Conference Session

High-impact Learning Practices

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jieun Hur P.E., Ohio State University; Nathan Hyungsok Choe, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

systems. [Troy et al.,2016]. In addition, new challenges and opportunities are arising and therefore new professionalsand researchers are needed to deal with these problems. The department of Civil Engineering(CE) at the university has promoted UG research in different ways aligning with the College ofEngineering since 2018. This effort aims to provide research opportunities and enriched learningexperiences to a broad range of UG students in the department. Eventually, these efforts areexpected to improve undergraduate students’ persistence and retention in engineering fields.Lent’s Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) has been utilized in engineering education tounderstand undergraduate students’ major choice and engineering career development

Conference Session

PCEE Evaluation Studies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Elyse Hill, University of Guelph; Anne Marie Spence, Baylor University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

investigate future STEM careers. Several of these programs have successfully motivatedstudents into engineering careers leading to higher enrollments and retention of collegeengineering graduates. Project Lead the Way (PLTW), a pre-engineering program, has becomeone the well-known national programs providing students possibilities in the engineering andscience fields. 4,5 Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is an engineering curriculum that teaches students in K-12engineering fundamentals including developing problem-solving abilities, critical thinking andkey professional skills starting in kindergarten and continuing through high school.4 Through thehigh school engineering pathway, students are introduced in their first core classes to

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mir M. Hayder, Savannah State University; Asad Yousuf P.E., Savannah State University; Bryan Knakiewicz, Savannah State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

]. The problem is two-fold: (1) not enough female students arepursuing engineering and technology studies, and (2) those who pursue these areas often leaveearly in their career.The gender differences in entry and persistence in the area of engineering and technology thatleads to the under-representation of women in these fields are due to a combination of somesocial and environmental factors [8, 9, 10, & 11]. Some key factors that contribute to the genderdifference in entry to engineering and technology areas are gender stereotypes anddiscrimination, perceiving engineering as a profession for men, lack of encouragement,inaccurate information about the variety of careers available, negative beliefs about women’sabilities in STEM areas, and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alka R. Harriger, Purdue University; Gloria Childress Townsend, DePauw University; Dawn Laux, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Engineering Concepts to Harness Future Innovators and Technologists) project. Professor Harriger’s current interests include application development, outreach to K-12 to interest more students to pursue computing careers, applying IT skills to innovating fitness tools, and wearable computing.Dr. Gloria Childress Townsend, DePauw University Gloria Townsend, Professor of Computer Science, has taught at DePauw University for thirty-four years. She was the PI for both NSF-BPC project, the Grace Hopper Regional Consortium, and NSF-S-STEM project, Julian Scholars. Gloria is a member of ACM-W’s Women’s Council, where she founded the concept of small celebrations for women in computing and where she now serves as project leader

Conference Session

Interest and Movitation: Formulating New Paradigms to Increase URM Participation in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Christe, Drexel University; Arpit Shah, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University; Marisol Rodriguez Mergenthal, Drexel University; Linda Powell, Community College of Philadelphia; Antonios Kontsos, Drexel University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

the individual students,respectively. Students demonstrated familiarity with basic research methods and universallyreported increased interest in STEM education and careers, with four continuing to work in theirlabs beyond the program’s formal duration. Beyond the summer research program, thepartnership facilitated: (i) tutoring in community college STEM courses by Drexel graduatestudents, (ii) a STEM career discussion panel, and (iii) a discussion among faculty and staff fromboth institutions on addressing challenges UMS face in STEM education. Page 26.1300.2Keywords—Research-based Learning, STEM education, Minority

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela M Leggett-Robinson, Georgia Perimeter College; Naranja C. Davis, Georgia State University; Brandi Campbell Villa, Belay Consulting

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

commitment is a strong indicator of student persistence. Example: “I am committed to completing my program of study at this institution.”13, 14 3. STEM Identity and Belonging – A sense of belonging and identifying with STEM contributes to student pursuit of STEM careers. Example: “I can see myself in a STEM career.” 15 4. Awareness of Resources – In order for students to fully benefit from the program, they must be aware of the academic and career resources available to them; items were included to identify any issues with student awareness of available resources. Example: “I am aware of the academic resources available to me at this institution.” 5. Encouragement – Studies attempting to get at influences that

Conference Session

Pre-college: Summer Experiences for Students and Teachers (1)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

shoes, and 1in the Chemistry Lab they made their own lipsticks and lotions. Also, in the 2016 STEMSummer Academy for Girls employed a large number of female faculty members as instructorsand female university students as the participating girls’ counselors. A new element of the 2016academy was a special session in which female university students shared their own experiencefrom elementary school to an engineering university. They specifically talked about the roles oftheir parents and school teachers in their career choice, involvement of after school science cluband participations in STEM summer camps like ours inspired them to pursue STEM. A range ofinformation related to STEM majors (such as

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering in the First-Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huihui H Wang, Jacksonville University; Festus Ogbaisi, Jacksonville University; Martins Slaboh, Jacksonville University; Emre Selvi, Jacksonville University; Maria Javaid, Jacksonville University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs, Multidisciplinary Engineering

, career track surveys, project-based learning, afield trip and peer-to-peer supervising and learning. Especially, we are exploring the studentlearning outcomes of interdisciplinary projects when we mix students from ME and EE in thesame team. Several surveys are given to students and teaching assistants through the semester toexplore students’ outcomes and feedback about diverse activities. Results show that studentsprefer learning and working cross the fields. They do not just learn the basics of ME and EE butalso gain a lot of soft skills from different activities. We find such a course gives freshmenespecially those who do not know what EE is a better idea about EE. A couple of studentsdecided to transfer to the EE major or be double majored

Conference Session

Student Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abigail Clark, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student

planning to work onmembers [2] so Girl Scouts may be a way to introduce engineering badges will be recruited. Middle school wasmany girls to engineering who may not have been chosen due to the importance of this time for students whootherwise exposed to the engineering field. are planning a STEM career in middle school are more likely Actively supporting identity development to graduate with an engineering or science degree [5]RESEARCH QUESTION

Conference Session

Track: Pre-college - Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Malle R Schilling, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pre-College

neither interested or uninterested in learning more about engineering. O I am somewhat uninterested in learning more about engineering. O I am very uninterested in learning more about engineering. 6. How interested are you in pursuing an education and/or a career in engineering? O I am very interested in pursuing an education and/or a career in engineering. O I am somewhat interested in pursuing an education and/or a career in engineering. O I am neither interested or uninterested in pursuing an education and/or a career in engineering. O I am somewhat uninterested in pursuing an education and/or a career in engineering. O I am very uninterested in pursuing an education and/or a career in engineering. 7. Have

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 16

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jacqueline A. Zeiber, New Mexico State University; Tamara Elise Stimatze, New Mexico State University; Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Steven J. Stochaj, New Mexico State University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

evaluation measures were altered every1 The challenge of increasing diversity in STEM has been with us for more than two decades. Despite effort andtime, little has been achieved in changing the representation in STEM. The paradigm that exposure to STEMgenerates STEM degrees and drives the STEM workforce does not appear to work. Exposure to STEM is necessary,but it is not sufficient to diversify the STEM workforce. The PREP program focuses on activities that will increaseSTEM self-efficacy, STEM career awareness, and grit. This was accomplished by including activities led byyear. The modality of collecting data also changed throughout the years (paper and pencil,SurveyMonkey, Google Forms, and REDCap7,8) As such, it should be noted the remainder

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: First Year Programming (2)

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alark Joshi, University of San Francisco; Gian Bruno; Xornam Apedoe, University of San Francisco; Sophie Engle, University of San Francisco; Sami Rollins, University of San Francisco; Matthew Malensek, University of San Francisco

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

our department’s student organizations, and tutors from the peer tutoring center in our department. The program was open to other incoming local freshmen as well. This helped students in our program make connections with other incoming students. Based on the evaluation of the Early Arrival program, students found the introduction to the major requirements, hands-on sessions on Python and Unix, and a discussion of potential career paths for CS majors as the most useful sessions. Index Terms Community-Engaged Learning, Mentoring, Alumni Involvement, Retention I. I NTRODUCTION

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3 - Co-op Recruitment and Factors Affecting Success

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amy Huynh, University of California, Irvine; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad, Ford Motor Company; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

professional workplace and gain insights into possible future careers. Tooptimize the benefits gained from internship programs for both students and companies, it isimportant to understand the specific motivations of interns in order to inform the design ofeffective programs, guidelines, and environments.In this study, two cohorts of interns in 2017 (N=115) and 2018 (N=155) at a large globalengineering company in the automotive industry completed exit surveys about their summerinternship experiences. These surveys focused on innovation and engineering task self-efficacymeasures as well as additional variables related to innovation interests and outcomes,postgraduate career goals and other influencing factors. The results were analyzed andinterpreted

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sinéad C Mac Namara, Syracuse University; Anne E Rauh, Syracuse University; Michelle M Blum, Syracuse University; Natalie Russo, Syracuse University; Melissa A Green, Syracuse University; Shikha Nangia, Syracuse University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, optimizing service commitments, achieving work-life balance, and developing andexecuting institution- and position-specific strategies for career advancement. The paper willreflect on the outcomes and the role of the group as a critical strategy to foster a supportive workenvironment.Introduction and Literature ReviewDespite efforts to increase the number of women in STEM fields in general and in academiamore specifically, there is still a large gender imbalance. While women are more likely than everto enter most STEM fields at the undergraduate level[2], the number of women who go intoacademic positions and then climb the academic ranks is rather dismal. As reported by Smith[3],a 2014 NSF report focused on R1 institutions, found that there were 38

Conference Session

The D/M/A of CE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Emmanuelle Reynaud, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Ella Willard-Schmoe, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

in Engineering Service-LearningAbstractAttracting and retaining women in engineering is critical in the USA today. While women arecoming to college in overrepresented numbers, they are not represented equally to men inengineering majors. Though a university can only have limited impact on the attrition of womenin the engineering workforce, we can (and must!) work to improve recruitment and retention andto graduate women with adequate preparation for an engineering career. An increasing numberof engineering programs are integrating service-learning (S-L) into their curricula.For the past eight years of one S-L program, students in a college of engineering have beenwidely surveyed at the beginning of their studies and at the end of each

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad; Jerry Samples

Session 2375 Challenges and Opportunities in Visiting and Tenure Track Positions Maher M. Murad, Jerry Samples University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractThere are challenges and opportunities in both visiting and tenure track positions. Many facultymembers start their teaching career in visiting positions and end up in the tenure stream. In thatcase the faculty member would be faced with somewhat different set of challenges andopportunities, the subject of this paper. The transition from a visiting position to tenure-trackposition is a process. For this process to succeed, it

Conference Session

Technological Literacy - Courses, Educational and Accreditation Standards

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

concept of teaching technological literacythroughout the curriculum. Page 15.1193.2IntroductionFirst year courses are an integral part of many engineering and engineering technology degreeprograms. These courses serve to introduce newly declared majors to careers in engineering andtechnology. A student taking such a course should come away with a foundation of knowledgeabout engineering and technology, about the different engineering disciplines, the work involved,and career prospects to be able to make an informed decision on whether they should pursuesuch a degree or not and what discipline would be the best match to their talents and

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch

American Manufacturing” that therewill be a projected need for 10 million new skilled workers by 2020. They believe that “A long-term manufacturing employment and skill crisis is developing, one with ominous implicationsfor the economy and national security.” Given the significant job losses in manufacturing, it isbecoming increasingly difficult to attract a new generation of young people into advancedtechnological education programs, which would prepare them for high skill; high wage jobs(National Association of Manufacturers). Manufacturing is severely challenged by old negativeimages about the factory floor and an education and training system that does not promoteengineering and technology careers. New strategic alliances between education and

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Faux; Meredith Knight; Brian Gravel; Christine Cunningham

andteaching skills. This paper will investigate further the following hypothesis: Participating in atime-intensive outreach program, where Fellows are teaching science, math, and engineeringconcepts, helps engineering graduate students to understand public school environments, developbetter communication skills, and hone their career plans. Page 10.883.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionThe state of STEM education in U.S. public schools could benefit greatly from the deep

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Bates

. Page 10.345.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationII. Key Issues for Faculty SuccessFaculty success is typically defined by the basic requirements for tenure: teaching, research, andservice. These boil down to the ability to 1) create engaging courses where students learn therequired content as well as skills that will help them successfully navigate their own careers, 2)write successful proposals and guide students through the research process, and 3) participate incommittees and advise students without reducing the completion of the first two activities.While the weights placed on these

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi; Dan Dimitriu

determined to remain competitive in a global, technology-based economy, there has to be a concentrated effort to convince more students to prepare forcareers in engineering and technology.All engineering programs have trouble recruiting and retaining students in the engineering field.Large attrition rates are experienced during the freshman year largely due to the fact that studentsdo not develop a strong affinity to the engineering profession. This situation calls fordevelopment of new introductory coursework that will help students develop long termmotivation to pursue engineering careers. At the same time, students need to understand theeffort required to learn the skills required to successfully complete an engineering degree andprepare them for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tricia Berry

Session 2793 WE@UT – A Residential Recruitment Program for Women in Engineering Tricia S. Berry The University of Texas at AustinAbstractThe Women in Engineering at The University of Texas (WE@UT) program, a two-day in-depthresidential program, is designed to increase participant knowledge and understanding ofengineering and technology through hands-on, technology-based team projects so well informedand solid educational and career decisions are made. The objectives of this program are (1) toencourage young women to explore engineering as a career

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ed Clausen; Carolyne E. Garcia

planning tool for students in both assessing strengths and weaknesses in both theiracademic and professional careers. Table 1. Documentation for Criterion 3 Outcomes Outcomes Documentation a b c d e f g h i j k Quantitative metrics, including transcripts, X X X X X X X X scores of FE, MCAT, GRE Job Offers/Alumni Career History X X X X X X Performance in Capstone Design courses X X X X X X X X Employer Satisfaction

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Curricula and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allan T. Kirkpatrick P.E., Colorado State University; Scott Danielson P.E., Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Thomas Perry P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Vision 2030 Task Force investigated the currentstate of mechanical engineering education and practice within industry through assessment ofrecent literature addressing the shape and content of engineering and engineering technologyeducation, through conducting workshops among stakeholders at key conferences andgatherings, and by extensive surveys of industry supervisors and early career engineers. As aresult, the Task Force has formally recommended, and begun to advocate for, specific actions tostrengthen the following seven aspects of undergraduate mechanical engineering educationcurricula: creating curricula that inspire innovation and creativity, increasing curricularflexibility, offering more authentic practice-based engineering experiences

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Taylor; Robert Green; Lesia Crumpton-Young; A. Bennett; Teresa Sappington

Session 3453 Quest: A Program to Reach Academically Talented Students Robert A. Green, Robert P. Taylor, Teresa B. Sappington, Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, A. Wayne Bennett Mississippi State UniversityAbstractStudents who score high on standardized tests, have excellent high school grades, and haveexhibited qualities of leadership are recruited by some of the best programs in the nation and arepresented with many career options. Reaching out to these students and getting or keeping theminterested in engineering is critical for the long-term benefit of the engineering

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Bogaty

internship guidelines for sending faculty back into industry.DACUM was used to address two of them – faculty development and curriculumdevelopment. DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) is a process used by companies and collegesaround the world to quickly, accurately describe specific occupations. A DACUM chartlists duties of the job, tasks, which you must be able to perform in order to do the job, andgeneral education skills that are prerequisite to effective job performance. Unlikeconventional job analysis methods, DACUM relies on panels of expert workers, definedas employees currently performing the job, to define each job – and they do it in twodays. For technological careers, accurate, current materials that explain to prospectivestudents

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabina Anne Schill, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

: This paper presents an example of the progress made in a five-year NSF IUSE-funded project on repairing the reputation of the teaching profession to address teacher shortagesin STEM disciplines. This paper focuses on an undergraduate student-facing presentationdeveloped by Get the Facts Out (GFO) used for teacher recruitment with the goal of examiningthe effectiveness of the presentation at impacting students’ perceptions of teaching. Thepresentation was designed to address common misconceptions about the teaching profession thatwere preventing many students from exploring teaching as a career path.Methods/Assessment: In 2021 and 2022, GFO conducted effectiveness studies on thepresentation in a first-year chemistry course at Colorado School of

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 11

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Stransky, Rowan University; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

improveretention, researchers have applied asset-based perspectives to studying retention of marginalizedstudents. This approach often emphasizes the role of social capital [1], [11] and socializers [12]–[14] as primary drivers of motivation to pursue STEM education and careers. This present paperbegins to unpack the unique relationship between socializers and the decision students atminority serving institutions (MSIs) make to pursue STEM. We report on the experiences ofstudents gathered using qualitative methods and examined through the lens of expectancy valuetheoretical framework.Theoretical Framework: Expectancy-ValueMotivation to pursue a career in STEM can be modeled through Eccles et al.'s Expectancy-Valuetheory (EV) [15]. EV establishes a direct

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Tufenkjian

companies. Sixth, the resources and expertise available at the University’s Career Centerwould be used as much as possible.The flowchart shown as Exhibit 1 illustrates the sequencing of activities from beginning to endalong two parallel tracks: (1) company track and, (2) student track. The activities are describedbelow in more detail according to the numbering shown on the far right-hand side of the flowchart.Activity 1: Solicit/Select Companies - This step involved soliciting and selecting the host companies to participate in the program. Background information (such as anticipated intern duties, compensation rate, start date, etc.) was collected from the companies

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Wilson Head; Julie A. Phillips

engineering and technology,and discusses their successes and their challenges. While the challenges women face today donot relate to “ghosts”, they still create roadblocks that women must recognize and overcome.IntroductionWhen young women are considering career choices, they sometimes have the false impressionthat women cannot advance in careers in engineering and technology as successfully as mencan. These impressions may result from the lack of information about women who have beensuccessful and how they succeeded. Literary research documents that women in all fields stillencounter many challenges on their way to success. This fact may be even more true in themale dominated fields of engineering and technology. However, many women have