cannot be measured with a traditional examination as it involvesdifficult to measure constructs that fit together as metrics of preparedness. Throughout the pasttwo decades, researchers have attempted to measure related constructs such as citizenry andreadiness for global workforces. Unfortunately, none of these metrics have been preciselyaligned to career preparedness in the way that this paper intends to describe. As such, there iscurrently sparse research on global preparedness of business and engineering students. In aneffort to meet challenges put forth by various professional societies, this paper addresses anassessment comparison between engineering and business students on preparedness to work inglobal workforces
of successful companies and their research labs, need to find a wayinto science and engineering higher education systems to help to develop talent that can notonly use technology, but also help create it and develop new business opportunities with it.Universities are usually the preferred venue for post-doctoral candidates (postdocs) to spend 2to 3 years further expanding their research interests, experience and networks before formallyinitiating their careers with a company, university, or self-owned business. Nevertheless,industry research labs can also provide ways to engage not only faculty and students but alsopostdocs in innovation and in the transfer of state-of-the-art research results and emergingtechnology areas into new businesses
Arab countries. Sabah has over 25 years of experience in higher education including more than 15 years in education manage- ment across different parts of the world. Concentration in the last 15 years was on development of career, Art & Science, technology and engineering programs. Leading positions in educational institutions including chair of department, acting Dean, university board member, University assessment committee member, consultant and team leader. A unique experience in coordination between educational institution and industrial partners to build new paradigm in education through an NSF sponsored program. Many years of in-depth experience in curriculum development. Extensive knowledge in
impacts a person’s belief in his or her own ability to be successful in a course, class,college, and career. This session will equip educators with strategies to support studentparticipation, persistence, engagement and success in STEM, to ultimately increase theparticipation of women and students of color in engineering careers. Join us to use engineeringthinking to infuse more equity into your classroom!Workshop Description. Please provide a detailed description of the proposed workshop that, at Page 18.13.3minimum, explicitly addresses the following (maximum 4,000 characters): a. Learning objectives b. Hands-on activities and
Paper ID #14313Shifting Instruction to NGSS Engineering Practices: Strategies and LessonsLearned from Washington’s Statewide LASER ProgramDr. Ann P McMahon, Pacific Science Center Dr. Ann P. McMahon is Vice President of Science and Education at Pacific Science Center and Co- Director of Washington State LASER (Leadership Assistance for Science Education Reform). A satellite engineer for McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis for ten years before her career in science education, she has taught preschool and elementary school science and engineering and worked as a professional develop- ment provider of K-12 inquiry-based science and
combustion engines, fuel systems, exhaust emissions, fuelcells and energy systems.This paper describes structure of research projects, expectations on the part of faculty advisorsand students, preparation of student participants for subsequent research career or advanceddegree and the extent to which project objectives have been met. Tracking of the past REUstudent participants has shown that several of them are pursuing advanced degree programswhile a similar number is planning to pursue research and development career in industry.IntroductionThere has been an increased interest in providing research opportunities to undergraduates at manyinstitutions. While major research universities and some well-known liberal arts colleges have
that historically send the largest number of engineering students to Ohio State.These schools typically have strong math and science curricula and large numbers of male andfemale students with the academic preparation required for success in engineering. Successfulrecruiting at these schools can immediately increase the number of women engineering students.The second set of programs is designed to make young women attending other high schools andthose still in junior high aware of engineering as a career option and to encourage them to takethe courses that will prepare them to study engineering. In the long run, these programs will alsoresult in larger numbers of women in engineering. The third set of programs is designed givewomen engineering
they have learned, and applications of those skills in other courses.They are frequently asked to write about the concepts that were easiest to understand (andwhy), and those that were most difficult to learn (and offer suggestions for improving theinstruction).This paper has been prepared by a team of students selected from a group of volunteers. Itdescribes the course from the students’ perspective, focusing on the skills learned, activitiesthat were perceived to be valuable and those that were not, changes in their attitudes towardengineering as a career, and suggestions for improving the course next year.IntroductionA new course, Introduction to Engineering, was offered for the first time at Walnut Hills HighSchool during the 2001-2002
careers, many graduatesdevelop an interest in advancing to management positions. Often this interest is not perceivedprior to the completion of their education. It is not our purpose to anticipate universal careergoals, but it is incumbent on the curriculum committee to include topics having widespreadusefulness in a student’s career.In addition to the above, some employers require specific documentation of management trainingto be considered for promotion. This documentation could include additional courseworkfollowing graduation or could be met with the annotation of a minor in Engineering Managementon the student’s transcript. Specific instances of the requirement for documented managementtraining have been noted by Old Dominion University
same level of depth as the more “traditional” engineering majors as the corebiomedical courses do not need to teach elementary engineering concepts. This follows thepyramid model of only teaching advanced concepts once the basics are understood, and notattempting to teach high level biomedical engineering concepts first.Traditional undergraduate engineering education, especially in Civil and MechanicalEngineering, allows a graduate to shift among different areas of expertise over their career due tothe similarity of fundamental principles. Using this approach, as well as the recent emphasis onengineering design throughout the four-year curriculum, the University of Hartford developed itsundergraduate Biomedical Engineering Program. During the
point that challenges evenwell run organizations (Lau 4).A survey conducted by ACE 5 shows that Americans think that global matters will increasinglychange their lives, and the higher education ought to engage in a major role of preparing studentsto be connected with international issues. The survey results show: · 63% strongly agreed that knowledge of international issues are valuable to future careers, while 25% strongly agreed that these issues impact their own careers in the coming years. · 67% strongly agreed that international issues and events would have an impact on their daily lives. · Majority pointed out that higher education ought to play a greater role in providing international education opportunities
ETD 475 Fig. 4. Co-ops or internships, area of engineeringStudents’ opinions on how the Mechanical Engineering program prepared them to perform intheir current career are neutral/somewhat related in 49.95% of the answers in Fall 2020, 30% and62.50% in Spring 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters, respectively (Figure 5). Fig. 5. Students’ opinions on how well prepared they are for their careers. Proceedings of the 2023 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2023, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 475Mechanical engineering graduates work in construction
Start a NJ Non-Profit Corporation Peter Stupak is President and Founder of the non-profit organization Main Engine Start that is dedicated to project-based learning for students of all ages to discover their passion for Science and Engineering and to increase their self esteem and confidence. Prior to creating his non-profit organization, Peter was an Associate Professor of Engineering and Physics at Raritan Valley Community College from 2014 to 2021, and before that he enjoyed a 22-year career in the fiber-optics manufacturing industry, living, and working in 7 countries. Peter’s work involved him in R&D, Engineering, and Manufacturing culminating in the construction, start-up, and operation of an optical fiber
housing, board, and tuition at the two-year institution. ChallengeMany students exit high school critical to family existence to include caretaking and income.While beginning college on their own in a new place is stressful on the student, often the familyis scrambling as well as they attempt to fill the void left by the student departure.In many cases, the student is asked to delay their collegiate careers until solutions for theirabsence can be implemented, or they begin school part-time at the local Two-Year college.Both cases are very challenging for the student academically as the critical thinking skillsdeveloped in their regular engagement in an advanced learning classroom decline the longer
Paper ID #40683Leadership and Leverage: How White Women Can Use Their Privilege andPower to Protect Black Women Leaders in Middle and Senior ManagementPositionsDr. Ershela L. Sims, WEPAN, Inc. Dr. Sims is the Executive Director of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network. Prior to joining WEPAN she served as Interim President of the SC Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics. She was the first black person and first woman to lead SCGSSM. She began her career at GSSM as Vice President for the Accelerate Virtual Engineering Program and later became Senior Vice President for Virtual and Outreach Programs. Prior to
standards, reflecting the increasing acceptance of engineering at the K-12 leveland its potential value to students. In addition to promoting outcomes that benefit all studentsregardless of career aspirations such as increased math and science achievement and greatertechnological literacy, K-12 engineering programs have been identified as a means of recruitingand retaining potential students in engineering.The growth of precollege engineering programs means that increasing numbers of incomingengineering students will have had some exposure to engineering prior to their enrollment inengineering programs. However, the impact of precollege engineering experiences onundergraduate engineering students is relatively unexplored. To address this lack
positive outcomes from their mentoring relationship.6 Typically, students whoparticipate in mentoring programs have a higher GPA, take more credit hours, and have a lowerdrop-out rate.7 Traditionally, mentors challenge students to develop critical thinking, self-discipline and good study habits.1, 8 Moreover, the mentors also benefit from their experience ofworking with mentees and report heightened career satisfaction and commitment as a result.1, 9Additionally, students belonging to disadvantaged groups have been shown to significantlybenefit from mentoring relationships. Research has shown that many women, minorities, anddisabled students that are interested in STEM disciplines may lack the self-confidence, socialconnections and information to
Mentoring (PAESMEM), the Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Innovation, Okawa Foundation Award, NSF Career Award, the MIT TR100 Innovation Award, and the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Career Award. She served as the elected president of the USC faculty and the Academic Senate. At USC she has been awarded the Viterbi School of Engineering Service Award and Junior Research Award, the Provost’s Center for Interdisci- plinary Research Fellowship, the Mellon Mentoring Award, the Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Service Award, and a Remarkable Woman Award. She is featured in the science documentary movie ”Me & Isaac Newton”, in The New Yorker (”Robots that Care” by Jerome Groopman, 2009
engineering outreach.The effectiveness of summer high school science and engineering workshops has been reportedin the literature [3–8]. In [4], Anderson et al. found that engineering outreach programs canincrease the students’ awareness of engineering. In this study, women were the focus participantsof the engineering outreach program. There was a significant increase in the interest in pursuingengineering as a career among women participating in the program. In [8], researchers Yilmazet al. concluded the success of the program is dependent on the quality of the ”hands-on nature” Page 24.1141.2of the engineering projects. The diversity of the
engineering concepts? These questions were among thosefaced by the Electrical Engineering faculty. This paper exposes some of the techniques used tointrigue students and to capture their interest in digital circuit design.Attracting middle-school students to the field of engineering is a challenge. Students’ interestmust be captured before societal pressures deflect career choices into other directions. Students,must be encouraged to consider engineering as an interesting field before it is “too late” to enterthe necessary math and science tracks in high school. Consequently, students must be exposedto the excitement and potential of engineering during their middle-school education to motivatethem successfully to consider engineering careers. The
engineeringeducation, this study allows for increased understanding of their identity development in relationto their future career choices. For many females, their identity formation during their collegecareer, as they balance being a woman with being an engineer, is precarious resulting in anexodus of females from engineering within the first five years of graduation.This paper will first present the research surrounding evidence of women not participating inengineering, indications of engineering as a socially-constructed masculine environment, and thepurpose of higher education for professional and personal identity development. Secondly, theconceptual framework and research questions driving this study will be provided. Thirdly,Marcia Baxter Magolda’s
experiences and mentoring that emphasizespreparation for a career in STEM. The center has regularly hosted a Research Experiences forUndergraduates (REU) program and has recently extended these efforts to include non-traditionalcommunity college students as part of a separate Research Experiences and Mentoring (REM)program. The REM program includes a time-intensive research experience and further mentoringsessions during the following academic year only possible for local students [1]. Through acollaboration with Upward Bound, a program that hosts rising high school (HS) seniors on theUniversity of Arkansas campus, an opportunity was identified to extend these research andmentoring efforts to HS students.The program seeks to provide the HS students
could serve as a filter for faculty to decidewhether to teach the technical skills related to the inertial fusion confinement career whenmentoring the student projects.We found that a discussion of jobs is good for students during recitation sessions in which theywere free to move around inside the lab space, when compared to the seating arrangementrestriction in a lecture room setting. The Feb 2024 award of 1.5 billion dollars toGlobalFoundries (Headquarters: Malta New York) for chip production to support GeneralMotors, etc. could attract more students to careers in semiconductor technology when comparedto careers in fusion energy technology [17]. This report proposed a pedagogy to help thosestudents interested in fusion energy
identified as an important time in forming self-efficacy and identity which willaffect career choices made in high school and college [3]. Other work [4] suggests that open- © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conferenceended STEM exploration in a group collaborative setting is conducive to positive STEM identitydevelopment, due to the identity formation that occurs in the context of relationship-buildingwith peers during STEM activities.The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a large, public land-grant university in the Midwest,located in Lincoln, Nebraska, which contains a sizeable public school district, servingapproximately 40,000 students. A significant
, basic circuits,experimentation and data analysis, and more. Engineering Orientation is a one semester, zerocredit hour course which meets once a week during the fall semester and all incoming first-yearstudents are enrolled in a department-specific section of the course, plus an additional coursesection for undecided engineering students. This course focuses on an introduction to the college,their major, university resources, career exploration, and college success skills. For a few selectactivities (e.g., social event, guest speakers), sections are combined as appropriate. The generalcourse outcomes for engineering orientation are listed below:In completing this course, students will… • Build connections with the college community
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 Molecular Neurosciences and Neural Tissue Engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Work in Progress: Student Perspectives on Skills Required in Engineeringand Computing CoursesAbstractEngineering and computing students need to be prepared to find solutions to complex problemsfaced in college and in their careers. Solving these problems requires a variety of knowledge andskills. This work-in-progress (WIP) research aims to answer the following research questions: a)what are the
the lucrative career choices made by students in therecent years. The extensive career opportunities in a wide variety of industries have beendemanding hands-on experience from the graduates of engineering technology program. Recentstudies on the engineering work force demonstrated the need for communication skills in additionto technical knowledge. One way of achieving these employer-desired skills is by incorporatingproject-based learning in the upper-level classes of the engineering technology program. Thispaper will present a detailed study of implementing project-based learning technique in a senior-level class of the engineering technology program. This investigation showed that the hands-onexperience earned by students who has a free
engineering, as well as problem-based learning in core biomedical engineering courses. Before joining UC Davis, he was a career-track Assistant Professor at Washington State University (WSU). Dr. Wang is the recipient of the 2024 ASEE-PSW Section Outstanding Early Career Teaching Award, 2023 UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award, and 2022 WSU Reid Miller Teaching Excellence Award. Dr. Wang received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and Scientific Computing from the University of Michigan. 15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE): Boston, Massachusetts Jul 28 Work in Progress: Fostering the Development of Engineering Identity in First-Year Women Engineering Students Through
-author of 20 peer-reviewed papers and principal investigator or co-principal investigator of more than 17 major research grants.Dr. Taylor Lightner, QEM Network Dr. Taylor Lightner is a dedicated educational researcher and advocate committed to empowering historically marginalized groups in STEM education and careers through innovative and equitable educational practices. Her background in Engineering Education and Industrial Systems Engineering enables her to deeply understand how system dynamics influence broadening participation in STEM preparation, training, and careers. Therefore, she has coordinated various research efforts associated with teaching courses, developing workshops, administering surveys
of confidence in their preparationto teach science.” 1 In order to increase test scores, American schools need to ensure thateducators are prepared to teach math and science classes. Government acts like “No child leftbehind” (NCLB) help ensure that US teachers are adequately trained. NCLB mandates that allpracticing teachers become highly qualified. In order to do this, they must pursue a master’sdegree in the subject they teach or pass an equivalency test.The overall goal of this research was to improve science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) education at the middle school level in order to inspire more young peopleto pursue careers in the engineering and science fields. Robots were used in this effort becausethey are a