boys are more often encouraged toexplore hands-on activities than girls, and where gender stereotypes in computer games aimed atyounger learners appeal more to boys than to girls. Alice Parker, an engineering professor at theUniversity of Southern California, also notes the importance of engaging female learners withengineering at a young age: “It’s important to reach them in middle school because in highschool, attitudes and preferences about career choices are already becoming entrenched, and itbecomes more difficult to change their minds.”6 To be most effective, engineering education at the middle school level (and all levels)must not only engage learners, but also support deep, intentional learning. Deep learningconnotes an
Management faculty at Northern Arizona University in 2007. His engineer- ing career spans a wide variety of design and forensic engineering experiences. He spent the first eight years of his career performing structural consulting engineering in Chicago. This work culminated with design work on the Minneapolis Public Library and the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison Wiscon- sin. He was also involved with forensic investigations in Iowa and Wisconsin and participated in structural coordination efforts at Ground Zero in September of 2001. He holds professional engineering licenses in the States of Arizona an Illinois. He is currently working on a Doctorate of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in
engineers are coming out of education systems where they have the opportunity to coop during there education. The [college], now [college] is an excellent example of a solid well rounded education. ● Tie the educational process to industry ASAP. Real world involvement ● LEAN! This drives most major decisions made in my organization ● Looking back at my experience while in school, I have fond memories of courses, I feel, prepared me for an engineering career by assigning projects that had required objectives and milestones. Those types of work fully prepared us for our own experiences once we graduated and were responsible for our own assignments and workload. ● I think that automotive is a huge
is largely embodied in the interaction among its components, and not in the components themselves when addressing stakeholder requirements (6, 8). Demonstrate an ability to produce a well thought out system design and well managed interface specifications as critical to successful system integration (6, 8). Use early modeling and inspection as a means to a well conceived system design (2, 6, 10). Develop communication skills to successfully work on interdisciplinary teams (26). Develop communication skills to communicate stakeholder/problem domain and solution domain content (26). Identify the role Systems Engineering plays on larger projects and SE career options (24).The project is intended to embed a systems
the team member’s experiences.The data considered here show interesting aspects of current and former team member’sperspective. The students generally wanted a formal collegiate competition experience; felt thatthe Formula Hybrid competition would be helpful in their career ambitions, but they alsoindicated that they had little to no knowledge of hybrid vehicle technology before joining theteam. Page 25.408.12Written responses are overwhelmingly positive. The students directly saw the benefit from thehands-on experience and definitely felt that participating on the team and attending thecompetition was extremely valuable.Here are averaged data
company and how thattransition occurs. The students provided a second form of data: After each interview, theyparticipated in an individual “think-aloud” problem-solving session, in which they worked on anassigned problem set from the target course and verbalized their thinking and problem-solvingstrategies.As the participants in this study represented different stages in an engineering career, it wasinappropriate to combine the data for general coding. Instead, I approached all data with thequestion, How does this participant perceive the role of mathematics in engineering? For eachparticipant, I extracted data relevant to this question from the interview and “think-aloud”transcripts. From these extracted data, I created a narrative summary for
100 Colonia Home 50 0 Page 25.464.9 Fig. 5 Energy Demand and Estimated Power Supply for a Typical 1000 SF Colonia Home3. Team Selection & Training:To identify and expose high school students to engineering, in general, and alternative energy, inparticular, the Science Academy of South Texas10, was chosen as the target high school thatfocuses on math and science career fields. The Science Academy, as it is popularly known here,is a nationally recognized Blue Ribbon School known for its excellence in education. Twentytwo students
in Bell Labs China at Lucent Technologies from July 1999 to Jan. 2003. She had been an Assistant Professor in Hampton University from Aug. 2006 to July 2011. She joined Metropolitan State College of Denver in Aug. 2011. Her career has been distinguished by a series of awards such as the in the Provost Teaching Innovation Award in April 2010, the First Place Graduate Research Award at Global Challenges, Local Solutions: Annual Research Expo in Norfolk, Va., in April 2006, the University Dissertation Fellowship in Academic Year 20052006, the ECE Ph.D. Research Assistant Award in 2004, the member of Bell Labs President’s Gold Winner Team Award in 2000, and the University Outstanding Thesis Award in 1999.Mr. Gregory
solvingsocial issues [24] and helping people [25], and are more likely to pursue engineering because ofsocial motivations [5],[26]. Women are typically more interested in engineering disciplines thatprovide more real-world, contextualized learning opportunities [27], so engineering courses thathighlight the social aspects of engineering may help female students to see engineering as asuitable career for them. Second, engineering graduates would better understand the importanceof considering the social aspects of engineering and the societal implications of engineeringwork. This would better prepare them for a career industry where they will be (1) makingdecisions that impact people [1] and (2) interacting and collaborating with others [28]-[30].One
representation comprises a mere 1% of graduateengineering degrees, underscoring the “imperative need to further engage women andunderrepresented minorities in engineering” (p. 49).In part thanks to support from the NSF in the form of a Major Research Instrumentation grant, anNSF Faculty Early Career (CAREER) award, and a Partnership for Research and Education inMaterials (PREM) Center award, Lozano established a flourishing research program at UTRGVon nanofiber composite materials. Since 2009, the PREM center has involved an estimated 500+students with a 100% graduation rate. As of 2022, PREM had more than 200 peer-reviewedjournal publications with 85% of them featuring an undergraduate coauthor, as well as 20+patents and applications. Lozano stressed
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, the 2022 American Educational Research Association Education in the Professions (Division I) 2021-2022 Outstanding Research Publication Award, and the 2023 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Research.Charlie D´ıaz, University of Pittsburgh Charlie Diaz is a PhD student studying
designed to create a space for students to try on a criticalmindset about technology in their classes, so they may eventually take that perspective into theirinternships and careers [7,8]. The first feature aims to heal the modern mind/body fracture byhelping students develop a sense of how bodies and emotions contribute to knowledgeproduction and engineering design. The second feature provides students with analyticalapproaches grounded in STS theory (e.g., locating power, interpretive flexibility,democratization of S&T, etc.) to ask questions about their everyday encounters with engineeringeducation and technology. The third feature consists of data collection techniques (e.g.,interviews, participant observation, visual representations, etc
: Teaching Technology and Human-Centered Design in a Project-Based Curriculum (Other, Diversity)AbstractSummer STEM camps are one of the methods used to introduce middle and highschool students to topics and careers in STEM. Frequently, these camps areproduced and run by a single academic institution. This paper presents a novelpartnership between four different organizations that included a nonprofitcommunity organization, technical university, professional sports team, and majortechnology company that came together to develop and run a STEM camp forminority middle and high school students. The STEM camp content was splitbetween design and technical topics and was designed to meet the individualgoals of each member of the partnership
educationattainment and few advanced science degrees, leading to a “dual society” (ibid.). Furthermore,there is a need for the Portuguese system to better include non-traditional groups of students such Page 22.1129.4as older (mid-career professional) students or internationals, who are generally viewed as a keyingredient for excellence in tertiary education. The decade-long necessary focus on domesticaccess and equity has also delayed the emergence of strong national research universities ofinternational rank and with innovation impact 19,20,11. It has been suggested that Portugal shouldrealign its science funding to reward excellence at universities, to
Society for Engineering Education, 2011 EARLY ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES OF NON-PERSISTING ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATESAbstractEngineering programs nationwide lose almost half of their undergraduate students during thecourse of their undergraduate careers. Increasing our understanding of the students who leaveengineering (“non-persisters”) is crucial to determine ways to better support engineeringundergraduates and increase retention. This study utilizes academic transcripts and interviewscollected from the Academic Pathways Study (APS) to understand persisting and non-persistingstudents from a Suburban Private University (SPri). Data from the APS allow forcharacterization of the coursework the students take and exploration
1 20%No 1 7% No 4 80%Total 15 100% Total 5 100%2. Do you think this was an effective way for you to receive this information?Yes 13 93% Yes 3 60%No 1 7% No 2 40%Total 14 100% Total 5 100%3. Do you agree that faculty-student interaction can have a positive impact onstudent motivation, learning, performance, and careers?Strongly Agree 14 93% Strongly Agree 3 60%Agree 1
Session 2213 The Vertical Integration of Design in Chemical Engineering Ronald J. Gatehouse, George J. Selembo Jr., and John R. McWhirter The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractThe purpose of this project is to better prepare chemical engineering students for their seniordesign course and for industry by exposing them to more design-oriented problems much earlierin their undergraduate careers. The feature that distinguishes engineering from the purelytheoretical sciences is that of synthesis. Any meaningful synthesis requires two basiccomponents, one that arises from the order of our scientific knowledge and
and Performing Arts High School of Philadelphia. He has participated in Drexel University's Research Experiences for Teacher's program in 2008 and 2009.Jason Silverman, Drexel University Jason Silverman is an assistant professor in the School of Education at Drexel University and is interested in teaching and learning of mathematics.Gail Rosen, Drexel University Gail Rosen is an assistant professor at Drexel University in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. She is lead PI on the Discovery K-12 program at Drexel, where university students are developing laboratories to engage performing arts students. Also, in 2009, she received the NSF CAREER award, and will
the field of engineering.IntroductionCalls for enhancing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) pathways andexperiences have proliferated over the past two decades [1] – [3]. As careers and global jobmarkets continue to evolve and expand, so too does the need for more diverse perspectives andqualified individuals to engage in both new and existing engineering and technological roles [4].This need has led to an enhanced research effort in STEM engagement during younger years(e.g., elementary and middle school) to better understand how children’s early experiences withSTEM may influence their interest in various disciplines and educational or career pathways [5].This effort has been challenging, particularly for the field of
move beyond the excellent but often-shortlived undergraduate projects that might be of a voluntary nature to inspire work that is morecentrally tied to career ambitions. A complete overview of the project’s activities, publications,personnel, and partners can be found at http://greatidea.uprm.edu.15 We broadly speak of research in Appropriate Technology as research that is responsiveto a specific community or social context. The coursework and seminars that we offer enablestudents to learn skills to conduct research in this context, particularly when their researchinvolves interaction with a community. Implicitly, such work is interdisciplinary, requiring notonly the usual scientific and technical training, but also techniques (or at
researchfunding, and the mentee’s professional career and reputation. Further, engineering facultymembers tend to be Caucasian and male, and therefore may lack understanding or practice toform a trustful relationship with women and URM students8-10. Trust in mentoring is interrelatedwith gender and is a critical factor in male-dominated professions8. Similarly, interracialdynamics in mentoring relationships have both positive and negative outcomes11, where thedevelopment of trust may depend on factors ranging from societal and cultural norms as well associoeconomic status. Trust likely provides a necessary foundation for mentoring relationships,and especially in the engineering profession.Our research team hypothesizes that trust is a critical factor in
Paper ID #42120Navigating the Mystery: An Approach for Integrating Experiential Learningin Ethics into an Engineering Leadership ProgramDr. James N. Magarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology James Magarian is a Sr. Lecturer with the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership (GEL) Program. He joined MIT and GEL after nearly a decade in industry as a mechanical engineer and engineering manager in aerospace/defense. His research focuses on engineering workforce formation and the education-careers transition.John M. Feiler, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyLeo McGonagle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Leo McGonagle
use the phrase “Start Anywhere, Finish Anywhere” to help people internalizethe vision. Over the next year, as we began to build the ecosystem, we formalized our vision andmission as part of an NSF EPSCoR (Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research)Grant (NSF EPSCoR, 2020): Vision A statewide educational ecosystem where learners receive a designed, consistent, scaffolded education in data science with further educational and/or job opportunities available at appropriate points in their careers. Mission Create a model Data Science and Analytics program for our state’s schools to promote problem-based and experiential-based pedagogy in critical
majors and careers. To promotesustainability with the community partner, the project team has partnered with The GraingerCollege of Engineering Office of Outreach and Public Engagement to assist with facilitatingfuture collaboration.Professional DevelopmentAllies in STEM (Phase I & II), 2020 – 2024, PIs: Graduate studentsDescription: This project was a collaboration between the Graduate Society of WomenEngineers (GradSWE) and the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & NativeAmericans in Science (SACNAS) that presented opportunities for graduate students to developskills to become lifelong allies for diverse and marginalized STEM communities, fulfilling a gapof targeted allyship programming for the STEM communities and graduate
in professional skills training or experience (ACS Presidential Commission2012, National Institutes of Health 2012, Allum 2014, National Science Board 2015, Wendler2010, Alan Leshner 2018). A report by the Council of Graduate Schools pointed out thatcurrently most graduate programs do not provide enough training for professional skills(Denecke 2017). A recent survey conducted with STEM graduate students (56 responses from 4different departments) at Iowa State University (ISU) asked the students to rank the mostimportant skills for future career and thesis research. The top three ranked for future careerpreparation are Project & Time Management, R&D in Industry, and Presentation Skills; whilethe top three for thesis research are
, and Judaism. All religions tend to have a higher calling by which to live. AtBaylor, a religiously affiliated Christian university, our students sense a higher standard ofaccountability which helps them in life. It is a matter of character which becomes increasinglyimportant and develops as a natural extension of who they are. This gives them joy in their work.Students should be taught throughout the curriculum about the importance of accountability in anengineering career. IntroductionAccountability is an acceptance of responsibility for honest and ethical conduct towards others1. Itimplies a willingness to be judged on performance. Wong has studied accountability in theengineering context and has
example of a systemiccultural aspect can be seen in the evaluation of undergraduate students, with a prevalenceof high stakes academic assessments where students in (typically) larger classes mustdemonstrate their knowledge by passing high stakes midterm and final exams. Thisresults in competitive grade rankings that can impact their career success out ofproportion to the accuracy of the assessment that was used to create the grade. Lowerstakes assessments strategies such as competency-based assessment, where students havemultiple opportunities to develop and demonstrate competence akin to the way engineersdevelop expertise after graduation as an engineer in training and/or as a graduate student,is not as prevalent.2. FRAMING CULTURE IN
and UP students.Benefits include, 1) allowing students to target jobs with a sustainability focus, which is acurrently in-demand career path, 2) offering students both regional and international perspectiveson civil engineering, sustainability, and culture among others, and 3) providing access tointernational experts in the field of built environment sustainability.1.2.2 University and Departmental/Faculty perspectiveA graduate program also allows for some of the following benefits to the universities and thedepartment/faculty such as, 1) increased student enrollment, which has been steadily decliningsince the onset of the COVID pandemic, 2) heightened program relevancy [12], 3) strengtheningof the international partnership, 4) advancement of
setting financial goals for the future. • Access to insurance Engaging in work • Understanding career paths that is meaningful, Occupa- • Awareness of personal skills and interests tional enjoyable and aligns • Engaging in professional development with personal values. • Networking with alumni and other working professionals Establishing a sense • Joining organizations, clubs, or community groups of connection and • Connection to
span K-20, researched improvements to STEM classroom education, and is working to develop a career-ready quantum workforce.Dr. Daigo Shishika, George Mason University Daigo Shishika is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of Tokyo, Japan, and his master’s and PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park, all in Aerospace Engineering. Before joining George Mason University, Shishika was a postdoctoral researcher in the GRASP Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interest is in the general area of autonomy, dynamics and controls, and robotics. More specifically, his past work has focused on multi-agent