skill development throughout the curriculum.Building on this work, the
students; 5. Team with the Society of Women Engineers to conduct outreach programs at the library; 6. Showcase great women engineers through library exhibits; 7. Teach a science communication class for women that focuses on developing effective oral and written skills; 8. Conduct a seminar for women engineering students preparing for the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, the first step towards becoming a Professional Engineer; 9. Use social media for awareness building and outreach to women engineering students; 10. Develop a workshop for women on preparing an elevator talk for job recruitment fairs.DiscussionTo attract and retain more women students in engineering at the undergraduate level, we areexploring a variety of
which districts provide equitable opportunities to learn CS, with the most underserved cadets fairing the worst. It stands to reason that these same challenges are at play in the CS subfield of cybersecurity. Research Question. In what ways does engaging in a new, year-long CS and Cyberscurity opportunity impact the cognitive (e.g. knowledge and skills) and non-cognitive factors (e.g. social and emotional behaviors) of cadets in high school? Methodology. We conducted a qualitative study using a semi-structured interview protocol with JROTC cadets attending the schools involved in the intervention (n=17). The interview protocol focused on the types of cognitive and non-cognitive impacts the cadets
engineering; e.g. Engineers can have a positive impact on society. Professional connectedness 19 (5N) Costs-benefits: trade-offs associated with engaging in socially responsible 4 engineering or service; e.g. I would be willing to have a career that earns less money if I were serving society.1 (Number of the survey items that are negatively or reverse worded)Survey Distribution and Respondents. In fall 2012, a survey invitation was distributed toentering first-year students, seniors, and graduate students majoring in civil, environmental, andmechanical engineering at five institutions. In addition, in spring 2014 the
engage students from traditionally underrepresented groups in engineering,including Latinos and African Americans. Almost three-fourths of all Latino and two-thirds of Page 24.390.3all African-American students who go on to higher education begin their postsecondaryeducation in a community college.2 Yet for many of these students, the community collegegateway does not lead to success. Only one in four students wanting to transfer or earn adegree/certificate did so within six years, according to a recent study of California communitycolleges. African American and Hispanic students have even lower rates of completion.According to the study, only
persistence, and student autonomy. Her research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Lord is a fellow of the ASEE and IEEE and is active in the engineering education community including serving as General Co-Chair of the 2006 Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference, on the FIE Steering Committee, and as President of the IEEE Education Society for 2009-2010. She is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Edu- cation. She and her coauthors were awarded the 2011 Wickenden Award for the best paper in the Journal of Engineering Education and the 2011 Best Paper Award for the IEEE Transactions on Education. In Spring 2012, Dr. Lord spent a sabbatical at Southeast University in Nanjing, China
theoretical foundations, aiming to explorehow coupled ethical-epistemic analysis can transform engineering ethics education. By conductinga pilot study with undergraduate students engaged in analyzing climate adaptation plans, we seekto understand the impact of this pedagogical approach on the development of moral agency,thereby contributing to the broader discourse on ethical engineering education.MethodologyThis research project will occur over the course of three years and will include approaches tointegrating ethical-epistemic analysis across different domains including within the classroom,research experiences for undergraduates, and train the trainer for faculty (Figure 1). Figure 1: Research overview and
Academic Analysis of an Android Based Student Project: Remote Medical Monitoring Station Danyang Li, Qiao Zhen, Albert Gordon, Bhaskar Raj Sinha, Marcos Turquetti, Mohammad N. Amin National University, San Diego, CaliforniaAbstractFirst responders provide urgent care to patients in medical emergency. Such care must beinitiated as quickly as possible in order to maximize the survivability of the patient. Since firstaid procedures are often needed, early information on the patient’s overall condition is an asset tothe responders. Advances in wireless communication data collection have occurred on severalfronts. In the healthcare field, it
students to build broad professional abilities while considering a varietyof restrictions and designing applications that go beyond technical content understanding [1].Including framing engineering in a larger social perspective will also aid to retain students whoidentify as female or from other underrepresented minority groups, who have been proven to bemore sensitive to the link between engineering and enhancing people's life [2,3]. According toChristensen and Ernø-Kjølhede [4], the engineering education community globally values socio-technical thinking and capabilities. According to research on the benefits of incorporating socio-technical abilities into engineering courses, engineers must be deliberate and careful whiledeveloping solutions
Paper ID #17323Chasing the Holy Grail: Pushing the Academic Persistence of Highly Moti-vated, Underprepared URM Students Pursuing EngineeringDr. Jamie Bracey, Temple University College of Engineering Dr. Bracey provides strategic direction on collaborative STEM education for Temple University’s College of Engineering, across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and as a representative to national STEM networks. She serves as the college liaison for outreach, community engagement and policy advocacy to increase diversity in K-20 STEM teaching, learning and research. She also serves a dual role as state director of the
opportunity for our campus to develop a series of short courses related to windenergy, including one on wind farm acoustics. Noise from wind farms can have negative impactson residents living nearby and frequently is a barrier to community acceptance. Therefore,instruction in wind farm acoustics should include consideration of the human and environmentalimpacts, providing a rich opportunity for students to meet ABET student outcomes 2 and 4 viaconsideration of real-world case studies of wind farms noise and community impacts.Wind Farm Acoustics CourseThe goal of this course is to encourage science and engineering students to engage in analyzingsystems and devising strategies to reduce human impacts of wind farm noise and promoteacceptance of this
retention. This programis an 8-week research experience for regional campus STEM students that includes working witha faculty for 6 weeks at their home campus and spending 2 weeks with a faculty at UniversityPark. In addition, students engage in professional development and team building activities. Todate, about 270 regional campus students have participated in the MC REU program during itsfive-year tenure. Additional goals of the program include broadening education for regionalcampus students, increasing the number of regional campus students entering graduate studies,and promoting mutual awareness and collaboration among faculty across the Commonwealth.Anecdotal evidence has indicated a positive effect on the retention of MC REU participants
disagreedthat it helped to improve problem solving, teamwork, and communication skills, with significantdifferences observed between pre- and post-survey responses (p < 0.05).Recommendations for future study are to assess improvement objectively by incorporating DSTs intostudent assessments, and to observe the impact of the DST on improving student professional skillsover a longer period.Keywords: virtual work integrated learning, professional development, virtual field trips, desktop sitetoursIntroductionIn recognition of the importance of interpersonal and professional skills, Engineers Australia(EA) have made it an accreditation requirement for all tertiary engineering students to gainexposure to industrial practice prior to graduation [1
exhibits (i.e., Homelessness and Food Insecurity Awareness Week), butthe second iteration was also impacted by the global pandemic and the sudden shift toemergency remote teaching. These two factors likely impacted how students participated in theclass and engaged with the material, which in turn would have affected how they responded tothe project, to the questions asked, to the contextualization occurred. Additionally, some studentresponses could not be included in the data analysis process due to lack of contextualization inthe responses themselves (i.e., incomplete responses). Without additional context in what thestudent is referring to, we could not code the response appropriately.In both iterations of the study, the course is only one
decline in emotional engagement, declines in attitudes towards science,specifically, and the overall negative impact that the pandemic had on students' ability to engagewithin these courses.What can the United States do to support international students?Research shows that international students declare several challenges that they encounter in theUnited States, such as (1) lack of diversity in coursework and research interest; (2) the quality ofcourses; (3) faculty turnover rate; (4) lack of funding and economics; (5) exams; (6) new cultureadjustments; (7) new educational system; (8) separation from family, friends, and country; and(9) English proficiency requirements [16]. Programs for International Students shouldcompensate for international
3reflection, abstraction and active testing. Storytelling in higher education supports this type ofdeep learning.4Roger Shank, a leading visionary in artificial intelligence explained in Tell Me a Story: Narrativeand Intelligence why stories enhance deep learning and it is because of how they impact thebrain:20 • Recall and creative stories are part of learning • Stories engage all parts of the brain • Learning is deepest when it engages the most parts of the brain • Teachers and students should create, tell and repeat storiesShank was not the only researcher looking at the relationship between stories and the brain. Dr.Bruce Perry, an international recognized expert on brain development, states
influence college performance and retention. Astudy on student engagement in first-year university [7] based on seven calibrated scales ofstudent engagement. The study reported that the students who participated in class groups weremore likely to stay enrolled due to the support from those groups. [1] conducted a study on therisk of attrition for engineering students and reported that students who do not feel a sense ofbelonging are more likely to leave the engineering program. The study also reported thatsupportive communities such as class families, mentorship groups, affinity groups forunderrepresented students can help with this matter. Out of these, one thing we can help asfaculty is fostering a sense of belonging in the course and the
opportunities. It takes a learning curve forincoming freshman to get acquainted and take full advantage of these resources. Furthermore,students that take advantage of these resources are the ones that are more aware and typicallydoing much better while students in need are the ones missing out on these resources. Based onthese observations, the authors realized that is not enough to have resources available; somethingneeds to be done to engage these incoming freshman students. How to shrink this learning curve?What students taking advantage of resources know that others don’t?Adding to these socio-economic conditions, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted studentsacross the spectrum. The COVID-19 pandemic effects are still under study to clearly define
instructionalactivities involving students in doing and thinking about what they are doing 9.” Often peopleassume that learning involves a hands-on component, but that is not a necessity. Hands-onlearning, however, can be active and involve thinking that goes way beyond mere manipulationof objects.The relative effectiveness of hands-on instruction is a topic much discussed in a variety ofdisciplines. Engineers, in particular, question whether or not students benefit from tactilelearning experiences and whether or not these experiences need to involve physically handlingobjects or whether digital techniques have the same impact. To clarify, digital learningtechniques refer to the use of technology and virtual infrastructure to communicate concepts andactivities
project’s outreach services were equally distributed throughout Mauiintermediate schools, selection was also based on securing a spot for a representative from eachschool. Students represented eight different middle schools on Maui, which included home-schooled students of 7th and 8th grade age.Program AgendaThe primary focus of the program in 2006 was to address the dual barriers of gender andethnicity facing Native Hawaiian girls by exposing them to science and technology in the contextof their native culture and community. A Native Hawaiian cultural consultant, referred tosubsequently as kumu, Hawaiian for teacher, was engaged to serve that purpose of the program’smission.Another focal point was to introduce the girls to the U.S. Air Force
the University of Colorado. She is currently the coordinator for the Engineering for Developing Communities Program, and also the Service Learning Program coordinator for the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado - Boulder. She has co-taught courses on appropriate and sustainable technology. Page 12.637.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Engineering for the Developing World Course gives Students International ExperienceAbstractA new course, Engineering for the Developing World (EDW), has been taught since fall 2005.The
been studied so far?In engineering education, the cognitive stress of engaging with the curriculum can be high. Pastresearch has found that engineering students do perceive benefits from engaging in mindfulnessactivities. In one study a majority of students participating in a mindfulness training programbecame more mindful which improved both their intrapersonal (focus, resilience, self-regulation)and interpersonal competencies (empathy, teamwork, communication, leadership) [22]. Stress-management in the form of mindfulness and meditation also has the potential to improve courseoutcomes while supporting student well-being. For example, research shows that long-termmeditation can increase divergent thinking, a form of creativity used in problem
domesticstudents together early in their transition to university. This also calls universities to betterprioritize inclusive practices in order for international and domestic students to more easily andquickly see the value that can result from their relationships with one another. It is also importantfor international students to build such awareness for themselves and seek to foster newrelationships to fit within the society and culture [11]. Similarly, international students encounterbarriers when asked to participate in course teamwork. Not only do language barriers and anxietyinvolving the use of a new language impact the communication between teammates, but not allinternational students also have prior experiences working with teams. This provides
longitudinalstudy is purposed to investigate the impact of the integration of career development supports inan undergraduate biosystems engineering program on students’ vocational identity developmentin order to improve career education and engineering education. The study will take place overfour-years, with one cohort of students followed through the three-year biosystems program atthe University of Manitoba, in Canada, and into their first year as alumni. This Work-in-Progresspaper focuses on Phase 1 of this project: the career supports integrated into a first year requireddesign course. Little research has been conducted on the topic of career interventions inengineering programs. This study proposes to fill this gap through qualitative analysis
project is supported by the National Science Foundation through the ImprovingUndergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program, Award No. DUE 1430789. Anyopinions, findings, and recommendations expressed in this paper are those of the authorsand do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References1. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) (2012). Engage to excel: Producing one million additional college graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast- engage-to-excel-final_2-25-12.pdf2. California Community Colleges Student Success Task Force (CCCSSTF). (2012). Advancing