Conference Session

Research in Engineering Education I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

minorities)Classic Studies of Student Engagement Astin’s publication, “What matters in college?” explained that the freshman collegeexperience provides rich and critical opportunities for learning and development for teenagerstransitioning into young adulthood. He argued that these great opportunities for learning anddevelopment come with an increased level of risks (e.g., attrition) and responsibilities becausestudents must adjust to their new campus life separated from families and pre-existing supportsystems. Through his influential research exploring patterns of student academic and socialdevelopment, Astin concluded that students’ college experiences and academic outcomes areprofoundly affected by college environments. Astin’s

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra L. Bishop; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre

andrecruitment statistics, and through formal assessment of freshman students and mentor attitudes.Introduction Regardless of how strong an institution’s retention and recruitment statistics are, efforts are always directed tofbrther improve enrollment. The University of Pittsburgh is no exception. In the School of Engineering, the freshmanseminar was an obvious area providing opportunity for improvement. In previous years, the Freshman SuccessSeminar was presented in a large auditorium where all 250-300 freshman engineers met for presentations fromengineering alumni, departmental faculty, and for discussions with engineering student panels. This style of presentingitiormation was not only chaotic, but also not conducive to students learning

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mayra S. Artiles Ph.D., Arizona State University; Juan M. Cruz, Rowan University; Sarah Anne Blackowski, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Stephanie G. Adams, University of Texas at Dallas; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures LLC

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

. Adams, University of Texas at Dallas Dr. Stephanie G. Adams is the Department Head and Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She previously served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University and was a faculty member and administrator at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Her research interests include: Teamwork, International Collaborations, Fac- ulty Development, Quality Control/Management and Broadening Participation. She is an honor graduate American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise M Driscoll, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Kristin Everett

the Big 5 factor model of personality and represents how accepting one is of different ideas and perspectives [10]Section 3: Engagement with Diversity and Inclusion-related Activities. As an exploratory partof developing a measure of culture of inclusion, we thought to assess behaviors associated withsupporting it. Specifically, we were interested in the extent to which faculty, staff, and studentswere already engaging in inclusion-related activities. We began our exploration by focusing ontwo common ways that Center members support a culture of inclusion: through engaging inrecruitment and mentoring of individuals from backgrounds underrepresented in engineering.Research has shown that when workplaces are not diverse (e.g., low percentages

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Scanlon, University of Connecticut; Connie Syharat, University of Connecticut; Arash Esmaili Zaghi, P.E., University of Connecticut; Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut; Rachael Gabriel, University of Connecticut

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

beach.Ms. Connie Syharat, University of Connecticut Constance M. Syharat is a Ph.D. student and Research Assistant at the University of Connecticut as a part of two neurodiversity-centered NSF-funded projects, Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (NSF:RED) ”Beyond Accommodation: Leveraging Neurodiversity for Engineering Innovation” and In- novations in Graduate Education (NSF:IGE) Encouraging the Participation of Neurodiverse Students in STEM Graduate Programs to Radically Enhance the Creativity of the Professional Workforce”. In her time at the University of Connecticut she has also has served as Program Assistant for an summer pro- gram in engineering for middle school students with ADHD. Previously, she spent

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State University; Martin High, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

students that identified themselves as from a PLTW said thatthey would have liked a bigger project like they had in EDD. Another PLTW student feltit was an “echo of last year.”Concluding Comments and Future DirectionsThe Project Lead the Way, Inc. program was used as a springboard for an introductoryengineering course at the freshman level. This one-credit hour engineering orientationcourse was developed in the fall of 2006 and introduced engineering entrepreneurship toformer Project The Lead the Way students—now enrolled as college freshman—as wellas other freshman engineering students. Engineering and business faculty members,along with a focus group of entrepreneurs, were involved in the course’s development.Outside business speakers provided

Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas P. James P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Craig G. Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Diane Evans, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

activity.From an instructional perspective, each student receives the personalized EP10 report, but asummary (group) report for the entire class is not available. In addition, participants cannot seethe individual items and their associated response scores.While results from the EP10 are presented qualitatively, the EMP report is at the other end of thespectrum, reporting quantitative data in both tabular and graphical format. The data associatedwith each item is provided in a table with a score from 1 to 5, where a 1 represents the response“Does not describe me well” and a 5 represents the response “Describes me well” to anyparticular item. A group report is available to the faculty member to share with the class. Anexample data set and related items

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Mary A. Moriarty, Smith College; Apurva Errabelli

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

knowledge and skills from their capstone experience that they couldtransfer to their future careers. Yet, little is known about what students actually transfer to lifeafter graduation.2. MotivationThe transfer literature is filled with varying definitions and frameworks about what constitutestransfer. While it is not the intent of the authors to advocate for a particular framework, it isimportant to articulate the theoretical background from which our work originates. Our view oftransfer is influenced by the work of Schwartz et al.11 In their view, transfer is not necessarilythe ability to directly apply what one has learned to new situations but rather an identification ofskills and knowledge that best position preparation for future learning

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-Centered Design 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abbas Ghassemi, University of California, Merced; Christopher A. Butler, University of California, Merced; Marina Shapiro

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

students without early exposure to real-worldapplications of their major, that give positive insight into potential careers, do not always connectwith upper-classmen to use as successful peer role models. This research has shown that accessto peer role models increases academic persistence [1], [2]. It has also been shown that retentionof URM and women is increased through project-based learning or experiential learningpedagogies and techniques[3]-[9].Moreover, URM students often have a limited perspective of their contributions to improvingtechnology due to social issues such as a lack of exposure to engineering and science professionsand having personal role models in their local community who are scientists or engineers.Furthermore, when URM

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Joseph, Pace University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

performance outcomes. The course grades comprised various performance-based assessments by faculty, students, and engineering practitioners. The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez’s Technology-Based Entrepreneurship interdisciplinary course26 sought to address industry’s demand for potential engineers who are entrepreneurial and effective communicators with well-developed teamwork and decision-making skills within the framework of a four course series that also included the capstone design project course. Over 20 professors from engineering and business were involved in the course. Other key features of the course included idea generation and development mindful of engineering design as well as product development constrained by

Conference Session

Research Methodologies – Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kanembe Shanachilubwa, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

almost to me, deciding to become a faculty member, which would be terrible. But at the same time, I do think I would develop technical skills in a postdoc that I did not develop as a graduate student. I wish I had never even applied… because I think that would be much like, I think just like holistically as a person, that would be a lot better. I think it would be physically healthier, mentally better. Like I think that I would be in a very, I feel like I'd be in a much more positive spot in my life if I had spent the last five years working in industry, doing a career, um, that kind of thing.This last mode of smoothing captures the emotional impact of

Conference Session

Android TA: Course Automation and the Fate of the Professor

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

“creative” types. Ask about the “source” of their“creativity,” assuming that they tend to think that way. Another possibility is thatcreativity is not involved. They simply see more by means of their right brains and draw,paint, or otherwise present what they see.10. Study the origins of an admired product/facility/process/service. Engineeringstudents and faculty can learn more about being creative and innovative in projectmanagement and other aspects of professional work by studying creative/innovativeendeavors. Ask members of each student team to share views of things or processes theyadmire. Don’t limit the search to topics to those within a particular engineering

Conference Session

Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Wild; Michael Ryan

first year – before their academicrecord and confidence have been seriously damaged. The first set of conditions is strictlyacademic: students are required to take appropriate remedial courses and to achieve at aparticular level in these courses. They are also required to use selected support resources.Even so, a high attrition rate is expected among this group, and so a second set ofconditions constitutes a “safe-exit” process. Participation is required in: · A two phase career planning activity developed specifically for this group. Students first meet in small groups with university career planning and advisement professionals to explore their own personal motivational connection to engineering. In accord with the needs

Conference Session

Civic Engagement and Volunteerism in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David A. Delaine, Universidade de São Paulo and IFEES; Jose Roberto Cardoso, Universidade de São Paulo; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #13586Qualitative Analysis of Boundary Spanning Implications within Interviews ofEngagement StakeholdersDr. David A. Delaine, Universidade de S˜ao Paulo and IFEES David A. Delaine has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Drexel University, in Philadelphia, USA. He currently serves as an executive member of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES), as Vice President for Student Engagement, Diversity, and Inclusion. IFEES aims to strengthen engineering education practices around the world. He has recently completed his tenure as a Fulbright Scholar and is currently performing

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Academic Program, a living-learning community where students learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Integration of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Topics into a First-Year Introduction to Civil Engineering CourseAbstractThis paper presents an example of how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) topics have beenintegrated into an Introduction to Civil Engineering course for first-year (FY) students. DEIissues were integrated into the

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Materials

2012, Dr. Lord spent a sabbatical at Southeast University in Nanjing, China teaching and doing research.Prof. Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego Michelle M. Camacho is Professor of Sociology at the University of San Diego. She began her career at UC San Diego in 1999 as a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for US Mexican Studies, and later as a UC Faculty Fellow in Ethnic Studies. In 2015-16, she returned to UC San Diego as a fellow of the American Council on Education. As a bilingual/bicultural Latina, Camacho has 30 years of experience in higher ed- ucation advocating for underrepresented groups and first generation college students. For over a decade, her work on institutional transformation has received

Conference Session

Engineering Cultures and Identity

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Verdin, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

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. She is the recipient of a 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Grant. She also was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow for her work on female empowerment in engineering which won the National Association for Research in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jazmin Jurkiewicz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Rachel Rosenbaum, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

group lasted one hour and fifteen minutes and included students responding toquestions and also an interactive session where students worked in teams to develop an idealfirst-year engineering course. Questions for the focus group were developed based on figure 2,where we present the major topics explored during the session.Data analysis was conducted by two members of the research team using the thematic analysisapproach outlined by Robson and McCartan [14]. Thematic analysis uses individual experiences,interpretations, realities, and discourse as avenues for exploring the group to which theindividual belongs [24], [25]. For this study, thematic analysis provided a means to understandhow senior engineering students from multiple engineering

Conference Session

Qualitative Research Programs & International Research Experience from Around the World

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yating Chang, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joe J.J. Lin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Juila D. Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yi Shen, Purdue University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Eckhard A. Groll, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edwin Daniel Hirleman, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

International

responsibilities include engagement of both students and faculty members at Purdue University to embrace global engineering mindsets and practice. During the first 2 years at Purdue University, she drove a 2X increase in the number of engineering major participating in both short-term and long-term overseas study. At her current position as the assistant director of the Purdue Office of Professional Program, Chang expands her expertise area to concentrate on developing global professional and research internships for students in the Engineering, Technology and Business disciplines. In 2010, she became the Program Director of International Research and Education in Engineering (IREE), a NSF funded program that sent 58 U.S

Conference Session

Academic Success and Retention

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Danika M. Dorris, North Carolina State University; Julie L. Swann, North Carolina State University; Julie Ivy, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, North Carolina State University Julie Simmons Ivy is a Professor in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Fitts Faculty Fellow in Health Systems Engineering. She previously spent several years on the faculty of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. She received her B.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. She also received her M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a focus on Operations Research at Georgia Tech. She is President of the Health Systems Engineering Alliance (HSEA) Board of Directors. She is an active member of the Institute of Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), Dr

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Walters; Keisha Walters

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

lessrigorous than major courses, providing the students with an opportunity to broaden their horizonsand explore new areas.Traditionally, the courses offered at MGS have been skewed towards the Arts and Humanities.For example, during the 2008 session, only two major courses and no interest area courses had ascience focus, and no courses of either type had a mathematics focus. Aside from the courseoffering discussed in this paper, the other science-themed course title was: “Cloning,Transgenics, Bioethics: Leadership Decisions for the Future.” Because the MGS programincluded some of the brightest students in the state, and because there was a clear lack of science,technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) content, the authors identified MGS as a

Conference Session

Active and Cooperative Learning in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Werner Creixell, Texas A&M University; Rachelle M. Pedersen, Texas A&M University; Susan Niki Ritchey, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

undergraduateengineering students showed that, even though most students identified as being extrinsicallymotivated by grades, the teacher played an important role in influencing intrinsic motivation byinspiring students to learn content for the benefit of themselves 12 . Through the development ofactivities and delivery of content, teachers must consider the students’ personal connections withthe content in order to influence motivation. Student engagement is often directly linked to aconnection with real-world applications and purpose, allowing students to investigate questionsthat are relevant to them 9 13 . If students have a say in the nature of the project or task, the studenttends to be more motivated to complete the assignment 14 . When students see a

Conference Session

Practice I: Academic Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; David Reeping, Virginia Tech; Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech; Cherie D. Edwards, Virginia Tech; Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

education.Mr. David Reeping, Virginia Tech David Reeping is a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech and is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. He received his B.S. in Engineering Education with a Mathematics minor from Ohio Northern University. He was a Choose Ohio First scholar inducted during the 2012- 2013 school year as a promising teacher candidate in STEM. David was the recipient of the Remsburg Creativity Award for 2013 and the DeBow Freed Award for outstanding leadership as an undergraduate student (sophomore) in 2014. He is also a member of the mathematics, education, and engineering honor societies: Kappa Mu Epsilon, Kappa Delta Pi, and Tau Beta Pi respectively. He has extensive

Conference Session

Raise the Bar – Visions for the Future, Bodies of Knowledge, and Accreditation Vicissitudes.

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark William Killgore PE, F.ASCE, D.WRE, American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

career aspirations of the student. 2. ABET should allow accreditation of engineering programs of the same name at the baccalaureate and graduate levels in the same department to recognize that education through a “professional” master’s degree produces an AME, an accredited “master” engineer. 3. Engineering schools should more vigorously exploit the flexibility inherent in the outcomes-based accreditation approach to experiment with novel models for baccalaureate education. ABET should ensure that evaluators look for innovation and experimentation in the curriculum and not just hold institutions to a strict interpretation of the guidelines as they see them. 4. Whatever other creative approaches are taken

Conference Session

Contextual Competencies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua David Schwartz, Trinity University; Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-3106: INTRODUCING CONTEMPORARY ISSUES TO ENGI-NEERING STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY MODULEDr. Joshua David Schwartz, Trinity University Joshua Schwartz has been an Assistant Professor with the Engineering Science Department at Trinity University since 2010. His graduate and postdoctoral studies have garnered international recognition in the area of analog microwave signal processing. In 2008 McGill University awarded him the Governor General’s Gold Medal, Canada’s highest academic award, for his doctoral thesis on the applications of a new microwave interconnect, and in 2009 he was awarded the distinguished IEEE Microwave Prize for the most significant paper contribution in an area of interest to the IEEE Microwave

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Retention and Bridge Programs #1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Scott Martin Hanson, North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR); Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Paula Jean Comeau, North Dakota State University; North Dakota State College of Science; Megan Even, North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research; Daniel John Luecke, North Dakota State University; Jean Ostrom-Blonigen, North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research; Kelly A. Rusch, North Dakota EPSCoR and North Dakota State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

instructor of the NDSU Pre-Engineering Education Collaboration (PEEC) during their sum- mer camps. Throughout her Ph.D. work and professional career she has focused on serving underrepre- sented populations through summer camps targeting Native American high school students, working with New American populations locally to engage them with the outdoors, and developing curriculum for sum- mer camps at regional tribal colleges. In the future, she will be working with faculty and local hospitals to develop a distance education curriculum to better meeting the needs of the NDSCS Emergency Medical Services program as they look to better serve students abroad.Ms. Megan Even, ND EPSCoRDaniel John Luecke, North Dakota State

Collection

2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

R. Nelson; J. Bumblis; C. Liu; A. Turkmen; N. Zhou; D. Olson; R. Rothaupt

Office of Economic Development (Eau Claire, WI); Open Silicon Inc. (Eau Claire, WI); Hutchinson Technologies . (Eau Claire, WI); Silicon Graphics Inc., (Chippewa Falls, WI); 3M Corporation (Menomonie, WI); AREVA T&D (Seattle, WA).New faculty recruitment/hire At least two faculty members are needed to teach electrical/computer aspects to ET, PE and MFGE students. An additional faculty member was needed to join the current faculty to ca a a a a CEE c . A nationwide search resulted in Dr. Cheng Liu joining us as a new tenure-track faculty member.Student recruitment E a ab Computer Engineering program at UW-Stout

Conference Session

Programming Education 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tyler James Stump, The Ohio State University; Abbey Darya Kashani Motlagh, The Ohio State University; Krista M Kecskemety, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

students’ personalvalues matter. Education+ Training, 56(5), 397-413.17. Turoski, S. A. (2020). Advancing student motivation and course interest through a utility value intervention in an engineering design context (Doctoral dissertation, Montana State University-Bozeman, Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering).18. Bennett, D., Knight, E., Bawa, S., & Dockery, A. M. (2021). Understanding the career decision making of university students enrolled in STEM disciplines. Australian Journal of Career Development, 30(2), 95-105.

Conference Session

Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University; Elizabeth A Parry, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for Public Service from the University System of Maryland Board of Regents, and currently serves as the Chair-Elect of the K-12 and Pre-College Division of ASEE.Elizabeth A Parry, North Carolina State University Elizabeth A. Parry is the secondary contributor to this paper. She is an engineer and consultant in K-12 STEM Curriculum, Coaching and Professional Development and the coordinator of K-20 STEM Partner- ship Development at the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University. For the past fifteen years, she has worked extensively with students from kindergarten to graduate school, parents and pre- service and in service teachers to both educate and excite them about engineering. As the Co-PI and

Conference Session

Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Courtney Paige Stanton; Carrie J. McClelland P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Emily Sarver; Linda A. Battalora, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Susan K. Peterson, Marietta College; Nicole M. Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Rennie B. Kaunda , Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

theyprogress through the undergraduate curriculum [1-2]. This has direct implications for thediversity of engineering students and workforces. Research with civil, environmental, andmechanical engineering students also finds that student perceptions of the connection betweensocial responsibility and engineering shape their decisions to stay in their majors, and thatwomen are more likely to leave engineering when they view those connections to be lacking andencounter decontextualized technical courses and unsupportive environments [2-3]. Engineeringeducators frequently invoke research findings that women and racial/ethnic minorities are moresensitive to social justice concerns and more likely to pursue engineering careers with an explicitsense of