Paper ID #39291Analyzing the Needs of Engineering Teaching Assistants: Examining HiddenDeficit IdeasDr. Karina Ivette Vielma, The University of Texas, San Antonio Dr. Karina I. Vielma is a first-generation college student who dreamed big. As the eldest of five children, Dr. Vielma became very resourceful, attributing her skills to growing up in poverty. Her parents had high expectations for school and this prepareDr. Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas, San Antonio Dr. Joel Alejandro (Alex) Mejia is an Associate Professor with joint appointment in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and the
undergraduate studying Chemical Engineering in the department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut with a minor in Environmental Engi- neering. He is both a highly motivated college student and an academically excelling learner. Thomas currently assists Dr. McCutcheon as an undergraduate teaching assistant for the course ”CHEG 3128: Chemical Engineering Junior Laboratory” in the UConn School of Engineering. He is also an active undergraduate research assistant studying the economic impact of ground-level ozone concentrations on American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021
Paper ID #37702Leveling the Playing Field: Enacting Equitable Pedagogy to Teach RigidBody DynamicsDr. Eleazar Marquez, The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Dr. Marquez is a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. His research efforts focus on dynamics and vibrations of mechanical systems under various loads. The mathematical models developed include deterministic and stochastic differential equations that incorporate finite element methods. Additionally, Dr. Marquez research efforts focus on developing and implementing pedagogical methods in engineering
Development in UW–Madison College of En- gineering’s Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity in Engineering (IEDE) Office, and the Assistant Director of Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB). Don also serves as PI and co-PI of multiple NSF-funded projects, including: the NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Aspire Alliance, the NSF IUSE: Inclusive STEM Teaching Project, and the NSF LEAPS: EVOLVED project. He received his Ph.D. in Cell & Molecular Biology (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and B.S. in Biology (Bucknell University). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Creating Inclusivity in Engineering Teaching and Learning Contexts: Adapting the Aspire
in the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering Technical Communication Program. He regularly teaches first-year, intermediate, and senior writing courses for students in all engineering disciplines, but especially Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science Engineering. His research focuses on the interplay between identity, experience, and agency in language and literacy practices in technical and workplace communication contexts through translingual and linguistic justice frameworks. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Mechanical engineering reasoning diagram: How can modeling engineering thinking support learning in writing intensive labs?The
spaces before transitioning to higher education.Dr. Alex M. Phan, University of California, San Diego Dr. Alex Phan is the inaugural Executive Director for Student Success in the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego. Prior to his appointment, he has served as a project scientist, engineer, and lecturer, teaching across multiple divisions, including the Jacobs School of Engineering (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng., Dean’s Office Unit) and UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies. His teaching interests and expertise are in experiential learning, holistic education models, active learning environments, and metacognition. In his current role, he leads the IDEA
) program he was the instructor of Coding Academy in which he was able to teach Python to high school students from various backgrounds.Stephanie Weiss-Lopez Stephanie Weiss-Lopez has overseen GEMS since 2020 as a Project Manager and Coordinator. Ms. Weiss-Lopez is a UIW alum with a degree in Meteorology, currently the AVS Laboratories Project Manager, and an MBA student at UIW. She has over 18 years of management and leadership experience and has been a member of the AVS labs since 2018. Ms. Weiss-Lopez has experience in personnel development, scientific research, and grant writing. During Ms. Weiss-Lopez’s leadership GEMS implemented and distributed over 450 free STEAM kits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Weiss
domestic undergraduate students in focus in the United States higher education institutions. In addition, Mr. Halkiyo is interested in broadening the participation of engineering edu- cation in Ethiopian universities to increase the diversity, inclusivity, equity, and quality of Engineering Education. He studies how different student groups such as women and men, rich and poor, students from rural and urban, and technologically literate and less literate can have quality and equitable learning experiences and thrive in their performances. In doing so, he focuses on engineering education policies and practices in teaching and learning processes, assessments, laboratories, and practical internships. Mr. Halkiyo has been
National Laboratory. He served as Department Chair from 2011-2019, and currently serves as the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for his department. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A DEI Task Force within a Mechanical Engineering DepartmentMotivation and BackgroundThe events and movements of 2020 have put into stark relief the fact that most academicinstitutions are not doing enough to address issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessamong undergraduates. More specifically, these topics are often considered tangential to coreengineering topics, and are therefore relegated to breadth requirements for coverage, if at
disagreed nor agreed or strongly disagreed that theyhad a positive relationship with their research professor/mentor. Both ND and NT participantsresponded similarly to having laboratory peers who collaborate and support each other(Figure 3B). It is well documented that academia has an ableist problem; however, our dataindicate that ND students feel supported by their peers [4]. This is a very positive finding wheremost studies highlight the negative experiences of ND students [22].Figure 2: Research Demographics related to all participants (96 participants) separating outthe type of research conducted and whether the research was volunteer, credit-bearing, or paid.Neurodivergent participants had a larger percentage indicated strongly agree or agree
knowledge and attributes that willpositively influence their learning outcomes if those assets are acknowledged and nurtured.College faculty, higher education institutions, and specifically engineering programs may lack anunderstanding of just how important and liberating it is to approach teaching and learning withan asset-based mentality [6]. To truly understand asset-based pedagogical practices, thisliterature review will explore three specific themes that honor and underscore its importance: 1)recognizing diverse assets within diverse students, 2) building on the strengths that are present inunderrepresented students in engineering programs, and 3) the realization of empoweringstudents when asset-based pedagogy is practiced.Recognizing diverse
Paper ID #37867Designing, Codifying, and Implementing Social Justice Content in aRequired Course on Engineering and Research Skills for First-YearGraduate StudentsKavitha Chintam, Northwestern University Kavitha Chintam is a Ph.D. Candidate at Northwestern University in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.Dr. Alexis N. Prybutok, University of Washington Alex Prybutok (she/her) is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington. She earned her B.S. in Chemical Engineering and her B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Texas at Austin in 2016 and
, labs, and discussion sections [1], [2]. LAs also attend a pedagogy seminar where theylearn about responsive teaching and active learning. Previous research has investigated LAs’impacts on improving undergraduate courses and student outcomes [3]. Studies related to LAsand their impacts on social justice have focused on applying quantitative critical race theory toevaluate the impact of LAs on reducing learning gaps between dominant and historicallymarginalized students [4] and on classroom equity [5]. A greater understanding of LAs’conceptions of status and how they navigate dismantling status differences in the classroomwould support this work.This study utilized thematic analysis [6] to characterize how LAs construct the idea of statuswithin
the least important [20]. These faculty then may teach theirengineering students to do the same [9], [20]. Further, engineering students are often exposed toclosed-ended problems that are decontextualized, extending the gap between social and technicalaspects of engineering. The result is that engineers may be unprepared to understand the largercontexts and implications of their work [17], [21]. Thus, social aspects of engineering are bothoverlooked and undervalued in engineering education.Yet, engineering inherently has social outcomes. Engineering artifacts are innately sociotechnicalas some individuals benefit, some are overlooked, and some have power to negotiate change[20]. Further, the definitions of engineering shape who becomes an
without using the scientific method and experimentation in laboratories, iv)separating mathematics from science, and v) specializing teachers in their disciplines withoutpromoting multidisciplinary teamwork.The holistic approach of the four STEM disciplines seeks to remove barriers between thesedisciplines. STEM education seeks to promote educational transformations in teaching to achievedigital literacy, in educational objectives to develop new skills and knowledge, in educationalinstitutions to improve infrastructure and management, in the role of the teacher to become afacilitator, in students to learn, in educational resources to adapt them to greater interaction andaccess to more information [35].From the above definitions, it is necessary
, Personalized Learning, and STEM Education.Dr. Mihai Boicu, George Mason University Mihai Boicu, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Information Technology at George Mason University, Associate Director of the Learning Agents Center (http://lac.gmu.edu), Co-Director of IT Entrepreneurship Laboratory (http://lite.gmu.edu) and Co-Director of ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Anti-racism, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Database CurriculumThrough Group Research Projects on Historical, Social and Ethical Database Related TopicsIntroductionThe purpose of this work in progress research paper is to present a redesign of a sequence of fourcourses in order to provide
Paper ID #42814Student Anxiety and Belonging in a Mastery-Based-Learning CourseMeghan Williams, Elizabethtown College Meghan Williams is a recent graduate from Elizabethtown College with a degree in Physics Secondary Education. She is currently working as a high school math teacher and will be pursing a masters degree in applied phyiscs in the fall.Mark Brinton, Elizabethtown College Dr. Mark Brinton currently teaches electrical and biomedical engineering courses at Elizabethtown College. Prior to joining Elizabethtown College, he studied advanced prosthetic limbs at the University of Utah (postdoc, Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering at Rowan for eighteen years. Dr. Farrell has contributed to engineering education through her work in inductive pedagogy, spatial skills, and inclusion and diversity. 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 learn- ing, and she was 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar in Engineering Education at Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland). She has been awarded Honoris Causa from the International Society for Engineering Pedagogy, and has received that society’s highest honor, the Nikolai Tesla Award for outstanding contributions to engineering pedagogy.Mr. Tiago
, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Arunkumar Pennathur is Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso. Dr. Pennathur is a Co-Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Industrial Engineering, and the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Applications and Practices in Engineering Education. Dr. Pennathur’s research interests are in human factors engineering and engineering education. In particular, he has conducted research on functional limitations in activities of daily living in older adults. The Na- tional Institutes of Health, and the Paso del Norte Health Foundation have funded his research on older adults. The US Army Research Laboratory has funded Dr. Pennathur’s
Education and M.S. in Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, and her B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from the Colorado School of Mines.Dr. Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines Jon A. Leydens is Professor of Engineering Education Research in the Division of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines, USA. Dr. Leydens’ research and teaching interests in engineering education focus on social justice and sociotechnical thinking. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024The Prestige Game: Making Visible the Mental Health Effects of Institutional Prestige Seeking on Underrepresented STEM StudentsIntroduction and Literature ReviewThis critical theory
data form. The researchers all identified the same general context for eachquestion where one existed. There were a variety of topics including turning Ferris wheels,crashing vehicles, quiz scores, and steam in a turbine to name a few. To summarize most of thetopics involved academics, geographic relevance, temperature, the use of kitchen items, vehiclefunctions, mechanical systems, laboratory setups or experimentation, food or beverage items,sports or entertainment, balls and boxes in motion or suspended, manufacturing, and actions ofpeople. Seven questions did not contain cultural context. For most of the questions, the teamcomments and observations were similar or identified the same discrepancies in the accessiblelanguage and other
Engineering Management (EMD) divisions of ASEE, currently serving as Program Chair for EMD. She is also active in the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) and serving as 2022-2023 Secretary for that Society. Her interests lie in scholarship of teaching and learning specifically in asynchronous online space, assessment of learning, engineering management, and quality management.Dr. Stephanie G. Adams, University of Texas, Dallas Dr. Stephanie G. Adams is the 5th Dean of the Eric Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas, Dallas and Past President of the American Society of Engineering Education. Previously Dr. Adams served as the Dean of the Frank Batten College of
researchers are alreadybeginning to challenge the pathology paradigm’s assumptions and recognize a need for systemicchange – not just in how we teach, but in how we approach our research.ConclusionsThrough this exploration of the use of neurodiversity terminology in engineering educationresearch, I have identified concerning patterns of misuse, pathologizing language, and relativelylimited work focused on neurodiversity in the EER literature. At the same time, neurodiv* use isbecoming increasingly popular, and researchers in engineering education are beginning torecognize the need for a major shift in how we approach neurodivergence.I have also introduced Walker’s work [1] through which to interpret the EER literature because Ibelieve it is an
. The ROLE program at the HSI supports engineeringsophomore, junior, and senior-level students in developing research skills needed in technicalfields; interpersonal skills needed to be successful employees; and academic and professionalskills that are transferable in their decisions to enter graduate studies or the professional world.ROLE students learn technical skills through hands-on activities in a laboratory setting; receivenear-peer and faculty mentorship from individuals with similar cultural and linguisticbackgrounds; attend culturally relevant workshops that support academic, interpersonal, andprofessional growth; and participate in outreach events within the local community and K-12school environments. This study will work
customizing bandages for newborns to making easier-to-openpill bottles. The making process exists as improvisation, readily addressing problems in apractical manner in the best interest of the patient.Global Open Science Hardware (GOSH) movement also reveals the ingenuity of people outsidetraditional halls of power, that being academia and big industry firms. One of these events, “Theuse of the speculum in a practical way – Transfeminist Hard Lab” sought to teach participantshow to run a test for HPV using only vinegar [52]. During COVID-19, GOSH organizers workedto reverse-engineer personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical/laboratory equipment aspatented models of production left hospital workers short of vital tools. This was something
her teaching approaches, whether in lecture, work- shop, and laboratory settings. She has been actively involved in ethics, equity and leadership education in engineering since 2011.Jeffrey Harris, York University Dr. Jeffrey Harris is an assistant professor (teaching stream) in mechanical engineering at York University in Toronto, Canada. He currently serves at the Director of Common Engineering and Science within the Lassonde School of Engineering. He has a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Toronto and is completing a M.Ed. from York University.Aleksander Czekanski , CEEA-ACEG Dr. Aleksander Czekanski is an Associate Professor and NSERC Chair in Design Engineering in Las- sonde School of
' access to CSEdmay be unevenly distributed across different types of schools and districts. When students dohave access to courses, there may be disparities in enrollment rates between different studentsubgroups. When students do enroll in CS courses, there still may be inequities in terms of whichstudents feel included and which students ultimately benefit from participating in those courses.The relationships between the four components of CAPE and examples of equity issues toaddress within each component are represented in Figure 1. In our work, we utilized CAPE asour framework for understanding how to measure and address equity in CSEd.Figure 1: CAPE FrameworkThe Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance as a Laboratory for DataThe
racial identity (i.e., visibility ofPOC) was often equated with inability and stereotypes in engineering [40]. Thus, claiming thatcolor-neutral attitudes exist in engineering negates the lived experiences of POC and thehypervisibility they are constantly exposed to in classroom, laboratories, or team activities.Colorblindness, and the idea that attitudes and behaviors in engineering are race-neutral, alsolead to issues of “otherness,” racialization, and cultural dissonance [41], [42], all of which havedetrimental effects on students of color. Moreover, colorblindness institutionalizes racism without asking for accountability whenracist acts occur. For instance, McGee argued that racism in STEM continues to exist becauseracially hostile
Microbiology at a Hispanic-serving community college in Miami, Florida. As an educator, they utilized equitable teaching practices & encouraged student agency to ensure positive learning outcomes. Their first year of PhD research focused on undergraduate student perceptions of social responsibility in STEMM, with special emphasis placed on the importance of science communication & policy advocacy, as well as the intersection of institutional culture & transformational change towards cultivating more inclusive & equitable access for underrepresented minority students in STEMM fields. They are now pivoting to explore critical mentorship & building out a new study. Outside of their research, they are the
Paper ID #32428Creating an Inclusive Engineering Student Culture Through Diverse Teams:Instructor-led and Student-led ApproachesDr. Heather Dillon, University of Washington Tacoma Dr. Heather Dillon is Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington Tacoma. Her research team is working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, fundamental heat transfer, and engineering education. Before joining academia, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer.Dr. Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland Dr. Tammy VanDeGrift is a Professor of