Professor in the Department of Integrated Engineering program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, home of the Iron Range and Twin Cities Engineering programs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Managing Transformation to Crack Open Engineering EducationRapid changes in the worldwide engineering ecosystem are creating a compelling rationale torethink engineering education. Tomorrow’s graduate will need to collaboratively contributeexpertise across multiple perspectives in an environment of rapid innovation and technologicalbreakthroughs [1]. Meeting these challenges requires a transformational change rather thanincremental improvements in how we recruit and educate engineering students
, and socially just. She runs the Feminist Research in Engineering Education (FREE, formerly RIFE, group), whose diverse projects and alumni are described at feministengineering.org. She received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women. She has received ASEE-ERM’s best paper award for her CAREER research, and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute, both in 2013. She was co-PI of Purdue’s ADVANCE program from 2008-2014, focusing on the underrepresentation of women in STEM faculty positions. She helped found, fund, and grow the PEER Collaborative, a peer mentoring group of
Chair of ASEE’s Diversity Committee and past PIC I Chair; she has previously served on WIED, ChED, and NEE leadership teams and has contributed to over 40 ASEE conference proceedings articles.Dr. Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University Dr. Stephanie Farrell is Professor and Founding Chair of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University (USA), Immediate Past Chair of the ASEE Diversity Committee, and will serve ASEE as President in 2017-2018. From 1998-2016, Stephanie was a faculty member in Chemical Engineering at Rowan. Dr. Farrell has contributed to engineering education through her work in experiential learning, focusing on areas of pharmaceutical, biomedical and food engineering. She has been honored by the
Analysis of Gender Research in JEE. Journal of Engineering Education, 105(3), 508–528. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20128Pieri, R., Legg, T., Vallie, A., Alfson, L., Mattes, J., Parker, M., & Padmanabhan, G. (2015). Pre-Engineering Education Collaborative at Four: Approaching the Final Phases (p. 26.1241.1-26.1241.8). ASEE Conferences. https://doi.org/10.18260/p.24578Rajan, P., Armstrong, C., O’Connor, E., Buzzanell, P., Dohrman, R., Oakes, W., & Zoltowski, C. (2015). Vulnerable Heroes: Problematizing Metaphors of Male Socialization in Engineering (p. 26.1711.1-26.1711.24). ASEE Conferences. https://doi.org/10.18260/p.25047Ross, L., Judson, E., Krause, S., Middleton, J., Ankeny, C., Chen, Y
Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the Director for the Engineering Education Research Center (EERC) in the Swanson School of Engineering, and serves as a Center Associate for the Learning Research and Development Center. Her principal research is in engineering education assessment, which has been funded by the NSF, Department of Ed, Sloan, EIF, and NCIIA. Dr. Sacre’s current research focuses on three distinct but highly correlated areas – innovative design and entrepreneurship, engineering modeling, and global competency in engineering. She is currently associate editor for the AEE Journal.Dr. Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University Dr. Carpenter is founding Dean of Engineering at Campbell University. She is
was an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia, where she was co-director of the interdisciplinary engineering education research Collaborative Lounge for Un- derstanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER). In her research, she is interested in understanding how engineering students develop their professional identity, the role of emo- tion in student learning, and synergistic learning. A recent research project uncovers the narratives of exemplary engineering faculty who have successfully transitioned to student-centered teaching strategies. She co-designed the environmental engineering synthesis and design studios and the design spine for the mechanical engineering program at
Paper ID #19343Engineering Faculty Perceptions of Diversity in the ClassroomDr. Kelly J Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Cross completed her doctoral program in the Engineering Education department at Virginia Tech in 2015 and worked as a post-doctoral researcher with the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At UIUC she has collaborated with mul- tiple teams of engineering faculty on implementing and assessing instructional innovation. Dr. Cross is currently a Research Scientist in the Department of Bioengineering working to
higher levels of interracial interaction among students and may indirectly lead studentsto a better understanding of cultural and racial differences.4, 5Although increasing the diversity of engineering has been a long term goal, engineeringprograms experience difficulty in recruiting and retaining females and minority students.Recruiting efforts that focus on engineering as an adventure or highlight specific artifacts (e.g.fast cars) may not appeal to young women.6 Even when students from under-represented groupsdo enroll in engineering, their academic experience can be affected by their race/ethnicity andgender. While many engineering educators look to teamwork and collaborative learning as amediator of high attrition rates for students from
Paper ID #18938Developing Multiple Strategies for an Inclusive Curriculum in Civil Engi-neeringDr. Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University Dr. Stephanie Farrell is Professor and Founding Chair of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University (USA) and was 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar in Engineering Education at Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland). From 1998-2016, Stephanie was a faculty member in Chemical Engineering at Rowan. Dr. Farrell has contributed to engineering education through her work in experiential learning, focusing on areas of pharmaceutical, biomedical and food engineering. She has been honored by the
Engineering in 2012 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, studying mechanochemical reactions of a spiropy- ran mechanophore in polymeric materials under shear loading. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology where her research interests include novel manufacturing and characterization techniques of polymer and com- posite structures and the incorporation of multifunctionality by inducing desired responses to mechanical loading.Sarah Folsland, Woment in Science and Engineering c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 More than increased numbers: A mentoring program for the
. She has eight years of diversified engineering design experience, both in academia and indus- try, and has experienced engineering design in a range of contexts, including product design, bio-inspired design, electrical and control system design, manufacturing system design, and design for the factory floor. In 2012, Dr. Nagel was recognized by the National eWeek Foundation and IEEE-USA as one of the New Faces of Engineering for her pioneering work in bio-inspired design. In 2013, she attended the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) fifth Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium where she was recognized as an innovative engineering educator. Dr. Nagel earned her Ph.D. in mechan- ical engineering from
Paper ID #14814The Development of a Measure of Engineering IdentityDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. She is the recipient of
Paper ID #14870Cross-sectional Survey Study of Undergraduate Engineering IdentityAlexis Prybutok, The University of Texas, Austin Alexis Prybutok earned a B.S. in both chemical engineering and biochemistry from The University of Texas at Austin in May of 2015. She has been working with Dr. Maura Borrego’s group to conduct research in engineering education primarily on the subject of engineering identity.Anita D. Patrick, University of Texas, Austin Anita Patrick is a STEM Education doctoral student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and College of Liberal Arts at UT Austin’s
Farrell is Professor and Founding Chair of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University (USA) and was 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar in Engineering Education at Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland). From 1998-2016, Stephanie was a faculty member in Chemical Engineering at Rowan. Dr. Farrell has contributed to engineering education through her work in experiential learning, focusing on areas of pharmaceutical, biomedical and food engineering. She has been honored by the American Society of Engineering Education with several teaching awards such as the 2004 National Outstanding Teaching Medal and the 2005 Quinn Award for experiential learning.Dr. Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University
Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on engineering education and work-practices, and applied finite element analysis. From 1999-2008 she served as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, leading the Foundation’s engineering study (as reported in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field). In addition, in 2011 Dr. Sheppard was named as co-PI of a national NSF innovation center (Epicenter), and leads an NSF program at Stanford on summer research experiences for high school
Paper ID #22816A Failed Attempt to Develop a Measure of Engineering Students’ SubjectiveTask-value for Diversity and Inclusion in EngineeringMs. Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech Ashley Taylor is a doctoral candidate in engineering education at Virginia Polytechnic and State Univer- sity, where she also serves as a program assistant for the Center for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity and an advisor for international senior design projects in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Ash- ley received her MS in Mechanical Engineering, MPH in Public Health Education, and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Her
for Success. Accessed February 10, 2017; Available from: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0850309[4] Yoder, B. L. (2011) “Engineering by the Numbers,” American Society of Engineering Education, Institutional Report 2011.[5] NGCP Report (2016) “State of Girls and Women in STEM, National Girls Collaborative Project, https://ngcproject.org/statistics[6] Herrmann, N. (1995) The Creative Brain, Lake Lure, NC., The Ned Herrmann Group.[7] Herrmann, Ned, and Ann Herrmann-Nehdi. The Whole Brain Business Book: Unlocking the Power of Whole Brain Thinking in Organizations, Teams, and Individuals. McGraw Hill Professional, 2015.[8] Karlin, J. and Kellogg, S. (2009) "Metrics and the Holistic Learner
education; learning in the workplace; curricular and pedagogical development; and the preparation of professionals for social justice goals.Naeun Cheon, University of WashingtonMs. Elba Camila Moise, University of WashingtonDr. Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington Professor of Learning Sciences & Human Development c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Investigating Student Perceptions of an Engineering Department’s Climate: The Role of Peer RelationsDiversity in engineering remains low despite decades of rhetoric and efforts to broadenparticipation and retention. Social and cultural groups historically underrepresented in STEMeducation and careers
Paper ID #15507Retaining Diverse Students in Civil Engineering and its Subdisciplines: Chal-lenges and OpportunitiesDr. Abbie B Liel P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Abbie B. Liel is an associate professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder.Eva Leong Ms. Eva Leong is a Staff Engineer at Big R Bridge. She earned her M.S. degree in civil engineering at University of Colorado Boulder in 2012. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Retaining Diverse Students in Civil Engineering and Its
Foundation ADVANCE award (1007978) to recruit, retain and promote women faculty in science and engineering.Dr. Joel Alejandro Mejia, Angelo State University Dr. Joel Alejandro Mejia is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Angelo State University. He is interested in research regarding underrepresentation of minority groups in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), especially the use of culturally responsive practices in engineering education. He is particularly interested in the use of comprehension strategy instruction in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms; funds of knowledge; physical and digital manipulatives and their application in engineering courses
Institute of Technology (COE) Professor Margaret Bailey, Ph.D., P.E. is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology. Dr. Bailey teaches courses and conducts re- search related to Thermodynamics, engineering and public policy, engineering education, and gender in engineering and science. She is the co-author on an engineering textbook, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, which is used worldwide in over 250 institutions. Dr. Bailey is the Principal Investi- gator (PI) for the RIT NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant. The goal of this large-scale ($3.4M), multi-year university-level organizational transformation effort is to
research centre. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Preliminary Findings of a Phenomenological Study ofMiddle Eastern Women’s Experiences Studying Engineering in IrelandKeywords: Arabic, Middle Eastern, women, gender, engineering education research, PBL,collaborative learning, Peer Learning, supportThis paper reports analysis of phenomenological interviews conducted with eight womenstudying engineering, all Arabic speakers and practicing Muslims, and all from thecountries of Oman and Kuwait. Data were collected as part of a larger study of women’sexperiences learning engineering in institutions of higher education in Poland, Portugal,and Ireland. The eight women contributing data for the
Paper ID #14736”Turning away” from the Struggling Individual Student: An Account of theCultural Construction of Engineering Ability in an Undergraduate Program-ming ClassMr. Stephen Douglas Secules, University of Maryland, College Park Stephen is an Education PhD student at UMD, researching engineering education. He has a prior academic and professional background in engineering, having worked professionally as an acoustical engineer. He has taught introduction to engineering design in the Keystone Department at the UMD A. James Clark Engineering School. Stephen’s research interests include equity, culture, and the
conceptual change and associated impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and per- sistence. The other is on the factors that promote persistence and success in retention of undergraduate students in engineering. He was a coauthor for best paper award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013.Prof. James A Middleton, Arizona State University James A. Middleton is Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director of the Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology at Arizona State Univer- sity. For the last three years he also held the Elmhurst Energy Chair in STEM education at the University of Birmingham in the UK. Previously, Dr. Middleton was Associate Dean
-grid and renewable integration, platform system design and optimization, performance guarantees for service and supply-chain systems, and reliability and maintenance optimization. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Systematic Team Formation Leading to Peer Support and Leadership Skills Development1. IntroductionWithin a typical university environment, there are many courses that are taught in multiple sectionsand are multi-disciplinary. Within such settings, this paper aims to examine the role of teamformation on the following: 1) the learning of students, as measured by end-of-term grades,especially the weaker students; and 2) the quality of team leaders
study engineering, earning a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University in 2011. While completing her degree at Rutgers, she wrote and arranged the music and lyrics for a stage musical in collaboration with a Los Angeles based playwright. Dr. Wood went on to earn a Master of Science in Engineering in Environmental c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Paper ID #22897and Water Resources Engineering and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas atAustin. Her love of teaching has grown through fifteen years of private tutoring, three years of teachingsummer drama classes to
across campus where stem cells are being used for research into areas of tissue engineering. Dr. Newman is the founder of the New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series and continues to lead the organization of the series each year.Dr. Mary E Caldorera-Moore, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Mary Caldorera-Moore is an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering and Nanosystems En- gineering, director of Women Influencing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (WiSTEM) out- reach organization, and the co-organizer of the New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series at Louisiana Tech University. She was also selected to be a 2014 NAE Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) Early-Career Engineering
well as psychology in engineering education. She plans to enter the workforce following graduation to pursue engineering planning.Dr. Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University Olga Pierrakos is a Founding Faculty and Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison University. She is currently a Program Director at the National Science Foundation in the Divi- sion of Undergraduate Education. Her expertise and interests focus on diversity and inclusion, engineer identity, PBL, innovative learning-centered pedagogies, assessment of student learning, engineering de- sign, capstone design, etc. She also conducts research in cardiovascular fluid mechanics and sustainable energy technologies. She holds
Paper ID #22357Uncovering Latent Diversity: Steps Towards Understanding ’What Counts’and ’Who Belongs’ in Engineering CultureMs. Brianna Shani Benedict, Purdue University, West Lafayette Brianna Benedict is a Graduate Research Assistant in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. Her research interest focuses on interdisci- plinary students’ identity development, belongingness in engineering, and recognition.Dina Verd´ın, Purdue University, West Lafayette
dissertation research project is funded by a recently awarded NSF grant to study the nuanced gender dynamics in engineering education informed by queer theory and collaborative community ethnography. She may be contacted at haverkaa@oregonstate.edu c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The Complexity of Nonbinary Gender Inclusion in Engineering CultureAbstractGender in engineering is a long-standing source of inquiry, research, outreach, and discussion asinequity in demographics and negative experiences persist in the field. Women consist of justapproximately 20% of our engineering undergraduate programs nationally, and roughly 14% ofour national professional workforce. Absent from these