role in engineering education. In the present study, students enrolled in anentrepreneurship education course were from various engineering schools. Overall, theinstrument development included four steps. First, our research team conducted an extensiveliterature review on entrepreneurial self-efficacy in engineering education. Second, we pilotedthe original entrepreneurial self-efficacy instrument to a small group of students in theentrepreneurship education course. Third, based on the results and feedback we received fromthe pilot study, we collaborated with the course instructor to modify and add items that alignedwith the course content and prior research. Third, we administered the revised instrument tostudents enrolled in the
Paper ID #38784Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Learning Effectiveness:Implications from the Lived Experiences Amidst a Mixture of In-Personand Online InstructionDr. Qin Liu, University of Toronto Dr. Qin Liu is Senior Research Associate with the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada. Her research interests include engineering students’ learning experiences and outcomes, including competency development and career pathways.Dr. Greg Evans P.Eng., University of Toronto GREG EVANS PhD, P.Eng, FCEA, FAAAS is
Paper ID #39301In/authenticity in STEM Social Networks: How ”Out” are LGBTQ Studentswith their Peers in STEM?Dr. Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University - Bozeman Bryce E. Hughes is an Associate Professor in Adult and Higher Education at Montana State University. His research interests encompass diversity and equity in engineering education, with a focus on LGBTQ students. He was recently awarded an NSF CAREER grant to study the experiences of LGBTQ under- graduates in STEM fields. He holds a Ph.D. in education from the University of California, Los Angeles, an M.A. in student development administration from Seattle
identity prejudices thatoveremphasize and undervalue women’s contributions [6]. Engineering education research(EER) has explored possible explanations as to why this phenomenon persists despite sustainedefforts to recruit and retain more women in engineering [7]. One explanation of women’sunderrepresentation is the ways knowledge and knowing are produced, evaluated, understood,and valued that are foundational to engineering education and their potential to disenfranchisewomen [8]. This paper is part of a larger study where we explore the epistemological foundationsof engineering alongside women’s epistemologies and how different ideas about knowledge andknowing relate to women’s underrepresentation in engineering.Our exploration of the interaction
faculty, graduate students, andundergraduate students in electrical and computer engineering, physics, and science education,was designed to facilitate middle school students’ engineering knowledge, design skills, interest,and motivation for learning electrical engineering applications in the context of physical scienceconcepts. The overarching research questions guiding the study were the following: 1. What challenges did middle school engineering instructors encounter in relation to students’ cognitive load, interest, and motivation? 2. How did middle school engineering instructors modify their instruction to mediate the cognitive and affective challenges of their students in an informal science and engineering out-of-school
examining how engineering innovations mobilize social and economic change. Dr. Ali earned his PhD in Engineering Education Systems and Design from Arizona State University, studying the relationship between context and adaptability in curricular change. He has graduate degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics (space systems design, and astrodynamics), Electrical and Computer Engineering (artificial intelligence, fields and optics) and Engineering Education (design cognition and human communication inquiry) all from Purdue University. He completed the Applied Management Principles program (mini-MBA) at the Krannert School of Management at Purdue. He also has an under- graduate degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics
. in Mechanical Engineering and Secondary Math- ematics Education at the University of Nevada, Reno (’17). Atop his education, Justin is a previous National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and has won over a dozen awards for research, service, and activism related to marginalized communities, including the 2020 American Society for En- gineering Education Educational Research and Methods Division Best Diversity Paper for his work on test anxiety. As a previous homeless and food-insecure student, Justin is eager to challenge and change engineering education to be a pathway for socioeconomic mobility and broader systemic improvement rather than an additional barrier.Ms. Alexandra Mary Jackson, Rowan
undergraduate and graduate courses in the area of building science, including energy modeling and sustainability assessment. Dr. Makhmalbaf’s research activities have been published and recognized nationally and internationally. Her research activities have resulted in about 40 technical reports and prestigious journal and conference papers. Dr. Makhmalbaf is highly interested in Architecture pedagogy and experiments with innovative teaching pedagogies. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 IMPACT OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE ON IMPROVING LEARNING PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTSABSTRACTDevelopment and adoption of open educational resources (OERs) have grown in recent years. Yet,we lack
associate professor at Texas A & M University in the College of Edu- cation and Human Development in the departments of Teaching, Learning, and Culture and Educational Psychology.Rachelle Pedersen, Texas A&M University Rachelle Pedersen is a Ph.D. student at Texas A&M studying Curriculum & Instruction (Emphasis in En- gineering & Science Education). She has a M.S. in Curriculum & Instruction from Texas A&M University and a B.S. in Engineering Science (Technology Education) from Colorado State University. Her research focuses on motivation and social influences (e.g. mentoring and identity development) that support un- derrepresented students in STEM fields. Prior to graduate school, Rachelle
programsoptimize curricula to prepare students for a data-driven profession.Engineering identity is a dynamic construct evolving throughout students' academic experiences,encompassing technical competence and a sense of belonging in the engineering community [4],[5]. Key factors include performance/competence beliefs, interest, and recognition from peers andmentors [6]. Meanwhile, data skills have become crucial for engineering graduates [2], thoughintegrating data science into engineering curricula varies across institutions [9]. Recent studies [1],[7], [8] have begun exploring the link between data proficiency and engineering identity, butfurther research is needed to clarify how specific data skills influence identity formation.Understanding how
Paper ID #37272An Analysis of Low-Scoring Blind and Low-Vision Individuals’ SelectedAnswers on a Tactile Spatial Ability InstrumentDaniel Kane, Utah State University Daniel Kane is a graduate student at Utah State University pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education with a concurrent master’s degree in Civil Engineering. 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.Dr. Natalie L. Shaheen Dr. Natalie L. Shaheen is an assistant professor of blind education at Illinois State
of Experiential Engineering Education. She earned her PhD in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Delaware in 2024. Rachel’s research interests include engineering education and sustainability in engineering, and she has engaged in specific projects regarding mental health in engineering students, K-12 engineering education, sustainable technologies for food waste management, and biological waste treatment.Miss Patricia Lynn Hurley, University of Delaware Patricia Hurley is a graduate student studying environmental engineering at the University of Delaware. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 WIP: Introducing thriving in a first-year engineering
learning experiences via her own research and in her professional role supporting interdisciplinary research teams. She uses social network analysis and qualitative methods to understand relationships between team members and plans to develop interventions to build closeness and belonging in teams.Dr. Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, Universidad del Norte Ruben D. Lopez-Parra is an Assistant Professor in the Instituto de Estudios en Educaci´on (Institute for Educational Studies) at the Universidad del Norte in Colombia. His Ph.D. is in Engineering Education from Purdue University, and he has worked as a K-16 STEM instructor and curriculum designer using various evidence-based learning strategies. In 2015, Ruben earned an M.S. in
McCormick Teaching Excellence Institute Research Fellow. Her research focuses on how identity, among other affective factors, influences diverse groups of students to choose engineering and persist in engineering. She also studies how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belonging, motivation, and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning to understand engineering students’ identity
edge cutting test (TMCT) and authoring an ASEE paper on potential impacts on spatial ability performance from COVID-19 among blind and low-vision individuals. His focus in coursework during his time at the university has been on engineering, kinesiology, and psychology. He also has been involved over the last year in an Instructional Technologies and Learning lab where he has helped code, analyze, organize, and prepare data on cognitive load in college students.Daniel Kane, Utah State University Daniel Kane is a graduate student at Utah State University pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education with a concurrent master’s degree in Civil Engineering. His research interests focus around the study of spatial ability with
investigating its impact on EDS’ well-being.The EDS population is not a monolith and we expect to find different subgroups of students forwhom the QE process has different impacts. This study outlines the pilot testing of interviewprotocols developed using the PERMA-V well-being framework [12], [13], [14]. Thisframework consists of six constructs that define well-being: positive emotion, engagement,relationships, meaning, accomplishment, and vitality. Pilot studies are necessary in qualitativeresearch to establish and refine theoretical frameworks, research questions, and interviewquestions, and to establish a rapport between the interviewer and the participants [15], [16]. Theresults of this pilot study will help fine tune the protocols for a later
be for our students asfuture engineers.Professional preparation of engineers, as with the law, and medicine, necessitates the applicationof knowledge through an applied rehearsal in authentic learning situations. The clinic of law ormedicine is sometimes practiced as a capstone educational experience in fields of engineering.Having engineering students work together on a project is becoming a prominent pedagogicalapproach in upper-level engineering undergraduate courses and graduate courses. This directlysupports the professional practice and professional formation for many fields of engineering andaddresses many ABET student learning outcomes.A multiple case-study approach was used to apply and illustrate a “product”-based learningframework
Paper ID #46425Investigating Self-Regulated Learning, Motivation, and Test Anxiety to EffectivelySupport Hispanic/Latine/a/o/x and Transfer Students via Pedagogical PracticesSierra Outerbridge, University of Central Florida Sierra Outerbridge, M.Ed., is a graduate research assistant and Education (Learning Sciences) Ph.D. student at the University of Central Florida. Sierra earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Samford University where she studied Spanish Language and Literature and Business, as well as a Master of Education degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Central Florida. Her current
educators learn. He currently serves as the Graduate Program Chair for the Engineering Education Systems and Design Ph.D. program. He is also the immediate past chair of the Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN) and a deputy editor for the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). Prior to joining ASU he was a graduate research assistant at the Tufts’ Center for Engineering Education and Outreach.Dr. Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Kaela Martin is an Associate Professor and Associate Department Chair of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott Campus. She graduated from Purdue University with a PhD in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. Her
) studied how professional elements promote EI by analyzing survey responsesfrom 1,536 undergraduates across three engineering disciplines from two institutions. Aftercontrolling for demographics (gender, race, etc.) and course-related factors (division, major,etc.), they found that students’ likings for tinkering, design, and analysis experiences correlatewith stronger EI, suggesting the importance of enhancing those experiences to ultimatelyinfluence persistence and retention. Their studies, along with others, support the theoreticalfoundation of our work, which uses EI in quantitative analysis. Our research will explore how EIis linked to behaviors students exhibit during teamwork and whether that linkage is affected bywhether/how they
Information System Security Professional (CISSP®) certification with security architecture focus (ISSAP®) from ISC2®.Tracey Sulak, Baylor UniversityDr. Anne Marie Spence, Baylor University Clinical Professor Mechanical Engineering ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Investigating Perceptions of Engineering in First- and Third-Year StudentsThis empirical research brief investigates undergraduate students’ perceptions of engineering asa career. Guided by theory on developing engineering perceptions [1], [2] and the 2024 InclusiveMindset Report’s challenge to create pathways “toward professional practice, graduate school,and challenges not yet known” [3, p. 39
Paper ID #46326Exploring Perfectionism and Mental Health in Engineering Students: A Synthesisof Perfectionism Theories and Measurement ScalesHaleh Barmaki Brotherton, Clemson University Haleh Barmaki Brotherton is a graduate student in the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. Her research interests include mental health, perfectionism, self-regulation, and decision-making. Her background is in Industrial Design and Industrial Engineering.Dr. Nathalie Al Kakoun, Engineering Learning Lab, American University of Beirut Nathalie Al Kakoun holds a PhD in Civil Engineering and is a researcher and
the study, data triangulation was employed by integratingmultiple data sources, including interviews and artifacts. Reflective memos were maintainedthroughout the research process to document researcher perspectives and minimize potentialbiases. The use of this systematic research process, which included examining our own subjectivity,further supported the trustworthiness of the study [9].Mia’s Journey: From Hesitation to AdvocacyPedagogical Change and Internal ConflictMia vividly recalls her initial exposure to the FII initiative, a moment steeped in skepticism andresistance. As a newly hired lecturer co-teaching with her former advisor, she was confident inher teaching methods. Reflecting on this pivotal moment, Mia shared, “I knew that
Topological Data Analysis. Studies in Engineering Education, 2(1), 16–34. https://doi.org/10.21061/see.18[2] Laursen, B.P., & Hoff, E. (2006). Person-Centered and Variable-Centered Approaches to Longitudinal Data. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly 52(3), 377-389. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/mpq.2006.0029.[3] Morin, A. J. S., Bujacz, A., & Gagné, M. (2018). Person-Centered Methodologies in the Organizational Sciences: Introduction to the Feature Topic. Organizational Research Methods, 21(4), 803-813. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428118773856[4] Aflaki, K., Vigod, S., & Ray, J. G. (2022). Part I: A friendly introduction to latent class analysis. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 147, 168–170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi
instruction in engineering education.MethodologyThis study focused on students and faculty from a polytechnic engineering program at a largesouthwestern U.S. engineering college. Undergraduate and graduate students were recruited(n=100) and 11 selected for interviews to capture diverse viewpoints from various academicyears and courses. Additionally, faculty participants(n=20) were recruited and six were selectedbased on having taught at least one face-to-face course. A qualitative research approach waschosen to get a better understanding of complex social phenomena and educational practices [6]and to explore and understand the perspectives of both faculty and students regarding face-to-face teaching and learning. Semi-structured interviews enabled
of instructional strategies that supportstudents’ sustainability learning and behaviors in higher education. Existing research hasdemonstrated the ways that students’ (a) knowledge, (b) attitudes, and (c) behaviors aboutsustainability work in tandem to positively reinforce one another [10]. For example, Hendersonand colleagues [5] studied the role of sustainability involvement in students’ activism andleadership practices and found that involvement in sustainability organizations was positivelyrelated to sustainability leadership development. These findings raise the question about howbest to foster students’ sustainability knowledge, shape students' attitudes about sustainabilityproblems, and catalyze students’ positive sustainability
Director and Graduate Chair of Engineering Education Research at University of Michigan In her research she focuses on increasing faculty adoption of evidence-based instruction, identifying ways to better support students with neurodiversities, and promoting students” sense of social responsibility through engineering coursework. Professor Finelli is a fellow of both the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). She previously served as deputy editor for the Journal of Engineering Education, associate editor for the European Journal of Engineering Education, and associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Education. She founded the Center for
isbeing used in conjunction with a survey on engineering identity, sense of community, and co-opexperiences, in a concurrent mixed-methods research study. In this pilot work, the first round ofinterviews were assessed for their quality and alignment with the goals of the larger mixedmethods study.Programmatic ContextIron Range Engineering (IRE), is a co-op based upper division engineering program. Studentsjoin IRE from community colleges around the United States after completing their first two yearsof lower division engineering requirements. They then join on campus at Minnesota StateUniversity, Mankato, for one intensive semester, called Bell Academy, developing technical,professional, and design skills before starting paid engineering co-op
graduates [5].However, despite extensive research about how to promote change in undergraduate STEMeducation, systematic change has been limited [6], [7]. Many change initiatives and models thathave been utilized to study and promote change have failed to achieve the adoption of research-based instructional practices at universities [8], [9]. Similar trends in research have beenidentified within engineering education [10]. Thus, it is evident that alternative and more holisticways to understand and support change are needed.The COVID-19 pandemic created a real-world laboratory to explore what instructional practicesand strategies were changed and sustained when instructors were forced to use new instructionalmethods under uncertain situations
general faculty and Director of Workplace and Academic Com- munication in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. She applies her skills as a social psychologist to gather data from executives about stellar presentations and other oral communication skills and she conducts research on communication, to improve instruction for both undergraduates and PhD students. Dr. Norback has developed and provided instruction for students in industrial and biomedical engineering and has advised on oral communication instruction at other univer- sities. Since she founded the Presentation Coaching Program in 2003, the coaching has had over 41,000 student visits. As of winter 2015, she shared her