that mayplace students in foreign countries in their career by sharing their perspective on global changesand how they should prepare for the future10.Study AbroadThe study abroad strategy involves an agreement between institutions in different geographicallocations enabling students to move from one to the other for short or long-term study periodswithin a single degree program11. Parkinson12 describes engineering study abroad programs fromaround the country and groups them into the following categories: Dual Degree, Exchange,Extended Field Trip, Extension, Internship or Co-op, Mentored Travel, Partner Sub-contract,Project Based Learning/Service Learning, and Research Abroad.Study Abroad Program ChallengesDespite the importance of study
AC 2009-1485: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ACADEMICENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FOR REU STUDENTSAshley Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology Ashley Johnson is a doctoral student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Florida A&M University in 2005 and her M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2007. Her research focuses on biological signal processing of EEG and EMG in humans. Ashley is a recipient of the Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship, NSF STEP Fellowship and Georgia Tech Facilitating Academic Careers in Engineering and Science Fellowship
. Center program direction3a. Taking Care of Number 1!In the author’s opinion you owe it to yourself to take a SAL for many reasons. First, a SAL will Page 14.1041.4be a milestone in your career to assess its future direction. The author’s experience at NSF in1977-78 was pivotal in shifting his research from energy into membrane science and technology.A SAL can provide access to unique research opportunities and facilities. For example, theauthor’s SL at Aachen Technical University (ATU) in 1981-82 allowed him and two of hisgraduate students to have access to the world’s deepest test of underground coal gasification thatwas being carried out in
through the use of technology is the way to maintain the U.S. edge inthe global market place.1 An argument for the second perspective is the belief that the U.S. leadsin creativity and innovation and has the best universities in the world to pilot the way.2Regardless of the viewpoint taken, it is apparent that we must transition more high schoolstudents into engineering to be competitive; having a clear picture of the current state of themarket factors that may influence our youth as they make their career choice is imperative.According to the U.S. Department of Education5 it was estimated that in the fall of 2008 nearly49.8 million students attended public schools in the U.S. with an additional 6.2 million attendingprivate schools. Of those
skills and oral andwritten communication. The engineering research activities and associated outreach enable REUstudents to build skills useful in the summer and for years to follow in areas including BME,communications, ethics, and problem solving. We provide an opportunity for international,interdisciplinary collaboration at our university, and we insure that students recognize thatbiomedical engineering technologies apply across spectrums of human activities includingpersonal lives, STEM careers, K-12 outreach, and overall societal health improvement. The program provides students nationally with the opportunity to work with individualscientists on projects central to the research activities at our University’s School of Engineeringand
Leadership and Higher Education from the University of Nebraska with an emphasis on globalization and leadership. He is a Certified Manufacturing Technologist, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and is also certified in Planning and Managing Projects, BD University; Lean Manufacturing, BD University; High Impact Facilitation, Lore International Page 14.115.1 Institute, Durango, Colorado; and Project Management, Saddle Island Institute.Ryan Dymock, Brigham Young University Ryan Dymock is currently a senior studying Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University. He hopes to steer his career in
at the Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus. He is the founder and developer of the Engineering Studio at the Polytechnic that is a model for hands-on engineering education at the high school and college levels.Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University Sharon Kurpius Robinson, Ph.D., is an expert in counseling youth and adults in educational and career pathways.James Middleton, Arizona State University James Middleton, Ph.D., is Professor of Mathematics Education and Director, Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology. He is an expert in middle school mathematics curriculum development and research in student cognition
summer session, 10men and 10 women. The students attended classes in mathematics, chemistry with laboratory, computerscience, communications skills (both written and oral), study skills and career planning. Pre-testing inmath, chemistry, and writing was used to identify individual strengths and weaknesses, allowing attentionto those areas needing further development and for others the opportunity to provide additionalchallenges. Post-testing along with instructor evaluations enabled the diagnostics necessary to appropriateplacement in the freshman year sequences and provide, as well, some measure of the summer’saccomplishments. The summer session also introduced the students to dormitory living and the campus where theybecame familiar
diploma curriculum originally established in thefall term of 2001. The first Master of Science year group commences in the fall term of 2011.The new curricula combine engineering and business studies with a view to prepare studentsfor a career in the aeronautical industry. In the 3-year Bachelor programme, students maychoose between the Aeronautical Engineering and Piloting branch after a common educationduring the first two years. All students thus receive four semesters of English languagetraining: Business and Aviation English 1 and 2 as well as English for AeronauticalTechnology and Management 1 and 2. In addition to that, those students in the engineeringbranch attend the fifth-semester language course Professional Presentations, which
contamination;infrastructure damage to roads, bridges, buildings and the electricity grid; and Page 11.1292.2communications breakdown in the Internet, telephony, radio and television.” Finally, itwas noted that, due to the rapidly changing nature of modern knowledge, engineers“…must embrace continuing education as a career development strategy with the samefervor that continuous improvement has been embraced by the manufacturingcommunity.”Dean Paul Peercy of the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,presented a paper in June, 2004 entitled ‘The Changing Face of Engineering.’(2) The papernoted that it is time to reevaluate the
expected that dramatic transformations would notappear in this initial assessment. However, the initial positive changes promote the value of S-Lfor engineering students. Both schools appear committed to continue the effort of integrating S-L into core courses, and to continue to assess this transformation.Previous research has shown that additional outcomes for MIT’s 2.009 service learning classinclude significant changes in career aspirations, with a preference toward engineering-orientedones following the class; more interest in service-oriented activities by minority students; andwomen having a greater increase in their confidence than men in using certain engineeringskillsiv. The results of other items on the UML student surveys, such as
that affect enrollment and retention of female students in science, math, engineering and technology (SMET) and help increase the female student population in SMET fields. He is also interested in teaching methods such as brain-based teaching, constructivism, team teaching and active learning that might improve the quality of engineering education.George Morgan, Colorado State University Dr. George Morgan is a professor emeritus in the School of Education, Colorado State University. He received his Ph.D. in child development and Psychology from Cornell University. During his 40 years of professional career, he has conducted programs of research on children’s motivation to master challenging
EDS pursuit ofdoctoral-level careers in engineering. To begin addressing the paucity of literature in graduateeducation related to student attitudes, we address the following research question: How do engineering doctoral students’ perceptions of the future influence the ways in which they approach graduate-level tasks?To answer the above research question we also address two sub-questions: 1. How do engineering doctoral students define their future? 2. How do engineering doctoral students relate their future selves with present tasks?BackgroundThe nature of our study takes an interpretive, qualitative approach as to capture how EDS utilizetheir perceptions of the future to navigate their graduate
Paper ID #18594University Makerspaces: Characteristics and Impact on Student Success inEngineering and Engineering Technology EducationMiss Alexandra Longo, American Society for Engineering Education Alexandra (Alex) Longo currently serves as Program Manager of Education and Career Development at ASEE, where she leads the Online Learning initiative, manages externally funded programs and projects, and assists with stakeholder workshop development and implementation. Alex works closely with the ASEE Diversity Committee and the NSF-funded project NSF-funded project Promoting LGBTQ Equality in STEM. Prior to working at ASEE
-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) 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 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. She is the recipient of a 2014
/ professionals were highlighted tobe the lack of experience and real world exposure, lack of entrepreneurial and business acumen,commitment, inability to write scientifically and go through a process of research andinvestigation, methodically communicate and structure proposals for action and change. Thisperspective seemed to share a relationship with another weakness that was highlighted byparticipants, which was the weakness in written and spoken communication. Some of thesupervisors highlighted that many STEM employees did not seem to show a strong desire tolearn on the job as they seemed to perceive, that they already knew everything they need to knowand also desired quick and unsubstantiated upward mobility in their careers. This desire forcareer
homework (significance at p < 0.05),and a Friedman ANOVA was used to compare student rankings with a post-hoc WilcoxonSigned Rank test using Bonferroni correction (significance at p < 0.005). Correlations betweenquestion scores were made using Kendall’s Tau-b. Of the 12 questions on the questionnaire, 3were significantly different between the MEA and homework. Specifically, students found theMEA to be more frustrating, had more choice in how to complete the MEA, and felt the MEAbetter related to their career goals. When ranking items, competence, purpose, and extrinsicmotivation were ranked significantly higher compared to community and autonomy. Correlationsindicated that students enjoyed the project more when they learned the content (τ
Engineering Education, 2017 Implementing Design Thinking into Summer Camp Experience for High School Women in Materials EngineeringAbstractAlthough women make up a significant portion of the college educated population, there remainsa sizable gap between the number of men and women pursuing degrees and careers in science,technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. The gender gap begins at middle school andwidens considerably in later high school years. One major factor for this gap is the lack ofbelonging women can feel towards engineering. As one approach to developing and improvingthis sense of belonging, we focused on improving students’ comprehension of engineering topicsduring a weeklong materials science and
strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 10 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using motivation and related frameworks to study student engagement in learning, recruitment and retention in engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections of motivation and learning strategies.Dr. Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures LLC Dr. Gwen Lee-Thomas is the CEO of Quality Measures, LLC, a Virginia-based consulting firm special- izing in program and project evaluation, team-building, and capacity
College in Escanaba, MI. He has successfully received over $2 million in grants throughout his career, which have been used to transform the technical education his institution provides. Most recently, Mark successfully authored an OER Degree Initiative grant through Achieving the Dream to develop a complete degree pathway using nothing but open educational resources. Mark also served on the development committee for the Voluntary Framework of Accountability, an initiative of the American Association of Community Colleges. Mark has a passion for rural education and completed his dissertation on the roles of rural educators and rural community colleges, and believes this is an underrepresented segment of our national
income distribution are ten timesas likely to become inventors as those from below-median income families [5, 6]. By 8th grade,half of students will have given up on STEM as a career [7]. Only 69.7% of high school graduatesattend college [8], and more than half of college students who declare in a STEM field will changemajors or drop out of school entirely, meaning 11% of HS graduates become qualified STEMprofessionals, and the deficit would not be met if 100% of STEM students graduated. Table 1: PISA Results for U.S. Students compared to the International Median since 2000.There are significant socio-economic barriers to growing and diversifying the STEM workforce,and outcomes highly correlate to income, educational access, race, and gender
data mining, and the modeling and analysis of manufacturing systems. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering and graduate degrees in Industrial Engineering, all from Arizona State University.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University Dr. Samantha R. Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor within The Polytechnic School, one of six schools in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. She is a mixed-methods researcher with focus on the preparation and pathways of engineering students. Her specific research interests include engineering student persistence and career decision-making, early career engineering practice, faculty pedagogical risk-taking, and entrepreneurial mindset
particularlyinterested in conducting an intersectional analysis of the survey data to determine which funds ofknowledge are most relevant to first-generation college students based on demographiccharacteristics, such as race/ethnicity, socioeconomic class, and gender, and other descriptors, i.e.,transfer student status, language spoken at home, and career expectations to name a few.Understanding the funds of knowledge of first-generation college students in engineering has thepotential to benefit both these students and their continuing generation peers. First, these can serveas inspiration for culturally-relevant pedagogy that would enhance first gen student learning andinterest in engineering. We echo the sentiments of Wilson-Lopez et al.’s [2] ethnographic
Paper ID #30024Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure: Lessons Learned from Eight YearsInstruction on the CEBOKWilliam D Lawson P.E., Ph.D., Texas Tech University William D. Lawson, P.E., Ph.D. serves as an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Texas Tech Uni- versity. His career in higher education is characterized by excellence and innovation in teaching, award- winning scholarship and sponsored research, and professional service at the national, regional and local levels. Creative activities encompass both technical research on geotechnical applications in transporta- tion, and interdisciplinary study of
engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Equity in Collaboration: My Ideas Matter, Too! K-12 Students’ Negotiation of Social Status in Collaborative Engineering Team (Fundamental Research)AbstractWithin pre-college (K-12) engineering education, the curriculum design integrates studentsworking with partners or teams on projects as standard practice in the curriculum design.However, with a need to increase participation in engineering and other STEM career pathways,introducing engineering in pre-college settings has become a central avenue for access to STEMcareer pathways for many students. Pre-college learning experiences are opportunities to developstudents’ interests further and
goal is to advance thefield of renewable energy by supporting renewable energy programs. Madison College serves asthe lead institution for CREATE, and has developed and delivered various types of facultyprofessional development programs in solar energy for over a decade [18].The need to build a renewable energy educational pipelineA major challenge to educating future renewable energy professionals, is the need to build aneducational pipeline. Since this is an emerging field, many potential young students havelimited knowledge of renewable energy career opportunities, and they lack professional rolemodels. Young adults with an interest in STEM have at least some awareness of what scientists,engineers, and health care professionals do, and many
Describe the highlights involved in undergraduate place and what an ARCE’s career path can of your University organizations related to look like. experience so far. ARCE. Summarize the topical areas ARCEs work Describe which ARCE Describe your favorite in, providing some details on each of the student organizations are classes. sub-areas of ARCE
contributions of industry involvement in the capstone design course fromthe perspectives of both students and practitioners. Practitioners have been involved in variousroles, including project mentors for capstone design projects and/or judges for students’ capstonedesign project presentations. Practitioners, through the students, are provided with new ways oflooking at and solving problems. Practitioners, through their involvement, provide valuablefeedback to the faculty and students that enriches the overall experience gained in the capstonedesign course. This feedback helps improve student performance on their projects and providesthem with additional tools to carry forward to their engineering careers. However, there was agap in perception between
]. Understanding moreabout how undergraduate engineering students develop identities as engineers will helpengineering educators better prepare students for engineering careers and support those studentsduring their postsecondary experiences. Much of the current research on engineering identity takes engineering as a monolithicdiscipline. In other words, it is taken as a given that different engineering disciplines function inthe same way with respect to engineering identity development. However, previous research hasshown that the culture of engineering disciplines do, in fact, differ from each other—forexample, some disciplines, such as biomedical engineering, civil engineering, and chemicalengineering, are more inclusive of gender diversity than
understanding and tools to design and construct crops with desired traits thatcan thrive in a changing environment. Students with “T-shaped” experiences will differ fromtraditional STEM graduate programs that produce students with deep disciplinary knowledge inat least one area. This depth represents the vertical bar of the "T". The horizontal bar representstheir ability to effectively collaborate across a variety of different disciplines [T-Summit, 2016],which is the focus of P3 as shown in Figure 1.This paper reports on the progress of the project to date and presents results on the first year’sproject assessment on the effectiveness of the cross disciplinary training. The P3 programis preparing students for productive careers in plant phenomics