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education. In addition, she has completed several graduate-level courses in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Dr. Morrison’s public policy master’s thesis was a research study on diversity policy in the Center for Aviation Studies and whether or not that policy impacted students’ considerations for leaving the academic program. Her expertise is in curriculum de- velopment, especially as it pertains to women and underrepresented minorities in education. Dr. Morrison takes an interdisciplinary approach to research, using both qualitative and quantitative methods that were informed by her background in education and public policy. c American Society for Engineering Education
project that aligns with their topical area of interest, current skill level, andsought area of growth. The Lab engages students from first year to master’s level in varyingcapacities. Students may volunteer on a project as a trial, join in the context of a researchfellowship, or receive compensation for their efforts in the form of monetary payment, as aresearch assistant, or academic credit. They may also work on projects that have been adapted tosenior design engineering projects. Importantly, the Lab aims to meet the needs of the studentsand support their educational goals above the work product. Industry mentors, selected by thepartner organization, will consult directly with the student team and faculty mentor(s) on aregular basis
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misconceptions of emergence for the semiconductor phenomenon driftAbstract Recent research in learning science has focused on students’ misconceptions about emergence. In emergentphenomena, the interactions of the agents in the phenomenon aggregate and form a self-organizing pattern that canbe seen at a higher level. One such emergent system, drift, is a fundamental mechanism for semiconductors. Thepurpose of this study was to demonstrate the presence and prevalence of misconceptions about emergence studentshave about drift, and to determine what relationships existed between the identified misconceptions. Forty-oneundergraduate engineering students participated in the written protocol study. Participants’ responses were
within science, technology, engineeringand mathematics (STEM). For HBCUs, their success in graduating Black students in STEM washighlighted along with the missed opportunity of advancing their efforts to assist the U. S. goalof staying competitive within the STEM workforce (National Academies of Sciences,Engineering, and Medicine, 2019). For example, scholars found that HBCUs, while onlyaccounting for 3% of all post-secondary institutions in the United States, graduated 17% of allBlack students (Gasman & Nguyen, 2016). Additionally, as of 2019, 14.5% of Black graduateswere from HBCUs even though they made up less than 1% of all ABET-accredited programs(ABET, 2019; Deen, 2019; Fletcher et al., 2023). For Black women, a group representing
have used intersectionality tounderstand the experiences of students of color in higher education, few engineering educationstudies apply an intersectionality framework, particularly for WOC.After a short pilot study, we anticipate the survey results will generate three outcomes. First, thesurvey results will show what intersecting identities most impact the experience of WOC inengineering, and the extent to which these may operate differently for women of different racialethnic groups. Second, interview questions and potential themes will be created by groupingresults into clusters of intersectionality types or exemplars of intersecting identities. Finally, wewill generate strategies to overcome the challenge of the double bind for WOC in
andcomputational methods for structural analysis. A summary of the fatigue and related fracturemechanics content included in some popular Mechanics of Materials and Aerospace Structurestextbooks is included in Table A1 in Appendix A. It can be seen in Table A1 that the coverageof fatigue is cursory in typical Mechanics of Materials texts. Most aerospace structures textsinclude some coverage of fatigue topics, but still at an elementary level.A detailed, quantitative analysis of fatigue, requiring significant experience in techniques ofelasticity and study of the subject of fracture mechanics, is beyond the scope of undergraduatestudents and rightly finds a place among graduate studies in Aerospace Engineering. However,the importance of fatigue in
that characterized students’motivations toward engineering using interview methods found that female students whoseprimary motivation toward engineering was to help underserved populations left engineering at ahigher rate than female students with other primary motivations toward engineering. Thestudents participating in that study were initially enrolled at four different institutions, but thestudy population was quite small (n~30). The current research used quantitative methods tocharacterize the social responsibility (SR) attitudes of a larger population of incomingengineering students at a single institution. A high SR score was defined as an average scoreacross nine 7-point Likert-type items at the third quartile or higher. Among 122
Paper ID #37278Exploring Climate and Student Persistence in Engineeringand Computer Science through Engineering Culture (Workin Progress)Laura Ann Gelles (Postdoctoral Research Associate) I'm a Postdoctoral Research Associate studying undergraduate retention and climate at University of Texas at Dallas. Previously, I've studied institutional change and integrating social context into technical engineering curriculum at the University of San Diego, and the mentoring and career prospects and resources of engineering graduate students as a Ph.D. student at Utah State University.Amy Walker (Associate Dean for
engineering faculty’s lack offamiliarity with non-ABET professional skills, like entrepreneurial mindset and cultural agility,the difficulty of making changes in technical classes, and the limitations in assessing professionalskills. The researcher aims for the recommendations derived from this pilot study to raiseawareness of professional skill development within engineering curricula, fostering collaborationwith industry, and stimulating further research into enhancing the engineering curriculum with afocus on these essential skills.IntroductionTo succeed in the 21st-century workplace, engineering graduates need more than technical skillsor risk losing their jobs to automation [1, 2]. Professional skills complement a technicaleducation and are part
students compared to their male counterparts. Similar results wereobserved in a four-day engineering summer camp for girls [14], where participants had increasedinterest and understanding of engineering topics after camp completion. On the other hand, amixed-method study [15] on a six-day middle school engineering summer camp showed nostatistically significant change in participants’ intrinsic motivation, interest in engineeringcareers, self-efficacy, and self-determination based on the quantitative data. Nonetheless,qualitative data indicated that camp experience positively impacted participants’ outlook towardengineering and STEM careers and their awareness of STEM career requirements.The Friday Institute of Education S-STEM survey has been used
listening are key to success in a highly collaborative working environment [6].Studies have shown that involving students in engineering projects helps improve technical andinterpersonal communication within teams, with the suppliers of technical parts, and non-engineers. It has also helped improve English writing skills for international students [7].One would expect engineering students to possess high levels of these skills upon graduation;however, the results of past surveys show that engineering students are inadequately equipped tomeet this need [8-9]. Although engineering students are typically required to communicate theirdesign to a broader audience at the end of the senior capstone course, there is not much emphasisand attempt to provide
Journal, 2000, 34(2),298-306.5. Spurling, S. “Compression of Semesters or Intensity of Study: What is it that Increases Student Success?” City Coll. of San Francisco, CA. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Research and Planning Group (39th, Lake Arrowhead, CA, May 2-4, 2001).6. Kokkelenberg, E. C., Dillon, M. & Christy, S. M. “The Effects of Class Size on Student Grades at a Public University”, Economics of Education Review, 27(2), April 2008, 221–233.7. Morris, D., Scott, J., “ A Revised Pilot Study Examining the Effects of the Timing and Size of Classes on Student Performance in Introductory Accounting Classes”, Research in Higher Education Journal, 43 (April 2014), 1-5.
Page 15.1194.7~18% in 1981).7 Investigations into the reasons for the higher male fraction have not beenundertaken. However, it may be that males are attracted to the T&E components, a dominanteffect in engineering schools.Another gender effect has not been investigated directly but is surely quite important. Notunlike most institutions offering K-5 teacher preparation programs, the MST graduates aremostly female (~75% for the MST major). However, there is a substantial difference; femaleMST graduates are well versed in all areas of STEM (STEM literate, if you will), whichshould result in MST graduates being effective role models for female K-5(8) students.8,9(3) Measured M, S and T&E content knowledgeThe depth of content knowledge is
www.slayte.com Computational Thinking in the Formation of Engineers: Year 2IntroductionIn the United States, engineering students spend four or more years studying mathematics,science, and engineering topics that provide breadth and depth in a field of study. The structureof the engineering curriculum is not nationally standardized but accreditation requirements,professional society guidelines, and input from industrial advisory committees all helpuniversities develop robust curricula that continue to produce graduates prepared to designsystems around multiple realistic constraints using modern tools and practices [1] [2]. Central tothis modern design practice is the use of computers to collect and analyze data, as well as tocalculate solutions
assignment needs to be clearly defined and properly assigned to students. The nature of educational activities and projects assigned to construction students is not entirely aligned with collaboration features, and, therefore, educators should particularly define projects and assignments that promote collaboration and teamwork aspects in students. This study aims to report on different features of collaboration efforts between two programs. The research question was how a collaborative environment I perceived by students from different majors. A quantitative method in fall 2021 was employed to highlight various students’ perceptions of the subject. The results indicate that program identity, trust
Illinois.Wright College’s student success rates measured by completion have been strong and improvingrelative to other national urban community colleges, but are below state and national averages.In 2015 the college piloted a selective guaranteed admission program, Engineering Pathways (EP),to one of the nation’s top engineering schools (The Grainger College of Engineering at theUniversity of Illinois Urbana Champaign, UIUC). Initial results for the small first-year cohort werevery positive: 89% transfer rate and all students who transferred to UIUC graduated. Theprogram’s initial success rested on a) cohort model with a small number of students and strongcontrols; b) co-branding that attracted local students interested in pursuing engineering at UIUCwho
of the course showed that the course was well-received (“Overall, I wouldrate this course as:” 4.60/5.0), and the students appreciated the discussion-based learning andexperiential components. Two of the 20 students accepted jobs in sustainability-related fieldsupon graduation. Some suggestions for future courses were to have fewer guest speakers andmore quantitative analysis in the course to balance the conceptual learning.In 2023, the Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering received a BiggadikeInnovation Grant for the establishment of an engineering sustainability focus area in thedepartment. The purpose was to strengthen the current Introduction to Sustainable Engineeringcourse by developing lab components which allowed
significant and should bestudied together [20].Study SettingPERSIST in Engineering is a project that seeks to make recommendations about teacherprofessional development and pedagogy that are best suited for engineering in rural elementaryschools. To do that, we are investigating how teachers learn about engineering through formalprofessional learning workshops and then watching closely as a subset of those teachersimplement engineering design units in their classes.Bea and Jared - This study is a pilot of our first investigation that takes an ethnographicapproach to better learn how teachers who recently learned about engineering teach engineeringto their students. We focus specifically on two teachers who teach the same grade in the sameschool. Bea
. In developing the intervention activities, the investigative team consideredbest practices from a large body of literature on improving the retention and graduation rates ofunderrepresented minority students in STEM to address the following research question:Research Question. Does peer-led team learning through recitation labs in engineering coursesincrease students’ mathematics confidence, mathematics efficacy, engineering identity, andpersistence in engineering pathways?The team constructed the activities based on studies that highlighted the need for active andcollaborative learning environments to engage underrepresented minorities, specifically femalestudents, in engineering fields. These activities had high indicators for support to
, Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. SAGE Publications, 2013.[45] J. Osborne, Best practices in quantitative methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2008.[46] C. Charyton and J. A. Merrill, “Assessing general creativity and creative engineering design in first year engineering students,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 98, no. 2, pp. 145–156, 2009.[47] S. Dewulf and C. Baillie, Case: Creativity in Art, Science and Engineering : how to Foster Creativity. Great Britain Department for Education and Employment, 1999.[48] K. Kazerounian and S. Foley, “Barriers to Creativity in Engineering Education: A Study of Instructors and Students Perceptions,” J. Mech. Des., vol. 129, no. 7, pp. 761–768, Feb. 2007.[49] W. B
Paper ID #21724Validity Evidence for the SUCCESS Survey: Measuring Non-Cognitive andAffective Traits of Engineering and Computing StudentsMr. Matthew Scheidt, Purdue University, West Lafayette Matthew Scheidt is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and The Ohio State University with a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing. Matt is currently part of Dr. Allison Godwin’s STRIDE (Shaping Transformative Research on Identity and Diversity in Engineering) research group at Purdue.Dr
separate activity prior to attempting tocode the data set, which is consistent with previous literature on protocol analysis 35. During thesegmenting, it was important to define what constitutes the thought which was defined as a pausebound utterance as suggested by Atman 9.Two graduate students who were involved with the pilot of this study were tasked withsegmenting the data. Each was assigned one-half of the data set. To ensure quality segmenting,each graduate student segmented ¼ of a video assigned to the other student. This provided 25%overlap based on video time. Videos very divided into quarters and determining which quarter ofthe video to overlap was randomly done by the research leadership team. Segments generated byeach graduate student
. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, comput- ing, and the social sciences to advance understanding of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and professional practice.Miss Anne Elizabeth Dare, Purdue University Anne Dare is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering at Purdue Uni- versity, and holds a joint appointment with the Global Engineering Program (GEP) as its Global Design Team Coordinator. She received her B.S. in 2008 and M.S.E. in 2010 from Purdue University and was a member of GEP’s pilot Global Design Team. As an undergraduate, Dare spent several summers work- ing with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service as an
themresponsible for learning as a group, as based on Vygotsky’s theory of social constructivism [7].In capstone learning, student agency supports the ability to make decisions during design,especially during problem framing [8]. Agency is also essential for students in defining andmaking meaning of their personal identities, experiences, and narratives as engineers [9].Therefore, we examine the role of agency Student-led discussions have value for collaborativelearning and reflection of ethics. In a systematic review of peer teaching in healthcare education,both direct and indirect peer-based teaching methods were identified including student-ledlectures, feedback, and problem-based learning [10]. However, few studies have focused on peerlearning as an
simulations, smart home technology and aging in place, and retrofitting existing homes to create net zero homes for aging in place.Mrs. Terri S. Krause, Purdue University Terri Krause is a second year PhD student in Learning Design & Technology, a Graduate Research Assis- tant in Purdue Polytechnic Institute, and is serving on the research and evaluation team for the Transdis- ciplinary Studies in Technology (TST) program. Her interests include adapting learning experiences for cross-cultural instructional and online instructional environments; with a values-based, ethical focus. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Systematically Integrating Liberal Education in a
college inEthiopia. In those capacities, and their experiences as instructors, researchers, and departmentheads, they had an opportunity to learn about some challenges women in Ethiopia face inuniversities, especially in engineering.The two Black men research team members also have a sister who studied engineering(bachelor’s degree) and is pursuing a master’s degree in engineering. As siblings, who have closecontact with their sister to support her in her academic pursuit, they learned some of the struggleswomen in Ethiopia might face in higher education, especially in engineering departments.Further, both men know they haven't experienced the many challenges women students gothrough in engineering in Ethiopia. While some of their identities
methodologicalinsights on how to examine the research questions addressed in this proposal. We will build on these initialfindings to create surveys, revise interview protocols, collect larger-scale quantitative and qualitative data,design an intervention, and assess the effectiveness of the intervention. ReferencesAmerican Society for Engineering Education. (2019). Longitudinal retention and time-to-graduation report [Data file]. http://www.asee.orgAndres, L., & Carpenter, S. (1997). Today's higher education students: Issues of admission, retention, transfer, and attrition in relation to changing student demographics. Centre for Policy Studies in Education, University of British
education after helping develop and teach an online only laboratory class. She currently works as a research associate under Dr. Karin Jensen with a focus on engineering student mental health, retention, and development of resources.Joseph Mirabelli Joseph Mirabelli is an Educational Psychology graduate student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a focus in Engineering Education. His work focuses on mentorship, mental health, and retention for STEM students and faculty. He was awarded the 2020 NAGAP Gold Award for Graduate Education Research to study engineering faculty perceptions of graduate student well-being and attrition. Before studying education at UIUC, Joseph earned an MS degree in Physics from