whichfaculty from multiple universities join forces to serve a unique online student body distinct fromthe traditional on-campus students. Thus far, our student body consists of mostly workingprofessionals seeking career advancement. Some are electrical or electronic technicians seekingthe degree for promotion. Some are intellectual property lawyers in different engineeringdisciplines seeking to expand their practice to include electrical engineering. There are yet othersseeking completion of their bachelor degrees that were interrupted by various life scenarios. Inthis paper, we discuss the triumphs and challenges of the program and outline how ourcollaboration across three universities and other partnership further enables us to leverage
sabbatical depends on at least three factors: (1) The situation in the applicant’s department,college, and university (staffing, and the institution’s emphasis on curriculum revision, newcourse development, and/or externally funded research); The availability of a site willing to hostthe faculty member, and perhaps provide funding for parts of the expenses of the sabbatical; (3)Career factors of the applicant. Such factors might include: A shift in career emphasis A research need (concentrated time, lab time or equipment access, collaboration, etc.) Page 26.1351.3 Time for learning a new topic or technique, for teaching or research
and data products developed by Fujitsu. Along with Yau Chow Ching, Rodney conceived (and wrote the standards for), the SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) architecture, which served as the base for today’s North American telephone network. Rodney was Chairman of the T1X1 Technical Sub- Committee (the organization responsible for SONET standardization) from 1990 through 1994. He has been active in SONET’s National and International Standardization since 1985. In addition, Rodney has published numerous papers and presentations on SONET. Rodney began his career with Fujitsu Network Communications in 1989 as the Director of Strategic Plan- ning. He also held the positions of Director of Transport Product Planning, Vice
understanding student learning, and make students responsible for own learning. Therewas a statistically significant improvement in students understanding their own learning frommid-semester to end-of-semester (p=0.028, nmid = 129 and nend = 162, error bars = standarddeviation).In terms of utility value, students viewed favorably the inquiry-guided laboratory’s ability to beof value after graduation (“Value”), be useful in their career or future career goals (“Career”),and help them see the relevance of the material to the real world (“RealWorld”) as shown inFigure 4 below. Further, there was a small but statistically significant increase in agreement thatthe inquiry-guided format allowed students to see the relevance of the material to the real world
include more practical applications by introducing the ArduinoUno microcontroller. A previous iteration of this course has been successfully taught for more thana decade using LEGO(R) MINDSTORMS(R), but recently transitioned to using Arduinos tohighlight topics in the ECE discipline earlier in a student's career. The entire course was builtaround a team-based final design project to create a robotic system to achieve some task or gamechallenge. In the past, some of the design projects were bowling, basketball, hockey, soccer,building towers, spelling words, and doing math. In addition to design, some of the otherobjectives of the course were to provide an overview of ECE and teach teamwork andcommunication skills. Although this course was very
inthe higher levels of learning, as it encourages students to reflect on their learning processes anddraw connections between course-work and “real-world” experiences. Specifically, ePortfoliosencourage novice engineers to consider their learning processes over time, drawing connectionsbetween coursework and their intended profession, as well as cultivating an online identity thatsupports their efforts to pursue a career in Engineering. The use of ePortfolios is one method forfostering integrative learning, focusing on the application of digital communication andassessment and awareness of self- competence. By training students to archive digital artifactsrelated to their learning, ePortfolios encourage student to draw connections between
Americans). Professor Bazylak started his career as a manufacturing engineer in a new product introduction division of a large telecommunication manu- facturer. He returned to academia joining the University of Victoria first as an engineering co-operative education coordinator and then as an engineer-in-residence. He joined the University of Toronto as a teaching focused professor where he is heavily involved in design education and diversity studies.Prof. Ruth A Childs, University of Toronto Ruth Childs is an associate professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education at the University of Toronto and a past president of the Canadian Educational Researchers’ Association. She teaches courses in
the program must meet thresholds set by the academicprograms; these generally amount to having background roughly at the level of a secondsemester sophomore in the major. Assistance for job placement for graduating students ishandled by the University-wide Career Center.Q3: Have you worked (or are now working) in an industry position (other than internship)associated with your major?20% responded “Yes”, 80% “No” overall; 28% of SE Design students responded “Yes” while19% of students in UTDesign responded “Yes” . The percentage of positive responses wouldlikely be significantly higher if the positions were not restricted to be related to the student’smajor. Other sources indicate that working while going to school is pretty common and thatmost
summer, along with activities focused on issuesin STEM pedagogy and engineering career readiness. Professional development took placethrough an orientation session, weekly Wednesday lunch talks, and Friday curriculumdevelopment sessions. Sustained academic year interactions helped to ensure translation of RETknowledge and experience to the classroom and dissemination to other teaching colleagues.The broad goal for this program was to build awareness of the utility of using engineering conceptsand skills in the teaching of math and science concepts in secondary education settings. In thisgoal the program fit with countless other programs across the country. The chief focus of thisprogram was tuned more specifically to enhance key competencies of
University Dr. Glenda D. Young Collins completed her doctoral work at Virginia Tech in the Department of Engi- neering Education. Her research interests include the role of university-industry partnerships in shaping student career expectations and pathways, the student to workforce continuum, and broadening participa- tion in engineering. Dr. Collins has worked as an Employer Relations Assistant for the VT Career and Professional Development office and has a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Mississippi State University and Master of Industrial and Systems Engineering from Auburn University. She is a Gates Millennium Scholar. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019
development of engineering standards (e.g., Engineering for USAll) and the growing number of public, private, and charter schools with engineering subjectsspeaks to an increasing interest in integrating engineering in the K-12 curriculum. However,because such efforts are not yet widely implemented, monitoring K-12 efforts of broadeningparticipation at the national level is unlikely. The same can also be said for informal engineeringeducation (outreach programs, museums, toys, etc.), which is also a prominent form ofparticipation in engineering at the K-12 level.After compulsory education, those wishing to pursue engineering as a career then proceed tohigher education. Here, this can entail the completion of an associate's degree, bachelor’s degree
iBIO Institute. iBIO Institute is a public charity that develops and delivers industry-led STEM programs for teachers and students to inspire the next generation of innovators. Ann leads development and implementation teams for all Institute pro- grams. Under her leadership, the Institute launched a number of successful new programs including: the PROPEL R programs for entrepreneurs, TalentSparks! R teacher professional development, Stellar Girls after-school STEM program for middle school girls, STEMgirls Summer Camps, and SCI: Science Career Investigation R . Ann has twice been elected to serve on the Executive Committee and the Education Sub- committee of the national Coalition of State Bioscience Institutes
reflection concludes the experiences learned.Reflections from students - SampleStudent 1: This project has been a life changing experience that has positively influenced mypersonal, educational and professional life. Through this project, I have been able to implement alot of concepts and knowledge obtained through my college career. I have been able to put thisknowledge to work and also improve it. Before this project, my computational and technicalengineering skills were almost nonexistent. So far, I have been able to familiarize myself with computational simulations, 3D modelcreation, additive manufacturing, machining and composite manufacturing. I also have been ableto experience ‘real-world situations’ within this project. For
faculty and post-secondary professors in their communications about the opportunities inherent in applied engineering fields offered at Philadelphia University • Design, development, and delivery of Student Career and Educational Awareness Conferences established to support increasing the participation of Philadelphia high school students in STEM education in general and Applied Engineering in particular Page 12.80.4 • The Establishment of two successful Engineering Summer Camp at Philadelphia University, which has provided a college-level, scientific educational experience for Greater Philadelphia
. Watford received the ASEE 2003 Minorities in Engineering award due to her efforts to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of under-represented students in engineering. She is currently working for the National Science Foundation as a rotator in the Division of Undergraduate Education.Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech WHITNEY A. EDMISTER is the Assistant Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Sate University. She received her M.S. in Counselor Education, Student Affairs Administration from Radford University, and M.S. in Career and Technical Education and B.S. in Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise both from
increasingly important.Trends in engineering enrollment show that beyond the enrollment highs of the 1980s,the numbers of students entering and remaining in the field have either decreased orremained constant1. Positive perspectives of engineering help to increase thepersistence of students studying engineering2.Multidisciplinary approaches have been used recently as a method to increase bothrecruitment and retention3. Froyd and Ohland state that the multidisciplinary approachimproves retention by making explicit connections to engineering, engineering practiceand engineering careers. Second, it allows students to see connections between theirmathematics and science courses and their future careers in engineering. Third, facultywould also like the
D. Treistman, "Relation of ContextualSupports and Barriers to Choice Behavior in Engineering Majors: Test of Alternative Social Cognitive Models,"Journal of Counseling Psychology, vol. 50, no. 4, 2003, pp. 458-465.3. Schaefers, K. G., D. L. Epperson and M. M. Nauta, "Women's Career Development: Can Theoretically DerivedVariables Predict Persistence in Engineering Majors?," Journal of Counseling Psychology, vol. 44, no. 1997, pp.173-183.4. Brainard, S. G., S. Laurich-McIntyre and L. Carlin, "Retaining Female Undergraduate Students in Engineeringand Science: 1995 Annual Report to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation," Journal of Women and Minorities in Scienceand Engineering, vol. 2, no. 1995, pp. 255-267.5. Eccles, J. S. and A. Wigfield
. Page 11.305.2Exhibit GoalsThe main purpose of the exhibit is to educate visitors about the processes in three fields essentialto industrial production – product design, manufacturing, and marketing – and how these fieldsare intertwined in development of manufactured goods. A secondary goal of the exhibit is tointroduce children, especially girls, to the types of professions found in these areas so they mayconsider them as future career choices.3 For either of these goals to be attained, the proposedexhibit must accomplish three tasks: (1) attract visitors, (2) motivate them to become engagedwith the exhibit, and (3) facilitate the acquisition of the knowledge, understanding, and attitudesthe exhibit is designed to convey.Exhibit OverviewThe
and effectiveness of ETHOS programming onstudents post graduation, efforts were made to survey all alumni having participated ininternational technical immersions. This survey was designed to capture results of programmaticgoals and understand the role of service-learning programs on engineers’ career and life paths. This paper will describe qualitative results of international technical immersionexperiences through alumni surveys and interviews. Review of these data will provideassessment of the ETHOS program’s international technical immersions, classroom instruction,course resources, course facilitation and requirements. Recommendations for futuredevelopment and assessment will be considered.Background:Academic institutions are
the research question “To what extent do students who complete undergraduateprograms in engineering intend to pursue engineering careers?”11 Their study consisted ofsurveys and interviews. They found that engineering students who completed an engineeringmajor are not necessarily committed to careers in engineering or even in STEM. They also foundthat, during their undergraduate experience, students’ career options could be disproportionatelyswayed positively or negatively by a single experience. Furthermore, institutional differencesand factors contribute to levels of commitment to engineering careers. Finally, currentengineering graduates entering the workforce do not consider a career choice as a lifetimecommitment.Building on prior
Paper ID #8230Developing Engineering Leaders using Engineering Leadership Capabilitiesand Leadership LabsProf. Simon Pitts, Northeastern University Simon Pitts is the director of Northeastern’s Gordon Engineering Leadership Program and professor of Practice in Engineering Leadership. A graduate of Loughborough University and executive education at INSEAD, Pitts began his career in advanced powertrain development and research at Ford Motor Com- pany. During his time with Ford, his assignments included leading engineering and cross functional teams as Vehicle Line director, director of Manufacturing Operations, and director
Paper ID #7945A Study of the Impact of a National Project Based Learning Curriculum(PLTW) on Student Continuation to Postsecondary InstitutionsDr. David G. Rethwisch, University of Iowa Dr. Rethwisch is a professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa. His current research interest is assessing the impact of secondary curricula (particularly problem/project based learning curricula) on student interest and performance in science and mathematics, and on their interest in careers in STEM fields.Dr. Soko S Starobin, Iowa State University Dr. Starobin’s research focuses on gender issues in STEM
Prairie View A&M University to carryout the goals and objectives of the organization. Each cluster corporation paysmembership fees and makes annual contributions to support institutional developmentactivities. Page 8.5.6 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”In addition, PVAMU has partnership programs with local High Schools andCommunity/Junior Colleges. At the High Schools, PVAMU is working to informstudents of careers in SMET disciplines and to ensure students are aware of scholarshipopportunities and various
technologyshould consider the current trends in both higher education and graduate education. In a time ofeconomic uncertainty, planning and decision-making must be based on an awareness of thelarger societal (and perhaps global) context in which they occur to ensure both the wisestallocation of scarce resources and the best preparation of students for their future careers. Highereducation and graduate education are increasingly scrutinized and pushed to demonstrate valueto the potential student (and possibly to the taxpayers who may provide funding to state-assistedpublic universities and institutions of higher education).Some of the current trends in graduate and higher education are reviewed to help graduateprograms in engineering and technology better
and also hone team problem-solving skills.Open-ended responses from end-of-semester course evaluations indicated that students found thecourse “challenging,” “energetic,” and “worth the effort.” Several students noted that theywould have preferred to spend less time in the classroom, and more time on team project work.Among the students who took part in individual and small group interviews, all reported that thecourse increased their understanding of engineering practice. They also said that they planned tocontinue with engineering coursework, and pursue careers in engineering.The process of working on design teams appeared to enhance engagement and interest in coursematerial. However, students who took on administrative roles linked to
technical and moreimportantly non-technical audiences. The information contained in Appendix A is offered in the spirit of the ASME’s WhichPath Will You Take guidelines5 in order to assist prospective students, counselors, and industryrecruiters in better identifying ET as a path to a career in engineering. The information is genericand can be easily inserted in a flier with the university or departmental logos and colors. Againnote in particular the intentional omission of direct comparisons with other engineeringprograms. The message being: this is what ET is and what it does. ET has been around for many decades, it exists in well over 100 institutions of highereducation awarding 6,000+ degrees in 2012, and it has matured to spur
and development ,4-‐6 with the goal of introducing strategies toimprove education and retention in engineering7. The theory of identity-trajectory wasintroduced by McAlpine8 to explain the professional identity development through time ofgraduate students and emerging academics through intellectual, institutional, and networkstrands. The three strands work independently, and at times, weave together to explain identitydevelopment for those early in their academic career. Identity-trajectory provides a means tounderstand these early influences impact on one’s professional trajectory as they progressprofessionally.The intellectual strand focuses on learning within and the contributions of an individual to theirfield. Past experiences, agency
from. In 2010 the college started aninitiative to enhance the college’s efforts related to engineering leadership education. The resultof this effort is eli2. The mission of eli2 is to: Help students discover their burning desire and confidence to create, innovate, and collaborate to deliver world-changing solutions.To deliver world-changing solutions, the eli2 program believes the engineering leader needs toknow how to create, innovate, collaborate, and deliver. There are many skills within these keycompetency areas. The specific skills depend on the current career expectations of the students.By students eli2 means anyone looking to explore, study, and learn about engineering leadership
were allowed to choosetheir own topic, such as Green Building or Bottled Water versus Tap Water, so that they couldtake ownership of their work and peak their interest in STEM topics, courses, and majors. Theeffectiveness of this course is based on both its ability to meet its learning objectives and itsability to engage students in sustainability topics, projects, and career choices. Both classroomdiscussions and major assignments served as the basis for course assessment and revision of thiscourse.1.0 IntroductionThe focus of this paper is to assess the use of Sustainability Engineering within a Composition II Page 24.778.2course to increase
presentations. His publication record includes articles related to academic program development and assessment of academic programs. Dr. Latif was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Engineering Technology.Mr. Aco Sikoski, Ivy Tech Community College Mr. Sikoski completed his Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of Kiril I Metodi in Skopje, Macedonia. He continued his education at Purdue University where he obtained his Masters of Science in Engineering. Intermittently, Mr. Sikoski has consulted for various institutions and organizations. In 1997, he started his career at Ivy Tech Community College where he has stayed until present. He served as a professor, program chair, dean, and the campus