education, with some promising yetcontext-specific findings. For instance, Hughes et al. [12] introduced a QC course aimed atbridging the gap between popular science articles and advanced undergraduate textbooks throughinteractive problem sets and simulation-based labs for active learning. However, their targetaudience consisted primarily of high school students. Similarly, Uhlig et al. [13] reported on agroup project in a cybersecurity course that sparked significant interest in QC among graduatestudents, motivating them to delve deeper into this complex subject.Other studies have focused on adapting QC education for undergraduate students without aphysics background. Carrascal et al. [14] demonstrated the effectiveness of using
) focuses onInclusive Innovation in Medical Devices, an important topic in biomedical engineering. Researchin medical device innovation focuses on the development, optimization, and implementation oftechnologies to improve healthcare outcomes. This broad topic encompasses a wide range ofresearch projects ranging from diagnostic tools, to prosthetics, to imaging systems. The REUprogram at the University of Massachusetts Lowell focuses on innovative engineering of medicaldevices from a biomedical engineering perspective which includes a comprehensiveunderstanding of engineering methods, clinical requirements, and physiological environments.Teaching inclusiveness within this field is vital because these innovations directly impact diversepopulations
years of this program, Chip-RET has demonstrated measurable success inenhancing teachers’ content knowledge and fostering a strong sense of community through itscohort-based structure. Participants benefited from immersive research experiences, the pSEMIand ZeroToASIC speaker series, and mentorship from faculty, which connected them to industrycontexts and enabled them to bring real-world applications into their classrooms. Building on thisfoundation, program facilitators are committed to offering continued support, including sharedresource folders, a LinkedIn group for ongoing communication, and extended guidance for chipdesign projects. Future initiatives will expand outreach to attract a more diverse cohort of teachersand involve state-level
culture, we sought to further the investigation on overwhelm and stress throughself-reported measures.MethodsOur overall project is a series of mixed methods studies, including a longitudinal surveydesigned to investigate a culture of high stress in undergraduate engineering education [6]; in thispaper, we focus on the role of overwhelm and burnout and preliminary results from predictiveanalyses of stressors and culture on student wellbeing and persistence. We used a series ofadvertisements including emails and flyers to recruit participants. Over the course of fivesemesters, a survey was administered twice per semester to undergraduate engineering students,establishing a total of ten time points. The survey captured 3,591 responses over the
ingeneral. They largely spoke about what engineering student organizations they were involved in,what roles they played there, and how they enjoyed them. They described their engagement withother engineering students in study groups and group projects. They called out specific facultymembers who made them feel welcomed. Students also had positive reflections on attendingfootball tailgates hosted by the College of Engineering and the networking opportunities thoseevents offered.A common theme that arose in the discussions was that students had not pursued opportunities toget involved on campus outside of the College of Engineering due to time constraints. Severalmentioned circumstances outside of school that limited their time, such as long commutes
-efficient computing. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 ECR: BCSER: Are Females Better at Debugging Circuits?IntroductionIn the semiconductor industry, debugging is sometimes called “The Schedule Killer” due to itsunpredictable and costly nature [1]. Some electronics engineers spend up to 44% of their time ondebugging tasks [2], yet this industry-critical skill is frequently omitted from undergraduatecurricula [3], [4]. Instead, students are often expected to develop debugging skills indirectlythrough projects and labs without targeted training. These challenges make teaching debugging a“million-dollar” question [5] that could improve undergraduate student outcomes and increaseworkplace
communities that focus on fostering students’ sense of belonging, identity and self-efficacy in their academic careers.” [6] In fact, stEm PEER Fellows’ projects are anticipated toimpact over 3,400 undergraduate and graduate students and over 690 faculty in the next fewyears based on recent data.Preliminary research indicates that stEm PEER Fellows have “demonstrated professional growthin their understanding of the national engineering education pathway landscape, utilizing data toinform their program efforts, elevating implementation and scale of evidence-based practicesthat alleviate students’ barriers to success, and most importantly, building relationships thatengage stakeholders at their own institutions, in their region and nationwide.” [6
that promote researcher well-being,inclusion, and collaboration? Findings offer insights about how members of the [Name ofResearch Network] perceive the network to foster psychological safety, therefore uncoveringinsights and providing recommendations that can guide leadership and administrators of thesenetworks in improving their organizational cultures. Creating Psychologically Safe Spaces for Researchers: Insights from Multi-Institutional Research Collaboration (Research)BackgroundOver the past four decades, U.S. funding agencies for science and technology have increasinglyinvested in large-scale, centralized research projects, often through block grants and researchcollaborations. Various research collaborative
ontechnology or infrastructure projects. This approach can reinforce existing inequalities andcolonial mindsets by perpetuating power dynamics between socially dominant students andmarginalized communities [15]. These educational dynamics mirror challenges in professionalpractice, where marginalized practitioners are burdened with navigating institutionalizedpractices rooted in colonial practices. Specifically, local practitioners and racial minorities reportthat structural racism is deeply embedded in the international development sector's culture andpractices, affecting how they perceive their communities and engage with international NGOs[3]. This dynamic is further compounded by a prevailing color-blind understanding of globalinequality that may
2024.Ms. MONICA ITZEL PEREZ OLMEDO, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Monica Perez Olmedo is a 2nd year Ph.D. student in the Engineering Education Department at the University at Buffalo. She holds a B.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, a specialization in Higher Education, and experience working with utilities companies. She has been actively involved in developing and implementing project-based learning modules that allow students to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world problems. Her research interest is enhancing the student experience through educational initiatives that empower students academically and link them to real-world opportunities and future careers.Dr
project in a first-year Introduction to Engineering Design course as a tool to helpstudents understand the interconnected nature of design decisions. While many early engineeringdesign classes ask students to consider factors such as sustainability, economic drivers, andsocietal effects of a product, students often struggle to make connections between them. Truesustainability requires the consideration of multiple driving factors beyond the environmental,balancing diverse and sometimes competing needs. To assess the efficacy of this course design,students completed a survey on their views of design and sustainability at both the start and endof the semester, enabling us to track how their perspectives evolved as they engaged with theproject. By
-on industrialexperience.[13,14] Virtual chemical reactors have received some attention due to their inherentrisks and costs. Early efforts at the University of Michigan initiated in the 1990s resulted indevelopment of several educational VR models through the Vicher (Virtual Chemical Reactor)project.[15,16] More recently, Schofield described design of an educational module involving aVR polymerization plant.[17] Tehreem and Pfeiffer described a virtual chemical reactor in which ahazardous material (n-butyllithium) is used to carry out a procedure. [18-19] Falconer and Hendrendeveloped a virtual catalytic reactor simulation intended for use as a laboratory experiment or aproject in a chemical reaction engineering course. [20] VR simulations
Kelly Tatone (she/her), M.Ed., is a research project supervisor at the University of Pittsburgh. She earned her graduate degree in 2022, working full-time and going to school part-time as a post-traditional student. She graduated from The Pennsylvania State University in 1990 with a B.A. in English Literature. She is the proud mother of three amazing women, which is her greatest source of pride.Gerard Dorv`e-Lewis, University of Pittsburgh Gerard Dorv`e-Lewis (he/him) is a higher education PhD student and scholar at the University of Pittsburgh. His broad research interests include equity and social justice in higher education, first-generation college students, Black students, and student success. Prior to beginning his
developing interdisciplinary project-based learning experiences, building networks between university, industry, and community sectors, and expanding engagement in science, engineering, arts, and design. McNair’s current projects include building the Interdisciplinary Projects (IDPro) program and a 3D manufacturing module series in undergraduate engineering at Virginia Tech, framing the da Vinci Cube innovation model, and co-designing tools with communities for collaboration on Alaska housing issues. She earned a PhD in Linguistics at the University of Chicago, and an M.A. and B.A. in English at the University of Georgia.Rubaina Khan, University of Toronto Rubaina Khan is a research associate in Queens University and a
of meeting anindividual student’s needs and providing them individually with the tools they will need tosucceed. Participant EE3 expressed this sentiment when he stated, “we really need to, to look atways to help the students where they are and what they need at that time.” Understanding theneeds of the students allows educators to identify the best ways to support their students asindividuals. EE8 addressed the gradient of student experience and suggested, “maybe it meansthat your “on ramp” is a little longer, but you could be just as successful, if not more.” Otherparticipants discussed the benefit of connecting the material to the individual students’ interests.EE1 discussed assigning his student a “useless machine” project where they are
Mechanical Engineering in bothundergraduate and graduate degrees, a field historically associated with heavy industry, whichmay contribute to this disparity.This paper aims to surface and explore aspects of these trends, laying the groundwork for alarger book project that will share the stories of women in the Mechanical Engineeringdepartment at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. We will summarize the trends of womenin both the engineering workforce and in engineering academia. We will delve into the data forMechanical Engineering relative to other fields and summarize reasons the percentages ofwomen in Mechanical Engineering programs and occupations have stalled.IntroductionWomen are, and have consistently been, underrepresented in STEM fields
rigor,analytical problem-solving, and quantitative metrics, often leaving little room for qualitative,human-centered methodologies. As global challenges become increasingly interconnected andhuman-centered, institutions recognize the importance of empathy-driven, inclusive designpractices grounded in the human sciences and humanities.Programs that successfully integrate Human-Centered Engineering (HCE) principles often adoptinnovative pedagogical approaches, including project-based learning, interdisciplinarycollaboration, and experiential education. Institutions such as the University of Washington andthe University of Michigan Dearborn have developed degree programs that embedhuman-centered values into engineering curricula. Others, including
I believe that the principles of apply modeling, 3D printing, and modeling, 3D printing, and simulation techniques in simulations can be applied to a biomedical engineering wide range of biomedical engineering projects Post Post Pre Pre 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Strongly Agree
, Engineering, and Individualized Study programs at UMBC. He has been teaching role playing game design and leading campus wide RPG events for the past ten years. He also leads the multidisciplinary sustainable design course entitled INDS 430: The Kinetic Sculpture Project, which won the grand prize in the 2015 Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture race.Dr. Jamie R Gurganus, University of Maryland Baltimore County Dr. Jamie Gurganus is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Engineering and Computing Education Program and the Associate Director of STEMed Research in the College of Engineering and Informational Technology. She also directs the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) in the graduate
undergraduates to use aspart of a human-centered design (HCD) problem. The curriculum for undergraduate engineeringstudents is heavily focused on developing quantitative skills. However, engineering professionalsmay want or need to expand their skill set to also include qualitative methods. To that end, thisresearch project introduces and provides qualitative methods training included in an existingindustrial engineering course. A comparison group of students who received standardquantitative-only methods training (Fall 2024), were asked to work through an HCD problemthat includes both quantitative and qualitative data. A mixed-methods group (Fall 2025), whowill receive qualitative methods training in addition to the standard quantitative
, Texas, Ohio, New York, and Idaho [3]. These investmentsunderscore the urgent need for a competent workforce. McKinsey projects that by 2030, the U.S. semiconductor industry will require 300,000additional engineers and 90,000 skilled technicians. According to reports by the National ScienceBoard [4] and the Committee on STEM Education National Science and Technology Council [5],the U.S. faces a significant shortage of STEM majors and graduates. With STEM occupationsprojected to grow [6], there is a pressing need to broaden participation in STEM fields, withparticular emphasis on exposing students to the niche areas of semiconductors andmicroelectronics.Opportunities with Informal Education The need to grow the US share of
], and genre analysis [9] to establish a communication-focusedcommunity of practice [10]-[11] in an EER PhD program at a large, mid-western university. Bydocumenting this project in its pilot phase and the role of our unique expertise in itsdevelopment, we hope to achieve two goals: 1.) to encourage other EER programs to address andexplore the specific challenges and needs of students transitioning from engineering technicaldomain undergraduate programs to EER graduate programs; 2.) to demonstrate how EERprograms can leverage expertise of faculty from writing studies and technical communication todevelop evidence-based practices that support students’ transition.IntroductionGraduate programs within engineering education aim to help students
) explicitly state the need for ethical and sociallyconscious work. For example, the ASCE BOK states that “civil engineers must be able toaddress the sustainability of a project during planning and to help stakeholders understand theenvironmental, economic, and social impacts” [4, p. 40]. Further, engineers must be able toanalyze situations with conflicting professional and ethical issues in order to determine anappropriate next step [5]. Building these skills in the classroom is critical, and professors mayhave the opportunity to mentor students through the complex problems that engineers solve inpractice. A recent survey of 5,025 college students found that 55% believe professors are at leastpartially responsible for being a mentor of them while 39
admissions is to admit the candidateswho have the best chance of developing into successful researchers over the long term [2]. Indoing so, faculty draw from ideals of success that are firmly rooted in the epistemologies andcultures of their disciplines [15], [16]. This literature points to the importance of seeking facultymembers’ perspectives on what constitutes potential for long-term success in their specificengineering discipline, which informs our study’s methodology.MethodologyIn this project, we employ elements of qualitative research, quantitative content analysis, naturallanguage processing techniques, and descriptive statistics to produce preliminary analyses ofletters of recommendation for applicants to engineering PhD programs. 1 We
Seagate Technology. His research interests are in STEM education and control of mechatronic systems.Dr. Laura Ochs Pottmeyer, Carnegie Mellon University Laura Pottmeyer is a Data Science Research Associate at Carnegie Mellon University’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation. She consults with faculty members and graduate students on implementing educational research projects. SDr. Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, Texas State University Dr. Karim Muci-Kuchler is a Professor and Mechanical Engineering Program Coordinator at the Ingram School of Engineering of Texas State University. Before joining Texas State University, he was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Experimental
engineering. In Year 1, 56% of participants were from non-R1 universities, and 67%belonged to underrepresented minority groups (UMG) in STEM. In Year 2, 67% of participants werefrom non-R1 universities, and 44% were UMG. After the summer of 2024, REU Students were asked to rank the following six programcomponents: a) Integrated learning communities, b) Weekly Research, c) Field Trips, d) My WindResearch Video, e) Poster Presentation and f) Conference Attendance. Their top rankings were field trips,research projects, and integrated learning communities tend to be ranked higher because they provideopportunities for networking, hands-on learning, and collaboration. Weekly seminars were consistentlyranked lower due to their perceived lack of
Paper ID #49137BOARD # 192: Helping Students on Academic Probation: Lessons Learnedfrom a Support ProgramDr. Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University Lizzie Y. Santiago, Ph.D., is the Director of the Fundamentals of Engineering Program in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and completed postdoctoral training in Neural Tissue Engineering and Molecular Neurosciences. She has managed several NSF-funded educational research projects, including those focused on studying critical thinking, self-regulation, metacognition
programs since 2006.This project involves an examination of the landscape of accredited engineering programs thatare described as general or inter/multi-disciplinary. Periodic analysis and comparison of trends inthe number of programs that focus on providing breadth relative to disciplinary program depthhelps to identify patterns within engineering education. General programs exist for a variety ofreasons. Some prioritize flexibility for students, others the integration of one or more topics (e.g.mechatronics), and others the development of truly interdisciplinary skill sets in students. Someinstitutions might also use a general program to incubate curricula for later transition totraditional disciplinary programs. Previous papers have classified
PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UBC. Her research focuses on equity issues in engineering education, particularly looking at the impacts of engineering outreach programs on historically marginalized groups in STEM.Shouka Farrokh, University of British Columbia Shouka Farrokh is an undergraduate student pursuing Psychology at The University of British Columbia. She contributes as a research assistant in Engineering Education projects focusing on STEM Outreach initiatives.Dr. Katherine Lyon, University of British Columbia Katherine Lyon is Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Katherine’s research merges sociology of education
demonstrate the ways that these fourthreads are interwoven and interdependent.Research Approach: Systematic, Qualitative AnalysisThe biggest challenge of the research design for this project was the size and diversity of theLEES program in 2018: 13 technical sessions, 46 papers, 5 workshops and panels, and 2distinguished lectures. The complete program appears in Appendix A. The technical sessionsserved as the primary unit of analysis, which made the work more manageable but also requiredreading all of the papers associated with each session to discern each session’s unifying themes. 1 To capture at least some of what transpired in the