Graduate Recruitment Strategies Ken Vickers Research Professor, Physics Director, Microelectronics-Photonics Grad Program University of Arkansas AbstractMicroelectronics-Photonics (microEP) was started in the fall of 1998with the goal to emulate an industrial technical work group environmentas much as possible in the academic environment. This goal was put inplace primarily in recognition that the professional behaviors thatmost student observe in their academic career are the actions of theirprofessors, whose behaviors are driven by an entirely different set ofreward and recognition criteria than are used
. While the current programof study is effective in getting students excited in Engineering and its many disciplines,and in giving students a wide range of practical introductory experience in Engineering, itlacks the ability to get students to consciously develop a career path in engineering, andbegin considering the necessary academic and experiential steps required in order toexperience a successful career in the engineering discipline of their choice. As a result,several students find it easier or more convenient to change majors when they feeloverwhelmed by the requirements for engineering students, since they never really had aplanned career path initially.To address the above concerns, an additional project, the ‘Engineering your
between school counselors’ available time and students’ desirefor career advising creates the need for high quality and effective career advising materials andsupport for school counselors. Little research has been conducted around the issue of what isneeded to support school counselors in advising students about engineering careers. This pilotstudy was designed to answer the following questions, “What are school counselors’understanding of engineering” and “What is the self-reported need for and support desired byprofessional school counselors to aid their work with academic and career development relatedto students and engineering?” An online survey instrument was developed to collect informationfrom school counselors about (1) their
Factors Influencing the Interest Level of Secondary Students going into STEM fields and their parents’ perceived interest in STEM (Evaluation)Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines are essential to societyand to competing in the global economy [1]. The role of STEM education has evolved fromproviding students with STEM content knowledge and understanding, to preparing students to beinterested in and committed to pursuing careers in the STEM workforce. According to thePresident’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, “We must prepare all students,including girls and minorities, who are underrepresented in these fields, to be proficient in STEMsubjects. And we must inspire all students to learn STEM
the context of career goals. Biomedical engineeringundergraduates are often drawn to clinical practice rather than to careers in engineering – 54%according to one study [1]. This implies an equivalent self-concept among BME majors asclinicians and as engineers. Indeed, this has been shown to be the case in previous work [2].These data sets were small, however, and they left unknown how malleable self-concept may beover the course of a single semester, for different groups, or in different learning environments.We performed a multi-year study of BME students’ career self-concept as engineers and asclinicians. The goal was to determine (a) if career self-concept, either in the absolute sense or inits change over time, differed by demographic
through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand engineering students’ identity devel- opment. She is the recipient of a 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Grant. She has also been recognized for the synergy of
of Mexican descent youth in the mid-20th century, higher education student success, and faculty mentoring programs.Dr. Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Valerie Martin Conley is dean of the College of Education and professor of Leadership, Research, and Foundations at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She previously served as director of the Center for Higher Education, professor, and department chair at Ohio University. She was the PI for the NSF funded research project: Academic Career Success in Science and Engineering-Related Fields for Female Faculty at Public Two-Year Institutions. She is co-author of The Faculty Factor: Reassessing the American Academy in a
ADVANCE-Purdue, focuses on developing programming andimplementing activities for the success of all faculty designed around three goals: 1) to increasethe number of women of color in STEM faculty positions, 2) to improve the success of allwomen STEM faculty, and 3) to engage all faculty in transforming the institution. ADVANCE-Purdue continually provides the campus leadership with evidence of program effectiveness thatwill offer a basis for campus-wide changes to policy and practice.Ultimately, PCFS seeks to support all women faculty in their career paths and hence developedthe Leadership Institute (LI). The goal of the LI is to provide leadership developmentopportunities and enhance the success for post-tenure faculty, with a focus on STEM
and Innovation Management graduate program. Previously, Meg served as the Director of the Career & Corporate Connection’s office at the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University. Meg is a board certified coach with experience in developing students’ leadership and professional competencies through teaching and one-on-one coach- ing. She is most interested in developing student competencies in leadership to impact their successful transition to the workplace and career success.Dr. Dena Lang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Lang is currently the Associate Director of the Engineering Leadership Research Program at Penn State University. She holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from West
Entrepreneurship (CMTE) at the University of Toronto. She also currently sits as the President of the Board for BrainSTEM Alliance and is the Executive Director of Work Integrated Learning at the Calgary Economic Development.Dr. Qin Liu, University of Toronto, Canada Dr. Qin Liu is a Senior Research Associate with the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice (known as ISTEP), Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada. Her research areas include engineering student experiences and outcomes, including competency development and educational / career pathways, and scholarship of teaching and learning.Joanna Meihui Li, University of Toronto, Canada Joanna Li is an
Higher Education Carol Adukaitis received a BS degree from the University of Delaware, an MS from Bloomsburg University, and an EdD from Temple University. She has been a faculty member at Reading area Community College, Temple University, and adjunct at Montgomery County Community College, and has held the position as Industry/Curriculum Coordinator at several Career and Technology Centers. She has served as a PA Department of Education Evaluator for ten Governors Institutes and was a consultant for NOCTI Assessment Development and Test Preparation for the Massachusetts Department of Education. She is currently employed by the PA State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) on a Department of
suggest a need to market to IE students differently?Data is collected from more than 1,500 undergraduate industrial engineering and businessstudents throughout the state of Georgia. Analysis is presented for various demographics,including gender, age, and ethnicity.IntroductionLogistics is an important and growing field. In 2014, total US logistics costs were $1.45trillion, which represents 8.3% of GDP [1]. However, there is a need for more college studentsto choose careers in this field. Traditionally fed from business and industrial engineeringprograms, logistics faces a current shortage of students entering the field. The Georgia Centerof Innovation for Logistics reports that there was a gap of more than 270,000 logistics relatedjob openings
Introductory BMET courseI. AbstractThis mixed-methods research study follows the progress of an incoming cohort of biomedicalengineering technology (BMET) students as they engage in a re-designed introductory courseand navigate problem-based learning (PBL) activities with a career focus. Taken collectively,our findings affirm previous studies of PBL as an effective strategy for fostering engineeringhabits of mind; and they further underscore how PBL can serve as a vehicle for enhancingonboarding and persistence through career-oriented degrees in engineering, with particularsalience for transitioning returning or non-traditional students to the workforceII. Introduction/ Literature ReviewA primary focus of research in engineering education has been
Paper ID #21746Gatekeepers to Broadening Participation in Engineering: A Qualitative In-vestigation of a Case Site in Virginia (Work in Progress)Mr. Andrew L Gillen, Virginia Tech Andrew Gillen is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the Department of Engineering Edu- cation at Virginia Tech. Andrew received his B.S. in Civil Engineering with an environmental engineering concentration from Northeastern University.Dr. Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech Cheryl Carrico is a Research faculty member for Virginia Tech. Her current research focus relates to STEM career pathways (K-12 through early career) and
students identifyingundergraduate engineering students as role models.IntroductionUniversity-based outreach initiatives are a major driver in K-12 engineering education. In theUnited States, an estimated 600,000 K-12 students participate in university-led engineeringoutreach annually [1]. Reaching students as young as elementary school is important as studentsform their interests and impressions in engineering and other STEM disciplines early [2], [3],[4], [5] and those interests often decline in middle school [5], [6], [7], [8]. It is widely believedthat university outreach programs can increase and broaden participation in engineering studyand careers by introducing youth to undergraduate students as engineering role models. To thisend
AC 2009-1420: BUILDING AN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE: APLAN FOR REACHING YOUNG PEOPLE, ADULTS, AND WOMENDorene Perez, Illinois Valley Community College DORENE PEREZ, Program Director/Instructor of CAD/CAE at IVCC, is Principal Investigator for National Science Foundation grant #0802505, was PI for NSF grant #0501885, and served as a consultant on NSF grants at Moraine Valley and Sinclair Community Colleges. Co-Leader of the Tech Prep and Partnerships for College and Career Success teams, she has been recognized for pioneering in online courses. Prior to teaching, she served five years as a CAD manager in industry.James Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College JIM GIBSON, Program
(ASEE).Ms. Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West LafayetteDr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette Page 25.626.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Facilitating Graduate Students’ Professional Development: Implementation and Evaluation of Learning ActivitiesAbstractDoctoral education is criticized for its lack of preparation of doctoral students for careers outsideof academia1-2. Multiple stakeholders including researchers, educators, administrators, andindustry leaders have pointed out the necessity to offer systematic training and
with communication disorders. She is actively involved in the Society of Women Engineers and EPICS in IEEE. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Successes and Challenges of College-Wide Mentorship ProgramsAbstract This Complete Evidence-based Practice paper presents the analysis of data collected overa three-year period from a mentorship program and provides inferences and insights about itseffectiveness. Mentorship programs have been adopted by colleges of engineering in eitherformal or informal formats to support student success and transition to careers. The College ofEngineering at the University of New Haven initiated formal
Paper ID #36459IBM Pathways Program - Empowering technical talent to grow and succeedMr. Callistus Ndemo, IBMMs. Laura Casale, IBM Laura is a Learning Consultant working on contract for IBM. She is representing the IBM Pathways Program, as well as the Program Owner and Leader, Lisa Gable. Laura has a long career with IBM, serving in many HR functions including Talent Management, Talent Development, Learning and Leadership Development. She has extensive experience designing, imple- menting, and scaling learning solutions that drive individual and organizational growth. Besides IBM, Laura also worked in the Financial
American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Measuring First Year Engineering Students’ Knowledge and Interest in Materials Science and EngineeringAbstract Previous studies have shown that engineering students were generally not very familiarwith Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). However, career decision theories suggest thatpeople need to be both knowledgeable and interested towards a career in order to make aninformed career choice. The purpose of this study was to measure first-year engineeringstudents’ knowledge and interest in MSE, and to compare the results from students who choseMSE as their major and students who did not. Open ended questions and a Likert-scale surveywere used to collect data from
campus, we have createda career-forward laboratory curriculum. This curriculum involves student teams completingDesign Challenges, which translate chemistry concepts such as specific heat capacity, solubility,and reaction kinetics into situated problems that are unique to the practice of professionalengineers. In addition to contextualizing science and engineering as real world applications, ourapproach forecasts the professional practice of various types of engineering careers. Thisapproach allows first- and second-year students to experience the work of a professionalengineer in a developmentally appropriate form as a means of learning the domain of chemistry.Special consideration has also been given to designing for populations sensitive to
my academic path. Now, on the brink of my mechanical engineering career, With a blend of practical knowledge and academic foundation.Dr. PS Dhanasekaran, State University of New York, Canton Dr PS (Puttagounder Dhanasekaran Swaminathan) has PhD degree in mechanical engineering from Wi- chita State University, Wichita, KS. He is currently working as an Associate professor, at SUNY Canton, NY. He has taught, CAD/CAM, FEA, Machine design, Statics, Strength of Materials, and various courses on materials and materials selection, for both undergraduate and graduate programs. He also authored and co-authored a text book chapter and research papers on machining of composites. He has a di- verse industrial experience
(STEM) education is an effective catalyst toengage students in science & engineering careers. STEM continues to support the long-term goalof preparing students for life-long careers that promise a competitive edge in the job market.However, STEM program development is often challenging. Wu-Rorrer [1] argues that “STEMremains vaguely defined, and the strategies to successfully integrate it into the currenteducational system remain elusive”, inferring that a school’s STEM program is amorphous.Furthermore, STEM programs need more work than before with recent pressure to promoteinclusivity [2] and a solid career path [3] in a stable environment [4]. To better solve thisdilemma, there remains an aspect of STEM programs that is overlooked – the
having on engineering students. She also recently won the prestigious CAREER award from the U.S. National Science Foundation to study increasing the fairness of engineering assessments. In total, she has been on the leadership of more than $24 million dollars in research awards. Her research on evaluation of online learning (supported by two NSF awards #1544259,1935683, ) has resulted in more than 20 peer-reviewed conference and journal publications related to engineering learners in online courses. She was a FutureLearn Research Fellow from 2017-2019; a 2018 recipient of the FIE New Faculty Fellow Award and was the 2021 Program Chair for the Educational Research Methods Division of ASEE
succeedacademically. To meet this objective, the program provides first year students with:• Undergraduate and graduate mentors• Seminars with Engineering Faculty where various aspects of engineering career options are presented• Career development workshops to develop interviewing skills, resumés and cover letters• Academic scholarships to help with tuition expenses (Undergraduate scholars receive an annual scholarship of $2,500 for two years; graduate scholars are awarded a $3,125 scholarship.)In the Fall, the first year students are placed in teams with a second year student and a Mastersstudent. The sophomore mentor is a person who participated in the GUIDE program the previousyear and successfully completed their first year of engineering
survey, conducted in 2011, of 6772 studentsenrolled at 50 colleges and universities in the U.S. By identifying students intending to major ineight different disciplines (bio-, chemical, civil, electrical/computer, environmental,industrial/systems, materials, and mechanical engineering), we show how student goals, valuesand self-perceptions differ. Regression analysis is used to study how the likelihood of enteringone of these eight disciplines is associated to career outcome expectations, students' self-beliefsaround their science, physics, and math identities, and constructs measuring their personal andglobal science agency.Results indicate that students intending to major in engineering show substantial inter-disciplinary distinctions in the
completed a pre-survey whichcontained demographic questions and the STEM-CIS Career Interest Survey, based on the workof Kier, Blanchard, Osborne, & Albert [9]. This survey measured the attitudes and interest ofstudents towards STEM fields and has four sections, each pertaining to one part of STEM. Eachsection included 11 questions for a total of 44 questions. The STEM CIS included questions suchas, “I am interested in careers that involve engineering”. The survey was a 5-point Likert scalefrom ‘Strongly Agree’ to ‘Strongly Disagree’.At the end of each engineering camp, students completed the post-survey. The pre and postsurveys contained the same set of questions concerning interest in STEM. The post-survey alsoincluded students’ ratings of
has been an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks from 2002 to 2006, and an Associate Editor of the Neural Networks journal from 2006 to 2012. He has served as the Technical Co-Chair of the IJCNN 2011.Dr. Andrew Patrick Daire, University of Houston Dr. Andrew P. Daire, Professor and Associate Dean for Research in University of Houston’s College of Education received his Ph.D. from the Florida State University in Counseling Psychology. Daire re- searches career development along with couple and family interventions to reduce stress and improve family and economic stability in low-income ethnic minority and underrepresented populations.Prof. Christopher L. Parkinson, University of Central FloridaDr
to pursue careers in advanced manufacturing duringthe Fourth Industrial Revolution, known as Industry 4.0.Advanced manufacturing knowledge, skills, and abilities for Industry 4.0NCNGM leaders and teams of technology subject matter experts, including education andindustry representatives, work together to determine knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs)needed for careers in advanced manufacturing. NCNGM Technology Teams focus on four sub-disciplines of advanced manufacturing, which are design; fabrication; processing; and supplychain, logistics, and quality control. A fifth Technology Team focuses on Industry 4.0 and how itis incorporated into the other four sub-disciplines. Information gathered by these teams isdisseminated through
substantialinstruction in design thinking, entrepreneurship and innovation. The College recognized thatfuture engineers must have, in addition to technical-based education in engineering and math andscience, exposure to innovation and entrepreneurship. In doing such, students would now have themindset and skills to become innovative, entrepreneurial engineers who would be flexible,resilient, creative, and empathetic and, as such, have the ability to recognize and seize opportunitiesduring their entire engineering career. 1 This is shown as Figure 1 in a Venn diagram. Figure 1 – Venn diagram showing intersection of technology, innovation and entrepreneurship education Technical Engineering