investments, and transportation data analysis c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Research Needs Statements for Project Topic Selection: A Pilot Study in an Undergraduate Civil Engineering Transportation CourseIntroductionDesign projects are an integral part of undergraduate engineering education in the United States.When topic selection for senior projects, capstone design courses, or term projects is placed inthe hands of the students, they can find it puzzling, even overwhelming. While it is recognizedthat topic selection presents a great challenge for college students1, 2, limited research exists onthe subject, especially as it pertains to
itcan be deduced that instructors teaching materials similar to the ones used in this study could applythat modality more often than other modalities to improve learning. This could help improveoverall student understanding, progression, long-term retention and application of the learnedmaterial. The researchers also want to investigate whether there is significant statistical differencein learning this type of material across students of different years in college e.g. freshmen vs.seniors. The results of this could help instructors tailor teaching methods to better meet studentneeds and therefore enhance student learning. Flight simulation is chosen as a platform for thisstudy because it is expected that students in general and engineering
Paper ID #38412Promoting Research Quality to Study Mental Models of Ethics andDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in EngineeringDr. Justin L. Hess, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Dr. Justin L Hess is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Hess’s research focuses on empathic and ethical formation in engineering education. He received his PhD from Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education, as well as a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science from Purdue University’s School of Civil Engineering. He is the editorial board chair for the Online Ethics
(35% vs. 65%) [18].Therefore, in our efforts to encourage and support female students in STEM disciplines, we havebeen successful in retaining 100% of the first cohort female population. Among these 9 femalestudents, 8 (89%) already graduated and 1 (11%) is still continuing her studies. Other notableresults include increased student participation and accomplishments in research activities. Duringour first two year period, 29 out of 47 awardees (~62%) have participated in some form ofundergraduate research activities through various college wide research initiatives such asHonors Scholars, Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP), EmergingScholars Program, and CUNY Research Scholars Program. Many of these students
Paper ID #23962Elements that Support and Hinder the Development and Implementation ofa School-wide/District-wide STEM Integration Program (Evaluation)Dr. Mia Dubosarsky, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Mia Dubosarsky has been a science and STEM educator for more than 20 years. Her experience in- cludes founding and managing a science enrichment enterprise, developing informal science curriculum for young children, supporting Native American teachers in the development of culturally responsive sci- ence and math lessons, developing and teaching graduate level courses on assessment in science education, and working with
-onlaboratory experimental sessions; a set of field visits to local transportation centers near RowanUniversity; sessions focusing on STEM and life education; a research competition; and ended witha graduation, awards ceremony, and final remarks session. The following subsections provide abrief description of each of these sessions.Registration, Orientation, and Welcome Session In this session, the students and their parents were welcomed into the 2017 NSTI programand were introduced to the goals and objectives of the program. Orientation also involvedpresentations made by NSTI Director and NJDOT Civil Rights Division representative discussingthe history of the National Summer Transportation Institute program. In addition, orientationincluded
Paper ID #7198A Descriptive Study of Engineering Transfer Students at Four Institutions:Comparing Lateral and Vertical Transfer PathwaysMs. Erin Shealy, Clemson University Erin Shealy is a master’s student studying Applied Sociology at Clemson University. Her bachelor’s degree is in Psychology, also from Clemson University. For the past two years, she has been serving as a graduate research assistant for an NSF-funded research project on engineering transfer students, part of the larger Multi Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD) study.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research
comparison groups canbe difficult or impossible to identify and engage.This study closes both of these gaps in prior evaluation of pipeline programs for girls. In thispaper we report the initial findings of an ongoing longitudinal evaluation of Camp Reach, asummer engineering camp for girls entering the 7th grade. The Camp Reach admissions processwas specifically designed to enable a control group, so that self-selection could be eliminated asan explanation for any long-term impacts. After ten years in operation there are now four campercohorts and associated control groups that have graduated from high school. From them we havecollected information about their high school experience, knowledge of engineering, self-efficacy beliefs, and initial
NSF funded project, she directs a longitudinal study that focuses on measuring engineering curriculum impact on student learning and 21st Century skills. She also has directed a large multi-year multi-institutional social network analysis study to measure changing collaboration patterns among pro- gram investigators as a part of a NIH funded grant. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Policy, with a concentration in Research, Measurement, and Statistics, from Georgia State University.Dr. Roxanne A. Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology Roxanne Moore is currently a Research Faculty member at Georgia Tech with appointments in the school of Mechanical Engineering and the Center for Education Integrating Mathematics
Engineering at Michigan State University. She oversees the academic advising of 3,000 undergraduate engineering students in 10 different majors, working with a staff of seven professional advisors and one graduate student advisor. Idema has been at MSU since 1997 and has experience in the Department of Residence Life, the Law College, and most recently as an Academic Advisor in the College of Education. She holds a Ph.D. in the Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education from MSU, focusing her research on organizational theory in the context of women’s education.Dr. Jean Landa Pytel, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Jean Landa Pytel is the Assistant Dean for Student Services for the College of Engineering at the
. K. Yates, “Engineering Careers Case Study: K–12 Recruitment Initiative,” Leadership andManagement in Engineering, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 3–10, 2013.[10.] M. Yilmaz, J. Ren, S. Custer, and J. Coleman, “Hands-On Summer Camp to Attract K–12Students to Engineering Fields,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 144–151,2010.[11.] M. W. Kier, M. R. Blanchard, J. W. Osborne, and J. L. Albert, “The Development of theSTEM Career Interest Survey (STEM-CIS),” Research in Science Education, vol. 44, no. 3, pp.461–481, 2013.[12.] E. L. Talton and R. D. Simpson, “Relationships of attitudes toward self, family, and schoolwith attitude toward science among adolescents,” Science Education, vol. 70, no. 4, pp. 365–374,1986.[13.] T. A. Franz
ofunderrepresented minorities (URM) graduate student in international projects.The foundation for developing an extended pathway began in 2003 with a partnership betweenUMBC and Universidad Metropolitana (UMET), an Hispanic Serving Institution from the AnaG. Mendez University System (AGMUS) in Puerto Rico. While Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory,UMBC’s participation in their STEM student research conferences facilitated connections withuniversities, projects, and colleagues from surrounding regions in the Caribbean and LatinAmerica. For more than ten years, UMET and UMBC have collaborated in preparing UMET’sundergraduate students for graduate studies. In addition, UMBC has been an active participantat the AGMUS Research Symposium, where graduate and
AC 2012-3892: STUDY ABROAD IN BRAZIL: A PILOT PROJECT IN THECOLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AT VIRGINIA TECHDr. Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech Vinod K. Lohani is a professor in the Engineering Education Department and an Adjunct Faculty in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. His research interests are in the areas of knowledge modeling, water and energy sustainability, engineering learning modules for freshmen, and international collaboration.Dr. Eileen Van Aken, Virginia Tech Eileen Van Aken, Ph.D.. received her B.S. in industrial engineering and operations research from Virginia Tech. She also received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in industrial and systems engineering from Virginia Tech
Full-time PhD student in curriculum and pedagogy program at OISE and first OISE student as classical voice musician at the Faculty of Music. Her research focuses on governance, curriculum policy and leadership. Currently, she is the Graduate Research Assistant of SSHRC Creating equitable structures in early secondary school mathematics project and researcher at Encore Lab. She is Co-President at the Canadian Committee of Graduate Students in Education of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education. She serves as President at CTL Students’ Association and Graduate Student Member at OISE Council & Research Committee. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023A Trio-Ethnography
Professor of Practice for the LBJ Institute for Edu- cation and Research at Texas State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Nurturing Brilliance in Engineering: Creating Research Venues for Undergraduate Underrepresented Minorities in Engineering as an Initiative from Faculty Members that Foster Academic Inclusion, Development, and Post-graduation InstructionIn this study, a new model for attracting, advancing, and advocating for the participation ofunderrepresented minorities in research venues is proposed with the intention of fosteringacademic inclusion, development, and post-graduation mentorship. It involves developing andnurturing a disposition from faculty
(Session Number—1454) THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTER-DISCIPLINARY GRADUATE COURSE LINKING ENGINEERING, MEDICAL, AND BUSINESS STUDENTS WITH UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INVESTIGATORS TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO COMMERCIALIZE NEW TECHNOLOGIES William G. Marshall, Jr., MD, MBA1, Michael W. Fountain, PhD, MBA1, Stephen R. Budd, MBA1, Paul E. Givens, PhD, MBA1, 2 Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of South Florida1/ College of Business
Paper ID #15895A Case Study for the Application of Data and Process Mining in InterventionProgram Assessment and ImprovementMs. Elnaz Douzali, University of Illinois, Chicago Elnaz Douzali is a senior undergraduate researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She’s a part of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department and will receive her Bachelors of Science in Industrial Engineering in May 2016. Since 2015 Elnaz has participated in multiple projects in Educational Data Mining. Her research interests include Educational Data Mining, Process Mining, and Healthcare. Elnaz will begin her Masters of Science
AC 2012-4069: ENGINEERING STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM ON SUS-TAINABLE INFRASTRUCTUREDr. Steven J. Burian, University of Utah Steven J. Burian is an Associate Professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Utah, where he teaches and conducts research in the areas of water resources, energy, and sustainability. He earned a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a M.S.E. in environmental engineering and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Alabama. Burian is active in numerous professional societies including the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Meteorolog- ical Society (AMS), American Water Resources Association (AWRA), Water Environment
results of its short-term effectiveness.In later work, we will provide detailed descriptions of the three augmented versions of theintervention (5b-d) and assess the short-term effectiveness of each. The research will concludewith (6) a longitudinal statistical study of the effectiveness of all four versions of the interventionin terms of retention, speed to graduation, and student performance in major courses. Based onthese results, the superior version of the intervention will be identified.Through this research program, we lay the foundation for future efforts to expand theintervention for broader use in associates and baccalaureate programs in STEM.GAPS BETWEEN RETENTION MODELS AND INTERVENTION APPROACHESThe already agreed-upon drivers of
thatmentoring programs can provide, it is critical for universities to develop systems that overcome these engagementchallenges and pave the way for the healthy development of strong mentoring relationships between students(protégés) and faculty (mentors).The following article reports on a context-sensitive qualitative research study that looks to expand the research onmentoring in undergraduate engineering education and improve its use in a specific university setting. With an eyetoward increasing the participation of those directly involved in the mentoring community, this participatory-designstudy uses techniques that can foster the involvement and engagement of faculty, students, and staff. Being a workin progress, the preliminary findings aim to
Engineering (COE) faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate studentsat The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). Penn State is a large, public, research-intensive institution located in the northeast United States. The survey featured a combination ofLikert scale responses and open-ended responses; however, the instant article presents solely thequantitative results. This study was submitted for review by Penn State’s institutional reviewboard and was determined to be exempt.For the Likert scale items, summary statistics were calculated, including sample sizes, means,medians, skew, kurtosis, and standard deviations. While sample sizes, means, medians, andstandard deviations are likely familiar to the reader, skew and kurtosis merit comment
Paper ID #21143Faculty and Student Experiences of Curriculum Reform: A Case Study ofthe Chemical Engineering Program at the University of Cape TownMr. Hilton Heydenrych, University of Cape TownDr. Jennifer M. Case, Virginia Tech Jennifer Case is Head and Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She holds an honorary position at the University of Cape Town. Her research on the student experience of learning, focusing mainly on science and engineering education, has been published across a range of journal articles in higher education and her recent book, Researching student learning in higher
contemporary engineering education. Thus, gaining background in theory andpractice of constructive learning uniquely prepares engineering graduate students who planacademic careers. This presentation describes a novel approach in which engineering graduatestudents learned about learning theory through study, discussion, and practice in a constructivistenvironment.The approach was developed as a training program for engineering graduate studentsparticipating in the NSF-funded Research Communications Studio (RCS) Project at the Universityof South Carolina. These graduate students mentor small groups of engineering undergraduateresearchers who meet in weekly Studio sessions to develop their research and communicationsabilities. The graduate student
constructsdiffer between first-year and senior students and between female and male students.MethodsData collection procedure A cross-sectional study was conducted in order to examine differences in students’ self-perceptions of creativity during the first and senior years. The research study occurred at a large,mid-Atlantic research-oriented university. In Fall 2012, first-year students who intended to majorin engineering were asked to participate in the study. The students had just started theirundergraduate studies approximately two weeks prior to receiving an invitation to participate. InApril 2013, senior engineering students, two weeks away from graduation, were also invited toparticipate. The creativity study was embedded in a larger
research interests include graduate-level engineering education, including inter- and mul- tidisciplinary graduate education, online engineering cognition and learning, and engineering communi- cation.Prof. Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine Natascha Trellinger Buswell is an assistant teaching professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, Irvine. She earned her B.S. in aerospace engi- neering from Syracuse University and her Ph.D. in engineering education from the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is particularly interested in teaching conceptions and methods and graduate level engineering education
Paper ID #26797ABET & Engineering Accreditation - History, Theory, Practice: Initial Find-ings from a National Study on the Governance of Engineering EducationDr. Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Atsushi Akera is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY). He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in the History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania. His current research is on the history of engineering education reform in the United States (1945-present). He is a the immediate past chair of
Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). http://engineering.tufts.edu/me/people/wendell/Dr. Jessica E. S. Swenson, Tufts University, Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Jessica Swenson is a graduate student at Tufts University. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering with a research focus on engineering education. She received a M.S. from Tufts University in science, technology, engineering and math education and a B.S. from Northwestern University in me- chanical engineering. Her current research involves examining different types of homework problems in mechanical engineering coursework and the design process of undergraduate students in project-based courses
Paper ID #12549A Framework for Measuring the Sustainability of Academic Programs in theTechnical Fields: Initial Validity Study FindingsDr. Issam Wajih Damaj, American University of Kuwait Dr. Issam W. Damaj (Ph.D. M.Eng. B.Eng.) is an Associate Professor of Computer Engineering at the American University of Kuwait (AUK). He is the Chairperson of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His University service experience is focused around assessment, quality assur- ance, program development, accreditation, and institutional effectiveness. His research interests include hardware/software co-design
Paper ID #26300Negotiating Identity as a Response to Shame: A Study of Shame within anExperience as a Woman in EngineeringMs. Mackenzie Claire Beckmon, Harding University I am an undergraduate psychology major anticipating graduation in December of 2019. I am a member of the Beyond Professional Identity research group based in Harding University located in Searcy, Arkansas. I plan to further my studies in psychology through attending a graduate program for school or child psychology. It is my hope that these processes can lead to a career as both a researcher and practitioner.Dr. James L. Huff, Harding University Dr
Paper ID #14040Understanding Curricular Approaches to Communication as a Global Com-petency: An Interdisciplinary Study of the Teaching and Learning of Com-municationDr. Christina Kay White, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Christina White is currently a postdoctoral engineering education research associate with Singapore- MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Innovation Centre. She completed her Doctoral degree from Teachers College, Columbia University where she studied engineering education. She is the founding director of the National Academy of Engineering Longhorn Grand Challenges Scholars & K12