Paper ID #37175Social Capital During COVID-19: Research Case Studiesfrom U.S. and U.K. ContextsJameka Wiggins (Graduate Researcher) Originally from Prince George’s County, Jameka Wiggins is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. She started her Ph.D. in the Fall 2021 after earning her bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Jameka has always had a passion for service and an interest in helping to support marginalized populations in STEM, specifically engineering. In addition to
was commissionedto help the committee determine who was interested in studying entrepreneurship andhow many courses interested students were willing to take.In designing the survey, the faculty began with business and engineering. Theexpectation was that in-class surveys would be used. It became obvious that this was fartoo narrow an approach and, like many previous studies, the population would be limited.The results would probably generate to some extent what the faculty already knew. Itwould not provide the committee with the big picture of the potential forentrepreneurship in the university. In the end the challenge became to find amethodology that would allow all students in the university an equal opportunity toprovide express their
establish the first cycle (the former bachelor graduation), 180 ECTS(European Credit Transfer System Units), corresponding to six semesters.This credit system takes into account all the student’s work hours: classes, tutorials,preparation and lab experiments and study. In order to have an accurate reference so as todistribute credit units fairly, both students and teachers answered questionnaires. Theiropinions about the different kinds of work hours were fundamental to the attribution of thenew subject’s credits. Consequently, the new degree has five subjects each semester, one lessthan the former degree. This new course is centered in the student’s need to develop thenecessary professional skills, namely in areas like production, industrial
students to enter theworkforce (Entrepreneurship Path) or to pursue a graduate degree (Research Path) following thecompletion of a baccalaureate degree in a targeted STEM discipline. This goal is facilitatedthrough scholarships offered by the program to qualified student participants in the last twocollege years (maturing years – juniors and seniors), a mentorship program (faculty and industrymentors), and enhanced educational opportunities (Distinguished Speaker seminar series,Symposium, learning community). The program continues the efforts of and recruits fromanother NSF-funded program, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics TalentExpansion (STEP) program, which focuses on the first two student college years (early years—freshman and
time, this was the only College of Engineering in the WesternPresidency. In the Madras Presidency, the industrial school attached to the Gun Carriage Factorybecame ultimately the Guindy College of Engineering and affiliated to the Madras University(1858). The educational work in the three Colleges of Sibpur, Poona and Guindy has been moreor less similar. They all had licentiate courses in civil engineering up to 1880, when theyorganized degree classes in this branch alone. After 1880, the demand for mechanical andelectrical engineering was felt, but the three Engineering Colleges started only apprenticeshipclasses in these subjects. The Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute, which was started at Bombayin 1887, had as its objective the training
, and N. C. Ralston, “Implementation of real-world class activities in an Introduction to Environmental Engineering Class,” in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2020. [6] K. Bieryla, N. A. Schulz, R. D. Levison, and H. E. Dillon, “Play-Doh and pendulums : making mass moment of inertia fun Play-Doh and pendulums : making mass moment of inertia fun,” in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2020. [7] J. Blake Hylton, D. Mikesell, J.-D. Yoder, and H. LeBlanc, “Working to Instill the Entrepreneurial Mindset Across the Curriculum,” Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 86–106, jan 2020. [Online]. Available: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177
, researchers have found ways to link African American malescommunicating in cultural practices such as playing Spades, a card game, with the practice ofargumentation in science classrooms. [15]Business and ManagementBusiness and management in the African American community is often tied to concepts ofinnovation, entrepreneurship and identity. As with many instances of entrepreneurship, needdrives business in the Black community. Racism and segregation, had an unanticipatedbyproduct that no one could have planned - the birth of successful Black business which had aniche market, their own people. The following themes will be discussed and will help to situatethe attribute in the lived experiences of Black people: service oriented entrepreneurship
- 2024 2019 • United Nations SDGs: Local Context • Pre-departure Cultural and Awareness (UN SDGs) Assessment Test • National Academy of Engineering Challenges (NAEC) • Sustainability Concepts • Sustainability in local context (Classes at Penn State)The evolution of the global experience in Peru, whichbegan in in 2018 and has taken on iterations over theyears.The concepts of global citizenship and sustainability areessential in transforming undergraduate education in
Paper ID #10041Dialogue of Innovation: Did you come to See or did you come to Stay?Mr. Richard Harris, Northeastern University Richard Harris College of Engineering Assistant Dean for Academic Scholarship, Mentoring & Outreach Director, NUPRIMEMs. Lauren Machunis, Northeastern University Lauren Machunis is an undergraduate Academic Advisor in the College of Engineering at Northeastern University, where she advises first year students, as well as upper class students majoring in Chemical Engineering. Additionally, she is an adjunct instructor in Liberal Studies within Northeastern’s College of Professional Studies
minority girls think aboutSTEM and to unveil careers in STEM, especially engineering, they might not have otherwiseconsidered. The framework of our mixed-methods study is socio-cultural and critical race theorywith a feminist perspective. Most of the data analysis tools are qualitative but some surveys arealso conducted. In its first year, we saw what we believe to be a fear response from the girls ingrades 4-5. During both the in-class and the staged interviews the teachers and coordinatorsinfluenced students to give the “right answers.” We believe this behavior has the same roots asthat of the girls: a fear of failure. In this case the teachers are trying to mitigate the girls’ failure.Because our second-year curriculum has a strong engineering
students interested inpursuing STEM careers 1. Literature suggests that female students tend to lose interest inpursuing STEM classes and careers between the 6th – 8th grades.2-4 This is attributed to a lack inrole models, gender biases, and negative peer pressure suggesting female students are not good atscience and math.3, 5, 6. The North Carolina A&T State University (NCA&T) Case Studies inScience and Engineering Enrichment Lab program is an informal science and engineeringeducation program in its third year of operation. It is a hands-on STEM program designed to useguided inquiry and case studies to teach critical process skills for scientific inquiry. Theoverarching goal of the program was to identify how an all-female environment
application (app)development and 3) mentoring from college students and minority men. In addition, eachinstitution has added unique elements based on capabilities and philosophy. These activitiesexposed participants to activities designed to enhance their knowledge of personal development,entrepreneurship, and other STEM topics, and included workshops and field trips. For example,one university integrated robotics into the program activities and provided competitiveopportunities. Participants are drawn from middle schools (grades 6 – 8) that enroll at least 40%of students from families falling at or below 185% of the poverty line ($44,863 in 2015, for afamily of four), as measured by students receiving Free And Reduced Meals (FARMs)26,27.However
communication, 5. A contributing backbone organization. [15]To recruit, retain, and transition young women, and particularly women of color, into thecomputing workforce, MSAWC is modeled after similar, proven broadening participation incomputing (BPC) collective impact approaches. Specifically, four strategies with proven success,listed in Table 1 [16] provide a foundation for MSAWC activities.Table 1. BPC Collective Alliance Approaches [16] Proven Approach Description Reforming statewide Develop a common framework that focused on students and systems educational systems on various levels of the educational pathway. Provide introductory computing classes for students, with an Focusing on
developed their abilities in computationalthinking, problem solving, and creativity.Questions 4-6 are KEEN related, and the results indicate that through teamwork, collaboration andreflection, the course allowed students to gain additional insights into entrepreneurship mindset inthe context of software development. Page 26.671.6Moreover, question 7 shows that after the class, students increase their interest in computer science,thus helps increase the student retention rates in the department.4.2 Instructor’s EvaluationIn addition to the students self-evaluation surveys, the instructor also evaluated students per-formance on class work
Paper ID #23814Effects of Research and Internship Experiences on Engineering Task Self-Efficacy on Engineering Students Through an Intersectional LensAbisola Coretta Kusimo, Stanford University - Mechanical Engineering Dept. Abisola Kusimo received her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with minors in Rhetoric Com- munication, Engineering Leadership Development, and Technology Entrepreneurship from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2015. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Stanford with a focus on Addi- tive Manufacturing in highly-constrained environments and is a National GEM Ph.D. Fellow, American
and has served as a model for additional outreach programs hosted at Rowan University.1.2 Why Girls?Women constitute nearly half the workforce in the United States but only 24% of STEM(science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) jobs [2]. The target audience, middle schoolgirls, was selected as this period of time is known to result in a decrease of girls’ self-esteem asthey enter adolescence [3]. 66% of fourth grade girls report that they enjoy their mathematics andscience classes; however, by college, only 18% of engineering majors are female [4].Various studies suggest that social influences are responsible for the underrepresentation ofwomen in STEM fields. Social influences include those propagated by social media
these pages. Studentsachieved an average score of 73% on all these exercises. While informal feedback provided bystudents in class was generally positive, students also reported frustration with the inevitablebugs and errors which accompanied a first-time implementation and draft edition of the book.A revised and expanded version of the book was assigned in ECE 3724 in Spring 2018 in all foursections of the course by all three instructors of the course, covering a total of 116 students. Atthis point, students have completed 23 assignments, with an average grade of 79%. A total of 99students in the authors’ sections of the course were surveyed after completion of 8 assignmentson the best and worst aspects of the system. The most common responses
Paper ID #10977Can an engineering summer bridge program effectively transition underrep-resented minority students leading to increased student success?Dr. Darryl Dickerson, Purdue UniversityFreddy Solis, Purdue University, West Lafayette Freddy Solis is a doctoral candidate in the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He holds a civil engineering degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Mexico, and M.Sc. in civil engineering and MBA degrees from Purdue University. His research focuses on innovation, design, entrepreneurship, and engineering education.Ms. Virginia Booth Womack, Purdue
-2014, and the Herbert F. Alter Chair of Engineering (Ohio Northern University) in 2010. His research interests include success in first-year engineering, engineering in K-12, introducing entrepreneurship into engi- neering, and international service and engineering. He has written texts in design, general engineering and digital electronics, including the text used by Project Lead the Way.Max Mikel-Stites, Virginia Tech Max Mikel-Stites is pursuing master’s degrees in engineering mechanics and mathematics at Virginia Tech. He studies the biomechanics of hearing in parasitoid flies and is passionate about the physics of Marvel superheroes and scientific communication. His general research interests include biological
research.Lorelle Meadows, University of Michigan Lorelle Meadows, Ph.D., is Director of Academic Programs in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. In this role, she holds primary responsibility for the design, management and delivery of the first year program to undergraduate students. She also serves as a catalyst for coordination among the engineering programs encompassed by the Office of Undergraduate Education, including the Center for Entrepreneurship, the International Programs Office and the Multidisciplinary Design program.David Lorch, University of Michigan David Lorch, Ph.D., received his B.S.E. (Mechanical Engineering), M.S.E. (Biomedical Engineering) and Ph.D
Paper ID #33780A Study of Gender Differences in Career Choice in STEM Disciplines: theCase of Chilean StudentsProf. Cristian Saavedra-Acuna, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepcion, Chile Cristian Saavedra is an assistant professor at the School of Engineering at the University Andres Bello in Concepcion, Chile. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering and a master’s degree in Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Cristian is certified in Industrial Engineering, University Teaching, Online Hybrid and Blended Education, and Entrepreneurship Educators. He teaches industrial engineering students and
next lunch meeting. Given the range oftopics covered at the lunches, the initial target group has expanded over time to includecollaborators in other disciplines, faculty whose research focuses on gender and STEM,as well as colleagues from areas such as entrepreneurship and social science who facemany of the same issues as women faculty in STEM. This provides an opportunity tobuild a larger campus network of faculty interested in the issues that affect womenfaculty, as well as spur collaborations with interested groups outside the college. Whilenot all of these additional faculty are invited to attend every lunch, some generally attendeach month. Given the small number of women faculty in STEM, these additions do notincrease the size of the
questions: “Howcan I make my shock absorber stronger?”, “Why doesn’t my rocket go straight?”, "Whatball worked better and why?”, “What kinds of wings can we make?”, and “Why arelighter materials better.?”Second year project findings show children are learning new concepts and vocabularyand actually remembering them weeks and months after the class is over. In fact, nearlythree quarters (74.8%) of children reported that since participating in Family Science,they have a better understanding of science and engineering.Children said they share their knowledge with their siblings and friends after they learnsomething interesting in the Family Science Workshop. The children feel empowered toshare what they know with others. Some children have been
Paper ID #19774Computer Simulations Developed to Improve Understanding of Thermody-namic PrinciplesDr. David G Alexander, California State University, Chico Dr. Alexander’s research interests and areas of expertise are in teaching pedagogy, capstone design, renewable energy systems, thermal sciences, vehicle system modeling and simulation, heat transfer, new product development, entrepreneurship, and technology transfer. He is PI and adviser of the Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition 2016. He is also working on an undergraduate research project modeling solar cells using a thermodynamics approach and analyzing
teambased design project. All 20 freshman S-STEM scholars were required to enroll in the class infall 2008, and the eight freshmen from the 2009 cohort were enrolled.Chemistry 1201 All 2008 S-STEM freshmen scholars enrolled in CHEM 1201 in the fallsemester except for two students who took the honors equivalent of the course. The mean GPAin chemistry for this freshman S-STEM cohort was 2.91 for this course. Only 5 students in the2009 S-STEM freshman cohort enrolled in CHEM 1201 in the first year at LSU, and the meanGPA in chemistry for this cohort was 3.34.Math LSU placed students into appropriate level math classes based on the student’s ACT mathscore and the departmental placement test score, therefore both freshmen cohorts were enrolledin a range
Paper ID #21737Succeeding but Doubting: Effects of Gender on Performance and Self-perceptionin Early Engineering CoursesDr. Jennifer Blue, Miami University Jennifer Blue is an Associate Professor of Physics at Miami University. She works to give more people access to physics. Sometimes that’s reforming the curriculum for introductory classes, sometimes it’s working with K-12 science teachers, and sometimes it’s advocating for traditionally excluded populations, including women in STEM. Her website can be found here: http://www.users.miamioh.edu/bluejm/.Dr. Amy Summerville, Miami University Dr. Summerville is an Associate
Cleveland OH where she manages a cowork- ing space and promotes community and diversity in the city’s entrepreneurship ecosystem. She served as an AmeriCorps VISTA member at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo where she was involved with a variety of diversity and inclusion efforts in the College of Engineering ranging from student support programs, faculty bias awareness trainings, and inclusive cultural change. Prior to her work at Cal Poly, received a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Ohio State University, where she was also very involved with social justice initiatives.Dr. Katherine Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Katherine C. Chen is the Executive Director of the STEM
collected information about all papers published between 1996 and 2020 in theAmerican Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) annual conference proceedings for thisstudy. We built the inter-institutional collaboration network and identified structural networkproperties, connected components, and modularity classes from this dataset. The network datawere then linked to data regarding each institution's (i) Carnegie classification, (ii) rankingsbased on the 2020 QS World University Rankings, and (iii) geographic location. With thisaugmented dataset, we answered research questions about factors associated withinter-institutional collaborations through statistical analysis. In doing so, we identify the keypatterns, trends, and associations from our
Georgia Tech. He graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Production Engineering from the University of Mumbai, India with honors in 2005 and received Masters of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2007 from IIT Bombay, India. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2013, with minors in Entrepreneurship. Dr. Jariwala has over nine years of research experience in modeling, simulation, engineering design, and manufacturing process development, with research focus on design of polymer based micro additive manufacturing process. During his Ph.D. studies, he was also a participant of the innovative TI:GER R program (funded by NSF:IGERT), which prepares students to commercialize high
, identity wheel activity Week 5 Values affirmation activity, time management activity Week 7 Current events and social issues research project and presentation Week 8 STEM outreach training and volunteering Week 9 Social entrepreneurship presentation Week 10 Final class celebration and reflectionThe curriculum incorporated collaborative learning activities and a variety of speakers to makethe course interactive and engaging. Multiple class sessions were dedicated to exposing studentsto different types of engineering and career opportunities. In the beginning of the quarter, wepresented students with information about all the engineering