Paper ID #40839Literature Review of Analyzing and Predicting Students’ Performance inExaminationsSakhi Aggrawal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Sakhi Aggrawal is a Graduate Research Fellow in Computer and Information Technology department at Purdue University. She completed her master’s degree in Business Analytics from Imperial College Lon- don and bachelor’s degree in Computer and Information Technology and Organizational Leadership from Purdue University. She worked in industry for several years with her latest jobs being as project manager at Google and Microsoft. Her research interests include: workforce
invited URM seminar guests, and arrangingmeals and special interactive opportunities for students to meet with each guest.Seminar and discussion series on advising URM students: To increase awareness of challengesassociated URM graduate students and to increase involvement in recruiting and advising suchstudents, two seminars and discussions targeting faculty and graduate students were proposed.The speakers offer two unique and complimentary perspectives on URM student experiences.One is a researcher studying classroom dynamics with a focus on inclusivity and equity inscience. Thus, she can speak to the current state of science education and lead discussions onsystemic issues relevant to training URM students. The other was trained (and thrived
students in engineering graduate studies.The purpose of this study is to understand the stressors that Black graduate students encounter inengineering and the emotions associated with those experiences. This study is affiliated with aNational Science Foundation (NSF) study investigating the role of engaging in professionalorganizations—such as the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and Black Greek LetterOrganizations (BGLOs)—and the mechanisms by which they promote support for Blackengineering students. Through the data collected, it was found that emotions played a large rolein the responses, perceptions, and actions of the Black graduate engineering studentsinterviewed; hence, this work addresses the following research question: How do
study abroad programs.Another important benefit of the program is that students will have opportunities to make newfriends and establish network in a foreign country. Since graduate students have a higher potentialfor management level positions, a network of friends may lead to business partnerships in thefuture. Page 6.644.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationThe creation of student diversity from different countries and cultures is very important inunderstanding people. Such diversity
coursedesigns, and promoting reflective practice. Because the process of creating a personal teachingportfolio can be challenging, many institutions provide guidance to graduate students and facultywho are developing teaching portfolios.IntroductionThe use of teaching portfolios in academia has increased in popularity in recent years. Ascolleges and universities continue to improve their commitment to teaching, the need forstrategies to document teaching as a scholarly activity parallel to other scholarly activities suchas research and service have in turn become increasingly important. Highly influential authorssuch as Selden1 have proposed that faculty develop teaching portfolios as one way to achieve thegoal of documenting teaching as a scholarly
Institutions was added last fall.The program features an Academic Success and Professional Development class which includesinformation on resumes, portfolios, elevator speeches, how to work a career fair,interest/research papers, reducing stress, graduate school, and career planning for 10 years pastthe baccalaureate degree. The underlying academic support is the Guaranteed 4.0 Plan. Theprogram has proven successful with a graduation rate of 95% and 50% of the students goingright on to graduate school for the scholarship students. These rates are much higher thannational averages.The lessons learned through developing the program and working with the students are bestpractices that could benefit any engineering student program.IntroductionIn 2002, the
Powered by www.slayte.com GPA Patterns of Black Mechanical Engineering Students (Work in Progress)AbstractIn recent years, research has associated grade point average (GPA) with a variety of studentoutcomes during their undergraduate careers. The studies link higher GPAs to students beingmore likely to graduate in their major, while lower GPAs have been linked to students switchingmajors or leaving the institution. Further research, which focuses on how Black female and malestudents remain successful in different engineering degrees, is necessary to identify theunderlying elements contributing to their entrance into and exit from engineering disciplines.This quantitative examination of trends among the
skills that are transferable in their decisions to enter into graduate studies or the professional worldDr. Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, New Mexico State University Luis Rodolfo GARCIA CARRILLO received the PhD. degree in Control Systems from the University of Technology of Compi`egne, France. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center of Control, Dynamical systems and Computation at UC Santa Barbara, USA. He currently holds an Assistant Professor position with the Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Mexico State University, USA. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Latinx Engineering Students Surviving the Odds to Accomplish
income, race/ethnicity, gender, typeof institution, faculties, and social integration, and others that have proven to influencecollege student retention. To better understand this attrition, retention, and motivation conundrum in a science,technology, engineering, and mathematics context, some studies address theunderrepresentation of minority students within these disciplines. For example, May andChubin5 examine the various factors that contribute to the success of minority students inengineering programs. These researchers relate student success with pre-collegepreparation, recruitment programs, admission policies, financial assistance, academicintervention programs, and graduate school preparation and admission. Although asignificant
but three of the scholars (92.3%). One of the three students whoresigned from the program joined the military after his first semester and two students switchedfrom CS to Computer Information Systems. Our S-STEM program also encourages students tocontinue their education and 13 of the 39 students have pursued graduate studies at ouruniversity. Considering that 96% of our university’s population is Caucasian, we have had somesuccess in diversifying our S-STEM program where 15% are non-white. In addition, 23% of ourS-STEM population is female and more than 68% of our S-STEM scholars are first generationcollege students. At present, the significant components of the program include: leadershipbuilding, collaboration, research, and academic
AC 2011-1053: PATHWAYS TO MALE-DOMINATED ENGINEERING PRO-GRAMSAura Tuulia Paloheimo, Aalto University, School of Science and Engineering Aura Paloheimo (M.Sc.Tech.) works in the Aalto University School of Science and Engineering as a university teacher. She teaches computer science basics. Her recent research areas have covered different aspects of female minorities in technical fields.Kaisa Pohjonen, Aalto University Kaisa Pohjonen works in Aalto University as a research assistant to Aura Paloheimo. Ms. Pohjonen will graduate as B.Sc. (Math) in 2011 and continue her studies in master’s level.Pirjo Helena Putila
engaged in any scholarly activities that allow him orher to peer review technical papers or publications of other students in the Ph.D. program. Thisissue deserves attention. One of the primary goals of a Ph.D. program is to prepare a graduatestudent to conduct an independent research study and more importantly, to conduct researchwork on his her own upon graduation and publish research papers in technical journals orconference proceedings. Publications in technical journals require that the work be peeredreviewed. So, why does a student have to complete his or her dissertation before he or she learnshow to write a successful technical journal?Fourth, as noted before the format for the traditional Ph.D. dissertations does not require thestudent’s
Paper ID #37173Potential of a Values Affirmation Intervention forMarginalized Gender Students’ Belonging and RecognitionHeather Lee Perkins (Post-Doctoral Researcher) I entered the Applied Science & Community Psychology program in the fall of 2014, after completing my Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Cincinnati, and graduated in Spring 2021. I'm currently a member of the STRIDE lab at Purdue University as a Postdoctoral Researcher, and will be joining Indiana University's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences as a Visiting Assistant Professor. I’ve participated in various
) through the development and evaluation of online personal resilience training. In earlyCareerWISE studies, four types of concerns were identified as particularly discouraging todoctoral student women in STEM fields: lack of timely success or progress with dissertationresearch, difficulty balancing the demands of academic work with a personal life, coping with aprofessional climate that can be unfriendly toward women, and managing a difficult relationshipwith the primary dissertation advisor6,7,8,9. This paper examines a small portion of theCareerWISE research program and presents preliminary results related to user impressions of theweb-based training materials that have been specifically designed to assist graduate students insuccessfully
application, demonstrating a commitment to evolving engineering competence in its most holistic sense. Dr. Simmons’s recent research efforts have expanded to include a nuanced exploration of communication within engineering education, specifically focusing on developing agentic communicators. Her studies delve into the complex dynamics of communication within research labs, examining how graduate students experience communication mis-cues and identifying strategies to help both students and their advisors navigate and overcome these challenges. She also investigates how faculty approach their communication with graduate students, the concerns they encounter, and the guidance they provide to cultivate stronger, more
excluded (IC 3),emphasizing the importance of peer-reviewed empirical work in disseminating research onengineering education. ASEE conference proceedings, a significant outlet in engineeringeducation, were included. Our focus remained on undergraduate education (IC 4), given itsunique context is different from K-12 education or graduate education. We excluded articles notaddressing STEM disciplines directly (IC 5). Lastly, articles were selected only if they directlyaddressed engineering students or engineering disciplines (IC 6). Studies that includedengineering students as part of STEM major participants but did not specifically address theuniqueness of engineering students or programs were excluded. Figure 1, a PRISMA flow chart,describes the
and not engineering or computersciences? Many research studies have aimed to answer this question in various ways, includingexamining women’s math and science identities [2], confidence and self-efficacy [3, 4],perceptions and experiences [5], and larger, structural issues [6]. This study aims to identifywomen’s main motivating factor to pursue an engineering undergraduate degree. We areinterested to find out how women are influenced to choose this career path, and what influencesthem.Introduction This study took place at the University of Georgia, United States, and focused onundergraduate women enrolled in engineering majors. The college of engineering has recentlyreceived national recognition for their diversity programs [7] and as
graduation rates by approximately 3.879%. Thisnegative relationship aligns with findings from the HLM and DML analyses across all 26 univer-sities, reinforcing the link between increased complexity and lower graduation rates. Adding thehidden socioeconomic status node offers more profound insights into causal mechanisms, high-lighting the critical role of addressing unobserved confounders. The robustness and reliability ofthese conclusions are validated through domain expert adjustments, BIC scores, and sensitivityanalyses.4.5 Case Studies: A Public Research UniversityThis section delves into the analysis of curricular complexity and its impact on four-year gradua-tion rates at a representative public research university.4.5.1 Causal Effect
Engineering Education at Purdue University, where she was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and the winner of Purdue’s 2021 Three Minute Thesis competition for her work in developing research and courses on engineering thriving. She also received dual bachelor’s degrees in Industrial Engineering and Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her prior work experiences include product management, consulting, tutoring, marketing, and information technology.Bryan Watson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Bryan Watson, PE earned his Ph.D. at the Georgia Institute of Technology and his B.S. in Systems Engineering at the United States Naval Academy in 2009. After
in curricular design and has developed design spines for environmental and mechanical engineering programs, and recently helped design the engineering education systems and design PhD program at ASU. She teaches design courses, engineering science courses, and graduate courses focused on qualitative research methods.Dr. Audrey Boklage, Arizona State UniversityDr. Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Brooke Coley, Ph.D. received her doctorate in Bioengineering with a concentration in Biomechanics at the University of Pittsburgh. Following her graduate studies, she became an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellow at the National
program, funded by the National Science Foundation in order to expand international research opportunities for students in STEM fields. NanoJapan was recognized by the Institute for International Education in 2008 with the prestigious Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovations in Study Abroad. Dr. Matherly is the recipient of two Fulbright grants for international education administrators (Germany and Japan.) She has a BA in English and Political Science from the University of New Mexico, an MS in Education from Indiana University, and an Ed.D. in Education from the University of Houston. She teaches in the graduate program in education at The University of Tulsa.Dr. Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh Dr
Paper ID #22809An Assessment of HBCU STEM Student Experiences: Towards the Develop-ment of a Student Persistence ModelMrs. Shabnam Etemadi Brady, Tennessee State University Shabnam Etemadi Brady is a Ph.D. student in Counseling Psychology at Tennessee State University with research interests in the educational and mental health development of marginalized populations, such as immigrants and refugees. She is currently working on National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research regarding broadening participation and student persistence in STEM for graduate programs and at HBCUs under Dr. Lesia Crumpton-Young who is
. Page 14.432.5Exit SurveyThis survey is conducted at the end of each semester on the graduating students. The ABET a-koutcome tool is used to measure the level of their confidence. At course level their outcomes aremeasured using the a-k outcome tool. Students judge themselves as to what level of confidenceand expertise they have earned as they get ready to enter the Corporate America (Figure A.1)Graduate Advisor Opinion SurveyReadiness for graduate study is one of the objectives of any program. This survey is sent to thegraduate advisors of those alumni who have been pursuing graduate studies (Figure A.2) in anydisciplines.IAB Member SurveyIndustrial Advisory Board members meet at least once a year to assess programs from variousaspects and
students who participated in an undergraduateresearch experience were much more likely to pursue graduate studies with 80% of surveyrespondents who had participated in an undergraduate research program indicated that they eitherhad obtained a graduate degree or were enrolled in a graduate program compared with less thanhalf of students who had no exposure to undergraduate research (Zydney, 2002). Positiveresearch experiences can greatly contribute to a student’s attitude toward research and pursuit ofgraduate studies, but many undergraduate students have anxiety when learning how to conductresearch for the first time. In one study of undergraduate education majors in a research methodscourse, it was determined that female students on average
thepathways from high school to and through college engineering across different groups ofstudents. Such understanding is essential insight to provide important recommendations forinnovating and refocusing interventions aimed at increasing participation and graduation inengineering.Keywords: remedial education, major choice, persistence, engineering, high school preparation 1 Introduction This is a research paper examining the impact of remedial education courses on studentengineering major choice, course grades, likelihood of graduation, and time to degree amongthose who graduate. Although previous studies
regional industries and government must continuously develop their innovative capacity(intellectual property) to stay competitive and sustain economic growth. Graduate educationmust reflect this change, understand the new relationships between customer needs, directedscientific research, and engineering/technology leadership. For the U.S. to sustain globalcompetitiveness, traditional graduate studies must undergo educational reform. The three broadmandates for this collaborative effort are: • To create new models of needs-driven, professionally oriented graduate education through the master and doctoral levels that better support engineering and technology innovation. • To involve industry and government as key partners in
The “I” in INCLUSION Ishita TandonBiographical Information –Ishita Tandon is a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Kartik Balachandran’s lab in the Department of BiomedicalEngineering. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology engineering from India. Her research involvesdeveloping multiscale in vitro and in vivo models of heart valves aimed at studying the early detection andmonitoring of calcific aortic valve disease. She has received the American Heart Association PredoctoralFellowship and the University of Arkansas Doctoral Academy Fellowship along with multiple other honorsand travel grants. She has also published 8 peer-reviewed articles, a book chapter
2022 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceInterdisciplinary Capstone Experience for Master’s and Doctoral Students in STEM at Kansas State UniversityMirit Shamir, Stacy Hutchinson, Gaea Hock, Ryan Hansen, Jonathan Aguilar, Nathan Hendricks, Prathap Parameswaran, Matthew Sanderson, Rebecca Cors, and Melanie M. Derby Kansas State University/ Kansas State University/ Kansas State University/ Kansas State University/ Kansas State University/ Kansas State University/ Kansas State University/ Kansas State University/ University of Wisconsin- Madison/ Kansas State UniversityKeywordsInterdisciplinary research, interdisciplinary graduate capstone course
Session 3660 Engineering Education in Greece Voula Georgopoulos*, Costas Vassiliadis** and Brian Manhire** *Technological Educational Institute of Patras, Patras Greece **School of Electrical Engineering, Ohio University, Athens, 0H, USAAbstractThis paper provides an overview of the current status of Engineering Education in Greece.Topics include: an overview of the overall educational system in Greece, a description of thecharacteristics of engineering institutions offering undergraduate and graduate engineeringeducation (including traditional and more recently, newly introduced fields of study
Paper ID #19992An Exploratory Analysis of STEM Student and Faculty Perceptions at a His-torically Black College and University (HBCU)Mrs. Shabnam Etemadi Brady, Tennessee State University Shabnam Etemadi Brady is a Ph.D. student in Counseling Psychology at Tennessee State University with research interests in the educational and mental health development of marginalized populations, such as immigrants and refugees. She is currently working on National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research regarding broadening participation and student persistence in STEM for graduate programs and at HBCUs under Dr. Lesia Crumpton-Young