research project is different, the majority of students are involved in a small,independent research project under the mentorship of a graduate student/postdoctoral fellow anda faculty member. Frequently, these summer positions lead to ongoing research, as students areoften invited by their mentors to continue with their research throughout the academic year.Weekly lunch seminars give students the opportunity to hear from carefully selected speakersabout the variety of research careers connected to genomics. Students are coached to askquestions, and the speakers are encouraged to make the sessions as interactive as possible,encouraging student engagement, and personalizing the talks to their interests
. Targeting women and minority populations to develop an awareness ofengineering is a common practice and has been shown to successfully influence decisions topursue engineering3,4,5. Longer-running camp events and/or those with more involved activitieshas also been shown to positively influence a student’s perception and desire to pursueengineering6 . The College of Engineering at the University runs two summer all-day programs. First, isthe HI-GEAR (Girls Engineering Abilities Realized) program for female high school students3. Itis a 5-day camp subsidized by private donations, camper fees, faculty grants and the College.There is an application process that requires prospective campers to write a personal statement,and provide letters of
mining, bio- informatics and advanced manufacturing. Dr. Tseng published in many refereed journals such as IEEE Transactions, IIE Transaction, Journal of Manufacturing Systems and others. He has been serving as a principle investigator of many research projects, funded by NSF, NASA, DoEd, and KSEF. He is currently serving as an editor of Journal of Computer Standards & Interfaces.Mr. M. Eric Carr, Drexel University Mr. Eric Carr is a full-time Laboratory Manager and part-time adjunct instructor with Drexel University’s Engineering Technology program. Eric assists faculty members with the development and implementa- tion of various Engineering Technology courses. A graduate of Old Dominion University’s Computer
inengineering programs. Problem and Project-based Learning (PBL) methodologies were chosento teach the course, and strategies to develop students’ soft skills were included. The course wastaught in the fall of 2017.In this paper, we describe the redesign process that CIE followed in collaboration with threeengineering faculty members teaching the course. Also, we present the results of the qualitativestudy which sought to explore the experiences of the eight professors teaching the redesignedcourse.2. Literature Review2.1 Engineering teaching and learningEngineering colleges and universities face a large number of students leaving their programsbefore graduation, despite years of research and efforts to increase retention rates. In the U.S.over
three times in the student‟spreparation: after their undergraduate work, immediately after a graduate level program, or afterMasters-Level graduation and the first few years of experience. This study addresses in somedetail how well the Masters-Level structural engineering education, supplemented with theknowledge increase expected from the initial professional experience, meets the expectations ofthe structural engineering profession in the United States. The outcomes of this research project include an assessment of the competency level(using Bloom‟s taxonomy [1]) expected to be achieved by the conclusion of the Masters-Levelprogram and after the initial five years of professional practice following the graduate program ineach of the
. ‚ To know what it means to be a member of a metropolitan university community.The MUSE seminars were not intended to replace introductory courses in several majorson campus such as Science 2, Engineering 10 or Business 10. Instead, the MUSEseminars “are intended to help a new student’s transition to becoming a college levelstudent/scholar. MUSE seminars emphasize how to view topics and issues from differentperspectives, how to gain an understanding of a subject matter, improvement of criticalthinking skills and information competencies, critical writing and reading skills,interaction among students, and strategies to help students assess their own learning andlearning styles.”4There are many steps in the process of creating a course for the
education include the role of gender and immigration status on student progress in engineering education. Her scientific research interest focus on skeletal biology and mechanics, as well as biological and bioderived materials.Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines HEIDI G. LOSHBAUGH is an Assistant Research Professor in the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education at Colorado School of Mines. She is also the Associate Director for CSM's Center for Engineering Education. Dr. Loshbaugh taught in CSM's EPICS program, for which she developed extensive course and faculty-support materials, and designed and implemented a leadership course and overseas summer field session. She
a number of years, Bucknell Engineering participated in the General Electric Faculty for theFuture (GE-FFF) program in which female students along with other under-represented groups inengineering were encouraged to pursue graduate studies and academia via a summer-longresearch and mentoring partnership with an engineering faculty member. In this paper, weexamine the success of the GE-FFF program at Bucknell. We also analyze the results of a surveydesigned to reveal what programs might be needed in addition to summer research in order toencourage more female students to careers in academia, and finally we discuss the programsBucknell is developing based on these findings.Data collection and analysisData for this study was obtained by
education and careers in science.7 Researchunaccompanied by dissemination, however, makes the research process incomplete. Publishingoriginal research is the culminating step in the research process and an exceptional piece ofresearch will not matter if no one ever gets a chance to read it and to use it to inform futurescholarship, policies, and/or decision making.8 Not only does publishing the results of theresearch complete the project, but it also provides its own set of benefits including professionallypresenting a representation of completed undergraduate work, receiving feedback from a broadercommunity, increasing chances of graduate school acceptance, and distinguishing oneself in thejob market.8 Dissemination activities include poster
, course content, and teaching methods and the impact of those interactions onteaching and learning. Each of these factors impacts different levels of interaction in theclassroom. For example, dynamic interactions occur between both faculty members and students,as well as students with their peers in the classroom. The model posits that a deeper awareness ofthese variable and critical interaction patterns is valuable for the shaping of students’ uniquelearning experiences. Further, it serves to foster the importance of being aware of students’ andone’s own unique background, experiences, and social identities and how this influences theteaching decisions that faculty make, as well as how the classroom experience is received bystudents. Applying
-of-class is to offer students theopportunity to self-identify through their names or pronouns. This helps set up a classroomenvironment where students feel more comfortable and welcome. One faculty member at RowanUniversity learns more about her students’ personal identities by using a poem activity to learnmore about the students, including their family background and important holidays. The facultymember also shares her background as an ice breaker activity.Introductory Engineering CourseThere are more course-oriented ways to incorporate diversity. Within a student’s undergraduatecareer, certain courses can explore engineering in the broader context. At Midsized NortheasternUniversity, the introductory engineering course was redesigned to
ranging from academics, NSF PIs, in- dustry leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals to students or high-schoolers starting out with Computer Sciences, helping them strategize and broaden participation, as well as explore, understand, and apply emerging technologies. Sreyoshi is committed to broadening participation among underrepresented mi- norities in engineering and serves as a Senator at the Society of Women Engineers. She is also part of the Advisory Board at the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech and serves as an Advisor to the leadership at Sisters in STEM. Sreyoshi frequently collaborates on several National Science Foundation projects in the engineering education realm, researching engineering career
Clemson University. Her research interests focus on social factors affecting the recruitment, retention, and career development of underrepresented students in engineering. Dr. Martin is a 2009 NSF CAREER awardee for her research entitled, ”Influence of Social Capital on Under-Represented Engineering Students Academic and Career Decisions.” She held an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellowship in 2012-2013, with a placement at the National Science Foundation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Cross-Disciplinary Teamwork During an Undergraduate Student Project: Results To DateAbstractThis
seminar seriesdeveloped to assist Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scholars with applying and interviewing foracademic positions. The seminar series, Seminar on Entering Academia (SEA), was offeredwithin the College of Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University to provide students withan opportunity for professional development to assist in their pursuit of faculty positions.Anecdotally, many Ph.D. students at this institution begin their careers with academia in mind.However, while the individual graduate programs in the college provide students with excellenttechnical training, Ph.D. students and postdocs receive little to no formal training on how toprepare for an academic position or how to approach the academic job market. This lack
major initiatives this year, and one of them will be towork towards launching sustained, pervasive education around issues of race, ethnicity,unconscious bias and inclusion for everyone in engineering – students, faculty and staff –within one year.We have the beginnings of a plan for all community members to receive ongoing, sustainededucation, and to incorporate it into their daily lives as employees, students and engineers. Wehave assembled a number of community teams to develop five proposals to bring DEI educationand awareness, with an initial focus on race and ethnicity, to all persons in the Collegecommunity, including undergraduate, graduate, and postdoc students, as well as faculty, staff,and the community at large.1. Materials for
provide a basic ELE education to all students within their capstone experiencewhere they immediately practice these skills, at less institutional expense, but at the cost of lessdepth and rigor.Current ApproachA faculty member in a Material Science and Engineering department initiated a partnership withthe Director of a Leadership Certificate program at the same university with the intention ofdeveloping a series of sequential modules on leadership and teamwork for the senior capstoneprogram. For development assistance, they relied on two leadership training and developmentprofessionals who had prior experience in managing, developing, and delivering leadershipdevelopment programs in industry (i.e., HP and Boeing). These three parties
AC 2007-2815: EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION OF AN ONLINE ENGINEERINGCOURSERonald Uhlig, National University Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig is currently an Associate Professor in the Applied Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Technology, National University. He is the Lead Faculty for Wireless Communications, with overall responsibility for the Master of Science in Wireless Communications program. In addition, he is leading the effort to establish a multidisciplinary Educational Technology Laboratory, joint between National University and Project Inkwell (www.projectinkwell.com) He is also a member of the Steering Committee for Project Inkwell. Prior to joining the National University faculty, he
were evaluated through surveys at the start, mid-pointand end of the program by an external program evaluator. Through these numerous surveys wedocumented student self-assessment of their change in knowledge and skills. After a year in theprogram most students (usually seven out of eight or eight out of eight) reported the programinfluenced their career area and their level of confidence pursuing a career area. Students as acohort dramatically increased their confidence in how to prepare an academic poster, participatein a professional meeting, plan a controlled experiment, engage in an effective mentoringrelationship, find an internship that matched their interests and explore graduate degrees thatinterest them. At the start of the program
course, and we elucidate the importantrole the course plays in our engineering curriculum.IntroductionIn the fall of 2003, two faculty members at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering beganteaching a new course offering, titled Paul Revere: Tough as Nails. Referred to as a “courseblock” due to the fact that it was twice the size of a typical undergraduate course, Paul Revere:Tough as Nails attempted to accomplish several key learning objectives:• Teach students to pose questions and solve materials science and historical problems in an interdisciplinary manner, using the content, methods, and perspectives of both fields to achieve a greater contextual and qualitative understanding of common topics.• Encourage students to control
Does Hidden Curriculum in Engineering Look Like and How Can It Be Explored?” Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.[5] Tarnai-Lokhorst, K.V. (2015). “Where Are the Women? Perceived Barriers to Engineering Education: Exploring the Feminist Influences on Curriculum in British Columbia and on the Career Choices of Women with High School Physics Credit.” Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.[6] Nieusma, D., & Cieminski, M. (2018). “Ethics Education as Enculturation: Student Learning of Personal, Social, and Professional Responsibility.” Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah. 10.18260/1-2--30443.[7] Shean, M. & Mander
less likely than men to negotiate on important issues such as start-up packages2,which means that they may be subsequently less likely to have the resources and supportsnecessary as a new faculty member to establish the research agenda required for promotion andtenure. As graduate students and early career faculty members, women are less likely to receivethe kind of mentoring that is essential to provide a firm foundation on which to base a facultycareer12. Finally, lifecourse issues (i.e., marriage and childbearing) pose constraints uponwomen faculty while simultaneously conveying advantages to their male peers4.The NMSU ADVANCE Program, funded by the National Science Foundation in 2002, hasinitiated a number of steps to increase the
Paper ID #44010Board 272: Examining the Catalysts and Barriers that Early-Career EngineersExperience to Their Adaptability at WorkDr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus Samantha Brunhaver, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor within The Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Her primary areas of research include engineering career pathways and decision-making, undergraduate student persistence, professional engineering practice, and faculty mentorship. Brunhaver is a mixed-methods researcher, utilizing both qualitative and quantitative
share like experiences at some point in their career. Creatingauthenticity in the global engineering investigation during a short-term study abroad course, iseasier said than done. Short-term study abroad coursework with such an aim is challengingbecause to meaningfully incorporate both technical and local cultural elements requires makingstrong connection between the two, else the students compartmentalize the experiences, failing tomake gains associated with integration of both. The choice of destination location and selectionof the experiential focal point must work synergistically to both scaffold the unfamiliar anduncertain, while concurrently providing ample room for exploration, meta-examination,informed trial and error, and sufficient
leadership and policy decision makers. NRT trainees and faculty visited with keylegislators and policy-making groups about water governance/water policy in Kansas. In spring2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 NRT trainees met with legislatures and policy-making groups aboutwater governance and policy in Kansas. NRT trainees were prepared to this activity during NRTSeminar where they had an overview of the state legislature and received tips on how tocommunicate with the legislators.To explore different career pathways and to create a professional community, the NRTleadership team established a team-based faculty and peer mentoring to provide vocationalcounseling and career planning for NRT trainee to pursue industry, government, and academiapositions and
well as howother engineering departments might take advantage of the federal appropriation and ultimately affect thepipeline of entering engineering freshmen.Background of the STEM Pipeline ChallengeThere are many reasons cited for the increased attention on strengthening mathematics and sciencepreparation of K-12 students. Foremost among those reasons however is the need to equip our futureworkforce with the skills and tools required to compete in a changing global economy. An adequate levelof mathematics and science preparation is seen as a necessity for the many technical professions that willconstitute the workforce of the future. If graduating high school seniors do not have the prerequisiteability in mathematics and science, then the
well as howother engineering departments might take advantage of the federal appropriation and ultimately affect thepipeline of entering engineering freshmen.Background of the STEM Pipeline ChallengeThere are many reasons cited for the increased attention on strengthening mathematics and sciencepreparation of K-12 students. Foremost among those reasons however is the need to equip our futureworkforce with the skills and tools required to compete in a changing global economy. An adequate levelof mathematics and science preparation is seen as a necessity for the many technical professions that willconstitute the workforce of the future. If graduating high school seniors do not have the prerequisiteability in mathematics and science, then the
well as howother engineering departments might take advantage of the federal appropriation and ultimately affect thepipeline of entering engineering freshmen.Background of the STEM Pipeline ChallengeThere are many reasons cited for the increased attention on strengthening mathematics and sciencepreparation of K-12 students. Foremost among those reasons however is the need to equip our futureworkforce with the skills and tools required to compete in a changing global economy. An adequate levelof mathematics and science preparation is seen as a necessity for the many technical professions that willconstitute the workforce of the future. If graduating high school seniors do not have the prerequisiteability in mathematics and science, then the
choose between a career in professional baseball orengineering; with his father’s prompting, he chose engineering: “And so my dad maybe didn’twant to see me do that, to be working as a janitor. Which I am not saying anything, it’s a job atthe end of the day, but I had the opportunity to pursue a career so why would I not follow thatpath?” For Francisco, the decision to pursue engineering was a decision rooted in economicstability, which he referenced more than once in his interviews. The decision was also verystrongly influenced by his father, who was also an engineer; this will be explored in more detailin a later section.Two ME students, Elisa and Alfonso, also expressed career-oriented aspirations. In her account,Elisa emphasized her affinity
community facing engineering student-lead projects, and produced more than 200,000 community service hours. Butler brings faculty and industry partners together to mentor and support these student projects as students gain real-world experiences the necessary skills for future careers. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 STEM Energy Education in California San Joaquin ValleyBackgroundThere are significant educational equity gaps that exist in STEM fields for underrepresentedminority (URM) students who live in the San Joaquin Valley. URM students are defined as non-white and non-Asian, though it is recognized that there are subpopulations of URM
Psychology, vol. 29, pp. 66-75, 1982.[7] H. Tsai, “Development of an inventory of problem-solving abilities of tertiary students majoring in engineering technology,” World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 268 – 272, 2010.[8] P.P Heppner, T. E. Witty, and W. A. Dixon, “Problem-solving appraisal and human adjustment: A review of 20 years of research using the problem solving inventory,” Counseling Psychologist, vol. 32, pp. 344-428, 2004.[9] Y.P. Huang, and L. Y. Flores, “Exploring the validity of the Problem-Solving Inventory with Mexican American high-school students,” Journal of Career Assessment, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 431-441, 2011.[10] N. Kourmousi, V. Xythali, M. Theologitou, and V. Koutras