. “Typically, full-time faculty are more accessible to students,have offices and office hours, are familiar with the institutional services available to students andhave an understanding of grading and performance norms for the courses they teach. This meansthat students can have a significantly different educational experience, particularly in regard totheir access to faculty members, based on arbitrary scheduling decisions” (pp. 13-14)41.In a study that focused on sequential courses of developmental mathematics and regularmathematics with a focus on instructor status, the results indicated that students who took thefirst course with a part-time instructor followed by a full-time instructor were less likely tocomplete the second course. The data
“best practices” of implementing PEL projects include providing time for project development,advance notice for students to ensure clear expectations, and that projects designed to besemester long should include a variety of course concepts. One faculty member suggests that it isbest to assign the project early in the semester “so that they can get thinking on a concreteexample[s].” This additional time allows student groups to review the project concept severaltimes as a group and turn to instructors throughout the semester for clarity. Due to theassessment weight and the length of the project, student project groups are often strategicallycomposed to provide an intellectual balance. Instructors also hope to encourage peer-to-peerinstruction
experience? (2) What do students wish that their research mentors had done differently?This qualitative study is part of a larger study that explores the experiences of undergraduatemechanical engineering students who participated in an academic year-long research labexperience. Data collected for this study includes interviews at the beginning and end of theirresearch experience with this paper drawing specifically from the post-experience interviews.The findings highlight avenues for strengthening mentor-student relationships and advocates forthe apprenticeship model as a tool for engaged learning.KeywordsUndergraduate research, apprenticeship, faculty mentor, mentoringBackgroundUndergraduate research has gained prominence across U.S. higher
during their graduate program. The findings ofthis work suggested several common themes within the experiences of returners and provided auseful starting point for a more broad-scale investigation. These themes were clustered based ondifferent aspects of returners’ identity, including their identity as scholars, as individual students,as members of the student community, and as whole people. Themes also emerged that describedthe transition in identity that took place as returners made and executed the decision to return toschool2. Further analysis showed that Expectancy Value Theory (EVT) was a suitable frameworkfor interpretation of the data4. This interpretation yielded several interesting findings. First, it wasfound that the returners had a
challenge will be integrating ethics in all programs andreaching all engineering students [15]. However, achieving this end will require overcoming“resistance from students, scientific educators, school directors and from the professionitself or sometimes from employers” [15, p. 300]. In the United States, 80% of engineeringstudents graduate from programs that do not require an ethics course [7]. Althoughchallenges in engineering ethics education have been well documented, the literature mainlycomes from the observational and anecdotal perspective of few educators. This researchattempts to better synthesize and characterize the challenges that faculty have encounteredand how they have overcome them so that lessons can be extracted from their
, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including tDr. Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University Angela (Angie) Minichiello is a military veteran, licensed mechanical engineer, and associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University. Her research examines issues of access, equity, and identity in the formation of engineers and a diverse, transdisciplinary 21st century engineering workforce. Angie received an NSF CAREER award in 2021 for her work with student veterans and service members in engineering.Dr. Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel Ron Welch (P.E.) received his B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Military Academy in 1982. He
vulnerable to equating productivity with self-worth—is particularly relevant, as theseself-beliefs directly reinforce behaviors that can either help (i.e., help-seeking, proactive goalsetting, skill-acquisition) or hinder (i.e., social withdrawal, engaging in avoidant behavior,lowered aspirations) personal advancement and career prospects [6]. In this capacity, self-efficacy was identified as an emergent theme and subsequently coded for in the data.The academic pipeline and graduate student attritionThe path through graduate school is neither straightforward nor logical, with many pushes andpulls that may advantage some and disadvantage others. Despite the depoliticization culture andsocialization of engineering particularly among the STEM
AC 2012-3702: GRANTSMANSHIP AND THE PROPOSAL DEVELOP-MENT PROCESS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM SEVERAL YEARS OFPROGRAMS FOR JUNIOR FACULTYDr. Laurie S. Garton, Texas Engineering Experiment Station Laurie Garton is a Senior Research Development Associate with the Texas Engineering Experiment Sta- tion Office of Strategic Research Development. She has B.S., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineer- ing (environmental) from Texas A&M University and was an engineering faculty member before joining TEES in 1999 where she started working on technical research project grants related to interdisciplinary environmental themes. Currently, she leads the TEES New Faculty Initiative targeting grants such as the NSF CAREER awards
explored the research questions further by conducting asimilar survey. In our version of the survey, however, we expanded the sample size and collectedmore demographic data about the participants that is intended to provide additional insight intowho values which attributes of global competence and how a person’s experiences affect whichdimensions he or she thinks is important.ObjectivesOur research was conducted to determine which attributes of global competence are mostimportant for an engineer to possess. We believe that a consensus about the definition of globalcompetence will provide engineering universities with a clear direction on which to focus theglobal education of their students. This will hopefully result in their graduates becoming
Paper ID #38465Unpacking Engineering Faculty’s Discrepant Views of Mentoring throughthe Lens of Attachment TheoryMrs. Jennifer Hadley Perkins, Arizona State UniversityDr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University Samantha Brunhaver, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor within The Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Her primary areas of research include engineering ca- reer pathways and decision-making, undergraduate student persistence, professional engineering practice, and faculty mentorship. Brunhaver graduated with her B.S. in mechanical engineering from
Sheppard. Her work focuses on fostering mindful awareness, empathy and curiosity in engineering students. Beth completed a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2010 and a MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford in 2012.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University Samantha Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Dr. Brunhaver joined Arizona State after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She also has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. Dr. Brunhaver’s research examines the career decision-making and professional identity
be a part of this community and hopes to spark the interest of engineering education research within her peer groups and to return to education after industry experience.Mr. Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Joseph Mirabelli is an Educational Psychology graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign with a focus in Engineering Education. His interests are centered around mentorship, mental health, and retention in STEM students and faculty. He was awarded the 2019 NAGAP Graduate Educa- tion Gold Research Grant award to study engineering faculty perceptions of graduate student well-being and attrition. Before studying education at UIUC, Joseph earned an MS
paradigms that undergird engineering education, practice, and industry [12],[14]–[17]. Typically, these explorations are concerned with the paradigms, or beliefs aboutknowledge (epistemology), the nature of being (ontology), and methodological threads inengineering education. Many scholars also study the sociocultural norms and assumptions thatexist within formative engineering spaces [18]–[22]. However, one underexplored area isengineering research more broadly. Most work examining engineering culture concerns itselfwith connections to the education and training of new engineers. Explicitly exploring the spaceof engineering research, which is often occupied by graduate students, engineering faculty, andresearch scientists, would provide critical
opportunities when qualified candidates are found ≠ Serve as a bridge in the transition from graduate student to faculty member ≠ Assist in preparing future faculty for a career at the university.Future Faculty Career Exploration Program StructureSince the program’s conception in 2003, a certain procedure has taken place to execute thenecessary planning and preparation of each year’s program. These procedures are set in stagesthat stretch throughout the entire year, beginning at the end of the current year’s program. Table1 provides a breakdown of these stages. FFCEP Highlights (Table 1) PHASE STEP ACTION Recruitment of applicants: Advertising
, Dr. Lord spent a sabbatical at Southeast University in Nanjing, China teaching and doing research. She is on the USD team implementing ”Developing Changemaking Engineers”, an NSF-sponsored Revolutionizing Engineering Education (RED) project. Dr. Lord is the 2018 recipient of the IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award.Prof. Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego Dr. Gordon D. Hoople is an assistant professor and one of the founding faculty members of integrated engineering at the University of San Diego. He is passionate about creating engaging experiences for his students. His work is primarily focused on two areas: engineering education and design. Professor Hoople’s engineering education research examines the ways
, G. L. Herman, M. M. Hynes, S. S. Jordan, and N. N. Kellam, "The PEER Collaborative: Supporting engineering education research faculty with near-peer mentoring unconference workshops," 2014.[9] E. D. Crede, M. Borrego, and L. D. McNair, "Application of community of practice theory to the preparation of engineering graduate students for faculty careers," Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 2, p. n2, 2010.[10] L. B. Bosman, W. McDonald, and K. Paterson, "A collaborative multi-faculty approach to increase engineering competency through on-line discussions," World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education vol. 17, 2019.[11] R. Adams, C. Berdanier, P. A. Branham, N. Choudhary, T. L
. universities on 2,966 individual faculty assistantprofessors in science and engineering who were hired since 1990 [4]. Results showed that theretention probability of any given faculty member in science and engineering departments overtime was less than 50% [4]. Additionally, the median departure time was 10.9 years after enteringthe academic workforce as an assistant professor [4]. Due to the declining trend that U.S,- trainedPh.Ds. are less likely to secure a faculty position, universities began to collect data on the careeroutcomes and started assisting science and engineering graduate students in obtaining internshipand networking opportunities [3].Out of the instruments reported in the literature around workforce skills development, The GlobalSet
year nearly 1400 ISU freshman students are currently members of 59 learningcommunities on campus. A learning community is comprised of approximately 15 students withina common academic area of study and they take a core block of classes together. Nearly half of the1400 students involved have a residential component to the learning community concept. Theresidential component involves having same-gender students within a learning community live onthe same residence hall floor. This experience during the freshmen year helps the student adjust tothe personal and social aspects of college life, and surviving the academic demands to which fewstudents are prepared to enter
could be made more explicit and potentially broadened to include a wider rangeof communication styles and ways of being.We envision any departmental reform process, qualifying exams and beyond, to be a collaborativeone with faculty working alongside students. The Carnegie Foundation’s book, “The Formationof Scholars: Rethinking Doctoral Education for the Twenty-First Century” explores manyavenues of growth for higher education. One of their key highlights is the importance of studentinvolvement in evolving an educational program. Students are “the secret weapon for change”,and they found that when faculty were asked to work alongside students while reforming theirprograms, the faculty’s most transformative
also point out the variation among those who educate in engineering (tenured/tenure-trackfaculty, graduate students, and contingent/adjunct faculty), which is not always acknowledged.By not paying attention to such variation, the impact of work done in engineering educationresearch may be limited. In an effort to illuminate these variations, we report on research thatexplores some details of the educator experience. In this paper we ask: what does it look like tobe an educator working to adapt an existing curriculum for a new term, in our case a curriculumpreviously taught in Autumn 2021 and adapted for use in Winter 2022? Broadly, the curriculumwas a 10-week seminar titled Dear Design: Defining Your Ideal Design Signature where
Paper ID #44815EARLY CAREER ENGINEERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON LEADERSHIP COM-PETENCYDEVELOPMENT IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATIONMrs. Tracey Carbonetto, Pennsylvania State University, Allentown Joining the Penn State engineering faculty a year ago, my professional interests as an instructor of engi- neering are developing and refining methods of engineering instruction that will allow students to gain confidence and to increase their own success. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024EARLY CAREER ENGINEERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
also improve a students’aspiration to transfer (Wang et al., 2017), particularly when students form relationships withuniversity faculty and graduate students (Lenaburg et al., 2012). Community college faculty areaware of the importance of partnerships, and many desire to collaborate with members ofindustry to provide professional development opportunities for students (Smith and Wingate,2016). However, professional development is not enough if it does not also help students affordto stay in college. Kruse et al. (2015) discuss the “sticker shock” of tuition when transferringfrom a community college to a university, an effect which can be worsened when studentsreceive scholarships at the college but not at the university. Financially
will discuss what drove the need to form UFAST and the practicaladvice which has been developed by the UFAST team. This paper will also provide an accountof individual experiences in developing scholarship agendas as new faculty. The authorsconclude with the advice that operating as a collegial and collaborative scholarship team,especially one whose members’ existence depends on the team’s success, allows the untenuredfaculty members to quickly share, support, and achieve individual scholarship success.IntroductionBeginning a new career as a faculty member in higher education has many challenges, amongthese is developing new course material, completing your service goals, attracting andsupervising student assistants, and developing your
faculty member, discussingcareer plans and ambitions with a faculty member, and discussing personal problems or concernswith a faculty member. Also, HCCS participants, compared to the control group, reported greatersatisfaction with the social environment. HCCS program participants also reported greatersatisfaction with their academic experiences and research training experiences. The data fromthis section indicated that HCCS participants had the opportunity to engage in developmentalexperiences that have been shown to support retention and graduation outcomes20. For example,HCCS program participants receive career development information which helps students toobtain a comprehensive understanding of their career options in academia and corporate
, inductive teaching and learning, and development of students’ professional skills.Dr. Anna Sadovnikova, Monmouth University Anna Sadovnikova is an Assistant Professor of Marketing, Leon Hess Business School. Monmouth Uni- versity. Her research interests are in innovation and new product development, technology commercial- ization and management, engineering education, and developing student professional skills. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Transforming Curriculum to Improve STEM Learning and Advance Career Readiness Abstract The paper describes the second stage of a cross-disciplinary study
Engineering (ICSE), Executive Director for Gulf Coast Environmental Equity Center (GCEEC), Director for the Solid Waste Sustainability Hub, Director for the Gulf Coast Center for Addressing Microplastics Pollution (GC-CAMP), and Director for the Sustainable Asphalt Materials Laboratory, as well as the founding faculty advisor for the Society of Sustainable Engineering. He teaches a mixture of undergraduate and graduate engineering courses. Dr. Wu is a committee member for Transportation Research Board (TRB) AJE35 and AKM 90, a member of American Society of Civil Engineer (ASCE), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), and Academy of Pavement Science and Engineering (APSE), as well as an editorial member for
. Panelists were selected toprovide a breadth of perspectives. Panelists provide insights in the paper and during the panelinto a) choosing not to move on and remain at an institution, and b) choosing and explaining whythey moved on. Panelists explore what benefits and costs arose from each decision. Whilediverse panelists were selected, the organizers realize that the panelists offer only their ownexperiences, and so there will be focused time for questions and input from the participants. Abroad range of experiences and wisdoms regarding this challenging decision are shared in thismanuscript as well as during the interactive panel discussion on career self-authorship.IntroductionThis paper presents perspectives from four women in engineering who
onexperiential learning and community building. This program aims to provide 1st and 2nd yearundergraduates with an authentic engineering research experience so that from an early stage intheir engineering careers they can already experience and begin participating in high-level andreal-world engineering work. Though only a single semester intervention, the program’s one-on-one pairing of undergraduate and graduate students delivers personalized attention for eachundergraduate mentee [9].Program Goals and Research QuestionsThe primary goals of this research-based mentoring program are threefold: (1) increase retentionof undergraduate students in engineering, particularly women and underrepresented minorities(URMs); (2) excite undergraduate student
workshops, in which the BE faculty and ourproject team explored frameworks of ethical reasoning, pedagogy for ethics education,and ethics-related learning objectives. These engagement activities resulted in a list of 11ethics related learning objectives agreed upon by the BE faculty; these learning objectivesformed the basis of an ethics-across-the-curriculum experience for BE students. Informed by the interview findings and the list of ethics learning objectives, theauthors continue to work with a team of BE instructors to develop appropriate coursecontents, instructional materials, and delivery methods in four successive courses thatspread across the junior and senior years of the BE curriculum. The design,implementation, and assessment of
experiences, implications, or effects of a phenomenon across settings [21], we will gleangreater understanding of women’s curricular and career decision-making process.In each country, we conducted focus groups with each of our EUAs—undergraduate students,faculty members, and PEs—in the three country sites. In this particular paper, we explore thepatterns of career decision-making within and across two EUA (faculty vs. PEs) in the Malaysiancontext. Focus groups were chosen to illuminate the social and psychological mechanismsunderlying women’s educational and work choices and any perceived structural constraints andopportunities shaping those choices. The study of women in multiple sectors of the workforceallows us to gain greater insight into