, approximately 18%. However, UMaine’s newly developedBioengineering and Renewable Engineering programs have a relatively high female enrollment atmore than 35%. We also surveyed first-year female students regarding their choice of major.When asked what type of jobs they see themselves in, our female students who were accepted intoengineering but decided to go to a non-engineering field, often responded that they wanted to bein people-engaged and environmentally responsible careers. They felt engineering would confinethem in solitary cubicles working alone with machines—a common stereotype of engineering.While the stereotyping factor can only be resolved when there are more female engineers in theworkforce, the environmental- and people
- ing Management Journal and Quality Approaches in Higher Education. Prior to his academic career, he spent 14 years in industry where he held leadership positions focused on process improvement and organizational development.Dr. Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University Paul J. Kauffmann is Professor Emeritus and past Chair in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. His twenty year industry career included positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr. Kauffmann received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia
likely to be assessed as part of a team. Having studied self-efficacy and learning styles in sophomore students for several semesters and noticing trends thatmay be explained by their early stage in career (e.g., lack of confidence in conceptual problems),we began to consider the status of our graduating senior students. Are they entering theworkforce with high self-efficacy and a command of chemical engineering theory and designprinciples?Using a modified version of the Carberry et al. instrument for design self-efficacy, we trackedstudent self-efficacy throughout their senior design experience. Three self-efficacy surveys wereadministered: one early in the term while students were working on an individual project, one inthe mid-semester while
scheduled based on results from scholar surveys and journaling responses, whichincluded: WCU’s Career Services; Writing and Learning Commons, Math Tutoring Center,Library Research Liaison, and the Honor’s College. Additionally, peer-to-peer workgroups wereestablished to discuss and journal the anxiety themes within each groups’ activities.Year-one activities also included the development of peer-to-peer and faculty-scholar mentorshipgroups. These student lead groups sought to build foundational support for each scholar byestablishing learning communities with shared goals. The formation of these groups were bothorganic, with students self-selecting group membership, or highly structured by the programdirectors. Structured group membership was based
- neering. Brian’s duties include managing employer recruiting efforts for the college and creating/coordinating professional and career development workshops and events for engineering students. Brian has worked in career development for more than 9 years and loves helping students with their career related needs. Brian enjoys Calling the Hogs, working out, and spending time with his family when not at work.Mr. Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas Bryan Hill is a native of Louisiana, USA He earned a B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the U of A. Currently, Bryan is the Assistant Dean for Student Recruitment and Diversity, Honors and Inter- national Programs at the University of Arkansas College of Engineering. He is
Policy and Management and her M.Ed. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Dr. Alan R. Peterfreund, SageFox Consulting Group Alan Peterfreund is Executive Director of SageFox Consulting Group, an education research, evaluation located in Amherst Massachusetts. Alan has a Ph.D. in Geology from Arizona State University, and has been a research faculty member at Brown University. A career-shift in 1984 led to 16 years of consulting in the private and public sector with primarily emphasis on organizational change, quality management, and employee participation. Starting in 2000, Alan began to focus on supporting higher education partners in projects that address broadening participation in the sciences, graduate
some members of our society are being excluded from the most fulfillingand profitable careers of the modern age. Additionally, the talents and diverse ideas that thesestudents offer are being lost or underutilized in informing the growth of STEM fields.3In order to encourage students to eventually pursue STEM careers, early exposure is likely to becritical. Many colleges and universities are developing and implementing outreach programs thatare designed to stimulate more students to develop an interest and understanding in STEM beforethey enter college. It is currently unknown for many of these programs as to whether theypositively impact students’ desires to pursue STEM as a major or as a career. A more traditionaland highly successful
Institute and State University. Dr. Ballard’s primary focus is bridging the gap between the Colleges of Engineering and Education by providing leadership in engineering education initiatives across both colleges. She teaches undergraduate courses in the First Year Engineering Program and in the Department of STEM Educa- tion. Dr. Ballard’s research interests include self-efficacy, motivation and persistence of underrepresented populations in STEM and engineering design in K-12.Dr. Vincent William DeLuca, North Carolina State University V. William DeLuca, Ed.D. Dr. DeLuca taught middle school, high school, undergraduate and graduate level technology education in his 30 year career as a teacher and researcher. He has
technology within the School of Construction. As a practitioner, Ms. Bounds has used Revit and BIM to improve interior design processes. Throughout her career, Ms. Bounds has worked closely with architects, engineers and facility managers and is keenly aware of the extensive data and coordination that large projects require. The aim of her research is to leverage BIM’s capabilities in the interior architectural field and to train a future generation of interior designers to integrate their work with those of the architectural, engineering and facility management professions. Page 26.164.1
economically disadvantaged students, (2011-2014). Associate Director, Engineering Discovery Days. The largest UW College of Engineering annual event brings over 8,000 students and families to campus to explore engineering through interactive activities, (2012-2014). Board President, NW Career Educators and Employers Association. Organization brings together career educators and employers to improve the economic vitality of the Pacific Northwest, (2008). Collaborators Dr. Robert G. Olsen, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Washington State University Dr. John Schneider, Associate Dean of Engineering and Architecture and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Washington State University Kirk
am a slacker Be the best version of yourself that you can be (repeated) I need to treat things more seriously I need to get involved in more activities and stay determined (repeated) Always have a positive attitude I am capable of being a successful engineer My decisions now affect my future career I can be a leader Engineering is for me and I am no longer second guessing myself I am truly the only person who controls my futureTable 3 summarizes the responses of the students on the most important lesson they learnedabout succeeding as undergraduates in ET. The comments in Table 3 indicate that most freshmenstudents have a better understanding of what it takes to succeed in engineering technology. Hardwork, focus, balancing work and other
control with research contributions in the areas of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Networks and Computing Systems, and Mobile Cloud Computing. His research work has been published in over forty refereed papers, posters and journals, and one book chapter. Guirguis’ research and educational activities are funded with over $2.9M in grants from the NSF, DoD, AFOSR, IEEE, Cisco and Texas State. Guirguis received the NSF CAREER award in 2012. Guirguis has been a visiting faculty researcher at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in the sum- mers of 2012 and 2013. During the academic year 2014/2015 he joined the Mobile and Pervasive Com- puting Group in the ECE Dept. at UT Austin. Guirguis has a wide range of
professional career covers: teaching at undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate level; planning, developing and managing project in the areas of Educational Systems. My research interest include the foreign educational programs, dual degree, project training, foreign industrial practice. I am a member of Russian Academy of Natural Science and Academy of Social Education.Mr. Roman V. Kupriyanov, Kazan National Research Technological University I am an Assistant Professor of Kazan National Research Technological University. I received my specialty of chemical technology of high-molecular compounds in 1997. At the same time, I studied at the Faculty of additional education of KNRTU on specialty Psychology. I was a post- graduate
Paper ID #25056A STEM-based, Project-driven, Introductory Programming Class for Pre-service TeachersProf. Wesley G. Lawson, University of Maryland, College Park Prof. Lawson has earned five degrees from the University of Maryland, including a Ph,D, in Electrical Engineering in 1985. In his professional career at College Park, where he has been a full professor since 1997, he has worked on high-power microwave devices, medical devices, and engineering and STEM education. He is an author or coauthor on 5 books and over 70 refereed journal articles and 200 conference presentations and publications.Dr. Jennifer Lee Kouo
, acousticenergy propagation, antibiotic resistance of environmental bacteria, and muon flux detection. Ina post-experience survey, all students indicated that they had a positive experience and that theywould “recommend the program to their friends”. All responded that they were interested inpursuing a career in science. In the fall, students were encouraged to submit their researchfindings to national and regional high school science competitions.Introduction There has always been a need for people with expertise at various levels and specialtiesof science and technology [1],[2]. Despite the demand, there has been a decrease in theproportion of students graduating with non-biological science, engineering and technologydegrees, resulting in a need
interdisciplinary design courses that range from introductory to capstone courses. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Girl Scouts STEM Day ProgramAbstractCareers in engineering help a person to both contribute toward solving problems in society andenvironment, and live independently with available work and sufficient salary. Nevertheless, adisproportionate number of females have not entered careers in engineering or related STEMfields. One factor for the low participation may be insufficient exposure to compellingengineering activities at an early age. As a response, many educators and activists have initiatedSTEM activities for younger women to engage in, and potentially increase
the same college) andmay be considered similar by some. This project has exposed significant differences in howengineering and computer science majors think about their career trajectories. These differenceshave led to modifications in data collection and the need to carefully consider the applicability ofclassroom activities. Our poster will highlight how we have adapted our data collection methodsto be relevant to both engineering and computer science classes. For example, the primarypurpose of the grant is to develop inclusive professional identities. While those pursuing anengineering degree generally have a clear objective of becoming a “practicing engineer,” there isno single collective term applicable to the professional careers
to produce quality research rather than a large quantity of it. One respondentreferenced the changes of publishing practices over their career: Things were very different when I was a grad student. We published strictly in traditional journals in our area of research. We did not worry about the impact factor, just suitability. Now I tell my students to publish in open-access journals with high impact factors. Of course, they have to be suitable, and oftentimes I'm willing to swap impact factor for the cost of OA publishing.Regarding advising, faculty mentioned instructing students to look to the papers they are citingfor sources of potential publication. They also cited future career goals as a lens
, medical device innovators & technicalentrepreneurs with: the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to successfully manage thenuances of the medical device industry and address the increased complexity of the modern Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference Organized by The University of Texas at Dallas Copyright © 2017, American Society for Engineering Education 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conferenceregulatory landscape; and the cross functional knowledge and know-how to facilitate engineeringpractice along diverse biomedical career paths.Figure 1 Biodevelopment Four-part PlatformBiodevelopment was
engineering profession and, the second is to provide an experience that would leave our participants with a positive impression about careers in engineering. WNEC faculty members highlight the creativity and problem-solving traits of engineers with examples from all disciplines of engineering. These ideas are put into action with a hands-on engineering design project, such as looping roller coasters or LegoTM vehicles, to fit the capabilities of girls in our target age group. A workbook, which contains the basic steps in the engineering design process and the specific instructions to complete the activity, was developed. The Girl Scouts work in teams of three or four, along with WNEC engineering students, who are the mentors for the activity. Insight
High School Students in IndianaAbstractProject Lead The Way is a pre-engineering program designed to prepare students forpostsecondary engineering and engineering technology courses. PLTW courses utilize project-and problem-based learning strategies that encourage students to apply what they learn to real-life situations. At the middle school level the program is called Gateway to Technology.Gateway to Technology is project-based and designed with all students in mind and addressesnational standards in math, science and technology. One of the goals of the middle schoolcurriculum is to increase interest and awareness of female and minority students in technologyand related careers. Gateway to Technology also encourages increasing numbers of
activities. The labactivities included a quarter-length design, build, and test problem utilizing project managementand team building skills found in the standard lab sections.The new course offering represents a significant effort to transfer graduate level researchfindings to a freshman engineering setting. This exposed students to cutting-edge research topicsand fostered an early interest in academic and professional careers in new fields such asnanotechnology and biomedical devices. The project also demonstrates a safe method ofincorporating more chemical and biological based engineering disciplines into a freshmanlaboratory course as an alternative to the traditional electro-mechanical emphasis. In fact, thelab-on-a-chip platform provides a
profiles are also important as a means to facilitate networking within institutions andprofessional societies, disseminating research and best practices, identifying expertise, recruitingnew members to professional societies and boards, and connecting with mentors.The purpose of this study is to explore the current development, characteristics and positioningof online engineering librarian profiles. Profiles of members of the Engineering LibrariansDivision (ELD) of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) were compiled andanalyzed by element, currency and platform. Examples of profile elements include personalphoto, contact information, education, career biography, title and rank, subject expertise,research interests, video recordings
. Page 8.964.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationBy the time they are at the point where they must choose careers, girls have less experience withcomputers and perceive that they are behind, decreasing their likelihood of entering the fields ofscience, engineering, and/or technology 8.Nationwide, few young women enroll in secondary school computer science advanced placementclasses. Their absence does not appear to stem from disinterest in computers but rather fromapplications that seem more attuned to the interests of boys 5, 10 . Therefore, as these youngwomen enter colleges and universities
course) is asemester project, which is reported in a 15-page (maximum) paper. The following is theassignment sheet for the semester project from the syllabus: “Semester Project Description Focus: To build the bridge from the course material to the work place, each student will evaluate one or several of the financial tools, methods, or practices employed by his / her firm. This is an opportunity to expand job and career related understanding of financial practices into new areas. Purpose: The purpose of the semester project is to allow you to use the tools and information from class to address or investigate a financial issue on the job. We hope it is a
” female student in engineering developing relationships before school begins.Developing relationships with women faculty is highlighted. “Engineering schools with highnumbers of female students say the best, albeit the most obvious, way to attract female studentsis to increase the number of female faculty members” (5)E-Mentoring Opportunities: "MentorNet®", the national electronic industrial mentoringnetwork for women in engineering and science, offers UK undergraduate students theopportunity to be paired with female or male engineers across the country. Mentors offersupport and provide encouragement to students as they progress through their coursework, andprepare to embark on their professional careers. Mentoring has been found to be an
time was simply to go toUniversity and get a degree, which would then serve as the springboard for my career. Despiteseemingly limited options, I was not challenged after graduating from high school to be criticalof my career path. Upon graduating from University, I became aware of the choice of optionsbefore me: I could work in engineering industry, I could pursue my entrepreneurial dreams, Icould pursue graduate research in engineering, I could pursue graduate work in another area ofinterest. Faced with these decisions, I started to be critical of my career and my goals for furthereducation. I started to question how graduate studies would benefit me in the future. My criticalperspectives started in undergraduate studies and have been
students. She is a student member of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).Dr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West LafayetteDr. Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette Demetra Evangelou, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She obtained her B.A. in psychology from Northeastern Illinois University, and a M.Ed. and Ph.D. in education from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is a member of Sigma Xi Science Honor Society. Evangelou was awarded an NSF CAREER grant in 2009 and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2011. Evangelou’s current research focuses on engineering thinking
students on what is to be expected of them over the courseof their academic careers (and beyond) and how to approach their courses. Emphasis would beplaced on how to apply the mathematics that they will learn to applications in their field,communications (both written and oral) so that their intended audience understands them, andimportance of ethical decision making. It seems that one major fault is that the students, in takingthese core courses, do not yet realize their importance later in their academic careers. TheEngineering Technology Freshmen Experience course would educate them on the importance ofthese courses, and how they will impact them later in the program, as well as in life.An important aspect of this course is that it should be
difficulties in this assessment technique is theadministering, collecting and reducing of the resulting data. This difficulty becomes morepronounced as data is collected across many years and different constituent groups. In order toimprove the collection and reduction of this type of data, the Career Resource Center (CRC) haspartnered with the College of Engineering in order to develop a dynamic web based survey tool.The Survey Builder application designed for the University of Florida is a tool that lets userscreate surveys, administer them, and analyze survey results all through the web.The Survey Builder is a general tool that has been implemented across the entire campus. Itallows any department to create a survey and administer it over the web