noted thevalue of student-student and student-faculty interactions. They have commented on the richnessof discussions with their classmates and the instructor. Most participants are Ph.D. students inengineering who expect to pursue a career in academia. They have a variety of backgrounds.Some have many years of teaching experience (at the college or pre-college level, in the UnitedStates or abroad) and are returning to campus to earn a Ph.D. Some have been in industry andwant to move to a faculty position. And many have come to graduate school directly from anundergraduate engineering program. They come from almost every engineering discipline anddozens of different countries. Students also appreciate that most of the certificate coursesinvolve
, and aviation law. He has a strong interest in simulation technology to enhance aviation courses, and continues to explore innovative methods that help students gain proficiency and confidence as they move forward in their education and training. He continues to explore the use of instructional technology researching simulation in aviation education. Dr. Lindenfeld’s educational background includes a BS in Aeronautics, a MS in Education, and an EdD in Educational Administration, Leadership, and Technology.Prof. Louis A. Scala, Farmingdale State College Professor Louis (Lou) Scala’s career in aviation began ”back in the day” (1965) as a freshman at Aviation High School, in Long Island City, New York. At Aviation High
be believed that absentee behavior may be due torational decision-making, the gap in research on the inverse—the drive to attend—appears moreclearly. Kottasz [5] outlined that a student’s decision to attend schooling depends on both theability and the motivation to attend, and in the case of the latter, additional research is sought.As students in higher education video game development will form interdisciplinary teams formajor projects, analogous (albeit at a smaller scale) to those in industry careers [10], and only alimited number of interactive lab sessions may occur before these teams form, every momentcounts for students to be able to synchronously meet, familiarize with each other, and formproductive subcultural bonds.Social
and problem sets that can be inserted into core classes in thesophomore and junior year. The goals of the initiative include increasing student engagement andacademic motivation, encouraging students to proactively think about potential career paths, andproviding opportunities for industry partners to meaningfully engage with students outside of anevent setting.The current effort was inspired by a combination of interested, engaged alumni and assessmentdata showing that students’ level of interest in their coursework increased dramatically as theyprogressed through the curriculum. Figure 1 below is drawn from the department’s senior surveydata [1] and shows graduates’ average reported interest in their classes for each year of thecurriculum
AFB.Patricia Chaffey, University of Southern California Patricia Chaffey has had a passion for studying and designing interaction between humans and technology since her undergraduate career at Mount Holyoke College, and continues to pursue this interest at the University of Southern California. Some of her notable work includes developing a robotic learning companion and designing a simulation to study how people interact with swarms of robots using a virtual agent as an intermediary. Patricia has received awards to support her travel to conferences and leadership workshops, which include, but are not limited to, the 2018 ELIS Expanding Horizons award, and the 2017 Computing Research Association – Women Grace Hopper
to inspire human-centeredinnovation, the lead instructor presented material on how to design and implement a survey, andteams created a brief survey; the brief survey presented in the Appendix is an example of a team-designed survey. As a team, team members also created an interview protocol to learn about eachother. Each student interviewed at least one other team member and reflected on how theinterview had unfolded. Typical interview questions included, “What brought you to thisuniversity?”; “What activities are you involved in on and off campus?”; “What do you plan tomajor in and why?”; and “What are your long-term career goals?” Common interview reflectionsincluded, “I rushed through questions; I won’t do that next time”, “We should
Paper ID #30661Cybersecurity Awareness and Training Through a Multidisciplinary OSINTCourse ProjectAlyssa Mendlein, Temple University Alyssa is a PhD student in the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Boston University and a Master of Philosophy in Criminological Research from the University of Cambridge. She is now working on an NSF CAREER grant for Dr. Aunshul Rege, exploring adversarial decision-making and cybersecurity education innovation.Ms. Thuy-Trinh Nguyen, Temple University Trinh is a PhD student in the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple
(Johnson, 1999).3.0 The Interdisciplinary Research Experience for UndergraduatesFor the past two summers (2018 and 2019), groups of students from a college in the Southeastparticipated in a problem-based learning journey in the context of studying about autonomousvehicles. One of the long-term goals of this project was to prepare students, who areunderrepresented minorities, for careers in transportation. They were part of a multi-disciplinary,eight-week summer research experience that integrated curricular and extra-curricular activities(see Table 1). Table 1: Interdisciplinary Research with Problem-Based LearningExplore Engage Experience EvaluateActivating PriorKnowledge
Technologi- cal University, India. He is a certified IUCEE International Engineering Educator. He was awarded the ’Ing.Paed.IGIP’ title at ICTIEE, 2018.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Samantha Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Fulton Schools of Engineering Poly- technic School. Dr. Brunhaver recently joined Arizona State after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She also has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. Dr. Brunhaver’s research examines the career decision-making and professional identity formation of engineering students, alumni, and practicing engineers. She also conducts
majors.Background and ObjectivesRetaining students in STEM majors has remained a stubbornly difficulty issue for the collectiveSTEM education community to address. Studies vary, but typically report that only roughly halfof all students who enroll in science and engineering persist to the completion of their degree [1].For underrepresented minority students, the estimates are even lower, ranging from eighteen totwenty-two percent [2]. Addressing this issue begins with the moment that students arrive oncampus, as their first year can lay the foundation for their experiences as they proceed throughtheir undergraduate careers. However, understanding the reasons that students might choose toleave their initial discipline requires an examination of why they
Technology Directorate from West Point he has continued his research on unmanned systems under ARL’s Campaign for Maneuver as the Associate Director of Special Programs. Throughout his career he has continued to teach at a variety of colleges and universities. For the last 4 years he has been a part time instructor and collaborator with researchers at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (http://me.umbc.edu/directory/). He is currently an Assistant Professor at York College PA.Dr. Stephen Andrew Gadsden, University of Guelph Andrew completed his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and Management (Business) at McMaster University in 2006. In 2011, he completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at McMaster in the
students’ academic careers.IntroductionThere are several studies which detail the benefit of student collaboration and networking [1],[2]. However, there are not always adequate opportunities for students to network andcollaborate with other students and faculty outside of their home institution. Therefore a summerprogram was developed by the FEEDER (Foundations in Engineering Education for DistributedEnergy Resources) Consortium, in hopes to not only increase the ability for students to networkand collaborate, but to expose the students to a wide variety of technologies that they could notsee otherwise. This strengthens several of the soft skills that are very important in thedevelopment of a young engineer’s career, but are often times
. Once a community project and partner have beenprudently chosen, Sutton suggests the following transformative strategies to utilize in servicelearning pedagogy: “cumulative exposures, comprehensive experiences, capstone experiences,immersion experiences, interdisciplinary experiences, community participation, youthparticipation, reflective practice, long term participation, and institutional participation” (Sutton2012). While this is a lengthy list of strategies, not all of these concepts can be applied to asingle course, as several are realized over the duration of one’s academic career. The strategiesmost applicable to this paper are immersion experiences and reflective practice, due to theduration of this particular community engaged
towardstaking computing courses in future, future interest in computer careers, and self-efficacy withregards to programming. Some of the key questions addressed in this survey include – for under-represented middle school students, can the approach applied in this course: 1. impact the choices regarding computing-related course work in the future? 2. alter perspectives on computing career choices? 3. enhance self-efficacy in programming? 4. provide better learning outcomes in programming?For our survey, a 4-point Likert scale (Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree) wasused. We calculated mean and standard deviation from the Likert items to produce a numericvalue for each of the questions mentioned above, in both the pre- and post
electricalengineering. The broad goals of the collaborative are to increase representation of Hispanics orlow-income students in computer science careers, provide necessary course-specific academicsupport especially for gateway mathematics courses and introductory computer science coursesacross all three institutions.Project leadership is provided by a research-intensive university that has experienced a rapidincrease in the number of Hispanic and low income minority students who either are directlyenrolled at the university or who transfer from the two-local state colleges The two feeder statecolleges have more than 100,000 students whose demographics are represented as follows: 65%Hispanic, African-American, low income, or first time in college. Both state
Paper ID #21663Global Engineering Competency: Assessment Tools and Training StrategiesProf. Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is an Associate Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He also leads the Global Engineering Education Collabora- tory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies
program team adapt the EDP course progression from the high school summerprogram into full engineering courses for implementation in high school classrooms. The coursesthat arise from Hk Maker Lab’s curriculum development efforts are to: 1. Enhance student interest in pursuing STEM education and career opportunities; 2. Enhance student STEM self-perception; 3. Develop student engineering design skills. This paper describes the structure and programmatic activities of the curriculum developmenteffort, as well as preliminary assessments and future plans for refinement.PROGRAM COMPONENTSProgram ParticipantsNew York City science, math, and engineering high school teachers are recruited to apply for theEDP curriculum development program
-term academic outcomes, like improving their critical thinking, problemsolving, and research skills; developing productive relationships with their peers and mentors; and have positiveresults in the classes in which they are enrolled. Some of the long-term academic outcomes that we expect arestudents developing as engaged professional engineers that are able to successfully finish their engineeringprogram and effectively adapt to their next step, that being their first professional engineering job, or thedecision to continue their education in a higher research degree (i.e. graduate education). Currently,Universities in Australia have very low percentages of students selecting a research career track; however, thereis a need in the country to
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. 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 devel- opment. She is the recipient of a 2014
paperwork) and prepare them for future professional careers (e.g. writing aCV or cover letter). After the community workshop, we worked with the professionaldevelopment seminar coordinator to determine when time would be devoted to pedagogicaldevelopment. Originally pedagogical development was not part of the professional developmentseminar series but the developers of the seminar series were open to providing some guidance onteaching and learning practices for all graduate students, regardless if they were a GTA. Wedesigned and facilitated each pedagogical development session and chose topics that addressedthe issues that emerged from the interviewed and observed GTAs, as well as those that addressedthe desired learning goals for the pedagogical
it hold promise for research on engineering education?)MethodologyIn this section, we discuss grounded theory and template analysis. We identify the techniques weused for sampling and data collection, and the methods of analysis we used.SampleEight members of staff were interviewed (n = 8) for this study. This included six of the sevenmembers who committed to the more formal operation of the group during the academic year2009-10, representing all stages of the career ladder from new-entrants to near-retirement. We alsoincluded two more (mid-career) faculty members who are frequent and active participants ininformal group discussions because they provided insight into the wider set of motivations heldby teachers in the program. All
-efficacy model [10] and the social cognitive career theory [22] have been widelyutilized in engineering education research. These models define self-efficacy as an individual’sbelief in their ability to successfully complete tasks and reach desired outcomes. Further, it isclaimed that an individual’s perceived self-efficacy towards a specific activity influences theirinterest towards it, both of which indirectly influence the individual’s choice to further practicethe activity and gain proficiency at it. This finding was repeated in engineering education by across-sectional study on educators and students, where it was found that engineering design self-efficacy was influenced by experience and correlated with task-specific motivation (i.e
preparefor and acquire their current jobs. Course materials are available upon request from the instructor.Introduction According to a survey conducted by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers(AIChE) in 2015, a significant fraction of chemical engineering (ChE) graduates pursue careers inbiotechnology and/or pharmaceuticals (see Figure 1).[1] Specifically, of the 48.9% of ChEgraduates that go into industry, ~12% are initially placed in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals,9% in food and consumer products, and 3% in environmental engineering. If other non-biologicalfields are excluded (e.g. fuels, chemicals, etc.) to specifically analyze the initial placement ofbiochemical engineering (BioChE) students, it is revealed that
the build group to me was that it provided me with hands-on,technical experience that I had never been exposed to before. Getting that experience as afreshman in college was very helpful, as I am going into a career in engineering, and the skills inthis build group are crucial to that career. It was also impactful because it fostered personalgrowth and confidence-building. Getting to know and use some powerful tools, surrounded bywomen in engineering who are doing the same, was very empowering.”Co-Ed Group ResponsesWhat aspect of the building group had the most impact on you, and why?“Access to tools, I've never had access to before. I was raised by a single parent and whatevershe had and could use was what I was taught to use, but not much
coursesmainly. But the resources will be used in more course work needs for both engineering technologyand computer science departments. More students are being interested and want to work in theSCADA lab/center and proposing new research ideas. This year two of the students applied toEURECA’s FAST project to get summer funds in order to work in the center.References[1] Scheffer, E., Wibberley, D., and Beets, N. “What the future holds for SCADA systems and process automation”, Elektron, 19(7), July 2002, pp. 40-42. 2.[2] Velankar, A. and Mehta, A. “Latest trends in SCADA for process automation”, Proc. National Conference on Industrial Automation and Intelligent Systems 2002, Jan. 2002, pp. 9-11.[3] Control Engineering salary and career survey
three and half years as the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs of the College of Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Developing an Integrated Curriculum-wide Teamwork Instructional StrategyAbstractGraduating engineering students need many technical and professional skills to be successful intheir careers, including those in communication and teamwork. The School of Chemical,Biological and Environmental Engineering (CBEE) at Oregon State University administers threeundergraduate degree programs, and the curriculums have many courses, which incorporateteamwork and group activities (often multidisciplinary). However, until recently
which several of the student authors have been involved. Dr. Beyerlein has been active in research projects involving engine testing, engine heat release modeling, design of curricula for active , design pedagogy, and assessment of professional skills.Dr. Matthew John Swenson P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow After graduating from Oregon State University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1999, I im- mediately pursued a career in industry, quickly excelling and continuously accepting roles of increasing responsibility. The first five years, I worked at GK Machine, Inc., a small company south of Portland, designing customized agricultural equipment. Next, I worked at Hyster-Yale Material Handling, most re
gender gap can be found within different engineering disciplines. One of themost commonly-cited reasons for why systems and industrial engineering attracts more womenthan other engineering disciplines is that it is perceived as having more feminine qualities.Brawner et. al [3]surveyed 70,000 students and concluded that feelings of “warmth” and the ideathat systems engineering is more generally applicable to a career led women to choose theconcentration. Blosser [4]made a similar conclusion, presenting evidence that systemsengineering is seen as feminine while mechanical and electrical engineering are seen as moremasculine pursuits. Other research suggests that math confidence, a common explanation usedby researchers to explain why women choose
consortium of engineering education).Nupur Kulkarni, Cares for the environment - I am a Certified Leed Green Associate. I enjoy spending my hobby time in Photography, painting and traveling. Ardent faith in ethical behavior and a strong desire to make a career in ’spaces and local mediums’ Graduating in June 2017 from Savannah School of Art and Design – Geor- gia (USA) in Architecture after B. Arch from S.P. Pune University. Technical Skills such as AutoCAD, Google SketchUp, Photoshop, InDesign, Coral Draw, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, V-Ray, and Microsoft of- fice. Participated in several competitions viz. Essay writing ’Pune, People, and Places’, Green School Competition by Ethos ’In Big Tree Paradigm’ - focused on
identified (by faculty as well asstudents).46 Damages included 6 broken windows, 4 missing books, and assorted missing officesupplies. 17 students were later ordered to pay $250 for not leaving the building when ordered.47 Figures 25 (above), 26, and 27. Students occupy the Engineering Library, Carpenter Hall, April 26, 1972.46 Figure 28. Protestors outside Carpenter Hall.46 Other disruptions to the building occurred in February 7, 1972, when Honeywell, a militarycontractor, came to recruit at the Career Center. Students chanted loudly outside interviewdoors.48Engineering Librarians After 1973Below is a listing of more recent engineering library