Open AccessBoard 124: Influencing Student Engineering Interest and Identity: A Study Investigating the Effect of Engineering Summer Camps on Middle and High School Students (Work in Progress)
Author(s) -
Timothy J. Robinson,
Adam Kirn,
Jennifer Amos,
Indira Chatterjee
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
papers on engineering education repository (american society for engineering education)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.18260/1-2--32218
Subject(s) - outreach , summer camp , engineering education , identity (music) , work (physics) , mathematics education , engineering , pedagogy , psychology , political science , engineering management , mechanical engineering , developmental psychology , physics , acoustics , law
Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education from Clemson University.
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