Paper ID #26272The Role of Empathy in Choosing MajorsDr. Eddie Jacobs P.E., University of Memphis Eddie L. Jacobs holds a B.S.E.E. (1986) and M.S.E.E. (1988) degree from the University of Arkansas, and a D.Sc. degree in Electro-physics from the George Washington University (2001). Dr. Jacobs is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Tennessee. Dr. Jacobs began teaching in 2006 after a 17 year career as a US Department of Defense researcher. He currently serves as the Undergraduate Coordinator for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Memphis. He is actively involved in
knowledge and skills, autonomy of judgment, andresponsibility and commitment of the profession” [11, p. 11] as cited by [12]. Ibarra [13] hassummed up the definition of Schein [14] as professional identity to be the “relatively stable andenduring constellation of attributes, values, motives, and experiences in terms of which peopledefine themselves in a professional role”. Ibarra also stated that professional identity is “moreadaptable and mutable early in one’s career”. It is not only what one wants to be, but also thatpeers, supervisors and subordinates must validate this identity [15, p.68]. Competence,performance and recognition as dimensions of identity have been reported by Carlone and Johnson[16].One important dimension of STEM identity is
graduation from high school, college oruniversity and early-career engineering professionals (with up to 5-years of workexperience) [12]. They found that early-career professionals were expected to possesshigher proficiency levels for the attribute possesses the ability to think both critically andcreatively than students upon university graduation. For MSc. graduates, besides reachingexpert level in communication and teamwork, industry requires higher levels of mastery ininnovation competencies (Table 1).Comparing the ten highest means of required mastery at BSc and MSc levels (grey cells inTable 1), it can be observed that they share seven competencies. These seven competencies:time management, risk tolerance, listening skills, writing skills
Engineering Technology Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Introducing Middle School Girls to Engineering Design and Manufacturing Activities at STEM Girls’ Summer CampIntroductionDuring the past decade, STEM-oriented education and activities have proved to enhance middleschool students’ interest in subjects usually perceived as difficult, such as mathematics andscience. Also, STEM fields tend to engage students in the learning process, giving them the skillsand competencies needed for future careers. Despite the overall efforts to include STEMsubjects, the engineering component is almost missing in most middle school curricula across thenation. Moreover, students from
Homework for a Large Gateway Engineering ClassAbstract“Tell me and I will forget, teach me and I will remember, involve me and I will learn”. Thispowerful quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin is the cornerstone for the study presented in thispaper. Teaching and Learning engineering is not an easy task, especially for large size gatewaycourses. Engineering education researchers agree that a purely traditional lecture-based learningenvironment does not adequately prepare students to succeed in the collaborative andchallenging environment existing in engineering careers. Same researchers emphasize the needof incorporating high impact learning practices to help students to succeed. This study presentssome very promising results of incorporating
, University of Texas, Austin Maura Borrego is Director of the Center for Engineering Education and Professor of Mechanical Engi- neering and STEM Education at the University of Texas at Austin. She previously served as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation, on the board of the American Society for Engineering Edu- cation, and as an associate dean and director of interdisciplinary graduate programs. Her research awards include U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and two outstanding publication awards from the American Educational Research Association for her journal articles. Dr. Borrego is Deputy Editor for Journal of
, broadimpressions, and intuition. Thinking types are logical and fact-based, while feeling types aresubjective and value-based. Judging types prefer structure, order, and a task-orientation, whileperceiving types prefer an open and flexible approach. No personality type is considered to bebetter than another; it is just a tool to help individuals know more about their strengths, weaknesses,likes, dislikes, compatibility with other people and even possible career preferences. A study doneby the ASEE-MBTI Consortium in 1980 showed that the majority of engineering students tend tohave thinking and judging personality types and often they are introverted [2-3]. While this studyis quite old, it is the most comprehensive study on the personality types of
the exact number ofbricks that form the structure. To do this the viewer must visualize each brick in its 3-Darrangement and count it only once despite the fact that the same brick may show up in morethan one view. The new method was used for over nine years with demonstrated success forstudents with a wide variety of visualization skills. It is intended as a tool to help Engineering,Architecture, and Art students and faculty who want to increase their 3-D visualization skills andimprove their attention to detail.IntroductionPreparing students for successful STEM careers requires a variety of math, science, andengineering courses. Most of these courses, particularly the engineering ones, consider theability to visualize in a 3-D environment
competing demands that are not, in and of themselves, moral or ethical decisions.Putting students into those situations without the subsequent consequences to their job, career, orpsyche allows them to explore the causes of and alternatives within realistic ethical situations inaddition to the consequences.Role-playing games (RPGs) allow players to assume the role of the character they are playing,their player character (PC), and act in the game world as if they were their PC. Research hasshown that RPGs can be experienced so realistically that players even store memories fromgames in the same region of the brain that they store events that happen in real-life [1]. Theyhave been shown to be effective in phycological therapy [2], in college
skills and decisionmaking in design problems.Students’ achievement was assessed by the project deliverables: status report, oral presentationand final report. Additionally, a survey was conducted on effectiveness of the simulation projectin developing students’ simulation skills and learning mechanical engineering concepts. I. IntroductionWhile use of advanced design tools and software is deemed imperative for engineers in bothresearch and industry settings, acquiring these skills is not typically embedded in theundergraduate curriculum. Some students may choose relevant professional electives; however,for majority, a steep learning curve is required to grasp and master the skills required forengineering career or graduate school [1]. There
Struggling StudentsAbstractThis research was undertaken at the author’s previous institution, which has a special status inAerospace Engineering and shoulders the responsibility of graduating the most AfricanAmericans in Aerospace Engineering at an institution. Due to its established credibility, theuniversity recruit aspirants from across the nation but particularly so from in and around its state.Quite often, the aspirants seeking a career in Aerospace Engineering are under prepared asfreshman and it carries over even when they transition to becoming juniors and seniors. Tomaximize the chances of graduation for these underprepared students, several courses arerepeated in the same year. To facilitate revision of the material presented in class, the
. from Michigan Technological University where he began his teaching career. He then joined Navistar’s thermal-fluids system group as a senior engineer, and later brought his real-world expertise back into the classroom at Purdue University Calumet. He is currently a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he enjoys success in teaching and education research. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Integrated Program for Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation of Academically Talented Low-Income Engineering StudentsAbstractThis paper provides detailed information for a poster that will be presented in the National ScienceFoundation
Paper ID #30038Analyzing Changes in Student Graph Reasoning and Comprehension Re-gardingGraph Axis PresentationMr. Justin Cory Willis, University Of Maine- Orono Justin Willis is a Graduate Instructor at the University of Maine, for the Mechanical Engineering Tech- nology department. He is also a graduate student in UMaine’s Master of Science in Teaching program, and a volunteer math tutor for students and adults in Old Town, ME. Research interests include statistics education in engineering applications, and career and adult education.Dr. Brett D. Ellis, University of Maine Dr. Brett Ellis, P.E. is an Assistant
and systems for sensing, electromagnetic systems, feedback and controls, renewable energy, automotive, biomedical, and consumer applications. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Charge Up! A Wireless Power Transfer Activity for High School Students Akshay Sarin† , Sung Yul Chu† , Heath Hofmann, Al-Thaddeus AvestruzAbstractCharge Up! is an engaging activity for inspiring young high school students to pursue careers inelectrical engineering. The activity is designed to teach fundamental principles of wireless powertransfer (WPT) to high school students. The students get exposed to the iterative engineeringdesign process by building an
Nacional de Colombia located in Bogota. After returning to Cali, Dr. Valdes started his professor career and joined the Mechani- cal Engineering Department at Universidad del Valle in 1999. Dr. Valdes was awarded a Fulbright Schol- arship in 2005, and subsequently began his doctorate studies with the Mechanical and Aerospace Depart- ment at West Virginia University, Morgantown. Dr. Valdes obtained his Ph.D. in the fall 2010 and is con- tinuing his career as a professor at the Universidad del Valle. In 2010 obtained the Ph.D. degree in mechan- ical Engineering at West Virginia University with a dissertation dedicated to study the macro segregation in Nb bearing superalloys. In 2011 was awarded with the Best International
/ internal culture that support andacceptance/encouragement of different perspectives and a safe place to explore and ‘fail.’Finally, the internship experience builds awareness of opportunities in the South Bend regionthat would have otherwise been unknown, such as career opportunities. This also include otheropportunities, such as for community contribution, as the internship program talks about thisnotion frequently. Findings from the external evaluator’s interviews and assessment are providedin the Analysis section.Analysis and FindingsCritical findings of the survey data on cohorts from the summers of 2018 and 2019 includeaffective shifts associated with self-efficacy, STEM persistence, and attachment to place (seeTable 1). These were findings
, ASME and VDI (Germany). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020ASEE Annual Convention in Montreal, Canada: (Paper for Presentation in International Division)Cultural Relativism and Global Technology Transfer in EngineeringJayanta Banerjee (ASEE Life Member)Faculty of EngineeringUniversity of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM)“Culture manages us far more than we ever manage it; and it happens largely outside our awareness.” Schein (Anthropologist)AbstractWhile we cannot govern our education only by our culture, culture still plays a very significant role in ouracademic and professional career. In engineering education, in particular
resistance, efficiency, inductor current waveforms, andoperation of boost and buck converters, early in a student’s academic career. Emphasis is placedon simplicity, low-cost, and exposing concepts, over electrical performance. An open-sourcemodel for distribution, review, and improvement is followed, and examples of improvementsmade as a result of student experience in the lab are given. Experience learned from conductingtwo workshops at Cal Poly State University helped us indicate areas of improvements. Results ofinitial assessments from the latest workshop demonstrate that the materials, organization, time-allotted, and pace of the workshop are at the appropriate level. The lab kits used in the workshopprovide the students with valuable hands-on
exposed me to directions I had not known I could gowith my major. Since the project, I am now concentrating in mechatronics and minoring incomputer science. This is in part due to the exposure to these fields I was given through workingwith Student 1, a computer engineering major. We had to find a way to communicate our ideaswith respect to our different educational backgrounds, and she taught me about both herhardware and software knowledge. For example, I had never soldered before or used amicrocontroller.Throughout my time working on the project, I was better able to picture myself as an engineer inmy professional career, and I become more confident in being able to share my ideas.”From these comments it is clear that the open-ended nature of
resourcefulness and creativity and to develop and improve their oral and writtencommunication skills. Some important outcomes associated with undergraduate research includedeeper and more detailed learning, application of knowledge to a real situation, analysis andinterpretation of data and results, integration of material learned in several courses, anddevelopment and clarification of career paths among others [3].Senior Design CoursesThe introduction of the two-semester senior design courses, ENT 465, Electrical Design I andENT 466, Electrical Design II, at SUNY Buffalo State addressed a concern raised by faculty inthe department that a one semester course did not provide adequate time for students to completerigorous projects. Many of the projects
, innovative problem-solving skills, team-based leadership,communication skills, and knowledge of post-graduation options that prepare them for graduateschool and professional careers in STEM fields. Out of the nineteen students whose papers wereaccepted, presented, and published in the AIAA conferences, twelve pursued graduate degrees(63%), of which seven pursued PhD degrees (37%) and five pursued Master’s degree (26%).In order to develop a data-driven best-practice model, starting in the Fall 2018 semester, studentdemographic data will be collected by the educational assessment staff from the KU TeachingExcellent to track participation, retention, and graduation of under-represented student groupswithin STEM fields, and compare the institutional
on 1) collaboration with peers; 2) active learning and exploration.There are many reasons to create a multidisciplinary environment. Previous literature shows thatmultidisciplinary team experiences simulate real world work environments, prepare (especiallyengineering) students for their future careers [10], enhance students’ moral development [11],multicultural competence, and civic engagement [12]. For engineering majors, “an ability tofunction on multidisciplinary teams” was listed by The Accreditation Board of Engineering andTechnology (ABET) as one of its desired educational outcomes [13]. A multidisciplinaryservice-learning approach has been used in computer-related academic programs as well todesign for social change [14] and software
of what got them interested in engineering that one or both of their parents wereengineers or had scientific careers. The participants explained that through their parents theywere exposed to the idea of engineering at a very early age. Students also discussed their aptitudeto easily recall prior knowledge or having the ability to draw on past experiences whenconfronted with a topic they have not engaged with for a long time as an academic strength. For the skills category, we found students frequently used an estimation approach as afirst step in problem solving. Students expressed wanting to have a “general idea” about theproblem before getting into complex mathematics. Participants also tended to view equations asa way to
consider the impact of reading these letters.*Collaboration, Reflecting on team membership: After a team project, each student writesProductive relationships about their contribution to their team and the value of the team experience.Personal contributions to Reflecting on complementary strengths: At the beginning of the team serviceeffectiveness of group project, each student writes about how their leadership abilities interact with their teammates’ abilities to help ensure project success. Reflecting on expert accounts of leadership: After guest presentations about leadership in bioengineering careers, students write about
engagement’ in the classroom [4]. While others have explored efforts topromote engagement and foster the development of an engineering career identity by providingstudents with experiential and service learning opportunities beyond the classroom [5]. 1Some studies have shown that developing instruction around hands-on activities can promotestudent engagement and meaningful learning in the classroom [6, 7]. As part of an initiative topromote active learning engagement facilitated using hands-on learning modules in engineeringclassrooms, we have been studying the cognitive and affective affordances of Desktop LearningModules (DLMs) for engineering
effortsto mitigate the dropout of non-traditional students enrolled in engineering degrees by designing acalculus course taking into account important characteristics of the non-traditional students.In Universidad Galileo, Guatemala, most of the non-traditional students who are enrolled inengineering degrees take courses with schedules specially designed for those persons who are notable to pursue a career as a full-time student. Hereafter, we will refer to this subset ofnon-traditional students simply as ”part-time students”. Our experience with the first calculuscourse offered to part-time students is very similar to the scenario described in the previousparagraph, namely that many dropout or fail. Hence, in recent years, Universidad Galileo has
to attaindesignated types of performances” [8] (p. 391). Self-efficacy has been extensively examined inresearch investigating career goals [9], [10] and has been noted as a critical factor for studyingindividual behavior [8], [10]. In entrepreneurship domain, self-efficacy has been contextualizedas entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) or an individuals’ self-perceptions of their skills andabilities related to successfully performing entrepreneurial tasks [11]–[13].Due to its specificity to entrepreneurship practice, ESE has been widely studied inentrepreneurship research when compared to general self-efficacy due to its impact of severalentrepreneurship-related attributes. Specifically, while several researchers have examined ESE asa
programs at its website. In an effort to increaseaccessibility to non-traditional students seeking to advance their career in Electrical EngineeringTechnology, a new online Electrical Engineering Technology program was recently launched.The development and delivery of the lab component of Digital Fundamentals, one of the coursesin this program, is presented. Several research questions were asked prior to and during thedevelopment of the program. These questions were as follows: i) Can online courses be deliveredwhile maintaining rigorous accreditation standards? ii) Can teamwork be encouraged andmaintained in an online setting? iii) Can the integrity of the assessment processes be preserved?And iv) can the pedagogical effectiveness of the lab
learning and active learning methods of teaching .Dr. Randal Wilson PhD, Murray State University Dr. Wilson has over 27 years of experience in higher education at the community college and univer- sity levels in both faculty and administrative roles. His 17 years of leadership experience have been in workforce development and academic affairs. Prior to his career in higher education, he was in the man- ufacturing sector. He is currently an assistant professor and director of the Ed.D in P-20 and Community Leadership program at Murray State University. He has presented at numerous state, regional, national, and international conferences. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018
. Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tamara J. Moore, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education and Director of STEM Integration in the INSPIRE Institute at Purdue University. Dr. Moore’s research is centered on the integration of STEM concepts in K-12 and postsecondary classrooms in order to help students make connections among the STEM disciplines and achieve deep understanding. Her work focuses on defining STEM integration and investigating its power for student learning. Tamara Moore received an NSF Early CAREER award in 2010 and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2012.Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr