. claimed, we “continue to see theways power and oppression afford opportunities to some (in this case, boys and men) whiledenying them to others (girls and women)” as they (try to) progress through their STEM journey[2, p.170]. Therefore, it’s important to support women enrolled in graduate programs and,coincidentally, support their career trajectory by understanding how underlying power dynamicsand oppression may contribute to this underrepresentation.It is important to support women through their journey after entering a STEM program [3].Mentoring has been found to support students’ success in the STEM field. In general, mentoringexperiences have been found to positively correlate with one’s “academic self-concept” (i.e.,“students' perceptions
University (SFSU). She is the Director of the Intelligent Computing and Embedded Systems Laboratory (ICE Lab) at SFSU. She has broad research experience in human-machine interfaces, neural-controlled artificial limbs, embedded systems, and intelligent computing technologies. She is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award to develop the next-generation neural-machine interfaces (NMI) for electromyography (EMG)-controlled neurorehabilitation. She is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). She has served in professional societies in various capacities including the Chair of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) San
the University of Memphis. Her research interests are imaging science, estimation theory, computational imaging enabled by deep learning, and computational optical sensing and imaging applied to multidimensional multimodal light microscopy and hyperspectral imaging. She received a CAREER award by the National Science Foundation in 2009, the Herff Outstanding Faculty Research Award in 2010 and 2015, and she was the recipient of the Ralph Faudree Professorship at the University of Memphis 2015-2018. She was named Fellow of the SPIE in 2019 and Fellow of the Optica (OSA) in 2020. She serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, Topical Editor for Optica’s Applied Optics, and as Executive
students’ sense of professionalidentity, affect toward learning their discipline and their connection to community (sense ofbelonging, support, etc.) at the following levels: individual courses, academic major and thelarger institution. This paper presents these survey items and the relevant results from our pilotsurvey.Our pilot survey results indicate which measures of professional identity and affect are mostrelevant for this effort. Further, these preliminary results reveal a strong Pearson correlation (r =0.50) between career identity and connection to academic major as well as between affect andconnection to academic major (r = 0.56). There are somewhat smaller correlations to a specificclassroom community (r = 0.41 and r = 0.39), and still
the faculty. We designed a confidential survey for thisgroup based on personal and academic history, career issues, and opinions andexperiences. Our goals were to identify factors that have led to the success of thesewomen faculty, and to make recommendations to better integrate women into allengineering disciplines. Results (based on a 53% response rate) showed that BAEdepartments provide a supportive environment, and that the female undergraduate studentpopulation is 40% or higher in 65% of the BAE programs. The majority of respondentsreported that gender discrimination was not a job issue, and believe that the attraction ofwomen to BAE is due to its emphasis on biological systems, as well as BAE’s newnessand lack of long-standing
careers, what skills theybelieved were needed to be successful project managers and how they believe projectmanagement can be better taught in the university setting.A population of 34 alumni answered a series of multiple choice and short answer questionsthrough an on-line survey in which the feedback was anonymous to promote candid responses.An online instrument was used to facilitate easy access for participants and automated dataretrieval. The work experience of the alumni varied from 16 months to eight years. Their currentemployment roles varied from junior level engineers to vice president of engineering with amajority serving in some supervisory role.The survey asked the volunteers to indicate with a Likert scale how well they agreed with
implementing a similar model at theirinstitutions. Page 22.65.2Theoretical FrameworkEngineering majors leaving the field is a common problem across the US campuses. Among thereasons reported as engineering majors’ reluctance to remain in engineering was “the lack, orloss of interest in science” and “the belief that non-STEM majors hold more interest, or offerbetter education” (Seymour, 1995). The lack of student interest or loss in their excitement topursue engineering as future career options can be associated with their learning experiences inundergraduate courses.Courses offered in undergraduate engineering programs can be highly technical and
reaches 10,000 secondary teachers, guidance counselors, and outreachprogram leaders, and created a survey to understand what secondary teachers think ofengineering as an academic and career pathway for their students. Finally, ASEEbrought together leaders from industry and higher education along with K-12 teachers fora Leadership Workshop on K-12 Engineering Outreach, held just before the ASEE 2004Annual Conference and Exposition in Salt Lake City, Utah. A recent paper detailing theresults of that conference and delineating guidelines for how K-12 engineering educationworks best and defines key challenges confronting the field was recently published. (1)Clearly, there is a movement by the engineering and engineering technology communitiesto gain
as well as a technical education.The Colorado School of Mines (CSM) Engineering Division with funding from the HewlettFoundation has undertaken a new initiative that will prepare engineering students for careers thatwill benefit the international community. Specifically, the Engineering Division is collaboratingwith the Liberal Arts and International Studies Division at CSM to create courses that will helpengineering students to understand their obligations as engineers to the well-being of the U.S.and other societies. One of the primary goals of this effort is to create a culture of acceptance andvalue of community and international service activities throughout CSM faculty and students.The efforts of the “Humanitarian Engineering” program
- nology at Purdue University Calumet has over 150 students, the third largest enrollment for such degree.Mr. Aco Sikoski, Ivy Tech Community College Mr. Sikoski completed his Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of Kiril I Metodi in Skopje, Macedonia. He continued his education at Purdue University where he obtained his Masters of Science in Engineering. Intermittently, Mr. Sikoski has consulted for various institutions and organizations. In 1997, he started his career at Ivy Tech Community College where he has stayed until present. He served as a professor, program chair, dean, and the campus Vice Chancellor. As a program chair and dean, Mr. Sikoski was involved in developing several technology
findingsregarding DR student understanding and interest in technology and engineering fields.For example, one of the primary research goals of this study was to understand thechange of DR student interest in technology and engineering fields as a result of a coursetherein. The pre-post survey questions, “Have you ever considered a career inTechnology?” (¿Alguna vez ha considerado una carrera en un campo de la tecnología?)and, “Have you ever considered a career in Engineering?” (¿Alguna vez ha consideradouna carrera en un campo de ingeniería?) helped the researchers understand this potentialattitudinal shift. Data was collected exclusively from surveyed students that stated a clearpositive or negative affirmation as to their choice, and the results are
the key question here, aimed atattracting and motivating student agency[9]. This component measures the extent to whichpositive career messaging[10] and multiple work[11] and cultural values[12], as well as funds ofknowledge[13] are integrated into STEM education. It encourages educators to use aspirationaland relatable messages to inspire students, highlighting the creative and collaborative nature ofSTEM professionals. The rubric's stages range from a lack of positive messaging to fullyintegrated messaging that conveys the meaningful impact and opportunities within STEM fields.Hands (Active Participation): Finally, "Let me try it?" encapsulates the essence of this section.It promotes student-centered learning and active participation
UniversityAbstractThis paper gives an overview of engineering technology as an academic disciple and discusses thefuture of its graduates including their opportunities and challenges. Potential careers and examplesof high visibility alumni will also be presented.OriginsThe origins of engineering technology as an academic discipline goes back at least to the 1940swhen engineering technicians were educated in two-year schools. One of the first TechnologyAccreditation Commission (TAC) of ABET (then called the Engineers’ Council for ProfessionalDevelopment (ECPD). Later it was renamed the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology. Now it is named simply ABET, Inc. Associate degrees were awarded by the BenjaminFranklin Institute of Technology (then called
engineering interests. Our findings showed that teamwork, problem-solving, technicalcommunication, and using foundational technical knowledge were perceived by students asemphasized most in their classes. Students discussed how these practices and skills built thefoundation to do their engineering work but were at times dissatisfied with the lack of socialconsiderations around stakeholders, sustainability, and contextual aspects of their work. Studentsfurther described career interests to solve complex, societal issues. This paper has implicationsfor incorporating sociotechnical practices and broader careers interest into engineeringcurriculum.Keywords: figured worlds; engineering curriculum; engineering culture; engineering practices;alignment1
Paper ID #33622Impact of COVID-19 Transition to Remote Learning on EngineeringSelf-efficacy and Outcome ExpectationsJohanna Milord, University of Missouri - Columbia Johanna Milord is a Counseling Psychology Doctoral Candidate at the University of Missouri. She earned her Masters of Science degree in Mental Health Counseling. Her general research focus is marginalized populations’ attainment of their desired academic and career outcomes. Her most recent projects have explored career self-efficacy and critical race consciousness interventions.Fan Yu, University of Missouri - ColumbiaDr. Sarah Lynn Orton P.E., University of
for women in science expanded but gendersegregation still existed. In the nineteenth century, women participated in aspects of science butmainly engaged in data-gathering rather than idea-creation [26] and were largely invisible andconcentrated in nurturing career tracks [39]. Prior to the 20th century and beyond, womensupported science but not pioneers in the field; reflective of the patriarchal society they lived in.Commonly known as biological determinism, the physical, psychological, and intellectual natureof women prohibited them from producing great science [38]. The Nineteenth and earlyTwentieth centuries posited if women were incorporated into scientific employment, they weresegregated in it with stereotypes of appropriate sex roles
AC 2008-1890: NEGOTIATING THE PATH TO THE PROFESSORIATE: A STUDYOF FACULTY PERSPECTIVES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGMonica Young, Syracuse UniversityJohn Tillotson, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Page 13.924.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Negotiating the Path to the Professoriate: A Study of Faculty Perspectives in Mechanical EngineeringAbstractThis qualitative study investigated the factors that support or impede women’s interest andpersistence in the field of mechanical engineering and how these experiences influence theirdecision to complete a doctoral program and advance on to a career in academia. This studyexamined key variables
AC 2009-786: PARTICIPATION IN A RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FORTEACHERS PROGRAM: IMPACT ON PERCEPTIONS AND EFFICACY TOTEACH ENGINEERINGJulie Trenor, Clemson University Julie Martin Trenor. Ph.D. is an assistant professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. She holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech and a bachelor’s degree in the same field from North Carolina State University. Her research interests focus on factors affecting the recruitment, retention, and career development of under-represented students in engineering. Prior to her appointment at Clemson, Dr. Trenor served as the Director of Undergraduate Student Recruitment and Retention
: Page 14.856.7STEP’s primary mission is to “Inspire students to pursue careers in math, science, engineeringand technology” through an innovative, proactive approach that engages students, teachers, andthe local K-12 educational system with high technology companies, universities/colleges, hightech government agencies and all of their collective resources to achieve its purpose ofincreasing and sustaining the high technology job sector in the Inland Empire. Through theformation of new educational partnerships between businesses, academia, and governmententities within the community, STEP seeks to pave the way to achieve a prosperous future for allInland Empire citizens based on the sustainable growth of a high technology industry.Specifically
BackgroundIn 1992, several faculty members from the University of Evansville (UE), a small, private,master's-granting institution in the Midwest, were discussing methods to increase enrollment.The lack of female representation in engineering and computer science programs was a primaryconcern, prompting the idea of offering a summer program targeting women in engineering. 25years later, the summer program has evolved from a single week-long residential camp for highschool girls to include a separate 3-5 day residential camp for middle school girls, and a 5-dayday camp for middle school boys.The program addresses the critical need to help young women overcome cultural stereotypes andprepare for careers in engineering and computer science. The National
connectingwith and better understanding the needs of ECS graduate students. The goal of this study is toshare lessons learned and recommendations for developing successful graduate programminginitiatives through collaboration.Introduction and BackgroundConnecting with graduate students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS)and developing methods for providing educational and professional development opportunities ischallenging due to the non-uniform and individually-tailored nature of graduate study.The Libraries provide an array of resources, such as specialized databases and research supportservices to graduate students, aiding them in their studies, research, and career-buildingendeavors. It is the mission of the Libraries to engage
Leadership Excellence. Editor of three books and author of over 160 journal articles and chapters, her research centers on the intersections of career, gender communication, leadership, and resilience. Fellow and past president of the International Communication Association, she has received numerous awards for her research, teaching/mentoring, and engagement. She is working on Purdue-ADVANCE initiatives for institutional change, the Transforming Lives Building Global Commu- nities (TLBGC) team in Ghana through EPICS, and individual engineering ethical development and team ethical climate scales as well as everyday negotiations of ethics in design through NSF funding as Co-PI. [Email: buzzanel@purdue.edu
students and such an educational programwould support an informed citizenry, meet the needs of an expanding, yet highly specializedworkforce, and lead to responsible innovations for the world we live in. Engineering education Page 12.902.2should be an integral part of the overall educational program offered to students in K-12 for avariety of reasons. First, technology is changing rapidly and this requires that students becomemore knowledgeable about it. Second, there is a need for a significant increase in the number ofstudents pursuing engineering degrees as a career path. The latest research demonstrates thatengineering education, if started in
conversations with the teachers and administrators in the K-12 system it was revealed thatmost believed that Alaska Native students were not interested in pursing careers in engineeringor science. Many teachers stated that their Alaska Native students did not have the interest,motivation or capacity to complete chemistry, physics, and trigonometry by the time theygraduated from high school. These courses were often not offered in most of the non-urban highschools that had high populations of Alaska Native students. Most of the Alaska Native studentswe were meeting stated that they could not have a career in engineering or science.The situation at UAA was similar. Many of the Alaska Native students who arrived at UAA hadtaken very few high school
A Reflexive Course for Masters Students to Understand and Plan Their Own Continuing Professional Development Llewellyn Mann, David Radcliffe Catalyst Centre for Society and Technology The University of Queensland AustraliaAbstractContinuing Professional Development (CPD) is seen as a vital part of a professionalengineer’s career, by professional engineering institutions as well as individual engineers.Factors such as ever-changing workforce requirements and rapid technological change haveresulted in engineers no longer being able to rely just on the skills they learnt at university orcan pick up on
2structures, and reinforce students’ own determination to persist. All of these components areconsidered critical to supporting STEM persistence [19], [20].Another way to support increased diversity through STEM is by increasing the number ofsuccessful transfer student pathways [21]. However, transfer students face a number of uniquechallenges on their paths to earning bachelor’s degrees, such as academic credit loss and excesscredit accumulation, discordant experiences of institutional culture, and fewer opportunities toreceive scholarships, since many scholarships are awarded to first-time freshmen [22]-[ 25].This research reports on the efforts of the STEM Career Opportunities in Nebraska: Networks,Experiential-learning, and Computational Thinking
involved with schools in their local communities. Crockett found her true calling as an academic advisor for first-year engineering stu- dents at Clemson. During her 20 year career as an advisor she saw first-hand how students struggled to make the adjustment from high school to college. She helped develop and conduct transitional workshops on study skills, time management, test-taking and career/major choice for her students. She authored The General Engineering Newsletter and assisted in its transition from paper to electronic format. She also served as Transfer Coordinator for the College of Engineering and Science assisting all academic departments in the College with transfer evaluation and orientation as well as
building/development in low-income urban and first-ring suburban en- vironments, supporting low-income students in accessing quality educational opportunities and experi- ences, and providing pathways and supports for low-income students and other underrepresented groups to pursue STEM-related careers. Her dissertation study is focused on the role that a community-based organization plays in connecting recent immigrant families living in low-income environments with the schools their children attend. She has worked as a Research Assistant and an Independent Research Con- sultant on a variety of projects, including those focused on educational leadership, STEM education, and academic and social supports for disadvantaged
Paper ID #39453Board 162: Engineering Education and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy inPre-College: A Review and Synthesis of the LiteratureMs. Maria Perez-Piza, University of Texas at El Paso Maria Perez-Piza, Doctoral student, is a Mexican student with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry engineer- ing and M.S. Systems Engineering by UTEP. She is interested in social critic theories and the introduction of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in STEM careers. She is a instructor in the critical pedagogy program in the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) at El Paso Community College (EPCC). Ms. Perez- Piza’s areas of research
development support, and 6- additional support. Using the MCCS conceptual modelas its grounding, Lee et al. [29] developed an instrument, the STEM Student Perspectives ofSupport Instrument(STEM-SPSI), to measure how STEM students perceive the existing supportavailable to them within their colleges [29], [30]. Analyses of survey responses identified 12factors of kinds of support, including: 1-academic advising support, 2- academic peer support, 3-faculty support, 4- STEM faculty connections, 5- student affairs support, 6- out-of-classengagement, 7- STEM peer connections, 8- graduate student connections, 9- STEM careerdevelopment, 10- general career development, 11- cost-of-attendance support and planning, 12-diversity and inclusion. This paper