in society. Her other dream is to pursue a career as a gynecologist and make women’s health a priority, especially, in the under- developed countries. As for now, she is pursuing her BA in Biology and MA in science education. She is the recipient of the Robert Noyce STEMELL scholarship for teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics to English Language Learners.Mr. Benjamin James Call, Utah State University - Engineering Education Benjamin Call graduated with his Masters of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (Aerospace Em- phasis) in 2006 from Utah State University. After eight years with NAVAIR, he has returned to pursue a PhD in Engineering Education. He is funded by the Presidential
Barton Jr., George Mason University Oscar Barton, Jr., Ph.D, P.E. is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at George Mason University A native of Washington, D.C., Professor Barton received his B.S in Mechanical Engineering from Tuskegee (Institute) University, his M.S in Mechanical Engineering and Ph.D degree in Applied Mechanics from Howard University. Dr. Barton joined the faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department at George Ma- son University fall 2014, after completing a 22 year career at the U.S. Naval Academy. His research focuses on the development of approximate closed form solutions for linear self-adjoint systems, those that govern the responses of composite structures, and the analysis of dynamic systems
, graphics, and mathematics.The anonymous end of semester survey included questions related to the impact of the projectand its components. One student stated: The design experience helped to unify the course and make the course more practical. It was integral to the course.The design project was not viewed by the students as an add-on to the course, but rather as acrucial course component. Another student wrote: I am more excited/motivated to pursue a career in engineering because this experience helped show the creative nature that accompanies all of the math that engineers have to do.In the end of semester survey, students were asked to rate their level of motivation to pursue acareer in engineering following this design project
identified leadership as one attribute that engineering students must develop by thetime of graduation along with the following traits: strong analytical skills, creativity, ingenuity,and professionalism1. This is because of the growing number of opportunities for engineers whowork in the multidisciplinary environments to take a leadership role as their career advances inthe social-political-economic world1. Similarly, in the report entitled Educating the engineer of2020: Adapting engineering education to the new century published by National Academy ofEngineering reinforced importance of engineering students’ leadership development as reformsfor engineering educators2.While engineering experts in academia and industry considered leadership as one
likely be sufficient. It made me think about it a lot more than before. It had not [had an] impact on me pursuing graduate school, but did influence a career in corporate research.Based on the above responses, it appears most of the participants are leaning toward attendinggraduate school. A few are thinking about obtaining a Master’s degree first and then continuingto a Ph.D. later or work in industry first and then pursue a higher degree later.The REU experience seems to allow individual participants to know themselves better and learnmore about doing research—both the fun and interesting side the challenging and hard workside. It also helps them to know what to expect from a graduate degree program.The research experience of
networks.Program OverviewThe NYIT REU site was successfully run for three years from April, 2013- March, 2016 underthe support of NSF grant CNS-1263283. During this period, the site was very popular amongundergraduates and has supported a total of 30 REU fellows. The REU program providedinvaluable opportunities for the participating students to apply critical and creative thinking tosolve practical engineering problems, realize their career potentials in STEM, gain insights aboutresearch, and increase their expertise to be competitive both academically and professionally.Research ProjectsThe research projects of the NYIT REU site focused on various aspects of security of mobiledevices and wireless networks. Figure 1 shows an overview of the sample
2016) and will cover topics of interest toincoming engineering freshmen during the first few weeks such as: engineering societies/studentorganizations, study abroad, campus resources, and career services. The next few weeks willhave panels of faculty representing 3-4 engineering majors per week. These faculty have beenasked to briefly (10 minute presentations) present the most exciting and current research andevents within their department. The subsequent lectures will be seminar style with guestspeakers (both faculty and industry have been invited) from a variety of engineering disciplinesfocusing on the grand challenges of various engineering disciplines. Students will be assignedweekly reading assignments related to the lecture topics of
in like making or creating stuff like, something, like good, like a psychologist would be good work, career, or something but uh, I don’t think it would be fun … if I’m making stuff and building stuff all the time, that would be fun, you know? I mean sometimes it would be hard, because there’s always that hard part, but, it’d still be fun, you know?Here, Marquise ponders two career paths. Both are focused on doing good in the world. Bothwould be “good work.” But only one, making things, would be fun. We asked him if the makerclass had changed his sense of what he was capable of. He said, “Yeah, for sure. Cause, like, I wouldn’t have really thought that I could make stuff like this, I for surely didn’t
defined as “the extent towhich one intends to engage in an activity”4. The choice or the decision to continue doing an activity,for example, is the result of someone’s motivation of doing that activity. Motivation has been exploredin relation to academic performance and career plans. Jones et al. studied the relationship amongexpectancies, values, achievement, and career plans for first year engineering students. They found thatstudents’ expectancy and value related beliefs decreased over the first year3 thus negatively influencingstudents’ retention into the second year of an engineering program. Predicting students’ intention tocontinue within engineering is complex, and the factors associated to this decision are not wellunderstood; however
a typical industrialmachine or process. All of the PLCs are networked to provide the students with communicationscontent within the lab experience.The pedagogical features of the laboratory exercises are illustrated and results from studentcomments and numerical ratings of the effectiveness of the lab exercises and equipment are alsoincluded in the paper.IntroductionA common career path for Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) students is the design andmaintenance of industrial control systems. These industrial controls are typically designed usingProgrammable Logic Controllers (PLC) to execute and monitor the machine or process. PLCsare equipped with discrete and analog control of high and low current AC and DC voltages, andcan also
students with weak spatial skills; organizingand offering the spatial skills training course for eligible students; and collecting, compiling, andsubmitting assessment data to the project evaluator. The SKIITS project team is working withresearchers, STEM diversity leaders and industry partners to further develop the low-costmaterial to respond to the needs of community college technician-education programs to retainmore women and URM students.II. Prior ResearchA. Spatial Visualization Related to STEM FieldsThe ability to visualize objects and situations in one’s mind and to manipulate those images is acognitive skill vital to many career fields, especially those that require work with graphicalimages. A long history of research has highlighted
program’s goal has been to provide a quality program thatmeets accreditation standards while providing the students with a skill set that allows them tosucceed in computing careers. The curriculum content for the Computer Science degree is basedon the 2008 ACM Curriculum Report. The Computer Science degree at UVU is accredited byAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in 2002 and currently has morethan 850 students. The program also has an advisory board comprised of representatives of localindustry who assist in aligning the program to industry needs and helping to acquire industrysupport and resources.Table 1 and 2 shows the enrollment and graduation trends in the Computer Science program. Ascan be seen from the tables, the
Paper ID #12098Improving Performance in College Algebra Using TechnologyMrs. Judith A Komar, CEC/CTU Judy Komar is Vice President of Educational Technology at Career Education Corporation (CEC), a global provider of post-secondary education programs and services. She is responsible for providing innovative technology solutions for CEC students, developing content for more than 500 new courses annually and facilitating and integrating educational technologies for more than 45 CEC campuses. She also facilitates program development, academic requests, and institutional growth, as well as the continuous improvement of the
inspiring introduction, andcan be a clear illustration of how materials play a role in the world around them. It makesengineering both approachable and relevant. The science classes that high school students,college freshman and sophomores take typically present collections of theories and laws usingtechniques that do not foster creativity, experimentation and curiosity. As a result, studentsincreasingly fail to pursue careers in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).For the past 10 years the number of high school seniors who plan on entering an engineeringcareer has dropped more than 35%.1 Additionally, attrition rates of engineering disciplines havebeen as high as 50%,2 and minority students have been shown to receive less than 8
being well aware of the leadership challenges faced bystudents, the University of Calgary created the Maier Student Leadership Program (MSLP). Thisprogram provides engineering students who have demonstrated an interest in leadership with an“opportunity to accelerate their careers and realize their full leadership potential” [2]. Many currentleadership programs give credit however; the MSLP is an extra-curricular program for which students donot receive academic credit for their participation. Furthermore, elements of the program are open to allstudents at the SSE as a means of inspiring further participation in leadership activities throughout thestudent’s academic careers. While all students can participate in the MSLP, the primary target
and supervised students helping them to acquire the neces- sary knowledge, education, technical, ethical and communication skills. He is well respected and recog- nized by our graduates for his contributions resulting in their career successes. Moustafa is in charge of the senior design project for the mechanical engineering technology department. He encourages seniors to work on practical projects. Some of these projects are provided by local industrial and manufacturing corporations as a result of personal contacts and relationships with alumni. This interaction has proven to be invaluable in the growth and development of our graduates and sometimes leads to hiring oppor- tunities. Moustafa has been instrumental
will experience in a career position in industry orgovernment. We have actively encouraged sponsors to not pre-judge what undergraduatestudents are capable of and to provide problems that have truly been challenging to solve. Thisapproach has been a success with respect to the students and the sponsors. The students gainmotivation from the more challenging projects and the sponsors have benefited from realsolutions with several capstone teams producing prototypes that have moved them closer to asolution. Of the 4 sponsor respondents to a survey from the 2013-14 academic year, 3 respondedaffirmatively to the survey question, “Do you feel that you have received, or are on track toreceive, information or results from the student team that you
research experiencesspecifically identified as a necessary research agenda the need for studies that examined themotives for a scientist’s or engineer’s desire for international collaboration, including therelationship to education and career development. The report also called for studies to assessthe impact of international collaboration on the careers of scientists and engineers at all stages.243.0 The Framework of Global Competency for S&E graduatesGlobal competence, as it is most commonly used in the engineering literature, is alternativelyreferred to as cultural competency, multicultural competency, intercultural maturity, cross-cultural adaptation, cross-cultural awareness, or intercultural sensitivity. It assumes thatparticular
, teamwork and communication skills, assessment, and identity construction.Dr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co- directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on com- munication 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 com- munication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development
university maker space to students that have minimuminvolvement.By answering the following three research questions we will be able to measure the impact ofmaker spaces on students:1. By engaging women and under-represented minorities in maker spaces at the beginningof their careers, can we increase retention rates?2. To what extent are there differences between students who participate frequently inmaker spaces (high involvement) and our typical engineering student (low involvement)?3. To what extent do maker spaces impact students’ idea generation abilities and designself-efficacy?The effects of the early engagement in maker spaces on the women and underrepresentedminorities population will be measured through a randomly assigned
26.1656.10References1. Ritter FE, Baxter GD, Churchill EF. Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems. London: Springer-Verlag; 2014.2. Baldwin H. Tech hotshots: The rise of the UX expert. CIO Magazine. 2013. Available at: http://www.cio.com/article/2389056/careers-staffing/tech-hotshots-- the-rise-of-the-ux-expert.html. Accessed February 2, 2015.3. Kowitz B. Hiring a designer: Hunting the unicorn. Google Ventures. Available at: http://www.gv.com/lib/hiring-a-designer-hunting-the-unicorn. Accessed February 2, 2015.4. Dinham P. Market may struggle to meet demand for IT specialist skills. itwirecom. 2014. Available at: http://www.itwire.com/it-people-news/enterprise-staff/66495- market-may-struggle-to-meet
leave the university, compared to 21%, 15%, and 10% thatbegin in calculus I, II and III respectively. These values are at the same level as attrition rates forengineering majors over an entire college career, which are reported to be between 40 and 50percent3,5,7,8.At our university, students are not eligible to take introductory engineering courses if they startin precalculus. This adds another obstacle for students that are already starting behind inmathematics. Burtner found that a student’s confidence in their college level mathematics abilitysignificantly predicted persistence in engineering9. If students are getting the message that theirmathematics skills are too weak to take an engineering course in their first semester, many ofthem may
author’s teaching activities in which anexisting design-build-test class focusing on zero-gravity flight experiments is adapted to provideundergraduate student designed and built payloads for launching in the commercial sub-orbitalindustry. This class enables spending, fund-raising, faculty time commitments, and studentparticipation. Payloads launched to date on test flights of these rockets are described along withlessons learned for student payload design and flight. Payloads under development and the classstructure which enables this work are also described. Feedback on the in-class experiences aregathered from recent alums and will be shared and discussed.Any engineering professor who persists in this career for a number of years has observed
Paper ID #13721Student Perspective on Defining Engineering LeadershipRobyn Paul, University of Calgary Robyn is a Master of Science candidate in Civil Engineering at the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. Her research focuses on the impact that teaching engineers leadership has on early career success. She co-founded the Engineering Education Students’ Society and is involved with initiatives to collaborate nationally to increase the conversation with students about engineering education.Dr. Lynne Gradon Cowe Falls P.Eng., University of Calgary
career in automotive research as a product development engineer at the University of Windsor/Chrysler Canada Automotive Research and Development Centre (ARDC), conducting vehi- cle durability studies and associated research activities in the Road Test Simulation (RTS) laboratory. In 2005, she joined the University of Windsor as an Experiential Learning Specialist, focusing on teaching and educational research in hands-on learning and cooperative education as it relates to undergraduate engineering. She has developed neural network models for automotive rubber bushings for incorporation in durability simulations with the goal of accelerating product development. Additional work related to the field of composites
Concepts to Harness Future Innovators and Technologists) project. Professor Harriger’s current interests include application development, outreach to K-12 to interest more students to pursue computing careers, applying IT skills to innovating fitness tools, and wearable computing.Prof. Bradley C. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Brad Harriger has over 30 years of experience teaching automated manufacturing and has authored/co- authored several related articles. Professor Harriger has served in several leadership roles with Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Education, and is a founding mem- ber of an international Aerospace Automation Consortium, serving on its steering
Aerospace Projects primarily at the Boeing Company. Career accomplishments include creating computerized sys- tems for electronic design and testing, rocket orbital placement of telecommunications satellites, and the design and building of multi-megawatt wind turbines. His career has progressed from technical design engineer to large-corporation executive manager. His labor relations experience includes Vice President of the United States’ largest professional/technical bargaining unit recognized by the Labor Relations Board. Don’s academic career involves educational assignments which include teaching and developing several engineering and business related courses as a University Adjunct Professor, an assignment as a
they learn about career opportunities they will would enjoy after graduating with engineering degree. Observations Texas A&M University at Qatar in 2013 and 2014 has delivered the above stated program under sponsorship of a local petrochemical company. The programs were well received among students and their teachers, in addition to leaders in Qatar’s industrial and government sectors. They have proven to be effective in gaining the attention of the Qatar’s brightest young students as Qatari society places a high value on education in engineering and sciences. For the Future Engineers program, 44 students representing grades
India.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as co-Director of the VT Engineering Communication Center (VTECC). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and re- flective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios to promote professional identity and reflective practice
. He is responsible for grow- ing college and career pathways across Denver, and leads implementation of Denver’s $7M Youth Career Connect grant. Joe earned his M.A. from Stanford University and a B.S. from Georgetown University. Page 26.383.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Completing the K-12 Engineering Pipeline by Creating College Pathways: Work in ProgressAbstractOne of the largest school districts in the State of Colorado, Denver Public Schools, has partneredwith a university of science and engineering, Colorado School of Mines, to