theirfamily7 and FGS take fewer risks in college8, are more afraid of failure9, and are more likely tochoose majors with high earning potential8. When examining FGS in the context of engineering,work has shown FGS often choose against majoring in engineering because of not havingengineering prerequisites10. FGS that choose to major in engineering show more career interestthan the CGS11. FGS students in engineering also have statistically different social capitalcharacteristics and accessed resources compared to CGS showing that FGS students aresuccessful, but use different resources to gain entry and persist in engineering12. We seek tocontinue advancement in the understanding of the experiences of FG engineering students,through examination of
the Dissertation Institute, a one-week workshop each summer funded by NSF, to help underrepresented students develop the skills and writing habits to complete doctorate degrees in engineering. Across all of her research avenues, Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 12 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award with her share of funding be ingnearly $2.3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 21 journal publications and more than 70 conference papers. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty, an Outstanding Teacher Award and a Faculty Fellow Award. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, an M.S. in Materials Science
. Boudreaux-Bartels has been very active with outreach activities that encourage young women or under represented ethnic minority students to consider careers in science, math or engineering. She has served as the faculty advisor for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) for 20 years, and as interim faculty advisor for the URI National Society of Black Engineers and the URI Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. She co-directed an annual URI summer Bridge program that introduces first year, female engineering students to careers in engineering. She participates in the annual URI SMILE (Science and Math in an Integrated Learning Environment) Engineering Design Challenge Weekend
InteractionsAbstractThis exploratory study addresses the need to increase the numbers of traditionallyunderrepresented minority (URM) students in engineering careers through an investigation of therole of research mentoring in recruiting and retaining URM students in engineering. Mentoringstudents in engineering and science research has long been acknowledged as an effective way toengage undergraduates in engineering majors, and is also an essential component of the doctoraldegrees that represent the gateway to careers in engineering research. This study was guided bythe following questions: 1) What can we identify as best practices in mentoring and supervisingURM students as they conduct engineering research? 2) How is the effectiveness of thesepractices
= 523). Our semi-structuredinterview protocol was informed by both the survey responses of alumni and the objectives ofthis larger investigation. As EPICS is a design course, the topic of design was explicitly probedthroughout the survey. Moreover, interview participants often recounted how their designexperiences in EPICS informed their current design experiences. Through the thematic analysis,we recognized themes related to design to be quite pervasive in the interview accounts.The objective of this particular paper is to articulate how authentic design experiences, such asEPICS, affect alums in how they understand and practice design in their careers. We discuss themultiple and also common ways that alumni understand and enact design because
Pennsylvania StateUniversity. As part of the program, scholars participate in a four-year comprehensive multi-tiered mentoring program and cohort experience. The LION STEM curricular program includesEngineering Ahead (a 4-week summer residential math-intensive bridge program prior toentering college), a first semester First-Year Seminar, and a second semester STEM-PersistenceSeminar. Co-curricular activities focus on professional communication skills, financial literacy,career readiness, undergraduate research, and community engagement. The program seeks toaccomplish four goals: (1) adapt, implement, and analyze evidence-based curricular and co-curricular activities to support, retain, and graduate a diverse set of the project's engineeringscholars
. Page 22.460.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 1 Developing Leadership Capacity in Working Adult Women Technical Graduate Students Research Interview Results with AlumniAbstract While women continue to make progress in their overall representation in the business sector, there are many challenges that keep women from making advances in their careers as science and engineering leaders. Those professions that have long been male dominated are making the slowest gains. Even though female representation in the engineering profession is
providenew layers of nuance to our understandings of women‟s decision-making about major and career.Below we present our findings utilizing student narratives about career decision-making. Weconsider four interrelated themes that emerged from our analysis: student understandings ofgender and women in engineering; the interaction of personal interest with the encouragement ofinfluential others; sociocultural factors; and social impact. Page 15.2.6Women and Gender Obviously being a woman in the engineering field is going to be an obstacle if I choose, which I probably will, to pursue that, „cause so few women are in engineering and
engineering. Generally, there are a few common reasons students decide to study engineering. The factors are often related to an interest or proficiency in math and science, an enjoyment of tinkering, or a desire for multiple career options[11]. Women students, specifically, decide to study engineering because of their strong math and science abilities. Either by accident or on purpose, they find that engineering nicely combines their math and science abilities[12]. In light of the disruptionscaused by COVID, an increasing number of students may have unique experiences and needs as they navigate the math pathway leading to engineering. Since a significant factor in pursuing engineering is
Compliance Specialist in Atlanta, GA. Specifically, she worked in public drinking water compliance and regulations, regularly leading audits and inspections. Alisha also previously served as a 6th and 7th grade mathematics teacher. Her current career interests include identi- fying and integrating real-world problems in STEM learning and increasing diversity and representation in the STEM field.Mr. Alain Mota, Southern Methodist University Alain Mota is the STEM Development and Implementation Coordinator at RME and a Program Manager at the Caruth Institute for Engineering Education. In this role, he works across schools supporting the research and implementation goals of several projects at the unit and the institute. As
a pathway from their undergraduate experience to graduateschool enrollment and ultimately graduate degree attainment [9], [10], and the STEM workforce[11], [12]. These areas of growth are often not the focus of STEM curricula but can have alasting impact on positive workplace outcomes [13].Further, the URFP partners with the university career center to align its objectives with theNational Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Career Readiness Competencies toprovide opportunities for growth in STEM professional skills [14]. Fellows engage in activitiesto improve in the following areas: communication; critical thinking; equity & inclusion;leadership; professionalism; teamwork; and technology.Project ApproachThis project builds on
Instruments and IRB ProtocolThe pre- and post-survey is a critical component to answering the research questions posed in thestudy. The pilot survey implementation took place in the primary author’s engineering WaterChemistry course of Fall 2022 under University of Colorado Boulder’s Institutional ReviewBoard (IRB) protocol number 21-0473. The assessment tool was implemented before thecurricular intervention (week 5 of the course in September 2022) and was implemented againimmediately after the intervention ended (week 13 of the course in November 2022). This surveyis a combination of the Innovative Behavior Scale (Dyer et al., 2011), Very Brief InnovativeSelf-Efficacy Scale, Innovation Interests Scale, and Career Goals Innovative Work Scale (Scharet
academia and motivations for shifting careers. This analysis used a constant comparativeapproach to explore emerging themes about the EIF's decisions to pursue an instructional facultyposition at their current institutions [15]. A codebook was developed based on emergent themesrelated to the personal and professional motivational factors of each EIF as they pursued theircurrent position. For this research question, two researchers (who did not serve as interviewers)established the codebook and conducted the analysis. The researchers coded three interviewstogether to ensure consistent interpretation of the codebook, calculating inter-rater reliability inNVivo to ensure consistency above 90%. The remaining interview transcripts were
show students the beauty in the physics andengineering concepts they are laboring to learn. Due to this neglect, many engineering studentscomplete their engineering courses with the ability to solve complex engineering problems but nodesire to further explore the topics they have learned. In fact, in some cases STEM students leavetheir classes feeling that the topics that they learn about are unrelated to the real world andfrivolous. Because of this emotional response it is becoming common to see students graduatingfrom university with degrees in STEM but no plans to pursue a career in a STEM field[1].Although the Mechanical Engineering curriculum at the University of Colorado has a significantemphasis on design, all the formal design
studies and careers in the engineering field.Keywords : STEM; pre-college; extracurricular learning experiences; engineeringidentityIntroduction In recent years, engineering identity has become an important perspective forunderstanding how to retain engineering talents. Prior studies have shown that thehigher the engineering identity of students, the more likely they are to continue to studyengineering majors and engage in related jobs [1]. Generally, choosing and pursuing engineering majors is a prerequisite for studentsto enter the engineering field. However, due to the absence of engineering-relatedcourses in primary and secondary schools, most students have no real exposure toengineering experiences before entering university, which
mechanisms, metrics, policy, and amelioration; engineering writing and communication; and methodological development for nontraditional data. Her NSF CAREER award studies master’s-level departure from the engineering doctorate as a mechanism of attrition. Catherine earned her B.S. in Chemistry from The University of South Dakota, her M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University.Gabriella M Sallai Gabriella Sallai is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. Her work characterizes engineering graduate students’ experiences within graduate school. Gaby earned a Bachelor’s degree in
Bioengineering (1978) from the University of Vermont, and M.S. (1986) and Ph.D. (2002) in Bioengineering from Clemson University.Ms. Randi Sims, Clemson University Randi is a current Ph.D. student in the department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson Uni- versity. Her research interests center around undergraduate research experiences using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Her career goals are to work as an evaluator or consultant on education- ally based research projects with an emphasis on statistical analyses and big data.Kelsey Watts, Clemson University Kelsey Watts is a recent graduate of Clemson University. She is part of the Engineering Education Re- search Peer Review Training (EER PERT
create impact on female faculty’s identity. Traditionally, women areexpected to undertake a heavy burden of domestic work while playing the primary careprovider for educating and nurturing children in many cultures [5]. Women are much lesslikely aspired than men to develop career in masculine discipline if they anticipate futuredifficulties in pursuing and advancing careers [6]. Based on evidence suggested in theexisting literature, validations on whether women’s lower representation in STEM is causedby their obligations and unavoidable conflicts of undertaking multiple demanding roles andresponsibilities both at work and at home are valuable. More importantly, it is important toknow how female faculty of STEM perceive and negotiate their
change.Teachers play a significant role in helping students develop an awareness of, and interest indifferent career opportunities [1]. They also help shape a students’ self-efficacy and expectationswhich can have a significant impact on the student’s choice of careers [2]. Unfortunately, manyteachers either have little knowledge of the field of engineering or have misconceptions about thefield such as failing to identify engineering as a career that helps humanity [3-4]. EngineeringCommunity Engaged Learning (CEL) is an excellent way to help teachers understand howengineering, as well as other STEM careers, can have a high level of community engagementwhile using creativity to help humanity.For the 2022-2023 Global STEM cohort, RET participants engaged
opportunities ofengineering students are also constantly evolving [3]. Nowadays, engineering students arepursuing careers in more diversified areas that possess fluid work structures, and that requireengineers that are quick to adapt to change and effective at facilitating multidisciplinarycollaborations [3], [5], [10]. In this context, communication and teamwork are critical to thesuccess of early career engineers; these capabilities are a fundamental aspect of career growthand an integral trait of leadership [4], [10]–[12]. The ability to communicate effectively, todemonstrate teaming skills, and to work in dynamic teams is increasingly important, and must beconsidered a priority in engineering programs as they try to better prepare students for
, a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from University of Cincinnati, and a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from SRM University, India. Her research areas of interest are graduate student professional development for a career in academia, preparing future faculty, and using AI tools to solve non-traditional problems in engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Impact of first COOP experience on student retention and learning: A work in progressAbstractThis work-in-progress research paper examines the impact of the first COOP experience on engineeringstudent retention and students’ learning as measured by
required course for all engineeringmajors. As such, the faculty leading the program are still learning about the range ofbackgrounds, skills, and attitudes typical of their institution’s first-year students. The activitydescribed here serves two sets of intentions: 1) to collect baseline information for introducing students to engineering and buildingtheir confidence 2) to help instructors learn about their students’ backgrounds and attitudes to tailor thatintroduction from cohort to cohort.Speaking to the first motivation, new engineering students can be unsure about what anengineering career entails and are usually unaware of the breadth of available engineeringopportunities. Additionally, some first-year students have a narrow
an important predictor of engineering career choices (Cass, Hazari, Cribbs, Sadler,& Sonnert, 2011; Godwin, Potvin, Hazari, & Lock, 2016). More broadly, there is an extensivebody of research tying secondary and postsecondary students’ identity development to theirinterest, persistence, and success in STEM academic and career pathways, especially forindividuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in STEM like females and students ofcolor (Calabrese Barton, Kang, Tan, O’Neill, & Brecklin, 2013; Carlone & Johnson, 2007;Chemers et al., 2011; Gushue, Scanlan, Pantzer, & Clarke, 2006; Kim, Sinatra, & Seyranian,2018).In terms of student support structures, participation in both general and math-focused summerbridge
- gineering and STEM Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Borrego is Senior Associaate Editor for Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. She previously served as Deputy Editor for Journal of Engineering Education, a Program Director at the National Science Foundation, on the board of the American Society for Engineering Education, and as an associate dean and director of in- terdisciplinary graduate programs. Her research awards include U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and two outstand- ing publication awards from the American Educational Research Association for her journal articles. All of Dr
provide a comprehensive review of college student mentoring research from 1990 to 2007.A key conclusion was that many mentoring studies have not been theoretically-based. Thisdeficiency had been recognized in a similar review by Jacobi in 1991. One consequence is a lackof common definition of mentoring in the literature. Another is difficulty in identifying the keycomponents of the mentoring relationship that are most critical in supporting students' academicsuccess. Crisp and Cruz point out that 'mentoring' may not be generalizable across studentpopulations (4-year vs. 2-year, majority vs. minority, different majors/career tracks, peer vs.faculty mentoring, etc.). Thus, continued investigation of potential links between mentoringattributes and
research and instructional Interests include programming languages, computer ethics and student success and development. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Uneven Playing Field: Examining Preparation for Technical Interviews in Computing and the Role of Cultural ExperiencesAbstractWhile starting a career may be challenging in any field, in computing the process tends to beaggravated by requirements of digital portfolios and technical interviews that necessitate codingextemporaneously. During the programming components, candidates are expected to offer asolution, while also giving consideration to the choice of algorithm and its time complexity.Although
Advisors Dr. Gretchen Fougere is an inventor, technology leader, and educator. Her broad, interdisciplinary train- ing prepared her well to have a successful career in industry-based technology development as well as education. Dr. Fougere has spent her career engaging people of all backgrounds to understand how engi- neering and design can enhance their lives. A significant fraction of her effort has focused on expanding STEM reach and impact through partners in industry, universities, and nonprofit entities. Her firm, STEM Leadership Advisors, is proud to have collaborated with WPI for this NSF-funded project and she also serves as Vice Chair of the Science Club for Girls. Dr. Fougere has had dual careers in
Paper Award for the paper he co-wrote with Prof. P. P. Vaidyanathan on linear-phase perfect-reconstruction filter banks (1992). He received the NSF Career Award in 1995. While serving as department Chair (2014-2019), Prof. Nguyen and several faculty and student tutors developed a comprehensive hands-on curriculum for the ECE Dept. that emphasizes system-thinking and human-centric design. He is currently working on several projects with minority serving institutions on improving students enrollment in STEM fields. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Virtual Technical & Professional Development Program for ECE
[3]. These students were then dissected into various subgroups such as ethnicbackground, scholar program, and race to analyze their individual pre- and post-emotional stateassessment scores. Of the data obtained from the assessment, the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT),was used as the framework to develop the Engineering State of Mind Instrument (ESMI).Contributing variables to emotional states of students, such as feelings of inclusion, coping self-efficacy, and engineering career success expectations were examined [3]. Data from this studyrevealed that students from underrepresented groups such as the Black, Latinx, and AmericanIndian populations feel less included in their engineering classes, in comparison to the
engineeringstudents’ engineering coursework and future careers?To what extent does computation within mathematics education contribute to engineeringstudents’ proficiency with domain-specific computing paradigms in the engineering curriculum?Methods 1Participants in the study included mathematics faculty and students in upper-divisionmathematics courses at two western United States public universities housing ABET-accreditedengineering programs, referred to when necessary as universities I and II. The data reported weregathered during the fall of 2019.Faculty participants. Mathematics faculty members who were currently teaching or untilrecently had taught upper