development. Findings can be used to inform newapproaches for developing and assessing engineering outreach programs. IntroductionThe engineering education community recognizes the lack of diversity in the field and is activelyworking to break down barriers that inhibit the participation of women and minoritized racial andethnic groups in engineering education and engineering careers. Despite these ongoing efforts,engineering enrollment is below optimal levels and there continues to be an overall lack ofwomen and students from minoritized racial and ethnic groups within engineering fields (Daviset al., 2012). For example, over the past five years, engineering degrees were earned by studentsfrom
embedded. Evidence of gendered and race-baseddiscrimination is particularly robust, indicating that women and faculty of color experience arange of overt and covert inequities throughout their professional careers when compared to menand white faculty respectively [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20].Covert inequities and microaggressions as they play out in 2020 in colleges and universities inthe U.S. are often very difficult to address because they are subtle, even invisible (especially tothe often well-intended perpetrator); other equities are still far from subtle. In STEM fields,gendered discrimination issues have often been described with the “leaky pipeline” metaphor:women leave STEM fields in greater
careers in intelligent transportation systems. Students have been part of a multi-disciplinary,eight-week summer research experience that integrated curricular and extracurricular activities. Verybriefly, workshops, trainings, site and lab visits, hands-on data collection and sensor involved research oncampus and on other university campuses targeted critical skills with a problem-based learning approach.The students also participated in a series of critical thinking sessions presented by the project team ondefining a research problem, literature search, and the research process (Pierce et al., 2019, Comert et al.,2020).The numbers of participants in past two summers were 8 and 7, respectively. The students were teamed inmultidisciplinary groups
work15 in an environment that mimics the actual construction management process. ¾ To integrate within the revised course the following topics: Construction Terminology and Accreditation, Ethical Dilemmas, Resume and Career Plan, Engineering and Tech Expo (visit and summary paper), Professional & Trade Organizations, and Guest Speakers.MethodologyThe basic methodology for the development and delivery of the revised CM&E 111 is presentedbelow. ¾ The author attended the ACCE2 Mid-Year Meeting held in Phoenix (February 2012) to discuss first-year construction management courses with construction management program directors at the Baccalaureate Program Chairs Meeting. Approximately forty- five (45) ACCE
: renewable resources, andglobal warming; b) Economic: renewable resources, and efficient use of resources; and c)Health and Safety: clean water and hunger.Life Long Learning: Three themes emerged: a) Credentials: professional engineering license(PE) and professional development (PD); b) Career Path and Progression; and c) On theJob/Apprenticeship, or PD from employer.Communication: Two types: a) Clients/Public (nontechnical audience); and b)Colleagues/Other Engineers (technical audience). 152Others: The research team focused on two aspects of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic. Forexample, the questions: Why are you interested in becoming an engineer? Where do you seeyourself in 5 years? 10 years? (Warm
Professor of Practice Department of Engineering Technology Texas State University AbstractThis paper presents a framework for the design of augmented reality expeditions in engineeringeducation settings to motivate student learning of engineering fundamentals and careers. Theimpact of social distancing has been significant for students of all ages and there is a great needfor additional and creative online learning resources. The engineering field has an opportunity tonot only motivate and support student learning, but to do so by featuring the very innovativenature of engineering as a tool to develop those experiences. A case study regarding
-based and all-class discussion activities that draw upon criticalquestions of applying these concepts. In so doing, we intend to help students think and behave asprototypical engineering leadership practitioners. IntroductionThe typical engineer spends the majority of his or her career either in a team or in managementand leadership roles1. Even entry-level engineers are expected to function well as team membersand exercise leadership as appropriate to a role. One can therefore consider the practice ofengineering as a triad composed of technical competence, management, and leadership with noclear dividing line2. For these reasons, companies seek graduates with leadership skills 3. However,industry offers
as SRAM, DRAM, and flash. The main target application of resistive memory technologies is for large data storage and the main targeted market is replacement of computer DRAM main memory and SRAM cache. In this research, we propose a unique application for resistive memory technology and that is to realize non-volatile single-bit latch element that can be used for building reconfigurable logic circuits. The results of student surveys on the experience of student participants with the research internship strongly suggest that such an experience is very valuable in encouraging students to purse STEM research careers. Moreover, this experience enhances students’ technical research skills such as scientific thinking, ability to
suggest that such an experience is very valuable in helping thestudents decide if they want to purse STEM research careers. Moreover, this experienceenhances students’ technical research skills such as scientific thinking, ability to analyze andinterpret results, and presentation skills. 1. IntroductionThe motivation behind this work was to offer research experience to undergraduate students andinspire them to pursue higher education and research careers. Research experience is nottraditionally offered in an undergraduate curriculum, especially for community college students.An effective approach to address this gap is to offer summer research experience forundergraduate students. An effective research experience for undergraduate students
Paper ID #25276Using Topological Data Analysis in Social Science Research: Unpacking De-cisions and Opportunities for a New MethodDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and
as a project management consultant. Her research contributes to the advancement of labor and personnel issues in engineering broadly and specifically in the construction industry through two research areas: untangling the complex relationship between activities people become involved in — operationalized as engagement — and the technical and professional out- comes gained — operationalized as competencies. The broader impact of this work lies in achieving and sustaining productive, diverse and inclusive project organizations composed of engaged, competent peo- ple. Dr. Simmons’ research is supported by awards from NSF, including a CAREER award. She oversees the Simmons Research Lab (www.denisersimmons.com), which
, liberatory maker spaces, and a RED grant to increase pathways in ECE for the professional formation of engineers.Dr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co-directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in 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
maintaining student interest in engineering and related science and technology and works with several regional K12 programs to help increase the pipeline of students interested in pursuing careers in these fields.Ms. Christine Olson, University of Massachusetts Amherst Christine Olson is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication at the University of Mas- sachusetts Amherst. Her research interests include media production and social participation practices online, social inequality and new media technologies, children and new media, and digital media litera- cies. Her work has been presented at International Communication Association conferences.Dr. Charles M Schweik, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Charles
encouraged to share their ideas withfaculty and other students during discussions. Both courses have proven to be successful informat and content. Students enjoyed the variety of topics that were presented, met thedepartment faculty at an early stage, and were assisted in picking an area of focus withinbioengineering. Since these courses were pass/fail, the students did not feel pressured at avulnerable time in their college career, when they are transitioning to the demands of collegecourses. Group design project gave the students some experience with working on teams andperforming background research necessary for research, and prepared them for other courses.Introduction The bioengineering program at UCSD was founded in 1966 with an
career so that they willbe more likely to persevere in majors and careers in science.41 Some of these programs addadditional components such as enhanced emphasis on mentoring, development of career plansand actual graduate applications, dealing with time management and work-life balance issues,and identifying a supportive peer group. Such programs have been described by Purdy et al.42and by Crosby et al.43 While many of these programs are highly effective, they do not alwayshave stable funding. .B. MentoringAs noted by Purdy and Wasburn2, "a continuing concern for all graduate students is how to findsufficient mentoring and role models. This need is not limited to academic subjects. Much morethan undergraduate students, graduate students are
recipient of multiple awards, including the NSF CAREER Award, IBM Faculty Partnership Award, National Semiconductor Faculty Development Award, and the General Motors Faculty Fellowship Award. He is currently a senior member of the IEEE and a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi honor societies.Mr. Edmund Himmie Smith, Morgan State University Edmund Smith is a Ph.D student at Morgan State University with a research focus on cyber-physical system. His research lies in side-channel analysis of lightweight cryptographic algorithm. He currently conduct research in the Center for Reverse Engineering and Assure Microelectronic (CREAM) and the Center for Assurance and Policy (CAP) at Morgan State UniversityMr
factor in their lives. It seemsclear that the college experience has done nothing to close the confidence gap, and perhapscontributed to its persistence. We now turn to students’ own reflections on their engineeringeducation for an explanation.Results from student interviews:In their senior year, 15 of the APS students participated in an in-depth, semi-structuredqualitative interview. Some questions in the interview were designed to elicit students’reflections on their experiences as engineering undergraduates. Others were designed to elicitstudents’ conceptions of engineering and themselves as engineers now embarking on theirprofessional careers. In this section, we complement the findings from the PIE survey with a richpicture of students
SAGE – Student Assisted Guidance in EngineeringI. IntroductionEngineers are key personnel to maintain or promote economic growth and create jobs throughinnovation in a society 1. However, engineers experience difficulties in transition or socializationin multiple stages of their academic and professional career 2-5. Especially, first-year engineeringstudents are exposed to more critical environmental changes and discrepancies of identity 6, 7.Unsuccessful transitioning into rigorous engineering education context induces low retention offirst year engineering students. The National Science Foundation 8 reports that only 60% ofstudents who enter engineering disciplines obtain an engineering degree. Some engineeringcolleges provide special
analysis of students’ work.Our results show that students met the learning objectives of crafting arguments, reflecting uponcomputing skills, and discussing issues related to professionalism and diversity.1. IntroductionOne of several educational objectives for computer science programs is preparing students for asuccessful career in the software industry. Both ABET and CC2001 emphasize that computer sciencegraduates should engage topics related to ethics and professionalism1,10. For example, CC2001 identifiesthe social context of computing (SP2) and professional and ethical responsibilities (SP4) as core subjectareas. It also describes in detail the scope of these areas (Chapter 10, pages 55-61). ABET programoutcome letter (e) (an understanding
premedicalengineering or prelaw engineering. The non-ABET accredited program was a good fit for thesestudents. The other group of students was interested in pursuing an engineering career inprograms such as acoustical engineering, biomedical engineering, and engineering management.Graduates who followed careers that did not require them to become registered professionalengineers had few complaints about their educational preparation. On the other hand, graduateswho wanted to become professional engineers often had considerable difficulty in being allowedto take the professional engineering examination because they had not graduated from an ABET Page
, maybe instead of doing just biology in general, I will be able to generalize it to a certain thing, but I’m not sure how degrees work for that…I’ve heard about companies sending their employees to school to learn about certain things so they can apply it to their field and, to me that’s what works for me, but in either case, I still want to go into the biology thing;…genetics is another thing that I just would love to work with and go into and (.) I think I just [need] to try to find…some kind of a career application....But what I don’t like though: I couldn’t spend my life at a computer.” femaleWhy Balance MattersStudents describe the
, andhaving fun. The presentation ends with a question and answer session which generally turns outto be very positive in terms of interaction among the administrative group and the parents. The session on admission emphasized that, every student seeking admission should submit Page 11.293.6an application. Students were guided through admission requirements which include applicationfees, SAT scores, letters of recommendations and transcripts. Later, they are helped to completeand return the application on time.Workshop-B WSU has an active career services center which provides students information on the variousjob opportunities
career development is beneficial for developing competencyand professional identity5.Conceptual Model: Institutional MentoringThe proposed conceptual model of this study combines aspects of environmental models oflearning, organizational knowledge transfer, and peer mentoring to suggest the paradigm ofinstitutional mentoring within academia. From the literatures on environmental models oflearning and organizational knowledge transfer, we focus on the contextual factors that shape theway that knowledge can be shared across organizational boundaries through institutionalmentoring. We define institutional mentoring as a type of peer mentoring between teams atdifferent institutions working towards similar goals in which knowledge exchange is
Organization’s Lisa Tabor Award for Community Service. Using deep insights from a fourteen-year industry career and her strengths as a systems thinker, she is now developing and disseminating empirically-grounded models and strategies for improved human competence, motivation, and learning as it relates to the civil engineering profession and the construction industry. She is a discipline-based education researcher who passionately pursues research to develop an agile, ethical, diverse construction workforce enabled to lead, design, and build sustainable, intelligent infrastructure. Her mission is to transform the construction workforce and sustain change. To this end, she undertakes research that enables her to influence
Proactive performance sample of different real estate agents. personality Seibert et al. proactive Hierarchical regression analysis is performed depending upon variables such as (1999) [16] personality and demographics, human capital, motivational, organizational, and industry, which Proactive career success suggests variance in proactive personality for both objective and subjective career personality success. Crant Proactive Proactive behavior is exhibited by individuals, exists in an array of domains, is
explore human, technology and society interactions to transform civil engineering education and practice with an emphasis on understanding hazard recog- nition, competencies, satisfaction, personal resilience, organizational culture, training, informal learning and social considerations. The broader impact of this work lies in achieving and sustaining safe, produc- tive, and inclusive project organizations composed of engaged, competent and diverse people. The SRL is supported by multiple research grants, including a CAREER award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Simmons is a former project director of the Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at South Carolina State University and Savannah
Clobes, University of Virginia Dr. Amy M. Clobes is committed to supporting current and future graduate students as Director of Grad- uate Programs for the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science. In her current role, Dr. Clobes collaborates to support existing programs and develops new initiatives in graduate stu- dent recruitment, training, education, and career and professional development. Dr. Clobes holds a B.S. in Biology from the University of Michigan and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her combined experience in STEM research and education, program development, and student advising are key to her dedication and success in creating opportunities for
ofuniversities; teaching focused universities, liberal arts colleges and major research universities.In recent years, more undergraduate students have been involved in research irrespective of theirdiscipline; science, engineering, social science or arts. It is already a proven concept that UR canenhance the intellectual merit of students by engaging them in inquiry-based learning, preparesthem for their graduate education and helps them in their professional development to enter intoa career of their choice. As a result, most universities, currently are focusing on engaging moreundergraduate students in research by developing innovative strategies. This study aims todiscuss the experiences of both authors in engaging undergraduate students in field
emphasis on astudent outcome. Figure 10: Sample Course Outcome Contribution to Student Outcome (a)Program objectives (consumer demand) validate quantified student outcomes as a platform forsuccessful careers. Quantified program objectives is based on the dependency: Program Objectives = f (Student Outcomes) = f (Production System)Quantified student outcome links in Figure 6 are the basis for quantifying student outcomecontributions to program objectives. The 2-tuple of parameters for each student outcome areCumulative Student Outcome Contribution and relevance of the outcome to a program objective(0 – 1.0). In this instance, program outcome relevance is specified by external stakeholders. The2-tuple products form a Program Objectives
Katherine directs the Washington STate Academic RedShirt (STARS) program at Washington State Uni- versity. She holds a Master of Science in Mathematics with a Teaching Emphasis.Ms. Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington Director, STARS Program Diversity & Access College of EngineeringMrs. Tanya D. Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder TANYA D. ENNIS is the current Engineering GoldShirt Program Director at the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. She received her M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her career in the telecommunications