society 2. The ease or difficulty of being an ethical aerospace engineer 3. Technical determinism and aerospace career pathways 4. Macroethics discussions within aerospace coursework 5. The ability of faculty to facilitate conversations on the macroethics of aerospaceThese five factors provide a new basis upon which we will generate additional survey items inthe future. Through this process, we will develop a survey that can effectively measure students’beliefs and experiences in regards to the macroethical implications of the field of aerospaceengineering.IntroductionThe impact of aerospace systems on society is regularly featured as part of the global news cycle.Recent topics have included protests against aerospace companies
/hybrid delivery to increase student learning intoday’s enhanced learning environment. Virginia Tech is designated by the National ScienceFoundation as a minority serving institution.Starting in Fall 2023, 13 activities were introduced to improve the Signals and Systems course inthe Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The 13 initiatives introducedare: (1) Tracking attendance for assigned points starting on the first day of class; (2) mapping eachexam problem and each quiz question to the corresponding course Learning Objective(s) [3]; (3)introducing a series of mini-Guest Speakers to talk with the students about how they use theconcepts of signals and systems in their careers and jobs; (4) introducing Prize Day with a
understand the student perception of the course andhow it has changed over time. To this end, we strive to answer the following research questions: • Research Question 1: How does student sentiment change between the new course design vs the old course design. Where we define sentiment as students perceiving this class as a positive or negative experience in their undergraduate academic career. • Research Question 2: Is there a difference in self-reported student growth between the new course design vs. the old course design. One of the main learning goals of senior projects is for students to overcome a hard problem, or to experience a design failure but learn from the failure. We classify this as
involved in programs 31.4 33.0 37.5 39.4 37.8 40.5 45.9 49.2 to clean up the environment Working to correct social 44.9 NA NA NA 63.5 NA NA NA inequalitiesNA = not asked on the survey in that yearWithin engineering, there is evidence that females are particularly interested in sustainabilitytopics. Klotz et al. [18] found that female engineering students were significantly more interestedthan male engineering students in work in their careers related to disease, poverty anddistribution of resources, and opportunities for women and minorities; female engineeringstudents had lower interests in energy. Verdin et al. [19] found that community college
relatively new approach for learning how to conductresearch at the undergraduate level provides for scaffolding of research skills across acurriculum.Given the mission of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, “…to teach the science, practice,and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadershiproles in service around the world.”, it is not surprising that undergraduate research is already animportant part of the university culture. The current Quality Enhancement Plan, part of theSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges accreditingrequirements, focuses on engagement of students in research and scholarship through bothcurricular and co-curricular activities.Between the importance
.” “It looked great on my résumé and in interviews. I learned some about working on a team long-term.” “I think I got some great experience working with other disciplines, however, I do not use that in my current job. I would have liked to have been able to focus more on my skills/major.” The following four questions were purely qualitative-based, open-ended response. Theresponses to these questions were categorized according to subject. Table 7: The Innovations Process survey Question No. 10 “Please provide an example of how this course impacts your career.” (N=11) Does not relate
engineering degreepathway. The program's overarching goal is to engage students in teamwork, research, andprofessional development early in their undergraduate career and provide opportunities toexercise these skills in a variety of contexts. Originally designed to support new female students,RAMP has been expanded to all students, including high-school juniors and seniors. The missionis to provide students who are underrepresented in engineering the knowledge and resources tobe successful in engineering education and careers, while acquiring leadership skills thatcontribute to broadening the participation of women, ethnic, and racial minorities in engineering.RAMP takes place over six weeks in the summer before the Fall semester when students
CertificationStudies of STEM schools have presented mixed findings regarding the impact of certification onstudent achievement. For example, authors of a quantitative study aimed to understand thedifference in college and career readiness of fourth- and fifth-grade students attending STEMcertified and non-certified elementary schools [9]. The results of their study illuminated onesignificant relationship, such that students at STEM schools displayed higher English LanguageArts (ELA) median growth percentiles than students at non-certified schools. Findings amongother subjects and grade levels were insignificant, however. Similarly, a study of third- and fifth-grade students identified a positive relationship between attending a STEM-certified school
to a cohesive set of educational experiences that instill an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset in students and prepare them for their future careers. Overview of the Ecosystem In this section we will contrast the state of the Innovation Ecosystem at Bucknell prior to 2008 with the changes that have occurred on our campus after 2008. The University and College Missions A theme of this article, supported by much ecosystem and change literature, is that an innovation ecosystem must be supported by the wider institutional mission. As a liberal arts institution, that contains within it professional programs, Bucknell’s mission statement is to “educate men and women for a lifetime
, phone calls,websites, campus tours/visits (bringing students to your institution), booths at regional/nationalconventions, college fairs, visit high schools (via STEM programs, career events/programs, booths,etc.), social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.), and other (please fill in the blank). Thechange agents included in the survey are engineering bridge and success program team members,college admissions advisors, institutional inclusive offices/initiatives, high school guidancecounselors, high school STEM teachers, community partners, professional or studentorganizations, students/program alumni (ambassadors), influential figures in faith basedorganizations, social media influencers, faculty, instructors, mentors, parents or other
]. There enhancing their confidence and career prospects andare not enough female role models, and women are judged collectively by improving their advocacy, lobbying, andnetworking [48]. However, obstacles and shortcomings hinder D. Women Entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabiawomen's advancement, denying them many opportunities in Governments worldwide are increasingly concerned withthe digital age, including entrepreneurship. In addition, the unemployment and its economic impact [62]. In the Gulflimited technological resources of women-owned companies region, the workforce absorption capacity is only 5% [63].affect their ability to transform opportunities into value [49]. The government sector alone
generation of engineers to be ethical, human-centric, collaborative, communicative, and transdisciplinary. As a graduate student she has advised international interactive qualifying projects (IQP) and a senior capstone design project (MQP). As she pursues a career in academia, Tess strives to combine her interests in medical robotics and engineering education.Dr. Ceren Yilmaz Akkaya, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Yilmaz Akkaya is a postdoctoral researcher in Nanoenergy Group under the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). She holds BS degrees in Chemistry and Molecular Biology and Genetics from Bogazici University. She completed her Master’s and PhD Degrees
faculty at her Alma Mater in 2015, Robin has been coordinating and teaching the Cap- stone Senior Design program in Mechanical Engineering while pursuing graduate work in Engineering Education.Dr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she 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
strategies. Page 11.247.8 Increase in content knowledge; exposure to real life examples of STEM research and careers SWEPT Theory of Impact Professional Learning Community Increasing student achievement Instruction on best practices (inquiry, problem based learning) Immersion in rich, inquiry learning environment In general, the evaluation of teacher professional development has its own set of uniquechallenges. Guskey20 proposes a 5 level model for
rates and the likelihood ofcontinued research participation and higher education. A new initiative at the University of Texasat Austin (UT Austin), the Freshman Introduction to Research in Engineering (FIRE) program,offers a select group of first-year students with an opportunity to participate in semester-long,faculty-sponsored mechanical engineering research and development projects. In addition to theirresearch, students attend bi-monthly lectures that introduce them to various topics in mechanicalengineering and current research in the field, the successes (and roadblocks) in engineeringresearch and how to overcome them, and career opportunities in engineering. An end of semesterposter session allows students to showcase their research
sustainability; synthesizing the influence of societal and individual worldviews on decision-making; assessing STEM students’ learning in the spaces of design, ethics, and sustainability; and exploring the impact of pre-engineering curriculum on students’ abilities and career trajectories.Dr. Brandon Sorge, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis Brandon Sorge is an Assistant Professor of STEM Education Research in the Department of Technology Leadership and Communication at the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI. His research interests include all aspects of STEM education, especially the impacts of all levels of policy on the development of a STEM literate workforce. He also conducts research
and record of supporting women faculty intheir department, colleges, and the university. Advocates are active and effective proponents of Page 26.905.4gender diversity and equity, specifically in terms of increasing the number of female faculty,encouraging the hiring and promotion of female faculty in administrative positions, and ensuringthe fair and equitable treatment of women within partner institutions. They are committed toincreasing their understanding of gender bias and its impact on the academic careers of women.At North Dakota State University, Advocates meet at least monthly and work toward specificgoals and outcomes, including the
the summer of 2013 at Oregon Instituteof Technology (also known as Oregon Tech). The purpose of the course was to introducestudents with engineering, medical technology, computing technology, and managementbackgrounds to the concepts, techniques, knowledge, and perspectives that diverse fields ofstudy (such as classical literature, mathematics, and cognitive psychology) can contribute to theirtechnical careers and to their lives as informed citizens.1The design of the course drew on the instructor’s prior teaching experiences of a number ofgeneral-education courses at a sister institution in the Oregon state system, principally drawingfrom a standard critical-thinking course described below in the section “Course Design andHistory.”The pilot
culture of engineering foster or hinder be- longing and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chem- ical 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 development. She has won several awards for her research including the 2021 Journal of Civil Engineering Education Best Technical Paper, the 2021 Chemical Engineering Education William H. Corcoran Award, and the 2022 American Educational Research Association Education in the Professions
earned, career histories, professional memberships, and publications. Much of thisinformation is not available from other sources.Although an increasing number of articles and books on academic engineering librarianship werepublished from the 1930s onward, few discussed the roles, qualifications, or work experiences ofengineering librarians. Few librarians from the period published biographies or articles abouttheir careers and work experiences. Modern librarians know much about historical engineeringinformation resources and how engineering libraries in the post-war period were organized,thanks to research published by librarians [4], student library handbooks [5, 6], and libraryannual reports [7]. However, we know very little about the
, electronic, hardware and software parts. Toaccomplish this, 3D printers, laser cutters, microcontrollers, mills, drill presses, etc. can be used.GritThe first construct considered in this study is Grit which consists of two dimensions:perseverance of effort defined as “individuals’ tendencies to keep working towards long-termgoals” (A. Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, & Kelly, 2007) and consistency of interest is definedas “Individuals’ tendencies to pursue the same or similar activities over time” (A. Duckworth etal., 2007). Grit has been found to predict career changes, drop out of life commitments (Eskreis-Winkler, Shulman, Beal, & Duckworth, 2014), students’ grade point average (Duckworth &Quinn, 2009), engagement with work (Suzuki
, differentstakeholders viewed the utility of the approach differently; for example, while alumni articulatedthe benefits of building first principles reasoning as a skill, students felt that the practice wasmore tied to a career in research and less useful in other engineering settings. Third, students inparticular noted the challenge in maximizing the learning benefits associated with first principlesthinking with the heavy workload and knowledge base in engineering.These results provide some avenues for the examination of first principles thinking inengineering education, particularly in considering the interplay between disciplinary knowledgeand learning skills, and the need to balance first principles thinking with other considerations inthe curriculum. We
counsel a lesser experiencedperson with an emphasis on personal and/or career development. Mentoring is also seen as a wayfor the mentor to redirect and reassess their energy in creative and productive action. [4], [9]. Thementoring relationship has also been likened to a role-model/observer relationship. Mentoring istraditionally seen as facilitating young people’s transition to adulthood, and a career developmenttool [10], [11]. Mentoring serves several purposes such as providing career guidance,psychosocial support and development, and role modeling [4]. Career guidance can help menteesdevelop knowledge of the organization or the specific position, skill development and navigationup the ranks of an organization into more senior leadership
andretain adequate numbers of engineers in their rural locations. Most of the region was a multiplehour driving distance from the nearest engineering university. In addition to access was thedesire to improve the pedagogy to address dissatisfactions with the low-level of learning inlecture-based courses and the lack of preparedness of undergraduate engineering completers topractice engineering. The dual focus of increased engineering student access and retention alongwith the drive to improve pedagogy and curricular models would guide the programdevelopment for the next three decades.Program Element: RecruitingWhile the original implementations developed learning experiences that led students tograduation and career entry, just as big a part of the
engineering programs to develop anentrepreneurial mindset among their engineering students with the belief that this will lead tothem being more productive and innovative whether their career path leads them into establishedindustry (becoming “intrapreneurs”) or later as entrepreneurs.While this trend toward developing more entrepreneurially minded engineering students issupported by global economic trends and a rapidly changing work environment, one factor hasbeen largely overlooked in this process. Statistically, most entrepreneurial ventures fail, withdisproportionately large value being created from a minority of entrepreneurial endeavors [8].Given this fact, until we find ways to drastically increase the success rate of entrepreneurialventures
Paper ID #38711An Overview of State Developed P-12 Standards for Technological andEngineering Literacy (Other)Dr. Tyler S. Love, University of Maryland Eastern Shore Dr. Love is a Professor of Technology and Engineering Education, and Director of Graduate Studies in Career and Technology Education for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore at the Baltimore Mu- seum of Industry. He earned his master’s and Ph.D. in Integrative STEM Education from Virginia Tech. His bachelors degree is in Technology Education from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He previously taught technology and engineering (T&E) courses in
Paper ID #38707Safety Factors and Accidents in P-12 Pre-Engineering and EngineeringDesign Courses: Results from a National Study (Fundamental)Dr. Tyler S. Love, University of Maryland Eastern Shore Dr. Love is a Professor of Technology and Engineering Education, and Director of Graduate Studies in Career and Technology Education for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore at the Baltimore Mu- seum of Industry. He earned his master’s and Ph.D. in Integrative STEM Education from Virginia Tech. His bachelors degree is in Technology Education from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He previously taught technology and
. With the perspective of a career centered in private sector technology and cybersecurity, she greatly values the contributions made by EdTech organizations, like Codio, to help faculty deliver better learning outcomes in CS and STEM for students of every level. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Proposing a Response Hierarchy Model to Explain How CS Faculty Adopt Teaching Interventions in Higher EducationAbstractDespite the high volume of existing Computer Science Education research, the literatureindicates that these evidence-based practices are not making their way into classrooms. WhileK12 faces pressures from policy and increasing opportunities through
Mass Communica- tions from the University of South Florida and her B.S. in Global Strategic Communications from FIU. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Virtual Interview Training: Perceptions and Performance using Digital Hiring ManagersAbstractInterviewing for a job can be an intimidating experience for students and recent graduates. Manyindividuals may feel unprepared for their first interview and uncertain about what they could beasked. Having confidence and strong interview skills is very important for professionaldevelopment and career attainment. In this work, we describe a web-based platform designed toprovide experiential learning and interview practice for