as the Coordinator of Pre-College Programs at Virginia Tech’s Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity. She also worked as a global engagement specialist in the Office of Global Engineering Engagement and Research at Virginia T ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Pre-college, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, EngineeringRevisiting Assessment Tools Used to Measure the Impact of Summer Program Interventions on Perceptions and Interest in Engineering Among Underrepresented Pre-College Students – A Work in ProgressAbstractStudents start their education in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)fields with the aim of having STEM-related careers. However, many
create a partnership with the College of Natural Sciences to develop and deliver bias and inclusion workshops and training across the colleges for students, staff, and faculty. She continues to be active in service to the UT community working with peer and professional mentoring programs. She presents to numerous groups on a variety of leadership, inclusion, and career-focused topics. A member of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) since 2006, Ana completed a three-year appointment to the WEPAN Board of Directors as Communications Director. Ana received the Eyes of Texas Award in 2011, the University’s Outstanding Staff Award in 2012, and the Cockrell School of Engineering Staff Excellence Award. After
virtual scavenger image hunt in orientation and game nights every Wednesday. During the ten weeks, we also organized a half-hour daily check-in and check-out in the morning and afternoon respectively, through which students got ample opportunities to speak in a group setting about their own accomplishments and challenges for the day as well as their plans for the next day. Moreover, a PhD pathways panel and several professional development seminars on Graduate School and the research process were successfully organized to motivate students to pursue a research career. To facilitate communication, our site adopted multiple software tools (slack, google calendar, zoom, and moodle). An independent evaluator evaluated our
Paper ID #37992Collateral Damage: Investigating the Impacts of COVID onSTEM Professionals with Caregiving ResponsibilitiesKelli Paul Dr. Kelli Paul is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Research on Learning and Technology at Indiana University where her research focuses on the development of STEM interests, identity, and career aspirations in children and adolescents.Jungsun Kim (Research Scientist)Amanda Diekman (Professor)Allison Godwin (Associate Professor) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. She is also the
Academy in 2020. The goals of the Cyber Academy are to engage AF JROTC cadets in learning cybersecurity skills and becoming more aware of careers in cybersecurity by connecting high school JROTC cadets with dedicated faculty, mentors, and the wider cybersecurity field and Air Force through an intense summer course. This pilot was hosted at one institution (Mississippi State University) and was designed to teach a college-level cybersecurity course to 25 AF JROTC cadets in high school. In 2021, the Cyber Academy moved to a distributed model taught at five institutions. In total, the Academy was designed to reach 100 AF JROTC cadets, 20 cadets at each host institu- tion receiving very similar core
-Director of the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program, and since 2021 the Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics at MIT.Reza S Rahaman (Industry Co-Director, Gordon Engineering LeadershipProgram) Reza Rahaman is the Bernard M Gordon Industry Co-Director and Senior Lecturer for the MIT Technical Leadership and Communication Programs - the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP), the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program (GEL), the Graduate Engineering Leadership Program (GradEL), and the School of Engineering Communication Lab. Dr. Rahaman returned to MIT in 2018 after a 29 year career in the Consumer Packaged Goods, Pharmaceuticals, and Agricultural Chemical Industries
, intrusiveadvising, regular progress reports from instructors, and peer and faculty mentoring. Co-curricular support includes community-building activities, a minimum of two mandatory themeseminars based on evidence-based best practices, and two required "choice" activities, includingparticipation in career fairs, industry information sessions, student clubs, K-12 outreach,undergraduate research, and study abroad. The College of Engineering's network of existingsupport programs is being leveraged in tandem with strategically planned activities to providethe cohorts with academic, financial, career development, and personal support. Explicitlyproviding CREATE scholars with the resources that are part of the hidden curriculum [6] willgive them additional
availability with over 100,000 unfilled jobs for the electronics industry, yet the majorityof talent pipeline discussions only consider university-level matriculation and overlook the abilityof high school and middle school students to learn and contribute to electronics innovation andindustry. The large misconception is that students must complete a post-secondary degree oreducation program to start contributing to electronics innovation or to begin their career. Thispaper provides two case studies that challenges those assumptions and establishes what high schoolstudents and middle school students can accomplish with mentoring, streamlined coursework, andexperiential learning through applied engineering projects in semiconductor design and
grant work because it enables people like you to reach your potential and to do good work in your field, whatever that looks like for you!Gerry Caskey Mr. Caskey is the Instrumentation Instructor at LDCC Ruston Campus with over 30 years industry experience. As the Principal Investigator for the NSF funded grant ”Project Complete”, he is passionate about introducing Instrumentation as a career pathway for the next generation.Michael K. Swanbom (Distinguished Lecturer)Matthew Brady Johnson Matthew is a Ph.D. student in industrial-organizational psychology whose research foci includes motivation, personality, team innovation, leadership, and team climate. He serves as a project manager for AROS consulting, a firm that
[1], [2], [3]. In December 2022, the U.S. Department of Education announcedthe “Raise the Bar: STEM Excellence for All Students” initiative, intended to “help implementand scale equitable, high-quality STEM education for all students from Pre-K to highereducation—regardless of background— to ensure their 21st century career readiness and globalcompetitiveness” [4]. One of three Raise the Bar goals is to “develop and support our [U.S.]STEM educators to join, grow, and stay in the STEM field” [4]. This goal targets one of the mostsignificant challenges facing the education field today: teacher recruitment and retention.The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the teacher shortage in the U.S. Recent research by theNational Center for Education
Laboratories. Since 1993 he has been with Bucknell University where he is currently Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research interests include antenna array system design, signal processing, and medical ultrasound imaging. Dr. Kozick received a 2006 Best Paper Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society and the Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence from Bucknell University in 1999.Christa Matlack, Bucknell University Christa Matlack serves as a Career Coach in the Center for Career Advancement at Bucknell University where her role is to empower undergraduate students to seek meaningful careers and to guide students through the career development process. In addition, Christa is a co-leader of
project mainly targeting a K-12nearby community to show the attractiveness in developing a college career in engineering, (d) anetworking project on a one-to-one basis with alumni to get advice and mentorship ondeveloping a professional career in engineering, and € a practical experience on a “virtual office”model to reinforce teamwork skills, leadership, and coaching.Content structure and strategyOur department has a long tradition of experimenting and innovating in the structure andstrategies for the capstone process design course [3]. Currently it is a one semester long 5 creditscourse offered in the spring (two sections) and the summer. Class sizes have varied widely from15 students in the summer session to over 50 students in each section of
their experiences as engineers, as other programshave done [3]. Three other panels presented for the benefit of the participants, one panel perweek of the SBP. The first panel consisted of persons who were recent engineering graduates ofTexas A&M University-Kingsville. They were asked to speak about the transition from anacademic to professional work environment. The second panel consisted of engineeringgraduates who worked in other professions outside of engineering, and they discussed how theyused their engineering skills in performing non-engineering jobs. The third panel consisted ofseasoned or retired engineers, who spoke about the variety of things each had accomplished overthe course of their careers. There were 16 guest speakers. Of
Careers in the Chemical Sciences. She received an associate degree from Yavapai College, a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from New Mexico State University, and a doctoral degree in chemistry from the University of Arizona. She was a staff scientist at the Idaho National Laboratory for twelve years before joining the faculty at Northern Arizona University.Dr. Angelina E. Castagno, Northern Arizona University Angelina E. Castagno, PhD, is the Director of the Din´e Institute for Navajo Nation Educators, and a Pro- fessor of Educational Leadership and Foundations at Northern Arizona University. Her teaching, research, and consulting focus on equity and diversity in U.S. schools, with a focus on Indigenous education
(2011), an IEEE eBook, Shaping an Engineering Career: Book 2: Dual Career Ladders (2013), and another text, So You Want to be an Engineer? (2015). American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Do Engineers Need A Code of Ethics?AbstractProfessional organizations and societies may have a Code of Ethics, Rules of Conduct, Canonsof Conduct, or some similarly named set of operating rules governing the expected ethicalconduct of their membership. In many cases, in the preamble of the documents will be found theword “guidelines”, or words within the document such as “perceived harm” or “where possible”.These words provide the engineer some personal
Man 210 65.0scale are reported in Appendix A. Genderqueer/nonbinary 1 .3Respondents also provided information Prefer not to answer 6 1.9on their educational history, current area Total 323 100.0of study, and intentions to pursue a URM2 status:baccalaureate degree and career in ECS. Non-URM 160 49.1Intentions to pursue a baccalaureate URM 157 48.2degree and career in ECS were compared Prefer not to answer 9
programming.IntroductionAlthough most engineering faculty and professionals view computer programming as an essentialpart of an undergraduate engineering curriculum, engineering students do not always share thisviewpoint. In fact, engineering students outside of computer and electrical engineering may notrealize the value of computer programming skills until after they have graduated and advanced intheir career [1]. Failure to find value in computer programming may have negative consequencesfor learning. Indeed, engineering students who do not view programming as interesting or usefulshow poorer performance on tests of programming concepts than students who do [2]. This findingis consistent with theories of technology acceptance [3-4] that emphasize perceived usefulness
to connectfemale students with multiple mentors or role models from diverse career backgrounds to whomthey could relate to and interact personally. These group functioned as independent, close-knitenvironments that enabled students to share their thoughts and seek guidance without inhibitions.The connection between financial wellbeing and female retention was explored by Yang6, byexamining whether a financial incentive such as student loan repayment awarded upongraduation influenced undergraduate women’s retention and academic achievement inengineering. Their findings revealed that loan repayment award not only had a positive influenceon completion rates, but also influenced completion by a greater variety of students in terms ofGPAs. The
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
Questions 4 and 5, students are asked about their confidence that theywill complete their degree program and career plans after they graduate. Open-ended questionsabout challenges the students are facing and growth experiences they have had serve to informdepartment administrators and faculty members about things the department is doing well andareas for improvement.The faculty survey (Appendix B) asks faculty members to (a) rate their level of confidence intheir advising and mentoring graduate students generally and specifically those in cultural groupsdifferent from their own (Questions 1-2); (b) indicate the frequency and kinds of experiencesthey typically provide their graduate students, such as helping them author or co-author paperson their
Career Education 4-year 2-year college college Middle High school schoolMove from Leaky Pipeline toPathways to STEM STEM Graduate Professional Career Education • Experiential learning 4-year college • Engagement, 2-year college Capacity and Continuity Trilogy for Student Success (ECC Trilogy) Middle
-Madison, rubymaser@yahoo.com)AbstractEfforts to broaden participation in science and engineering (STEM) are of national importance.This paper describes the development and implementation of teaching strategies for theWisconsin Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (WiscAMP) Excel program. Theprogram involves: 1) selecting underrepresented minority (URM) students majoring in scienceand engineering whose first year academic performance indicates they are at risk for leavingSTEM; and 2) providing an intensive 8-week immersion experience in STEM scholarship,research, academic and career exploration and advising. Collectively program faculty membershave identified a shared programmatic strategy with respect to supporting students
engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring communication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication, effective teaching practices in design education, the effects of differing design pedagogies on retention and motivation, the dynamics of cross-disciplinary collaboration in both academic and industry design environments, and gender and identity in engineering.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at
project include fosteringindependent research skills, recruitment from underrepresented groups and/or schools withlimited research opportunities, and professional development particularly targetingentrepreneurship and innovation. Pre/post surveys and focus group interviews were conducted tocollect data from participants. Students strongly indicated that the program was an importantbridge between their undergraduate and graduate careers and that important knowledge, skills,and interests were developed as a result. One of the main self-perceived deficiencies of studentsentering the program was technical communication, and gains were achieved in this area bystructuring biweekly program-wide meetings around developing relevant skills. We found
printers capable of using aplethora of thermal plastics and photopolymer resins and enables large foot print parts, anddigital scanning systems widely used in industries. In addition to research and learning, theAdvanced Manufacturing Laboratory also serves as tools for recruitment of high school studentsand developing continuing education program as well as retention of students in STEM fields toimprove the graduation rates. With such a high potential, students begin to understand andappreciate the extraordinary advantages of pursuing a career in the STEM area. AdvancedManufacturing Laboratory’s hands-on research and learning environment fosters students tofunction effectively in collaborative environments with other disciplines, and
Identity of an Engineering Technology GraduateEngineering graduates identify themselves as a person formally educated in engineering, whobelongs to a group of people practicing engineering. How does the person holding anengineering technology degree career identify? The lack of differentiating research betweenengineering and engineering technology graduates results in less knowledge about self-identification by the engineering technology graduate. Many believe that the positions held byengineering technology graduates further define their self-identity, as they are titled eitherengineers or technologists.Identity research focuses on career trajectory in the graduate student population. This focusplaces research in academia. Methods used to analyze
mentors, adesignated space for team learning and tutoring, common courses, quality academic advising, afreshman orientation course, social events, and financial aid in the form of renewable scholarships.1.2 Brief Description of the AcES ProgramAcES, founded in 2012, has evolved to include a one week summer bridge experience, a two credithour professional development course, a three credit hour course designed to communicate howengineers throughout history have shaped society, an industrial mentor program, and scholarshipopportunities. Since cohort building, student success skill development, career guidance, andsupport system creation are main objectives of the program, the program enrollment is limitedeach year to 20-25 first-time full-time
STEM education. She has published 20 peer-reviewed publications in these areas, and her research has been funded by the NSF, AFRL, and LA-BOR. She is a member of the IEEE, SIAM, and ASEE.Dr. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”Dr. David E. Hall, Louisiana Tech University David Hall is the James F
between peers -The course helped students identify -The course provided a strong which areas of BME they were/were not introduction to basic engineering interested in concepts BME Career -While hearing about faculty research -The course activities kept students was nice, the course could benefit from interested due to their relevance to talking about career paths/opportunities BME when entering the workforce -Students enjoyed random group -Students related the group project assignments because it introduced them to their future careers as engineers
to students interested inSTEM careers at SCSU especially in Information Systems, Computer Science, and ComputerEngineering. SCSU-STEM enhanced the ability of underrepresented, academically talented andfinancially needy students to complete high-quality computing or engineering degree programand aimed at strengthening the STEM workforce and its leadership. It provided a significantchange in the award recipient lives, retain in their disciplines and graduate on time. The SCSU-STEM scholars were recruited at the junior level including transfer students. Full-time facultymentors provided academic advising. Scholars participated in research and senior design projectswith peer and graduate assistant support. They also completed internships