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
, as well as underrepresented in the energy sector.Theory and Rationale for the Program The theory and research considered in designing the widerREM program, where the Industry Energy Program is embedded, is based on social identity theoryand the innate need for social connectedness rooted in decades of research in social psychology(similar to the belonging literature), as well as research from engineering education on Identity-BasedMotivation that has been linked to persistence, career choices, student academic success, and otheroutcomes [2,3,4]. Further, how their social identity as engineers and scientists is shaped is explainedby their understanding of the context they are in (the REM program) and how well they are supportedin their
students to choose degrees in STEM majors is essential to theCUREs (I-CUREs). Through lectures and lab tours, I-CUREs development of HBCUs.introduce students to cutting-edge technologies in STEM This study is part of an NSF project in progress, “Earlierdisciplines. As students move through their first two years of Access to Cutting-Edge Research Experience forcollege, this model will have a significant impact on their undergraduate STEM Education at Jackson State University”educational and career trajectories. It could also help African and it aims to include cutting edge course-based undergraduateAmerican students become more engaged in STEM learning and
development asdesign thinkers visible to themselves, empowering them to enunciate their evolving skills ascreative problem solvers. In the process, they develop both essential professional writing skillsand the ability to recognize and eloquently communicate their thought processes. Both steps–theawareness of one's cognitive processes and the ability to eloquently explain one's thinking toothers–are skills that will serve our students well as they start their professional career paths.Another fundamental skill that the engineering notebook reinforces is systems thinking. Throughreflective writing, first-year students draw explicit connections between their lived experiencesand the fundamentals of engineering, reinforcing the training in systems
- neering career in industry. During his career, Dr. Hamrick served in a broad range of positions including design, product development, tool and die, manufacturing, sales, and management. His teaching style brings practical, innovative, experience-based learning to the classroom, where hands-on projects that reflect real-world applications are valued by students. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 FYEE 2022 Workshop summary Todd Hamrick, PhD, West Virginia University Student Success Beyond Covid, Teaching The Workforce Of 2026The workshop will consist of a presentation, breakout
measures of mental health (stress,anxiety, depression), professional identity, and perceptions of inclusion among students pursuingengineering and computer science degrees in entirely project-based learning environments.Students in the project-based programs reported less stress and depression and a stronger visionof an engineering career than students in the Jensen and Cross study. The anxiety andprofessional identity results were comparable with the original Jensen and Cross results.Conclusions: Although the sample size for this study is smaller than that of the original Jensenand Cross study, the results show the strong potential impact of project-based engineeringprograms. Future work will examine performance changes as a function of time and
education. He received the NSF CAREER Award for his work on conocimiento in engineering spaces. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Gender Awareness in STEM Education: Perspectives from Adolescents, Teachers and Mentors in a Summer Pre-college Engineering Program (Work in Progress)AbstractThis multi-methods study explored gender awareness in a summer pre-college engineeringprogram (PREP) in Southwestern U.S. Survey data were collected from 238 middle and highschool-age adolescents, 11 teachers, and 17 mentors. Statistical analyses of the selected responsedata revealed a significant difference
Students Bimal Nepal, Satish Bukkapatnam, Prabhakar Pagilla, and Manan K. Shah Texas A&M UniversityAbstractResearch Experience for Undergraduates (REU) programs have been credited for attracting andretaining students in science and engineering who otherwise may not have considered disciplinesin science and engineering as their career choices. In addition to core research activities, REUprograms generally provide multiple enrichment and professional development activities forparticipants. While the nature and the number of professional development activities vary fromone REU program to another, the most common activities include ethics and safety training,research and industry seminars, GRE workshops
Problems (SSELP) program. The goal of this place-based, interdisciplinaryscholarship program is to increase the number of academically talented, low-income studentswho graduate in STEM fields and either pursue immediate employment in STEM careers orSTEM-related service or continue their STEM education in graduate school. In 2018 and 2019, two cohorts of seven students were recruited to major in biology,chemistry, engineering, computer science, mathematics, or environmental science. A key part ofrecruitment involved on-campus interviews, during a February Scholarship Day, between STEMfaculty and potential scholars. As the yield rate for the event is high (54-66%), the university hascontinued this practice, funding additional STEM
Paper ID #38421More Than Just Nice to Have: Engineering Managers’Perceptions about the Role of Adaptability in Hiring andPromotion DecisionsSamantha Ruth Brunhaver (Assistant Professor) Samantha Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in The Polytechnic School within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Dr. Brunhaver 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 engineering student career decision-making, early-career engineering work
OverviewMost engineering students see industry or research career paths as binary. In their minds, aperson can either focus on research (academic career) or design and management (industrial orprofessional career). This perception has a negative impact on the profession as it leads to missedopportunities to solve practical problems by applying new fundamental research, as well asbasing fundamental research on current engineering problems.Smart Structures Technologies (SST) is receiving considerable attention as the demands for highperformance in structural systems increase. Although both the academic and professionalengineering worlds are seeking ways to utilize SST, there is a significant gap betweenengineering science and engineering practice. To
work in progress paper in the Evaluation of Program/Curriculum category. The pipeline fromelementary students to college-bound students pursuing STEM careers is severely leaking, leaving behinda young and diverse generation of could-be engineers and scientists who, if given proper guidance andexposure, would go on to successfully pursue STEM careers. This becomes a larger problem as oldergenerations of STEM professionals leave the workforce. While we know that STEM competitions spurstudent interest in the field, we also know that the relative effectiveness diminishes as students get older.This is why engaging students as early as elementary school is vital.Need for Elementary School STEM Design CompetitionsAccording to the U.S. Bureau of Labor
graduate education. She worked with faculty and students to improve and enhance mentoring. Grasso was an active participant in the Council of Graduate School’s ”PhD completion project”, The Commission on ”Pathways Through Graduate School and into Careers” and the Advancement Advisory Committee. She was a founding member of the CGS Advisory Com- mittee on Advocacy and Public Policy. Grasso served as President and Past President of CSGS and in 2009, She received the CSGS Award for Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Education in the Southern Region. She served on the National Academy of Sciences committee on ”Revitalizing Gradute Stem Ed- ucation for the 21st Century.” Grasso currently serves as a Co-PI on the NC AGEP
curriculum increases student awareness of frameworks and broader applications to practice AbstractThe intersection of human health and designing novel technologies that improvemedical outcomes requires personal and professional introspection on the ethicaldilemmas that clinicians and engineers will face in their careers. Given the diversefield of biomedical engineering, from imaging modalities to implantable devices toemergent biotechnologies, no singular approach to ethics training will prepare ourstudents to assess their professional obligation to the ethical, social, and legalimplications of their future work. Many engineering programs provide studentswith early modules in engineering ethics during
panel, and a diversity, equity,and inclusion (DEI) reflective session. The peer support is extended at the end of the REUexperience, as students come together at one of the network sites to present their research andposters via virtual and in-person means; they also tour the facilities to learn more about thevarious aspects of research outside of their assigned REU site. Overall, students show an increasein the research skills gained throughout the REU program. The students are monitoredlongitudinally to learn more about their career paths after they exit the REU program.BackgroundThere continues to be a great need to encourage and prepare a diverse group of undergraduateengineering students to persist in their degree programs and, ultimately
that a fairly large percentage of our participants are first or second yearcollege students or come from a community college environment (about 20% overall). For thesestudents in particular the REU program is especially valuable in motivating participants topursue high education and STEM-related careers.(2)Research Skills and Professional Development:The multi-programming model of the REU site in Nanotechnology for Health, Energy, and theEnvironment provides students with considerable opportunity for skill refinement in researchtraining, professional development, and graduate school preparedness. As many of our REUparticipants (about 20%) have come from a community college environment in whichdevelopment of such skills is a greater challenge
EducationAbstract—Women and minortized groups share a common sense of belonging or, moreaccurately, lack of a sense of belonging in STEM, which exacerbates their underrepresentation inSTEM education and careers. Furthermore, an abundance of literature demonstrates that thisshared lack of belonging negatively influences their academic performance and persistence. Inengineering education specifically, research indicates that a lack of belonging contributes toundergraduate student attrition regardless of gender and race/ethnicity.Therefore, we proposed a project entitled “Promoviendo el Éxito Estudiantil a través de unSistema de Apoyo (PromESA): Promoting Student Success through a Social, Academic, andInstitutional Support System in Engineering Education
interests in engineering education research, teacher professional development, and secondary STEM education. In 2021, Erica received the ASEE Pacific Southwest Early Career Teaching Award and two awards at UNLV for mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. She also received the Peter J. Bosscher Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award in 2019 from Engineers Without Borders and was recognized as a Nevada Woman in STEM by Senator Jackie Rosen.Rebecca Kober My name is Rebecca Kober. I am an elementary learning strategist in Las Vegas Nevada. I have been in education for 12 years, teaching everything from 1st - 5th grade. I was a 3 - 5 grade science specialist for 3 years, teaching NGSS and helping students to problem solve
based on their Acquiring computing and data science skills isfindings in the United States. Similarly, it has been essential for innovation and competitiveness thatpredicted [4] that in many states, mathematical and enables many underserved students to navigate successful STEM career pathways. Recent studies [9,10] found that students’ exposure to advanced CS research can be part of their senior capstone project ortechniques, such as machine learning (ML) as new thesis required for graduation supervised by both CSresearch tools for a variety of majors, can potentially and non-CS faculty. To implement effective SUREengage them in computing and
, Pittsburgh, PA 15201 Email: batjarga001@gannon.edu3I IntroductionThe concepts and applied pedagogical approaches to expose and engage engineering students totheir field of study through programs leveraging hands-on, project-based, teamwork/leadership,cross/multi-disciplined teams, and career preparation concepts have been well documented in FIE,IEEE, and ASEE papers and deployed in Universities as electives, senior design, and curriculumcore courses.The curriculums such as Montgomery College development of a freshman based multidisciplinarydesign projects [1], indoctrinates these students to the challenges of product development andcontinued STEM education. Supporting this cradle-to-graduation concept, Tufts
projects and group members are described at pawleyresearch.org. She was a National Academy of Engineering CASEE Fellow in 2007, received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women, and received the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute in 2013. She has been author or co-author on papers receiving ASEE-ERM’s best paper award, the AAEE Best Paper Award, the Benjamin Dasher award, and co-authored the paper nominated by the ASEE Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for ASEE Best PIC Paper for 2018. More recently, she received her school’s Award for Excellence in